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With Rekha Gupta set to be sworn in as Chief Minister of Delhi on Thursday afternoon, Manish Gupta, the Chief Minister-designate’s husband expressed his happiness for his wife getting such…
The Adani Group, India’s largest infrastructure player, has announced its financial performance for Q3FY25 along with trailing-twelve-month (TTM) EBITDA, reported a record-breaking TTM EBITDA of Rs 86,789 crore, reflecting a…
More than 25,000 security personnel and over 15 companies of paramilitary forces have been deployed in Delhi for Thursday’s oath ceremony of the new chief minister at Ramlila Maidan, a…
The Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) in Odisha has announced a scholarship in memory of Prakriti Lamsal, the 20-year-old Nepalese student of the private engineering institute who died allegedly…
Prominent political leaders, including Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya and Union minister Ram Mohan Naidu visited the Maha Kumbh on Wednesday and took a holy dip…
The Linguistic Minorities Forum of Tamil Nadu (LIMFOT) on Wednesday wrote to Chief Minister MK Stalin to implement the National Educational Policy (NEP 2020) and pave the way for the…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo motu cognisance of a Lokpal order, which entertained complaints against a sitting high court judge. A bench of Justices B R Gavai, Surya…
The fatality count due to suspected Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) rose to 11 after two more patients died in Pune hospitals during treatment, officials said on Wednesday. The ones who died…
People from Punjab comprise the biggest chunk of the Indians being deported by the US, government sources said today – days after Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s objection to the…
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday appreciated the construction of the newly built multi-storey office of the organisation in the national capital and asked the ‘swayamsevaks’ to ensure that their…
The Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) on Wednesday announced a scholarship in memory of Prakriti Lamsal, the 20-year-old Nepalese girl student of the private engineering institute who died allegedly…
The three-member high-level committee, constituted by the Odisha Government to inquire into the alleged mistreatment meted out to Nepali students by KIIT University in Bhubaneswar, began their probe into the…
Five more bodies of workers who were trapped inside an illegal ‘rat-hole’ coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district have been recovered, 44 days after the structure was flooded, trapping…
Uddhav Thackeray had planned to make Eknath Shinde the Chief Minister of Maharashtra after the 2019 election, but he was foiled – first by ally BJP and then the allies…
The TDP-led NDA government has permitted all Muslim employees in Andhra Pradesh to leave work an hour early from March 2 to March 30 in observance of Ramzan and the…
The railway ministry has asked engineering consultancy public sector firm RITES Ltd to design permanent holding areas at five railway stations, including New Delhi. The other four railway stations are…
The Ganga water at the Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj, where lakhs of people are taking a holy dip every day during the ongoing Maha Kumbh, is currently unsafe for bathing…
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said he has raised the issue of ragging of a Kashmiri MBBS student at a college in Karnataka with CM Siddaramaiah…
Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba has on Wednesday requested Odisha Education Minister Suryabanshi Suraj to make arrangements for impartial investigation into the death of a Nepalese student and take legal…
Divers fished out decomposed bodies of two more miners trapped inside a coal mine in Assam’s Dima Hasao district on Wednesday, 44 days after they went missing in the quarry,…
The BJP on Wednesday accused Congress MP Rahul Gandhi of disrespecting Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj by offering him “shradhanjali” (homage) on his birth anniversary instead of the customary “adaranjali” (respectful tribute).…
With the change in government in the national capital, an action plan to rejuvenate the Yamuna river has been submitted to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), focusing on boosting sewage…
In a hearing over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational records, the Delhi High Court was on Wednesday informed that awarding a degree to a student was not a private, but…
Mizoram Governor General Vijay Kumar Singh (retired) on Wednesday said drug menace in the state has assumed alarming proportions and has become a major cause of concern to the government.…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a key legal issue — whether courts could modify arbitral awards under the provisions of a 1996 law on arbitration and…
Eight patients treated for Ebola in Uganda have recovered, the country’s health minister said on Wednesday, declaring the country’s latest outbreak of the deadly disease “contained”. The eight “have been…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday outlined the importance of separate spaces for child care and feeding of infants in public buildings and asked states to ensure such facilities were provided.…
India Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi has said that since 2014, India has been “assertive” in its communication with Pakistan on the Line of Control (LOC), and they have understood…
India Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi stated that he was concerned about the presence of Pakistan Army and ISI officials in Bangladesh areas close to India’s Chicken’s Neck area Speaking…
Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi recently opened up about his multi-religious upbringing and illustrious military career. In an exclusive interview with ANI, he shared his thoughts on being multi-religious,…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the pleas against the appointments of the chief election commissioner (CEC) and election commissioners (EC) under the 2023 law. A bench of Justices Surya…
Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Diya Kumari presented the second full budget of the Bhajan Lal government, marking it the first ‘green budget’ with a special focus on climate change adaptation,…
