Category: India

A special court in Jaipur on Wednesday acquitted eight accused in a 37-year-old case of glorification of Sati, and gave them “the benefit of doubt”, a lawyer said. The special…

In a mega boost for the Indian Navy and surveillance capabilities of the defence forces, the Cabinet Committee on Security has cleared the major deals for building two nuclear submarines…

A Vistara plane carrying nearly 290 passengers from London to Delhi on Wednesday received a bomb threat, which turned out to be a hoax following a thorough inspection of the…

A 31-year-old man has been arrested by Mumbai Police for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl after offering her a lift in his car in Mahim area, an official said on…

A 23-year-old married woman who had successfully led her parents to believe she was either dead or kidnapped for three years was tracked down in Lucknow through Facebook living with…

A student from Presidency College succumbed to injuries sustained during an attack by a group of students from Pachaiyappa’s College in Chennai on Wednesday. The victim, identified as Sundar, an…

Over 100 more senior doctors from four other state-run medical colleges and hospitals in West Bengal have tendered mass resignations during the last couple of hours to express solidarity with…

The BJP has scooped up three Independent MLAs in Haryana to boost its wafer-thin margin. The country’s richest woman Savitri Jindal, who won as Independent candidate yesterday, has agreed to…

Around 250 striking Samsung electronics workers were arrested by the Kancheepuram police today for allegedly occupying private land without permission and holding protests without permission. The workers have been on…

In a ceremony marking 25 years of Mundra Port, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendrabhai Patel released a commemorative postal stamp to honour the port’s contributions to India’s maritime and economic growth.…

Kolkata’s protesting doctors’ plan to distribute leaflets at pandals during the ongoing Durga Puja was vetoed by the police over concerns about crowd management. The police contend that the sensitive…

“What we have seen in Haryana today is a victory of manipulation and subverting the will of the people; it’s a defeat for transparent democratic processes…We can’t accept it.” If…

India has the highest number of oral cancer cases among countries in South Asia, driven by increased use of smokeless tobacco products like betel quid with tobacco, gutka, khaini and…

The body of a missing Territorial Army soldier from the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir has been recovered, officials said today. Hilal Ahmad Bhat was among the two soldiers…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday virtually laid the foundation stone of various development projects of more than Rs 7,600 crore in Maharashtra. He also laid the foundation stones of…

Budget carrier SpiceJet on Wednesday said it has amicably settled a USD 132-million dispute with aircraft leasing firm Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management (BBAM). The dispute, valued at USD 131.85…

The initial public offer of Garuda Construction and Engineering got fully subscribed with 1.91 times subscriptions on the first day on Tuesday. The initial share sale received bids for 3,80,15,666…

Hyundai Motor India has set a price range of Rs 1,865 to Rs 1,960 for its initial public offering (IPO) that opens next week for subscriptions, an advertisement in the…

Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL), India’s largest private airport operator, and global tech leader Thales, have announced a strategic collaboration aimed at revolutionising airport operations and enhancing passenger experience across…

A seven-year-old girl was killed as she came under the wheels of a mini truck after falling from a scooter ridden by her grandfather in Maharashtra’s Nagpur city, police said…

The endangered black-necked cranes have been sighted high in the Himalayan wetlands at Hanle in Ladakh at about 4,500 meters altitude. These migratory birds that breed in the Himalayas are…

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept its key interest rate unchanged for the tenth consecutive time, its governor Shaktikanta Das announced today, while retaining India’s real GDP growth…

The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) wrapped up its three-day deliberations today, deciding to maintain the repo rate at 6.5 per cent for the fourth consecutive time…

A goods train collided with cement slabs kept on the tracks in Uttar Pradesh’s Raebareli on Wednesday, making it the most recent incident in a spate of suspected attempts to…

The BJP has a new MLA in Haryana’s Dadri – Sunil Sangwan, the ex-Haryana prison official who granted parole – six times – to Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape…

The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA was extended in four districts of Assam for six months in view of the “recent disturbances” in Bangladesh and its potentially inimical…

The BJP, which was trailing in the initial trends, came back strongly to win the Haryana polls, defying exit poll predictions and stunning its rival Congress. The ruling party won…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a jibe at Congress over its complaint and subsequent letter to the Election Commission regarding “slowdown in updating results” of assembly polls in…

The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has informed the Supreme Court that it has asked the Delhi government and the neighbouring states for strict compliance with the emission standards…

Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Tuesday sought the intervention of the Centre to stop a proposed auction of a “19th century horned Naga human skull” in the United Kingdom…

The political landscape of Haryana dominated significantly by the Jat community has witnessed a drastic change in the last decade, ever since the BJP came to power in 2014, and…

Election Commission on Tuesday rejected claims by Congress leaders of alleged tampering of EVMs in some Haryana seats where machines with varying battery strength gave out different results. The Election…

