In a landmark visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit Poland on August 21 and 22 this year, as announced by the Ministry of External Affairs on Monday. This will be the first visit by an…
Eleven people were killed and 26 injured when a pickup van collided with a private bus in the Salempur area of this Uttar Pradesh district on Sunday, officials said.
The accident occurred on the…
The Assembly Elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be conducted in three phases with voting scheduled for September 18, September 25 and October 1 followed by the counting of votes on October 4.
The…
In the wake of Sheikh Hasina’s recent ouster amid student protests in Bangladesh, reports have come up regarding the complex diplomatic to-and-fro between Indian and US officials over the past year.
A…
India must move towards adopting a secular civil code, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said while addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day.
“It is need of…
In a first-ever visit from India to Timor-Leste, President Droupadi Murmu arrived in the Southeast Asian nation on Saturday to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the two countries, building…
Rescue operations were underway on Friday to trace over 45 people missing following flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in three districts of Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Friday.
With the…
The death toll from the Uttarakhand cloudburst has risen to 14 while six are critically injured after the state witnessed flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall.
On the brighter side,…
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has been making the headlines quite frequently in the second half of this year due to cancellation of tests and allegations of paper leaks as well as irregularities…
The Supreme Court on Thursday pronounced a landmark judgment allowing states to grant separate quotas to sub-classifications of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in a push for greater social…
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday that all government agencies have joined the search and rescue operations in the wake of massive landslides that struck various hilly areas near…
A 50-year-old woman was found tied to a tree with an iron chain in a forest in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg district, and a photocopy of her U.S. passport as well as other documents, including an Aadhaar…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s offer to “give shelter” to “helpless people” from Bangladesh amid last week’s violent protest has raised strong objections from the Sheikh Hasina-led…
Emphasising that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government has zero tolerance for terrorism, Minister of State (MoS) Home Affairs, Nityanand Rai, on Wednesday, said that active terrorists will…
There is unlikely to be any shift in India-US policy and strategy under a Harris administration, the head of a top India-centric American trade and strategic advocacy group said Tuesday, noting that…
The 2024-25 Union Budget has allocated Rs 1,248.91 crore for expenses incurred by the Council of Ministers, the Cabinet Secretariat and the Prime Minister’s Office, and for hospitality and…
Through the Union Budget 2024, the central government on Tuesday extended ‘special help’ to key NDA ally states of Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, evoking appreciation from the Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu…
The Supreme Court has stayed the directive issued by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments that required eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display the names of their owners. The…
As the BJP’s key ally in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), JD (U) demanded a special status category for Bihar, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, in a written reply, said that…
The 14-year-old boy who was tested positive for Nipah virus at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital succumbed to the disease on Sunday afternoon, Health Minister Veena George stated.”A case of Nipah…
IT firms in Karnataka have submitted a proposal to the state government demanding an extension of employee working hours to 14 hours. This move has met with severe opposition from employees, who have…
Pooja Khedkar, an IAS probationer, has been in news recently for all the wrong reasons. The Maharashtra State Government and its various instrumentalities, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)…
The Uttar Pradesh government has officially announced the creation of the Lucknow State Capital Region (SCR), similar to the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR). This decision was approved by UP…
The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of the death sentence awarded to a man convicted for raping and murdering a 30-year-old law student in Kerala in 2016.
A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai…
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has issued a notification, forming the State Capital Region (SCR) along the lines of Delhi-NCR. A state capital region will be created around Lucknow….
Uttar Pradesh might be getting a new BJP State president after Bhupendra Chaudhary reportedly offered to resign from the post following his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.
The…
The Andhra Pradesh government has a special offer for Nasscom members after Karnataka passed a bill mandating quota for locals in both management and non-management jobs.
Andhra minister Nara Lokesh…
The Karnataka government has put on hold a bill mandating reservations for locals in the private sector after a massive backlash from the industry. The government will have a relook at the bill before…
Kerala can expect to receive moderate to heavy rainfall with thunder and lightning for the next five days, the India Meteorological Department said on Wednesday as it issued a red alert for one…
The Central government announced today that the Supreme Court has appointed its first judge from the violent northeastern state of Manipur. Being the first judge from Manipur to serve on the Supreme…
Justice N Kotiswar Singh is set to become the first Judge from Manipur to be appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court.
