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Thirty-one of the 70 candidates elected to the eighth Delhi Assembly have declared criminal cases against their names, according to poll rights body ADR. The figure is lower than the…

The first birthday of the R G Kar Hospital rape-murder victim since her death last year was marked by a silent rally in Kolkata in which doctors and people from…

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh has rushed to Delhi to meet the top BJP leadership, sources said, after the opposition Congress said it would bring a no-confidence motion against…

A day after the BJP’s thumping win in the Delhi Assembly election, incumbent Chief Minister Atishi met Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena today and handed over her resignation. Mr Saxena…

Security forces gunned down 31 Maoists in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district today, the police said. The encounter began deep inside the forest in the Indravati National Park area…

If the failure of AAP and the Congress to join hands for the Delhi Assembly election helped the BJP score a decisive victory, a Hyderabad factor, too, made its presence…

Authorities have extended by two more months the ban on the sale, possession and consumption of liquor and non-vegetarian food in Katra, the base camp for pilgrims visiting Mata Vaishno…

Unidentified gunmen looted arms from a India Reserve Battalion (IRB) outpost in Manipur’s Thoubal district, officials said on Sunday. The gunmen came in vehicles and looted arms from the IRB…

An FIR has been registered at the Janakpuri police station here after the Saharanpur district jail received a forged order, purportedly issued in the name of the president of India,…

In a rare move, NCLT has recalled and set aside its own order directing insolvency proceedings against realty firm Logix Infrastructure in July 2023, saying the plea was initiated with…

Former Union minister and ex-Uttarakhand chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank’s daughter Aarushi Nishank has accused two Mumbai-based film producers of duping her of Rs 4 crore after promising her a…

A section of the sadhus are unhappy with the chatter around viral sensations at the Maha Kumbh, saying they divert attention from what the festival is really about – spirituality…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday promised to make every effort to clean the Yamuna River, resolve civic issues related to cleanliness and pollution, and deliver on all his guarantees…

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has barred six entities, including financial influencer Asmita Patel from the capital markets. The action comes amid allegations of running unregistered investment…

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Sunday slammed Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of doing nothing for the development of Delhi and blaming others for…

The metro rail ride in Bengaluru will be costlier by about 50 per cent as the Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) on Saturday effected a hike on the recommendation…

Highlighting that India has diversified its sources of oil supply for cheaper purchases, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the country is now importing oil…

Bodies of two girls in school uniforms were found hanging from a tree in a forest in Odisha’a Malkangiri district, police said on Saturday. The girls were missing for two…

Six constituencies of northeast Delhi affected by the 2020 riots witnessed a close contest between the BJP and AAP, with both parties winning three seats each. In Seelampur, AAP’s Chaudhary…

As the BJP scored a massive win in Delhi, ending the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) 10-year rule in Delhi, a key question is doing the rounds. Did the Congress’s solo…

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani’s youngest son, Jeet Adani, married Diva Jaimin Shah, daughter of diamond merchant Jaimin Shah, on Friday at a “small and extremely private function” in Ahmedabad.…

The BJP on Saturday swept back to power in Delhi, after nearly three decades, winning 48 seats in the 70-member house, while the Aam Aadmi Party’s strength shrank to 22.…

‘Yamuna ki jai‘ – Prime Minister Narendra Modi began, and ended, his victory address to party workers in the Delhi polls with an invocation to Yamuna, the river whose cleanliness…

Delhi Assembly elections saw BJP’s Karnail Singh emerge as the richest winner with assets worth Rs 259 crore, Umang Bajaj at 31 as the youngest winner, Tilak Ram Gupta as…

Six candidates, all contesting from New Delhi constituency, secured single-digit votes in the Delhi assembly elections. All the candidates belong to smaller political parties. The lowest vote count was recorded…

Addressing members of the BJP after its spectacular victory in the Delhi Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paused his speech to check on a party worker and asked people…

Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, boosted by his party’s remarkable win in the 2025 Delhi Assembly election – fired a warning at Mamata Banerjee on Saturday evening – ‘look out,…

The jury is out on the Aam Aadmi Party’s fate in the next Punjab election after what happened in Delhi today, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told NDTV after the…

The BJP has made a stunning comeback in Delhi after defeating the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The elections saw many heavyweights losing their seats, including AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal.…

Since the Lok Sabha elections last year, Delhi has become the third consecutive state to deliver a resounding victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), following Haryana and Maharashtra. Remarkably,…

The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to make a comeback in the national capital after more than 26 years as it posted a stunning win against the ruling Aam Aadmi…

The BJP set to romp home with a massive win after 27 years in Delhi Assembly Election 2025, it turns out that the party’s bandwagon had served well the turncoats…

The time was 2:16 am, and the eerie silence of the night was broken when a speeding car rammed into a Hyundai i10 parked on the side of the road.…

Indian startups are set to take centre stage at India Energy Week (IEW) 2025, where they will showcase their cutting-edge innovations to over 70,000 energy professionals from 120 countries. The…

