Category: India

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…

Assam Chief Minister Himant Biswa Sarma on Wednesday claimed that the Muslim population in his state has now risen to 40 per cent, contending that demographic change is a “big…

Two women were allegedly raped by five men in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur, three of whom were arrested, police said on Wednesday. Neeraj, Kallu and Ajay were arrested following an encounter,…

A private bus carrying students from a private school overturned near a village in Greater Noida on Wednesday, leaving a few children hurt, police said. Additional DCP (Greater Noida) Ashok…

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said the monsoon is likely to be active in peninsular, and central India during the next 4 to 5 days bringing heavy rainfall…

The Madras High Court has reprimanded the Enforcement Directorate for overstepping bounds while investigating illegal sand mining in Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. A bench of Justice MS Ramesh…

The Delhi government has shown lack of sensitivity over protecting the environment, the Supreme Court said while rapping it for granting permission to the Delhi Development Authority to chop 422…

Suman Bery, the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog which is tasked with guiding policies for achieving Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visions for India, has spoken exclusively with the IANS UN…

A 12-year-old child was killed on Wednesday and five others injured in separate incidents of electrocution during the Tazia procession here, police said. In Tarabganj area at about 1 pm,…

In another horrific incident, an 18-month-old boy was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs in Hyderabad, police said today. The incident occurred in the Jawahar Nagar area…

An old man in a rugged and worn-out dhoti, rolling on the floor of the Collectorate office with folded hands, and repeating, “What should we do now?” with officers and…

Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday attributed the party’s poor performance in Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal to lack of support from the minority community, asserting that ‘Sabka…

Reacting to allegations of accepting bribe in garbage disposal tender, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar asked how he could award a contract to a blacklisted company without calling…

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the Centre should restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir before the assembly elections as the union territory has failed on all fronts,…

The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Pune Police had questioned trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar’s father Dilip Khedkar in a corruption case before he and his wife Manorama became unreachable. Dilip…

Shri Kedarnath Dham Delhi Trust founder Surendra Rautela on Wednesday asserted he will not back out from building the replica of the Kedarnath temple here and is ready to fight…

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday spoke on the state government’s decision to reserve jobs in the private sector for Kannadigas and emphasized that investors need not be…

Kerala can expect to receive moderate to heavy rainfall with thunder and lightning for the next five days, the India Meteorological Department said on Wednesday as it issued a red…

The Karnataka High Court has granted bail to three accused arrested in connection with the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh. Justice S Vishwajith Shetty today granted bail to Amit Digvekar,…

Three policemen, including an inspector, were suspended on Wednesday after a purported video showing them consuming alcohol in their office in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district surfaced online, police said. A…

The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday a batch of petitions related to the controversy-ridden medical entrance exam NEET-UG 2024 which was held on May 5. According to…

Self-styled godman Surajpal alias Narayan Sakar Hari alias Bhole Baba, who held a satsang in Hathras recently where 121 devotees were killed after a stampede, has reached his ashram at…

Doctors in Bengaluru have treated a 59-year-old Iraqi man with an 11 cm large abdominal aneurysm – a swelling in the aorta – giving him a new lease of life.…

Three Hmar insurgents were killed and several police personnel were injured in a fierce encounter in Assam’s Cachar district on Wednesday, officials said. “In an early morning operation, Cachar Police…

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar and Industry Minister Uday Samant had a narrow escape on Wednesday after the helicopter in which they were travelling from Nagpur…

The CBSE is in a dilemma over scheduling the two rounds of board examinations as recommended in the new National Curriculum Framework (NCF) – its options being January-February, March-April and…

The real estate sector expects the government to address challenges faced by the industry and to announce initiatives to boost growth in the upcoming Union Budget. With expectations of the…

A 10 per cent reservation has been earmarked in police and mining guard jobs for Agniveers, announced Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday, amid an escalating row over…

A highly technical Android malware campaign by Vietnamese hackers is targeting Indian users through fake traffic e-challan messages on WhatsApp, according to a report today. Researchers from CloudSEK, a cybersecurity…

The government has nominated retired diplomat Vinay Kwatra as its next ambassador to the US, months before the country heads to a pivotal election, according to people familiar with the…

The accident involving Kanchanjunga Express and a goods train in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district last month occurred due to wrong interpretation of signals by the goods train driver, according to…

A man and his two daughters were stabbed to death, allegedly by the deranged lover of one of the girls, in Dhanadih village in the Saran district of Bihar, police…

Google said today that it is working with MeitY ‘Startup Hub’ to train 10,000 startups in artificial intelligence (AI), as the tech giant expanded access to its AI models and…

The cops came running, some threw mud, others got the gunny sacks as a woman was set on fire inside a police station in Uttar Pradesh, shows a disturbing video.…

