Category: India

The Reserve Bank of India on Friday announced the launch of ‘bank.in’, an exclusive internet domain for banks to tackle rising cases of financial fraud. During a press briefing after…

The Narcotics Control Bureau has exposed a drug syndicate and seized various banned substances worth about Rs 200 crore from Navi Mumbai after arresting four persons, an official said on…

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL filed by a former Army officer alleging lapses on the part of Army in acting on information with regard to…

Kameshwar Chaupal, a pivotal figure in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement of 1989 and the man who laid the first foundation stone for the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, passed away at…

Delhi voted on February 5 to elect its next government, and the results will be out on Saturday (February 8). The BJP is eyeing to dethrone the ruling AAP after…

In a big relief to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the Karnataka High Court has refused to transfer the probe into the land scam case linked to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold the eighth edition of ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ 2025 on February 10 – this time at a new venue in Delhi’s iconic Sunder Nursery. The…

The 2025 Delhi election results will be declared on Saturday, February 8, 2025. This is according to the scheduled announced by Election Commission of India (ECI), which said that the…

At least 462 people died in road accidents in India every day in 2022, a Ministry of Road Transport and Highways report has revealed. The country witnessed at least 1,264…

The historic river rafting expedition on Brahmaputra River, one of the world’s most powerful and historically significant rivers will navigate the entire stretch of the river within Indian borders. The…

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday announced a 25 basis points cut in the repo rate, bringing it down to 6.25% from…

A Punjab resident, one of the 104 Indians deported from the US, shared the nightmare of reaching his dream destination, and how he was deceived by his agent to take…

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday raised the country’s real GDP growth forecast to real GDP growth for 2025-26 to 6.7 per cent, as it expects a robust…

Since last week, Congress and its allies in the Opposition have been at a loss of words. The presentation of an exceptionally strong Union Budget, which pleasantly surprised the Indian…

Energy ministers from over 20 countries will attend the India Energy Week (IEW) to be held in Delhi from February 11 to 14. The largest energy producers from advanced economies…

The Mumbai Police have registered a case against organisers of the Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF) for allegedly claiming the Centre’s support to hold the event and deceiving various…

The BJP has been tipped to win – by a margin of six – the 2025 Delhi Assembly election, according to NDTV’s updated poll of exit polls. Fresh data, from…

The Union government has “taken note” of China’s announcement of a mega dam project on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo (upper reaches of the Brahmaputra) river in the…

Indian nationals received 72.3 per cent of all H1B visas issued by the US for the period October 2022 to September 2023, the government informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday…

Recalling the Emergency period in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday slammed the Congress government for jailing and banning the works of multiple individuals who protested against the ruling…

Indian food and grocery delivery platform Zomato said on Thursday it will rename the company to “Eternal” and unveiled a new logo, a move that comes more than two years…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Congress in the Rajya Sabha for “pretending” to believe in the Constitution, while being the only party whose top leader imposed Emergency in 1975…

Eighteen Indian nationals remain in the Russian armed forces, of whom 16 have been “reported as missing” by the Russian side, the government informed Parliament on Thursday. Minister of State…

At least four persons were injured when one of their colleagues attacked them with a knife following a disagreement at a West Bengal government office here on Thursday, police said.…

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim police protection to the officials of Discovery Communications India on a plea alleging threats by followers of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu following the…

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his American counterpart, Pete Hegseth, agreed on Thursday to work on a 10-year comprehensive framework to bolster the India-US defence partnership, especially in the spheres…

The number of suspected Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) deaths in Maharashtra’s Pune district reached six after a 63-year-old man died, a health official said on Thursday. He was admitted to a…

The parents of Badlapur sexual assault accused Akshay Shinde, killed in an alleged encounter with police, told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that they no longer want to fight…

Delhi-Dehradun Expressway: The Delhi-Dehradun Expressway has reached a new milestone by opening a 3.5 km section. This is part of a larger 31.6 km project designed to shorten travel times…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today tore into the Congress for “rejecting” suggestions by the Constitution’s architect BR Ambedkar because the “Congress did not like him”. PM Modi, speaking in the…

Amidst the Opposition clamour on holding discussion on deportation of over 100 illegal Indian immigrants by the US, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Thursday not only provided the…

A small farmer with 15 bighas of agriculture land, Kulbir Singh paid Rs 40 lakh to agents to send his son to the US. Two months later, Devindra Singh was…

Eight people were killed after a Rajasthan roadways bus collided with a van in Jaipur’s Dudu district on Thursday following a tyre burst, police said. At least six others were…

A four-year-old girl was mowed down by a school bus in Hyderabad on Thursday. The girl was identified as Ritwik, a Lower Kindergarten student at Sri Chaitanya School. Eyewitnesses said…

