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A Hyderabad woman recently claimed that a Swiggy Genie delivery partner stole her laptop and then demanded Rs 15,000 to return it. Nishitha Gudipudi, a civil engineer, took to LinkedIn…
The Kerala government on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking early setting up of a five-judge Constitution bench to hear its lawsuit against the Centre raising the issue of ceiling…
A labourer has been arrested for allegedly raping a four-and-half-year-old girl in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said on Friday. The police on Thursday arrested the 19-year-old accused in connection with…
JMM legislator Ramdas Soren on Friday took oath as a minister in the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand. The Ghatshila MLA replaced former chief minister Champai Soren in the state…
Singapore Airlines on Friday said it has received approval from the Indian government for the foreign direct investment as part of the proposed merger of Vistara with Air India, a…
Indian shares hit record highs just after the open on Friday, tracking gains in regional peers after U.S. economic data eased growth concerns, while investors await domestic quarterly growth data.…
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel arrived at the Gandhinagar State Emergency Operation Center on Thursday after travelling from Vadodara, following the forecast of heavy rains and potential storms. Upon his arrival,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Maharashtra today to lay the foundation stone of the Vadhvan Port project worth around Rs 76,000 crores in Palghar and will also address…
The Trinamool Congress on Thursday was recognised as an Opposition party in Meghalaya Assembly while party leader and former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma was appointed as the Leader of Opposition…
Contract Killing and then a miscalculation leading to a second death – these were what tied an abandoned car found near Mumbai and two missing property dealers, the Maharashtra Police…
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval arrived here on Thursday to attend the Colombo Security Conclave to be held on Friday. Officials said the Indian National Security Adviser (NSA) is due…
A bomb, swept away from the Army’s ammunition depot at Bardang in East Sikkim district during a flood around 10 months ago, was defused on Thursday, the police said. People…
Punjab Police in a joint operation with central agencies have busted a Pakistan-backed arms smuggling module with the arrest of two operatives from Tarn Taran, Director General of Police (DGP),…
A married couple from Naigaon in Thane district on Thursday jumped into the Varsova Creek in a bid to commit suicide, but the woman was rescued, police said. The duo…
Two people were arrested for allegedly tying a woman to a tree and beating her with a stick in Rajasthan’s Sanchore district, police said on Thursday. The accused were identified…
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on Thursday said tax authorities have slapped a demand notice of about Rs 605.58 crore on it for short payment of Goods and Services…
Delhi in August received 378.5 mm of rainfall — the city’s highest in 12 years, according to the India Meteorological Department. The Safdarjung Observatory registered 378.5 mm of rainfall till…
A video showing a policeman washing Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad’s car went viral on social media, with many questioning if that action was part of the cop’s security duty…
The finance ministry on Thursday said there are no restrictions for persons of the LGBTQ community to open a joint bank account and to nominate a person in a queer…
India and China on Thursday had a “frank, constructive and forward-looking” exchange of views on the situation along the LAC to “narrow down” differences and find an early resolution to…
Norwegian ambassador May-Elin Stener on Thursday thanked ‘Bharat’ as she completed one year of her tenure and said she was thrilled by the “strides” made in Norway-India relations. She shared…
India has targeted to train 175 civil servants from Maldives through tailor-made programmes in specific disciplines, according to an official statement issued today. A bilateral meeting was held today between…
TV show producer Banijay Asia has tied up with Space Exploration and Research Agency (SERA) for a reality show to send an Indian into space on a future Blue Origin…
SpiceJet, for the second time in two years, has been placed under “enhanced surveillance” by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation following reports of cancelled flights and financial stress. Earlier…
Akasa Air has been issued a show-cause notice by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation over regulatory breaches identified during a recent review of flight operations. Spot audits by the…
Police have registered a case against a 64-year-old man for allegedly sexually harassing his daughter in Maharashtra’s Thane district, an official said on Thursday. The 18-year-old woman alleged in her…
A man was hacked to death by a jilted minor in Raghunath Nagar under the Khandagiri police station area in the state capital, said police on Thursday, adding that the…
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy — criticized after the razing of the convention centre co-owned by actor Nagarjuna Akkineni — has said the demolition drive to remove encroachments on Hyderabad’s…
India and China on Thursday had a “frank, constructive and forward-looking” exchange of views on the situation along the LAC to “narrow down” differences and find an early resolution to…
It was just another morning at the middle class household in north Kolkata. The daughter who had made her parents proud by becoming a doctor and was studying further, was…
The Supreme Court said on Thursday that the purpose of criminal proceedings is to bring a wrongdoer to justice and not to seek revenge or pursue vendetta. A bench of…
Gopichand Hinduja and family: Gopichand Hinduja and family of the Hinduja Group have a net worth of more than Rs 1.92 lakh crore, topping the rich list for 2024. They…
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday launched an indigenous Monkeypox (Mpox) RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) kit in Amravati. The kit was developed at Andhra Pradesh…
Police have registered an FIR against two juveniles in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra’s Thane district for allegedly shooting a nude video of a 15-year-old boy in their neighbourhood and circulating…
