Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay foundation stones of 112 national highway projects across the country worth ?1 lakh crore from an event in Gurugram on Monday.
According to an…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the BJP of spreading canards about Sandeshkhali, where women have accused TMC leaders of sexually abusing them, and asserted that the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the BJP cadre to work with renewed vigour and confidence for the next 100 days to reach out to new voters and win their confidence to ensure the party’s…
Amid strong resentment brewing among some Congress legislators in Jharkhand over the induction of four party MLAs in the cabinet of Chief Minister Champai Soren, eight of the 12 disgruntled MLAs…
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu on February 20, authorities on Saturday temporarily banned flying drones, paragliders and remote-controlled micro-light aircraft in Jammu, a…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his grief over the Tamil Nadu firecracker factory mishap that took place on Saturday. PM Modi took to his social media account and wrote, “It is with a heavy…
Renowned Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya have been named the recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award, the Jnanpith selection committee announced on Saturday.
Gulzar is…
At least 10 people were killed and several others injured in an explosion at a fireworks factory in Virudhunagar district, Tamil Nadu on Saturday, police said. Citing preliminary investigation, they…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated Abu Dhabi’s first Hindu stone temple, describing it as a symbol of the shared heritage of humanity and thanking the UAE for scripting a new golden…
Curfew was imposed on Thursday after local residents set vehicles on fire and hurled stones, injuring at least 60 people, over the demolition of an ‘illegally built’ madrasa.
Police said most of the…
Three-member team of Union ministers on Thursday held a detailed discussion here with the leaders of farmer organisations that plan the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march to press for their demands, including a law…
The Gyanvapi management committee moved the Allahabad High Court on Thursday challenging a Varanasi court order that has allowed Hindu prayers before idols in a cellar of the mosque.
The counsel for…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday tabled a ‘White Paper on the Indian Economy’ in the Lok Sabha. Sitharaman in her Interim Budget speech announced that the government would come out with…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not born in an Other Backward Class family, and he is “misleading” people by identifying himself as an OBC….
The body of a newborn child was recovered from a dustbin in a posh group housing society in Noida, police said on Wednesday.
Efforts are underway to establish the identity of the newborn and trace…
In the first targeted killing of the year, terrorists on Wednesday shot dead a worker from Punjab while another sustained injuries in Habba Kadal area of the city, officials said here. Amritpal Singh,…
The Election Commission on Wednesday allotted ‘Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar’ as the party name for the group led by Sharad Pawar.
The order by the poll authority came a day after…
Amid speculation that RLD’s Jayant Chaudhary may join hands with the BJP, senior Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav on Wednesday accused the saffron party of ”creating confusion” and said…
The ED officials who raided the premises of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s personal assistant Bibhav Kumar sat in the living room of his house and did not even pretend to carry out any searches,…
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday raised concern about opportunistic politicians wanting to remain associated with the ruling party of the day and said such “deterioration in ideology” was not…
Two owners of the firecrackers factory in Madhya Pradesh’s Harda town, where an explosion and subsequent blaze killed 11 people and injured 174 others, were arrested by the police on Tuesday evening,…
A vacancy will arise in the three-member poll panel when Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey demits office on February 14.
A committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet here …
The ongoing Budget session of Parliament is being extended by a day till Saturday, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said here.
The government plans to table a ‘white paper’ comparing…
The Ajit Pawar faction is the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Election Commission announced on Tuesday, ending months of speculation over the factional fight with his party founder and…
Iran on Tuesday announced a visa-waiver programme for Indians entering the country by air for tourism for a maximum stay of 15 days. The visa-free entry has been rolled out for Indian citizens from…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is “very much” part of the opposition bloc INDIA, and seat-sharing negotiations are underway among the members of the…
The Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) on Monday approved a detailed project report (DPR) for expanding its network to Noida Extension with an interchange station on the Delhi Metro’s Blue…
Jharkhand’s JMM-led coalition government headed by Chief Minister Champai Soren won the vote of confidence in the assembly on Monday. While 47 MLAs voted in favour of the confidence motion, 29…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will visit New Delhi on Monday after attending the inaugural day of the state budget session to attend the meeting of the ‘one nation one election’ committee…
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is working with investigative authorities in the case relating to the Uttar Pradesh police arresting an Indian embassy staffer posted in Moscow for allegedly…
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested a person working in the Indian Embassy, Moscow, for his alleged involvement in anti-national activities with Pakistani intelligence…
Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani said on Saturday that the Bharat Ratna award is not only an honour for him as a person but also for the ideals and principles that he strove to serve throughout…
The Indian Navy foiled a piracy attempt on an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel with a crew of 11 Iranian and eight Pakistani nationals along the east coast of Somalia, in the latest in a series of such…
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah alleged on Friday the Income Tax (I-T) department, CBI and ED are functioning as BJP’s “affiliates” and no longer autonomous agencies, as he hit out at the…
A private school located in south-west Delhi’s RK Puram received a bomb threat, police said on Friday.
