Category: India

The charred body of a 35-year-old man was recovered in Gurugram’s Sector-15 area in the early hours of Friday, the police said. The victim was identified as Gorelal alias Halle,…

The Delhi Police has arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the brazen murder of a patient inside the ward of GTB Hospital, an officer said on Friday. Before he…

A sessions court has granted interim protection from arrest till July 25 to Dilip Khedkar, father of controversial probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar, in a case where he is accused…

A huge fire has broken out on a merchant container vessel near Goa. The ship was on passage from Mundra to Sri Lanka’s Colombo and is now located around 102…

The global Microsoft outage has affected 90 per cent flights operating from Bengaluru airport’s Terminal 1, sources have said. IndiGo airlines officials said the situation is likely to continue till…

The Enforcement Directorate has attached immovable properties spanning 88.29 acres and valued at Rs 300.11 crore belonging to M3M India Infrastructures Private Ltd in connection with an alleged money laundering…

Even as search operations continue in the Jammu region where security forces are trying to flush out terrorists, back in Delhi Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed the new deployment…

The Union Public Service Commission has issued a notice to cancel selection of trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, who was being investigated for lying about visual and mental disabilities and…

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday stressed on greater synergy among security and law enforcement agencies to dismantle terror networks and their supporting ecosystem to address the evolving security…

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday appointed seven additional judges of the Bombay High Court and three additional judges of the Delhi High Court as permanent judges of their respective high…

A doctor whose speedy action saved the life of an elderly man at the Delhi Airport recently spoke to ANI and shared details of the incident. Dr Priya who administered…

The RBI on Friday said the outage in Microsoft Services impacted 10 banks and NBFCs with minor disruptions which have either been resolved or are being resolved. A widespread Microsoft…

The Indian Railways cancelled the Kolkata-Dhaka Maitree Express on Saturday and Bandhan Express between Kolkata and Khulna on Sunday, an official said. The cancellations come amid violent protests in Bangladesh…

Vice Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal A P Singh, on Friday said ‘atmanirbharata’ is “not just a buzzword”, it is something that all stakeholders need to put their…

Trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, mired in controversy over alleged misuse of power, said today the law will take its course. In her first reaction on the matter, the 34-year-old…

The Centre today issued an advisory on the outage of Microsoft Windows owing to CrowdStrike agent ‘Falcon Sensor’ update. Union Minister for Railways, I&B, Electronics & IT Ashwini Vaishnav informed…

Microsoft faced a major server outage on Friday as millions of Windows users around the world experienced the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error forcing the system to restart or…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has applauded global defence giant Lockheed Martin’s commitment towards realising the vision of ‘Make in India, Make for the World.’ The CEO of Lockheed Martin, Jim…

With demand for electricity in India expected to surge by a massive eight per cent this year, the world’s demand is rising at its fastest rate in years, driven by…

The Crime Branch of Delhi Police have uncovered how a racket operating across five states was luring Bangladeshi nationals into selling their kidneys and then selling the organs to those…

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a key aide of designated individual Khalistani terrorist Lakhbir Singh Sandhu, alias Landa, in a major terror network case involving the supply of…

The Indian Embassy in Moscow on Friday said that an Embassy team of three senior officials and an interpreter is on the ground in Krasnoyarsk to assist the passengers of…

The Karnataka government’s quota bill, which aimed to reserve a significant portion of jobs in the private sector for locals, has courted widespread criticism from people and industry stakeholders alike.…

Air India today operated a relief flight from Mumbai to fly its Delhi-San Francisco flight passengers, who are stranded at the Krasnoyarsk International Airport (KJA) in Russia since Thursday. The…

Manoj Pandit, who was travelling along with his family in the Dibrugarh-Chandigarh Express that derailed near Gonda in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday evening, killing 3 people and injuring 30 others,…

The Centre has listed six new bills for introduction, including the one which seeks to replace the 90-year-old Aircraft Act, to provide enabling provisions for ease of doing business in…

The Union Health Ministry on Thursday said media reports stating that India has a high number of ‘zero dose children’, who did not receive any vaccine, in comparison to other…

Propelled by the popularity of titles such as “Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar”, “The Great Indian Kapil Show” and “Amar Singh Chamkila”, India has emerged as the third country in revenue…

US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti visited Adani group’s Khavda renewable energy project – the largest in the world, in fresh signs of the conglomerate having moved past Hindenburg attack…

Congress Deputy Leader in the Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi said that his party does not want ethnic violence similar to Manipur to erupt in Tripura and it wants equal justice…

A San Francisco-bound Air India flight from Delhi was diverted to Krasnoyarsk international airport in Russia on Thursday due to a technical issue, the airline said. In a post on…

Four labourers died after inhaling toxic gases inside a septic tank in Bihar’s East Champaran district on Thursday, triggering violent protests by a mob which vandalised a private clinic, set…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited the BJP headquarters to interact with the officials working there and thank them for their contribution to the party’s return to power for…