Three women, including former minister Sakeena Masood (National Conference), won elections on Tuesday to enter the male-dominated Assembly in Jammu and Kashmir. While two women made it to the Assembly…

The Uchana Kalan seat in Haryana saw one of the fiercest electoral encounters with BJP’s Devender Chatar Bhuj Attri defeating Congress candidate Brijendra Singh by just 32 votes. The margin…

The Haryana Assembly poll results came as a shock to many dynasts who had entered the fray as many prominent faces had to bite the dust, though some emerged victorious.…

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday said that the World Bank has agreed to extend Rs 15,000 crore loan to the state government for the construction of…

The National Conference-Congress combine on Tuesday won the Jammu and Kashmir election, where last assembly polls were held a decade earlier, beating exit poll predictions of a hung assembly. The…

Senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Tuesday said the outcome in Haryana was opposite to the atmosphere was in the state. He also said the results came as a…

A groundbreaking clinical trial conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has revealed that ultra-processed and fried foods which are rich in Advanced Glycation End-products (AGEs) are significantly…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, addressing party cadre after the stunning win in Haryana and impressive show in Jammu and Kashmir polls, singled out its principal rival, the Congress,…

The National Conference-Congress alliance may have won more seats in Jammu and Kashmir but the BJP has emerged as the single-largest party in terms of vote share, Prime Minister Narendra…

The BJP is headed for a third straight term in Haryana, turning the exit poll predictions on its head. The BJP is leading in 49 of Haryana’s 90 seats. The…

It was a bittersweet day for the Aam Aadmi Party. As the Election Commission figures indicated that it may not win even a single seat in Haryana, the party found…

The BJP is set to win a historic third straight term in Haryana in an election that many expected it to lose in face of massive anti-incumbency, anger among farmers…

A blame game began in the Congress on Tuesday after it failed in its bid to come back to power in Haryana after 10 years, with senior party leader Kumari…

Nayab Singh Saini, the sitting Chief Minister of Haryana, will get another term at the top post, leaders of the BJP have said, ending speculation on the subject amid his…

Independent candidate and India’s richest woman Savitri Jindal has secured a significant victory from the Hisar Assembly constituency, winning by a margin of 18,941 votes. She defeated BJP’s Kamal Gupta…

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini today credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the BJP’s hat-trick in the state where he took charge barely six months ago. Speaking to reporters…

In a historic moment, Durga Puja made its debut at New York’s iconic Times Square, infusing the bustling landmark with the vibrant spirit of Indian culture. Organised by The Bengali…

Haryana Congress president Udai Bhan has lost from Hodal Assembly constituency by a margin of over 2,500 votes, compounding the main Opposition party’s disappointment at losing an election it was…

The National Conference-Congress combine on Tuesday won the Jammu and Kashmir polls, winning 49 of the union territory’s 90 seats, beating the exit polls’ predictions. However, an interesting sub-plot is…

Jannayak Janta Party leader Dushyant Chautala, a former coalition partner of the BJP, lost his Uchana Kalan seat in the Haryana polls, the votes for which were counted today. BJP…

In a show of massive support for the protesting junior doctors, the senior faculty at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata – in the eye of a massive…

Olympics wrestler Vinesh Phogat, after winning her debut election in Haryana on Tuesday, said she would continue her political journey as voters had blessed her. Though her party Congress failed…

The big story in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls is the resurgence of the National Conference and the Abdullahs. But an equally significant sub-plot is the result in Kulgam…

Turning the Congress narrative of kisan (farmers), pehelwan (wrestlers) and jawan (youth) on its head, former Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has said that the opposition party can never…

Aditya Surjewala, son of Congress veteran Randeep Surjewala, has won the Kaithal seat in the Haryana Assembly elections by a margin of 8,124 votes. The 25-year-old is set to be…

The BJP is set to form government in Haryana for the third time in a row, defying exit poll predictions which gave Congress a comfortable majority. BJP’s hat-trick in Haryana…

The National Conference and the Congress on Tuesday won the Jammu and Kashmir election – the first in the former state in a decade – defying exit poll predictions of…

The Bombay High Court has permitted a 23-year-old unmarried woman to terminate her pregnancy beyond the 20-week threshold, noting that restricting similar permission to married women will mean a narrow…

India was on Tuesday felicitated by the World Health Organisation for the elimination of trachoma as a public health problem, making it the third country in the region after Nepal…

Instagram is currently down for many users across India, with the Meta-owned platform experiencing widespread issues. According to Downdetector, a crowd-sourced outage tracking service, numerous users began reporting difficulties accessing…

The National Conference-Congress alliance looks set to form the next government in Jammu and Kashmir, which is seeing its first Assembly elections in 10 years, but the scale of the…

The BJP in Haryana will cross 50 seats and form government for the third time, party leader Yogeshwar Dutt told NDTV as the ruling party pulled a rabbit out of…

