7+ hour, 1+ min ago   (391+ words) The West Bengal government has constituted a 24-member high-powered committee to oversee the International Kolkata Book Fair 2027, an official said on Wednesday. The move is aimed at making the annual event more inclusive and reducing the dominance of any single…...

7+ hour, 1+ min ago   (202+ words) Daily Pioneer 46 dead, over 100 Indians missing after Tibet-origin flash flood hits Nepal The death toll from a massive flash flood that swept through central Nepal on Wednesday, August 26 has risen to 46, with nearly 500 people, including 105 Indians still reported missing, officials…...

9+ hour, 59+ min ago   (259+ words) Farmers taking out a tractor rally in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district on Wednesday broke through police barricades and allegedly clashed with police while protesting over the payment of subsidy for farm ponds constructed under the Atal Bhujal Yojana. The farmers raised…...

11+ hour, 33+ min ago   (734+ words) Daily Pioneer Nagendra cleared by probe, woman minister induction soon: Karnataka CM Shivakumar Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday, August 26, defended his decision to include B Nagendra in the state Cabinet. He said an official inquiry had cleared…...

13+ hour, 43+ min ago   (155+ words) The US has sanctioned four India-based companies for importing petroleum and petrochemical products from Iran, according to a press release by the US State Department. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday announced ‘Operation Economic Outcast’, which essentially involved new…...

19+ hour, 51+ min ago   (224+ words) Daily Pioneer Karnataka Governor suspends KPSC chairman Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot on Tuesday suspended the Karnataka Public Service Commission Chairman Shivashankarappa S Sahukar on the aid and advice of the state Cabinet on charges of corruption and large-scale irregularities. This…...

15+ hour, 10+ min ago   (315+ words) Karnataka Minister B Nagendra on Wednesday denied media reports that he had offered to resign from the state Cabinet over the Valmiki Corporation corruption case. Reports had claimed that Nagendra had met Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and offered to…...

13+ hour, 31+ min ago   (315+ words) Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing the Government to temporarily take control of critical infrastructure if private owners fail to protect it from Ukrainian drone attacks or rebuild it after strikes, apparently the latest indication that Moscow is…...

13+ hour, 49+ min ago   (112+ words) Daily Pioneer EAM Jaishankar holds talks with Lavrov on bilateral, global issues External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held wide-ranging talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, with the two leaders discussing bilateral cooperation, global challenges and multilateral issues. Jaishankar, who…...

20+ hour, 59+ min ago   (213+ words) A parliamentary committee has pushed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to “more proactively” use its suo motu powers on critical environmental concerns such as felling of trees for the construction of highways, illegal sand mining and air pollution in the…...