The move is aimed at making settlement of claims or return of articles from a locker smooth for relatives after the death of a customer.
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments regarding a presidential reference on whether fixed timelines can be imposed on governors and the president for acting on bills passed by state legislatures. The court is considering objections to the maintainability of the reference under Article 143 of the Constitution.
Two days after an unidentified man allegedly raped a 22-year-old IT professional after entering her flat in Pune city by posing as a courier delivery person, police on Friday said they had detained a suspect.
The SC has sought a response from the Centre on a plea seeking the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir.
Tourists revel in the snow as Gulmarg experiences its first major snowfall, ending a long dry winter.
On Tuesday, May 6, 2025, All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi, MP, visited Srinagar and took a ride in a shikara on Dal Lake. Owaisi has repeatedly denounced the terrorists who murdered 26 tourists at Pahalgam two weeks ago; he has also vociferously condemned Pakistan for its sponsorship of terrorism in India.
Glimpses of when US marshals in the central district of California transferred custody of 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana to representatives from India's ministry of external affairs on Tuesday, April 8, 2025.
Roshni Kumari, an autorickshaw driver's daughter from Vaishali district, topped Bihar's Class 12 board examination in the commerce stream.
An irate mob vandalized properties and indulged in arson in Yavat, Pune, following an objectionable social media post. Police used teargas to control the situation, and peace has been restored with heavy police presence.
A 25-year-old individual from Madhya Pradesh who underwent a gender reassignment procedure has accused her lover of rape and physical abuse after he refused to marry her following the surgery, a police official said on Thursday.
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Fans took to the streets across the country to celebrate India's Champions Trophy triumph on Sunday.
Air India has been issued nine show cause notices for safety violations in the last six months, according to the civil aviation ministry. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has taken enforcement action on one violation. This follows a fatal accident involving an Air India Boeing 787-8 aircraft.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is in London for the 13th India-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue with her counterpart, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves.
Mumbai-based fashion stylist Rishika Jagiasi shows you how to dress up for Lakme fashion week.
Glimpses from the White House Iftar dinner at the State Dining Room of the White House, March 27, 2025.
'Aamir messaged me asking me, 'Is my sister good in the film?' I said, 'Sir, she is a lot better than good.' Mayur Sanap, Hitesh Harisinghani and Afsar Dayatar report from the trailer launch of L2: Empuraan.
The search for those swept up in floodwaters in central Texas will continue throughout the night as state and local officials "remain in a search and rescue posture," Texas Governor Greg Abbott said on Friday, as per CNN.
On Shankara Jayanti, Friday, May 2, 2025, Mahamandaleshwar Swami Sri Sri Vishwatamanand Saraswati and other sadhus conducted a special puja at the Shankaracharya temple in Srinagar for victims of the Pahalgam terror attack. They also prayed for peace and the long life of India's soldiers.
Sachin Tendulkar enjoys his time at Kaziranga National Park.
The Ramanujan Fellowship is designed for brilliant Indian or Indian-origin scientists and engineers from outside India to undertake scientific research positions in India, as well as for those scientists and engineers who wish to return to India from abroad.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu visited Vadlamanu village in Agiripalli Mandal, Eluru to commemorate Mahatma Jyotirao Phule's birth anniversary.
Karan used the platform to give a piece of his mind.
Glimpses of the Ma Shringar Gauri temple, located near the outer wall of the Gyanvapi mosque (western gate), in Varanasi on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. The doors are opened only once in a year -- on the fourth day of Chaitra Navratri.
On Sunday, April 6, 2025, Ramashankar Tiwari paid his final respects to his son Ramkumar Tiwari, the Indian Air Force para jump instructor, who tragically lost his life due to a technical malfunction that prevented his parachute from opening during a demonstration drop.
Volunteers from the Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha from the United Kingdom cleaned the gold plating of the Golden Temple as an annual sewa on Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
The Bombay High Court ruled that possessing documents like Aadhaar, PAN, or voter ID does not automatically grant Indian citizenship, emphasizing the importance of the Citizenship Act of 1955.
Marxist 'students' attack former diplomat.
Institutional investments in Indian real estate are estimated to decline 37 per cent to $3.06 billion during the first half of this year on global economic uncertainties, according to JLL. Real estate consultant JLL India data showed that institutional investments in Indian real estate are likely to fall to $3.06 million in the January-June period this year as compared to $4.89 billion in the year-ago period.
'The law under the guise of security represents a grave and unnecessary expansion of State power at the cost of fundamental rights,' asserts Aakar Patel.
During a chance meeting with Rediff.com's Rajesh Karkera, actor-model Sarah Jane Dias reveals a few cute secrets.
The process for the takeover of the management of the schools began on Saturday morning as officials of district administrations, principals of the respective nearest high and higher secondary schools, accompanied by police teams, reached these schools, the officials said.
In a stunning celebration of culture and unity, 11,000 women in Surat set a new Guinness World Record by performing the traditional Ghoomar dance in perfect sync on Rajasthan Day, marking the largest-ever simultaneous folk dance performance.
Opposition parties allege the Modi government is attempting to turn India into a 'dictatorship' with the introduction of three Bills that seek to provide for removal of the prime minister, chief ministers and ministers arrested on serious charges, and vowed to oppose it 'tooth and nail'.
Film folk celebrated Raksha Bandhan over the weekend and posted their happy pictures online.
Gauri Spratt has met Aamir's family and they are all 'extremely happy'.
Sukanya Verma quizzes you to find out just how much you know about the movies.
The National Forensic Sciences University is inviting applications for various undergraduate and postgraduate programmes for the academic year 2025-26.
The glimpses of Bhagwan Valmiki Tirath Sthal in Amritsar, where Maharishi Valmiki composed the Ramayana and sheltered Goddess Sita after her exile by Lord Rama.
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