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, whose People’s Democratic Party is leading only on two seats compared to 44 of arch-rival National Conference, said today that she is…

One should never be overconfident in polls. That, says Arvind Kejriwal is the biggest takeaway from the Haryana elections as his Aam Aadmi Party or AAP, going it alone on…

A new study on Tuesday showed that damage to the brainstem — the brain’s ‘control centre’ — is behind the long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe COVID-19 infection. Researchers…

The Aam Aadmi Party’s project to expand into Haryana, the home state of party chief Arvind Kejriwal, appears to have failed to take off once again with leads suggesting that…

Television actor Madhura Naik, on the occasion of Israel marking the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attacks, recalled her family’s harrowing encounter with terrorists last year in Israel and…

Exit polls have predicted a Congress victory in Haryana and a split verdict in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, with the National Conference and Congress alliance ahead. Exit…

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini visited Saini Samaj Dharamshala in Kurukshetra today, shortly before the counting of votes for the assembly election, and expressed confidence the BJP would retain…

Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Tuesday called on the Indian Air Force (IAF) to realign it to meet the present and future requirements as…

As the counting of votes in Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir got underway on Tuesday, Awami Ittehad Party President and Member of Parliament, Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid…

A tigress has given birth to four cubs in Madhya Pradesh’s Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR), taking the number of big cats in the reserve to 90, an official said. The…

As the counting for the Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections got underway on Tuesday, Union Minister Chirag Paswan hoped that the results would be in favour of the…

National Conference (NC) leader Omar Abdullah has posted a selfie on vote-counting day in Jammu and Kashmir, one of the two newest Union Territories. Mr Abdullah is leading in both…

Five BJP members will be nominated as MLAs by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, the party’s J&K unit vice president has said, underscoring, “It is our government at…

Political parties and leaders wait with bated breath for the Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir assembly poll results today. Officials said all preparations, including security arrangements, have been completed for…

Jammu and Kashmir is all set to have a new government. The assembly elections for its 90 constituencies were held in three phases – September 18, September 25 and October…

The counting of votes cast in the Haryana Assembly elections has begun, with the ruling BJP eyeing a third consecutive term, trailing in early leads, while the Congress, optimistic about…

The U.S. State Department approved possible military sales to Italy, India and Romania for a combined total of $965 million, the Pentagon said on Monday. The potential sales are: India…

Congress general secretary KC Venugopal called a meeting with the party’s election observers in both Haryana, and Jammu and Kashmir where exit polls have forecast the party to win the…

The Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor’s power to nominate five members to the assembly has sparked a massive row ahead of tomorrow’s counting of votes. The Congress, its ally National…

55-year-old woman died of electrocution after an electric wire snapped and fell on her in Karnataka’s Tavarekere on Monday, police said. According to Tavarekere Police, the woman was identified as…

Assam Rifles in a joint operation with the police apprehended one person and seized 10,000 Yaba tablets worth Rs 1 crore in Assam’s Karimganj district on Monday, officials said. Karimganj…

Votes will be counted today for the assembly elections in Haryana – where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is eyeing a straight third term – and Jammu and Kashmir, which…

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed an appeal filed against alleged objectionable comments made against Dalits by a seer during a religious talk event. The petitioner filed an appeal after…

The inauguration of a new runaway in the Maldives built under an airport redevelopment project assisted by India and the official launch of the RuPay card in the island nation…

A 21-year-old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly kidnapping a girl in August and raping her multiple times over two months, police said. Police said the accused, Vishal Prajapati…

Wildlife experts have interpreted the sighting of a lowland bird like the peacock at a height of 6,500 feet in Uttarakhand as an unusual development caused by ecological changes in…

Rahul Gandhi visited a “Dalit kitchen” during his recent visit to Maharashtra’s Kolhapur. His discovery of the Dalit cuisine came about due to his curiosity about “what they eat, how…

The names of two prominent Malayalam actors have emerged in a case involving a notorious gangster who was arrested from a star hotel in connection with a drug case recently,…

Airbus will increase sourcing of components from India, which offers plenty of opportunities, according to the aircraft maker’s CEO Guillaume Faury. The European major, which has bagged huge aircraft orders…

The body of younger brother of former Karnataka MLA Mohideen Bava has been found in Phalguni river mouth on Monday after 12 hours of search, police said. B M Mumtaz…

The Congress on Monday claimed that its Manipur unit chief K Meghachandra has received summons from the Enforcement Directorate and slammed the development as politics of vendetta aimed at covering…

The Indian Navy and its Italian counterpart held a historic bilateral maritime engagement off the West Coast last week, featuring, for the first time, a maiden exercise by Carrier Strike…

Police have arrested a key accused in a case where a Mumbai resident was cheated of around Rs 81 lakh in the name of facilitating admission for his son in…

Three labourers were arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in Vadodara city of Gujarat, a breakthrough achieved within 48 hours of the crime after analysing footage from 1,100 CCTV…