What is the caste census that India will carry out?
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said Wednesday India will conduct a caste enumeration as part of the upcoming census. Since 1951, the survey of the country’s population included the count of the …
Agencies trace Pahalgam attackers’ digital footprints to Pakistan, a 26/11-like control room
The preliminary forensic reports and survivor accounts suggest that the five terrorists behind the killings were heavily armed with AK-series rifles and used advanced communication gearread moreThe…
Pulwama: Did PM Modi hint at a military strike? Clues in what he said after Uri, Pulwama terror attacks
PM Modi has previously hinted at military strikes in his speeches following the Uri and Pulwama attacks in 2016 and 2019 respectively. Could his recent address in Bihar suggest an upcoming military…
His name was Bharath and he was shot dead by terrorists: The story of Bengaluru techie killed in Pahalgam
Bharath Bhushan, a 35-year-old techie from Bengaluru, was on a holiday with his wife and toddler in Kashmir’s Pahalgam. What was meant to be a peaceful family getaway turned into a scene of horro…
Varanasi-Howrah bullet train to reduce travel time to 2 hrs, 760-km corridor to connect UP and West Bengal, top speed to be…
While Indian Railways has not yet announced an official launch date, the route is expected to become operational by mid-2027. Survey work in Bihar has reportedly been completed, and land acquisitio…
Meet man who quit as an IPS officer, now launches his party to contest elections in…; son-in-law of former minister
He claimed “I am not looking for any shortcuts to enjoying power. After my resignation, I had received the offer of a Rajya Sabha ticket from an established party. But I was pursuing my own ideals….
Meet new RBI Deputy Governor Poonam Gupta’s husband, well-known economist, worked at World Bank, is CEO of…
His research has been published in top economic journals such as the Journal of Development Economics and Journal of International Economics. He has also worked closely with the Indian government a…
Bihar shaken: 4.0 magnitude earthquake hits Siwan district
An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale hit Bihar’s Siwan on Monday morning at a depth of 10 km, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS).
The tremors were felt at 8:02 am.
“EQ…
Leaders hail as FM makes slew of announcements for Bihar on election year
Bihar remained in focus in the Union Budget 2025-26 with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday making several announcements for the state, including setting up of a Makhana Board, financial…
Maharashtra CM stalemate continues as Sena backs Shinde 2.0, BJP wants Fadnavis back
The people of Maharashtra gave a massive majority to the BJP-led Mahayuti and with this, it got the power to form the government in the state which holds a crucial position in Indian politics. The…
In Graphics | The history behind the festival of Chhath Puja
Across many parts of India, women are marking the four-day festival of Chhath Puja. Today (November 7) is the third day of festivities, the sanjhka arag, or the day of the evening offering.
While…
Hooch tragedy in Bihar, 24 die after consuming spurious liquor
Eighteen more people lost their lives after allegedly consuming illicit liquor in dry Bihar’s Siwan and Saran districts, taking the toll in the tragedy to 24, officials said on Thursday.
Chief…
7 things about Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party floated for 2025 Bihar Assembly election
Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor on Wednesday announced the launch of his political outfit Jan Suraaj Party (JSP), a much-anticipated move by which he hopes to take the political…
37 kids among 43 drown in Bihar: Why most women, minors died while taking holy dip during ‘Jitiya’ festival
At least 43 people, including 37 children, died in separate incidents by drowning while taking holy dips in rivers and ponds across Bihar during the ‘Jivitputrika’ or ‘Jitiya’ festival, a government…
India’s population growth slows but working age ratio rises, may reach 64% by 2031: SBI Research
India’s population growth is slowing, but the working-age population is set to increase, with projections indicating that it may reach 64.4 per cent by the upcoming Census, according to a report by…
Train accident in Uttar Pradesh: 20 wagons derailed, traffic halted on Mathura-Palwal route
Twenty coal-loaded wagons of a freight train derailed near Vrindavan Road station in Uttar Pradesh around 8 pm on Wednesday (September 18), a railway spokesperson said.
The Chief Public Relations…
‘Congress missed names of several states during their rule, did money not go to them?’: Sitharaman in LS
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday replied to the Opposition’s claim that most states were ignored from the Union Budget as she made a special mention of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh.
Citing…
‘Let them come to divide…’: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on demand for formation of ‘new union territory’
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said on the floor of the state Assembly that Trinamool Congress will resist all attempts to divide West Bengal.
