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Cash totalling over Rs 40 lakh, 89 laptops, 193 mobiles and nine ‘mangalsutras’ top the list of things left behind by commuters travelling in Delhi Metro in 2024. The items…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took the holy dip in Triveni Sangam during the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj on Wednesday. Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya, Brajesh Pathak and other…
Two women were allegedly beaten up, with one of them tied to an electric pole, in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior district following which four persons have been arrested, police said on…
A petrol pump’s way of enforcing the helmet rule for two-wheeler riders in Uttar Pradesh raised questions. In a viral video, a man on a two-wheeler explains how wearing a…
An 80-year-old woman, who went missing from her home in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district 30 years ago, has been reunited with her family, thanks to efforts made by staff at the…
What’s the claim? An image of a poster featuring Delhi’s former Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener, Arvind Kejriwal, next to the entrance of Tihar Jail has gone…
In the first three weeks of January, 48 Maoists have been killed in encounters with security forces in combing and strike operations, data from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)…
The Union Budget holds immense significance in the country’s economic framework, with its roots tracing back to the colonial era. This document outlines the government’s finances, including revenues, expenditures and…
Three men were killed when their car rammed into a truck parked on the roadside in this Uttar Pradesh district on Tuesday, police said. The accident took place in the…
The Guwahati Press Club has raised concerns over the arrest of a journalist in Assam over his report on the alleged hit-and-run case in the Biswanath district of the state.…
Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya was officially sworn in as the new Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court today, with the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi administering the oath of office…
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday highlighted India’s evolution as a global economic powerhouse that is expected to contribute the highest incremental global GDP in the world…
Maharashtra, on the first day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) worth over Rs 4.99 lakh crore. This substantial investment promises…
An estimated 26 per cent of India’s workforce, across all industries and sectors, is “exposed” to Artificial Intelligence, or AI, Gita Gopinath, the Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary…
Whichever way you might wish to want to see it, the BCCI’s list of 10 commandments, the biggest talking point in cricketing circles currently, aimed at maintaining an egalitarian cricketing…
Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy, whose call for a 70-hour work week had sparked a massive row, has now said no one should impose long work hours on another person and…
The world is in an age of disruption, whether in politics, economy or technology. In any such era, uncertainty rises. Among nations, there will inevitably be winners and losers. Business…
The 30-year-old Bangladeshi national, who was arrested on Sunday on charges of attacking Saif Ali Khan after breaking into his house, has told police that he stabbed the actor in…
The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Wednesday the matter where it has taken suo moto cognisance of the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the state-run…
The World Bank-appointed Neutral Expert has announced that it is competent to decide on the differences between India and Pakistan over two hydropower projects in Jammu and Kashmir, under the…
Tamil Nadu is keen on securing investment to create high-end, high-value jobs to boost its economy, but any jobs and money coming into the state is a win for the…
The body of a businessman from Rajasthan was found at a hotel in Lucknow, following which the police here initiated an investigation, an official said on Tuesday. Additional Deputy Commissioner…
A woman was arrested for allegedly killing her two toddler sons by flinging them off the fourth floor of a building and trying to commit suicide in Daman district, police…
A man allegedly thrashed and chocked his one-year-old stepdaughter to death in Kota on Monday night and fled from the spot on Tuesday morning, police said. He was allegedly irked…
Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani attended the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious gathering, with his family in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj on Tuesday. Mr Adani, his wife, Priti…
An unlikely story of revenge unfolded in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar, leaving a man’s car full of scratches. Prahlad Singh Ghoshi, a resident of the city’s Tirupati Puram Colony left with…
Jayaram Reddy was known by several aliases – Ramachandra Reddy, Apparao, and Ramu. But the most prominent was Chalapati. A senior leader in the Maoist ranks, Chalapati was gunned down…
Actor Saif Ali Khan has been discharged from Mumbai’s Lilavati Hospital, six days after he was seriously injured in a knife attack during a burglary attempt at his Bandra home.…
Rajan Bharti Mittal, Vice Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos said, India’s global image, both economically and politically, is on the rise,…
An 18-year-old student died by suicide after jumping from his college building in Delhi’s Rohini, police said on Tuesday. The incident occurred at Maharaja Agrasen College on Monday. The teen…
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah – under fire from the opposition BJP over the alleged rape of a woman in Bengaluru last week – hit back with an ill-advised attempt at…
A Maoist carrying a Rs 1 crore bounty was among 20 killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Gariaband district last night with Union Home Minister Amit Shah…
Recent border tensions between India and Bangladesh have led to public tensions, even as the whole political situation resembles something close to a noodle soup. Bangladeshi government officials—or semi-government, in…
