Category: India

At least two people were killed in an explosion at a fireworks manufacturing unit in Tamil Nadu’s Mayiladuthurai district on Saturday. Two people were also injured in the incident and…

A woman doctor was assaulted in front of her clinic in Mumbai’s Mankhurd area on Saturday over parking of a two-wheeler, police said. The accused include three women and a…

A case of alleged sexual assault on a 7-year-old girl in South Delhi has been registered, Delhi Police confirmed on Saturday. According to police officials, the mother and father of…

An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Sopore. The forces have cordoned off the Watergam area of Sopore and a search is on, the…

A 16-year-old boy working in the canteen of a school in Maharashtra’s Palghar sexually assaulted a seven-year-old girl several times on the school premises, the police said. The boy, who…

A dam in Madhya Pradesh captured nationwide attention two years ago when it was breached even before it was completed. Today, Karam Dam – in Dharampuri tehsil of Dhar district…

Ahead of the J-K assembly elections, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) released its manifesto on Saturday, which mentions efforts to restore Articles 370 and 35A, launch diplomatic initiatives between India…

Pressing the demand for a nationwide “caste census”, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said 90 per cent people of the country are sitting out of the system and the…

A 32-year-old woman was found engulfed in flames in an empty plot of land here on Saturday, police said. The woman suffered serious burn injuries and was rushed to the…

A murder accused out on parole allegedly raped a 15-year-old girl in Maharashtra’s Sangli city, police said on Saturday. The accused, Sanjay Prakash Mane (34), was arrested in the morning,…

A Bengaluru-based entrepreneur is under fire on social media after she posted a photograph with the caption, “Brahmin Genes”. Anuradha Tiwari, the CEO of a content writing agency named JustBurstOut,…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jalgaon in Maharashtra on Sunday to felicitate 11 lakh new ‘Lakhpati Didis’ who achieved the mark during the third term of his government. A…

Three educational institutions in West Bengal have been issued a show cause notice by the school education department for making students participate in a rally during school hours against the…

Three people, including a 10-year-old boy, were killed in an accident at a China clay manufacturing factory near Bhuj in Gujarat’s Kutch district on Saturday, police said. China clay is…

A 26-year-old man allegedly killed his wife with a sharp weapon following a quarrel and arrived at a police station to inform about the attack in the western suburbs in…

One terrorist was killed on Saturday in an encounter with the security forces in J&K’s Baramulla district. Earlier, an exchange of firing took place between the security forces and the…

The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved the continuation of three umbrella schemes of the Department of Science and Technology, merged into a unified central sector scheme called ‘Vigyan Dhara’. The…

A tuition teacher here has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a seven-year-old girl, a police officer said on Saturday. Rampur Superintendent of Police (SP) Vidyasagar Mishra said that on…

The Navi Mumbai police have registered a case against a man for duping a woman of Rs 12.65 lakh under the pretext of getting her a job and hacking into…

Rajasthan’s BJP government has lifted the ban on government employees participating in the activities of the RSS. Joint Secretary of the Department of Personnel Rajendra Singh Kavia citing previous orders…

As many as 22 workers were injured in a boiler explosion at a steel factory in MIDC area in Jalna city of Maharashtra on Saturday, police said. The condition of…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Palam airport in Delhi today after concluding his two-nation visit to Poland and Ukraine. Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Poland was the first by…

The Election Commission has set up 24 special polling stations in Jammu, Udhampur and New Delhi to facilitate voting by Kashmiri migrants in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections,…

The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 11 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu for alleged maritime violation, and Chief Minister MK Stalin flagged the matter with the Centre on Saturday, seeking…

Police have filed a case against a man and seven members of his family for allegedly pronouncing triple talaq to her after she praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar…

Indian Railways has electrified 95 per cent of its vast 68,000 km track network to emerge as the largest green railway in the world, according to a senior official of…

The death count in the road accident in Nepal’s Tahahun district has now risen to 41, Maharashtra Minister Girish Mahajan said today. A bus carrying Indian tourists plunged off a…

The Indian space sector has in the last 10 years contributed $60 billion to GDP, as well as generated 4.7 million jobs in the country, according to a report. It…

India launched its first reusable hybrid rocket ‘RHUMI-1’, developed by the Tamil Nadu-based start-up Space Zone India with Martin Group, from Thiruvidandhai in Chennai today. The rocket, carrying 3 Cube…

An NRI was shot at on Saturday by two armed turbaned assailants at point-blank range at his residence in Daburji village in Punjab’s Amritsar district. The NRI, Sukhchain Singh, an…

Actor Payel Mukherjee today alleged that she was attacked by a biker after a “minor accident” on a Kolkata road. Taking to her official social media accounts, she shared a…

The main accused in the fake National Cadet Corps (NCC) camp sexual assault case in Tamil Nadu and his father have both died, police said. The state opposition leader Edappadi…

