Category: India

Three persons, including a three-year-old child, died and five others went missing after a boat capsized in the Ganga in Bihar’s Katihar district on Sunday, officials said. The boat, carrying…

Ahead of Delhi Assembly polls, several Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and members joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of state president Virendraa Sachdeva on Sunday. Kapil Naagar,…

A 16-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly abducted and raped in a car by a man here, police said on Sunday. The accused, nabbed through an identity card placed on the…

Lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai launched an attack on Hindenburg Research chief Nate Anderson after reports said the US short seller is under scrutiny for securities fraud. In documents filed at…

An elderly man was allegedly trashed to death by his nephews, who attacked him with bricks here on Sunday morning, police said. Officials said that the two accused have been…

The Meitei group Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI) on Sunday demanded that the Centre implement NRC in the state to identify illegal immigrants from Myanmar. The COCOMI urged the…

Amid allegations of “collapsing” law and order, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday refuted the claims made by the opposition following the attack on actor Saif Ali Khan.…

The man arrested on Sunday in the January 16 Saif Ali Khan attack case was in Bandra till 7am on the day of the incident and slept at a bus…

Items such as carpets, glass toys from Firozabad, and wooden toys from Varanasi are being showcased under the Centre’s ‘One District One Product’ (ODOP) initiative at the Mahakumbh 2025 in…

An umbrella body of civil society groups of Manipur’s Meitei community has condemned the kidnapping for ransom and murder of a man in the violence-hit state. The Meitei Alliance, an…

A total of 719 candidates will contest elections on the 70 seats of the Delhi Assembly for the upcoming polls scheduled to be held on February 5, according to the…

Amid a raging debate in India Inc over 90-hour work week, BharatPe CEO Nalin Negi has said that quality matters more when it comes to measuring outcomes and productivity of…

The Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, has drawn lakhs of devotees from across the world to the sacred Triveni Sangam. Among these seekers are individuals like Acharya Jaishankar, whose…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing the 118th episode of Mann Ki Baat, on Sunday highlighted India’s “historic achievements” in the field of Space. “My dear countrymen, in the beginning of…

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday admitted that he could not fulfil his three promises. Addressing a gathering in Laxmi Bai…

US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Sunday highlighted that US-India relations have reached new heights, due to the efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden. Garcetti…

Amid the ongoing celebrations for the Mahakumbh Mela and the arrival of people from foreign countries, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met a delegation from Italy. Founder and trainer…

A man who was detained in Chhattisgarh’s Durg railway station in connection with the January 16 Saif Ali Khan attack case was released on Sunday, a police official said. Mumbai…

A post (here, here, and here) going viral on social media platforms, claims that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has changed the guidelines for filling out cheques. The post…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi lauded the Election Commission on Sunday, saying it has used the power of technology to strengthen people’s power and also shown commitment to a fair polling…

The Union Budget for the financial year 2025-26 will be presented in Parliament on February 1. This will be the second Budget of the BJP-led NDA government since its re-election…

Three people were killed and four others went missing after a boat capsized in the Ganga in Bihar’s Katihar district on Sunday, officials said. The boat, with 17 people on…

Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition, has landed in trouble over his recent remarks, where he stated that “the BJP and RSS have captured every single institution, and we…

A day after an alleged attack on his vehicle during election canvassing, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said his life was dedicated to the country, but asserted Delhi has…

Coldplay kickstarted their India tour with a bang in Mumbai on Saturday evening. Chris Martin-led British band left no stone unturned to mesmerise the crowd present at the DY Patil…

The Centre will hold a meeting with Punjab’s protesting farmers on February 14 in Chandigarh to discuss their demands, thus ending a stalemate over the resumption of a dialogue with…

Television actor Aman Jaiswal died on Friday in a road accident in the Jogeshwari West area of Mumbai. The incident occurred around 3:15 PM on Hill Park Road when a…

A 64-year-old man was killed after a rod from a flex banner structure fell and pierced his neck in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur, an official said on Sunday. A contractual employee…

A 32-year-old woman and her two children were among four charred to death after a fire broke out in a house in Ghaziabad due to a short circuit early Sunday,…

The mother of Sanjay Roy, who was convicted for the rape and murder of the medic of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, on Sunday said if her son…

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will depart for the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Sunday, where he plans to promote “Brand AP” and present…

Assam has launched a global investment drive in the run-up to the Advantage Assam 2.0, the state’s signature global investment and infrastructure summit, scheduled to be held in Guwahati on…

NCP leader and Food and Civil Supplies minister Dhananjay Munde did not find a place in the list of guardian ministers released by the Maharashtra government on Saturday. Ministers in…