The government on Thursday inked contracts worth more than 10,000 crore with defence entities for procurement of Area Denial Munition Type-1 and high-explosive rockets with enhanced range for Pinaka multiple…

A 15-year-old student of Class 9 was taken into custody for sending fake emails of bomb threat to four schools in Noida, police said on Thursday. He used Virtual Private…

BJP on Thursday strongly criticized Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav over his remarks declaring that the Election Commission was “dead” and accused the Opposition of repeatedly attacking constitutional institutions…

The Delhi High Court recently issued directed to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), instructing them to appoint a Nodal Officer. This officer’s role will be to liaise with the…

Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday criticised the Central government over the deportation of alleged illegal Indian immigrants from the United States, questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stance on…

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday said that reasonable time needs to be given to the accused Sandip Ghosh, former principal of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, before…

The Supreme Court today questioned Tamil Nadu Governor, RN Ravi’s, decision to stall bills for assent that the state Assembly passed, expressing concerns and asking why it took him three…

Of the 33 migrants who will reach their hometowns in Gujarat on Thursday after deportation from the US, many will come home to families that are clueless about how they…

A twin-seater Mirage 2000 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed today near Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh while it was on a routine training sortie. Both pilots are…

A family court here has ordered NCP leader and Maharastra minister Dhananjay Munde to pay interim maintenance of Rs 2 lakh per month to his estranged wife and daughter. Dhananjay…

In a snub to some leaders who have been pushing for the replacement of BY Vijayendra as the President of the party in Karnataka, the BJP’s high command has refused…

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and some of his cabinet colleagues and MLAs took a dip today at the Triveni Sangam in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj during the Maha Kumbh.…

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, amid an uproar over the “inhuman” deportation of 104 Indians who entered US illegally. The Union minister is…

Amid an uproar over the deportation of Indian nationals who were allegedly illegally living in the US, AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi said according to a report there are still 6,75,000…

A shocking incident has come to light from Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Gandey, Giridih district, Jharkhand, where the body of an 11th class student was found hanging from a tree…

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said the manner in which Indians staying illegally in the US were deported was “an insult to India and the dignity of Indians”. He…

An interfaith couple in Uttarakhand, who is awaiting their marriage certificate, is fearing for their life as their personal details including the marriage notice under the Special Marriage Act (SMA),…

All pesticide and insecticide shops have been sealed by authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s (J&K) Rajouri district as part of preventive measures taken after 17 ‘mysterious deaths’ took place in…

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India – Business Wire India AstaGuru, India’s premium auction house, announces a strategic investment from the family office of Adar Poonawalla to acquire approximately 20% stake. Adar Poonawalla…

Two minors, including a mentally-challenged girl, were allegedly raped in Karnataka’s Raichur and Hassan districts, respectively, police said on Thursday. A second standard student was allegedly raped in Manvi taluk…

A plane carrying 33 persons from Gujarat, who were among 104 Indians deported from the US for illegal immigration, landed at Ahmedabad airport from Amritsar on Thursday morning, officials said.…

A couple from Scotland got married in traditional Indian style during the Bikaner Camel Festival 2025 in Rajasthan. The festival attracts tourists from around the world, with some couples choosing…

Three minor boys were killed and another was injured when a tractor on which they were riding after skipping school overturned in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district, police said on Thursday. The…

India will launch the Chandrayaan-4 mission to bring back samples of moon rocks to the Earth in 2027, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said. Chandrayaan-4 will involve at least…

A row erupted on Wednesday when freedom fighter and Dalit icon Jaglal Choudhary’s son alleged that he was not given due respect at the function organised on his father’s birth…

Nine people reportedly fell ill after consuming grilled chicken at a restaurant at Chinnakadai Street, Sholavandan in Madurai. The incident happened on the night of February 4. Following the complaints,…

A 24-year-old man was killed after being hit by a long distance train while he was taking a selfie on railway tracks in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Thursday.…

Police have arrested nine persons after a man was shot dead by some of his group members who allegedly mistook him for a wild boar during hunting in Maharashtra’s Palghar…

Two people, both auto drivers have been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman in a moving auto-rickshaw near Chennai on Monday night. The woman, a…

Nine Bangladeshi nationals, who entered India illegally, were arrested from Meghalaya on Tuesday night, officials said. According to the police, they found the Bangladeshis travelling in a van in the…

Three people have been arrested three people in connection with the sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman in a moving auto-rickshaw near Chennai on Monday night. The woman, a migrant…

Mumbai Police conducted identification parade for Shariful Islam Shehzad, the accused in the Saif Ali Khan stabbing case, at Arthur Road Jail on Wednesday, officials said. According to officials, Shehzad,…

For millions of Hindu pilgrims at the millennia-old vast Kumbh Mela festival, the culmination of their journey is ritual bathing in the holy waters where sacred rivers meet. And for…