An ice-cream shop owner was shot at in Saswad in Maharashtra’s Pune district on Thursday afternoon, a police official said. Rahul Tilekar was hit by one bullet and is currently…

Those who spread misleading and fake information on social media about the encounter between police and suspected insurgents in Assam’s Cachar are likely to face legal action, police sources have…

Seven persons returning from a pilgrimage to temple town Pandharpur were killed and three injured on Thursday after a taxi veered off the road in Maharashtra’s Jalna district and fell…

Himachal Pradesh will build its first road using Full Depth Reclamation (FDR) technology in Ghumarwin subdivision of this district, minister in the state government Rajesh Dharmani said here on Thursday.…

Boys in India tend to have better access to career-related information, while less than 10 per cent students use career guidance services or are even aware of their availability, according…

Deposits are still the most preferred instrument of saving in India although market-based instruments are gaining share, said an article published in the Reserve Bank’s July Bulletin. The article provides…

Describing the continuing humanitarian crisis due to the Israel-Hamas conflict as “deeply concerning”, India has reiterated its call for de-escalation, emphasising a peaceful resolution of the conflict through dialogue and…

Two people and a juvenile, who was “the main shooter” in the GTB Hospital firing incident where a 32-year-old man was shot dead, were arrested here on Thursday, officials said.…

Rescue officials crawled inside the overturned bogies of the Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express looking for trapped survivors, the latest visuals from the ground showed. Teams of the State Disaster Response Force were…

A leopard was caught on CCTV cameras roaming around a shopping mall in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, sending the forest authorities into a tizzy, officials said. The CCTV footage, which went…

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday said it will contest all 90 assembly seats in Haryana, where people want “badlav” (change) and are looking at it with great hope.…

Restrictive statutory provisions in law do not prevent courts from granting bail to an accused, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while granting bail to a man arrested under the…

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today said his government has taken a significant step to ensure justice for girls by putting additional safeguards against child marriage. In a cabinet…

Infosys today reported 7.1 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 6,368 crore for the April-June quarter of the current financial year compared to the same period of 2023-24.…

The CBI on Thursday arrested four MBBS students of AIIMS Patna in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak case, officials said. Three students of MBBS third year — Chandan Singh,…

Chhattisgarh-based Coal India subsidiary South Eastern Coalfields Limited’s (SECL) Gevra and Kusmunda coal mines have secured the 2nd and 4th spot in the list of the world’s 10 largest coal…

Five more suspected cases of Chandipura virus have been reported from Gujarat’s Sabarkantha district. According to the officials, 14 people suspected of being infected with the virus were admitted to…

Two terrorists have been killed as security forces prevented an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control in the Keran sector in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara. An anti-infiltration op is…

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Thursday launched a scheme to provide temporary accommodation to nearly 15,000 construction workers at a nominal rate of Rs 5 per day. For the…

A key member of the Rohit Godara gang, Amarjeet Bishnoi, has been caught in Italy after he was detected there by the Special Task Force of Rajasthan Police. The man…

Crisis-ridden Byju’s has moved the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) against the recent order of NCLT that allowed cricket board BCCI’s petition for initiating insolvency proceedings against the once-famed…

A huge bridge being built in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag came crashing down today, officials said. No one was injured. Called the ‘Signature Bridge’, it was the first of its kind in…

The Indian fintech industry is projected to reach $420 billion by 2029, at a cumulative annual growth rate of 31 per cent from around $110 billion this year, Ajay Kumar…

A Delhi court on Thursday referred BRS leader K Kavitha, lodged in Tihar jail in two cases related to the alleged excise scam, to AIIMS for a medical check-up. The…

A woman died after she jumped off an elevated platform at the Uttam Nagar West Metro Station onto the road below on Thursday afternoon, police said. The victim was taken…

Stock markets remained on record-smashing course for the fourth straight day on Thursday with benchmark Sensex breaching the 81,000 mark for the first time and Nifty scaling the record 24,800…

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat today asserted that after the Covid-19 pandemic, the entire world came to that India has the roadmap to peace and happiness. He also…

The Ratna Bhandar, the revered treasury of the 12th-century Jagannath temple in Puri, was reopened on Thursday for the second time in a week for shifting of valuables to a…

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said his government has decided to withhold the bill mandating job reservation for Kannadigas in the private sector due to “certain confusion.” He said…

The Supreme Court is hearing a batch of petitions related to the controversy-ridden medical entrance exam NEET-UG 2024, which was held on May 5. The Supreme Court has said the…

Researchers from the Botanical Survey of India (BSI) have discovered a new plant species from a wildlife sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh, officials said. ‘Phlogacanthus Sudhansusekharii’, the plant species recently discovered…

Uttar Pradesh police’s latest directive asking eateries on the Kanwar Yatra route in Muzaffarnagar to display their owners’ names has stirred a row with the Opposition linking the move to…

