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A woman and her boyfriend were arrested on Monday for allegedly killing her mother after she found them in a compromising position, police said. Rajuliya (45), who lived in Ballan…

A 27-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by two persons after making her drink intoxicants in the state capital Bhopal, a police official said on Monday. The incident occurred under the…

The police on Monday arrested a 51-year-old man from Kolkata on the charge of sending an email threatening to blow up the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s office in Patna,…

Sheikh Hasina, who stepped down from the post of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and fled the turmoil-hit nation today, may not return to politics, her son and former Chief…

The Cabinet Committee on Security met at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence this evening amid the turmoil in neighbouring Bangladesh – where its Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled the…

An FIR was registered in Betul in Madhya Pradesh against a person for allegedly issuing a death threat on social media to Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud in connection…

Jammu and Kashmir has seen a complete stop in stone pelting incidents and strikes in the valley, according to data shared by the Union Home Ministry on Monday. In 2023,…

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a PIL seeking a direction to the Election Commission to refrain from allowing the use of body parts like “hand” as election symbol of…

One of the shooters who fired outside Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s Mumbai home in April has claimed to be inspired by “principles” followed by jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and on…

Indo-Bangladesh trade has ‘halted’ this afternoon amid unrest in the neighbouring country due to large-scale protests that resulted in President Sheikh Hasina resigning on Monday, according to traders. On Sunday,…

The Delhi Police has increased security at the Bangladesh High Commission here in the wake of Sheikh Hasina’s resignation as prime minister and an imminent takeover by an interim government…

Three persons who bathed in a pond in this South Kerala district have been diagnosed with amoebic meningoencephalitis, State Health Minister Veena George said on Monday. In a statement, she…

A 24-year-old man allegedly strangled his teenage wife and later hung himself after a row at their house in a slum in Sector 50 here, police on Monday said. Police…

A man was swept away in a strong flow of water and fell nearly 150 feet down from a waterfall in the Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan on Monday, officials said.…

A 42-year-old fisherman from Mumbai lost Rs 96,870 after he was tricked into logging his details into a digital payment app by fraudsters who posed as executives of an online…

Air fares to Gulf countries during the June to September holiday season have risen five-fold, causing financial hardships to poor labourers and the middle class migrants who want to visit…

The Aam Aadmi Party will contest the Maharashtra assembly polls and field candidates on all 36 seats in Mumbai, its leader Preeti Sharma Menon said on Monday. Addressing a press…

The Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir would be held in September, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Monday, urging people in the Union Territory to vote the BJP…

Meghalaya has imposed a night curfew along the international border with Bangladesh amid the ongoing unrest in the neighbouring country, said the state Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong. “In view…

A Dalit man was made to drink urine after being assaulted in captivity allegedly by two upper caste persons in Madhya Pardesh’s Narsinghpur district, an official said on Monday. The…

The Tamil Nadu Waqf Board has strongly opposed the Centre’s reported plan to amend the 1995 law governing Waqf boards. The state Waqf Board chairman Abdul Rahman termed the move…

A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 19-year-old man in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia, leading to the arrest of the accused, police said on Monday. The incident took place on…

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday told that the state Assembly that 59,564 people were displaced and 11,133 houses destroyed in fire in the violence in the state.…

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to stay the demolition of the house of national pistol shooting coach Samaresh Jung in the Civil Lines here, saying in the absence…

Sheikh Hasina, who stepped down from the post of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and fled the turmoil-hit nation today, may not return to politics, her son has said. Disappointed…

The Delhi High Court on Monday rejected Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s bail plea and simultaneously dismissed a challenge to his arrest by the CBI in the alleged liquor policy scam.…

The Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir would be held in September, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Monday, urging people in the Union Territory to vote the BJP…

After a gruelling six days of separation owing to the devastating Wayanad landslide, Tippu, a pet dog joyfully reunited with his owner, Vijay on Monday. The Humane Society International, India’s…

Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party has said it would contest alone in Maharashtra, refusing to be part of the opposition alliance Maha Vikas Aghadi in the coming assembly election, even…

Indian Railways on Monday suspended all train operations to Bangladesh amid the unrest in the neighbouring country. Sheikh Hasina has reportedly resigned as the Bangladesh Prime Minister and fled the…

Amid the ongoing unrest in neighbouring Bangladesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed to the people of the state to maintain peace and avoid provocation. Declining to…

Operators of heavy machinery, including earthmovers, deployed to dig out bodies from the landslide-ravaged areas of Wayanad district, have shared heart-breaking accounts of their experiences. Operators described the scene as…

It was only three months ago that Naufal had left the hilly hamlet of Mundakkai and gone to Oman, seeking a better life for his beloved family members. But the…

