21:36
Amid tensions following repeated clashes between Left-leaning students and RSS-affiliated ABVP activists at Jadavpur University, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday said his government's priority was to promote nationalism on and beyond the campus, including making the singing...
20:42
Food regulator FSSAI on Saturday informed that it has issued 150 notices to food companies, including major brands Nestle India, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola India, in recent months over misleading advertisements, false claims and non-compliance with labelling regulations.In a social media post, the...
20:31
For any relationship to work, it has to meet the test of mutual interest, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday in the context of the current state of ties between India and Bangladesh.The external affairs minister also described Pakistan as a unique country in the world as...
20:29
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Saturday said the demands of students associated with the reservation reform movement would be placed before the BJP's central leadership and assured that a delegation of the protesters would meet a Union minister within the next two...
19:49
A 31-year-old MSc Physics student at IIT Delhi died after allegedly jumping from sixth floor of a campus building on Saturday morning in New Delhi, police said.The officer said no suicide note was recovered from the scene, adding that a mobile phone found in the deceased's pocket would be...
19:31
AI generated image using ChatGPT
The Karnataka government has prohibited the production, storage, distribution and sale of 'analogue paneer' being sold as 'paneer' across the state for a year to safeguard public health, officials said on Saturday.The Food Safety Division of the Department of Food Safety and Drug Administration,...
18:55
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M K Stalin struck a combative tone on Saturday, declaring that his party is uniquely equipped to orchestrate a political comeback and said it will focus on winning over voters across the state.Also, he targeted Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay, saying...
18:05
Several Sikh leaders and members of families affected by the 1984 anti-Sikh riots staged a protest outside Rahul Gandhi's residence on Saturday, demanding an apology over remarks by certain Congress leaders allegedly describing former party leader Sajjan Kumar as a hero and role model.The protest...
18:03
Representative image
One newborn died and two others suffered burn injuries after a warmer machine allegedly caught fire in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a district hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara in the wee hours of Saturday, officials said.The injured babies were referred to Jabalpur for...
18:00
An estimated 8.7 crore Indian youth aged 15 to 29 are not studying, working, or receiving training, a recent Niti Aayog report said, highlighting the urgent need for subsidised training programmes to encourage self-employment and align with local demand and emerging sectors.The Aayog, in the...
17:50
Representative image
Forty-nine of the 192 candidates appearing in the All India Ayush Post Graduate Entrance Test (AIAPGET) at the Satya Sai PG College here could not complete the computer-based exam due to power outage with some of them alleging that there was copying during the disruption in the presence of the...
17:27
Saba Pataudi dismissed the rumours of her sister-in-law and actor Kareena Kapoor Khan's pregnancy and urged the public to respect privacy and stop making extreme assumptions.A video featuring the actor has recently surfaced on social media, which led to speculations about another...
17:19
Amid a row over an alleged attack on members of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) during a visit to a government school in Jaipur, the outfit and local villagers have lodged FIRs against each other, accusing one another of assault and creating a ruckus.The CJP team on Friday reached Rampura...
17:17
Days after a number of letters, manuscripts and personal artefacts of Mahatma Gandhi were sold in an auction, A Annamalai, director of National Gandhi Museum, said that such items are not merely private possessions but part of India's common heritage while appealing to those who possess such...
16:38
Senior Advocate and Bar Council of India (BCI) Co-Chairman YR Sadashiva Reddy has demanded BCI Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra's immediate resignation, alleging irregularities in appointments, diversion of Council funds, financial dealings involving law colleges and other governance...
16:25
Arunachal Pradesh MP Tapir Gao on Saturday said public concern over alleged incursions by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) was a reminder that warnings from local communities and public representatives should not be brushed aside.His remarks came...
16:22
Pakistan government has approved the deployment of the army for six months in Rawalpindi at the request of Punjab's home department for sensitive security duties.The federal government, exercising the powers conferred under Article 245 of the Constitution of Pakistan, is pleased to authorise the...
16:20
The Tamil Nadu government has issued work orders for nearly 1.28 lakh gold rings, costing approximately Rs 220 crore, to two jewellery retail chains under the 'Maternal uncle gold ring scheme' for newborns, a poll promise made by TVK, an official said on Saturday.Over one lakh gold rings are...
