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City police has formed a special team to trace a former scientist of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) who has gone missing from his Bandra residence, an official said…
Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chief Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday welcomed the interim bail granted to jailed MP Engineer Rashid, saying “this is a step towards justice”. “I welcome…
Two men were arrested here for assaulting a police official and tearing his uniform in public on Tuesday, an official said. A video of the shocking incident went viral on…
Jailed MP Engineer Rashid has been granted bail to fetch votes from the people of Kashmir, not serve them, National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday. Mr Abdullah’s remarks…
Wrestler-turned-politician Babita Phogat has for the first time responded to her cousin Vinesh Phogat’s decision to join Congress, days ahead of the October 5 Assembly elections in Haryana. Soon after…
I’ll be 39 in exactly ten days. I’m a mother of two daughters—21 and 15. I have all the privileges that you can count—caste, class, religion, skin colour, education, everything.…
Come November and climate activists get excited as the annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP) takes place. This year, the COP (29th edition)…
Taking a major step towards ensuring cyber security, Home Minister Amit Shah has announced several new initiatives, including training 5,000 ‘cyber commandos’, setting up a web-based data registry as well…
India is not “closed to business from China”, but the issue is in which sectors the country does business with Beijing and on what terms, foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said…
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday denied media reports of demands set forth by him during a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday. According to…
Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar, on Tuesday, said that India was discovered by a merchant named Chandan, negating the role of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. He…
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said it was not right to target state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule over an accident involving his son’s car. The driver of…
The Adani Airports Holdings Ltd (AAHL) has launched the ‘aviio’ app — a first-ever comprehensive, digital transformation platform for the airport ecosystem — to bring the aviation community together and…
A 45-year-old woman was killed when a speeding truck ran over her in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur district on Tuesday, police said. Maya Devi, a resident of Bharatpur village, was crossing…
Gram Panchayats — elected village bodies — have no power to levy a tax on motor vehicles, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has said. In an order passed on September…
In a heartwarming gesture, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar stopped his convoy to help an injured man lying on a road in Pune. The Deputy DM was on his…
The Centre on Tuesday announced several key changes to simplify approval processes for telecom licences and wireless equipment, in its bid to further pursue structural reforms and ease of doing…
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday chargesheeted the CEO of a Laos-based ‘Long Sheng Company’ in the high-profile human trafficking and cyber fraud case having an international footprint. Sudarshan…
It’s a direct battle between the grandchildren of one of Haryana’s tallest leaders, the late Bansi Lal, for the family citadel – Tosham Assembly constituency in Haryana’s Bhiwani district. The…
A woman flying officer in the Indian Air Force has filed a police complaint, accusing a Wing Commander of rape. Based on the complaint, an FIR has been filed at…
A woman was allegedly molested by a fellow passenger inside a moving bus in Kasba area here on Tuesday morning, police said. The incident took place around 9.30 am, when…
A Delhi court on Tuesday granted interim bail till October 2 to Lok Sabha MP Engineer Rashid in a terror funding case. Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid,…
Noting that Apple’s latest iPhone 16 is being produced and has been launched globally from Indian factories, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said that…
US Defence major Lockheed Martin and Tata Advanced Systems Ltd on Tuesday announced a teaming agreement to expand on their engagement through the C-130J Super Hercules tactical airlifter project. The…
A BJP leader was seriously injured after unknown persons attacked him with a blunt object in Bhagalpur district, hours after another local party leader was shot dead by unidentified assailants…
A key operator of an international gold smuggling racket with an Interpol Red Notice against him was brought from the UAE on Tuesday in an operation coordinated by the CBI…
The Manipur government Tuesday banned internet services in the state for five days amid concerns that some anti-social elements “might use social media for transmission of images, hate speech” which…
In another setback for Sandip Ghosh, who was the principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital when a trainee doctor was raped and murdered there last month, a…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi raised the caste census issue during his US visit and said that the party will call for the scrapping of reservations only when “India is a…
More young people die by suicide in India than in other countries, said experts on World Suicide Prevention Day on Tuesday. World Suicide Prevention Day is observed every year on…
A video of girl students drinking beer inside a government school in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur district surfaced on social media, prompting the education authorities to launch a probe, an official said…
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai has said the ongoing construction work connected to the Ram temple in Ayodhya is estimated to generate Goods and Services…
The country’s progress is not possible without ensuring cybersecurity, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday, terming cybersecurity an integral part of national security. He also said that cybercrime…
