Category: India

From just-born AI unicorns to LLM (Large Language Model) upstarts, there’s a mindless rush to get AI models into the market as fast as possible. In this race, some startups-and…

The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to grant bail to the wife of suspended Delhi government officer Premoday Khakha, who allegedly raped a minor girl several times and impregnated…

Union Minister Prahlad Joshi today said that seeking votes in exchange for free electricity is a very dangerous trend. Speaking at the India Sustainability Mission – Conclave, Mr Joshi said,…

An election of firsts in Jammu and Kashmir is set to see another – a woman Kashmiri Pandit will be contesting the Assembly polls for the first time in three…

A man claiming to be a policeman has targeted dozens of students of a women’s college in Jabalpur, accusing them of uploading obscene photos and videos on social media, and…

The Taliban government’s new law to “promote virtue and prevent vice” has codified their austere rules for Afghan society, dictating strict controls according to their vision of Islam. In recent…

Police have arrested a man for killing a dog by tying the animal to his two-wheeler and dragging it for kilometres in Goa, an official said on Friday. Ashok Panhalkar,…

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing a new era of peace and development under the Narendra Modi government and the region has…

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking an investigation against media houses and their associates/companies for telecasting the exit polls immediately after the conclusion of the final phase…

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Centre and the Bihar government on a petition challenging the High Court’s order striking down a hike in reservation in…

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Bhushan Steel’s former promoter Neeraj Singal in a money laundering case arising from an alleged bank fraud of Rs 46,000 crore. A…

The railway police in Maharashtra’s Thane district have registered an attempt-to-murder case against a 25-year-old man after he allegedly opened fire at two persons at Badlapur station and injured one…

Suspected militants launched a fresh bomb attack in Manipur’s Bishnupur district on Friday morning damaging at least two structures, police said. Rockets were fired from elevated positions in the nearby…

A police constable died after he was run over by a train in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur on Wednesday. The accident, caught on CCTV, took place at the Indira Nagar railway…

In a heart-breaking letter, the mother of the Kolkata doctor who was brutally raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College last month, shared that it was her daughter’s…

West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose criticised the Mamata Banerjee administration for “failing to send” the technical report along with a recently passed anti-rape Bill which is necessary for…

Indian cyber-security agencies have detected a phishing fraud that “mimics” the official website of the Ministry of Defence to “harvest” the log-in credentials of officials to “steal” sensitive government documents.…

A major fire broke out in a seven-storey commercial building in Mumbai on Friday, a civic official said. The fire broke out in the Times Tower building in Kamala Mill…

At least five people were killed and dozens were injured after a speeding car hit two other vehicles in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki on late Thursday night, police said. The accident…

A Shiv Sena leader and several others were booked in Thane for allegedly attacking some people and preventing them from entering a temple, a police official said on Thursday. The…

Senior YSRCP leader and former Bapatla MP Nandigam Suresh was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh police in the early hours of Thursday near Hyderabad over a case relating to an…

Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai announced on Thursday that the government will implement a 21-point Winter Action Plan to combat air pollution, featuring real-time drone monitoring of pollution hotspots and…

A young woman, who runs a beauty parlour in Gujarat’s Bharuch district, was held hostage at knife point by a man she had befriended on social media app Instagram. The…

The redevelopment of one of the largest slums in the world is not just a huge infrastructure project, but is also about restoring dignity to over a million people, Adani…

In a shocking incident, a woman was beaten, tortured and paraded half-naked while her ‘lover’ was stripped by a group of people over their alleged affair in Bihar’s Supaul district,…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Delhi on Thursday after concluding his three-day visit to Singapore and Brunei. PM Modi shared a video of his Singapore visit on X and…

The Adani Group not only withstood a dual assault triggered by the report issued by short seller Hindenburg Research but also delivered record financial results during the turbulence, the conglomerate’s…

A government school teacher in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district was suspended on Teachers’ Day on Thursday for cutting a girl’s hair in an inebriated state, an official said. District Collector…

The national capital breathed clean air for 128 days of the first half of 2024, according to a Delhi government report. The report by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC)…

India and Singapore on Thursday elevated their ties to a “comprehensive strategic partnership” and inked four MoUs, including one on cooperation in the semiconductor industry, as the prosperous city-state’s companies…

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on Thursday suspended its MLA Koneti Adimoolam after a woman leader of the party accused him of sexual assault. Mr Adimoolam is the MLA from…

Manipur BJP MLA Paolienlal Haokip has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah condemning a call by another BJP MLA in the state for banning a Kuki group that has…

Reports about the government’s plan to tweak the rules of Agnipath, the short-service Commission plan in the armed forces, have drawn a sharp reaction from the Congress. In a social…

Gautam Adani, the chairman of the Adani Group, today underscored the need to see “beyond the present”, which, he said, is the only way to a better tomorrow. As an…

Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina on Thursday filed his nomination papers from the Nowshera Assembly constituency in Rajouri district. Mr Raina held a roadshow in Nowshera with RSS…

A sessions court in Kochi on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to rape-accused actor and CPI(M) MLA M Mukesh and small-time actor Edavela Babu, who has been booked for sexual assault.…

Fifteen out of 24 cities in Haryana ranked among India’s 100 most polluted cities based on PM2.5 levels in the first half of 2024, according to a new analysis. According…

Four Army personnel were killed in a road accident in Sikkim’s Pakyong district on Thursday, police said. The vehicle carrying Army’s EMC personnel stationed at Binnaguri, West Bengal skidded off…

Interpol issued 100 Red Notices on India’s request in 2023, highest in a year, asking police forces across globe to detain in their jurisdiction the fugitives wanted by Indian law…

An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter made an emergency landing in an agricultural field in Nalgonda district of Telangana on Thursday owing to a ‘technical snag’. No one was injured,…

The National Medical Commission today withdrew and cancelled guidelines under the Competency-Based Medical Education Curriculum in which it had reintroduced sodomy and lesbianism as unnatural sexual offences in the forensic…

Constructing toilets under the Swachh Bharat Mission – India’s national cleanliness programme – may have helped avert roughly 60,000-70,000 infant deaths every year, according to a study. A team, including…

A B.Tech second-year student of the Gurugram University was allegedly kidnapped by three youths in an SUV who forcibly withdrew Rs 1.87 lakh from his account, police said on Thursday.…

Dealing with the pain of their 33-year-old son being brutally murdered, allegedly by actor Darshan and his aides, the parents of Renukaswamy are now having to cope with seeing visual…

India’s phenomenal growth in the digital domain in the last few years has also brought with it new challenges in cybersecurity, ISRO Chairman Dr S Somanath told NDTV. The top…

In our society, we are conditioned from childhood to believe that education is the key to securing a good job. The saying “Jaldi padhayi poori kar lo, jaldi naukri mil…

JJP leader and former Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala on Thursday filed his nomination for the October 5 polls from the Uchana Kalan seat in Jind district. Dushyant Chautala…

Muhammad Yunus, the head of Bangladesh’s interim government, has said that former prime minister Sheikh Hasina making political remarks from India is an “unfriendly gesture”, asserting that she must remain…

The Punjab Cabinet on Thursday gave approval to hike value-added tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel by 61 paise a litre and 92 paise per litre, respectively. A decision in…

Four army personnel died after a vehicle they were travelling skidded off the road in Sikkim and fell in a gorge approximately 700 feet deep. The personnel were commuting from…

The Uttarakhand Government has removed Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Rahul as Director of Rajaji Tiger Reserve, following instructions from Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. The Forest Department issued orders…

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday named India among the three countries he is constantly in touch with over the Ukraine conflict and said they are sincerely making efforts to…

Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and National Conference chief Omar Abdullah has filed a second nomination to contest the assembly polls from Budgam. “Omar Abdullah filed his nomination…

A day after the ruling BJP announced its first list of 67 candidates for the October 5 Haryana assembly polls, the party faced rebellion with Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala and…

British prosecutors said on Thursday they had discontinued indecent assault charges against former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. “Following a review of the evidence in this case, the CPS has decided…

Generative AI is helping India’s top IT firm Tata Consultancy Services accelerate development in the industry’s fastest-growing niche of engineering research and design, a senior executive told Reuters. TCS, which…

The Bihar Police has launched a special initiative called Safe Travel under the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS). The initiative is designed to safeguard women travelling on the road and…

Overlooked by the BJP leadership in its selection of candidates for the upcoming Haryana Assembly polls, Olympics bronze medallist wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt put out a cryptic post on X this…

The BJP has named former prison official Sunil Sangwan – who granted Dera Sacha Sauda chief and rape convict Ram Rahim parole six times – on its list of candidates…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said access to proper toilets plays a crucial role in reducing infant and child mortality, as he shared a research that highlighted the impact…

A young couple from Aheri taluka was forced to carry the bodies of their two dead sons — who succumbed to a fever after allegedly failing to get proper treatment…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, said that India wants to make many Singapores in the country. He said this during a meeting with his Singapore counterpart Lawrence Wong and…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accompanied by his counterpart Lawrence Wong, on Thursday visited AEM Holdings, a leading company in the semiconductor and electronics sector, here and discussed opportunities for collaboration.…

In his call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week, US President Joe Biden expressed his concerns about the safety of people in Bangladesh and the future of democratic institutions…

An Air India aircraft from the national capital to Brimingham made a precautionary landing at Moscow on Wednesday due to suspected technical issues, according to an official. After carrying out…

A 21-year-old medical aspirant allegedly died by suicide in his rented accommodation on Wednesday, marking the 13th case of suspected suicide this year among coaching students in Kota. An Uttar…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accompanied by his Singapore counterpart Lawrence Wong on Thursday visited a leading Singaporean company in the semiconductor and electronics sector and discussed ways for collaboration in…