Monsoon is driving cases of a highly contagious hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) — a common viral illness — in young children in the national capital, said doctors here…

Indian-American Republican leader Nikki Haley has backed Donald Trump as a “strong president” during whose tenure Russia chose not to carry out any invasion or war. Speaking hours after the…

The body of former Sikkim minister RC Poudyal was found in a canal near Siliguri in West Bengal nine days after he went missing, police said on Wednesday. The body…

Security forces and terrorists exchanged fire twice briefly within a span of four hours in a forest area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, officials said on Wednesday. They said…

The Special Investigation Team of Mumbai Police probing the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse case has found that advertising firm Ego Media allegedly transferred Rs 82 lakh to the bank accounts of…

Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav on Tuesday informed the party workers that the Congress will go it alone in the next assembly elections as its tie-up with the AAP was…

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu met Union Home Minister Amit Shah here late Tuesday night, urging for a substantial fund allocation in the upcoming Union Budget to address…

Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday filed a petition in the Madhya Pradesh High Court alleging irregularities in the Lok Sabha elections in Rajgarh, where he lost to BJP’s…

A masked robber took away a bag containing around Rs 6.5 lakh cash from a nationalised bank after firing a round in the air in Indore city on Tuesday, police…

Around 100 voters who were allegedly not allowed to vote by Trinamool Congress workers in the recent elections in West Bengal called on Governor CV Ananda Bose and sought his…

After meeting the victims of the post-poll violence, West Bengal Governor Ananda Bose said on Tuesday that violence is growing in the state and he is depressed to know that…

Purushottam Chavan, husband of an IPS officer, in connivance with other accused laundered money to the tune of Rs 11 crore in India and abroad, as per the supplementary charge…

The Calcutta High Court today restrained West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from making any defamatory or incorrect statement against Governor CV Ananda Bose, noting the freedom of speech is…

Increasing surveillance can be crucial and help in the early detection and treatment of the Chandipura virus that has so far claimed the lives of six children and affected about…

At least five class 12 students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Theog in Shimla district have been suspended for 15 days for ragging, officials of the school administration said on Tuesday.…

The Narendra Modi-led NDA government on Tuesday reconstituted Niti Aayog, following changes in the council of ministers. While the prime minister remains the chairperson of the Aayog, there are no…

At nearly 16 lakh, India had the second highest number of children who did not receive any vaccine in 2023, preceded by Nigeria which had the most number of zero-dose…

Jailed gangster Hashim Baba, who is suspected to be behind the shooting at a Delhi hospital that left a man dead, is facing 16 criminal cases, including murder and attempt…

India on Tuesday reaffirmed its support to Mauritius on the issue of the Chagos Archipelago, a gesture which was swiftly appreciated by the island nation in the Indian Ocean. India’s…

Edtech company Byju’s, which was once India’s most valuable start-up worth an estimated USD 22 billion, will face insolvency proceedings for failure to pay Rs 158.9 crore to cricket board…

Observing that India has a long-standing relationship with Russia, the US has said that it has “encouraged” New Delhi to utilise its “unique” ties with Moscow and urge President Vladimir…

Delhi Police has rescued a 14-year-old girl from flesh trade and arrested a woman who allegedly purchased her, officials said on Tuesday. The victim is an orphan and had come…

West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday welcomed the Calcutta High Court’s interim order restraining West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and three others from making any defamatory or…

Andhra Pradesh Police arrested two male relatives of one of the three minor boys who allegedly gang-raped a nine-year-old girl here and dumped her body in a canal, said an…

The price of gold soared Tuesday to a record peak, propelled by trader expectations of falling US interest rates in September as inflation cools. In late afternoon London deals, gold…

Three persons were killed and four others feared dead after a massive landslide near Shirur village in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district on Tuesday, officials said. Karnataka Revenue Minister Krishna Byre…

Two men have been arrested by the customs officials for allegedly trying to smuggle into the country 59 iPhones and goggles of a luxury brand at the airport in New…

Chief Justice Of India DY Chandrachud today made a big announcement at the Supreme Court’s annual sports and cultural event and said the second and fourth Saturdays for employees of…

The Delhi High Court has upheld an order granting permission to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to sell 26 high-end luxury cars allegedly purchased from the proceeds of crime generated out…

The Supreme Court has quashed a 2015 notification of the Bihar government by which it had deleted ‘Tanti-Tantwa’ caste from the Extremely Backward Classes (EBC) and merged it with ‘Pan/Sawasi’…

Leader of Opposition in the Goa assembly, Yuri Alemao, today called for strict warnings to be issued to IPS officers whose videos in discos and casinos were recently seen on…

A woman was seriously injured on Tuesday after his son allegedly set her on fire here, police said. Victim Hemlata (45), a resident of the Darkan Nagaria village under the…

