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A man allegedly killed his wife and daughter before attempting suicide in Bihar’s Jamui district on Friday, police said. Olayat strangled his wife Nasreen Khatoon and his four-month-old daughter, Alisha,…
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Friday gave its nod to eight new railway projects that the government said would provide connectivity, facilitate ease of travelling, reduce oil imports…
What is happening in Parliament now has never happened in the history of independent India, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Friday, pointing out how Ram Manohar Lohia’s sharp…
An 18-month-old girl was allegedly raped by a migrant labourer at a poultry farm in a village in this Punjab district, police said on Friday. The accused has been identified…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his Maldivian counterpart Moosa Zammer on Friday to discuss all areas of bilateral cooperation to deepen the partnership between India and the archipelagic nation.…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi greeted each other warmly at an unofficial tea meeting in Parliament complex after the Lok Sabha was adjourned on Friday, one sitting ahead…
The death count in the flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in three districts of Himachal Pradesh on July 31 midnight rose to 28 with recovery of six bodies on Friday,…
A 42-year-old woman allegedly killed her husband by smashing a brick on his head, a video that surfaced later showed her plucking flesh from his body. The video clip shows…
The turbulent relationship between Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and INDIA bloc parties came to a head on Friday with sources saying that the opposition is considering submitting a notice…
Two constables have been arrested for posing as income tax officials and raiding a Delhi businessman’s house in the city, said police. The incident was reported from the Preet Vihar…
Around 35 fishermen from Pamban in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district were arrested by the Sri Lankan navy for allegedly poaching in Lankan waters. Four country boats that the Pamban fishermen…
Three members of an adivasi family, including an elderly man and his son, were beaten to death with sticks allegedly by people from a fellow tribe over an old enmity…
A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping his minor sister-in-law in the Kotwali area of this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Friday. The accused Sherkhan was arrested near…
A man suspected to be involved in a series of murders targeting middle-aged women in Bareilly during the past year has been arrested, officials said on Friday. The accused, Kuldeep…
Four supporters of the Shiv Sena (UBT) were held in Maharashtra’s Beed city after they allegedly threw `supari‘ or betel nuts and tomatoes at the convoy of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena…
A female post-graduate student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati, was found dead in her hostel room on Friday. This is the third ‘unnatural death’ of a student…
In a setback to the opposition YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), key leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas resigned from party posts on Friday. Krishna Srinivas, who…
Three people were killed in a gunfight between a Kuki insurgent group and armed people who were reportedly guarding their village in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district, bordering Myanmar, sources said. The…
The Adani Foundation on Friday said it has won the ‘Van Pandit Award’ for planting more than 1,70,000 trees in Gujarat’s Mundrat in 2022-23. The award was conferred by Gujarat…
There is no proposal to make voting in the country compulsory, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. The Lower House was also told that there was no proposal to…
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday described the Supreme Court verdict granting bail to AAP leader Manish Sisodia as a “triumph for democracy” and “defeat of dictatorship”. The top…
The first death due to scrub typhus has been reported in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla city, officials said on Friday. A 91-year-old man from Panthaghati area died while undergoing treatment for…
There are no plans to bring a law on electoral bonds for funding of political parties, the Lok Sabha was informed on Friday. The Lower House was also told that…
A court in New Delhi has sentenced a priest to 15 years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting a boy in 2016, saying the gravity of the offence was exacerbated…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin today launched the Rs 1,000 monthly assistance scheme to help boys from government and state-aided schools pursue higher education. Called “Tamil Pudhalvan (son) Scheme,”…
The Kerala High Court, hearing a suo-moto case on the Wayanad landslide disaster, on Friday stressed the need for a holistic approach in pursuing developmental activities, so tragedies like that…
India’s star javelin thrower, Neeraj Chopra, who clinched a silver medal at the Paris Olympics, became the first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two consecutive Olympic medals. His remarkable achievement…
The centre has formed a committee to monitor the situation in Bangladesh amid reports of targeted violence against minorities. The committee will also ensure the safety of Indians and other…
The CBI has coordinated with the NIA and the Interpol for the return of Babbar Khalistan International terrorist Tarsem Singh who is wanted in connection with an RPG attack on…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the landslides-hit Wayanad on Saturday to review the relief and rehabilitation efforts and interact with survivors. Officials said PM Modi will reach Kannur around…
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray returned empty-handed from Delhi as he could not extract an assurance of being the MVA’s chief ministerial face for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly polls,…
Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan and Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar went head-to-head in Parliament Friday after the former said the latter’s “tone is not acceptable”. A furious Mr Dhankhar…
When director Prashanth Neel signed on Hindi actor Sanjay Dutt for KGF Chapter 2, no one thought much of it. In fact, Neel’s casting of the Khalnayak star as ‘Adheera’…
