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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin will today inaugurate a mega industrial project, worth Rs 700 crore, exclusively for more than 18,000 female workers of the iPhone manufacturer, Foxconn. The…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called on the countries of the Global South to work unitedly in dealing with food and energy security crises and challenges of terrorism as he…
Doctors across the country are on strike to protest against the brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor in Kolkata. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has declared a…
A case has been registered against a doctor in Gujarat’s Amreli city for allegedly waving his licensed pistol while addressing doctors and medical students assembled to protest the Kolkata rape-murder,…
The Rouse Avenue court on Saturday reserved an order on summoning former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and others in land for…
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the engine of the Sabarmati Express train hit an “object placed on the track” and derailed near Kanpur at 2.35 am on Saturday. Twenty…
The local Met office on Friday issued a ‘yellow’ alert for heavy rain in 10 of Himachal Pradesh’s 12 districts till August 20 even as showers in parts of the…
India today held the third edition of the Voice of Global South Summit today, an event underpinned by India’s philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’. The summit is as an extension of…
A pair of black rubber slippers with the number 24 prominently painted on them in white helped trace the family of a mentally-challenged man found at Canning in West Bengal’s…
Supreme Court judge Justice B R Gavai on Friday inaugurated the country’s first exclusive Digital Court for handling cases under the Negotiable Instruments Act. At an event held at the…
Navi Mumbai police have registered a case against a man for allegedly filming a woman while she was taking a bath, an official said on Friday. Accused Varprasad Ratnaraj Katikadla,…
India has dispatched a consignment of approximately 1400 kgs of anti-cancer drugs to Syria in humanitarian assistance, the Ministry of External Affairs said. The drugs are dispatched from India, keeping…
Two sisters were run over by a car on Friday while they were returning from court, police said. Both have been admitted to a hospital and stated to be out…
The political slugfest over the grisly killing of a doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital ramped up Friday evening after Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reiterated claims…
Bihar Police on Friday arrested Mithilesh Kumar, who allegedly helped prime suspect Sanjay Rai evade arrest after the kidnapping and murder of a 14-year-old Dalit girl in Muzaffarpur district. Kumar,…
Benchmark Sensex spurted by 1,330 points to close at a two-week high while Nifty jumped 397 points to settle above the 24,500 level on Friday as easing fears of a…
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the INDIA bloc is with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the “fight against injustice”. Mr Gandhi made…
A 15-year-old student was stabbed in a government school in Udaipur today, sparking tension in the city of Rajasthan. Nearly half a dozen cars were set on fire and incidents…
In a significant organisational reshuffle ahead of the assembly polls, the Congress on Friday appointed Tariq Hameed Karra as president of its Jammu and Kashmir unit and Keshav Mahto Kamlesh…
In a major security breach, a man in his early 20s scaled the wall and jumped inside the Parliament Annexe building premises on Friday afternoon, official sources said. A purported…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a telephone call with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, stressed on an early and peaceful resolution of the conflict in West Asia through “dialogue and diplomacy”.…
On the border between India and Bangladesh, a country which is slowly emerging from a period of violence and turmoil, lies a narrow, unique strip of land where people can…
Promising one lakh permanent jobs soon after the announcement of Assembly elections in Haryana, two-time Chief Minister and Congress leader Bhupinder Hooda said the poll results on October 4 the…
National Conference (NC) chief Farooq Abdullah on Friday announced he will lead the party in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, which will be held in three phases from September…
Ram Narain Agarwal, regarded as the ‘father of Agni missiles’ in India, died in Hyderabad. He was 84. RN Agarwal, a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, died on Thursday following…
Former Meghalaya Chief Minister Salseng Ch Marak died today after battling age-related illness. He was 83. His body is being taken to his home constituency of Resubelpara in Meghalaya where…
A Delhi court is likely to pass on August 30 an order on whether to frame the charges against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in a case related to the killing…
Delhi minister Atishi on Friday said the party is fully prepared to contest all the seats in Haryana and exuded confidence about winning the assembly polls. The Election Commission announced…
The Supreme Court has said bail cannot be denied to a juvenile in a criminal case unless the court records that the minor is likely to be associated with a…
A 40-year-old man was arrested in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh for hoisting the flag of Palestine outside his tailoring shop on Independence Day, a police official said on Friday. “Haneef…
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has cleared a series of high-profile bureaucratic appointments in various ministries, marking a reshuffling of leadership in key departments. The latest appointments, which…
The Supreme Court has said bail cannot be denied to a juvenile in a criminal case unless the court records that the minor is likely to be associated with a…
The Vadakara Police in Kozhikode district has registered a case against a former branch manager of the Vadakara branch of the Bank of Maharashtra based on a complaint by the…
The Vadakara Police in Kozhikode district has registered a case against a former branch manager of the Vadakara branch of the Bank of Maharashtra based on a complaint by the…
