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BJP leader Kiran Choudhry on Wednesday filed her nomination as the party candidate for the Rajya Sabha bypoll from Haryana. Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini and several BJP MLAs were…
Union minister George Kurian on Wednesday filed his nomination papers as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the upcoming by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat from Madhya Pradesh. The…
The Supreme Court today decided to resume its hearing on the legal question of whether a person holding a driving licence for a light motor vehicle is also entitled to…
India’s second home-built 700 MW nuclear power reactor at Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat today started operating at its full capacity, the plant operator said. The Nuclear Power…
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will be on a four-day visit to the US beginning Friday to further boost the comprehensive global strategic partnership between the two countries. In Washington, Rajnath…
The historic city of Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh has gained global attention by becoming India’s first solar-powered city. From homes to offices, from roads to public spaces, the entire city…
Describing the case as a “very hard one”, the Supreme Court sought the Centre’s response on Tuesday on a plea of a couple whose 30-year-old son has been lying in…
Police have arrested two persons in connection with the alleged swapping of the blood samples of minors who were with the juvenile accused in the Porsche car crash case in…
Embattled edtech company Byju’s is yet to pay July salaries to its thousands of employees and its Founder and CEO, Byju Raveendran, on Tuesday addressed workers, promising swift resolution despite…
Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose, who has shredded the Mamata Banerjee government repeatedly over the young doctor’s rape and murder, spoke to her parents today, assuring them that he would…
Amid the ongoing investigations and protests following the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, the accused Sanjoy Roy’s mother-in-law suggested that there could be more people involved…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Poland, will pay homage to the ‘Jam Saheb of Nawanagar Memorial’ on Wednesday, August 21. The PM will pay…
The Resident Doctors’ Association of AIIMS, New Delhi said that they will provide OPD services from Jantar Mantar today to demonstrate their unwavering commitment to patient care. “The Resident Doctors’…
A nursing officer of a government hospital in Churu district was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly molesting a female staffer, police said. The survivor, working on the post of ward…
A 24-year-old techie working with a reputed IT company died by suicide by inhaling helium gas in a hotel in Bengaluru on Tuesday. The software professional has been identified as…
A 27-year-old tribal woman was raped allegedly by six men in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Monday in a village under Pusaur…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on receiving top rating in a global ranking of central bankers, lauding it as a recognition of his leadership.…
A video of the Independence Day celebration in Chhattisgarh’s Mungeli district, showing a pigeon released by a police officer failing to fly off, has gone viral, prompting the officer to…
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit, Lodz Governor Dorota Ryl emphasised that Poland views India as a “great partner” for business and other collaborations. In an interview with ANI,…
With 2.03 crore voters, Haryana Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Pankaj Agarwal has said as per the schedule for the Haryana legislative Assembly polls the nomination papers can be filed until…
The Karnataka government has convened a meeting with medical organisations here in the aftermath of the incident of the rape and murder of a woman doctor in Kolkata, and announced…
In a bid to fight the rising burden of tuberculosis (TB) in India, Indian startup Salcit Technologies is exploring the use of Google’s Health Acoustic Representations (HeAR) model to enhance…
The Centre has so far deployed nearly 300 companies of paramilitary forces for election duties in the Kashmir valley, officials said on Tuesday. The companies have been deputed in Srinagar,…
A 62-year-old Indian on Tuesday returned to Tripura after serving 36 years in Bangladesh jail, officials said. A police official said that Bangladesh Police and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) handed…
President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday prorogued both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha which were adjourned sine die on August 9, one sitting ahead of the scheduled end of…
J&K Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Tuesday said that a total of 93,284 voters have been added in the Special Summary Revision across Jammu and Kashmir while the elector population…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the removal of the name, photos and videos of a trainee doctor, who was raped and murdered in Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and…
Former Union Law Minister, M Veerappa Moily, on Tuesday acknowledged that the second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC), chaired by him in 2005 did recommend lateral entry into government services, however,…
The Supreme Court’s appeal that the doctors return to work notwithstanding, the protesting doctors of the country are not ready to relent. The court, which initiated a hearing on the…
A train hit an iron rod near a railway station under Jabalpur division in Madhya Pradesh, prompting the Railway Protection Force (RPF) to launch a probe into the incident, an…
In a bid to put an end to their lives, two young lovers jumped before a goods train in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Tuesday as the relationship was not accepted…
A 14-year-old boy was electrocuted to death after he came in contact with an open wire at the entrance, police said. The police have lodged a case of culpable homicide…
Three children of a family were killed in Jharkhand’s Latehar district on Tuesday evening after a tree fell on the tiled roof of their house, causing it to collapse, police…