A 60-year-old man allegedly died of suffocation on Thursday after a python he was carrying around his neck tightened its grip in Jharkhand’s Jamshedpur city, police said. He used to…
Former Supreme Court lawyer and eminent scholar AG Noorani died in Mumbai today. He was 93. One of the finest legal scholars and political commentators, he wrote several books, including…
A 57-year-old man was on Thursday allegedly abducted and strangled to death in a running car in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharswan district, a senior police officer said. The incident happened within the…
Online food delivery platform Zomato has received GST tax demand orders of over Rs 4.59 crore, including applicable interest and penalty, from Tamil Nadu and West Bengal authorities. The company…
A 16-year-old intermediate student gave birth to a stillborn baby in the bathroom of a government girls’ hostel at Kothapatnam in Andhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district. The student, a first-year intermediate…
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to cancel the defamation proceedings against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on a complaint over his alleged “scorpion on shivling” remark targeting Prime Minister…
BRS MLC K Kavitha, who returned to Hyderabad following her release from Delhi’s Tihar prison after the Supreme Court granted her bail in excise policy case, met her father and…
The Centre will unveil a new simplified pension application form for its retiring employees on Friday, according to an official statement. The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) had…
Assam’s main Opposition party the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) today said it will consider going to court against the Himanta Biswa Sarma government’s decision to ensure mandatory registration…
Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita who is on a visit to Tonga has emphasised India’s strong commitment to partnering with the Pacific Islands countries to address…
The Supreme Court has cancelled the bail granted by the Patna High Court to a married man, accused of committing a murder with the help of his lover, within three…
The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the bank statements of an accused to ascertain the financial transactions related to the sale of 4.55 acre land of the Indian Army in…
The Assam Assembly on Thursday passed a bill for compulsory government registration of marriage and divorce of Muslim people. The Assam Compulsory Registration of Muslim Marriages and Divorces Bill, 2024…
A two-day special session of the West Bengal assembly was convened by the government on September 2 to table and pass a Bill which would provide for capital punishment to…
With an impressive 84 per cent increase in cumulative wealth, Cancer has taken the top spot in the 2024 Hurun India Rich List. Following closely are Gemini and Leo. Cumulative…
Pakistan today formally announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been invited to the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting being held in Islamabad in mid-October. Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson…
Leading the list is Jayshree Ullal, 63, of Arista Networks with a wealth of Rs 32,100 crore. She led the company to a historic and successful initial public offering (IPO)…
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has not only made waves with his debut on the 2024 Hurun India Rich List but also with his social media influence. With 44.1 million…
Gautam Adani and family: The wealth of Gautam Adani and family saw a 95 per cent increase, bringing their total to Rs 1,161,800 crore. The rise is marked by recovery…
The Delhi High Court has refused to provide any relief to former Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The court has asked Singh’s lawyer to submit a…
Gautam Adani and his family have secured the top spot in the 2024 Hurun India Rich List, with a wealth of Rs 11.6 lakh crore, surpassing Mukesh Ambani. In 2020,…
A Mumbai man’s astonishing rise from a Swiggy delivery partner to a model has become an inspiration to so many working hard to achieve their dreams. Sahil Singh, who once…
A team of IIT-Delhi professors has examined the SUV, seized in connection with the drowning of three civil services aspirants at Rau’s IAS Study Circle in Old Rajinder Nagar, and…
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will appoint a special prosecutor to conduct trial in the 2015 cash-for-vote scam case in which Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy is…
Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) on Thursday announced the launch of its maiden public non-convertible debenture (NCD) issue on September 4, with plans to raise up to Rs 800 crore. The…
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that a ‘certificate of identity’ issued by the district magistrate under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019 will be treated as…
A huge crocodile was today rescued from the campus of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda in Vadodara, which apparently left the safe confines of the nearby Vishwamitri river and…
As a part of the national survey to preempt the Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF), the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has started surveying the Eastern Himalayas to map all…
Amid heavy rains in Gujarat, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on Wednesday saved 33 people stranded on rooftops in the flood-hit Kantol region of Porbandar. In a series of aerial…
Actor Sonia Malhar — who filed a #MeToo complaint against a fellow actor amid a flood of complaints about longstanding sexual exploitation in Malayalam movie industry — has told NDTV…
Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, who is an accused in a murder case, has been transferred from Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara Prison to Ballari Prison. The transfer carried out under tight security…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chairing a marathon meeting with his ministerial colleagues to review the functioning of the government, exhorted them to work without rest and gave a new four-point…
In a shocking incident, a video has surfaced on social media in which a woman and a minor were allegedly assaulted in the Government Railway Police (GRP) station in Madhya…
