Reformation main aim of justice system: Bilkis case convict to SC
One of the 11 convicts, all of whom have been granted remission in the case of gang rape of Bilkis Bano and killing of 14 of her family memb...Read More
IAF erects air defence shield for Delhi-NCR for G20 summit
The IAF is going full steam ahead in making the airspace over the Delhi-National Capital Region as impregnable as possible, with fighter jet...Read More
Judgments written by lawyers, delivered by courts: Ashok Gehlot
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot questioned the state of jurisprudence in the country on Wednesday, alleging that corruption had seeped so deep int...Read More
Nat'l convener, PM face: What all may test INDIA's bonhomie at Mumbai meet
The first and the foremost challenge of the new opposition alliance would be to select a national convenor. This could be a tricky move as s...Read More
INDIA bloc set to get coordination panel during its Mumbai meet
A coordination committee of the opposition INDIA bloc is set to be announced at the alliance’s meeting that will be held in Mumbai on August...Read More
Why Imran Khan could not leave jail despite bail
In spite of the suspension of three-year sentence in the Toshkhana case, former Prime Minister Imran Khan will stay in jail as he is yet to ...Read More
'Pulwama strike forced govt to decide on scrapping Article 370'
Stating that it was the jehadi terror attack at Pulwama in February 2019, claiming the lives of 40 CRPF jawans, which caused it to make up i...Read More
Worrying rainwater volume dip in 101 sub-basins: IMD
A recent India Meteorological Department evaluation shows a significant decrease in rainwater volume compared with the long-term average in ...Read More
No yatra as police turn Nuh into fortress, detain key organisers
Heavy police presence, intense security checks and an undeclared curfew turned Nuh into a fortress and ensured peace was not disrupted on Mo...Read More
SC disposes of plea against Mathura demolition drive
The Supreme Court on Monday disposed of a plea filed against demolition drive near Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura to remove alleged encroach...Read More
Soon-to-wed couple, businessman killed in Mumbai hotel fire
A couple, who were soon to get married, and a businessman from Gujarat died while three others suffered injuries in a fire that broke out in...Read More
Chandrayaan-3 rover surmounts first lunar obstacle
Chandrayaan-3 rover Pragyan has negotiated its first surface obstacle — a 100mm lunar crater — to the relief of the Isro control room back h...Read More
In investment pitch, PM invokes ‘mutual trust’, takes aim at China
PM Modi invoked “mutual trust” and “democratic values” to pitch for investments in India, as he cited disruptions in the supply chain during...Read More
India has got best picture of Moon, payloads have time till September 3 for all tests: Isro chief
Days after leading the country’s elite space agency to do the most difficult task in the world of landing a spacecraft on the most difficult...Read More
Emergency medical department not mandatory, as per NMC
The National Medical Commission has dropped the requirement for medical colleges to have an emergency medicine department. This was done des...Read More
Banter Battle: Goyal puts tough questions to China minister
The frosty relationship between India and China was on display at an event on Friday evening, where commerce and industry minister Piyush Go...Read More
20% export duty on parboiled rice; MEP on basmati coming
The government is initiating fresh measures to ensure that rice prices remain under control and overall inflation comes down. On Friday, the...Read More
Train fire in Madurai claims 9 lives: Smuggled gas stove used, coal & firewood found in coach
Tragedy struck as a private train coach caught fire in the early hours of Saturday, resulting in the deaths of nine pilgrims from Uttar Prad...Read More
Mumbai boy is world’s youngest ‘junior diver’
It’s a birthday gift that Dwit Nandu will cherish for a lifetime. A day after he turned 10 on Thursday, he dived 40 feet off the Puducherry ...Read More
Nuh tense again: Internet suspended; outfits defiant on yatra
Internet and bulk SMS services were suspended once again in Nuh after right-wing outfits pledged to bring out a Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatr...Read More
India, Greece elevate ties to a strategic partnership
PM Modi's visit to Greece, the first by an Indian PM in 40 years, saw the two nations upgrading their relationship to a strategic partne...Read More
Manipur clashes: Pre-trial work of cases moved to Guwahati
On CBI's request, SC on Friday entrusted pre-trial procedural work in the 27 cases being investigated by central agency, arising from th...Read More
31% of India facing moderate to extreme dryness, next 2 weeks crucial: IMD data
About 31% of India’s land mass is grappling with varying degrees of arid conditions, ranging from moderate to extreme, the Met department’s ...Read More
Madhumita murder case: Life convicts Amarmani, wife released
Former Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathi and his wife Madhumani, serving life sentences in the poet Madhumita Shukla murder case, wer...Read More
Govt cites Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s opposition to buttress Article 370 stand
BJP has always maintained that J&K would not have got the special status that it enjoyed under Article 370 if Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, ...Read More