Manorama Khedkar, the mother of trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, was arrested by Pune Police today for allegedly possessing an illegal firearm. This incident adds to the mounting troubles faced…

The BJP on Thursday accused the Congress of often using remarks, which incite violence, against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and said words like ‘maut’ and ‘hinsa’ should not be used…

Two army personnel were injured in a gunfight with terrorists in a remote forest village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district early Thursday, officials said, as security forces continued their…

Four Chinese pistols and 50 rounds of Pakistan manufactured live bullets were recovered by the Border Security Force from along the India-Pakistan International Border in Punjab on Thursday. A spokesperson…

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will pay a two-day visit to Bhutan beginning Friday, in his first trip abroad after assuming charge of the top post. In Bhutanese capital Thimphu, Mr…

Bollywood screenwriter Javed Akhtar reacted to the ongoing controversy over eateries on the Kanwar Yatra route in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar being asked to display their owners’ names. “Muzaffarnagar UP police…

A member of ex-Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress Party’s youth wing was hacked to death in the middle of the road in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district…

Dilip Khedkar, a retired Maharashtra government officer and father of trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar, was suspended twice on charges of corruption. Dilip Khedkar is on the run after a…

Amidst reports of internal discord among leaders, the BJP unit of Uttar Pradesh has submitted an extensive report to the party top brass detailing the reasons for its Lok Sabha…

India is a great power that determines its national interests and chooses its partners, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said, describing as “completely unjustified” the “enormous pressure” on New…

The Chandipura virus has killed a four-year-old girl in Gujarat, a health department official said on Wednesday while confirming the first such fatality in the state. As many as 14…

Police on Wednesday said the key accused in the killing of the father of former Bihar minister and Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahni had been arrested and that…

Karnataka’s Minister for Large and Medium Industries MB Patil has justified the Congress government’s decision to withhold the introduction of the bill providing reservation of jobs in the private sector…

The National Testing Agency (NTA) in its written submission to the Supreme Court last night, reiterated that there has been no systematic failure concerning the NEET UG examination controversy. The…

The Jammu and Kashmir Police have launched a major crackdown on terror network after a deadly encounter in the Union Territory’s Doda in which four personnel of the army including…

Daggers were drawn on the first day of the two-day brainstorming session of the Bengal BJP unit to discuss the reasons behind the party’s dismal performance in the state’s Lok…

India at the United Nations has reiterated its call for an immediate and complete ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and called for the release of the hostages without any conditions.…

Three men, who were transporting cattle last month in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur district, died when they jumped off a river bridge after being chased for more than 50km in cars by…

Four people were killed and three others went missing in a massive landslide triggered by heavy rains in the Uttar Kannada district of Karnataka, a senior officer said. The landslide…

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has rescued as many as 84,119 children who were at risk in stations and trains across the country during the last seven years (2018-2024), preventing…

The West Bengal government has constituted a seven-member panel headed by a retired judge of the Calcutta High Court to review the three new criminal laws, an official said on…

The Union Government has written a letter to States and Union Territories and asked them to ensure that members of the queer community (LGBTQ+) get equal rights in prison and…

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met Mauritius’ top political leaders, including Opposition leader Arvin Boolell, and discussed with them ways to deepen India’s special and enduring partnership with…

Police on Wednesday claimed to have cracked the killing of former Bihar minister Mukesh Sahni’s father, with the arrest of the prime accused after he “confessed” his involvement in the…

A conductor of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation, who allegedly misbehaved with a woman passenger while she was travelling in a bus here, has been taken into custody, police said…

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), investigating the Tribal Welfare case in Karnataka, has detained former minister B. Nagendra’s wife for questioning. Sources said B Nagendra’s wife Manjula was taken into custody…

A case has been registered against two individuals for allegedly handling and storing a hazardous petroleum product without proper permits in Navi Mumbai’s Uran town, police said on Wednesday. The…

Ten people were killed in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh in the past 24 hours, a state relief commissioner office report said on Wednesday. Among those dead included three each…

In a shocking incident, a 24-year-old man beheaded his 55-year-old mother at Ratanpur in Tripura’s Khowai district following a dispute over money, the police said on Wednesday. A police officer…

The Gujarat CID-Crime on Wednesday arrested ten people, including four government employees and five contractors, in connection with an alleged conspiracy wherein approvals for Rs 5.48 crore were secured without…

In a coordinated sea-air operation, the Coast Guard on Wednesday rescued an Indian fishing boat, which was in a critical condition due to flooding from a hull rupture, with 11…

A special court in Patna on Wednesday sent the key accused in the NEET-UG paper-leak case, who allegedly stole the exam paper from a trunk of the National Testing Agency…

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said the victims will be provided free cashless treatment facility as well as compensation in hit-and-run accident cases. The time limit for the process…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit the BJP headquarters and meet party workers tomorrow. According to sources, PM Modi will reach party headquarters at 6 pm, where he…

The European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will impose an additional 25 per cent tax on energy-intensive goods exported from India to the EU, a new report said on…