The decisions were taken during a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security or CCS – the country’s highest decision-making body on national security.read moreIndia on Wednesday (April 23) anno…
A National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) team visited West Bengal’s Malda district to investigate alleged rights violations following violence in Murshidabad over the Waqf (Amendment) Act. They …
An Indian prisoner has died by suspected suicide in Karachi’s Malir jail, according to prison officials. The incident occurred between the night of 24 and 25 March, as confirmed by Malir Jail Sup…
A day after USCIRF report claimed that attacks against India’s minorities rose in 2024, the MEA on Wednesday dismissed the report calling it “biased and politically motivated” and said that U…
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) said March 15 was the first day of 2025 when the AQI remained in the ‘Satisfactory’ category, meaning that the index number remains between 50 a…
External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar is on a six-day official visit to the United Kingdom and Ireland from March 4 to 9, 2025.Jaishankar’s visit to the UK comes at a crucial time and will …
Earlier today, the European Commission President said the EU and India have agreed to push to get a long-pending free trade agreement done this year and that the two sides will strengthen their par…
It’s a
landslide victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi assembly polls 2025.
The party
managed to unseat the incumbent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) from the Delhi throne, dealing a crushing…
Exit polls have shown the way out for Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi and opened the gates to BJP. If true, it will be the party’s biggest comeback in the national capital after a gap of 27 years.
The…
The high-octane campaigning for the February 5 Delhi Assembly elections concluded at 6 pm on Monday, with big guns from all three major parties holding roadshows, public meetings, padayatras and bike…
Days before the Delhi Assembly polls, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal demanded that the Election Commission deploy special observers in his New Delhi constituency, alleging “hooliganism” by the BJP.
The…
India on Tuesday summoned the Sri Lankan envoy to register protest regarding firing by Sri Lankan Navy at Indian fishermen.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said that Sri Lankan Navy fired while…
Bihar has a total of 7,80,22,933 electorate of which 41,000 are registered centenarian voters with more than 140 of them being over 120 years of age, according to the latest Election Commission…
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Thursday that the prime minister has approved the formation of the 8th Pay Commission for central government employees. The decision was shared by the…
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for delivering on his promise to conduct “free and fair” elections in the Union Territory and also urged PM Modi to…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sri Lanka within this year, the Indian High Commission announced here on Tuesday.
However, the dates are yet to be decided by the two sides.
“We are in the…
The Election Commission will write to the cabinet secretary, informing that no Delhi-specific provision can be made in the Union Budget that can disturb the level-playing field, CEC Rajiv Kumar said…
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Thursday announced that he was commencing a fast unto death to press the demand for cancellation of the recently held Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC)…
India is “willing to work with the interim government (in Bangladesh) and maintain friendly relations,” the Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma told reporters after his meeting with…
Seven people have been arrested and action has been taken against four police officers, including the suspension of three police sub-inspectors, on Tuesday, hours after the security breach at the…
Amid reports of attacks on Hindus and other minorities in neighbouring Bangladesh, a youth from Kolkata claimed he was beaten up in Dhaka by unidentified persons after they learnt he was a Hindu from…
Jharkhand election results: The ruling JMM in Jharkhand wrote to the Election Commission on Friday night and demanded the suspension of internet services within 2 km radius of the counting centres,…
Adani group stocks faced heavy drubbing during the morning trade on Thursday, with the combined market valuation of all the listed firms getting eroded by Rs 2.45 lakh crore, as billionaire Gautam…
A US court has indicted billionaire Gautam Adani, founder and chairman of the Adani Group, over his alleged role in a years-long scheme to pay a $250 million bribe to Indian officials in exchange for…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is stepping up its investigation into whether Amazon and Flipkart’s relationships with vendors breached India’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) norms.
Previously, the…
Strict pollution control measures were imposed after Delhi’s air quality fell to ‘severe+’ for the first time on Sunday evening. After reviewing the air quality in the region, the Centre’s panel,…
Months after Indian military personnel left the Maldives, a Maldivian ship has arrived in India for scheduled repairs.
In a sign of improving ties between the two nations after President Mohamed…
India-Russia trade currently is at $66 billion and this will increase to $100 billion by 2030, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar said on Monday, addressing the India-Russia Business Forum…
Delhi continues to witness a sharp rise in air pollution, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) reaching the ‘severe’ range. Both PM2.5 and PM10 levels have defied the national safety standards, with weak…
India has expressed “deep disappointment” over the incident of violence on Canadian-Hindus outside the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton which was “orchestrated by anti-India elements” and expressed…
Nayab Sing Saini on Thursday (October 17) took oath as the Chief Minister of Haryana.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has formed the government in Haryana for the third straight term. This will be…
The results for the Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir polls were released on Tuesday.
