Category: India

Music fans, the wait is over! Coldplay is bringing their much-anticipated Music Of The Spheres World Tour to India, and tickets for the band’s Mumbai concert go on sale today,…

Karnataka Milk Federation has installed a geo-positioning system on its vehicles that supply ghee to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which manages the Tirupati temple, following a row over substandard…

Union minister and Shiv Sena leader Prataprao Jadhav on Saturday claimed his three generations, including himself, never paid farm electricity bills. “I am a farmer. We haven’t paid bills for…

A Dalit girl has been allegedly raped by her neighbour who took her to a hotel in Mahoba district on the pretext of celebrating her birthday while his accomplice recorded…

The interim government of Bangladesh has reversed the export ban on the much popular and prized Hilsa fish to India ahead of Durga Puja, an important festival of Hindu Bengalis,…

A sub-inspector was suspended after a video of a man tied to a window at a police station in Madhya Pradesh’s Betul surfaced on social media, an official said on…

The Congress on Saturday appointed Subhankar Sarkar as the president of its West Bengal unit, replacing Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. Mr Sarkar has been relieved from his current position as AICC…

The Tripura Chakma Students’ Association (TCSA) on Saturday took out a rally in Agartala in protest against atrocities and killings of indigenous people in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) by…

Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Saturday spoke with the parents of Anna Sebastian Perayil, the 26-year-old Ernst & Young employee who died allegedly due to extreme work pressure.…

The search for a leopard that has allegedly killed three people in Gogunda in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district recently has intensified with an Army team being roped in for the purpose.…

The army and the police in joint operations recovered a significant number of weapons and ammunition in crisis-hit Manipur today, the army said in a statement. The joint forces conducted…

The “adulteration” in Tirupati laddus is “highly unsanctified” and such acts are considered “sin” in Hinduism, former president Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said as he expressed apprehension that this…

Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh on Saturday said the state government will not spare anyone involved in the alleged adulteration of Tirupati laddus with animal fats. During a recent…

One person died after ammonia gas leaked from an ice factory near Domoria bridge in Punjab’s Jalandhar district on Saturday, officials said. Several people also complained of suffocation following the…

A man has been booked for allegedly sending obscene pictures of a woman to her fiance’s parents here, police said on Saturday as they are making efforts to arrest the…

An Army jawan was killed and six others injured when their vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said…

Chief justices were appointed on Saturday in seven high courts, including in Delhi. The appointments came after the Supreme Court Collegium on Tuesday amended some of its July 11 recommendations.…

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday emphasised on the need to create awareness about rare diseases among the society, on being empathetic and supportive to such parents and…

The pilgrimage to Kedarnath by road was put on hold on Saturday after part of the trek route caved in near Jungle Chatti leaving thousands of pilgrims returning from the…

In a first, scientists at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have discovered interaction between a radio jet from…

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday said the government will consult pontiffs, sages, priests and other top Hinduism experts on the future course of action to be…

As the death of a young chartered accountant (CA) from Kerala, Anna Sebastin Perayil, reportedly due to ‘overwork’ sparked a nationwide debate on work-life balance, mental health, and corporate accountability,…

A Class 11 student allegedly died by suicide by jumping off a building in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore on Saturday, police said. Vinayak Mishra, a student of Barfani Academy living in…

The Karnataka government on Saturday constituted a Special Investigation Team headed by Additional Director General of Police (CID) B K Singh to probe three criminal cases registered against BJP MLA…

A 7-year-old boy was killed in a leopard attack in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, a forest department official said on Saturday. The body was recovered from WCL area this morning, while…

A day after demanding a court-monitored SIT probe and a judicial inquiry into the alleged sexual assault of a woman in custody, Opposition BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said…

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday slammed Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, dubbing him the “most corrupt CM” who played with India’s healthy democratic practices. Mr Singh asserted that it…

The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) on Saturday announced its first list of 11 candidates, including a transgender, for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls. VBA president Prakash Ambedkar, who announced the…

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday spoke with the parents of Anna Sebastian Perayil, who died due to alleged extreme work pressure at Ernst &…

Union Minister for Food and Consumer Affairs Pralhad Joshi on Saturday said the Centre has taken the issue of desecration of famous Tirupati Laddu seriously and will take the matter…

BJP leader Babita Phogat has hit back at her cousin Vinesh Phogat, who is contesting from the Julana assembly seat after Vinesh criticised the BJP during her campaigning for the…

Karnataka BJP leaders filed a formal complaint with Police Inspector of High Ground Police Station in Bengaluru against Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LOP) Rahul Gandhi over his remarks in…

The hearing in a defamation case against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in a MP-MLA court in this Uttar Pradesh district was postponed on Saturday due…

Anna Sebastian Perayil, the 26-year-old Ernst and Young employee who allegedly died of “work-related stress”, had raised concerns over work pressure with her seniors, her father Sibi Joseph has said.…

