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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the Mazargues War Cemetery in France’s Marseille tomorrow. The cemetery contains a memorial that honours the memory of Indian soldiers who made the ultimate…
The Manipur government on Tuesday urged people not to fall prey to unverified news, rumours or misinformation that may cause unnecessary panic or disrupt peace and harmony in the state…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the Indian economy will continue to be the world’s fastest-growing economy backed by the increase in the government’s capital expenditure in the…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday dispelled concerns over a rise in Goods and Services Tax (GST), saying that there is not even one item on which the rate has…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday lashed out at the ruling West Bengal dispensation saying Trinamool has become a by-word for exploitation and the party has institutionalised corruption. Stating that…
Seven Andhra Pradesh pilgrims returning from Maha Kumbh died and two other sustained injuries after a mini-bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur…
India generates 742 tonnes of biomedical waste daily and managing it gives hospitals, literally, a real headache. Most of the waste, which could be anything from blood, sputum, and body…
India generates 742 tonnes of biomedical waste daily and managing it gives hospitals, literally, a real headache. Most of the waste, which could be anything from blood, sputum, and body…
Nuclear power will be part of all energy discussions as its commercialisation has not happened yet, largely in the Indian context, even though the country signed a treaty with the…
India is developing its own large language model in a public-private partnership (PPP) mode, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the AI Action Summit in Paris. The PPP model is…
Hema Malini, the BJP’s MP from Mathura, today doubled down on the comment on Kumbh that had sparked a huge controversy. The actor-turned-politician, who earlier said that the said the…
Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu took a sortie today as a co-pilot in the HJT-36 jet trainer at the Yelahanka Air Base in Bengaluru during the 2025 Aero India…
At least ten shops were gutted after a fire broke out at a furniture market in suburban Oshiwara here on Tuesday morning, an official said. The official said there was…
Adani Defence and Aerospace in collaboration with DRDO unveiled India’s Vehicle-Mounted Counter-Drone System at Aero India here on Tuesday. Dr B K Das, Director General (Electronics & Communication System) of…
A video showing Sudha Murty, founder and chairperson of Infosys Foundation, talking about an investment platform and guaranteeing results while encouraging people to invest ₹21,000 immediately is being shared on…
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, on Tuesday emphasized that oil and gas will continue to play an important role in the energy sector, even as…
The roads leading to the Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj are witnessing unprecedented congestion as millions of devotees continue to arrive for taking holy dip at the Triveni Sangam. Despite…
The Prayagraj administration has chalked out a special traffic plan for Maghi Purnima on Wednesday, which will mark the end of the Kalpvas period, an integral tradition of the Maha…
Thousands of devotees heading to the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj had to spend the night on a highway as their vehicles stood still for hours in Bihar due to a…
The second episode of ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha 2025’, set to air on Wednesday, will feature Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone who will engage with students on the importance of mental health…
Following complaints from several MPs, a Parliamentary panel on information technology is discussing whether to summon Allahbadia. The podcaster may be issued a notice, seeking his appearance before the panel…
YouTube has removed the video of the ‘India’s Got Latent’ episode in which podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia made the crass remarks that have sparked a massive row. According to sources, YouTube…
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US, Bengaluru-based space start-up Digantara on Tuesday announced the opening of its operations in Colorado where it plans to build spacecraft.…
Lottery distributors are not liable to pay service tax to the Union government, the Supreme Court held on Tuesday while dismissing an appeal of the Centre on the issue. A…
The Mahakumbh Mela 2025 has witnessed a record-breaking influx of devotees, leading to utter chaos at railway stations in Varanasi. Amid this, a shocking mishap occurred on February 10 aboard…
A student preparing for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) examination has died by suicide in Rajasthan’s Kota, officials said on Monday. The student, Ankush Meena, was studying at…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged investors to invest in India’s energy sector, saying the country offers many possibilities in view of its renewable energy goals in the next…
The BJP on Monday issued a show cause notice to Haryana minister Anil Vij over his repeated targeting of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and state unit chief Mohan Lal…
The new 2.05-kilometre Pamban Bridge in Tamil Nadu’s Rameswaram, India’s first vertical lift railway sea bridge, is set to be inaugurated in the next few weeks. Dubbed the “modern engineering…
Indian consumer goods maker Patanjali Foods reported a 71% rise in third-quarter profit on Monday, aided by robust demand at its mainstay cooking oils business. The Ruchi Gold oil maker’s…
Prayagraj authorities have issued new restrictions ahead of the next big day at the Maha Kumbh. As the city expects crores of devotees to take a dip on the occasion…
Congress leader P Chidambaram has pointed out the reduced allocation for the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in the Union Budget and wondered if Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was doing…
Budget Session Live Updates: The eighth day of the Parliament budget session 2025 will begin at 11 am with continued general discussion on Union Budget 2025-26 in both houses. Priyanka…
A collision between a truck and an auto took place in the early hours of Tuesday near the Muthani area in the Mohania police station area of Kaimur district. The…
