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The Congress on Monday released its manifesto for the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, promising a slew of welfare measures for farmers, women and the youth. The highlight of…
The temporary mini-moon of Earth, which will orbit our planet for 53 days, will not be visible to the naked eye, confirmed Dr AK Anil Kumar, head of ISRO’s Network…
A senior citizen has been arrested for allegedly molesting his daughter’s nine-year-old student in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district, police said on Monday. Based on a complaint by the girl’s family, the…
A court in Gurugram sentenced a man to 20 years of imprisonment for raping a 16-year-old girl in 2020, police said on Monday. The court of additional session judge Ashwani…
A day after his shock announcement that he would resign in two days, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today sought an appointment with Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena. The Lieutenant Governor…
Turning down the compensation of Rs 2 lakh, the family of a 10-year-old boy who died at a state-run hospital in Dakshin Dinajpur district rejected the West Bengal government’s claim…
Six minors were apprehended after a video of them allegedly riding two-wheelers holding the Palestinian flag surfaced on social media platforms, police said on Monday. The incident occurred on Sunday…
Two minor sisters were swept away in the strong current of the Ganga river while trying to save their younger brother from drowning in Haripur Kalan in Dehradun on Monday.…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to turn 74 on Tuesday, September 17, adding another glorious year to his decades of public service. PM Modi’s birthday remains much like any…
The internet ban in five valley districts of Manipur has been lifted with immediate effect after six days. The Manipur government has also ordered reopening of schools in the state…
After finding out that his photograph was missing from party posters for a meeting, senior Bihar minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav on Monday said he is “not in the JD(U)”, only…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said there is a clear fight between the Congress-National Conference alliance and the BJP – one wanting to bring back Article 370, and…
In a controversial statement, Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad has announced that he will give Rs 11 lakh to anyone chopping off Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s tongue for his remarks…
Who wants groceries in 10 minutes? Until early last year, many folks I spoke with working at India’s biggest e-commerce companies, including Flipkart and Amazon, sounded sceptical about quick-commerce. “It’s…
Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday lashed out at the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre over the ‘one nation, one election’ issue, saying it is not possible under the…
The Manipur government on Monday lifted the temporary suspension on internet services in the five valley districts with immediate effect. Commissioner (Home) N Ashok Kumar said the state government has…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said there were attempts to revive terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, and added that it will be “buried to such a level” in…
Police on Monday detained two people for allegedly carrying India’s national flag with a ‘crescent moon and star’ in place of the Ashoka Chakra during a procession in Bihar’s Saran…
A nearly 10-foot-long python was found in a dangerous situation near Rajasthan’s Udaipur. A video shows the serpent trapped in a plastic net – a protective barrier typically used by…
Three wagons of a goods train derailed between Misrod and Mandideep stations near Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal on Monday, an official said. The incident, which took place at 12:45pm under…
In yet another wolf attack in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich, a 13-year-old boy was attacked while sleeping on the terrace of his home. The boy, identified as Armaan Ali, was attacked…
Six policemen were suspended after a video of them gambling surfaced on social media in Madhya Pradesh’s Tikamgarh district, an official said on Monday. Superintendent of Police (SP) Rohit Kashwani…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated phase II of the Metro rail extension connecting the twin cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. PM Modi waved a green flag to start…
Four members of a family were killed and five were injured when a speeding pickup truck ran over them here on Monday morning, officials said. The injured, two of them…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has sought time for a meeting with Lt Governor VK Saxena on Tuesday and is likely to tender his resignation, AAP said. The AAP chief…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said his government in the first 100 days of its third term had tried to address every sector and factor for rapid progress of…
Hours after Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national Convenor Arvind Kejriwal announced his decision to resign from the top ministerial position on Sunday, mere days after being released on bail…
A newborn was reportedly stolen from a Bihar hospital on Sunday. The incident was captured on CCTV footage. The footage shows a woman entering the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU)…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people on Milad-un-Nabi on Monday and wished that harmony and togetherness may always prevail. “Eid Mubarak! Best wishes on the occasion of Milad-un-Nabi. May harmony…
A 13-year-old school student set a world record by painting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s portrait for 12 hours non-stop using 800 kg of millets. Presley Shekinah unveiled the World’s Largest…
A 25-year-old student on Sunday died after he allegedly died by suicide by jumping from the seventh floor of his hostel in the IP University in southwest Delhi, officials said.…
Dr Sandip Ghosh, former principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College, spoke to Tala Police station’s officer-in-charge Abhijit Mondal in the hours after a 31-year-old doctor was found dead on…
