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Five-time Haryana Chief Minister and veteran Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Om Prakash Chautala died at the age of 89 at his Gurgaon residence following a cardiac arrest. Born…
A social media post by Vikram Chopra, CEO of Cars24, has triggered a debate over linguistic identity and workplace inclusivity. Mr Chopra shared a post on X (formerly Twitter) aimed…
India’s finished steel imports from China reached an all-time high during the first eight months of the fiscal year to March 2025, provisional government data showed, adding to concerns among…
There has been a significant rise in fake news and deepfake concerns in India, revealed a study on Friday, even as the government recently announced it is working to develop…
A woman allegedly stabbed her husband’s employee to death, suspecting her of having an affair with him, and injured another woman in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur city, police said on Friday…
A 17-year-old Nepalese girl, who was allegedly being trafficked to India from Nepal, was rescued from a bus along the international border in the district, officials said on Friday. The…
Madhya Pradesh assembly on Thursday passed the ‘MP Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill-2024’ on Thursday and became the first state to do so taking inspiration from the central government’s…
In an accident late at night, a truck rammed into kiosks near an old church on the Kanpur Sagar highway in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The accident caused significant damage…
The Bombay High Court on Friday upheld the tender awarded to Adani Properties Private Limited by the Maharashtra government for the Dharavi slum redevelopment project in Mumbai. A division bench…
Two senior legislators from Madhya Pradesh’s capital city Bhopal indulged in a bitter war of words over the national anthem in government-funded madrasas operating in the state. Initially, it began…
Indian insurgent groups that took refuge in Myanmar and fought in its civil war have been streaming back across the border to Manipur this year, security officers said, inflaming the…
Two people, including an Australia-based NRI, died and one sustained serious injuries when the taxi they were travelling in collided with a sugarcane-loaded tractor-trolley at the Sugar Mill flyover on…
Five terrorists, including the Hizbul Mujahideen (HuM) commander Farooq Ahmed Bhat were killed by the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam on Thursday. The encounter, which unfolded in the…
Food delivery apps in India are promising to bring biryani to hot beverages at customers’ doorsteps in under 10 minutes, as competition for impatient consumers intensifies among digital platforms. At…
Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Friday submitted an adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on Dr BR Ambedkar in Rajya Sabha and…
The Supreme Court on Thursday said victimisation of women in the name of witchcraft was a blot on constitutional spirit and censured an order staying the proceedings against man accused…
Bhopal witnessed a shocking incident when a hidden camera was found in the changing room of MRI Centre in Malviya Nagar. A woman who visited the centre for an MRI…
The Joint Parliamentary Committee to review the One Nation One Election bill will have eight more members. Now it will have 27 members from Lok Sabha and 12 from Rajya…
There is no organisation called “Kuki-Zo Council” and no district by the name “Lamka” in Manipur, the state government said in a statement on Thursday. This group had objected to…
The Congress dismissed the FIR against Rahul Gandhi as a “badge of honour” and accused the BJP of using diversionary tactics. The FIR was registered yesterday following allegations that Mr…
Indian companies secured USD 3.4 billion in deals and investments in the US in the past year alone at the SelectUSA Investment Summit, said US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti…
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain’s funeral was held in San Francisco, United States on Thursday, days after he died of complications arising from a lung disease. Several musicians attended the funeral.…
In a major breakthrough under “Operation Anti-Virus”, the police in Rajasthan on Thursday uncovered a cyber fraud gang involved in scams worth over Rs 10 crore across 16 states. The…
The Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act 2002 (Amendment) Bill, 2024, was passed by both houses of the legislature on Thursday. Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar said that the state government…
Two separate police cases have been filed against Manipur Congress leader Lamtinthang Haokip and an X user for allegedly “inciting communities to escalate the conflict” and “promoting feelings of enmity”…
A third soldier succumbed to injuries sustained in Bikaner’s Mahajan field firing range incident, officials said on Thursday. Earlier, two soldiers had died while loading ammunition in a tank during…
A special court here on Thursday sentenced former BJP MLA Bhawani Singh Rajawat and his aide Mahaveer Suman to three years of imprisonment for slapping a forest officer in his…
The defence relationship between India and the United States is accelerating and advancing in terrific and exciting ways, the Pentagon has said amidst the transition from the Joe Biden administration…
Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose fast-unto-death entered the 24th day on Thursday, fell down and fainted for 8-10 minutes with doctors describing his condition as critical. The doctors…
Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose fast-unto-death entered the 24th day on Thursday, fell down and fainted for 8-10 minutes with doctors describing his condition as critical. The doctors…
Striking a combative note, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said that during the recent state elections, the BJP-led alliance demolished the fake narrative spread by the Opposition in…
The Delhi government on Thursday imposed a “perpetual ban” on the manufacture, use and sale of firecrackers, including through online platforms, in the national capital, according to an official order.…
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah here and discussed various key issues, including an early restoration of statehood and involving…
