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An auto driver lost his life after a Metro girder fell onto his vehicle at Yelahanka Kogilu Junction on Tuesday.

Twenty one police personnel were injured and three police vehicles damaged when a mob attacked them while opposing the demolition of an unauthorised dargah in Maharashtra’s Nashik city, officials said…

The Supreme Court made searing observations about the Telangana government’s rushed deforestation of an estimated 100 acres in Hyderabad’s Kancha Gachibowli area, near the Hyderabad Central University campus, “without permission…

If you derecognise ‘Waqf by user’ it will create problems, Supreme Court to Centre

Comments by AIADMK boss Edappadi K Palaniswami, or EPS, suggest the Tamil party will not accept a coalition government and that the alliance with the BJP, for the 2026 Tamil…

A patient was dragged and brutally assaulted at a rehabilitation centre near Bengaluru, prompting outrage and the subsequent arrest of the perpetrators.

Telangana government on Monday issued an order on the implementation of Scheduled Castes (SC) categorisation, making it the first state in the country to do so, Irrigation Minister N Uttam…

The Navi Mumbai police identified the vehicle using its number plate and tracked it down near Ghatkopar.

Cases filed by the police – who were attacked during the Hanuman Jayanti procession at Guna, Madhya Pradesh – have come as a fresh twist on the communal violence that…

A trainee air hostess admitted to Gurugram’s Medanta hospital on April 5 has claimed she was sexually harassed while in a semi-conscious condition in the intensive care unit, or ICU.

Popular YouTuber Thoppi was taken into custody for allegedly pointing a gun at the staff of a private bus during an altercation between them in Vatakara in this district, police…

The Bihar Police have arrested seven persons, including a woman, in connection with the kidnapping and murder of a Pune-based businessman after he landed at Patna airport, a senior official…

The video has sparked anger across social media with people demanding for strict action.

An initial investigation into the violence in West Bengal’s Murshidabad during anti-Waqf protests suggest the involvement of suspected Bangladeshi elements.

The Enforcement Directorate has questioned businessman and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s husband Robert Vadra for over six hours in a money laundering case related to a 2008 land deal…

Delhi airport has been ranked as the world’s ninth busiest airport in 2024, helped by airline expansion, infrastructure growth and enhanced global connectivity.

Infrastructural challenges, charging time and other factors remain a key concerns of Electric Vehicle (EV) buyers in India, as more than one-third of customers say the high cost of the…

Actor-politician Mithun Chakraborty, in the backdrop of massive violence in Bengal over Waqf, today said this violence is being engineered by those who have so far been illegally enjoying the…

Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty surged over 2 per cent on Tuesday, tracking a rally in global markets after US President Donald Trump relaxed some of the tariffs on…

An investigation has begun after Ram Temple Trust received a suspicious email warning the trust about a security threat to Ram temple, a senior police official in Ayodhya district said…

Businessman Robert Vadra – Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s husband and brother-in-law of Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi – marched to the ED’s Delhi office Tuesday morning after receiving…

Probe agency ED files chargesheet against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi in National Herald Case

Eight months of training for India’s ‘gaganyatri’, or astronauts, who may travel to the International Space Station, or ISS, as early as end-May, has come to end. The crew is…

The Allahabad High Court – rebuked by the Supreme Court last month after it said grabbing a minor’s breast and pulling at her pyjamas is not an attempt to rape…

An Air India flight from Chennai to Delhi was delayed for more than four hours on Tuesday, with passengers alleging that they were made to deboard the flight after waiting…

Bollywood star Akshay Kumar thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for honoring lawyer-nationalist C Sankaran Nair’s legacy during a public gathering in Haryana.

The teen, who worked at one of the shops owned by the woman, allegedly killed her by bludgeoning her head with an iron rod, police said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended warm greetings on the occasion of ‘Poila Boishakh’ which marks the beginning of Bengali New Year 1432.

In his address on the 134th Birth Anniversary of BR Ambedkar in Delhi, Justice Gavai also spoke about BR Ambedkar’s views on the power balance between the Centre and states.

Just 14 kilometers from Madhya Pradesh’s capital, Bhopal, stands Phanda Government College – not as a symbol of higher education, but as a metaphor for the rot in the state’s…

Google India was fined Rs 5 crore for alleged Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violations.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has set up a high-level committee – under retired Supreme Court Chief Justice Kurien Joseph – to recommend measures on state autonomy.

In Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad, a judge ordered a cop to issue a non-bailable warrant against a man who was accused of theft. The police officer, instead of listing the accused,…

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday announced that a museum on Ambedkar will come up in Bengaluru on the lines of the one in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, along with the…

“Congress Changed Waqf Rules For Own Benefit”: PM Modi At Haryana Rally

The video, posted on X, showed a digital screen at Bengaluru airport showing flight information in Kannada and English.