In a rare and highly-anticipated event, Bollywood star Aamir Khan is in Supreme Court today for a special screening of the film ‘Laapata Ladies’. The movie is being screened for…
A bomb disposal squad and an Indian Air Force team were called in after 12-15 bomb shells, some of which are suspected to be live, were found in a scrap…
The discovery of a skeleton of an adult male tiger – with four holes, which a preliminary medical examination suggests might be bullet wounds, in the skull – in Madhya…
The Gujarat government has ordered a probe against a government schoolteacher who allegedly continues to be on the payroll despite settling in the US and remaining absent from duty for…
Air India on Friday announced suspension of flights to and from Tel Aviv till further notice amid escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. The Tata Group-owned carrier had suspended services…
Director-producer-screenwriter Kiran Rao on Friday attended the screening of her film ‘Laapataa Ladies’ at the Supreme Court of India. Talking to reporters ahead of the screening, she was deeply honoured…
Rain lashed parts of Delhi on Friday, causing waterlogging and traffic jams, with the weather office forecasting more rainfall during the next few hours. Central, south and parts of north…
The Congress on Friday hailed Neeraj Chopra after he became the first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two successive Olympic medals with a silver in men’s javelin throw. “Once a…
Deepak Sharma, an assistant superintendent at Delhi’s Tihar Jail, has found himself at the centre of a controversy after a video of him waving a pistol at a private birthday…
Following a heated exchange of words between Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankar and Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan over BJP MP Ghanshyam Tiwari’s remarks on Friday, Shiv…
Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan has demanded an apology from Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar after a contentious session in the upper house of Parliament. The incident…
The Lok Sabha was adjourned sine die on Friday, one sitting ahead of the scheduled end of the session. The current session of Parliament was scheduled to end on August…
The Congress on Friday hailed Neeraj Chopra after he became the first Indian track-and-field athlete to win two successive Olympic medals with a silver in men’s javelin throw. “Once a…
Rizwan Ali, an ISIS terrorist, was arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell today just days ahead of Independence Day celebrations in the national capital. A resident of Daryaganj in…
Manish Sisodia, former Delhi deputy chief minister, has been granted bail in alleged corruption cases linked to the Delhi liquor policy. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader will walk out…
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today termed the Supreme Court verdict granting bail to former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia as a “victory of truth”. Mr Sisodia was granted…
Delhi Education Minister and AAP leader Atishi broke down today as she reacted to the Supreme Court’s decision to grant bail to Manish Sisodia, the former Deputy Chief Minister of…
A man has been fined Rs 28,500 after a video of him making reels by sitting on the roof of a moving car went viral online, police said on Friday.…
Billionaire industrialist Yohan Poonawalla and his wife Michelle have purchased a 30,000 sq ft standalone property in South Mumbai’s Cuffe Parade area for over Rs 500 crore, as per an…
Online delivery scams are becoming increasingly common, targeting consumers who shop on e-commerce platforms. These scams often involve fraudsters sending wrong or inferior products, or sometimes nothing at all, instead…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said the government is awaiting the release of 69 Indians recruited into the Russian army and that in many cases there are indications…
Police have registered a case against Dilip Khedkar, the father of former probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, on charges of threatening and obstructing a public servant in the discharge of…
A special court in Chennai framed charges against former Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on Thursday in connection with an alleged cash-for-jobs…
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will today move the Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill in the Lok Sabha, which seeks to amend the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, the Banking…
The Supreme Court today granted bail to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia, who had been in custody for 17 months, in connection to the Delhi liquor policy case.…
The Opposition’s ongoing objections about “unparliamentary” language provided some lighter moments in parliament today amid the acrimonious discussion of the Waqf Amendment Bill. This time, Union minister Kiren Rijiju averted…
BSP chief Mayawati targeted the central and Uttar Pradesh governments over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, saying their “forceful interference” in matters of mosques, madrasas, and Waqf was against the country’s…
Police have arrested the owner of the pet dog that fell on a four-year-old girl from the fifth floor of a building in Maharashtra’s Thane, which resulted in her death,…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will today begin his three-day official visit to the Maldives, the first high-level trip from New Delhi after ties between the two countries deteriorated since…
One in every four GenZ respondents in India is more inclined towards new-age job fields like Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity and content creation while 43 per cent are willing to sacrifice…
The mortal remains of former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee will be handed over to state government-run NRS Medical College and Hospital for research work, a CPI(M) official. The…
A photo of former adult star Mia Khalifa was used on a hoarding for a religious festival in Tamil Nadu’s Kancheepuram district. The hoarding, which was part of the decorations…
The Rajasthan Police have arrested a man for killing a 15-year-old girl by pushing her in front of a train after she rejected his friendship proposal on Friendship Day in…
The spectre of a serial killer is looming large over a rural portion of Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly after nine women from the same age group have been found murdered in…