The BJP on Tuesday appointed its former national general secretary Ram Madhav and Union minister G Kishan Reddy as in-charge for the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. A…
About 20 people fell ill after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in Odisha’s Ganjam district, police said on Tuesday. The incident happened in Moundpur village in Chikita late on Monday night.…
Dalit and Adivasi organisations have called for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ on Wednesday over their demand for stronger representation and protection for marginalised communities. The National Confederation of Dalit and Adivasi…
A two-seater trainer aircraft went missing after it took off from an aerodrome in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district on Tuesday, following which a massive search was started to locate it,…
Traffic crawled in Delhi as heavy rain caused waterlogging in several parts of the city on Tuesday, officials said. Some of the places where heavy waterlogging was reported included the…
Local train services on the Ambernath-Karjat section affected by protests at Badlapur railway station in Thane district resumed on Tuesday night after remaining suspended for 10 hours, a Central Railway…
Four-time Congress legislator Kiran Choudhry, who joined the BJP along with her daughter Shruti Choudhry in June, on Tuesday resigned from the Haryana legislative Assembly and is likely to be…
Special POCSO Court on Tuesday sentenced life imprisonment to six accused in the Ajmer blackmail case which is also called as Ajmer sex scandal. The court also imposed a fine…
Director Nag Ashwin’s sci-fi-cum-Indian mythology flick Kalki 2898 AD has been one of the most anticipated films in the last few years. While the filmmaker had an extensive marketing and…
Serum Institute of India on Tuesday said it is currently working to develop a vaccine for Monkeypox, with positive outcomes expected in a year’s time. The World Health Organisation on…
At least seven people have died in flash floods across Tripura after water levels of several rivers rose suddenly due to incessant rainfall for over 48 hours. Thousands of people…
A pregnant woman’s bodily autonomy and right of self-determination are an intrinsic part of her fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution, the Delhi High Court has observed while allowing a…
A Sultanpur court on Tuesday took strong objection to Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh skipping the hearing in a two-decade-old case and ordered police to arrest and produce him…
A 26-year-old woman allegedly attacked her boyfriend with a knife and injured his private parts over his refusal to marry her in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police said on Tuesday. The…
A train hit an iron rod near a railway station under Jabalpur division in Madhya Pradesh, prompting the Railway Protection Force (RPF) to launch a probe into the incident, an…
PDP chief spokesperson Suhail Bukhari Tuesday quit the party ahead of the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. Suhail Bukhari told PTI he has quit the PDP, but he did…
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Ukraine is a good gesture and will be appreciated. PM Modi will visit the Ukrainian…
The massive protest in Maharashtra’s Thane over the sexual assault of two four-year-old girls at a school, has been quelled by police batons and tear gas. The Badlapur railway station…
The Election Commission on Tuesday issued the notification for the first phase of the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, marking the start of the nomination process. Voting will be…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ukraine on August 23 in what’s going to be the first visit by an Indian PM to Ukraine in over 30 years. The External…
Amid outrage over the alleged sexual abuse of two kindergarten girls at a school in Badlapur, Maharashtra School Education Minister Deepak Kesarkar on Tuesday said ‘Vishakha committees’ will be formed…
India added 7.3 crore internet subscribers and 7.8 crore broadband subscribers in one year as the number of telephone subscribers reached 119.9 crore in the country, the Centre informed today.…
A six-year-old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in a village in Uttarakhand’s Pauri district, officials said on Tuesday. Aditya was playing in the courtyard of his maternal…
A two-year-old boy in a remote village in Meghalaya’s West Garo Hills district has been diagnosed with symptoms of poliomyelitis or polio at a hospital in Assam’s Goalpara, sounding an…
Despite global macro-economic conditions, India continues to remain a bright spot and is expected to be the fastest-growing major economy this year, a report showed today. The country has become…
The All India Institute for Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has issued a protocol for handling suspected mpox cases in India as the World Health Organization declares the disease as a public…
Hours after the government’s top recruitment body UPSC cancelled its advertisement for lateral hiring, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has pointed out the Narendra Modi government will apply the principle of…
A 35-year-old Border Security Force (BSF) officer has become the first Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) officer to successfully complete the Iron Man challenge, one of the toughest triathlon events…
ISRO chairman S Somanath on Tuesday said the space agency has completed the design for the next round of moon missions – Chandrayaan 4 and 5 – and is in…
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking directions to declare the caste system unconstitutional. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said no case for interference was made…
Adani Krishnapatnam Port in Andhra Pradesh today unveiled an advanced cargo handling system, which will enhance its existing capacity and productivity, the company said. The new systems will streamline the…
Three remote villages in Madhya Pradesh – Kadia, Gulkhedi, and Hulkhedi – have gained nationwide infamy as “nurseries” of criminals. Situated about 117 kilometers from the state capital, Bhopal, these…
The Justice Hema Committee report, which exposed the shocking harassment and sexual exploitation faced by women in the Malayalam film industry, sparked a political storm in Kerala on Tuesday. While…
Several hospitals, including AIIMS and Safdurjung, and a mall in Delhi on Tuesday received bomb threat emails, prompting authorities to launch searches on their premises, officials said. A call was…
