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The operation to rescue eight labourers trapped inside Telangana’s Srisailam Left Bank Canal or SLBC tunnel is in its final stages said state Irrigation & Civil Supplies Minister Capt. N…
On Maha Shivratri on Wednesday, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani shared a video of a statue of Lord Shiva at his Ahmedabad home along with a hymn. He wished everyone…
Amid the row over the alleged imposition of Hindi in Tamil Nadu, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday “apologised” for not being able to speak the “world’s oldest language.”…
An NIT-Calicut professor, against whom a police case is pending for praising Nathuram Godse on Mahatma Gandhi’s Martyr’s Day, has been appointed as the Dean of the Planning and Development…
A 26-year-old woman was raped inside a bus early Tuesday morning – while it was parked in the middle of Pune’s busy Swargate Bus Stand and around 100 metres from…
A man from Delhi has been arrested in connection with the racket of making and selling videos of women being checked up at a maternity hospital in Gujarat’s Rajkot. Rohit…
Delhi airport operator DIAL on Wednesday said Terminal 2 (T2) is expected to be shut down for four to five months, starting from April and one of the runways will…
An unceasing stream of devotees from across India and abroad continued to throng Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj on Mahashivratri for a sacred dip to attain ‘moksha’ and for spiritual purification,…
Telangana Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday provided an update on the ongoing rescue operations at the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel collapse site and said officials had come…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah attended the Maha Shivratri celebrations at Isha Centre in Coimbatore in the presence of Isha Foundation founder Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. Amit Shah made offerings to…
India has successfully test-fired a first-of-its-kind naval anti-ship missile from Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. The trials carried out on Tuesday demonstrated the missile’s capability against ship targets, the…
The government is working on a ‘universal pension scheme‘ that will be available to all citizens, including those in the unorganised sector, Labour Ministry sources told NDTV Wednesday. At present,…
A lifetime ban on politicians convicted in criminal cases would be harsh and six years, which is the current period of disqualification, is enough to act as a deterrent, the…
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal has a big responsibility for the party’s pan India expansion and he will not become a Rajya Sabha MP from Punjab, party leaders said on Wednesday.…
The Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted a spectacular air show over the Maha Kumbh Mela Kshetra on the final day of the 45-day-long religious gathering in Prayagraj. The grand event,…
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday inducted seven new faces, all from alliance partner BJP, into his council of ministers, raising the total number to 36, the maximum permissible in…
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday termed as rumours the reports suggesting that he is getting close to the BJP, saying that there are no such developments. When…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on the Opposition in Bihar, stating that those who believe in “jungle raj” hate India’s heritage and faith. He added that the…
As India doubles down on the safe use of artificial intelligence (AI), IT major Infosys on Wednesday launched an open-source ‘Responsible AI’ toolkit that aims to address risks and ethical…
The government has spent more than Rs 400 crore to contest court cases during the past 10 years, official data showed. The central government’s Rs 66 crore expenditure on litigations…
Tamil actor-politician Vijay on Wednesday waded into the ‘Hindi imposition‘ row between Tamil Nadu’s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led centre, slammed both parties and labelling their…
The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar expanded its cabinet today with the induction of seven ministers. The move is significant ahead of the Bihar assembly election scheduled this year. The…
Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday claimed that Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi “insulted” the Hindu community by not visiting the Maha Kumbh, and…
Amid the infighting within the Congress party in Karnataka Congress, State Minister for Housing and Waqf B.Z. Zameer Ahmad Khan made a controversial statement saying that whoever dares to touch…
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has clarified that a holiday list notification for Hindi Medium KMCP Schools was issued without obtaining due concurrence from the competent authority. In response, KMC…
Top professors from the prestigious Harvard University highlighted the coexistence of tradition and technology and the intersection of commerce and spirituality at Maha Kumbh. They emphasised lessons and opportunities from…
An army vehicle came under fire from suspected terrorists in a forward village near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Wednesday, officials said. There were…
In a major police operation in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, a notorious criminal with a bounty of Rs one lakh and linked to Lawrence Bishnoi Gang, was killed in an encounter…
Maha Kumbh, the world’s largest religious gathering draws to a close today with people rushing for the final holy dip at the Triveni Sangam on Shivratri. The 45-day festival, which…
Police detained a teenage boy on Tuesday for allegedly killing a five-year-old girl after trying to rape her in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur city, officials said. The boy, who is 13 years…
A Policybazaar advertisement, aired during the high-stakes India-Pakistan ICC Champions Trophy match on JioHotstar on Sunday, has drawn sharp criticism for being “insensitive” and “vile”. The ad, originally part of…
Chimes of cymbals, holy chants and kaleidoscopic colours of India fused into each other at the Triveni Sangam, as pilgrims from various parts of the country converged at the holy…
Rajya Sabha MP and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader Mahua Maji, along with her son Somvit Maji, daughter-in-law Kriti Srivastava Maji, and driver Bhupendra Baskey, were injured in a road…