A man who had trespassed into Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan’s bungalow ‘Mannat’ in Mumbai in 2023 has now been arrested for alleged theft in Gujarat’s Bharuch, police said Wednesday.…
A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed a criminal defamation complaint against AAP’s Saurabh Bhardwaj, citing delay in filing the case. Additional chief judicial magistrate Neha Mittal dismissed the complaint filed…
India is already meeting and exceeding key climate targets and has a real opportunity to grow even faster, using clean energy and industry, UN climate change chief Simon Stiell has…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been criticised by BJP leaders over her “Mrityu Kumbh” comment, but got a supporter in Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, the 46th Shankaracharya of the…
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday raked up, again, his party’s allegations about large-scale voter fraud, including manipulation of electoral rolls, ahead of elections. Over the past decade the Congress,…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday hit back at his Bengal counterpart, Mamata Banerjee, over her comments about the death of 30 people in the Maha Kumbh stampede.…
The bodies of three members of a family with their wrists slit were found under mysterious circumstances at their residence in the Tangra area of eastern Kolkata on Wednesday. The…
No matter how glitzy, glamorous, and trendy T20 cricket might become, the curious thing is that in the collective cricketing consciousness, the longer the format, the more weight a tournament…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has refuted a report that said faecal bacteria present in water at many places at the Maha Kumbh did not meet the criteria of…
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday came down hard on the centre and Indian Railways over the stampede last week at the New Delhi Railway Station, in which 18 people…
A second-year MBBS student was allegedly assaulted at a medical college in Karnataka’s Vijayapura. The victim, Hameem, a second-year MBBS student at Al-Ameen Medical College is from Jammu and Kashmir’s…
A 34-year-old Mumbai man, who long dreamt of being a father, became a parent on Sunday after adopting a three-year-old boy from an orphanage in Ahmedabad. It was the first…
A photo of a political worker and head of a Hindutva outfit in Uttar Pradesh, Manoj Srivastava is viral, misidentifying him as the father of Advik Srivastava (21), the accused…
In a POCSO case, the Delhi High Court emphasized that while the legal age of consent is crucial for protecting minors, adolescents should be permitted to express their feelings and…
The UK government on Wednesday announced stricter rules for online retailers selling knives, along with tougher penalties for failing to enforce them, as part of a new crackdown named in…
Doctors at a hospital in Hyderabad removed a pen cap from the lungs of a man, who had accidentally ingested it 21 years ago. The 26-year-old from Karimnagar recently approached…
A mechanical engineer from IIT-Roorkie who has served as the chief secretary of Haryana, Vivek Joshi on Wednesday assumed charge as an election commissioner. At 58, Joshi is one of…
Calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “friend”, former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday said that it is “always exciting” to hear PM Modi’s vision for India. Rishi Sunak…
The Uttar Pradesh jail administration is making arrangements to bring holy water from Prayagraj’s Sangam to 75 jails across the state, allowing inmates to participate in the Maha Kumbh. According…
Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday urged Nepalese students of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) to return to the campus here and resume studies, assuring them that…
Three women Maoists were killed on Wednesday in an encounter with the police in Madhya Pradesh’s Balaghat district, an official said. The anti-Maoist Hawk Force of the state police and…
Real estate firm Raymond Ltd on Wednesday reported a cyber security incident at the company that impacted some of its IT assets. In a regulatory filing, Raymond Ltd informed that…
The Supreme Court is hearing pleas on the appointment of Chief Election Commissioners and Election Commissioners (ECs) under the 2023 law today. According to these rules, the Chief Election Commissioners…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to Maratha empire founder Chhatrapati Shivaji on his birth anniversary on Wednesday. PM Modi said on X, “His valour and visionary leadership laid the…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a review meeting on the implementation of three new criminal laws in Jammu and Kashmir, in the presence of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and…
A commission looking into alleged scams in the Assam Public Service Commission’s (APSC) Combined Competitive Examination has submitted reports, which were discussed in the state assembly. The Justice (retired) BK…
Two persons allegedly hit a young man with a bat when he complained about being hit by a ball during a cricket match at a ground here in Surajpur town.…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said he had directed the state cyber police to approach Wikipedia, and ask for the removal of ‘objectionable’ content about Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj…
Hindon, which has become the second airport to function from the National Capital Region, will vault into the big league with the initiation of daily flights to and from Kolkata.…
To fulfil one of his major electoral agendas of providing cheap oil (‘drill baby drill’), in his inaugural speech US President Donald Trump argued for increasing the domestic production of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu are scheduled to visit Bageshwar Dham in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur on February 23 and 26 respectively, a district official said on Tuesday.…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met former British prime minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday and praised him as a “great friend of India”. He said on X, “It was a delight…
Qatar has committed to investing $10 billion in India across various sectors, the two nations said in a joint statement on Tuesday, after Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani…
Newly elected BJP MLA from Patparganj Ravinder Singh Negi on Tuesday claimed air-conditioners, furniture, TV, sound system and other items were missing from his camp office, and blamed previous occupant…