The recent landslides in Wayanad have prompted the central government to act swiftly in designating Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESA) in the Western Ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one…
A barber here was arrested a day after a video of him applying his spit on a customer’s face made rounds on social media, police said on Thursday. The barber’s…
Former IAS probationer Puja Khedkar, who has been accused of cheating and wrongly securing OBC and disability quota benefits, on Thursday approached the Delhi High Court seeking anticipatory bail in…
In a thoughtful move, a 13-year-old girl child from Tamil Nadu, Harini Sri, performed Bharatanatyam for three straight hours to raise funds for the people affected by the Wayanad landslides…
Altogether 17 Indian workers engaged in road construction in Bangladesh and stranded due to the ongoing unrest were evacuated by the BSF, an official said on Thursday. BSF Tripura Frontier…
Three Kashmiri scientists have discovered a new species of hoverfly that mimics the wasp in the high-altitude alpine forests. The findings of the three entomologists — scientists who study insects…
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today alleged that the rights of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla are being slashed and the Opposition would have to fight for him, drawing a…
A Delhi court on Thursday extended the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till August 20 in a corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in…
The Manipur government has warned of legal action against people who have been sharing a “doctored audio” of Chief Minister N Biren Singh to “derail the peace process” in the…
Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia – in jail for more than 17 months — will get the decision of the Supreme Court on his request for bail tomorrow.…
Asaduddin Owaisi of AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) ripped into the Waqf Amendment bill presented in parliament today, calling it “discriminatory” and “arbitrary”. The bill, he said, interferes with the…
The iconic Tower Bridge in London on Wednesday became a site of celebration as members of the Indian community gathered to welcome Indian Navy’s frontline frigate, Indian Naval Ship Tabar…
A handful of people captured Waqf boards in the country and ordinary Muslims did not get justice, Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju told Lok Sabha today, countering the Opposition’s charge…
Opposition parties led by the Congress joined ranks to protest against the Waqf Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha today. The legislation aims to address issues related to powers of State…
A sweeper at St. George Hospital in Mumbai died after reportedly waiting nearly three hours for medical attention. Anish Kailash Chauhan, who sustained head injuries, had come to the hospital…
A delegation of the Election Commission of India (ECI) led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar reached Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar on Thursday to review poll preparedness ahead of the…
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested an Assistant Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for accepting bribes of Rs 20 lakh in the national capital. The arrested…
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, veteran Left leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister, died at his south Kolkata residence this morning. He was 80. He had been unwell for a while and…
Heavy rains in Uttar Pradesh have led to the water levels in the Ganga river rising and submerging Ghats here on Thursday morning. Anand, a pilgrim from Delhi, said that…
MPs from different political parties in the opposition held a protest against the price rise of onions and other vegetables, outside the parliament on Thursday. As a mark of protest,…
The Supreme Court said on Thursday said that it will hear the petition tomorrow seeking to reschedule the NEET-PG 2024 due to the allocation of “highly inconvenient” exam centres and…
A team of the Election Commission (EC) today arrived in Srinagar to review the preparedness for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. The assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir are…
The Centre introduced the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the Lok Sabha today to amend the Waqf Act, 1995. The bill seeks to “effectively address issues” related to the powers…
A Surat-based major diamond manufacturing firm has declared a 10-day ‘vacation’ for its 50,000 employees from August 17 to 27 citing diminished demand for polished diamonds in international markets due…
All Indian visa application centres in Bangladesh will remain closed until further notice after unrest in the neighbouring country forced Sheikh Hasina to resign as Prime Minister and flee the…
Hours after Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from the 2024 Paris Olympics, social media was flooded with messages of encouragement and solidarity for the wrestler. Renowned screenwriter Javed Akhtar penned a…
In a bizarre incident, a large crocodile was spotted roaming the streets of Nangal Soti village in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor. The unexpected visitor sent shockwaves through the community, with locals…
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, the former Chief Minister of West Bengal and the last Marxist to hold the office died at his south Kolkata residence this morning. He was 80. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee…
Samajwadi Party boss Akhilesh Yadav attacked the BJP Thursday morning over proposed amendments to 44 sections of the Waqf Act of 1995, declaring the Bill a pretext to profit from…
Samajwadi Party boss Akhilesh Yadav attacked the BJP Thursday morning over proposed amendments to 44 sections of the Waqf Act of 1995, declaring the Bill a pretext to profit from…
The BJP-led government is slated to introduce the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 in the Lok Sabha on Thursday to amend the Waqf Act, 1995. The bill seeks to “effectively address…
From being an Olympic medal contender to an unfortunate disqualification and finishing last, Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s world turned upside down in a matter of hours. Following her exit from…
A catastrophic cloudburst occurred near the Samej and Bagi bridges on Wednesday night washing away 45 people near Shrikhand in Himachal Pradesh. Rescue operations in the disaster-affected area are underway.…