“Let them come to divide Bengal. We will show them…
Big rejig in BJP: New state chief for Bihar and Rajasthan named
The Bharatiya Janata Party has announced new state chiefs for Bihar and Rajasthan. With this, the party has also appointed new state in-charges and co-in-charges. The BJP has appointed Rajya Sabha MP,…
Union Budget effect: INDIA bloc MPs stage protest over ‘discrimination’ against opposition-ruled states
New Delhi: INDIA bloc MPs, including Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress Parliamentary Party chief Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, staged a protest in…
Budget 2024 allocates Rs 2.19 lakh crore for India’s internal security, intelligence
The Ministry of Home Affairs has received an allocation worth Rs 2.1 lakh crore from the Union Budget 2024. A majority of this fund has been given to central security forces like CRPF, BSF and CISF…
NEET-UG 2024 row: SC rejects re-NEET demand, says ‘there is no…’
The Supreme Court has rejected the demand to reconduct the NEET 2024 exam. It said that there is no material to show that the results of the NEET-UG are vitiated entirely and that there was a systemic…
From jobs to Nitish & Naidu, how Lok Sabha election results shaped Union Budget 2024
The first Union Budget of Modi 3.0 — the first government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not have a majority of its own in the Lok Sabha since 2014 —…
Budget Speech 2024: Bihar, Andhra Pradesh get big bonanza
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made history by presenting her seventh consecutive Budget on Tuesday and has announced big sops for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh after N Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP…
As Centre rules out special status for Bihar, RJD mocks of JD(U)-BJP alliance
As the Centre has ruled out the possibility of special status for Bihar, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has mocked the alliance of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal-United (JD-U).
Months…
NEET UG Case: CBI arrests ‘mastermind’ who stole question paper & 2 from solver gang
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested one of the masterminds behind alleged irregularities in the NEET-UG medical entrance exam.
In the NEET-UG case, the question paper was allegedly…
NEET-UG 2024 paper leak: 3 AIIMS Patna doctors part of ‘paper solver gang’ detained
In the latest NEET UG 2024 paper leak case, three doctors of AIIMS Patna have been detained by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning after it was alleged that they were linked to…
CBI arrests two involved in stealing, circulating NEET-UG question paper
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday arrested two more people linked to the NEET question paper leak case. The two men, Pankaj Kumar and Raju Singh were arrested from Patna and Jabalpur…
Bihar: VIP chief Mukesh Sahani’s father Jitan Sahani murdered in Darbhanga
Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) chief Mukesh Sahani’s father Jitan Sahani was killed at his residence in Bihar’s Darbhanga. According to the local police, who reached the spot, the incident happened…
CRPF jawan killed in militant attack in Manipur’s Jiribam
One Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was killed in Manipur’s Jiribam district on Sunday morning in a gun attack by suspected militants at Mongbung village, news agency PTI reported.
In the…
Weather Update: IMD issues orange alert in Mumbai, check forecast for other states
The monsoon at mean sea level continues to travel through Sri Ganganagar, Hisar, Agra, Prayagraj, Daltonganj, Ranchi, Digha, and then moves southeastward to the northeast Bay of Bengal.
Several…
Weather update: IMD warns of heavy rainfall till this date, issues ‘red’ and ‘orange’ alert, check details
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts heavy rainfall in northern and northeastern India, including East Uttar Pradesh and Delhi-NCR. After a dry spell, Delhi experienced continuous rain…
Who is Manish Kumar Verma? Former IAS officer, who calls Nitish Kumar ‘Yug Purush’, joins JD(U)
Manish Kumar Verma, former IAS officer, and a close aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, joined the Janata Dal (United) formally in Patna on July 9.
The induction of Verma, a 2000 batch IAS…
10 Bihar bridges collapse in 15 days: CM Nitish Kumar holds review meet over infra fiasco
Bridge collapse has become a common headline in Bihar. In the past 15 days, the state has seen nine bridges tumble down, including three that collapsed in a single day, putting the government on high…
WATCH: 7th bridge collapses in Bihar in 15 days, mounts concerns over state of infrastructure
Bihar and bridge collapses have become synonymous over the past fortnight. On Wednesday, a portion of a bridge over Gandaki river in Siwan district caved in marking the seventh such incident in the…
After Delhi & Jabalpur, canopy outside Gujarat’s Rajkot airport falls
After similar mishaps in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur, the canopy outside the airport in Gujarat’s Rajkot has also collapsed.
The incident happened in the passenger pick-up and drop area…
This Week in Explainers: Om Birla’s meteoric rise from MP to twice-elected Speaker
It’s been a busy, busy week for India. From more revelations emerging from the NEET-UG exam exam paper alleged leak to the commencement of the 18th Lok Sabha, a lot has happened in the country in the…
NEET-UG paper leak case: CBI arrests principal, vice principal of school in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh
The CBI on Friday arrested the principal and vice principal of a school in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak case, officials said.
Ehsanul Haque, the principal of Oasis…
NEET-UG paper leak: CBI questions private school principal in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh
The CBI on Wednesday quizzed the principal of a private school in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh who is under the scanner in connection with the NEET-UG examination paper leak case, officials said.