The National Conference (NC)-Congress combine are ready to take charge in Jammu and Kashmir after they secured 49 of…
As Haryana assembly election results defied exit polls’ predictions, the Congress on Tuesday said that “victory has been snatched” from them, suggesting wrongdoings in the electoral process.
Congress…
The ruling BJP edged past the Congress in Haryana while the National Conference-Congress alliance was headed for a majority in Jammu and Kashmir, according to trends on the Election Commission website…
Amid tight security, Jammu and Kashmir will hold Phase 2 of Assembly elections on Wednesday, with voting scheduled from 7 am to 6 pm.
Over 2.5 million voters will decide the fate of 239 candidates in…
All eyes are on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. After dropping a bombshell on Sunday (September 15) that he would be resigning from his post as chief minister, he has sought an appointment with…
A one-day conclave of Finance Ministers from five opposition-ruled states took place in Kerala’s capital on Thursday (September 12).
The meeting, chaired by Kerala Finance Minister K.N. Balagopal, was…
India and Russia have come to an agreement regarding jointly handling emergencies of various kinds.
The agreement is formally called the Working Plan of Joint Russian-Indian Commission on the…
India on Monday said that “fake videos, rumours and fear-mongering” in flood-affected Bangladesh are intended to create misunderstandings about the release of water by India from the Farakka Barrage…
The Election Commission on Tuesday issued the notification for the first phase of the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, marking the start of the nomination process.
Voting will be held on 24…
Jammu and Kashmir will be voting in its first assembly election since it became a Union Territory in 2019. The Election Commission announced the poll schedule for the Union Territory on Friday.
The…
Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases starting September 18, while Haryana will head to polls on October 1, Election Commission of India announced on Friday.
Addressing…
On a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to assess the possibility of holding Assembly elections in September, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Friday said that no internal or external…
Amid reports of attacks on Hindu minorities in Bangladesh, the Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that even as various initiatives have been taken by groups and organisations to ensure the…
Within the next two days, the UPSC will serve the candidature cancelling order to controversial former probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar through all modes, the commission told the Delhi High Court…
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) announced on Saturday that it has sent notices to the Delhi government and the city’s police commissioner regarding reports of 12 deaths at a Rohini shelter…
Most number of deaths (14) have been recorded in the month of July in Asha Kiran Shelter Home being run in Delhi’s Rohini area, an official report said.A controversy has erupted over the deaths in the…
After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that she was not allowed to speak at the NITI Aayog meeting, the Centre has refuted the claim and said her mic was never turned off.
Prime…
The death of a 26-year-old man due to electrocution in Central Delhi’s Patel Nagar has led the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to issue notices against the Delhi Government and police chief,…
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has decided to use advanced digital technologies to revamp its examination framework in response to recent instances of fraud and cheating in official…
New Zealand has become the latest nation to confront its troubled past of systemic and widespread abuse of children and vulnerable adults in state and faith-based institutions.On Wednesday, a six-year…
The first full budget of Modi government 3.0 is set to be presented on July 23. This will be the seventh consecutive budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The budget is essentially…
As the situation in Bangladesh continues to deteriorate owing to the ongoing protests, as many 245 Indians including 125 students returned home on Friday.
Bangladesh has been reeling under deadly…
The violent uprising triggered by student protests in Bangladesh has sent ripples in neighbouring India after student unions and human rights organisations held a demonstration in Kolkata Bangladesh…
The UPSC has on Friday filed an FIR against controversial IAS probationer Puja Khedkar and debarred her from future examinations as well as selections.
The actions against Puja Khedkar were taken…
India has advised its citizens residing in Bangladesh to avoid travel and minimise their movement after ongoing protests demanding reforms in the quota system in government jobs turned violent and…
Indian nationals, including students, living in Bangladesh have been advised to minimise their movement outside their house amid the ongoing nation-wide violent clashes against a controversial quota…
Trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar has been in the news since last week for allegedly using fraudulent means to clear her civil services exam, including allegedly misrepresenting herself under the…
Trainee IAS officer Puja Khedkar has broken her silence on allegations of misrepresenting herself under the physical disabilities and non-creamy layer of OBC categories to secure an IAS position. The…
After a thorough three-year investigation, Indian regulators have concluded that Apple has engaged in antitrust practices by requiring App Store developers to use its in-app payment system.
The…