A neurosurgeon from Jodhpur lost Rs 62.8 lakh to cyber criminals who lured him with promises of high returns on stock market investments, the police said. The fraudsters managed to…

Liquor baron Vijay Mallya has submitted before the Karnataka High Court that the Rs 6,200 crore debt he owes to banks has been recovered “multiple times over,” and sought a…

Industrialist Gautam Adani, whose son Jeet Adani is set to marry Diva Jaimin Shah on February 7 (Friday), shared today that the couple had pledged to contribute Rs 10 lakh…

In a tragic incident, five members of a family, including three children, lost their lives in an accident in Yadgir district of Karnataka on Wednesday. The accident occurred near Tinthani…

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is currently in India as part of his whirlwind tour of Asia. He has been meeting several top government officials and industry leaders and today he…

A hunting expedition by a group of villagers went fatally wrong as one of them was shot dead by some other members, who allegedly mistook him for a wild boar…

In a shocking incident, a man stabbed his wife to death near his son’s school, in full public view, in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The incident took place in Vinayakanagar, Hebbagodi,…

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made some big-ticket announcements at the inaugural session of the Bengal Global Business Summit 2025. One of the biggest was on coal extraction from…

Delhi recorded a 57.89 per cent voter turnout in the assembly polls on Wednesday amid charges of malpractices including money distribution and fake voting by both AAP and BJP who…

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, the governing body of the Tirupati temple, has taken action against 18 non-Hindu employees, who apparently are following non-Hindu practices despite taking an oath to uphold…

A Class 12 student lost her life while nine other children sustained serious injuries as the driver of the school bus in which they were travelling lost the control of…

Amid buzz about a Sikkim-Darjeeling merger from politicians from different parties, Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang has denied all such claims as false. After the legislative assembly session today,…

Security audit done by security forces along border areas of Jammu and Kashmir was reviewed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday in which he stressed that forces should…

The fate of 699 candidates was sealed today as Delhi voted to elect a new 70-member house. The turnout touched 57.7 percent at 5 pm against 2020’s 54.2 percent for…

A group of villagers’ hunting trip in a forest area in the Palghar district of Maharashtra went horribly wrong when some villagers mistakenly shot one of their own companions, mistaking…

The redeveloped kerbside at Terminal 1 (T1) of Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport was inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in the presence of stakeholders of the…

Mumbai Police was all about its climax. Roshan Andrrews’ seminal 2013 thriller moved towards a finale so audacious, it felt like a glimpse into the future. A twist not just…

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ajeet Madhavrao Gopchade on Monday raised concerns in Parliament over fatal accidents linked to Google Maps errors, urging the development of a homegrown mapping solution. Speaking…

The results of exit polls for the 2025 Delhi Assembly election will be announced shortly. Voting for the 70-member assembly ends in another 30 minutes. Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP, contesting all…

Last week, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced during her Budget speech that the Centre would allocate Rs. 500 crore to establish a Centre for Excellence in AI and Education. This…

Adani Group Chairman, Gautam Adani’s son, Jeet Adani will marry Diva Jaimin Shah on Friday. Mr Adani had said Jeet’s wedding “will be very simple and with fully traditional ways.”…

A man allegedly killed his 10-year-old son by giving him water mixed with sodium nitrite, a poisonous substance, police said on Wednesday. Kalpesh Gohel (47), who did not carry out…

As India embarks on an exciting artificial intelligence (AI) journey, OpenAI Co-founder and CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday said India is a very important market for AI and the company’s…

Bryan Johnson, a US tech millionaire known for his anti-ageing research, has slammed India’s poor air quality again – days after he made headlines for walking out of a podcast…

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Tuesday presented a budget of over Rs 74,000 crore for the financial year 2025-26, which, according to Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, is the “biggest budget”…

India’s finance ministry has asked its employees to avoid using AI tools including ChatGPT and DeepSeek for official purposes, citing risks posed to confidentiality of government documents and data, an…

A man, who ordered a camera worth Rs 39,990 from e-commerce giant Amazon, received an empty package. In a post on X, the man, Shubham, said that he placed an…

As the artificial intelligence (AI) race heats up globally, India has devised an exhaustive strategy to create a full AI stack and OpenAI is willing to collaborate with the country…

More than 250 persons fell ill due to suspected food poisoning after attending a village fair in western Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district, police said on Wednesday. About 50 persons were undergoing…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a boat ride to Sangam in Prayagraj to attend the Maha Kumbh Mela, accompanied by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The Prime Minister…

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju took a holy dip in Prayagraj’s Mahakumbh Triveni Sangam on Wednesday, and urged not to do ‘politics’ on historic moment. Posting a video on X, he…

The Permanent Mission of India in New York announced on Tuesday that India has once again been included in the ‘Honour Roll’ of the United Nations (UN) for paying its…