Dense fog blanketed Delhi-NCR on Sunday, leading to significant disruptions in train schedules across multiple routes and challenging travel conditions for commuters. The city woke up to foggy weather with…

Lex Fridman, a renowned artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and podcaster, on Sunday, said that he will visit India in February to host a podcast with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The…

Two tourists died in two separate paragliding accidents in Kangra and Kullu districts of Himachal Pradesh within a span of 24 hours. The tourists were from Gujarat and Tamil Nadu,…

Three people were arrested on Saturday in connection with the death of a man from Kerala, who had joined the military support service in Russia. Sandeep Thomas, Sumesh Antony, and…

A woman from Gujarat, married to a man in Odisha, attempted suicide inside a police station in Bhadrak district on Saturday, alleging police inaction against her husband who fled with…

Police have recovered a piece of a broken knife from Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan’s house during the probe of Thursday’s attack on him by an intruder, an official said…

Prime accused in the Karnataka obscene video scandal — former MP Prajwal Revanna who is the grandson of ex-Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, was allowed by a special court on…

Several leaders who left the Congress and even mounted stinging attacks on it find a place in the pictorial representation of the party’s history spread across the five storeys of…

A man who had lodged a complaint about the stolen ancient idols from the Ram-Janaki temple in the Padri police station area of Mirzapur has turned out to be the…

A Special CBI court in Chandigarh on Saturday convicted the Himachal Pradesh Inspector General of Police and seven other policemen in the custodial death of an accused in the gang…

Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday lashed out at Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu over the death of a cancer patient at Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) allegedly…

The Union Budget 2025, to be unveiled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, is drawing significant attention, particularly for its expected implications on income tax for taxpayers. With…

A three-year-old girl was raped allegedly in the house of her neighbour in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh, said the police, adding that the woman, who witnessed the crime, and…

Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in the gruesome rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar hospital, has been found guilty by a local court…

Authorities in Tripura’s Unakoti district have raised concerns over the Bangladesh government’s alleged move to increase the height of an embankment near the international border with the state, saying such…

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday threw his weight behind the protests against alleged irregularities in BPSC exams, by visiting the site of the nearly a month-old agitation in Patna…

Tension erupted on the India-Bangladesh border near a BSF border outpost on Saturday morning after an altercation between farmers from both countries escalated into a brief clash, the paramilitary force…

A class 4 student died after falling off a swing on the school premises in Odisha’s Jajpur district on Saturday, police said. The deceased boy was identified as Soumyaranjan Sahu…

The father of the victim in the Kolkata rape and murder case broke down in court today after Sanjay Roy, the prime accused, was found guilty of the crime, more…

A professor from Manipur has been appointed head of the Indian team that will participate in the 66th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) to be held in Australia in July this…

The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), in partnership with the Adani Group, is providing meals to nearly one lakh people daily at the ongoing Maha Kumbh, a spiritual organisation’s…

Sanjay Roy, a former civic volunteer with the Kolkata Police, on Saturday was found guilty of raping and murdering a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in August last year.…

A JEE aspirant from Rajasthan’s Bundi died by suicide at his grandfather’s house in the Jawahar Nagar police station area in Kota on Saturday, just four days before his examination.…

As the Maha Kumbh Mela continues to attract millions of devotees from across India and around the world, Indian Railways has stepped up its efforts to ensure the health and…

A 77-year-old woman was allegedly thrashed, forced to drink urine and branded with an iron rod on suspicion of practising black magic in a village in Maharashtra’s Amravati district, police…

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced that they would launch a scheme to facilitate the renters residing in the national capital with the benefits of a free water and…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday distributed around 65 lakh Svamitva property cards, and said it will bolster economic activities and help in poverty alleviation. He also interacted with some…

The Uttar Pradesh government has endured sleepless nights over an extended period to set up one of the world’s largest mega events: The Maha Kumbh 2025, at Prayagraj. This colossal…

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has ripped into Pakistan yet again, comparing the neighbouring country with a “cancer” that is now impacting its own people. Delivering the 19th Nani A…

As the Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court is set to announce the verdict of RG Kar’s rape-murder case today, the father of the deceased doctor said on Saturday that whatever…

Biting cold conditions intensified in Rajasthan with many cities, including Jaipur, recording a 2 to 3 degrees Celsius drop in minimum temperature due to the influence of northern winds. Bharatpur,…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will soon present the second full Budget of the BJP-led NDA government’s third term. The Budget for 2025 is expected to be presented on February 1…

The parliament’s budget session is scheduled to start on January 31 and run until April 4. The Union Budget 2025 under the Narendra Modi 3.0 government will be presented in…

The rehearsals for the annual Republic parade are in full swing. The five-day Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025 is also being held in New Delhi and Greater Noida. So, to…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Mumbai Zone, has restituted immovable properties worth Rs 289.54 crore to the Competent Authority, MPID appointed by the Government of Maharashtra in the case of M/s…