Union Home Minister, Amit Shah said on Saturday that if bullets are fired from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), those would be responded to…

Telugu choreographer Jani Master, accused of sexually assaulting a woman ex-employee, has confessed to the crime, police said. According to the 21-year-old woman, she met Master at an event in…

Jayanthi, a professor and former journalist from Tamil Nadu, has fallen victim to a sophisticated online scam, losing a significant portion of her life savings. The scammers, posing as police…

A 21-year-old engineering student was on Saturday arrested for allegedly recording videos of girls students inside the washroom of the college near Bengaluru. The students at the ACS College of…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi who commenced his three-day visit to the US on Saturday said he will take part in various programs and will have a bilateral meeting with President…

A minor girl was allegedly raped in Assam’s Nagaon on Friday, days after a teen was allegedly gang-raped in the district. The girl was allegedly raped by two motorcycle-borne in…

Union minister Nitin Gadkari has said the biggest test of democracy is that the ruler tolerates even the strongest opinion against him, and it leads to introspection. Writers and intellectuals…

Students of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) have alleged police action when they staged a protest during a convocation ceremony on its campus here against the suspension of…

The Security Adviser to the Manipur government today for the first time publicly confirmed they have received an intelligence report that alerted about the entry of “900 Kuki militants” trained…

The Indian Embassy in the United States informed that a member of the mission died on September 18. The embassy said that they are in touch with relevant agencies and…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday departed for a three-day visit to the United States, during which he will attend the Quad Leaders’ Summit, address the ‘Summit of the Future’…

Unknown men abducted the personal assistant of Manipur Consumer Affairs Minister L. Susindro near his residence in Imphal East district on Friday, police said. The motive behind the abduction of…

A rape accused, out on bail, shot dead his victim here, police said on Friday, adding that the man along with another person have been detained. Additional Superintendent of Police…

A female doctor was allegedly assaulted verbally as well as physically by a patient’s relatives at the Delhi government-run Hedgewar hospital on Friday. The incident allegedly occurred at the hospital…

A 53-year-old woman was critically injured as she jumped in front of a moving metro train at Pitampura station here on Friday afternoon, officials said. Services on the Delhi Metro’s…

A teacher in a government senior secondary school in a village here has been arrested for allegedly trying to harass a Class 12 girl sexually, police said on Friday. The…

Supreme Court on Friday announced that its YouTube channel is now live as it was temporarily disabled due to hacking. “The YouTube channel of the Supreme Court of India is…

The Manipur government has asked the police to hand over the case of attack on the ancestral house of a key Thadou tribe leader and BJP spokesperson to the National…

Doubling down on his attack on Rahul Gandhi over the remarks made by him in the US, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the language used by Congress leaders on…

Amid a social media storm over the death of a young employee at tax consultancy major EY allegedly due to work pressure, Deloitte has formed a three-member external committee, which…

Samsung Electronics has warned its striking workers in Tamil Nadu they will not receive wages if they continue protesting and also face the risk of termination, a company email showed,…

In a setback to BJP Rajya Sabha member Ashok Chavan, his brother-in-law and former MP Bhaskarrao Patil Khatgaonkar on Friday returned to the Congress fold after quitting the saffron party…

Ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections, veteran leader Sharad Pawar led faction moved the Supreme Court on Friday seeking that both factions of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) be given…

Benchmark Sensex closed above the historic 84,000-mark for first time while Nifty settled at a new record high on Friday, powered by a rally in frontline bank stocks along with…

Amidst a raging controversy over the quality of ghee and alleged presence of animal fat in the laddus distributed to the devotees of Lord Venkateswara shrine here, the Tirumala Tirupati…

A worker was killed after he was hit by a BMW car being driven by a diamond merchant on the Coastal Road at Worli in central Mumbai, police said on…

Three Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers were killed and six were injured when the bus in which they were travelling fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district,…

The Supreme Court on Friday directed a Union government-appointed committee probing the death of three civil services aspirants in the basement of a coaching centre in Delhi in July to…

The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police has arrested Deepak Gupta, a family member of BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover in connection with the misappropriation of company’s funds. Deputy…

Although Gaganyaan is ready for launch by the end of the year, we should proceed with caution, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman S Somanath on Friday. Gaganyaan, which…

A Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped by three persons here in a moving car, after which she was thrown out on the side of a road, police said on Friday.…

The Adani Foundation organized the second edition of the Sathwaro Mela from 14-15 September 2024 at Adani Shantigram in Ahmedabad, showcasing diverse arts and crafts. Project Sathwaro is an initiative…

The father of the woman, who was sexually assaulted at a police station in Bhubaneswar, on Friday demanded the arrest and dismissal of the cops for taking the law into…