The Pimpri Chinchwad Police in Maharashtra’s Pune have arrested seven staff members of a school, including the Principal, PT teacher, a trustee, and four others, in connection with the alleged…

Veteran Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, has now taken refuge in a cartoon by legendary Indian artist and humourist RK Laxman to express his anguish over the…

African cheetahs brought to India as part of the world’s first intercontinental translocation of big cats will soon be released into the wild, nearly a year after they were returned…

The United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has approved a possible foreign military sale of anti-submarine warfare Sonobuoys and related equipment to India at an estimated cost of USD…

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has met the US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and shared perspectives on “key” strategic matters of mutual interest, a day after India and the US…

As the national capital was lashed with heavy downpour, a 15-year-old boy lost his life after drowning in the water in the Chanakyapuri area on Friday, said Delhi police officials.…

Karnataka Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil has asked people not to worry about the mpox outbreak reported in some African countries as no infection has been detected in India…

Mumbai and its neighbouring Thane and Palghar districts and many other parts of Maharashtra are expected to receive heavy rainfall over the next four to five days, the India Meteorological…

The United States said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to conflict-hit Ukraine is “potentially helpful”, news agency AFP reported quoting the White House. Prime Minister Modi today arrived in Ukraine…

The death toll in the road accident in Nepal’s Tanahun district has risen to 41. Maharashtra Minister Girish Mahajan confirmed the deaths during a press conference in Mumbai on Friday.…

Police in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district on Friday exhumed the body of a three-year-old girl whose death in an accident more than two weeks ago had not been reported to the…

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar rebuked the ‘criticism’ of Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugging Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Russia, and said it is part of Indian…

A special Indian Air Force plane has been arranged to bring the bodies of 24 tourists, who were killed in a road accident in Nepal, to Nashik. Maharashtra Chief Minister…

On a two-day visit to Manipur, Indian Army chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi, today met the state Chief Minister and held discussions on how the forces can help in bringing peace…

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday met US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin to review and further deepen the existing defence cooperation activities between the two countries. “Excellent meeting with…

A man was arrested in Pimpri Chinchwad in Pune for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl repeatedly and impregnating her, a police official said on Friday. The 23-year-old accused, Kartik Kamble,…

The quality of several crucial medicines in Madhya Pradesh has come under scrutiny, leading to a state-wide ban on more than nine essential drugs and injections. The Madhya Pradesh Public…

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday expressed disagreement with a Bombay High Court order restraining political parties from calling a bandh, but asserted the opposition bloc MVA has…

In a major relief for patients, hundreds of resident doctors in Delhi returned to work on Friday after ending their 11-day strike over the alleged rape and murder of a…

A POCSO court in Bundi on Friday convicted a man for raping a minor although he married her when she attained adulthood. The couple now has a one-year-old child. The…

Women police in the state force will be entitled to one year’s maternity leave, and upon resuming work they will be posted at a place of their choice for three…

Five persons were arrested and a minor detained for allegedly raping a 27-year-old mentally challenged woman and shooting a video of her ordeal in Chandrapur district in Maharashtra, a police…

A 32-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide on Friday morning by jumping from the 11th floor amid allegations of dowry harassment against her husband, who has been arrested, police said. The…

The Rouse Avenue court on Friday recorded the statement of a woman wrestler, one of the complainants in the sexual harassment case against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Her testimony was…

India has invested nearly USD 13 billion in the space sector over the past decade which has contributed USD 60 billion to the GDP through direct, indirect and induced benefits,…

The sound of gunshots echoed as two soldiers – a buddy pair – stood next to the wall of ‘Fancy House’. A soldier puts his hand on the shoulder of…

Global energy solutions leader Chevron on Friday announced to invest Rs 8,300 crore to set up its engineering and innovation centre of excellence (ENGINE) in Bengaluru. The centre will hire…

Women police in the state force will be entitled to one year’s maternity leave, and upon resuming work they will be posted at a place of their choice for three…

Union Minister and Jharkhand BJP’s election incharge, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, on Friday targeted Chief Minister Hemant Soren and said that the JMM government would not last for more than two…

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday informed a Delhi court it has obtained sanction to prosecute Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak in a corruption…

The Indian Space Research Organisation, popularly known as ISRO, is no longer confined to launching of rockets, Minister Jitendra Singh told NDTV on the occasion of the first National Space…

A POCSO court in Rajasthan on Tuesday sentenced six men to life imprisonment in the Ajmer sex scandal case. One of the most disturbing criminal cases from the early 1990s,…

The flood situation in Tripura, which witnessed catastrophic monsoon deluge for the first time in over three decades, slightly improved on Friday but vast areas including human habitations in urban…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi undertook a visit to Ukraine today, at the invitation of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. This was the first-ever visit by an Indian Prime Minister…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv conveyed the need to focus on dialogue and diplomacy to end the conflict with Russia, External…