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and actor Mithun Chakraborty has strongly responded to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s remarks regarding the Maha Kumbh and said that her statements are…
A game changer in India’s neighbourhood policy in engaging with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be the completion of the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral (IMTT) Highway, the progress of…
Responding to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanth’s “Pigs, Vultures” remarks, Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief Akhilesh Yadav hit back and questioned who the Chief Minister was insulting with his “Giddh”…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Russia for the May 9 parade at Moscow’s Red Square to mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday extended warm greetings to the nation on the auspicious occasion of Maha Shivratri, expressing his wishes for happiness, prosperity, and a stronger resolve toward…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Hindutva ideologue Veer Savarkar on his death anniversary on Wednesday. His invaluable sacrifice, courage and struggle in the independence movement can never be…
At the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, a woman was on a video call with her husband. And just before she was to take a holy dip in the Triveni…
Arms and ammunition are being voluntarily surrendered across the hills and valley in Manipur, the authorities said today. The general public has expressed strong support for Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla’s…
Berhampur University Vice Chancellor Geetanjali Dash was alleged defrauded of Rs 14 lakh by a cybercriminal who, impersonated as an ED officer, put her under “digital arrest”, police said here…
Videos which are going viral on social media show two women dancing with guns in Bihar. While one of the women has a pistol in her hand and another pistol…
A 47-year-old man has undergone a rare third kidney transplant at a private hospital here, leaving him with a total of five kidneys in his body. A surgery was performed…
A day after a class 10 student gave birth to a premature baby in the hostel of a state-run residential school in Odisha’s Malkangiri district, the authorities on Tuesday suspended…
The Maharashtra Cyber on Tuesday recorded the statement of social media influencer Apoorva Makhija in connection with the ‘India’s Got Latent’ controversy, an official said on Tuesday. The Maharashtra Cyber…
A game changer in India’s neighbourhood policy in engaging with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be the completion of the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral (IMTT) Highway, the progress of…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday laid down guidelines for the consideration of courts when it comes to action taken by the legislature against its members. A bench of Justices Surya…
The Enforcement Directorate Tuesday said it has arrested a Gujarat-based journalist in a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged financial fraud. Mahesh Langa, a correspondent for The Hindu newspaper…
The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday granted permission to Hindus to perform puja to the Shivalinga situated within the premises of Ladle Mashak Dargah in Aland during Mahashivaratri. The ruling…
Former Chief Justice of India U U Lalit on Tuesday made several suggestions, including rolling out simultaneous polls in a phased manner, to a Joint Parliamentary Committee studying the two…
Ahead of the upcoming academic secession 2025-26, the district administration has released new guidelines for coaching centres and hostels under the Kota Cares Campaign, officials said on Tuesday. The aim…
A Delhi court on Tuesday summoned former rail minister Lalu Prasad and some of his family members, including his wife, two sons and two daughters, in connection with the land-for-jobs…
There is no place for aggression and indecency in the proceedings of Parliament or the legislature and members are expected to show complete respect and deference towards each other, the…
A student slit his wrist and jumped from the seventh floor of the hostel building within the IIT Patna campus in Bihar. The student was idenitifed as Rahul Lavari, a…
An ordinary morning on the ghats of Ganga in Kolkata near Kumartuli unfolded horrors for a group of locals who had gathered for their daily yoga session. Kumartuli is the…
In a sea change from the usual images of trash strewn along the flood plains of the Yamuna river, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Saxena shared images of the landscape resplendent…
No mother would beat up her own child, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday said while granting bail to a 28-year-old woman arrested along with her partner for assaulting her…
Madhya Pradesh has received investment commitments for a record Rs 30.77 lakh crore at the end of its two-day investor summit, chief minister Mohan Yadav said on Tuesday at the…
Denied permission for a Holi event, student leaders allegedly locked their teachers inside a hall and even cut off the power supply at a prestigious Indore college, officials said on…
The Supreme Court remarked Tuesday the change of government in Delhi might ‘solve all disputes’ surrounding the Yamuna, including cleaning the river of pollutants and ensuring neighbouring Haryana, through which…
Karnataka legislators will get recliners from this session onwards to take a nap post lunch, Karnataka Assembly Speaker U T Khader has said. The measure was taken to prevent absenteeism…
Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, stating that the people of Delhi have given a strong response to…
After the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on Delhi’s excise policy was presented in the Delhi Assembly on Monday, Delhi’s Leader of Opposition and AAP leader Atishi defended the…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday presented Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a unique gift – a one-horned rhinoceros made from semiconductor chips – at the inaugural session…
A Delhi court on Tuesday granted anticipatory bail to AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan, booked over the recent attack on a Delhi Police team at Jamia Nagar in the national capital.…
Samajwadi Party leader Abdullah Azam Khan walked out of the Hardoi jail in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday on bail after spending 17 months behind bars, with his party’s leaders and…