AAP MP from Punjab Malvinder Singh Kang hit out at Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday for claiming that 30 MLAs of the state’s ruling party were in touch…
The Maharashtra Health Department on Monday reported that a total of 192 suspected cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) have been detected in the state so far, with 167 confirmed cases,…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Monday, informed party legislators, that Trinamool Congress will be contesting alone in the Bengal Assembly elections in 2026 without having any understanding with…
A couple died and four other persons were injured when their car collided with a truck while they were returning from the Maha Kumbh on Monday, police said. The accident…
The Congress role in the defeat of Aam Aadmi Party in the recently concluded Delhi Assembly election is ballooning before the Opposition bloc INDIA, which Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy…
The BJP’s Rajasthan unit president Madan Rathore has sent a show cause to Cabinet minister Kirodi Lal Meena for “tarnishing” the state government’s reputation by alleging in a public meeting…
A 24-year-old PhD scholar at the Indian Institute of Technology here ended his life by hanging himself from the ceiling of his hostel room on Monday, police said. The incident…
A top body of Manipur’s Thadou tribe met Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla and requested for deletion of ‘Any Kuki Tribes’ from the Scheduled Tribes’ (ST) list in the violence-hit state.…
Two Class IX girls jumped out of a running bus in Damoh in Madhya Pradesh on Monday morning after four persons, including the vehicle’s driver and conductor, allegedly made obscene…
Welcome to the world Basant and Basanti, Ganga and Jamuna, and Kumbh of course… 12 babies have been at the Central Hospital here during the Maha Kumbh. A fortuitous happenstance…
Actor Mamta Kulkarni, who renounced the worldly life at the Maha Kumbh and was consecrated as ‘mahamandaleshwar’ a few weeks ago resigned from her post on Monday. Speaking to PTI,…
The Delhi government Monday declared Ravidas Jayanti on February 12 as a holiday, according to an official notification. The notification issued by the general administration department said, “The Lieutenant Governor…
Amid the massive row over his crass remarks at a roast show, YouTuber and podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia has apologised for his comments and said “comedy is not my forte” and…
A forest department worker was injured after a tiger attacked him in the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve in West Bengal on Monday morning, officials said. The incident, which was captured on…
Over the last couple of months, comedian Samay Raina’s show India’s Got Latent made waves, with many saying it was all the industry needed in these times. Snippets of the…
Nearly seven months ago, comedian Samay Raina launched his show ‘India’s Got Latent’ on YouTube. What was the first thing the audience noticed? The title’s similarity with another reality programme…
Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, announced the launch of Adani Health City (AHC) integrated health campuses, to be implemented through the Group’s not-for-profit healthcare arm. In line with…
As Artificial Intelligence is making inroads in every aspect of life, the pertinent question being asked the world over is how it will be governed – and who will control…
Amid the large influx of devotees in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, authorities have changed the ‘darshan’ (worship) timings at the Ram Mandir. According to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust,…
A complaint has been filed against YouTuber Ranveer Allahabadia among others comedians, over his controversial remarks about parents having sex at comedian Samay Raina’s show ‘India’s Got Latent’. Bombay High…
A jury will hear attorneys’ opening statements on Monday in the trial of Hadi Matar, who is charged with attempting to murder the novelist Salman Rushdie at a New York…
Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena reportedly told outgoing Delhi Chief Minister Atishi when she visited Raj Bhawan to submit her resignation that she had lost the Assembly elections because she was…
Ahead of Maghi Purnima Snan on February 12, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that Railways has taken care of all the arrangements at eight railway stations for Prayagraj Mahakumbh. He…
Questioning the FIR against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi for sharing a poem on social media, the Supreme Court today told the Gujarat government that “creativity” is important and that the…
A BJP functionary on Monday lodged a police complaint here against the makers, judges and participants of a reality comedy show streaming on YouTube over alleged use of abusive language…
As Ranveer Allahbadia came under severe criticism over his crass comments at a comedy show on Monday, a video suggesting that the YouTuber-podcaster’s remarks weren’t his own has gone viral,…
BJP MP Anurag Thakur today questioned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his party’s track record in elections, after the Congress could not win a single seat in Delhi again. The…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that his upcoming visit to the US will offer an opportunity to build upon the successes of his collaboration with Donald Trump during his…
Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Monday asked the government to complete a population census at the earliest, claiming that around 14 crore people in the country are being deprived…
A potential revolt is brewing within the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) as senior leader K A Sengottaiyan boycotted a farmers’ felicitation event for party chief Edappadi K…
At least seven rocket ammunition have been found during searches in Punjab’s Patiala this afternoon, triggering panic among residents. The ammunition was found in a garbage dump on Rajpura Road…
A man allegedly killed a 17-year-old boy in Maharashtra’s Wardha district after a dispute between them over an Instagram post, police said on Monday. The incident took place on Saturday…