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has accused fugitive Islamic preacher Zakir Naik of trying to mislead Indian Muslims and spreading “false propaganda” over the government’s Waqf Amendment Bill. The controversial preacher…
Chinese tech giant Huawei on Tuesday unveiled its new smartphone, billed as the world’s first trifold phone, just hours after US competitor Apple lifted the curtain on its new iPhone…
Speaking at Washington DC metro area on Monday (local time), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the Indians in the US are the bridge between the two countries. The Congress…
Decoration accompanying a Ganpati idol installed as part of the 10-day festival in a household in Kalina in Mumbai is garnering attention as it is themed on the issue of…
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Kisan Wing President Tarlochan Singh alias DC was shot dead in Punjab’s Khanna on Monday evening, police said. The 56-year-old leader, who hailed from Ikolaha village,…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has alleged the general elections in India this summer were not fought on a level playing field, asserting that the polls have destroyed the idea of…
Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi addressing an event in Washington DC metro area said that just months ahead of the general elections in India the…
Tech giant Apple on Monday introduced its much-anticipated iPhone 16 series with Apple Intelligence, larger display sizes, camera control, innovative pro-camera features and a big leap in battery life. Powered…
With over 170,000 lives lost annually due to suicide in India, it is imperative to focus beyond mental health to prevent suicide cases in the country, said an expert in…
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, arrived at the Washington Dulles International Airport, on Monday (local time). The Congress leader is scheduled to meet with students…
A rail mishap was averted on Monday in Madhya Pradesh after a tractor stalled on the tracks and a train driver stopped in time by applying brakes, a police official…
Assuring Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of India’s commitment to revitalising the global organisation, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish presented his credentials to take over as the Permanent Representative. Ambassador Harish hit the ground…
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has said some elements who don’t want India to grow are creating hindrance in the path of its development. However, there is no…
A rail mishap was averted on Monday in Madhya Pradesh after a tractor stalled on the tracks and a train driver stopped in time by applying brakes, a police official…
There is no retirement in politics, said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday as the 82-year-old encouraged politicians to work till their last breath in the service of the people…
A day after personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) thwarted an attack by armed gunmen on their camp in Manipur’s Kangpokpi, a senior CRPF officer said there was…
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Tarlochan Singh was allegedly shot dead by some unidentified attackers in Khanna in Ludhiana district on Monday evening, police said. Tarlochan Singh (60), who hailed…
Thousands of people from the Kuki-Zomi tribe came out on the streets of Kangpokpi district headquarters today, protesting against the proposed removal of the 9 and 22 Battalions of Assam…
A 13-year-old girl from Ranchi was allegedly trafficked to Lucknow on a truck and on the way, she was “raped” by its driver multiple times before being left on a…
Accusing her family of lodging false kidnapping and rape cases against her husband who allegedly died suicide in jail, a woman on Monday said they had eloped and got married.…
Days after getting bail in the kidnapping case of a 17-year-old girl, a man allegedly kidnapped the teenager again and repeatedly raped her. He was arrested on Monday, police said.…
Police have arrested a man for allegedly killing his cousin over a land dispute, by attacking him with a hammer, an officer said on Monday. The accused was identified as…
Hundreds of workers at a Samsung Electronics plant in Chennai have begun an indefinite strike to demand higher wages, partly hitting production on Monday, a union leader told Reuters. The…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah was unanimously re-elected as the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a statement on Monday. The…
The body of a woman, who had gone missing earlier, was found dead in bushes in Gujarat’s Vadodara. The woman has been identified as Vidya Ramesh Vasava, a resident of…
The Telangana Excise Enforcement team on Monday arrested a woman for allegedly selling marijuana in turmeric packets and seized 10 packets of the narcotics in the state capital. The excise…
Leaders of Jammu and Kashmir’s two key political parties – Omar Abdullah and now Mehbooba Mufi – have targeted the growing number of Independent candidates in the coming assembly elections…
India on Monday reported its first confirmed case of “travel-related” Mpox, or monkeypox, in a young male who tested positive for a strain from western Africa. The patient is in…
The Vice Chiefs of all three armed forces flew in the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, for the first time during a multilateral exercise here on Monday, an official…
GST Council headed by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday decided to set up a Group of Ministers (GoM) on reducing tax rate on life and health insurance and…
A training helicopter of the IAF made an emergency landing on a paddy field near Porpandal near here due to a technical snag, police said on Monday. The helicopter, being…
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi today visited Rajghat in New Delhi to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and planted a tree sapling, making him the third generation leader from…
Describing the current situation in Gaza as India’s “foremost concern”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that New Delhi supports a ceasefire “as soon as possible” in the…