With just two weeks left for Delhi Assembly election, the ruling AAP and the Opposition BJP are stepping up attacks on each other. The two parties have now sparred over…
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday released the second part of its ‘sankalp patra’, or manifesto, for the February 5 Delhi election, vowing to “ensure solutions to citizens’ problems” and…
The sheer diversity of Hinduism and its inherent contradictions may appear baffling to an outsider. It doesn’t tick any of the boxes that would define a religion if we apply…
Central Delhi witnessed massive traffic congestion on Tuesday due to the Republic Day parade rehearsals, leaving hundreds of commuters stranded on the roads. Posting a picture of the heavy traffic…
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday said every misunderstanding should be resolved by discussions and that all recognised tribes of the state should live together. Speaking at 53rd…
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has joined his Tamil Nadu counterpart, MK Stalin, in criticising provisions in a draft of the new University Grants Commission regulations. Mr Vijayan presented a…
A woman travelling by train went into sudden labour and gave birth at the Guwahati railway station assisted by railway doctors and RPF women personnel, an official said on Tuesday.…
The Income Tax Department on Tuesday conducted searches at multiple locations linked to prominent film producer Dil Raju and others here, official sources said. The searches are carried out with…
An employee of the revenue department was suspended after a video of him thrashing a woman at the tehsildar’s office in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district surfaced on social media. The…
Two Assistant Sub Inspectors (ASI) of the Madhya Pradesh Police have been suspended for taking part in a birthday celebration with a person holding a criminal record. An official order…
The Mamata Banerjee government has challenged the trial court’s life imprisonment order against the convict in RG Kar rape-murder case in Kolkata, demanding that he be given the death penalty.…
At a time when the Congress is preparing for its ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, and Jai Samvidhan’ rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Mhow on January 27, state Congress president Jitu Patwari’s…
After nearly 480 days of intense fighting and bombardment, resulting in the deaths of over 46,000 Palestinian civilians in Gaza, a ceasefire deal has finally been reached. Though long in…
Mumbai police on Tuesday recreated the crime scene with the accused arrested for the knife attack on Saif Ali Khan at the actor’s residence in upscale Bandra, an official said.…
A sessions court on Monday sentenced former IAS officer Pradeep Sharma to five years in jail and fined him Rs 75,000 in a corruption case dating back to 2004 when…
The Adani Group Chairman, Gautam Adani, on Monday met the Israeli Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, and his wife Rachel Azar along with other officials, and discussed India-Israel collaboration. In…
The body of a missing minor girl, suspected to be a victim of rape and murder, was recovered from a field at Basanti in South 24 Parganas district of West…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar attended Donald Trump’s grand inauguration ceremony at the US Capitol. He is among a select few world leaders who were extended an invitation by Donald…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma rolled out the red carpet for potential investors during the Advantage Assam 2.0 roadshow held in Seoul on Monday. With over 140 business leaders…
A Kolkata court today sentenced Sanjay Roy, the convict in the rape-murder case of a 34-year-old doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, to life imprisonment and noted that…
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to take a decision by March 18 on the mercy petition of death row convict Balwant Singh Rajoana, convicted in the 1995…
India’s decision to allocate satellite spectrum, rather than auction it, will give consumers more choice, the telecoms minister said on Monday, playing down concern by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio that…
Curfew was clamped in Mawkynrew village in Meghalaya’s East Khasi Hills district on Monday after a mob clashed with police personnel while allegedly attempting to vandalise the property of under-construction…
A 13-year-old girl of a reputed school in Palghar has been hospitalised after the principal allegedly punished her for being late to class by five minutes, her kin claimed on…
A 24-year-old woman has been sentenced to death in Kerala on Monday for killing her boyfriend, around two years after the cold-blooded incident. The woman, Greeshma, had poisoned her the-then…
All such persons should be barred from contesting elections, the Supreme Court on Monday remarked as it deferred to January 21 the hearing on a plea filed by former councillor…
The Math of Kerala at the Maha Kumbh is running a pink bus facilitating breast cancer detection in women, under the guidance of spiritual leader Maa Amritnanadamayi. Sant Brahmarishi Eknath,…
A 26-year-old man from Hyderabad was shot dead at a gas station in the United States on Monday in a suspected firing by assailants in Washington DC. The victim, identified…
Spotlighting the “distressing situation” outside Delhi AIIMS, a premier medical institution, where hundreds of patients are often seen huddled on the footpath and subway, Rahul Gandhi urged Health Minister JP…
A domesticated elephant is at the centre of a cross-border ownership claim. Chandratara had inadvertently crossed the border and allegedly strayed into the Indian territory from Bangladesh a couple of…
An Indian Army soldier was killed following an overnight encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore area, officials said on Monday. The soldier was injured in the exchange of…
Their barely-clad bodies smeared in ash and long hair in deadlocks, seers at the Maha Kumbh begin each day at 4 am with a dip at the holy Sangam and…
Billionaire Gautam Adani, a college dropout who built a multi-billion dollar infrastructure empire spanning ports to energy, on Monday revealed that he made a commission of Rs 10,000 from his…