Aviation regulator DGCA has ordered a probe into the incident of an aircraft engine part found outside the Delhi airport, sources said on Wednesday. While they mentioned that the metal…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a productive meeting with his Singapore counterpart Lawrence Wong during which they elevated the bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership. PM Modi is…

Family members of a doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered last month, joined the protesting medics at RG Kar hospital on Wednesday and accused the Kolkata Police of attempting…

A final-year medical student was found hanging from the ceiling of his house in Assam’s Silchar on Tuesday night. The 24-year-old was pursuing MBBS from Silchar Medical College and Hospital.…

18-year-old woman suffered serious injuries after an unidentified person entered her house in the early hours of Wednesday and threw acid on her in Malegaon town of Maharashtra, police said.…

An Air India Boeing 787-800 passenger plane en route from India to Britain made a precautionary landing in Moscow on Wednesday due to “technical problems”, Sheremetyevo Airport said. The plane,…

A 35-year-old man shot dead his six-year-old son before taking his life with the same weapon, while his wife escaped unhurt from the firing in Madhya Pradesh’s Katni district on…

A medical doctor has been arrested for the sexual assault of girl students of a school, who were also inmates of a hostel that functioned from within the school premises,…

A Delhi court has awarded life sentence to a woman for smothering to death her two minor daughters in 2018, terming it a “cold-blooded murder” and the rarest of rare…

The Union Health Ministry has urged the states to submit action-taken reports on the immediate and short-term security measures implemented in medical institutions for doctors and healthcare workers. Referring to…

Omar Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, and the chief of National Conference, filed his nomination from Ganderbal today with a fervent plea to the people — “My…

A 28-year-old man was run over by a school bus while he was crossing the road in south west Delhi’s Vasant Kunj south, police said on Wednesday. The victim, Manoj…

CPI(M) MP and counsel for the RG Kar victim’s family, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, on Wednesday criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s move to introduce an anti-rape bill, Aparajita, calling…

Uttar Pradesh Minister Sanjay Nishad said on Wednesday that a new team of experts specialising in catching animals has been called to catch wolves in Bahraich and have set a…

To contain rising prices of onion, the Centre will kickstart from Thursday retail sales of the bulb at a subsidised rate of Rs 35 per kg through mobile vans and…

The ‘Nadigar Sangam’, the union representing film, television, and stage actors in Tamil Nadu, has passed a resolution following a meeting of its Gender Sensitisation and Internal Committee on Wednesday.…

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday met the wife and child of a labourer from the state who was killed in Haryana over suspicion of consuming beef. The…

Adani Enterprises’ first retail bond was fully subscribed at its launch on Wednesday, stock exchange data showed, in a rare issue on the market. While the group has raised money…

Amid the ongoing man-wolf conflict in Mahasi Tehsil of Bahraich district, the Uttar Pradesh government has declared it a ‘Wildlife Disaster’ affected area, a state minister said on Wednesday. “Considering…

The Indian Air Force is providing relief materials to people stranded in their homes in flood-hit areas of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The water level has started receding in parts…

Sculptor-contractor Jaydeep Apte, wanted in connection with the collapse of the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj at Rajkot fort last month, was arrested from Kalyan in Thane district on Wednesday…

A 20-year-old man was killed with a hammer on Wednesday, and his mother wounded, by the man’s cousin over a piece of property, police said. Rakesh Kumar was attacked inside…

Delhi Police have registered an FIR following a tragic incident in Adarsh Nagar, where a grandson fatally attacked his 93-year-old grandfather after an argument over a tenant. According to officials,…

St. Stephen’s College on Wednesday contended before the Delhi High Court that admitting a student under the ‘single girl child quota’, fixed by the Delhi University (DU), is violative of…

The Centre is closely monitoring the current flood situation in Andhra Pradesh and has constituted a team of experts that will visit the flood-affected areas of the state for an…

The Annual Safety Review-2023 released by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) indicated that air travel has significantly improved compared to the last two years. On Wednesday, DGCA published…

A special court for Pocso cases in the Kerala capital on Wednesday sentenced a 37-year-old man to imprisonment till his death for the brutal crime of harassing his daughter for…

Aiming to win over the people of Jammu and Kashmir ahead of the Assembly elections, which begin in less than two weeks, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi opted to mix a…

The Eastern Railway on Wednesday said it was mulling legal action against Trinamool Congress MLA Kanai Chandra Mondal for his alleged misbehaviour with a travelling ticket examiner (TTE) while travelling…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to Brunei on a state visit on Tuesday, marking the first-ever bilateral trip by an Indian prime minister to the southeast Asian nation. The visit…

A 28-year-old was arrested for allegedly raping his mother in an inebriated state in Bundi district, police on Wednesday said. According to the police, the incident occurred on Friday, when…