A 22-year-old woman suffering from blood cancer gave birth to twins at a government hospital in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, with doctors terming it as a rare case. Talking to news…
The Defence Ministry on Monday sealed a Rs 26,000-crore deal with state-run aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) for the procurement of 240 aero-engines for Su-30MKI aircraft. The aero-engines will…
NASA has selected Indian private spacecraft company Pixxel for a new contract to provide Earth-observation data and services. Pixxel, which specialises in hyperspectral imaging and Earth observation, is one of…
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday sought an urgent hearing in the Supreme Court on his plea against a Delhi High Court verdict refusing to quash the defamation proceedings against…
Buoyed by the ‘Make in India’ initiative and the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, iPhone production in India has gone up from less than 1 per cent in 2017 to 10…
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud today asked a lawyer to lower his voice and asked if he was addressing the judges or the gallery outside the court. The three-judge…
Thirteen people have been arrested for allegedly cheating an electronics retail chain in Hyderabad of Rs 4 crore by using UPI as a mode of payment and then lodging a…
A large number of school students protested in front of Manipur Raj Bhavan in Imphal today against the government’s decision to shut down educational institutions in the state due to…
Doctors protesting over the Kolkata rape and murder case must return to work by 5 pm tomorrow. Else, they might face adverse action, the Supreme Court said today. The deadline…
Three newborn tiger cubs were were spotted alongside their mother in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore National Park on Monday. The cubs were recently born to a Royal Bengal tigress named “Siddhi” (Tiger…
The men first planned an attack on the BJP office in Bengaluru on the day of grand Ram Mandir event in Ayodhya, said anti-terror agency anti-terror agency NIA, adding that…
The 20th edition of the ‘Yudh Abhyas 2024’, the joint military exercise between India and the US, started at Mahajan Fields in Rajasthan’s Bikaner on Monday and will continue till…
The Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today have signed multiple pacts in the fields of nuclear energy,…
A routine traffic check in west Delhi’s Moti Nagar area has led to the seizure of 500 sniper rifle bullets while being transported on a motorcycle, police said on Monday.…
It has been a month since a 31-year-old doctor was found raped and killed at a seminar hall in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The incident has sparked…
Love, respect and humility are missing in Indian politics, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said in his address to the Indian American community in Texas, where he also criticised the…
The Centre on Monday advised states and union territories to screen and test of all suspect mpox cases in the community, and identify isolation facilities in hospitals for both suspect…
Three siblings died of snakebite in Odisha’s Boudh district, police said on Monday. The incident happened on Sunday night in Chariyapali village in Tikarpada panchayat area, they said. The deceased…
A potential disaster was averted as a conspiracy to derail the Prayagraj-Bhiwani Kalindi Express in Uttar Pradesh was uncovered on Monday, police said. A train collided with an LPG gas…
Congress leader Sam Pitroda, while addressing the Indian community in Texas, said that his party leader Rahul Gandhi has a vision contrary to what the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) promotes…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held wide-ranging talks with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan focusing on boosting overall strategic ties between the…
India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will hold bilateral talks with the aim to deepen ties and enhance their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during the official visit of the Crown…
As airline ticket prices often see a surge in price hikes during the festive season, the Centre has stepped in saying it is “keeping an eye” on the situation. Addressing…
This is the second part of a two-part column: 12 new MPs in the Opposition to watch out for. In the first part, I wrote about six of the 446…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to join the leaders of the US, Japan and Australia at the Quad summit in the US later this month as the influential grouping…
Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) on Monday said it has completed the redemption of all outstanding 750 million dollars Holdco Notes (4.375 per cent) through a fully-funded redemption reserve account.…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday that the Pakistan government has called the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) as ‘foreigners’ while India considers them as its own citizens. Addressing…
Rejecting the media reports stating that his visit to the US to meet some top leaders, including former US President Barack Obama and US Vice President Kamala Harris, Karnataka Deputy…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Monday that the Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a good opportunity if one is positioned properly. The Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha,…
India, the US and other countries in the West are facing the problem of unemployment while China isn’t as it is dominating global production, Leader of Opposition in the Lok…
Rejecting the media reports stating that his visit to the US to meet some top leaders, including former US President Barack Obama and US Vice President Kamala Harris, Karnataka Deputy…
Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, while interacting with the students at the University of Texas at Dallas in the US, said that one must…
A student locked up in a hotel in Hyderabad for 20 days and raped repeatedly by her Instagram friend has been rescued by police. SHE Teams Hyderabad rescued the student,…
A man has been arrested and a cleric booked for allegedly raping a Dalit woman here by through impersonation, an officer said on Sunday. Puranpur Police Station SHO Rajiv Sharma…