Within five hours while sitting at home in India, retired professor Kamta Prasad Singh handed over his hard-earned savings to online fraudsters impersonating police. The cybercrime known as “digital arrest”…
Undone by a paratha. And the digital payments infrastructure. That was how Shariful Islam Shehzad, the man accused of stabbing Saif Ali Khan six times – in a suspected attempted…
‘Gaumutra‘, or cow urine, has “anti-bacterial” and “anti-fungal” properties, and can heal a variety of illnesses, including IBS, or Irritable Bowel Syndrome – advice apparently proffered by V Kamakoti, the…
Sanjay Roy, who has been convicted in the rape-murder case of a 34-year-old doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, reiterated in court this afternoon that he was…
The Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi will close its runway for 145 minutes – 2 hours and 25 minutes – every day until January 26. The closure is scheduled…
As Donald Trump becomes the President of the United States for the second time, let’s talk about his superpowers. And, like many superheroes and supervillains, his superpowers have a geographical…
Coldplay’s Mumbai concert over the weekend wasn’t just about music, lights, and a sky full of stars – it was also the backdrop for a romantic proposal that came with…
The 45-day Maha Kumbh 2025 is anticipated to generate an estimated 1.2 million (12 lakh) gig and temporary jobs, benefitting over eight lakh workers across various sectors, according to a…
Roy, who was brought to the courtroom amid heavy security, pleaded that he was “framed” while Sessions Judge Anirban Das asserted the charges against him were proven during the trial.…
Sanjay Roy, convicted of raping and murdering an on-duty doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has said that he has “not committed” the crime and is “being…
Amid tight security arrangements, Sanjay Roy, who has been convicted of raping and murdering an on-duty doctor at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, was brought to…
After a momentary hesitation, I took a leap of faith and immersed myself in the sacred waters of the Triveni Sangam, a confluence of the Ganga, the Yamuna and the…
The Pushkar Singh Dhami-led Cabinet approved the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) manual during a meeting at the state secretariat on Monday, with the dates for its implementation to be announced…
A magistrate’s inquiry has held five policemen responsible for the custodial death of Akshay Shinde, accused in the Badlapur school sexual assault case. The magistrate on Monday tendered its inquiry…
The Supreme Court has paused defamation proceedings against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi in a Jharkhand court over remarks against Union Minister Amit Shah. The case dates back to 2018…
An Indian tribunal has ordered the liquidation of Go First Airways after a request from the cash-strapped airline’s lenders, CNBC-TV18 reported on Monday. Go First Airways did not immediately respond…
Congress leader Kota Neelima hit out at the BRS party on Sunday, accusing them of being anti-poor and anti-farmer after the latter alleged that the Congress-led Telangana government is responsible…
A woman was left lamenting her chances of attending Coldplay’s concert in Mumbai after her housemaid threw the tickets in the trash. Social media user named Prachi Singh took to…
More than 16.56 lakh birds of over 200 species were sighted during a mid-winter census carried out in three major wetlands – Chilika Lake, Bhitarkanika National Park and Hirakud Reservoir…
More than 16.56 lakh birds of over 200 species were sighted during a mid-winter census carried out in three major wetlands – Chilika Lake, Bhitarkanika National Park and Hirakud Reservoir…
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party candidate Atishi has raised more than Rs 40 lakh through crowdfunding for her election campaign. Delhi Chief Minister launched a crowdfunding campaign on…
The Assam government has started a massive crackdown against illegal rat-hole mines in the state. Thirteen illegal rat-hole mines were sealed and three miners working inside them were arrested on…
The younger son of the first wife of a studio owner, who was shot dead in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharswan district a week ago, was arrested after he was found to be…
Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Yadav on Sunday alleged that he received an extortion call from a person who demanded Rs 20 crore from him. Yadav said the…
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday made a pit stop to savour vegetable momo at a roadside stall while out campaigning. The AAP shared a video on X from its…
Two men died and another was hospitalised after inhaling toxic gas from a coal brazier that they left burning in their office in Delhi’s Mundka area, police said on Sunday.…
Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik on Sunday created 47-foot-long sand art of US President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his swearing-in ceremony as the 47th President of the United States. Mr Pattnaik…
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police has arrested another dreaded cadre of the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), a Bangladesh-based terror group affiliated with Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent…
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary Olencio Simoes has been booked for allegedly stalking and threatening a woman, a police official said on Sunday. The woman has accused Mr Simoes…
As many as 57 of the total of 59 people accused in the sensational case of alleged sexual abuse of a Dalit girl in the district, have been arrested so…
Seven people died allegedly after drinking spurious liquor in dry Bihar’s West Champaran district, prompting the administration to order an inquiry, a police officer said on Sunday. The police came…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are also likely to…
Three passengers were killed and around 12 others injured when a private bus overturned in Jharkhand’s Hazaribag district on Sunday evening, a police officer said. The accident occurred near Narki…
A woman died of a heart attack in Gwalior, unable to bear the trauma caused by her 33-year-old engineering graduate son committing suicide, police said on Sunday. The son who…