The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised India’s growth forecast for 2024-25 to 7% from 6.8% on the back of improving private consumption, particularly in rural India. The IMF left…

The Supreme Court today rapped defaulter states for the delay in verification of migrant labourers registered on the e-shram portal for issuance of ration cards and directed them to complete…

Two more children died of suspected Chandipura virus infection in Gujarat on Tuesday, taking the number of fatalities recorded in the state so far to eight, Health Minister Rushikesh Patel…

Urging Opposition and the politicians who are politicizing the ‘special status’ issue to read the provisions of the NITI Aayog, Union Minister Chirag Paswan preferred a special package than demanding…

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday allayed the fears of residents in Pantnagar, Indraprasthanagar, Rahimnagar, and other areas, who have been troubled for the past month by misleading reports about…

Condemning the brutal murder of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani’s father, former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday lashed out at the…

Union telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday brainstormed with Reliance Jio Chairman Akash Ambani, Bharti Airtel founder and Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal, and Vodafone Idea MD and CEO Akshaya Moondra…

Congress MP and Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday condemned the killing of Jitan Sahani, father of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani and asked the Bihar government…

Senior JD(S) MLA H D Revanna on Tuesday told the Karnataka Legislative Assembly that his son and former MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexually abusing several women,…

The Bombay High Court has urged authorities to pass preventive detention orders with extreme care and caution as a casual approach may deprive a person of his “most precious” fundamental…

BRS leader K Kavitha was rushed to a Delhi hospital after her health deteriorated in Tihar jail on Tuesday. “She was taken to Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital due to…

The 59-year-old man who was stuck for 42 hours in the lift of a major government hospital here over the weekend said that while being trapped there he had written…

Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at New Delhi on Tuesday and urged him to support Himachal Pradesh’s green state initiatives. Mr Sukhu said that…

Two tiger cubs injured by a train on the Midghat railway track in Madhya Pradesh’s Budhni were successfully rescued by forest department officials. The incident occurred near pillar number 800/18…

Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, today said he is amazed to see the adoption of Indian culture by Eric Garcetti, the United States Ambassador to India – from…

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Tuesday urged Telangana Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar to disqualify all 10 BRS MLAs who defected to the ruling Congress. A delegation of BRS leaders…

The Delhi Police on Tuesday filed its 500-odd page charge sheet against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar in the alleged assault of AAP MP Swati Maliwal. The charge…

An Indian vlogger has come under fire for her behaviour in China. YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, who has over two lakh subscribers on the platform, has angered the internet with a…

Several states, including New Delhi, Punjab, Goa and Kerala, may soon allow home delivery of liquor through food delivery platforms, according to a report. Companies like Swiggy, BigBasket and Zomato…

Sirius Digitech Limited, a joint venture between the Adani Group and Sirius International Holding (Sirius), a subsidiary of International Holding Company (IHC), announced the signing of a binding agreement for…

Colonel Bhuwanesh Thapa (retd), the father of Captain Brijesh Thapa, who was killed in action in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda, remembered his son and said that he…

From taking the floor to announce all-out support for Donald Trump to reciting Ardaas, Indian Americans attending in large numbers have made their mark on the first day of the…

Businessman Anand Mahindra recently celebrated the union of US Senator JD Vance and his Indian-origin wife Usha Chilukuri Vance, with a throwback post on social media. Mr Mahindra’s post comes…

A 58-year-old woman has gone missing following the death of her husband in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district with her family members suspecting that she ended her life by jumping into the…

The government has convened an all-party meeting on July 21 ahead of the Monsoon Session of Parliament which will start next Monday, sources said. This will be Leader of Opposition…

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday targeted the Congress, saying the opposition party has always been anti-backward classes. Addressing a ‘Backward Classes Samman Sammelan’ in Mahendragarh, Haryana, Amit Shah…

Cybercriminals, who previously targeted people with messages and calls about impending power cuts if electricity bills weren’t updated, have now switched to gas connections. After several news platforms raised awareness…

Aggrieved candidates, who have applied for Supreme Court-directed checking of EVMs for tampering post Lok Sabha and assembly results, have been given various choices by the Election Commission, including picking…

An 11-year-old girl was raped at Ambernath in Maharashtra’s Thane district, police have said. The main accused, a minor, has been detained along with five others. Four of the accused…

Four Indian Army soldiers, including an officer, have been killed in action in an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Monday, taking the total number of…

Four Indian Army soldiers, including an officer, have been killed in action during an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Monday. Captain Brijesh Thapa, Naik D…

The United States’ Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti today said the visit to Adani Group’s Khavda Renewal Energy Facility in Gujarat was a learning experience on how the company is…

Jitan Sahani, the father of Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani, was allegedly brutally murdered on Tuesday. His body was found with several stab injuries and cut marks on…