Fighter squadrons depleting, IAF eyes 100 more Tejas Mk-1A
The IAF now plans to order around 100 more Tejas Mark-1A jets to meet the shortfall in the number of its combat squadrons till a much more p...Read More
IIT-Bombay gets Rs 160 crore from anonymous donor
The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay has received its first ever anonymous donation of Rs 160 crore. The cheque has come from an alumnu...Read More
Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram ‘full on’, Pragyan does Moonwalk
A day after Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram touched down on Moon’s south polar region, Isro on Thursday switched on the payloads on Vikram and s...Read More
Modi, Xi meet on Brics sidelines, agree on LAC disengagement
Maintenance of peace and tranquility in the border areas and respect for the LAC are essential for the normalization of Sino-Indian ties tha...Read More
SC rejects bid to link impact of constriction of Article 370 to north-eastern states
Arunachal Pradesh Congress leader Padi Richo, through Senior Advocate Manish Tiwari, said the SC must take into account the possible fallout...Read More
'Every person has right to undergo sex change'
While passing the directive, Justice Ajit Kumar observed that if a person suffers from gender dysphoria and except for physical structure, h...Read More
Wagner boss listed in Russian plane crash with no survivors
The head of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who attempted to overthrow Russia's military leadership in June, was reportedly on a pl...Read More
Elgar Parishad case: Supreme Court agrees to hear bail plea of activist Shoma Sen
The top court had last month granted bail to civil rights activists Vernon Gonsalves and Arun Ferreira who were arrested in August 2018 in E...Read More
You always want responsibility: Bumrah on captaincy
Jasprit Bumrah, a comeback pacer, led the Indian team to a 2-0 series win against Ireland. The three-match series ended with an abandoned th...Read More
Karnataka's Congress govt decides to set up its own fact-check unit
The Karnataka government has authorized the creation of a fact-check unit to combat fake news on social and conventional media. The unit, wh...Read More
Madras HC to review suo motu discharge of 2 more DMK ministers
The Madras High Court has initiated a suo motu revision of the discharge of two more DMK ministers, Thangam Thennarasu and KKSSR Ramachandra...Read More
IMA opposes NMC norms on prescriptions, bar on meets
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has urged the Union health minister to withdraw regulations requiring doctors to prescribe generic drug...Read More
Offering 'highest ever price' of Rs 2,410/quintal onion, says Piyush Goyal
The Indian government has announced that it will procure two lakh tonnes of onions from farmers in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh in order t...Read More
Vikram all set for soft landing as India reaches for the Moon today
India is set to make history by landing a probe in the polar region of the Moon. The Chandrayaan-3 lander, named Vikram, is scheduled to tou...Read More
US prez Biden to visit India from Sept 7-10 for G-20 summit
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India and ASEAN agree to review trade pact by 2025
India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to review their trade pact by 2025, the Indian government said on M...Read More
If factors unfavourable, we will postpone landing to August 27: Senior Isro scientist on Chandrayaan-3
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is considering an alternative landing date of August 27 for the Chandrayaan-3 mission if condi...Read More
Four arrests as police investigate large-scale violence at Derbyshire kabaddi event
Violence erupted during a circle kabaddi tournament in Derby, UK, where gunshots were fired and individuals fought with swords, rods, and ma...Read More
Why this US state is attracting Indian medical students
The number of Indian students studying in Georgia is increasing, with around 8,000 estimated to be studying there in 2021. Most Indian stude...Read More
Narco-terror case: SIA Jammu arrests key accused from Delhi
“On May 30, an attempt was made by four associates of a narco-terror module to smuggle drugs and explosives into India from across the borde...Read More
'Idol consecration in Ram Temple between Jan 16-24'
The construction of the sanctum sanctorum of Ayodhya's Ram Temple is ready and Ram Lalla will be consecrated between January 16 and 24 a...Read More
From Rs 260 peak, tomato now down to under Rs 100/kg
The data of prices compiled by the consumer affairs ministry shows that tomatoes were selling at more than Rs 200 a kg across 31 centres on ...Read More
This August may be among the driest-ever in India
"August 2023 could potentially experience around 40% rainfall deficit - higher than the 25% deficit recorded in 2005 (the driest August...Read More
Rice to cotton, rising costs have made farming less profitable
Around 2010-11, India’s sugarcane farmers earned roughly Rs 2.8 for every rupee they invested in their crop. By 2020-21, they were making on...Read More
Srinagar’s tulip garden enters record books with 1.5mn flowers
At the garden on Saturday, J&K administration’s secretary (floriculture, gardens and parks) Fayaz Sheikh was honoured with the certifica...Read More
Supreme Court asks, ‘Should U-18 sex be decriminalised?’