In a significant move to secure the financial future of young children in India, the government has launched the NPS Vatsalya pension scheme, which offers flexible contributions and investment options…

Three people have died in leopard attacks in Udaipur’s Gogunda since Wednesday leading to protests by locals who jammed the state highway between Jhadol and Gogunda. On Wednesday, a 16-year-old…

The Supreme Court’s YouTube channel has been taken down after hackers posted a message promoting a US-based firm’s cryptocurrency. The Supreme Court Registrar in a notice today said the YouTube…

The voter turnout in the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections failed to match the voter turnout in the 2014 election when it was still a state…

The Supreme Court on Friday told the Centre that the “Collegium is not a search committee” and there cannot be any discretion in accepting its reiterated recommendations. “The Collegium is…

Some people on Twitter say it like no other. “It’s rather amusing that One Nation, One Election abbreviates to ONOE – oh noe!”. After the Union Cabinet cleared the One…

The Supreme Court on Friday rebuked the Central Bureau of Investigation over the wording of a plea asking that cases related to violence after the 2021 Bengal election be heard…

Panic unfolded at Rishikesh’s Yognagari railway station today when a snake was spotted slithering along the platform, sending passengers into a frenzy. Terrified commuters scrambled to safety, leaving luggage and…

Expressing disappointment that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not reply to a letter by Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and, instead, got BJP President JP Nadda to pen an “inferior and…

The highly anticipated Apple iPhone 16 series was launched today and as expected, the excitement among Indian consumers was palpable. Long queues were seen forming outside Apple’s flagship stores in…

In a fit of rage over the birth of a fourth daughter when he had hoped for a son, a 30-year-old man killed the newborn by slamming her to the…

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Friday urged for the constitution of a ‘Sanatana Dharma Rakshana Board’ to look into issues related to temples across the country. In…

The highly anticipated iPhone 16 series hit the Indian market on Friday, and eager buyers wasted no time in flocking to Apple stores in Delhi and Mumbai. Hundreds gathered outside…

Edtech unicorn PhysicsWallah said on Friday it has raised USD 210 million in a funding round led by Hornbill Capital at a 2.5 times higher valuation of USD 2.8 billion.…

In an ambitious push to space, the Union Cabinet has approved a groundbreaking suite of space missions amounting to Rs 31,772 crores. The missions pave the roadmap for the Indian…

Indian investors snapped up Greek properties at a record pace in July and August to secure permanent residency before the country’s Golden Visa Programme underwent significant changes on September 1.…

Apple’s brand new iPhone 16 series, which was announced on September 10, is now available for purchase in India. The series includes iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro,…

The Bombay High Court will today deliver its verdict on pleas by stand-up comic Kunal Kamra and the Editors Guild of India seeking to strike down IT Amendment Rules, 2023…

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has raised the cases of “young people dying due to stress”, referring to the death of a 26-year-old Ernst & Young employee in Pune,…

Five men were arrested in Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga district on Thursday for allegedly gang-raping a woman, police said. Investigators say the woman’s male friend was first attacked by two men…

You don’t have to wait in line to buy an iPhone anymore. Starting today, order it on quick-commerce platforms like Blinkit and BB Now it will be delivered to your…

Maldives Foreign Minister Moosa Zameer has expressed gratitude to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar as the Indian government extended budgetary support to the Maldives with the rollover of the USD…

Apple unveiled the iPhone 16 series on September 9. Now, the tech giant has started selling the new-generation iPhones in India, and people are enthusiastic about purchasing them. Different outlets…

Stolen customer data including medical reports from India’s biggest health insurer, Star Health, is publicly accessible via chatbots on Telegram, just weeks after Telegram’s founder was accused of allowing the…

The CBI on Thursday interrogated TMC youth leader Ashish Pandey, who is also a house staff at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in connection with the rape and murder…

Four members of a family, including two children, were found dead in their house in the Pramod Nagar area of Dhule on Thursday, police said. The deceased were identified as…

The driver of the Naini Jan Shatabdi Express averted a possible accident when he slammed the emergency brakes on finding an iron pole across the tracks in near Uttarakhand’s Rudrapur,…

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said his vision for future ties with India holds a stronger economic relationship. Sri Lanka will vote to elect its next President in two…

Trinamool Congress leader Ashish Pandey who has been putting up at a hotel in Salt Lake since August 9 is currently under Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) scanner, which is…

Noting that China and India are the two biggest developing countries in the world and both have the responsibility of improving the livelihood of people, China’s Ambassador to India Xu…

In a goodwill gesture, India on Thursday said it has decided to rollover a USD 50 million Treasury Bill for an additional year upon the request of the Maldives government.…

Intermittent rainfall over the last few days led to a dip in the mercury levels in the national capital, with the city recording a minimum temperature of 21.1 degrees Celsius…