The headmistress of a government school in Ranga Reddy district in Telangana was suspended for allegedly allowing the birthday of BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao to be celebrated on the…
Police intercepted a drone camera flying over the Ram temple route here during a trial of an anti-drone system on Tuesday and shot it down, officials said. Police lodged an…
A farmer in Sironj tehsil of Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh, collapsed in shock after the local administration ran a tractor over his standing crop. The action destroyed nearly 30 bighas…
Four criminals — who opened fire at a house in Patna in broad daylight today — were arrested after a 30-minute operation. The incident took place in Patna’s Kankarbagh area…
Senior IAS officer Bishnupada Sethi on Tuesday had a heated exchange with a CBI team and threatened to end his life for loss of name and fame after officials of…
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman met former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Delhi on Tuesday and the two discussed potential new avenues to strengthen market-based…
At least two Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel were injured after a swarm of bees surrounded the Haryana Civil Secretariat in Chandigarh on Tuesday. Several videos of the incident,…
Over a hundred lawyers on Tuesday wrote a letter to President Droupadi Murmu seeking revocation of Padma Shri conferred on film and TV producer Ekta Kapoor for making “unlawful” and…
A pilots’ grouping on Tuesday alleged that Air India and IndiGo have a tacit understanding not to hire pilots from each other, saying that employment in the aviation sector should…
Ride-hailing platform Uber has moved to a zero-commission model for its autorickshaw drivers in India and will instead charge them a subscription fee, mirroring a strategy followed by local rivals…
Gauhati High Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to YouTuber Ashish Chanchlani in connection with a case for allegedly promoting obscenity in a publicly accessible online show. Ashish Chanchlani is…
The police on Tuesday recovered the severed head of a 29-year-old man from a canal in Duttapukur area of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, an officer said. The head…
Abandoned by his biological parents, a specially-abled child from the Gangamma Chikumbimath Orphanage, a child welfare centre run by the Swami Vivekanand Seva Pratishthan in Belagavi, has now found a…
The government has to consider the premature release of all eligible convicts even if they or their families have not applied for it, the Supreme Court said today. The court…
Samajwadi Party leader and former MLA from Rampur’s Suar seat Abdullah Azam Khan was granted bail by a special MP/MLA court here on Monday in a 2020 case, his lawyer…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Defence Colony Welfare Association to explain how much costs should be imposed on it for the unauthorised occupation of Lodhi-era monument “Gumti of…
The Railway Ministry on Tuesday dismissed as “wrong and misleading” media reports that a Railway Protection Force probe has found the February 15 stampede at the New Delhi station was…
Reserve Bank on Tuesday launched mobile application ‘RBIDATA’ which will provide access to more than 11,000 different series of economic data related to the Indian economy. The mobile app offers…
A 14-year-old boy set his father on fire after being scolded on suspicion of theft in their rented home in Faridabad’s Ajay Nagar Part 2 on Tuesday, police said. According…
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday swept the local body polls in Gujarat by winning the Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC) as well as 60 municipalities out of 68…
A pilots’ grouping on Tuesday alleged that Air India and IndiGo have a tacit understanding not to hire pilots from each other, saying that employment in the aviation sector should…
A special POCSO court in Kolkata on Tuesday sentenced a man guilty of rape and attempted murder of a seven-month-old child in north Kolkata to death by hanging. The Protection…
The Maharashtra Cabinet meeting held on Tuesday gave its approval for the establishment of a sixth Finance Commission. The Cabinet authorised Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to recommend the names of…
Carrying an urn labelled ‘mortal remains of morality’, Samajwadi Party MLC Ashutosh Sinha on Tuesday visited the Uttar Pradesh Assembly and flayed the Yogi Adityanath government for allegedly hiding the…
Tesla has selected locations for two showrooms in the Indian cities of New Delhi and Mumbai, moving closer to its long-delayed plans to sell its electric cars in the country,…
A Pune court on Tuesday granted permanent exemption from appearance to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed over his alleged objectionable remarks on Hindutva ideologue V D…
Five passengers including a woman were killed and over two dozen were injured after a private bus fell into a drain in Punjab’s Faridkot district on Tuesday, officials said. The…
Following protests by the family of 1965 war hero Abdul Hamid, education authorities in Ghazipur reinstated his name at the entrance of the government primary school in his native village,…
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti 2025: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Jayanti, celebrated on February 19, is a significant holiday in the state of Maharashtra. As this day commemorates the birth anniversary of…
The BJP in Tamil Nadu has decided to push for the three-language policy with a door-to-door campaign, escalating the ongoing row over what the ruling DMK has called the “imposition”…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said there is nothing wrong in the setting up of a medical aid cell at Mantralaya by Deputy CM Eknath Shinde as the…
An eight-member team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reportedly from Delhi on Tuesday launched a raid at the residence of senior IAS officer Bishnupada Sethi here in connection…
Mahindra is prepared for competition from Tesla in the EV market, should the Elon Musk-owned company enter India, industrialist Anand Mahindra has said. Asked on social media platform X about…
A student of a government college here has made allegations of brutal ragging, claiming that he was targeted by senior students. Bins Jose, a first-year biotechnology student at Karyavattom Government…