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) have found different climatic drivers behind back-to-back extreme heat events experienced by South Asian countries including India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

In a tragic incident during a temple festival, three members of the same family, including a 7-month pregnant woman, died due to electrocution in the Kariseri village of Tamil Nadu’s…

In a significant political development ahead of the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections, Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party (RLJP) chief and former Union Minister Pashupati Kumar Paras announced his party’s exit from…

Minority Affairs minister Kiren Rijiju, refering to the legal challenge to the amended Waqf law, told NDTV today that he is “confident” that the Supreme Court would not “venture into…

A former soldier of the Indian Army, who was convicted for the murder of his wife and escaped during parole, has been caught by the police after 20 years.

States cannot refuse to implement the Waqf Amendment Act, the BJP asserted on Monday citing constitutional provisions, and slammed the Congress and other INDIA bloc constituents over their continued opposition…

The issue of violent protests in Bengal’s Murshidabad district against the Waqf (Amendment) Act – protests in which three people died – reached the Supreme Court Monday.

A fresh bout of violence – over changes to the Waqf laws, which govern how Muslim charitable properties are administered – rocked Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district Monday.

Fire erupted this morning at a luxury hotel in Hyderabad where the players of the Indian Premier League (IPL) home team are staying.

The BJP and the opposition, led by the Congress and the Samajwadi Party of ex-UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, have gone head-to-head on Monday – on Ambedkar Jayanti – to…

Fifteen foreign nationals, including two Bangladeshis, have been sent for deportation after being nabbed by the Delhi Police for staying in India without valid visas, an official said on Monday.

PM Modi attacked the Congress for having “abandoned” the memory of Chettur Sankaran Nair – a lawyer and freedom fighter from Kerala, who resigned as the sole Indian on the…

The police in Belgium have arrested diamantaire Mehul Choksi following an extradition request by Indian probe agencies for his alleged involvement in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB)…

Fire erupted this morning at a luxury hotel in Hyderabad where the players of the Indian Premier League (IPL) home team are staying. The fire broke out on the first…

A bit absurd on both sides – was how Congress MP Shashi Tharoor described politicians squabbling to claim Dr BR Ambedkar’s legacy on this day last year – his birth…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Congress on the birth anniversary of B R Ambedkar, accusing the party of turning Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked the Congress for having “abandoned” the memory of Chettur Sankaran Nair – a lawyer and freedom fighter from Kerala, who resigned as the…

An iconic art deco bungalow in the heart of Delhi, which was originally made for the erstwhile princely state in Odisha, was the abode of Babasaheb B R Ambedkar when…

The Belgian Justice Department on Monday confirmed to NDTV that fugitive Indian businessman Mehul Choksi was arrested on April 12, and is currently being held in detention. It further said…

Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Monday highlighted the successful diplomatic efforts of India with other countries, which he said made possible the extradition of 26/11 attacks accused Tahawwur…

Senior Punjab Congress leader and the Leader of Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa’s “50 bombs” comment has now snowballed into a full-scale row between the state’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party and…

Besides sending the whole world into chaos, Germans had an unlikely victim in BR Ambedkar during the First World War. In 1917, aboard the ship, SS Salcette, the young academic…

The water tanker association in Mumbai called off their four-day strike after a meeting with the city’s civic body chief. The association began its “indefinite break” from supplying water after…

The government is aware that businessman Mehul Choksi – wanted in connection with the Rs 13,850 crore Punjab National Bank scam – was arrested in Belgium over the weekend, and…

We have moved into a new financial year, and that means taxpayers are preparing to file their Income Tax Returns (ITR) for the assessment year 2025-26. The Income Tax Department…

A former Army personnel, on the run for over 20 years after jumping parole while serving life sentence for killing his wife, has been arrested from his native village in…

A rare piece of India’s royal heritage, ‘The Golconda Blue’ — a historic diamond once owned by the Maharajas of Indore and Baroda — is set to make its auction…

Fifteen foreign nationals, including two Bangladeshis, have been sent for deportation after being nabbed by the Delhi Police for staying in India without valid visas, an official said on Monday.…

A day after he was booked, Punjab Leader of Opposition Partap Bajwa on Monday expressed his inability to appear before the Cyber Crime police station in Mohali, near here, on…

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, considered the key architect of the Indian Constitution, is also credited with the creation of the Election Commission. An amendment brought by him in the Constituent Assembly…

Turbulence unleashed by President Donald Trump’s tariffs could rock global shipments of shrimp to the United States, with exporters in biggest supplier India saying they endanger 2,000 containers packed with…

The commerce and industry ministry will allocate a major part of the second Rs 10,000 crore Fund of Funds Scheme (FFS) for startups to budding entrepreneurs in sectors such as…