Police probing a cyber crime perpetrated on the pretext of selling “leaked” MP Civil Services Exam (Prelims) question papers were surprised when the suspect turned out to be a class…

Coaching centres have become “death chambers” and are playing with the lives of children, the Supreme Court said today, issuing notice to the Centre and the Delhi government over last…

Union Budget 2024 has placed significant emphasis on job creation and skill development to capitalise on the country’s demographic advantage. Growing unemployment, political observers aver, emerged as a major concern…

The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday issued a “high alert” across all its formations along the 4,096-km India-Bangladesh border in the wake of the developments in the neighbouring country,…

On the seventh day of Kerala’s worst-ever natural disaster, a huge mass burial will take place on Monday afternoon, said the state’s Revenue Minister K. Rajan in the aftermath of…

In a rare moment of political bonhomie in the West Bengal Assembly, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today agreed to her estranged lieutenant and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s suggestions as the…

The Supreme Court has refused to pause a Calcutta High Court order cancelling the inclusion of 77 castes in the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category by the West Bengal government.…

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday accused the Modi government of preparing to “gag” digital media, social media, OTT platforms and those who write and speak in private capacity…

“There was complete clarity in my mind that taking the public in Jammu and Kashmir into confidence was absolutely essential for the execution of the decision,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

Several international airlines unsettled by the threat of a multi-front war in the Middle East – following Iran-Israel tension, to add to the violence in Gaza, which has claimed nearly…

Local lad Prajeesh drove his jeep up through the treacherous hill path twice and returned with many hapless people who were stranded atop after the deadly landslides hit Wayanad’s high-range…

A day after the Trinamool Congress leadership asked him to step down from the ministry and apologise to a forest department woman official for threatening and verbally abusing her, West…

Delhi High Court on Monday remarked that the recent deaths of 14 inmates in the city government-run Asha Kiran shelter home for the mentally challenged was a “strange coincidence” and…

IndiGo Airlines will introduce business class from mid-November on a handful of domestic flights, its CEO said on Monday, starting with the Delhi-Mumbai route, as it seeks to tap a…

The Supreme Court on Monday rapped the Uttar Pradesh government for not complying with its order to consider remission pleas within the time frame specified by it and directed the…

The Amarnath Yatra from Jammu to Kashmir was suspended for a day on Monday as a precautionary security measure in the wake of the 5th anniversary of the abrogation of…

The Army on Monday opened fire after noticing suspicious movement along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor and Sunderbani sectors of Jammu & Kashmir. Officials said that the…

The Parliament’s Budget Session resumes today with several key bills on the agenda, following a week of intense debates between opposition and ruling parties who are likely to again spar…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the country’s self-reliance in the field of energy, as it achieved record gas production, as a step towards the goal of ‘Viksit Bharat’.…

A police constable has been booked for allegedly raping a woman of a different community and trying to convert her religion, officials said on Sunday. The accused, Chand Khan alias…

A Dalit woman has alleged that she was tortured by cops at Shadnagar police station near here, following which a departmental inquiry has been ordered. The woman, it is claimed,…

In a boost to indigenous missile manufacturing capabilities, the Indian Air Force has given clearance to public sector firm Bharat Dynamics Limited for the production of 200 Astra Mark 1…

India on Sunday night strongly advised all its nationals presently residing in Bangladesh to exercise “extreme caution” and restrict their movements in the wake of fresh waves of violence in…

GRP and RPF personnel must obtain a travel authority or purchase a ticket for train travel and carrying only the ID card is not enough, the Railway Claims Tribunal ruled…

In the wake of the death of nine children due to a wall collapse in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Sunday night ordered the removal of…

Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre on Sunday said the state government has constituted a ‘forests and western ghats encroachment clearance task force’ to clear illegal resorts, home stays and all…

Former Maharashtra Home Minister and senior NCP (SP) leader Anil Deshmukh on Sunday claimed that dismissed police officer Sachin Waze was levelling allegations against him at the behest of Deputy…

A day after the Congress expressed concerns about the “sizable increase” in voter turnout after polling hours during this year’s Lok Sabha elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) dismissed…

The mass burial process of the remains of the unidentified people killed in the Wayanad landslide is being carried out by the district administration on Sunday. Several ambulances arrived at…

A section of the Thadou tribes represented by the Manipur-based Thadou Students’ Association (TSA) has formed a global platform to look into critical issues facing the community, particularly in Manipur,…

Key parliamentary panels, including the Public Accounts Committee, have started taking shape, mostly by consensus as opposed to elections that took place in the previous Lok Sabha. Besides the PAC,…

