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A Kolkata court will on Monday pronounce the quantum of punishment of Sanjay Roy, convicted of raping and murdering an on-duty doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital here. The charges under which Roy has been convicted...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, speaking to the diaspora in Spain on Tuesday, emphasised India's global standing saying the world wants to understand India's positioning and ideas. He recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Russia and Ukraine in 2024...

The appellant’s taxi was stopped in 2010 and, after a thorough search of the vehicle, 20 kilograms of ganja (cannabis) were seized

All 28 workers trapped under the rubble of a collapsed under-construction building at Kannauj railway station were pulled out safely after a 16-hour-long overnight operation, officials said on Sunday. Of the rescued workers, 26 of them have been admitted to...

Ahead of the official release of her film 'Emergency' on January 17, actor Kangana Ranaut hosted a special screening in Nagpur on Saturday. The event was attended by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and the film's co-star Anupam Kher. After screening,...

Six persons died and 22 others were injured when a bus fell into a ditch in Pauri district's Srinagar area on Sunday, officials said. According to the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), the accident took place near Dahalchauri where the...

The Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan on Sunday slammed Chief Minister M K Stalin for describing as 'childish', Governor R N Ravi not delivering his address to the Assembly recently, and said "such arrogance is not good". In a social media...

RJD slams Centre for deliberately targetting opposition parties by using probe agencies like ED, CBI and IT as a political tool

The potential of India's youth will soon make India a developed nation, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday as he emphasised the crucial role of the youth in shaping the country’s future over the next 25 years. He was...

Asks youth to embrace politics, not see it as a synonym of elections

In an important military-strategic development impacting India, Bangladesh is widening its arc of military cooperation in its quest for modern technology, besides seeking additional lethal arms, land attack weapons, helicopters, fighter jets, drones and warships. Other than China and Pakistan,...

Apex court sets aside 2022 Bombay HC verdict in Century Mill land dispute

On the eve of the Assembly elections in Delhi, the Congress is facing a flurry of attack from its INDIA bloc allies, which are accusing it of ignoring the Opposition conglomeration. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Friday is...

Finance Minister calls for shunning defensive mindsets western feminism had imposed on India about the way it treated women, saying "we have always celebrated women"

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday inaugurated the CBI-developed online portal -- Bharatpol -- which will streamline the processing of requests for international assistance and connect investigative agencies and the police of all states to the Interpol network of...

India and Malaysia today held their maiden security dialogue, reviewing ongoing bilateral cooperation in security, defence and maritime domains. The meeting was co-chaired by India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Malaysia’s Director General of the National Security Council Raja...

There is no role of antibiotics in treating the HMPV, a respiratory illness currently witnessing a surge in China and logging a few cases in India, said former AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria, on Tuesday. Guleria said the virus causes...

After a meeting with health secretaries of all states, the Union Health Ministry reiterated on Tuesday that there is no cause for concern from human metapneumovirus (HMPV) which has been present globally since 2001. Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava...

The United States has shared the details of technologies it is ready to share with India to jointly produce and develop strategic technologies across key sectors, including space, defence, semiconductors, biotechnology, cybersecurity, advanced telecommunications and clean energy. The White...

Audit reports normally lament delayed execution of official projects, but in the case of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's official house, former CAG Girish Chandra Murmu found something out of the ordinary. The report reveals that the project to...

The Supreme Court on Monday deferred to July the hearing on petitions filed by former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and former Congress councillor Balwan Khokhar challenging the life sentence awarded to them and seeking suspension of the sentence. A Bench...

While granting bail to a foreigner, the court must issue a direction to the State or the prosecuting agency to immediately communicate the order to the Foreign Registration Officer concerned for further communicating it to all authorities concerned, including the...

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Monday met his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval and informed him that "missile export control policies have been amended to facilitate cooperation with India in outer space".  These polices are under the international Missile...

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Tuesday said India's bio-economy has skyrocketed from $10 billion in 2014 to over $130 billion in 2024, with projections to reach 300 billion by 2030. “India is not only a leader in biotechnology, but is...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said 2024 was the warmest year on record in India since 1901. IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said the annual mean land surface air temperature across India in 2024 was 0.65 degrees Celsius...