The school was immediately vacated and a search operation was launched, they said.
In September…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday for questioning in an alleged money laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise…
The Congress’ optimism of clinching a seat-sharing deal with the TMC to resolve the stalemate in the opposition bloc INDIA in West Bengal was spurned as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her…
The Supreme Court on Thursday set up a special three-judge bench to hear former Jharkhand chief minister and JMM leader Hemant Soren’s plea against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money…
The Congress on Thursday questioned the delay in inviting Champai Soren to head the government in Jharkhand despite having the support of 48 MLAs and alleged that this amounts to contempt of the…
The special PMLA court in Ranchi has sent former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren to judicial custody for a day, lawyers said on Thursday. Soren was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED)…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said projects for port connectivity, tourism infrastructure and amenities will be taken up “on our islands, including Lakshadweep” to address the…
On Wednesday night, former chief minister Hemant Soren filed a challenge against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Jharkhand High Court. Meanwhile, top leaders of the opposition…
The Congress on Wednesday claimed that the rear window pane of Rahul Gandhi’s car got smashed when sudden brakes were applied as a woman came in front of the vehicle in West Bengal’s Malda…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a fresh and the fifth summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his questioning in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case, official…
The Madras High Court on Tuesday directed the Tamil Nadu government to install boards in all Hindu temples stating non-Hindus were not permitted beyond the ‘Kodimaram’ (flagpole) area in the…
The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court, seeking to set aside the mayoral poll results and demanding fresh elections under the supervision of a retired HC judge.
The…
The government on Tuesday told floor leaders of various parties that it was ready to discuss every issue in the upcoming Budget session of Parliament.
Emerging from the customary all-party meeting…
A Kerala court on Tuesday sentenced to death 14 persons associated with the now-banned Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) in connection with the murder of BJP OBC wing leader Ranjith…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary.
He said on X, “I pay homage to Pujya Bapu on his Punya Tithi. I also pay homage to all those who have…
Leaders of the INDIA bloc on Monday asserted that JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar’s exit will not affect the opposition alliance, with many questioning his political capital with the refrain that ‘Nitish…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad for over nine hours in connection with the agency’s money laundering probe into the alleged land-for-jobs…
A woman sub divisional magistrate (SDM) posted in Shahpura in Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori district was allegedly murdered by her husband for not making him the nominee in service, insurance and bank…
Stepping up an attack, the Congress on Monday demanded the dismissal of UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar over the draft guidelines for “de-reservation” of posts in higher education institutions, with…
The government on Monday extended the ban imposed on the terrorist group Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) for five years for its involvement in fomenting terrorism and disturbing peace and…
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday expressed apprehension that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections would be the last opportunity for the people to save democracy, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
An Indian naval warship deployed along the east coast of Somalia responded to a distress call regarding hijacking of an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel after it was boarded by some pirates. Navy…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday advised parents against treating their child’s report card as their own visiting card, and suggested that students should compete with themselves and not…
Several key National Conference leaders, including its Kathua district president, joined the BJP on Sunday, in a jolt to the Farooq Abdullah-led party in the Jammu region. Many supporters and district…
The Ayodhya Ram temple, which has been drawing devotees in huge numbers, is designed to withstand the biggest earthquake that occurs once in 2,500 years.
The CSIR-Central Building Research Institute…
The Congress, RJD and other parties of the INDIA bloc on Sunday slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for “betraying” the opposition alliance ahead of Lok Sabha elections after he joined hands…