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara stated in the Legislative Council in Belagavi Suvarna Vidhana Soudha on Thursday that the state police have detained 159 Bangladeshi nationals and 24 Pakistani nationals…
Indian Navy’s Russia-manufactured guided missile frigate INS Tushil has set sail from the coastal Russian city of Kaliningrad to India. The warship was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Kaliningrad…
A day after a ferry-Navy craft collision claimed 14 lives off the Mumbai coast, authorities on Thursday made life jackets mandatory for all people taking boat rides from the Gateway…
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain will be laid to rest in San Francisco on Thursday, Press Trust of India reported, quoting family sources. Zakir Hussain, one of the world’s most accomplished…
Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has taken action against YouTuber Ravindra Balu Bharti and his company, Ravindra Bharti Education Institute, for operating an unregistered investment…
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the restrictions imposed by the Kerala High Court for the use of elephants in temple festivals. The temple trusts of Thiruvambady and Paramekkavu Devaswoms…
A female bear and its two cubs were killed when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, a forest official said on Thursday.…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she was shocked at Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent remarks about BR Ambedkar and the way he was being “belittled”.…
Leaders of the BJP are making a beeline for Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia hospital to visit to the two party MPS admitted after they were injured in the brawl outside…
The body of a 43-year-old man who was among the two missing passengers after a Navy craft rammed into their ferry off the Mumbai coast, was found on Thursday, police…
Hitting out at the BJP and clarifying the party’s stance on the tussle that took place at the Parliament complex on Thursday, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the chaos was…
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday launched a mobile application that will enable citizens to report poor road conditions, in the remotest parts of the state, to the department…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke to UK’s King Charles and reaffirmed India’s commitment to strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership. During their discussion, they reflected on the historic relationship…
Delhi’s air quality plunged into the ‘severe plus’ category on Thursday, with a 24 hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 451 recorded at 4 pm, according to the Central…
Women constitute less than 20 per cent of the overall workforce, and only 10 per cent hold key managerial personnel (KMP) positions even as companies are making efforts for diversity,…
The Indian Navy on Thursday instituted a ‘Board of Inquiry’ to probe the collision of a naval boat and a passenger ferry off the Mumbai coast a day earlier which…
Jogaram Bhati, 60, has not slept a wink since Wednesday as he is making rounds of hospitals in the city, looking for his younger brother who is one of the…
A worker at a food outlet in east Delhi’s Preet Vihar was killed in a fight with a colleague early Thursday, police said. The incident occurred at a food corner…
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday said his party will not tolerate any attempt to separate Mumbai from Maharashtra, and asked ally Congress to reprimand its Karnataka MLA…
There are many terms in sporting parlance that no athlete wants to see written alongside his or her name. The one that perhaps hurts the most is ‘bench-warmer’. So when…
A 29-year-old newly married man from Maharashtra’s Thane district suffered injuries after his father-in-law flung acid at him following a dispute over his honeymoon destination, an official said on Thursday.…
A viral Instagram post by David Maher, who has 436,000 followers, claims that sugar has numerous harmful effects on the body, including the controversial statement that “sugar in a baby’s…
The body of a class 11 girl student was found hanging in her hostel bathroom in Odisha’s Bhawanipatna town on Thursday, police said. The girl has been identified as Tofali…
Two years ago, NDTV exposed a shocking scandal in Madhya Pradesh. It was not just about money but also about the stolen future of children, pregnant women and adolescents, who…
AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday targeted Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks on Baba Saheb in Parliament, saying “Ambedkar is no less than the god of…
A terrorist from Bangladesh who is a member of an Al-Qaeda affiliate in the Indian subcontinent was among eight terrorists arrested by the Assam Police’s Special Task Force (STF) from…
A corruption case has been lodged against former Telangana minister KT Rama Rao Rao in connection with alleged irregularities in the Formula E car race in Hyderabad. He has been…
Ahead of a crucial GST Council meeting on tax rationalisation health and economic experts have called for a higher ‘Sin Tax’ on tobacco and similar harmful products to curb their…
Punjab Police on Thursday launched a probe following reports that a “blast” took place outside the Bakshiwal police chowki in Gurdaspur district. A team of forensic experts reached the spot…
The Supreme Court on Thursday extended its interim order staying the proceedings of the criminal defamation case against current and former Chief Ministers of Delhi, Atishi and Arvind Kejriwal over…
US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti on Thursday said India is the “highest tariff” major economy in the world and New Delhi and Washington need to work together to lower…
The Delhi government has decided to impose a round-the-year ban on firecrackers in the national capital, the Supreme Court was informed on Thursday, prompting the top court to direct the…
Bharti Airtel has prepaid Rs 3,626 crore to the Department of Telecom to clear all its liabilities for spectrum it had acquired in 2016, the company said on Thursday. With…
This video is fake. ABP News editor Rajneesh Ahuja confirmed to Logical Facts that no opinion poll on the 2025 Delhi elections has been conducted. What is the claim? A…
Shortly after announcing plans to offer its café service as a separate app, Zepto has elevated Shashank Shekhar Sharma as the CXO of Zepto Cafe, effective December 2024. Sharma, who…
