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Police have arrested a 28-year-old teacher from a private school in Bhopal for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl student, an official said on Wednesday. The child’s mother approached the police…
The entire 1,643 km porous India-Myanmar border, known for the smuggling of arms, ammunition and narcotics, will be fenced at a cost of Rs 31,000 crore, sources said on Wednesday.…
The Bombay High Court said on Wednesday that if the use of loudspeakers and sound systems beyond permissible noise levels was harmful during the Ganesh festival then it also has…
Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ajay Maken on Wednesday approached a police station in the national capital to lodged a complaint against BJP leaders over threats to Leader of…
A couple arrived here from Sharjah has been stopped at the local airport due to technical visa issues and will be sent back to the city in the United Arab…
India experienced its second-hottest quarter from June to August this year since 1970, with over one-third of the country’s population enduring at least seven days of dangerous heat, according to…
The father of the trainee doctor from Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College who was raped and murdered today said his daughter would have been alive if West Bengal Chief Minister…
An FIR has been filed against renowned choreographer in the Telugu film industry, Jani Master, after a former colleague accused him of sexually assaulting her multiple times over several years.…
E-commerce giant Amazon on Wednesday announced that Samir Kumar will take on the responsibility to lead India as its country manager, following the resignation of Manish Tiwary. According to a…
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted permission to former BharatPe MD Ashneer Grover and his wife Madhuri Jain Grover to travel to Doha and the United Kingdom. A Look…
Two senior citizens who went missing from their homes were reunited with their families by an organisation in Maharashtra using Google search to contact local authorities. Mavjibhai Vaghri (70), who…
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri held a meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Geoffery Pyatt on the sidelines of GasTech 2024…
Law enforcement agencies have seized Rs 26.82 crore worth of drugs, liquor and unaccounted-for cash in Haryana since the Model Code of Conduct for the state assembly elections came into…
With the stage set for the first phase of the J&K Legislative Assembly scheduled for September 18, the fate of 219 candidates will be determined by over 23.27 lakh voters.…
An e-auction featuring an exquisite array of gifts and mementos received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi began on Tuesday and will continue till October 2. More than 600 gifts and…
In a major success for wildlife conservation, a translocated tigress gave birth to two cubs in Madhav National Park (MNP) in Madhya Pradesh, indicating the success of the tiger relocation…
Union minister Nitin Gadkari, who has been handling the road transport portfolio since the first term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, today said the deterioration of new roads built…
Air India on Tuesday said it expects to complete the upgradation of its 27 legacy A320 neo aircraft by mid-2025, following which all its narrow body planes will have the…
On the completion of the Modi 3.0 government today, the Centre has taken a significant step toward addressing the challenges faced by the people in Manipur. They have been enduring…
Six Army commandos were injured, two of them critically, when their vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir…
A 37-year-old woman died of cardiac arrest at the birthday party of her five-year-old son in a hotel in Vapi town of Gujarat, according to her family members and hotel…
Police have detained the principal of a government school in Rajasthan’s Bundi district for allegedly passing lewd comments on a girl, officials said on Tuesday. The villagers held the principal…
In a relief to 30 Army personnel, the Supreme Court on Tuesday closed the criminal proceedings initiated against them by the Nagaland government for allegedly killing 13 civilians in a…
A case has been registered against a man for allegedly repeatedly raping a 21-year-old woman and forcing her to undergo an abortion in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Tuesday.…
Three children died and six persons were injured after being run over by a tractor trolly carrying a Ganesh idol in Maharashtra’s Dhule district on Tuesday, police said. The incident…
A lady police sub-inspector posted here has alleged she was taken hostage from her house and confined in a car by unidentified criminals, who also threatened her. The SI claimed…
To celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 74th birthday in a special and unique way, a pure vegetarian langar will be organised at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah. It is being said…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked people for receiving overwhelming birthday wishes, saying that he felt humbled and honoured for the love he received from various sections of society.…
Two days after AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal effected a seismic change in Delhi politics by announcing that he would resign as chief minister, he has passed the baton – albeit…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday got emotional remembering his mother on his 74th birthday and said that when his mother was alive, he always used to visit her on…
BJP MP and Bollywood actress Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday attended a book launch event in New Delhi, organised by the Narendra Modi Study Centre to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…
NAME: Sitaram Yechury AGE: 72 Sitaram Yechury, the fifth general secretary of the CPM, died on September 12, 2024, after a prolonged illness. He was admitted for days at Delhi’s…
Aam Aadmi Party boss Arvind Kejriwal quit as Delhi Chief Minister – in favour of colleague Atishi – Tuesday evening, capping a dramatic four days following his release on bail…
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said there is a lot to learn from the poll process in the United States and the way election rallies are…