The highrise apartment complexes in Gurugram and some other cities of Haryana will have their own polling stations in the upcoming assembly elections. The Election Commission has come up with…
The Jammu and Kashmir assembly election will be held in three phases on September 18, 25 and October 1, the Election Commission announced today. The Haryana assembly election will be…
The assembly poll dates for Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana have been announced today by the Election Commission of India. Jammu and Kashmir’s historic first assembly polls for 90 seats…
Nestled in the lap of picturesque mountains and valleys of Jammu and Kashmir, thousands of polling stations are ready to hold state elections over the next one and a half…
The Bombay High Court on Friday said the vision should be to make Mumbai a slum-free city and raised concerns about the plight of slum dwellers who become “victims at…
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said he will back any candidate announced by the Congress and NCP (SP) as Maha Vikas Aghadi’s chief ministerial face. Addressing party…
An Egyptian ship, currently anchored at Paradip Port in Odisha, has been ‘arrested’ following an Orissa High Court order, an official said on Friday. The vessel arrived at Paradip Port…
As citizens across the country took to the streets to protest the gruesome rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a Kolkata hospital, several Bollywood actors and celebrities have…
The Election Commission of India (ECI) announces the schedule for the Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana’s Assembly elections. All regional and national political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have welcomed…
Haryana is set to vote on October 1 to elect a new state government, the Election Commission announced today. The results will be declared on October 4. A total of…
Four persons have been arrested in connection with a Rs 400 crore “fraud” online betting and gaming app allegedly linked to some Chinese nationals, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said today.…
Former Delhi Education Minister Manish Sisodia will begin a padyatra (foot march) across Delhi on Friday, the same day as the birthday of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Mr Sisodia,…
Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani and his wife Priti Adani sought blessings of Saibaba as they offered prayers at the Saibaba temple in Shirdi on Friday. The Chief Executive Officer…
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday released the first instalment of a bonus of Rs 525 crore for 5,20,000 farmers in the state. The bonus of Rs 2,000…
Trinamool Congress’ leader Santanu Sen, who had pointed out previous complaints against the principal of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College where a trainee doctor was raped and murdered last week,…
Tech giant Google has announced to bring its ‘AI Overviews’ feature to six new countries, including India. In India, the company is rolling out the ‘AI Overviews’ in English and…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the Indian Paris Olympics contingent to join the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign. During his interaction with the contingent at his residence on…
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that the Left Front and the BJP have conspired to launch the mob attack on the doctors at RG Kar Medical College who…
In solidarity with the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, doctors and representatives of various medical organisations have announced protests at various…
The Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) carried an experimental earth imaging satellite named EOS-8 and SR-0 Demo Sat which was made by a Chennai-based start-up Space Rickshaw. The mini rocket…
ISRO today successfully placed an Earth observation and SR-O DEMOSAT satellites into intended orbit. The space agency launched its third and final developmental flight, Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-D3, carrying Earth…
A woman’s disturbing account of sexual harassment in Noida has ignited outrage after she shared her experiences on X. Sonal Pateria described three separate incidents of harassment by strangers across…
President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to former prime minister and BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his death anniversary on Friday. They were joined by…
The Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma will lead US delegations to Nepal on August 16 and India from August 17-22 to advance and support…
The seating arrangement at the Independence Day celebrations, where Congress’s Rahul Gandhi, in a departure from tradition and protocol, was assigned a seat in the second last row, has opened…
The countdown for the launch of an earth observation satellite, onboard the third and final development flight of Small Satellite Launch Vehicle-03 commenced on Friday, ISRO said. The SSLV-D3-EOS-08 mission…
Amid the ongoing protest in Kolkata over the rape-murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College, the Resident Doctors’ Associations (RDAs) across Delhi will be holding a joint…
A nationwide withdrawal of services has been announced by doctors of modern medicine starting from 6 am on Saturday, August 17 to 6 am Sunday, August 18, per the official…
The vandalism at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, where a trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered last week, has prompted a key doctors’ body to…
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said that he is the Congress candidate for Channapatna Assembly bypoll. Earlier too, Mr Shivakumar had said that he is the candidate,…
The countdown for the launch of India’s small rocket — Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) — carrying earth observation satellite (EOS-08) and SR-0 satellite belonging to the startup Space Rickshaw…
On 78th Independence Day, Director General of Delhi Prisons Satish Golcha announced the grant of remission to more than 1,160 convicts. In addition, he revealed the prisons have installed 1,248…
A top global body of the Thadou tribe has welcomed Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh’s statement in the assembly that all communities are working hard to bring peace in…
