An irate West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee walked out of the ongoing NITI Aayog meeting in New Delhi on Sunday, accusing that her microphone was deliberately switched off while she was speaking. Banerjee said that while her counterparts from the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ruled states w...
Trouble for children of legal immigrants does not seem to end soon, as around 2,50,000 of them are now facing the risk of being deported back to the country where they don’t know anyone because they are ageing out when they turn 21. Out of the total number of children at risk, a large number ...
Several people are feared trapped under the rubble after a three-story building collapsed in Navi Mumbai on Saturday. The incident happened in sector 19 of Shahbaz village amid heavy rain in parts of Maharashtra. Teams of the police, fire brigade, and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were on the...
Former US President Donald Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the former’s Mar-a-Lago mansion in Florida on Friday (local time). During the meeting, the Republican nominee in the 2024 US presidential race claimed that the present-day global conflicts could escalate into th...
Paris Olympics 2024 Opening Ceremony: The Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony formally marks the commencement of the Olympic Games. It was an unprecedented opening ceremony as it came out of the confines of the stadiumfo for the first time ever with teams literally sailing on the rive Seine in central...
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Friday declared reservations for Agniveers in their respective state recruitment processes. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announced on social media that Agniveers w...
Bengaluru: A 24-year-old woman from Bihar was stabbed to death by a man at her paying guest accomodation at Koramangala on July 23. The killer is on the run and efforts are on to nab him. Meanwhile, the chilling CCTV footage of the entire incident has emerged two days after the murder, showing the young...
In a move to prevent potential trouble during the Kanwar Yatra, facades of two mosques and a mazar in Haridwar’s Jwalapur area were covered with large white sheets on Friday. This step, however, sparked objections from various quarters and the sheets were removed by the evening. The sheets, hung o...
The Congress on Friday alleged that Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan evaded a direct reply regarding the introduction of a legal guarantee for the Minimum Support Price (MSP), accusing him of delivering a “jalebi” instead. An uproar erupted as Shivraj Chouhan told Rajya Sabha...
NITI Aayog Governing Council Meeting: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to preside over the 9th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog on Saturday (July 27), with a primary agenda of strategising India’s transformation into a developed nation by 2047, according to a statement released on Friday...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee confirmed on Friday that she will participate in the NITI Aayog meeting scheduled for July 27 in Delhi. Banerjee’s statement came amid speculations on whether she, like most other CMs of the INDIA bloc, would skip the meeting. She arrived at Delhi airport ahead...
Former United States President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle endorsed US Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee in a roughly one-minute long video of a private phone call. The video was shared by Obama on Friday on his X handle, wherein he can be heard telling Harris th...
Kanwar Yatra Name Plate Order: Ordering the continuation of its interim order in the Kanwar Yatra name plate case, the Supreme Court on Friday said eateries will not be forced to display owner or employee names outside their establishments till the verdict in the matter is delivered. The UP government h...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday delivered a powerful message to Pakistan, saying the neighboring country continues to engage in acts of terrorism and proxy warfare to maintain its relevance in the region. Speaking on the occasion of the Kargil Vijay Diwas, PM Modi emphasised the unwavering commit...
Rahul Gandhi Defamation Case: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to appear before the MP-MLA court in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur on Friday for a hearing in a defamation case pertaining to remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah. On Thursday, Congress district president Abhishek...
Mumbai Rain: Incessant rain over the last 24 hours wreaked havoc in several parts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, where several areas experienced flooding, disrupting day-to-day life. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has declared a “red alert” in the coastal city till 8.30 am on F...
Amid strained bilateral tries due to the ongoing border row, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Laos. During the meeting, the ministers discussed...
New Delhi: Javed Akhtar recently took a dig at a dialogue from Yash Chopra’s last film ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’. The popular lyricist and screenwriter has written iconic films like ‘Sholay’, ‘Mr India’ and several more to his credit in collaboration with Salim Khan. O...
In a concerning update for fans, team India’s frontline fast bowler Mohammed Siraj is reportedly facing an injury scare and may not participate in IND vs SL 1st T20I. According to RevSportz, the star pacer was seen receiving medical attention after being hit on his right leg with a ball during a p...
AAP MP Raghav Chadha on Thursday urged the government to restore indexation on long-term capital gain on sale of old property saying that the government’s decision to remove indexation benefit will result in huge inflow of black money in real estate and investments in the sector will go down. The...
Delhi: A person was killed and eight others were injured after an under-construction hospital building collapsed in sector 12 Dwarka. The Delhi police said that a crime team has been informed to inspect the accident spot. A case has also been registered. Further details are awaited.
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India is aware of the situation in Bangladesh and considers the ongoing situation in the country as an internal matter of Bangladesh, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. The MEA also said that India, being a close neighbour and friend of Bangladesh, is hopeful that the situation wou...
Amid the rising “acts of hate and violence” against India in Canada, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday reacted to the Canadian police charging two men for posing threats to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other political leaders. Commenting on this, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jais...
President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday renamed two of the important halls of Rashtrapati Bhavan—namely, ‘Durbar Hall’ and ‘Ashok Hall’—as ‘ ‘Ganatantra Mandap’ and ‘Ashok Mandap’ respectively.
President Droupadi Murmu renames two of the important halls of Rashtrapati Bhavan – namely, ‘Du...
Bharatiya Janata Party MP and actor Kangana Ranaut’s election to the Lok Sabha from Mandi constituency in Himachal Pradesh has been challenged in the Himachal Pradeh High Court. The actor-politician has been ordered by the court to respond to the petition by August 21. The notice was issued by th...