With Election Commission data projecting an apparent BJP win in the Delhi assembly elections on Saturday, BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar today stated that residents of the national capital have spoken…

As the BJP looks all set to form a government in Delhi, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday credited the party’s performance in the assembly polls to Prime…

Senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Saurabh Bharadwaj today lost his prestigious Greater Kailash seat in the Delhi assembly elections and said that “small battles are lost to win a…

The family of Parvesh Verma, the man who defeated Arvind Kejriwal, is expectedly thrilled and grateful as voters backed the BJP, ending its nearly three-decade wait to come back to…

The Delhi assembly election results have proved yet again that Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is incapable of defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President KT…

A woman sarpanch has allegedly handed over her rights to a man by signing an agreement on a Rs 500 stamp paper in Madhya Pradesh’s Neemuch district, an official said…

AAP MP Swati Maliwal on Saturday blamed former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for the party’s loss in the assembly elections, calling him “arrogant”. Speaking to NDTV, Ms Maliwal claimed…

It took 66 years for a land dispute in the national capital to be decided. With the original parties long dead, a city court has now said the case is…

Smriti Irani, senior BJP leader and former Union minister, said today that Arvind Kejriwal, who “anointed himself as the harbinger of social reforms” is “one of the most corrupt politicians…

As the BJP scored a big win in the Milkipur by-election in Uttar Pradesh, the main Opposition Samajwadi Party alleged misuse of election machinery. Samajwadi Party chief and Lok Sabha…

The BJP’s Parvesh Verma has given a key assurance to the people of Delhi in his first exclusive interview after emerging as a “giant slayer” who defeated Arvind Kejriwal in…

The change of guard ceremony will now be held in a new format with increased seating capacity, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Saturday. In the new format, people can witness…

Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Kumar Vishwas today took a dig at his ex-colleague Arvind Kejriwal after initial rounds of counting showed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is…

The rule of lies has ended in Delhi, declared Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday as the BJP appeared set for a massive comeback in the national capital, defeating…

Still smarting from his party’s humiliating loss in November last year, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut has alleged that a “Maharashtra pattern” of…

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday shut its party office doors in Delhi shortly after a massive defeat in the assembly elections. Top party leaders including AAP chief and former…

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), led by Arvind Kejriwal, faces a crushing defeat at the hands of the BJP in the Delhi Assembly elections. The outcome, widely seen as a…

India Energy Week (IEW) 2025 is set to take place from February 11-14 at Yashobhoomi in Delhi. The event, backed by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, will bring…

The ‘Modi, mahila (women), middle-class’ mantra may have paved the way for the BJP’s comeback in Delhi, experts told NDTV as votes were counted for the 2025 Assembly election. Spurned,…

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Amanatullah Khan is leading from the Okhla constituency, leaving behind All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen’s (AIMIM) Shifa Ur Rehman Khan. According to the Election Commission‘s latest…

Taking another apparent jab at the INDIA alliance, and particularly the Congress and the AAP, after early leads pointed to a big victory for the BJP in Delhi, Jammu and…

As the BJP surges ahead of the AAP in the Delhi election’s early counting trends, a stunning picture emerges in South Delhi. Out of 15 Assembly segments in South Delhi,…

PDP leader Iltija Mufti on Saturday claimed that she and her mother, party chief Mehbooba Mufti, had been placed under house arrest. In a social media post, Iltija Mufti said…

More than 14.6 crore women across the country have been screened for breast cancer, and over nine crore for cervical cancer, said Union Health Minister J P Nadda. In a…

Three hours into counting day, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) appears to have missed a hat-trick victory in Delhi. But the Congress is set to score a hat-trick, albeit an…

Arvind Kejriwal is facing the curse of the Yamuna, said BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Saturday as the counting trends for Delhi elections projected an AAP rout, days after the…

Votes for Delhi’s 70 assembly constituencies are being counted today and the latest trends show that the Congress – which ruled the national capital for 15 years until 2013 –…

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who arrived at Kannur Airport on Saturday morning said that she has not checked the trends of the counting of votes in the Delhi Assembly…

With the early trends showing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leading over the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the party’s Delhi unit president Virendra Sachdeva today said the leads are…

An Indian national is among four persons arrested by US immigration authorities over charges related to sexual assault. Jaspal Singh, 29, a citizen of India was arrested on January 29…

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters were seen dancing to the beats of dhol outside the party headquarters in Delhi. According to the trends, the BJP appears to be making a…

The trends show the people of Delhi have accepted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guarantees, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari has said as the BJP crossed the majority mark and remained ahead…

As the BJP is set for a big win in Delhi, party MP Kamaljeet Sherawat on Saturday said the result is “not surprising” and slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)…

The results for the by-elections in Uttar Pradesh’s Milkipur and Tamil Nadu’s Erode East constituencies will be declared today, alongside the Delhi assembly election results. The counting of votes for…