A top global body of the Thadou tribe has welcomed Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh’s statement in the assembly that all communities are working hard to bring peace in…
Tech giant Google on Thursday announced to bring its ‘AI Overviews’ feature to six new countries, including India. In India, the company is rolling out the ‘AI Overviews’ in English…
An all-women unit of the Border Security Force (BSF) made a maiden gesture and handed over sweets and exchanged greetings with lady BGB personnel of Bangladesh at the front in…
Most of disaster-hit Chooralmala in Wayanad district is safe for habitation, but it would be better to avoid living in Punchirimattom, the epicentre of the landslides, in the long run,…
Thieves broke into the official bungalow of Congress MLA Jaivardhan Singh in the plush Char Imli area here and made away with more than Rs 12,000 in cash, police said…
Nine people have been arrested after a mob vandalised the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata in the early hours of Thursday during a protest against the horrific…
Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose said Thursday “positive action… which will be exemplary for others” will be taken against those who vandalised the RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata late…
Arizona’s supreme court has ruled that a fetus can be described as an “unborn human being” on ballots when voters decide this November whether to make abortion a constitutional right.…
The question “Where is Mansingh Patel?” was first raised by NDTV on January 7 last year. The Supreme Court has now directed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to find the…
Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas told a special session of the Turkish parliament on Thursday that he would travel to Gaza. He was speaking as health ministry officials in the…
A tiger that escaped from the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan’s Alwar has attacked at least five people, including a railway employee, in Khairthal-Tijara district of the state. According to…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today delivered his longest Independence Day speech at 98 minutes as he addressed the country. Photo Credit: AFP PM’s longest Independence Day speech before today was…
Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday said it was for his party to decide whether his son Jay Pawar will contest from the Baramati assembly constituency. The NCP…
The United States is in touch with India and other countries in the region regarding the situation in Bangladesh and is seeking an end to the violence there, a State…
Freedom is a protective shield woven into constitutional and democratic values, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said today in his Independence Day greetings to the nation.…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today delivered his longest Independence Day speech at 98 minutes as he addressed the country from the Red Fort. PM Modi’s Independence Day speeches average 82…
A Varanasi-Mumbai flight of Akasa Air with 172 passengers on board on Thursday made an emergency landing at the Raja Bhoj Airport here after a passenger fell sick, an official…
The Spear Corps of the Indian Army commemorated the 78th Independence Day with a series of engaging and meaningful events across the northeastern states – Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram,…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today delivered his longest Independence Day speech at 98 minutes as he addressed the country from the ramparts of historic Red Fort. PM Modi’s Independence Day…
To celebrate India’s Independence Day, a small rocket with big ambitions is set to fly. ISRO’s baby rocket, called the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV), will carry an experimental earth…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said 75,000 new seats will be added in medical colleges across the country over the next five years to address the growing demand for healthcare…
Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached immovable properties of Gautam Thapar’s Avantha Group. Valued at Rs 678.48 crore, the properties are in the form of land located in Haryana,…
The government aims to achieve net zero emission in rail operations by 2030, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today. Addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on…
On the occasion of India’s 78th Independence Day, the Nobel Prize Foundation shared a handwritten translation by Rabindranath Tagore of India’s National Anthem. “‘Jana Gana Mana’ is the national anthem…
The Indian contingent from the Paris Olympics, student beneficiaries from the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), workers of the Border Roads Organisation and sarpanches were among the 6,000 special guests who…
A pressure cooker blast in South Bengaluru’s JP Nagar has killed one and injured another on Tuesday. The incident is believed to have occurred when two barbers, Sameer and Mohsin,…
In his Independence Day speech from Delhi’s Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid out his vision for a developed India by 2047. In his speech, PM Modi called for…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold a mass meeting with the Indian diaspora when he visits the city next month for the annual United Nations summit, but with…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, delivering his 11th consecutive Independence Day speech at Delhi’s Red Fort, said 140 crore Indians are worried about the safety of Hindus in Bangladesh, who have…
Addressing the nation on Independence Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government wants to develop an education system so that youngsters don’t need to go abroad to study. In…
Issuing a reminder on Independence Day that Delhi Chief Minister and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal is in jail, state minister Atishi and Mr Kejriwal’s wife, Sunita, have hit out at…
A state which was the epicentre of the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) has now seen its first resident get citizenship under the legislation. The rules for the…
In his 78th Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined a series of futuristic goals aimed at shaping India’s growth in its…