President Droupadi Murmu took a holy dip in the Triveni Sangam this morning as she visited the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. Visuals showed the President was escorted by the guards…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tips not only for students dealing with exam stress but also for parents to support their children at every step. During the 2025 edition of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the first episode of ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha 2025’ shared tips on leadership with the students at Delhi’s iconic Sunder Nursery. According to PM Modi, teamwork,…
Podcaster-YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia, popularly known as “BeerBiceps” on YouTube, is facing flak for an inappropriate question he asked on comedian Samay Raina’s show. During the latest episode of India’s Got…
The Mahakumbh Mela 2025 has witnessed a record-breaking influx of devotees, leading to utter chaos at railway stations in Varanasi. In a desperate bid to travel, some passengers have been…
YouTuber-podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia, known for his “BeerBiceps” channel, has sparked a controversy with a comment on comedian Samay Raina’s “India’s Got Latent” show. “Would you rather watch your parents have…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently pledged to clean the Yamuna River, a promise made to the people of Delhi following the BJP’s victory in the Delhi Assembly elections. In response,…
A Gurugram man requested his bank’s customer care support to help him change his relationship manager. Their response left him stunned. The bank, instead of resolving the issue, asked him…
Twenty-three-year-old Parinita Jain had travelled from Indore to Vidisha to attend her cousin’s wedding. During the sangeet function Saturday, attended by over 200 people, she got on the stage to…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, after inaugurating Aero India 2025 here on Monday, said that peace can never be achieved in a weak state of security, and only by being strong,…
The domestic benchmark indices opened lower on Monday as US President Donald Trump threatened to start imposing a new 25 per cent tariff on all steel and aluminium imports, including…
Budget Session Live Updates: The seventh day of the Parliament budget session will begin today at 11 am. One key highlight will be the introduction of the new Income Tax…
A technical glitch on the Swiggy Instamart app reportedly credited massive discount coupons to its users, allowing them to place orders almost free. The revelation came from a Reddit user…
Anupam Mittal, the founder of Shaadi.com and Shark Tank India panelist, has a wedding gift for Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani’s youngest son, Jeet Adani – deleting his long-forgotten profile…
A Class 8 student was raped and murdered in Kolkata after she had left home over being scolded by her mother. The cops found her body in the bushes in…
Mohan Bisht, the newly elected MLA of Delhi’s Mustafabad, the area that bore the brunt of the 2020 riots, has declared that the name of the constituency will be changed…
President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to visit Prayagraj on Monday to participate in the ongoing Maha Kumbh festivities, where she will take a sacred dip at the Triveni Sangam. The…
A day after armed cadres of the militant outfit Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) looted several arms and a large quantity of ammunition from an outpost of the Manipur Rifles in…
Punjab State Cabinet Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal met with the family members of Gurpreet Singh, who wanted to go to America via the ‘Dunki’ route and died on the way…
Four men, who head three dairies in three states, have been arrested in connection with the Tirupati laddoo adulteration case that had shocked the country last year. The investigation by…
The 7th session of the 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly, set to commence from February 10, has been declared “null and void” with immediate effect, according to a notice issued by…
An ongoing art exhibition in Delhi is offering a rare glimpse into some of the earliest high-altitude photographs of the Himalayas, taken over a century ago. The exhibition, ‘Vittorio Sella:…
The 15th edition of ‘Aero India’, billed as Asia’s largest air show, is all set to be inaugurated in Bengaluru on February 10 by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who on…
In a first, the ‘Aero India’ mega event will witness participation of two of the world’s most advanced fifth-generation fighter aircraft equipped with stealth capabilities — the Russian Su-57 and…
The much-anticipated eighth edition of the ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ (PPC), with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm, is set to return in a new and expanded format, featuring an…
A 20-year-old engineering student drowned while bathing in the Ganga river in Uttarakhand’s Rishikesh on Sunday, officials said. State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) officials said the body of Vaibhav Sharma,…
The police have booked a retired Kerala High Court judge in a case involving the alleged cheating of people by falsely promising scooters and laptops at half price using CSR…
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Parvesh Verma, after scripting history by winning the New Delhi seat in the assembly elections, on Sunday paid tributes to his father and former Delhi…
As the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) licks its wounds after the Delhi drubbing, its now-expelled co-founder and lawyer Prashant Bhushan has held his estranged brother-in-arms and AAP’s national convenor Arvind…
A day after the AAP was ousted from power in Delhi, party supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday met its 22 newly elected MLAs at his Ferozshah Road residence here and…
A cook was beaten to death inside a bus in the northwest Delhi’s Bawana area for allegedly spilling food on a seat, police said on Sunday. The man, Manoj alias…
Vikas Walkar, the father of Shraddha Walkar whose brutal murder in 2022 had caused a nationwide sensation, died on Sunday at his residence in Vasai city of Maharashtra’s Palghar district,…
President Droupadi Murmu is set to participate in the ongoing Maha Kumbh by visiting Prayagraj on Monday and also take holy dip at the Triveni Sangam. During her visit, which…
A day after registering a massive a victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, the BJP on Sunday sought time for a meeting of the newly elected party MLAs with Lieutenant…