BSP supremo Mayawati on Thursday said incidents of crime against women were “extremely worrying”, and asked political parties to rise above party politics and take “strict steps” to prevent them.…
The India Meteorological Department has forecast of extremely heavy rains in isolated parts of districts in Saurashtra on Thursday. With the latest spell, Gujarat has so far received 105 per…
An airport employee was killed after a man slashed his throat with a machete at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport today. The accused allegedly killed the staffer due to suspicion of…
Amid a ‘#MeToo’ storm in the Malayalam film industry, actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar on Wednesday said the Kerala government-appointed Justice K Hema Committee was “much needed” to break the abuse faced…
Amid a ‘#MeToo’ storm in the Malayalam film industry, actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar on Wednesday said the Kerala government-appointed Justice K Hema Committee was “much needed” to break the abuse faced…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma on Wednesday hit back at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her ‘If Bengal burns, so will Assam’ remark, saying, “Didi, how dare…
A group of parents and locals on Wednesday thrashed, stripped and paraded a tuition teacher in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, accusing him of misbehaving with girl students, an official said. The…
Resorting to a unique way to get connected with people at the grassroot and understand the voters’ mood, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday rode a bullock cart…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the entire Council of Ministers where issues affecting women and timely delivery of various policy measures figured prominently, sources said.…
Congress leader Pramod Tiwari has alleged that the BJP was trying to destabilize the Jharkhand government and alleged that the move concerning former state Chief Minister Champai Soren is a…
Delhi’s persistent air pollution is reducing the life expectancy of its residents, according to the latest Air Quality Life Index 2024 report, which highlights the city’s status as one of…
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday rejected the nomination papers of the fiery cleric Sarjan Ahmad Wagay in Jammu and Kashmir’s south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Sarjan Ahmad Wagay…
The Indian Air Force on Wednesday launched a comic book telling the story of legendary IAF Marshal Arjan Singh and the epic Battle of Boyra fought during the 1971 Indo-Pak…
The Uttar Pradesh government has drafted a new digital media policy that allows it to pay up to Rs 8 lakh per month to an influencer to promote its schemes.…
India on Wednesday reiterated its “strong and unequivocal condemnation” of the October 7 terror attacks on Israel, calling for ceasefire in the region and unconditional, immediate release of all hostages.…
The first double-decker flyover in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) which connects a viaduct for metro line 9 was inaugurated on Wednesday by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. The one-km-long flyover…
The Indian Medical Association has suspended the membership of Dr Sandip Ghosh, the former Principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital where a doctor was raped and murdered this month. Dr…
Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said the central bank is focused on making the UPI and RuPay ‘truly global’ and asked financial institutions and fintech startups to adapt…
The Dalai Lama has returned to his home in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, after undergoing knee replacement surgery in New York in June. The Tibetan spiritual leader was accorded a warm…
The loco pilot of a goods train saved the lives of five lions when he applied emergency brakes and stopped the train in time in Gujarat’s Amreli district in the…
An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Tangdhar area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday, officials said. The exchange of firing began at the…
On August 26, Stree 2 crossed Rs 402 crore collections at the global box office since its release on August 15. Starring Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Abhishek Banerjee…
Beer, a weak premature baby elephant, was rescued by the team of Indian Forest Officer, Parveen Kaswan in West Bengal in September 2020. The baby elephant was separated from its…
A two-day seminar on ‘Exploring the life and living legacy of Guru Padmasambhava’ started at the Nava Nalanda Mahavihara campus, Nalanda in Bihar under the Nava Nalanda Mahavihara and International…
Former chief minister Champai Soren on Wednesday resigned from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) saying he was forced to take such a step since he was aggrieved by the party’s…
A 13-year-old girl has become the first Chinese performer to complete the Bharatanatyam “Arangetram” in the country. Lei Muzi began her Bharatanatyam journey at the age of three, training in…
A Delhi entrepreneur’s recent experience with a customer has caught the attention of the internet. Akash Bansal, co-founder of a mobile accessories brand, Skyvik, decided to step into the shoes…
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday undertook a ride on the DTC bus and interacted with the drivers, conductors and marshals near the Sarojini Nagar…
The Competition Commission of India on Wednesday approved the merger of the media assets of Reliance Industries and Walt Disney Co to create the country’s largest media empire worth over…
A girl narrowly escaped a horrific assault at Biaora Civil Hospital in Madhya Pradesh. The incident occurred around 1 am when the girl, accompanying a patient, was cornered by a…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stressed that a minor survivor of sexual assault should not be repeatedly called to testify before the trial court. A bench headed by Justice Sudhanshu…
The Indo-US relationship is a powerful force for global progress, US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti said on Wednesday. The ambassador made the remarks during his address at the Annual…
Challa Sreenivasulu Setty on Wednesday assumed charge as Chairman of the country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI). He succeeds Dinesh Khara, who superannuated from services of the bank…