The Romeo-Juliet law protects the boy from arrest if his age is not more than four years from that of the girl. Under Pocso, consent of a mi...Read More
Hill states make headlines but Bihar tops monsoon toll
That Bihar's big death toll (518), compared to Himachal's 330, received so little attention is essentially a matter of magnifying th...Read More
Watch: Comedy of errors during India-Ireland first T20I
India began their three-match series against Ireland with a two-run victory at The Village in Dublin, but the match was called off due to ra...Read More
Man sent back from Pakistan is an ISI agent: Cops
Days after a family of three - the father, 70, mother, 65, and son, 35 - were "sent back" from a jail in Pakistan after spending a...Read More
Praggu first Indian after Vishy Anand to enter WC semis
R Praggnanandhaa defeated his friend Erigaisi Arjun in the quarterfinals of the World Cup chess tournament in Baku. However, Arjun managed t...Read More
Ashok Gehlot's rare open support for Pilot, thanks to BJP
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Another professor quits Ashoka University
Days after the resignation of Sabyasachi Das, assistant professor at the department of economics in Ashoka University, his colleague in the ...Read More
After McD's, Burger King drops tomatoes from menu
Amid high inflation, items ranging from tomatoes to cheese slices are slowly disappearing from the menu of restaurants. Patrons of Burger Ki...Read More
JEE aspirant hangs self in Kota, 20th suicide this year
An 18-year-old Bihar student was found dead in his Kota PG hostel room, the latest suicide and fourth since the last fortnight. Identified a...Read More
Mind your language: Supreme Court releases gender-just handbook for judges
The Indian Supreme Court has issued a handbook to be used by judges as a guide to gender-just language. The handbook encourages the use of n...Read More
DMK man kills father, tries to frame rivals
Police arrested a DMK member on charges of strangulating his father to death and attempting to frame the husband of a panchayat union presid...Read More
In his 10th I-Day speech, PM Modi says he'll be back next year
India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, focused on India's place in a changed global context post-pandemic in his Independence Day sp...Read More
No concrete breakthrough in India-China military talks
There was yet again no concrete breakthrough in resolving the festering troop face-offs at Depsang Plains and Demchok in eastern Ladakh desp...Read More
Far-right 'rockstar' leads in Argentina's president primary
Far-right populist candidate Javier Milei emerged as the biggest vote-getter in Argentina's primary elections for presidential candidate...Read More
India 'beacon of hope' for world, says President Droupadi Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu, in her I Day-eve address to the nation, said India has emerged as a "beacon of hope" for the world and r...Read More
Independence Day: More medals for cops in anti-Maoist operations than those in J&K
Police medals for bravery in fighting left-wing extremism in India are more numerous than for counter-terrorism operations in J&K, repea...Read More
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Now, RPF to test mental fitness of its personnel
In the wake of the incident where an on-duty Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable gunned down four people on a train, the force will be ...Read More
At Palwal, renewed call for boycott of minorities
A lawyer who had been booked for hate speech at a panchayat in Gurgaon’s Tigra village on August 6 was one of the organisers of another such...Read More
5th T20I: How India lost the series decider against WI
The Indian team, led by Hardik Pandya, made a valiant comeback in the third and fourth T20Is but were outclassed by the West Indies in the f...Read More
Kota to hold psychological tests in bid to stop student suicides
With the aim to check mounting suicide cases in Kota, the district administration has decided to conduct psychological tests of every coachi...Read More
Over 50% of MBBS top rankers pick general medicine specialty
Postgraduate medical aspirants with top ranks are increasingly opting for general medicine and radio-diagnosis for their broad specialty. Th...Read More
With BNS, long arm of law set to extend to foreign shores
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 seeks to introduce a provision for attachment and forfeiture of proclaimed offenders' properties ...Read More
4th T20I: How India blew away West Indies for series-levelling victory
India made a complete mockery of the 179 chase as Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill's belligerent opening stand powered India to a serie...Read More
After July surplus, poor August rains push monsoon into -ve
After the month had begun with a 5% surplus on the back of a wet July, the monsoon slipped into the negative zone on Friday with an overall ...Read More
India to press for pullback at military talks next week
India will once again press for troop disengagement at the strategically located Depsang Plains as well as Demchok in eastern Ladakh during ...Read More
Modi govt’s bill to select CEC, ECs against Advani’s proposal: Cong
The Congress on Friday dug out an old letter written by veteran BJP leader L K Advani in March 2012 in which he had asked the then prime min...Read More
Withdraw Assam Rifles, 40 Manipur MLAs write to PM
The tug of war over Assam Rifles' deployment in Manipur has led MLAs and ministers on either side of the divide to send memoranda to Pri...Read More
Give borrowers option to prepay, switch rates: RBI
RBI is worried about the long extension of home loan tenures. Deputy governor M Rajeshwar Rao on Thursday said that the regulator is not con...Read More
Northeast is a piece of our heart, says PM Modi, assures peace in Manipur soon
PM Modi Thursday pledged the country’s support to the people in trouble-torn Manipur, calling the northeast a “piece of our heart”. “India s...Read More
SC: If J&K statute key, why is Constitution silent on it?