A three-year-old boy from Rajasthan died after falling into a garbage pit at a cafeteria near the domestic terminal of Cochin airport on Friday. The boy, identified as Rithan Jaju,…

The Delhi election result will be declared today, determining whether Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will hold its fortress and come to power for a fourth term, or the…

AAP candidate from Jangpura seat, Manish Sisodia, visited the Swami Narayan Temple and offered prayers ahead of the counting of votes of the Delhi assembly elections. Mr Sisodia, 53, is…

Delhi Election Results 2025 LIVE Updates: Results will bring conclusion to a fiercely-fought political battle in Delhi, with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), smarting from many criminal cases, facing a…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that North Korean troops were back on the front line in Russia’s Kursk region, after reports Moscow had withdrawn them due to heavy losses.…

Manipur Congress president Keisham Meghachandra on Friday said that the party will move a no-confidence motion against the N Biren Singh government in the state assembly. In a post on…

Adani Group Chairman, Gautam Adani’s youngest son, Jeet Adani married Diva Jaimin Shah, daughter of diamond merchant Jaimin Shah, at a “small, private and traditional” wedding ceremony in Ahmedabad today.…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday interacted with eminent personalities from various fields that included Amitabh Bachchan and Mukesh Ambani regarding the World Audio Visual and Entertainment Summit (WAVES) scheduled…

IT giant Infosys has laid off nearly 700 freshers from its Mysuru campus, IT employees’ union Nascent Information Technology Employees Senate (NITES) claimed on Friday. The union claimed that the…

Scores of people gathered outside a private school on Friday and held a protest after a five-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a foreign national student in the national…

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri recalled a discussion he had with BBC journalist Tim Sebastian in 2002 in the show HARDtalk, when he faced pointed questions on cross-border terrorism. Over…

The Delhi Assembly elections saw a voter turnout of 60.54 per cent, with 94,51,997 people casting their votes on Wednesday, according to the Election Commission of India. Of the voters…

The Union Cabinet on Friday approved the new income tax bill, which will replace the six decades old I-T Act, sources said. The new bill seeks to make direct tax…

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal today alleged the Election Commission refused to upload data on the number of votes polled in each assembly constituency in Delhi despite several…

International Energy Agency (IEA) is set to share insights on the India’s oil and gas sector during the 3rd edition of India Energy Week (IEW) next week here in the…

Why is it that almost inevitably, it’s always a batsman who’s made the captain of a cricket team? Historically, when cricket was first played by the British, there was a…

Is the INDIA bloc a victim of the crabs-in-a-bucket mentality, that is, a mindset in which individuals prevent others from advancing? Folk wisdom holds that in an open bucket, no…

The Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to two men arrested last year in connection with an alleged conspiracy of the Bishnoi gang to kill Bollywood actor Salman Khan…

The startup pavilion will show the breadth of innovation in India’s energy sector. Last week, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri announced the winners of two prestigious…

A Canadian national who was found engaging in evangelical activities on an expired tourist visa in Assam was deported to his home country, the police said in a statement. Brandon…

Mukesh Ahlawat, a first-time MLA who was Arvind Kejriwal’s surprise pick for the Delhi cabinet last year, is among the 16-odd AAP candidates who have allegedly received an offer from…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a two-day working visit to the US from February 12 during which he will meet President Donald Trump, the external affairs ministry Friday announced.…

Counting of votes for the Delhi assembly polls will take place on Saturday to decide whether the AAP comes to power for a fourth term or the BJP forms a…

Amid traffic woes in Bengaluru, a man ‘delivered’ himself to work riding pillion on a bike of the courier service Porter, after he got no Ola or Uber cab. The…

Billionaire Uday Kotak has bought 12 residential units in central Mumbai’s upmarket Worli for Rs 202 crore, as per documents shared on Thursday. Mr Kotak — the founder-director of private…

Fixed-line users will soon be required to dial a full 10-digit number, even for local calls, if the government accepts the suggestion made by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India…

A drunk Russian woman in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur created a ruckus on the road after her car collided with a scooter, injuring three men. The woman was in the car with…

OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman is currently in India on his second tour, where he met with his Paytm counterpart Vijay Shekhar Sharma. The duo clicked a photograph, which…

Each morning Indian farmer R Murali opens an app on his phone to check if his pomegranate trees need watering, fertiliser or are at risk from pests. “It is a…

Actor Sonu Sood has responded to recent reports suggesting an arrest warrant against him in connection with a fraud case. The actor took to social media to clear the air,…

A woman from Bihar’s Samastipur gave birth to a baby girl in a train coach at Anand Vihar Railway Station in Delhi with the help of the Railway Protection Force…

The Congress, Shiv Sena-UBT and NCP-SS on Friday alleged irregularities in the voter lists of Maharashtra, claiming that a total of 39 lakh voters were added between Lok Sabha and…