The Supreme Court in a landmark verdict on Thursday ruled that royalty and debt rent paid by mining operators are not tax and the Parliament does not have power to tax mineral rights under Entry 50 List I. A nine-judge constitutional bench delivered the verdict on State’s power to levy tax on min...
A violent altercation at a roadside food stall in Gurugram’s Sector 90, Haryana, left 24-year-old Rohit Kumar fighting for his life. The dispute began over a disagreement about the number of rotis (flatbreads) consumed. While Rohit claimed he ordered fewer rotis, the eatery owner claimed otherwise...
US News: United States President Joe Biden called his country the “most powerful idea” in world history on Wednesday. This came days after he announced that he would drop out of the race for White House. In a televised speech from the Oval Office on Wednesday, Biden said, “America...
A woman police sub-inspector from Karnataka’s Bagalkot is winning hearts on social media after she let go of a college student who was riding triples on a motorcycle with two other friends without helmet. She fined the bike driver and took the fine amount from them. But when she got to know that t...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Wednesday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of saving the government rather than the nation over the issue of budget allocation to states. Stalin warned PM Modi that he will be “isolated” if he continues to target rivals rather th...
The Union Budget 2024, which was announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday, has been drawing massive flak from the opposition. Besides Congress, TMC, and AAP’s criticism, Shiromani Akai Dal’s Harsmirat Kaur Badal also lashed at the Centre and called its budget a...
The United States is seeing a significant rise of a novel flu which is being caused by inhaling fumes from overheated nonstick pans. According to a report in The Washington Post, the US has seen more than 3,600 reports of suspected cases of Teflon flu in the last two decades. The report, quoting America...
In the Bihar Assembly session held on Wednesday, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar lost his cool at the opposition as the members continued to shout slogans against him. The opposition was demanding that the state’s amended reservation laws be put in the ninth schedule of the Constitution. They were als...
New Delhi: Actor Salman Khan stated that he believes gangster Lawrence Bishnoi carried out the shooting outside his home, intending to harm him and his family. This statement, recorded by the Mumbai Crime Branch’s anti-extortion cell, is part of a 1,735-page chargesheet filed by the police earlier...
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday attacked the BJP government on the Union Budget and spoke on the alleged infighting within the BJP in Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh, who took a ‘Monsoon Offer’ swipe at the BJP amid infighting claims last week, said there will be a ‘winter d...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday while hearing Haryana government’s petition challenging the Punjab & Haryana government’s order directing the removal of barricades at the Shambhu border, said that it does not want a fight between the state of Punjab and Haryana. The top court said that th...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that encroachers are also humans and directed the Center, Uttarakhand government and Railways to convene a meeting and come up with a rehabilitation policy for those families who will be displaced from land adjoining Haldwani Railway Station. The top court pulled...
The Sri Lanka government formally apologised to the country’s Muslim minority on Tuesday for forcibly cremating people who died of Covid-19 during the pandemic. The then government disregarded World Health Organization (WHO) assurances that burials based on Islamic rites were safe. The government...
Delhi Weather: Several parts of the Delhi-NCR received heavy rainfall on Wednesday morning. A fresh spell of showers came a day after the India Meteorological Department issued a ‘yellow’ alert in the city for the next two days. The weather office had forecast moderate rainfall for Wednesday...
The most anticipated Indian film of the year is Pushpa: The Rule – Part 2, which is slated for release on December 6. The Telugu film Devara: Part 1, starring Janhvi Kapoor and Jr. NTR, is another movie that has made it onto the IMDb list. Another eagerly anticipated film, Welcome To The Jungle, i...
Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) supremo and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has been admitted to Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after his health suddenly deteriorated. He is currently under the supervision of doctors, and his condition is reported to be stable. Fam...
In view of the ongoing Kanwar Yatra, which started on July 22, the schools in Haridwar will remain closed for a week, from July 27 to August 2, as the devotees are pouring in the pilgrimage city. The devotees, also known as ‘kanwariyas’, have started arriving in Haridwar to collect the water...
The security forces launched an anti-terrorism operation in the Lolab area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said on Tuesday. “Security forces have established contact with terrorists near Trimukha Top, Lolab, Kupwara. Operation in progress,” the Kashmir Zone Police said...
US President Joe Biden will address the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday evening, explaining his decision to withdraw from the 2024 Democratic reelection race. The address is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET. In a post on X, President Biden announced that he would speak “on what lies ahead” and how he pl...
After the Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to order a re-examination of the controversial NEET-UG 2024 exam, citing lack of material to justify systematic breach of sanctity, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan welcomed the apex court’s decision saying “The truth has prevailed”...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, while refusing to order a re-test in NEET-UG exams, directed the National Testing Agency (NTA) to re-tally the exam result based on the correct answer to one four marker “ambiguous question” in the medical entrance exam of 2024.The NTA had granted marks to all s...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refuse to order the re-test in NEET-UG exams saying that a re-examination cannot not be justified based on the material available on record. The top court said that the fact that a paper leak in NEET-UG Exam took place at Hazaribagh and Patna is not in dispute. The top cour...
Union Budget 2024-25: Initiatives to boost women’s participation in the workforce – including setting up child-care facilities – were among the highlights of the Union Budget 2024-25, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday. Sitharaman said the government will facilitate “higher part...
Karnataka Congress members including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and State Home Minister G Parameshwara held a protest at the Gandhi statue outside Vidhan Soudha on Tuesday. The protest was in response to what they described as arbitrary actions taken by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials. This come...
Bigg Boss OTT 3 contestant Armaan Malik has been the most talked-about contender on the reality show since he publicly disclosed to being married to both Payal Malik and Kritika Malik. Now, Shiv Sena Secretary and Spokesperson MLA Dr Manisha Kayande has urged on Monday that the reality show Bigg Boss be...