Fugitive billiionaires Vijay Mallya and Lalit Modi shared a moment of bonhomie over the Enforcement Directorate’s Rs 14,000 debt recovery from the Kingfisher tycoon. Indian Premier League founder Lalit Modi…
The Congress today moved a privilege motion against Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks about Dr BR Ambedkar. Mr Shah, speaking in the Rajya Sabha on December 17, had…
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has been added to the ‘injury list’ following a physical confrontation Thursday between MPs from the ruling party and those from the opposition. In a letter…
The Congress vs BJP protest war – over Home Minister Amit Shah’s “Ambedkar is the fashion” quip in the Rajya Sabha – moved to the Parliament Street Police Station Thursday…
The no-confidence motion moved by the Opposition against Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has been rejected by the deputy chairman on the grounds that a 14-day notice was not given…
Fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya on Wednesday said that banks have recovered Rs 14,131.60 crore from him “against the judgement debt of Rs 6,203 crore” but he continues to be “an…
The number of deaths from an unknown illness in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district has risen to eight, with another child who died due to the mysterious disease in a…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Bharatiya Janata Party MPs Pratap Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput today to inquire about their health after they sustained head injuries in parliament premises after an…
Artificial Intelligence, like any new technology, will destroy new jobs but also create new ones, Chairman of the 16th Finance Commission Dr Arvind Panagariya said during a fireside chat at…
BJP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi today alleged that he was injured following an altercation involving Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The incident occurred amid heated protests between members of the INDIA…
Amid a stand-off between NDA and INDIA Bloc MPs in the Parliament on Thursday over the Babasaheb Ambedkar controversy, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that unfortunately, Ambedkar’s legacy and the…
Amid a stand-off between NDA and INDIA Bloc MPs in the Parliament on Thursday over the Babasaheb Ambedkar controversy, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that unfortunately, Ambedkar’s legacy and the…
Congress leader Supriya Shrinate on Thursday alleged that social media platform ‘X’ has told them through an e-mail that the Ministry of Home Affairs and the IT Ministry has asked…
People were screaming for help and crying, a Mumbai Port Trust (MBPT) pilot boat said, at the site where a ferry and a Indian Navy craft crashed off the city’s…
Two major airlines IndiGo and Air India have told aviation regulator DGCA that the revised flight duty norms for pilots can be implemented only in a phased manner starting from…
Dramatic scenes played out in Parliament today as both the BJP and the Opposition took out protest marches amid the massive row over Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on…
The annual Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) Book Awards will be held on February 15, 2025, at the India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi. The prestigious event will honour 15…
A full-blown political slugfest has erupted over Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on BR Ambedkar with Aam Admi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal questioning the stand of the…
Principal Deputy Spokesperson of the US Department of State, Vedant Patel on Wednesday (local time) said that India has been a key partner during the US President Joe Biden’s administration.…
Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary has accused Congress of disrupting Parliament proceedings. The Opposition party has protested in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha this Winter session over several issues prompting…
Adani Group’s dedication to electrifying over a million households through the power of the sun and the strength of wind is etched in its latest AD campaign ‘Pehle Pankha Phir…
Two Congress leaders died due to “police action” during protests in Guwahati and Lucknow on Wednesday, the party has claimed. Police in both cities, however, said the deaths did not…
The government has approved the appointment of Rama Mohan Rao Amara for the position of managing director of the State Bank of India (SBI). Mr Amara, Deputy Managing Director, State…
An encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday, officials said here. Security forces had launched a cordon-and-search operation at Kadder in…
Tamil superstar and President of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), Vijay, has criticised Union Home Minister Amit Shah for his recent remarks about B.R. Ambedkar in the Parliament. In a post…
Karnataka BJP said on Wednesday that it will continue its fight against the Congress government’s Waqf policy of seeing Hindus as second-grade citizens in the state. Speaking to media persons…
The Kota City Cyber Police in Rajasthan on Wednesday arrested a 22-year-old youth Sohail Khan in connection with a cyber fraud case amounting to Rs 56 lakh, an official said.…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed grief over the loss of 13 lives following a collision between two boats in Mumbai while announcing an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh…
A navy boat crashed into a ferry in the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai coast after the “engine lost control” during trials. Thirteen people died in the incident including a…
Days ahead of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Pragati Yatra which will begin on December 23, Tejashwi Yadav, the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly criticised the JD-U leader…
A 38-year-old YouTuber in Hyderabad was arrested on Wednesday on charges of sexually harassing a 32-year-old woman, who acted with him in a web series, police said. The case against…
Markets regulator Sebi’s board on Wednesday approved a stricter regulatory framework to strengthen the process of public issues by small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Additionally, the board approved reforms to…