15:50
Passengers flying out of Indian airports will no longer be required to carry a physical boarding pass as immigration authorities have decided to do away with the stamping of this document from September 1, officials said on Saturday.Instead, passengers travelling abroad will have to produce an...
15:33
The Centre has constituted a committee to draft the final agreement on the Gorkha issue, BJP MP Raju Bista said on Saturday, after a key meeting between Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Gorkha leaders and the West Bengal government.The meeting aimed to find a roadmap for a permanent political...
14:59
Humanity stands above all religions, says Rajkumar Santoshi, who uses the belief as a subtext in his new Partition drama Batwara 1947 that determinedly does not demonise any religion or country.I believe that speaking the truth is not bound by season or trend; whatever is true must be spoken...
14:18
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday passed a resolution condemning the Congress Working Committee's decision to limit the singing of ‘Vande Mataram’ to its first two stanzas at Congress programmes. It resolved to protect the honour of the full version of the national song.The BJP...
14:12
Kerala University Vice Chancellor Mohanan Kunnummal on Saturday alleged that some foreign forces were deliberately trying to turn youngsters into cockroaches and make them drug addicts, asserting that he was only doing what a VC was expected to do.Kunnummal was responding to criticism over his...
13:36
The Supreme Court on Saturday set aside a 2017 order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) holding Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living Foundation responsible for the damage caused to the Yamuna floodplains due to its World Culture Festival in 2016.A Bench of Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and...
13:18
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday dubbed Rahul Gandhi's student event in Pune as Paise Ki Goonj, alleging that the Congress had paid social media influencers to mobilise crowds, triggering a fiery response from the Opposition, which claimed the saffron party feared the growing Gen Z...
12:22
Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections next year, 52 leaders in the state have been provided bulletproof jackets as part of the security arrangements, sources said.According to sources, the leaders on the list include Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav,...
11:57
Representative image
The death toll from the consumption of spurious liquor in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district rose to nine on Saturday after one more victim succumbed during treatment, while three others remain in critical condition, district officials said.One of the victims, Hardik Kilji, died on the intervening...
11:12
Expressing sadness over the death of a woman in a road accident involving his son, Jana Sena MP from Andhra Pradesh Lingamaneni Ramesh has said his son had taken the victim to the hospital without delay and is fully cooperating with the investigation.He said his family would extend every possible...
10:58
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Oman's Ambassador to the United States Talal Al Rahbi in Washington, DC and discussed issues of mutual interest, while reaffirming the strong cooperation between the two countries, the Oman Embassy in Washington said on Friday.In a post shared on...
10:33
The United States is set to impose 50 per cent tariffs on goods worth $20 billion imported from Canada after last-minute talks between the two countries failed to resolve their latest trade dispute.US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Canada had declined to finalise a trade deal, accusing...
09:36
In a suspected case of occult practice, a man in Odisha's Bolangir district allegedly beheaded a resident of a neighbouring village and buried the head in his puja room to get back his estranged wife, police have said.The matter came to light last Thursday after the decapitated body of Santosh...
09:27
Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice against fugitive gangster Shariq Sata, the alleged mastermind behind the violence in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal in November 2024, a police officer said.Sambhal Superintendent Krishna Kumar Bishnoi, who is now the SP of Bijnor after a a recent rejig, told...
08:54
The California State Assembly adopted a resolution recognising November 8 as Diwali Day and urged citizens of the state to take part in the celebration.The resolution, moved by assembly members Darshana Patel and Ash Kalra, also expresses deepest respect for Indian Americans and the Indian...
08:50
Image only for representation
Urban constituencies in Maharashtra, including those in Thane, Pune and Mumbai, have reported among the highest rates of uncollectible enumeration forms during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Rural and tribal constituencies, on the other hand, have emerged among the best...
08:39
Members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and National Students Union of India clashed at the COEP Technological University hostel campus in Pune on Friday ahead of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Chhatron KI Gunj event in the city.Police were deployed in large numbers on the campus...
08:28
Image only for representation
Two workers were killed and nine others were injured in a reactor blast incident at a pharma company in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of Telangana, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred late on Friday night and triggered a fire in the unit located in Pochampally mandal when the workers...
00:38
At least six people were injured after a group of men allegedly attacked passersby with knives in the Mangolpuri area in New Delhi on Friday evening, police said.The attacks were reported from three lanes in Mangolpuri's L Block.The injured were taken to the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, with...