Along with Justice Singh, Justice R Mahadevan, who is currently the Acting Chief…
Former US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday arrived in Mumbai ahead of the grand wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant.
The upcoming Anant-Radhika wedding promises to be a grand…
India will continue to be a strategic partner for the United States despite concerns over its ties with Russia, the Biden Administration said.
The statement from the Biden Administration came soon…
India, on Tuesday, reacted to the United States’ remark on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting in Moscow and reiterated that it has always called for respecting…
Dengue has caused mayhem in Bengaluru, Karnataka’s capital. On July 7, the city reported 80 new cases of dengue, while the state recorded 159 new cases on the same day.Also, six people died due to…
Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Manipur on Monday. Security has been tightened in the Jiribam district of the state with authorities imposing a ban on…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to visit Manipur, will meet people living in camps on…The announcement about Gandhi’s visit was made at a press conference in Imphal by Manipur Congress chief K Megha…
Maharashtra shocker: Dead snake found inside mid-day meal packet in Sangli, probe orderedParents of a child in Palus flagged the incident on Monday, which Vice-President of the State Anganwadi Work…
The flood situation in Assam deteriorated drastically on Tuesday with three more people losing their lives and more than 11.3 lakh people reeling under the deluge across 23 districts, an official…
The northeastern states of India are currently grappling with severe flood and rainfall situations, leading to widespread devastation and urgent rescue operations. Assam is facing critical conditions…
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is leading the Indian delegation to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit as Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to skip the event, which begins on…
A partial roof collapse occurred at Delhi airport’s Terminal-1 (T1) on Friday during heavy rains, resulting in one fatality and six injuries. Unfortunately, such incidents are not uncommon at Indian…
The Maharashtra Government on Tuesday suspended IPS officer Quaiser Khalid with immediate effect for sanctioning the hoarding without the approval of the DGP office, due to which 17 people died and 74…
New Delhi: Moody’s Ratings on Tuesday said India’s growing water shortage can disrupt farm and industry sectors and is detrimental to the credit health of the sovereign as rising food inflation and…
After the Maharashtra BJP core committee meeting, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis on Tuesday said that they analyzed the party’s results in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls and discussed…
India Meteorological Department on Tuesday said that there is a possibility of light rain in the National Capital in the next three to four days amidst challenging weather conditions across the…
Authorities in Sikkim evacuated 15 more tourists from Lachung and nearby areas in Mangan district on Tuesday after the region was hit by severe landslides. The operation involved the coordinated…
The BJP will stage protests across Karnataka against the hike in petrol and diesel prices on June 17, the party’s state unit president B Y Vijayendra said on Sunday.
The Karnataka government on…
In a sharp counter to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s criticism of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said they can be architected and built right as India has…
The Karnataka government has announced an increase in the prices of petrol and diesel, effective immediately from Saturday. The increase in price comes following an official notification from the…
The Karnataka government has increased the prices of petroleum and diesel in the state by around Rs 3 per litre.
The prices will increase as the Congress government of the state has increased the…
The Narendra Modi-led NDA government assumed office on June 9 after securing 293 seats in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister for a third consecutive term,…
The fire in a residential building in Kuwait claimed the lives of almost 50 people, most of them Indians. Indian government officials were rushed to the country to oversee operations to rescue the…
Kerala’s Health Minister Veena George will fly to Kuwait on Wednesday after a massive fire at a residential building killed over 40 Indians, prompting the government to swing into action to assist the…
BJP leader Pema Khandu took oath as the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh for the third consecutive term on Thursday. The swearing-in ceremony held at DK State Convention Centre in Itanagar was…
Kuwait Fire Tragedy: Jaishankar speaks to Kuwaiti counterpart, urges early repatriation of mortal remains of Indianson the directions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Minister of State Kirti Vardha…
Narendra Modi, without much doubt, became the Prime Minister for the third consecutive time. In his new beginning, the PM opted for his Cabinet by retaining the important leaders from his old team,…
With several Indians feared dead in Kuwait building fire on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened an urgent high-level meeting at his residence over the tragedy.
During the meeting, PM Modi…
In Kuwait’s Mangaf city, a block housing workers caught fire, killing 49 people, including forty Indians. 6 a.m. local time (9 a.m. IST) was when the event occurred. Over 40 individuals have been…
As the NEET controversy continues to brew, the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the National Testing Agency (NTA) saying that the sanctity of the examinations has been affected.
The apex…