The…
NEET-UG row: Bihar govt to bring stringent law to curb exam papers leaks
Amid row over NEET-UG paper leaks, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary on Thursday said that the state government would bring in a stringent law to curb exam paper leaks. The new law will be…
NEET-UG exam row: CBI arrests two from Patna in paper leak case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has made its first arrests in the NEET-UG paper leak case from Bihar’s capital Patna. The two accused, identified as Manish Kumar and Ashutosh Kumar,…
NEET-UG 2024 exam: Nearly 50% of students skipped re-test today, says NTA
As many as 813 of the 1,563 candidates who were earlier awarded grace marks in NEET-UG appeared for a retest on Sunday, officials said. The retest was conducted at seven centres following an order…
Integrity? Paper leak? It’s ‘unavoidable’: NTA postpones CSIR-UGC-NET exam now
In the latest case of an exam being tainted with irregularities, the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday postponed the CSIR-UGC-NET exam.
The exam was scheduled to be held on June 25-27. The NTA…
‘They want to…’: Tejashwi Yadav breaks silence on ‘aide linked to NEET paper leak’ charge
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has broken silence on ‘aide linked to NEET paper leak’ charge by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Vijay Kumar Sinha. Yadav said that BJP wants to divert the issue from the…
3 aspirants paid Rs 40 lakh for leaked NEET question paper only to score poorly
In what can be described as an ironic turn of events, a NEET aspirant from Samastipur, Anurag Yadav, received the leaked question paper, memorised the answers beforehand, appeared for the exam and yet…
NEET, NET Row: Govt to form high-level committee to check NTA functioning, UGC NET paper circulated on Telegram
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said that the Central government will form a high-level committee to look into the functioning of the National Testing Agency (NTA) amid the…
110 heatwave deaths, most in UP, Bihar; over 40,000 heatstroke cases across India: Health Ministry sources
At least 110 have died of heatwave between March 1 and June 18 this year and more than 40,000 people grappled with suspected heatstroke this summer, the Union Health Ministry said.
A report by PTI…
NEET paper leak: Bihar Police arrests 4, mastermind admits to selling question paper a day before exam
On Thursday, Bihar Police apprehended four individuals linked to the NEET question paper leak scandal.
The Economic Times reports that the suspects include candidates Anurag Yadav, Nitish Kumar, Amit…
UGC-NET vs NEET-UG: Why two entrance exams are embroiled in controversy
The controversy surrounding the entrance-level exams continues to unravel. In the latest, the Ministry of Education announced the
cancellation
of the University Grants Commission-National Eligibility…
Delhi excise policy case: No relief for CM Arvind Kejriwal, court extends his judicial custody till July 3
Rouse Avenue court has extended the judicial custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till July 3 in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy case. The AAP leader was produced…
IMD weather update: Severe heatwave alert in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and other states, maximum temperature to go up to…
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heatwave to severe heatwave alert for today, in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Jharkhand, and Punjab. It added that there is a…
Kuwait Fire: IAF plane carrying bodies of 45 Indians lands in Kerala
A special Indian Air Force Aircraft carrying the bodies of the 45 Indians who died in a fire in Kuwait has landed in Kerala’s Kochi.
Minister of State of MEA Kirti Vardhan Singh who was rushed to…
Kuwait fire tragedy: IAF’s C-130J carrying mortal remains of 45 Indians takes off for Kochi
A special Indian Air Force aircraft C-130J carrying mortal remains of 45 Indian victims who lost their lives in a tragic fire incident in Kuwait has taken off for Kochi, the Indian Embassy in Kuwait…
Modi 3.0: With eight ministerial positions, Bihar makes a mark in India’s newest government
Bihar has emerged as a powerhouse in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s choice for ministers as the state bagged eight seats in the Council of Ministers.
Bihar
1. Chirag Paswan
Rank:…
From Shivraj to Khattar, the ministries former CMs got in Modi 3.0
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has allocated a string of key portfolios to former chief ministers.
There are six former CMs in Modi’s new government of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). While four…
7 chief ministers in Modi 3.0, a look at their political journeys
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took oath of office on Sunday for the third consecutive time, equalling the record set and held by Jawaharlal Nehru, who led his Congress party to victories in 1951-52,…
Health, IT & Education for TDP; Railways & Agriculture for JD (U): Here are ministries NDA parties have sought
As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) prepares to stake claim to form the next government, the constituent parties have listed their demands that range from berths…
Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) seeks review of Agnipath Scheme, backs UCC but…
Janata Dal (United) leader KC Tyagi on Thursday said his party has demanded for a review of the Agnipath scheme and will “pursue” the caste census issue which, he asserted, was a need of the time.B…
NDA ally JD(U) backs ‘one nation, one poll’ and UCC, wants review of Agniveer scheme
In a big boost to Modi 3.0, the NDA ally JD(U) on Thursday backed the ‘one nation, one poll’ and Uniform Civil Code (UCC), the legislations that the BJP-led government has been wanting to implement…
Resurgence of regional parties in Lok Sabha Elections 2024
A few things are clear from the results of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. First, most exit polls were way off the mark regarding their forecasts of the election results and underestimated the strength…