Raipur district in Chhattisgarh has recorded 51,730 dog bite cases in the last three years, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai informed the state assembly on Tuesday. In a written reply…
A Delhi court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a murder case related to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Special judge Kaveri Baweja pronounced the…
The confrontation over the National Education Policy (NEP) between the Tamil Nadu government and the Centre is setting the stage for the 2026 electoral battle in the state. While the…
Joining the debate on working hours, IT services company Capgemini India’s chief executive Ashwin Yardi on Tuesday advocated 47.5 hours work per week, and was against sending e-mails to employees…
Mantralaya, the Maharashtra state secretariat in Mumbai, became the site of another shocking protest on Tuesday after a man jumped off the seventh floor of the building and landed on…
Slamming the Kerala unit of the Congress for alleging that she had got a Rs 18-crore loan from the crisis-hit New India Cooperative Bank written off by “giving her social…
The family of the minor girl on whose complaint a case under POCSO Act was registered against the bus conductor on Monday issued a video statement saying they have decided…
A video that went viral after Virat Kohli smashed his 51st ODI century showed cricket fans in Murree, on the outskirts of the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area, cheering for the Indian…
A Delhi court on Tuesday sentenced Sajjan Kumar, a former Congress MP, to life imprisonment for his role in the murders of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh during…
The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution against the Centre’s draft of the National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing, asserting it is an attempt to bring back the…
Karnataka Rakshana Vedike leaders and workers held protest on Tuesday over ongoing tensions between pro-Kannada and pro-Marathi groups in Belagavi. A KSRTC bus conductor was beaten up in Belagavi on…
A man created chaos, attacking passersby, damaging vehicles, and resisting police intervention before jumping off a terrace and getting an electric shock from high-voltage wires in Chhattisgarh’s Durg. The incident…
Actor-turned-politician Ranjana Nachiyaar on Tuesday resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party’s membership. In her resignation, the politician stated that the three-language imposition was wrong. AIADMK MP M Thambidurai accused the…
Nearly two weeks after Ranveer Allahbadia’s crass remarks on a show caused nationwide outrage, entrepreneur Anupam Mittal said the YouTuber-podcaster wasn’t the only one to be blamed. The Shark Tank…
A doctor allegedly left a surgical mop in a woman’s stomach during a caesarean section delivery at a hospital in Karnataka’s Puttur. Gagandeep Singh, who says he is a trader,…
The Adani Group has announced a significant investment of Rs 50,000 crore in Assam, spanning key infrastructure sectors such as airports, aero cities, city gas distribution, transmission, cement, and road…
Canada’s latest steps to curb migration is likely to have an adverse effect on tens of thousands of foreign students, including those from India. It will also negatively impact those…
Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi has said India’s semiconductor policy is essentially “new oil for the economy” and important to improve the defence manufacturing. Speaking at an event here…
Incidents of sudden hair loss in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district, which made national headlines, are linked to high selenium content found in wheat from Punjab and Haryana supplied by local ration…
NASA’s top officials never received an offer from Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring home two US astronauts marooned in space earlier than planned, the agency’s former deputy administrator told Bloomberg.…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while on his two-day visit to Assam, praised the tea gardens of the state, highlighting that “chaiwala” (tea vendor), can better smell the fragrance of tea…
The Maha Kumbh Mela area will be a no-vehicle zone from 4 PM on Tuesday, with the entire Prayagraj following suit from 6 PM onwards in view of the massive…
Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Monday said tourism is in the “DNA of India”, a practice that has been existing in the country since thousands of years. Mr Shekhawat…
As many as 15,000 sanitation workers attempted to set a Guinness World Record as they carried out a synchronised cleanliness drive across four zones here on Monday. Prayagraj Mayor Ganesh…
The Erattupetta Judicial First Class Magistrate Court has remanded Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader PC George to police custody for 14 days. He has been taken to Kottayam Medical College…
The Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted an exhibition and panel discussion titled “The Never Ending Persecution of Minorities in Bangladesh,” which highlighted the systemic discrimination and violence faced by religious…
Holding simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies is not undemocratic and does not hurt the federal structure, the Union law ministry is learnt to have told the…
A woman died on Monday after a person allegedly slit her throat when she refused to accept his marriage proposal in Odisha’s Balasore district, officials said. The incident took place…
“Naya Kashmir” is evolving rapidly and is moving towards peace and development, and with the help of young people, the government aspires to make it a place where no one…
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation plea that sought protection of Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh amid the ongoing violence. A Bench of…
The Uttarakhand government has asked its employees to get their marriages registered under the Uniform Civil Code that was recently implemented in the state. In a letter to the state’s…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday revealed that he eats the “superfood” Makhana (foxnut) “at least 300 out of 365 days” and called for the production on a global scale…
A complaint has been lodged against Congress leader Sam Pitroda, known as a close associate of Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, with the Karnataka Lokayukta and the Enforcement Directorate (ED)…