If the J&K Constitution was so important, why was it never mentioned post-1957 in the Indian Constitution, the basic and primary documen...Read More
Rajasthan will hike OBC quota from 21% to 27%: CM Gehlot
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot announced on Wednesday that the state would raise OBC reservation from 21% to 27%, with the additional 6% being fo...Read More
You have set Manipur on fire: Rahul Gandhi to govt; Amit Shah: You did drama there
Lok Sabha witnessed a heated exchange on the second day of the debate on the no-confidence motion moved by Congress, with Rahul Gandhi accus...Read More
Adani ammo comes in handy for both sides in House battle
As it struggles to claw back the wealth it lost because of the allegations levelled by global short seller, Hindenberg, the Adani Group foun...Read More
Rajya Sabha passes 4 bills in 3.5 hours amid opposition walkout
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed four bills, including one that seeks to equip military commanders of all tri-service organisations...Read More
Malayalam filmmaker-screenwriter Siddique passes away at 63
Siddique, popular Malayalam filmmaker and scriptwriter, passed away at the age of 63 in Kochi. He had been undergoing treatment for various ...Read More
SC sends TN minister Senthil Balaji to ED custody till Aug 12
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the plea of Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji challenging his arrest and upheld his custody given t...Read More
Giant 400kg lock made for Ram mandir
A 66-year-old locksmith from Aligarh has made a giant-sized 400kg lock — almost 10 feet high, 4.6 feet wide and 9.5 inches thick — for the R...Read More
2nd T20I: West Indies register thrilling two-wicket victory over India
Despite Tilak Varma's brilliant performance, scoring his first international half-century, India couldn't avoid a thrilling two-wick...Read More
9 senior citizens get 3-years jail for cheating banks of 13.5 cr
Observing that no cheating or fraud complaints from banks against the accused was not sufficient to absolve them of their criminal act, a ma...Read More
Terrorist shot in J&K day after 3 soldiers killed in encounter
A terrorist was gunned down when a combined team of J&K police, Army, and CRPF initiated a cordon-and-search operation in response to in...Read More
RPF cop to face charge of communal discord too
The railway police (GRP) will add provisions related to spreading communal disharmony against RPF constable Chetan Singh, who allegedly gunn...Read More
House clears tweaked law to set off undersea mineral hunt
India’s mining sector is in for a sea change, literally, with Parliament on Thursday passing the Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Reg...Read More
1st T20I: West Indies secure narrow victory over India
West Indies started the five-match T20 International series on a winning note at the Brian Lara Stadium on Thursday as India made a mess of ...Read More
India off to winning start, thrash China 7-2 in ACT
India's skipper Harmanpreet Singh and Varun Kumar each netted two goals, propelling the team to a dominant 7-2 victory against China in ...Read More
Quota in promotion cannot be claimed as a right: Uttarakhand High Court
A single bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari of the Uttarakhand high court (HC), citing a division bench decision of 2012 regarding reservat...Read More
Dalits enter Tamil Nadu temple for first time in 100 yrs
After being kept out for more than 100 years, scores of Dalit families entered the Mariamman temple in Chellankuppam village, in Tamil Nadu’...Read More
Celebrate Rakshabandhan with Muslim women: PM Modi to BJP MPs
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