On completing the first 100 days of the National Democratic Alliance’s third consecutive term, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju tore into Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, calling the Leader of the…
Delhi is set to get its third woman chief minister, after Congress’ Sheila Dikshit and BJP’s Sushma Swaraj, as AAP leader Atishi has been chosen to succeed Arvind Kejriwal. Sheila…
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to raise the issue of “extremely objectionable” and “violent” statements by ruling alliance members targeting Rahul Gandhi and…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, saying he is playing politics over the issue. Mr Shah also alleged…
Lenovo Group Ltd. started building AI servers in India’s south, the latest boon for the rapidly growing country’s push to become a high-tech powerhouse. The company said Tuesday it has…
The Uniform Civil Code will come and the BJP will talk to NDA allies to make it happen, Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal told NDTV on the 100-day anniversary of…
A class 11 student on her way to a coaching centre here was allegedly raped by a 26-year-old man known to her, police said on Tuesday. The accused had lured…
Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut says she was forced to sell off her property in Mumbai after the release of directorial venture “Emergency” was postponed due to delay in getting a censor…
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday came down heavily on agencies and contractors over ill-maintained roads, saying good operators would be awarded but bad ones would…
Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took to X to wish a happy birthday to her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi who turned 74 on Tuesday and said they will continue to…
Vadnagar, a quaint town nestled in the Mehsana district of Gujarat was a relatively unknown and unexplored location until Narendra Modi became the country’s Prime Minister. Today, it is one…
Union Minister Piyush Goyal hit out at a “despondent (and) frustrated” opposition amid criticism that the third term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a “government of U-turns”. Mr Goyal…
After 11 days of closure, all schools, colleges and technical institutions were reopened across Manipur on Tuesday, even as the security forces continued their intensive combing and search operations in…
The ‘X’ handle of Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President and senior Lok Sabha member K Sudhakaran was hacked on Tuesday, party sources said here. The verified account, @SudhakaranINC ,was…
Two policemen were removed from field duty on allegations of cutting the “shikha” (a tuft of hair worn by Brahmins) and breaking the sacred thread of a protester in Mauganj…
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday thanked the Supreme Court for halting bulldozer demolition across India until October 1 without its permission and said that bulldozers can’t be justice.…
A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was found vandalised in a village here, leaving the local residents outraged, police said on Tuesday. A probe has been launched to identify the criminals,…
Arvind Kejriwal is a politician who probably likes to catch people unawares. Beset by charges of corruption, the AAP supremo resigned as Delhi chief minister on Tuesday and sought a…
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday dubbed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s resignation from the post as an “electoral ploy and political manoeuvring”. Mr Kejriwal resigned as the…
As the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre completed 100 days on Tuesday, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said its focus has been on enhancing farm productivity while keeping…
The Congress on Tuesday appointed Charanjit Singh Channi and Mukesh Agnihotri as AICC senior observers for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. While Mr Channi is a former Punjab…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday laid foundation stones and dedicated four railway projects valued at Rs 2,871 crore in Odisha. These projects are set to enhance rail connectivity, decongest…
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday thanked the Supreme Court for halting bulldozer demolition across India until October 1 without its permission and said that bulldozers can’t be justice.…
Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi – chosen by Arvind Kejriwal to replace him as Delhi Chief Minister following his resignation this week – has appealed to voters in the national…
In an apparent reference to the political row over his visit to Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud’s home for Ganesh Puja, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the “Congress…
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has demanded the resignation of Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal after her remarks on senior leader Atishi, who has been named the next Chief Minister…
Five people, including two children and a woman, were killed due to an explosion at a firecracker godown-cum-factory in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district that caused damage to nearby houses, a…
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s close aide Amit Katyal in a money laundering case linked to the alleged land-for-jobs scam in the…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a PIL seeking exemption for lawyers from wearing black coat and gown in courts during summer, saying there has to be some…
A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced following her meeting with protesting doctors that Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal would be stepping down, NDTV has learnt that five…
Punjabi singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh has lent his support to Delhi Police’s creative warning against fraudulent sales of his concert tickets. As excitement builds for his Dil-Luminati Tour 2024 in India,…
Pune, Sep 17 (IANS) In the run-up to the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election, NCP national president and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar for the first time broke his silence, saying…
LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi extended birthday greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 74th birthday on Tuesday. “Happy Birthday PM Narendra Modi ji. Wishing you a long…
