Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will undertake a two-day visit to India from December 15 in his first overseas visit after assuming office, it was announced on Tuesday. During his visit, Dissanayake will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...
Amid tight security, a portion of the 185-year-old Noori Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur district was demolished by local authorities on Tuesday claiming it was illegally constructed 2-3 years ago and was obstructing the widening of the Banda-Bahraich highway. The...
Parliamentary proceedings on Tuesday were again washed out after Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju raised the issue of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi being allegedly linked to entities backed by American billionaire George Soros, resulting in chaos in the Lok Sabha...
Former External Affairs Minister and Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna passed away at his residence on Tuesday morning. He left behind wife Prema and daughters Malavika and Shambhavi. The 92-year-old veteran was ailing for quite some time. Krishna held prominent...
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday opposed before the Delhi High Court the bail plea by alleged middleman and British national Christian Michel James in the money laundering case connected to the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper case. Appearing before Justice Dinesh...
It was a normal landing and passengers and crew members on board were safe
The Supreme Court has asked states and union territories (UTs) to file affidavits giving details of the number of homeless persons and how they plan to accommodate them during winter. “Taking into consideration the larger issue involved in this matter,...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who will be on an official visit to Russia from December 8-10 will meet his counterpart Andrey Belousov. They will co-chair the 21st meeting of India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military and Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-M&MTC). The...
The vessel, ‘MSV Al Piranpir’, had sunk outside the Indian waters within Pakistan's search and rescue region
The Congress on Saturday took a swipe over the Ministry of External Affairs’ statement that the Indian Government is not part of the US probe into Adani Group in any manner, asking how can this government be part of a...
The Congress on Saturday attacked the government over India’s economic growth slowing to near two-year low, saying the country’s medium and long-term economic potential is “eroding rapidly” and asked how long will the grim reality of stagnant wages for crores...
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has observed that the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change was causing a “serious obstruction” in the tribunal’s functioning by not providing an “appropriate response” in the matter of health hazards to students...
The Manipur Government has hit back at Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma over his “unwarranted” remarks against CM Biren Singh, saying he was stoking fire of “hatred and division”. Lalduhoma, in an interview yesterday, had called Biren Singh a “liability” for...
The percentage of female constables posted in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), against the total strength, remains a meagre 3 per cent. This is the situation almost nine years after the government had decided to reserve 33 per cent...
India has been re-elected to the UN Peace-building Commission for 2025–2026. India’s current term on the Commission was expiring on December 31. “India has been re-elected to the UN Peace-building Commission (PBC) for 2025–2026. As a founding member and major...
The Congress on Friday slammed the Centre over an International Labour Organisation (ILO) report pointing to wage inequality in India. Congress General Secretary and I/C Communications Jairam Ramesh said, “This is a direct consequence of the pakoda-nomics that the non-biological...
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday raided the premises of businessman Raj Kundra, the husband of actor Shilpa Shetty, and some others as part of a money laundering case linked to alleged distribution of pornographic and adult movies, official sources said....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the BJP was the party of people’s choice because of the commitment to welfare and development adding that the trend started by Odisha was followed by Haryana and now Maharashtra. Speaking of the...
Indigenous defence capabilities are the foundation to enduring peace, said Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan while addressing a military event on Thursday. As India marches ahead on the path of progress and prosperity, self-reliance was the key, he...
The Chinese military on Thursday said that “great progress” has been made in implementing the border agreement with India to end the over four-year standoff at eastern Ladakh and termed the recent meeting between the defence ministers of the two...
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday took oath as a Lok Sabha MP. She had won the Wayanad byelection earlier this month with a margin of more than 4 lakh votes. Vadra was wearing a Kerala Kasavu saree, an...
The Congress on Friday alleged “serious and grave inconsistencies” in the data relating to the polling and counting processes for the recently-concluded Maharashtra Assembly polls and urged the Election Commission in-person hearing to present evidence to substantiate the charge. In...
Hemant Soren, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supremo, on Thursday took oath as Jharkhand’s Chief Minister (CM) for the fourth time. Jharkhand Governor Santosh Kumar Gangwar sworn in the 49-year-old Hemant as the CM at a grand ceremony at Morabadi Ground...
Says he is not worries about new government in Jharkhand
China has said it stands ready to deliver on important common understandings reached between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the recent BRICS summit leading to a thaw in the relations frozen for over four years...
The Union Health Ministry has asked the states to constitute district-level committees, headed by District Collectors, to inspect if the health facilities have requisite infrastructure to prevent fire incidents. The committee should include officials from health, fire services and public...
Actor-BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on Monday announced that her much-awaited film “Emergency” will be released in theatres on January 17. The update comes a month after the actor-filmmaker said the team had finally received the censor certificate from the Central...
During the ongoing climate summit in Baku, India on Monday said mutual trust among countries is the key factor in ensuring the success of COP29. India laid down its expectations during the ‘2024 annual high-level ministerial roundtable on pre-2030 ambition’....
Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh has been notified as the 56th tiger reserve of the country. This makes it the third largest tiger reserve in the country after Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve in Andhra Pradesh and Manas Tiger Reserve...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has admitted that his government made “mistakes” in its immigration policy, which led to “bad actors” like “fake colleges” and big corporations exploiting the system for their vested interests. Trudeau’s statement on Sunday came amidst...