The Madhya Pradesh police have seized 72,000 bottles of a banned cough syrup containing codeine and arrested a man and his son, an official said on Sunday. Additional Director General…

Neethu Jojo, a woman staff of a private hospital in Wayanad, was probably one of the first to alert the emergency services about the devastating landslide that hit this district…

Police on Sunday arrested a man for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl multiple times and recording a video of the act, officials said. The accused was identified as Vivek Kumar…

Two people were charred to death in a fire caused by a collision between a state transport bus and a car in Nashik district of Maharashtra on Sunday, police said.…

Five people died in rain-related incidents in 24 hours till Sunday evening in Uttar Pradesh while six of its districts were still affected by floods, according to the state relief…

A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to remove, freeze and cancel election symbols which resemble…

A vehicle from Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s cavalcade on Sunday collided with an autorickshaw, leaving three persons with minor injuries in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh district, police said. The incident occurred…

A six-year-old girl was rescued in less than 12 hours of being kidnapped by an unidentified man here, police said on Sunday. The girl’s mother lodged a complaint with the…

A total of 87 roads are closed in Himachal Pradesh due to incidents of cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in the past five days. The local…

Former Jharkhand Minister Saryu Roy has joined the JD(U), party’s national working president Sanjay Kumar Jha said on Sunday. Mr Jha shared the news on X, noting that Roy, an…

The Supreme Court has directed the Central Standing Medical Board to undertake a medical re-test of a candidate who passed Prelims, Mains and Interview of Civil Services Examination (CSE)-2014 but…

A 50-year-old BSF constable posted on the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan’s Barmer district allegedly died by suicide by shooting himself while on duty on Sunday, police said. Constable Banarasi Lal,…

With the search for missing persons in the landslide-ravaged areas of Wayanad now in its sixth day, the personal nightmares of the affected people are becoming increasingly clear. For Mansoor,…

The state of Himachal Pradesh has incurred an estimated loss of over Rs 700 crore in the aftermath of devastating floods and heavy rainfall, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said…

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said today that his government will bring a new law that would impose a life term on people found guilty of “love jihad”. Speaking…

Three coaches of an empty local train derailed while it was taken to the washing shed from the Saharanpur railway station on Sunday, officials said. Divisional Railway Manager (DRM) of…

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that she spoke to her Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren and requested him to look into the issue of release of water…

Over 370 people, including devotees and locals stranded on the rain-ravaged trek route to Kedarnath, have been evacuated and sent to Lincholi to be airlifted as the rescue operation entered…

A case has been registered against two people for allegedly shooting a video inside a police station in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, police said on Sunday. The video was shot inside…

Chinese Premier Li Qiang has sent a message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveying condolences to the families of the those dead in the landslides at Wayanad in Kerala. “On…

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today said he met representatives of several small tribes and heard their concerns about bigger tribes trying to suppress their identities. Mr Singh in…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed condolences to the families of nine children who lost their lives after a wall collapsed in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district. In a post…

Two minor girls were allegedly raped in different villages in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district last week, police said on Sunday. The perpetrators have been arrested. On August 1, a nine-year-old…

Union Minister Anupriya Patel on Sunday reiterated her demand of implementing reservation in fourth-class jobs in the private sector. “Reservation is not followed in appointments done in fourth-class posts via…

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday praised the three criminal laws and said that these laws have no provisions for punishment, their purpose is to give justice. While addressing…

Taking a jibe at the Opposition, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said, “INDIA bloc should prepare itself to sit in the Opposition in 2029 as well.” “I assure…

The death count due to flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in three districts of Himachal Pradesh has increased to 11 with the recovery of two more bodies from Mandi district.…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the demise of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi veteran Yamini Krishnamurti and said her dedication to Indian classical dance has left an indelible mark on…

Jagat Jyoti Dutta, renowned forester and architect of Madhya Pradesh’s forest landscape, died on Saturday, August 3. He was 98. His cremation was held today, A Times of India report…

Two men from Arunachal Pradesh have been missing for nearly two years from a remote location in the state along the India-China border and are believed to be in the…

A 61-year-old retired IRS officer was injured in a knife attack by an alleged burglar at his Vasant Kunj house in south Delhi early Sunday, police said. Abhay Kumar Singh…

A flood-like situation prevails in several parts of West Bengal with heavy rain over the last few days. Several places in Arambagh in Hooghly district are witnessing a deluge with…

It is cruel to subject a child to physical violence in school in the name of discipline or education, the Chhattisgarh High Court has observed while dismissing a petition of…

Bihar Police have registered a case in connection with an email threatening to blow up the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) in Patna, a senior officer said. According to an FIR…