In the wake of alleged sexual assault of two young girls at a school in Maharashtra’s Badlapur, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Tuesday ordered a high level probe into the…
A woman gave birth to a baby on a Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TGSRTC) bus with the help of a bus conductor on Monday. The incident happened when the…
In a special and exclusive conversation, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das and NDTV’s Editor-In-Chief Sanjay Pugalia disuss the Indian economy and the future of banking in India. RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das…
In the Excise Policy case, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court has extended Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s judicial custody in the CBI case until August 27, 2024. The Special Judge Kaveri…
“Please trust us,” the Supreme Court said today while requesting the doctors protesting across the country over a Kolkata doctor’s rape and killing to call off the strike and resume…
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das in an exclusive interview with NDTV listed measures that must be taken for the Centre’s vision for a ‘viksit Bharat’ or developed India…
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot should function like a representative of the President of India and not the central government. He said the Governor should…
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking a direction to declare the caste system unconstitutional. The petitioner who filed the public interest litigation (PIL) told a bench of the…
The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking a direction to declare the caste system unconstitutional. The petitioner who filed the public interest litigation (PIL) told a bench of the…
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has flagged a fake letter written by a fictitious senior officer alleging political interference in the probe into the rape and murder case of…
At least five relatives of a patient have been detained at the state-run Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) for allegedly assaulting three junior doctors after the patient died during…
The Kolkata Police have registered a corruption case against Sandip Ghosh, the former Principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, where the body of a 31-year-old post-graduate trainee doctor…
Slamming the central government for the “rampant adoption” of machine-manufactured polyester flags, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi today called for the restoration of khadi as the only fabric with the distinction…
The Centre is likely to release draft rules under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act within a month, according to Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. The rules will be…
The case – being investigated by the CBI — has thrown up multiple issues including sanctity of evidence, rule of law, safety of healthcare professionals and the big picture issue…
The Supreme Court today said it took suo motu cognisance of the brutal rape and murder case of a doctor in Kolkata as it raises “a systematic issue regarding the…
In a gruesome road accident, two brothers were crushed to death by a truck in Kamleshwar taluka of Maharashtra’s Nagpur district in which their heads got severed from their torsos,…
The Supreme Court, which began hearing the Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder case today, has set up a national task force of doctors to make recommendations on safety at their work place.…
The Supreme Court has urged doctors to resume their duties amid nationwide strikes by medics against the rape and murder of a woman doctor at a Kolkata hospital. The absence…
Three children were rescued from a school bus that got stuck in the waterlogged Minto Bridge underpass in northwest Delhi on Tuesday following morning rain, officials said.0 An autorickshaw was…
The financial transactions at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College during the tenure of former Principal Sandip Ghosh will now be looked into following allegations of irregularities. An order from the…
The Pune police have arrested two more persons in connection with the alleged swapping of blood samples in the Porsche car crash case, a top official said on Tuesday. With…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday paid tribute to his father, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary and emphasised that he’ll fulfil Rajiv Gandhi’s dreams for India…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to former PM Rajiv Gandhi on his birth anniversary on Tuesday. “Tributes to our former Prime Minister Shri Rajiv Gandhi Ji on his birth…
A silent candle march was taken out at midnight on Monday by a group of people here at The Ridge to demand justice for the Kolkata doctor who was allegedly…
Two back-to-back earthquakes measuring 4.9 and 4.8 on the Richter scale occurred in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday. However, no loss of life or damage to property has been so…
A silent candle march was taken out at midnight on Monday by a group of people here at The Ridge to demand justice for the Kolkata doctor who was allegedly…
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Monday took steps to strengthen the existing Inner Line Permit (ILP) system that makes it mandatory for a non-Arunachalee person to obtain a…
Three state-run hospitals have been selected as the key facilities in Delhi to quarantine, manage and treat mpox patients. They are Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Safdarjung Hospital, and Lady Hardinge…
Amid the ongoing investigation and protests following the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, Durga Devi, mother-in-law of accused Sanjay Roy, suggested the involvement of more people…
Days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kyiv, India on Monday said it is willing to contribute in finding a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine. PM…
An IIT aspirant named Kushagra Rastogi (18) from Uttar Pradesh died under mysterious conditions in Kota on Monday. Rastogi was found in an unconscious state in the bathroom and was…
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Monday highlighted the plight of gig workers and asserted that the Congress governments in states would make concrete policies to…