President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi and a host of leaders on Monday greeted the people of the state…

Telangana on Monday issued a government order on the implementation of Scheduled Castes (SC) categorisation, making it the first state in the country to do so officially, Irrigation Minister N…

In a bizarre mix-up, a police sub-inspector (SI) wrote a magistrate’s name instead of the accused in a theft case while complying with the proclamation order in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad…

A 20-year-old student died by suicide allegedly due to the stress of examinations in Bengaluru on Sunday, officials said. According to the police, Soumya jumped from the fourth floor of…

The CEO of a grooming and personal care products company has shed light on a concerning pattern of layoffs targeting professionals in their 40s, who often earn high salaries and…

Mehul Choksi’s lawyer on Monday said they will appeal against his arrest in Belgium, two days after the 65-year-old diamantaire, wanted in connection with the massive Punjab National Bank (PNB)…

Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi has been arrested by law enforcement authorities in Belgium. Choksi, who is wanted in India in connection with the multi-billion dollar Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud…

Mehul Choksi Undergoing Cancer Treatment, Will File Plea In Belgium Against Detention: Lawyer

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday flagged off a commercial flight from here to Ayodhya and laid the foundation stone of the new terminal building at the airport. In line with…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that before 2014, India had just 74 airports, however, since the last decade, the number has crossed the 150 mark highlighting significant strides…

A good trip should include enjoyable activities, a much-needed respite from daily routine, and most importantly a good aviation experience. A Canada-based preacher appears to have had just that, and…

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Hisar “historic” as PM Modi flagged off a direct commercial flight from Maharaja Agrasen…

Fugitive diamond merchant Mehul Choksi, one of the prime accused in the Rs 13,500-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, has been arrested in Belgium, his lawyer has confirmed. The…

As the weather remained dry across Rajasthan, temperatures continued to rise. Barmer recorded the highest maximum temperature in the state at a scorching 44.0 degrees Celsius, which is 5 degrees…

Reiterating his party’s commitment to fulfilling the dream of ‘Viksit Haryana, Viksit Bharat’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said, “When the BJP assigned me the duties for Haryana, I,…

Top political leaders paid floral tributes to the statue of Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar in the Parliament House Complex on Monday morning, marking his 134th birth anniversary. From President Droupadi…

Diamantaire Mehul Choksi’s arrest in Belgium is the result of a relentless pursuit by Indian agencies for over seven years and spanning three countries that faced multiple setbacks. The Gitanjali…

Ambedkar’s raised finger pointed to an imminent state of bliss. It was just a few miles ahead. “Ambedkar was a national hero once, but these statues have reduced him to…

Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 21.6 degrees Celsius on Monday, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The humidity levels stood at 60 per cent at 8.30 am. The…

The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad and the Coast Guard have seized 300 kg of drugs valued at Rs 1,800 crore which were dumped into the Arabian Sea by smugglers before fleeing…

Bollywood actor Salman Khan has received another death threat on Monday, this time through a WhatsApp message sent to Mumbai’s Transport Department in Worli. In the threatening message, the accused…

Vishu 2025: Vishu, also known as the Malayalam New Year is celebrated to mark the beginning of a new calendar year. Observed mainly in the southern states of Kerala and…

A man who allegedly kidnapped and killed a five-year-old girl in Karnataka’s Hubballi has been killed in an encounter with the police, officials said today. A policeman was injured during…

Paying tributes to Bhim Rao Ambedkar on his birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that it is due to his inspiration that the country is today dedicated…

Puthandu 2025: Puthandu, also known as the Tamil New Year is celebrated to mark the beginning of a new calendar year for the Tamil-speaking community across the globe. Puthandu is…

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday expressed gratitude while he returned the mobile charger of a man he borrowed while travelling recently to Dubai from Delhi in an…

A man accused of raping and murdering a minor girl in Kalyan town here, a case that had hit national headlines, allegedly died by suicide at Taloja Central Jail in…

Members of the Kuki tribes gathered at Thangjing Hill in Manipur’s Churachandpur and held a protest on Sunday to prevent Meiteis from undertaking their annual pilgrimage to the “sacred site”,…

The police on Sunday arrested two journalists for abetment to suicide of a 50-year-old man whom they allegedly framed in a false rape case in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, an officer…

A man riding a bike died on Sunday while allegedly trying to escape a routine traffic check, police said. The incident occurred in the Balanagar area when the 35-year-old man,…

A school founded in 1959 at a remote village in Manipur’s Ukhrul district which propelled hundreds of students to success in higher studies and finding a career has been left…

A woman in Uttarakhand was attacked by her husband with a screwdriver after she gave birth to a girl, the victim’s family alleged. The police have filed a case and…