India – one of the world’s biggest consumers of crude oil – does not have a “political strategy” that informs its purchases, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Friday at…

A 14-bed ward has been reserved at Seven Hills Hospital in Maharashtra’s Mumbai as a precautionary measure regarding Monkeypox infection. There is no single case of monkeypox in the Mumbai…

On August 10, about 24 hours after a 31-year-old doctor’s half-naked body was recovered from the seminar hall of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a 33-year-old man was…

Aviation regulator DGCA has imposed a penalty of Rs 90 lakh on Air India for operating a flight with non-qualified crew members. Besides, the watchdog has slapped fines of Rs…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Ukraine today in what has been the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the war-hit country since its independence in 1991. PM…

A Madhya Pradesh government directive to schools and colleges in the state – to celebrate Krishna Janmashtami, or the birth of Krishna – has sparked a political squabble between the…

A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped and thrown by the roadside in Assam’s Nagaon district last evening. The Class 10 student was rescued by local residents and handed over to…

Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday demanded the withdrawal of cases against those who had protested in Badlapur against the alleged sexual abuse of two kindergarten girls, warning…

Five labourers were killed after the roof slab of an under-construction cottage of a resort collapsed in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district, an official said on Friday. The incident occurred at…

Police in Maharashtra’s Thane district have registered a case against the director of a private ‘ashram’ (shelter) for allegedly inflicting burns on the body of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl, an official…

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday that it remains in touch with the Qatar government following reports of Guru Granth Sahib being seized by the local authorities.…

The Indian space agency known for its frugal innovations and cutting edge technology is also a very safe harbour for investment. A new report suggests that for every rupee spent…

The main accused in the disturbing case of a schoolgirl’s alleged rape and the sex abuse of several others at a fake National Cadet Corps (NCC) camp in Tamil Nadu…

A Delhi court on Friday rejected the bail applications of four jailed co-owners of a coaching centre basement where three civil services aspirants drowned last month. Principal District and Sessions…

Four factory workers – migrants from Jharkhand – were injured in a fire at a chemical manufacturing facility in Andhra Pradesh‘s Anakapalle district early Friday. The fire was at the…

A special court’s order granting ‘default bail’ to an accused charged under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA has been set aside by the Manipur High Court. The high court on…

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Friday imposed a financial penalty of Ninety Lakh rupees on Air India Limited for operating a flight with non-qualified crew members. In addition,…

Zomato has officially shut down its ‘Legends’ service, which was designed to deliver food items even from a city far away. For example, dhoklas from Gujarat were available to customers…

Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma on Thursday called on interim government’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and reiterated India’s commitment to working with Bangladesh to fulfil shared aspirations of peoples of…

The Cauvery water dispute will be resolved by mutual understanding between the two states, former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda said in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli on Thursday. Stating that…

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a notice regarding a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the appointment of Pankaj Dwivedi as the Executive Director of Union Bank of India.…

Microsoft-owned professional networking platform LinkedIn on Friday announced it has appointed Kumaresh Pattabiraman as new Country Manager and Product Head in India. With over 135 million members, India stands as…

The death count from the recent rains and floods in Tripura has risen to 20, officials said on Thursday. This increase follows the deaths of at least seven more people…

The United Doctors Front Association (UDFA) has suspended the nationwide strike, protesting the Kolkata rape and murder of trainee doctor, following a Supreme Court’s directive on Thursday. “In response to…

The military-to-military relationship between India and the United States is strong, the Pentagon said Thursday on the eve of the meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Defense Secretary Austin…

A special court here on Thursday issued summons to Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy asking him to appear personally before it on September 25 over a criminal defamation case…

A police inspector has been suspended and put under investigation following the recovery of Rs 9.96 lakh cash from his residence here in an anti-corruption raid conducted on Thursday, officials…

The flood situation in Tripura, which has been lashed by heavy rains over the last four days, remained grim on Thursday. Seven people, among them woman and children, died after…

The body of a 10-year-old girl was found in a sugarcane field in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district. Police suspect that the girl was sexually assaulted before being murdered. The girl left…

The Madhya Pradesh Forest Department went through a major administrative shake-up this week amid scrutiny over the alarming increase in the number of dead tigers in the Bandhavgarh reserve, and…

The Assam government on Thursday introduced a bill to repeal a law to register marriages and divorces of Muslims, stating that it had scope to allow marriages of minors from…

Union Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu launched the Guidelines for Seaplane Operations in India today, simplifying regulations for such operations in the country. Mr Naidu said, “These guidelines not…

The mastermind behind the 2016 Nabha jailbreak Ramanjit Singh was arrested on Thursday after his extradition by authorities in Hong Kong in an operation coordinated by the CBI and the…