Ram Temple Donations Theft: SC Says Ball Is in SIT's Court, Suggestions Can Be Directed to Solicitor General's Office The Supreme Court on Monday, August 17, 2026, conveyed a hands-off approach on the investigation into the Ram Temple donations' misappropriation case, saying a Special Investigation Team (SIT) is expe...
Supreme Court Decides to Watch Progress on Cauvery Water-Sharing, Tells Tamil Nadu Water Is Being Given The Supreme Court on Monday, August 17, 2026, decided to wait and watch the progress in Cauvery water sharing between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, even as Karnataka reported that over 12,000 cusecs was r...
Iranian Army Chief Offers $30,000 Bounty for Killing or Capturing US Soldiers, Doubles Reward for Women Iranian Army Chief Amir Hatami has announced a $30,000 bounty for anyone who kills or captures a US soldier, with the reward reportedly doubled if the act is carried out by a woman, amid ongoing frict...
Oman Imposes OMR3.24 Million in Fines Over Labour Violations, Nearly 3,000 Deported Oman's Ministry of Labour has imposed fines totalling OMR3.246 million and deported nearly 3,000 workers following a nationwide crackdown on labour violations, according to the ministry's latest inspe...
Indonesia Earthquake: Death Toll Rises to 54 as Rescuers Race to Reach Devastated Flores Communities Rescuers were digging through collapsed buildings and clearing landslide-blocked roads on Monday, August 17, 2026, as Indonesia's death toll from a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake rose to at least 5...
Indian Marble Waste Dump Becomes Unlikely Tourist Attraction A vast expanse of white marble waste in Kishangarh, Rajasthan, is drawing tourists, photographers, and filmmakers to a landscape that oddly resembles a snow-covered valley, despite being little more t...
Iran Says It Has Reached an Agreement With Oman on Hormuz Even as Oil Prices Rise The Middle East war entered another tense day on Monday, August 17, 2026, with efforts to resolve the US-Iran standoff showing little sign of a real breakthrough, even as the crisis around the Strait ...
Gold Appraiser Arrested Over Alleged Fake Pledge Loan Fraud at Kochi Cooperative Society Police in Kerala's Kochi have arrested a 44-year-old gold appraiser in connection with an alleged loan fraud at a cooperative society. The accused allegedly misused his official position to create rec...
Fake L&T Manager Offers Cheap Diesel, Churu Man Falls Into Cyber Fraud Trap A 29-year-old man in Rajasthan's Churu district was allegedly cheated of ₹1.73 lakh after a cyber fraudster posed as an L&T manager and promised to provide diesel at a price lower than the market rate...
Fake Gas Bill Fraud Becomes Rising Cyber Concern After 30 Ghaziabad Consumers Duped A new method of cyber fraud involving gas connections and bill updates has emerged in Ghaziabad, where around 30 consumers with piped natural gas (PNG) connections have allegedly fallen victim to cybe...
Railway TTE Shared OTPs for 'Loan Waiver', Then Found ₹52.29 Lakh Debt: A Warning for Every Borrower A railway Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) has allegedly been cheated of ₹52.29 lakh on the promise of getting his home loan waived, in a case that has surfaced in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Police hav...
Dating App Trap in Lucknow: Railway Aspirant Allegedly Drugged, Assaulted and Extorted Bazaar Khala police in Lucknow have busted a suspected gang allegedly targeting people arriving in the city from outside, using dating apps to lure, blackmail, and extort them. Eight people have been ...