A couple died from suffocation after they went to sleep with the fireplace burning in a village here, officials said on Friday. The incident occurred on Thursday night in the…

Following NDTV’s investigative report, a First Information Report or FIR has been registered against two Public Works Department (PWD) officers for their alleged involvement in poor-quality road construction on the…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India’s first private satellite constellation by Pixxel Space showcases the exceptional talent of the country’s youngsters. Bengaluru-based space startup Pixxel has scripted history…

Representatives of a Kuki-Zo body from Manipur met Union Home Ministry officials in Delhi and sought a separate administration carved out of the violence-hit state. The members of the Kuki-Zo…

India docked two satellites in space on Thursday, a key milestone for the country’s ambitions of a space station and manned Moon mission. “India docked its name in space history,”…

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) began a dialogue process for the first time with the Kuki-Zo Council (KZC), which represents Manipur’s Kuki-Zo tribes. The meeting was held in Delhi’s…

The dismembered body of woman was found on Friday in Maharashtra’s Satara district, a police official said, adding the angle of black magic was being probed. A part of her…

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Friday said a report on caste census in the state would be tabled in the next meeting of the Cabinet. The Karnataka Socio-Economic and Education Survey…

At least nine people were killed, including a five-year-old child, and eight others were injured after a tempo collided with their minivan, forcing it to ram into a stationary bus…

The Supreme Court on Friday said the offence of abetment of suicide under the Indian Penal Code should not be invoked mechanically against individuals only to soothe feelings of the…

A 70-year-old man was mauled to death by a tiger in a forest in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district, and angered by the attack, villagers assaulted two forest officials, an official…

Parliament’s Budget Session will held from January 31 to April 4, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman set to table her eighth straight budget on February 1. In line with the…

India’s economic growth is poised to rebound as domestic demand regains strength, though the stickiness in food inflation warrants careful monitoring, the latest RBI Bulletin released on Friday said. An…

The Delhi High Court has lamented the killing of women due to dowry demands even decades after its criminalisation and said the mindset that a woman “endures” sufferings in her…

Hindenburg, the US-based predatory short-seller whose research caused a sharp decline in share prices in Indian markets in January 2023, and which fuelled Rahul Gandhi’s Modi-Adani propaganda, shut down on…

A gang of armed robbers looted valuables worth an estimated Rs 10 crore to Rs 12 crore from the Sahakari Sangh Bank in Kotekar, Mangaluru on Friday, police said. The…

Nearly 1,000 cops will be deployed to maintain law and order during the Coldplay concert in Navi Mumbai, police said on Friday. As part of their ‘Music of the Spheres…

The RBI on Friday asked banks to use only the ‘1600xx’ phone numbering series to call customers for transactional purposes with a view to preventing financial fraud. It further said…

A man continued to drive his car for several kilometres, with his girlfriend’s husband on the bonnet. The incident from Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad unfolded when the man identified as Sameer…

Women are at the centre of the BJP’s welfare measures, said Union Minister JP Nadda today as he released the first part of the party’s manifesto for the February 5…

The central government on Friday said it is closely monitoring the prices and availability of essential food commodities to ensure affordability to consumers and maintain a stable price regime. Measures…

AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal Friday called the Ayushman Bharat health scheme the “biggest scam” in the country after the Supreme Court stayed a high court order that had asked the…

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar asserted on Friday that the opening of “long-in-waiting” US consulate in Bengaluru was the “very important milestone” in the bilateral ties and urged the American…

The Karnataka High Court on Friday stayed the proceedings against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in connection with the defamation case filed by the state unit of the BJP. A bench,…

First, some numbers that stunned me. While reflecting on the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, a blog from the U.S. Census Office made the following observation: “The first…

In Madhya Pradesh, the Deendayal Rasoi Yojana offers meals for just Rs 5, amounting to approximately Rs 300 a month for two meals a day. However, there’s a catch –…

No underworld gang is behind the knife attack on Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan, Maharashtra minister of state for home Yogesh Kadam said on Friday. “A suspect who has been…

Madhya Pradesh, a state often in the spotlight for its developmental promises, continues to struggle with the basic infrastructure of its Anganwadi centres, the backbone of its child development and…

The rupee traded in a tight range and settled 1 paisa lower at 86.62 (provisional) against the US dollar on Friday, as massive outflow of foreign funds and falling domestic…

A court in Kerala on Friday convicted the prime accused, Greeshma, in the sensational murder case of her boyfriend, Sharon Raj, a native of Parassala in the district, in 2022.…

The ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, is attracting millions of people from across the globe. The mega spiritual gathering has seen pilgrims and sadhus (saints) from India…