In a new twist to pre-assembly election politics in Jammu and Kashmir, the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) and former members of the banned Jama’at-e-Islami (JeI) have come together in a…
An assistant professor at civic-run Nair Hospital in Mumbai Central was suspended for allegedly sexually harassing a medical student, an official said on Sunday. He was placed under suspension on…
A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of his eight-year-old daughter in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district, with a doctor suspecting that she was raped before being killed,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Srinagar on Thursday, where a mega rally is being planned at Sher-e-Kashmir Park (SKICC) by the BJP. The visit will happen a day after…
US lenders represented by Glas Trust have countered BYJU’s founder Byju Raveendran’s claim on verified debt on the company being merely around Rs 20 crore, and have said that the…
Director Soham Shah has filed a lawsuit against Netflix for allegedly plagiarising his 2009 film “Luck” to make the Korean series “Squid Game”, a claim the streamer on Sunday said…
The Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday issued separate orders suspending three senior IPS officers, including a DG rank, for their alleged involvement in “hastily arresting” and “harassing” a Mumbai-based actor-cum-model…
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Assam is one of the top five growing states in India with 13.9 per cent gross state domestic product (GSDP) and 12.84 per cent…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Srinagar on Thursday, where a mega rally is being planned at Sher-e-Kashmir Park (SKICC) by the BJP. The visit will happen a day after…
A new video has surfaced showing how the rescuers pulled out the car that got stuck in the flooded underpass in Faridabad, leading to the death of its two occupants…
A civil society organisation of the Meitei community organised a sit-in protest at the Manipur Bhavan in Meghalaya’s capital Shillong on Sunday, condemning the recent rocket and weaponized drone attacks…
India on Sunday sent urgent relief materials to Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam under an operation christened ‘Sadbhav’ to assist them in dealing with the impact of a major typhoon. Various…
The top commanders of the Indian Navy will hold a meeting to review the security situation in and around the country from Tuesday amid growing instability in the region. The…
An encounter has started between security forces and terrorists in the Bani area in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. “Based on specific intelligence about…
India’s demographics are in a sweet spot, and the country is projected to add at least 179 million people to its working-age population by 2045, which can be a significant…
Justice Hima Kohli (retired), who has always been vocal about women’s rights and is considered a tough judge, recently retired from the Supreme Court. In an exclusive conversation with NDTV,…
The Manipur Police on Sunday expressed concern over the use of sophisticated weapons to target security personnel during protests and urged people to refrain from using such means to make…
In Bihar’s Gaya, the sight of a train engine in the middle of a field left the locals amused on Friday evening. The locomotive had derailed and veered into the…
Jammu and Kashmir suffered because Delhi never trusted the people of Kashmir, former Chief Minister and National Conference President Farooq Abdullah told NDTV in an exclusive interview days ahead of…
Haryana minister Anil Vij has thrown his hat into the ring for the top post in the state in case of a BJP victory. In a post on X, formerly…
A mob beat up a motorcyclist after he allegedly pushed a woman pedestrian and attacked her with his helmet in an incident of road rage in south Mumbai, police said…
Two couples and a woman were allegedly beaten to death on suspicion of practising witchcraft in a village in Chhattisgarh’s tribal-dominated Sukma district on Sunday, police said. Five persons, all…
Police on Sunday lodged an FIR against the headmaster of a government school in Madhya Pradesh’s Annupur district and his son for fraud after the latter was found teaching and…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday called upon proscribed ULFA(I) head Paresh Barua not to indulge in any activity that will jeopardise the future of the youth when…
Police on Sunday lodged an FIR against the headmaster of a government school in Madhya Pradesh’s Annupur district and his son for fraud after the latter was found teaching and…
Haridwar witnessed a unique celebration of love on Saturday when two Russian couples got married as per Hindu traditions. The wedding took place at the Akhand Param Dham Ashram, where…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday virtually launched various projects worth Rs 660 crore from Ranchi in Jharkhand. These include laying the foundation stone for the Madhupur bypass line in…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to launch the country’s first ‘Vande Metro’ service in his home state of Gujarat during his two-day visit starting today. The Western Railway’s Ahmedabad…
The Punjab Police have booked 25 travel agencies across various parts of the state for deceiving youngsters with fake job opportunities abroad. The Punjab Police’s NRI and Cyber Crime wings,…
The former principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and the station house officer (SHO) who initially investigated the rape and murder of a trainee doctor have been…
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said a political leader once offered to support him if he were to enter the race for the Prime Minister’s post, but he declined…
At least nine members of a family were killed and four are feared trapped after a three-storey house collapsed in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut on Saturday. The incident occurred in the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at the Congress on Saturday, alleging that the “royal family” of the opposition party wants to do away with the reservation for Dalits and…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, said that the Centre was determined for the rapid development of Jharkhand. The Prime Minister will be in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur where he will flag…