Wholesale inflation fell for the second consecutive month to 1.31 per cent in August due to cheaper vegetables, food and fuel, government data released on Tuesday showed. The wholesale price…
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 74 on Tuesday, leaders from across party lines extended their birthday greeting to him. Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Congress President…
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has said he would give India “an A” for its focus on solving the problem of malnutrition. “Well, India, for its income level,…
A 14-year-old girl was raped by two men at gunpoint in Bihar’s Saharsa, about 180 km from state capital Patna. The victim has told the police that the accused, identified…
The government has approved projects worth Rs 15 lakh crore since returning to power this July, pointed out Union Minister Amit Shah today as he released a report card for…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government completes 100 days of its third successive term today. Home Minister Amit Shah, speaking at a press conference today, said that the Modi 3.0…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today spoke exclusively to NDTV’s Sanjay Pugalia as the Modi Government 3.0 completes hundred days in office. In the exclusive interview to NDTV, Mr Jaishankar…
Delhi minister Atishi will take over as Chief Minister after Arvind Kejriwal resigns from the top post after a meeting with Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena this afternoon. The decision was…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to launch the Odisha government’s flagship women-centric initiative, Subhadra Yojana, besides other railway and national highway projects during his visit to the eastern state…
President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 74th birthday and wished that his innovative efforts pave the way to make India a developed nation. PM…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people on Vishwakarma Jayanti on Tuesday and lauded the skilled and hardworking people associated with construction and creation. “Best wishes to the people of the…
A video of a Madhya Pradesh cop removing his uniform in front of his superiors and municipal corporation officials after he was allegedly threatened by a BJP leader has surfaced…
Some of the BJP and Congress leaders who had entered the election fray in Haryana after being denied a ticket by their parties on Monday withdrew their nominations for the…
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Tuesday extended his warm wishes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 74th birthday. “Warm birthday wishes to the visionary leader & great son…
Four people have died and six people who were injured are undergoing treatment after an explosion occurred at a firecracker factory in Firozabad’s Naushera on Tuesday, said senior police official…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address the Summit of the Future on September 23, but not the annual high-level meeting of the General Assembly, according to the latest…
The Thadou Students Association (TSA-GHQ) has written to the heads of the Kuki National Organisation (KNO), seeking their cooperation in identifying suspects who attacked the house of Thadou leader and…
Mizoram is fast running out of essential commodities and oil as tankers and trucks got stuck on the highway due to extremely bad roads, the state’s distributors group said. Long…
Manipur BJP spokesperson and Thadou tribe leader T Michael Lamjathang Haokip has written to the heads of the Kuki National Organisation (KNO), seeking their cooperation in identifying suspects who attacked…
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said there is a need to hit hard at subtle discrimination against women and urged the “male society” to change its mindset before it…
There is no dearth of legal provisions to protect the interest of women in private and public spaces but law alone cannot make a just system, Chief Justice of India…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that the Ministry of Home Affairs will open 16 new Kendriya Police Kalyan Bhandars in Manipur to provide essential commodities to the…
Uttarakhand police has arrested a man from Gujarat for allegedly sending three youths to Thailand and selling them to a foreign company, officials said on Monday. According to police, the…
Former Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jawhar Sircar on Monday opened up on why he quit the party and laid out five reasons for his resignation. Speaking to IANS, Mr…
Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad has kicked up a row by announcing a Rs 11 lakh reward to anyone chopping off Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s tongue for his remarks on…
A portion of a bailey bridge over the Barnar river tilted to one side in Bihar’s Jamui district on Monday, officials said. Nobody was injured in the incident, they said.…
A gym operator was allegedly beaten to death in a village here by youths late night on Sunday, police said. The man’s two nephews, who came to save him, were…
Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Monday slammed the Congress saying that Rahul Gandhi, sitting in America, was conspiring to end reservation in India. Addressing a meeting of party officials…
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday unveiled the statue of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in front of the state Secretariat. In his address on the occasion, he…
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday said there is a need to hit hard at subtle discrimination against women and urged the “male society” to change its mindset before it…
A 26-year-old woman and two men have been arrested for allegedly killing the former’s mother over a property dispute in Navi Mumbai, police said on Monday. The police on Sunday…
India is becoming a major stakeholder in the global supply chain and this growing capacity is the foundation of our economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. Inaugurating…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India is preparing for a sustainable energy path for the next 1,000 years, focusing on solar, wind, nuclear and hydropower. Addressing the inaugural day of…