Three people were killed while six others were feared trapped in the rubble after a three-storey building collapsed here on Saturday, officials said. Teams from the National Disaster Response Force…
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has extended the deadline to take advantage of the free Aadhaar card update services to December 14. Earlier, September 14 was the last…
The jailer of the Ballari Prison has warned the Kannada actor Darshan not to create any fuss over facilities provided to him inside the prison. “There will be serious consequences…
A gym owner has been booked for allegedly raping a woman on the pretext of giving her a job, a Mumbai police official said on Saturday. The 24-year-old woman from…
A 34-year-old man from Manipur’s hill district Churachandpur has been arrested from Guwahati by the Assam special task force (STF) for alleged involvement in sabotage activities linked to the insurgent…
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from Karnataka’s RR Nagar constituency, Munirathna, was arrested on Saturday for allegedly issuing death threats to a contractor and making casteist slurs against Vokkaliga and…
Families living in a relief camp in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district want to return home, provided there is guarantee of their safety, a senior officer of the central paramilitary force CRPF…
The Assam government has announced the suspension of mobile internet services across the state on Sunday between 10 am and 1:30 PM to avoid online cheating in the written examination…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing his first poll rally in J&K ahead of the coming elections, on Saturday cited his government’s efforts to bring peace and development to the troubled…
The Assam government has announced the suspension of mobile internet services across the state on Sunday between 10 am and 1:30 PM to avoid online cheating in the written examination…
Amid the deadlock between protesting doctors and the West Bengal government, senior Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh has claimed that “opposition forces” are plotting an attack on the agitators to…
Three terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district this morning, sources said. The gunfight began in the Chak Taper Kreeri in the…
A 12-year-old Dalit boy was allegedly stripped naked, forced to dance and filmed after he was caught stealing wire from an event here, police said on Saturday. A purported video…
A 9-year-old student of Montfort School here died of cardiac arrest while playing in the premises, the school principal said on Saturday. According to a statement issued by the school…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to hit the poll campaign trail in support of his party candidates on Saturday by addressing a mega rally in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda…
Vaccine manufacturer Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL) signed a Memorandum of Association (MoA) with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for the clinical development of the Zika vaccine. As per…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday extended greetings to the people on the occasion of Hindi Diwas. “Many best wishes to all the countrymen on Hindi Diwas,” PM Modi posted…
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan wished Keralites across the globe on the eve of Onam on Saturday and said the harvest festival cherishes legacy of a life of equality, oneness…
The Centre on Friday renamed Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, to Sri Vijaya Puram. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the name Sri Vijaya Puram honours…
A gunfight started overnight between the security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said. Officials added that an encounter has started during the night intervening September…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday extended greetings on the occasion of Hindi Diwas and said the official language Hindi has an unbreakable relationship with every Indian language. Mr…
The Adani Group has featured in TIME’s prestigious World’s Best Companies of 2024 list, prepared in collaboration with Statista, a leading global industry ranking and statistics portal. The Adani Group…
A man was arrested for allegedly conning several middle-aged women across India by marrying them, and then exploiting them financially, police said. The man, identified as Biranchi Narayan Nath of…
The Uttar Pradesh Police’s STF has arrested a man who allegedly duped people by posing as the chief minister’s personal secretary, it said on Friday. Farooq Aman (26) was arrested…
13 Police here on Friday attached two plots of lands worth nearly Rs 6 crore bought by slain gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed under the name of his acquaintance, officials said. ACP…
A 30-year-old woman from Mumbai has been arrested by Telangana’s Cyber Security Bureau for allegedly trafficking youth from India to Cambodia to be kept as cyber slaves there. The woman,…
Two schoolboys drowned during the immersion of Ganesh idol in a canal in Odisha’s Baripada district, police said. The incident happened at the Subarnarekha canal in Laxmiposi in the Sadar…
Three youngsters allegedly tried to establish physical relations with a minor girl when she was on her way home from school in the Pakrhi area of this Uttar Pradesh district,…
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has ordered to enforce uniform rates for various activities at the cremation grounds under its jurisdiction, according to an official order. The rates for…
A top think tank of the Meitei community in Manipur has come out in support of students, who, it said, have been expressing “righteous indignation at the government’s abject failure…
The Bengaluru police has filed a chargesheet in the second case registered against former MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of rape and sexual assault, in a special court…
A court in Bengaluru on Friday extended till September 17 the judicial custody of Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa along with his friend Pavithra Gowda and others, who are accused in…
While the BJP in Andaman and Nicobar Islands welcomed the decision to rename Port Blair as Sri Vijaya Puram, calling it much-needed, the Congress said the opinion of locals should…
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to grant bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy ‘scam’, terming it the “triumph…