Gurugram, Feb 20 : The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has reportedly launched an investigation against some of its officials who have been accused of irregularities in the implementation of...

Jammu, Feb 20 : One of the most insightful interaction between the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and people from different parts of J&K took place on Tuesday at the Maulana...

Hong Kong, Feb 20 : China’s central bank has cut its key mortgage reference rate by a record amount, as it ramps up efforts to stem a prolonged property crisis,...

Chennai, Feb 20 : Tamil Nadu Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare M.R.K.Panneerselvam — while presenting the agriculture budget for the financial year 2024-25 — has given a high boost...

Kochi, Feb 20 : The Kerala State Electricity Board on Tuesday disconnected the supply to the Ernakulam Collectorate here for failing to pay Rs 4.2 million power bill. The Collectorate...

Chennai, Feb 20 : Tamil Nadu Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister M.R.K.Panneerselvam on Tuesday announced a chemical free programme to improve soil quality called — Chief Minister’s Mannuyir Kaathu Mannuyir...

Amaravati, Feb 20 : Two months after resigning from ruling YSR Congress Party, Alla Ramakrishna Reddy returned to the party fold on Tuesday. The MLA from Mangalagiri constituency met Chief...

Kolkata, Feb 20 : A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, gave relief to Suryanil Das, the counsel of Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly,...

Bengaluru, Feb 20 : Minister for Mine, Coal and Law Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken historic steps to develop the region of...

Bengaluru, Feb 20 : Former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that the Karnataka government made the Governor lie over milk incentive, saying that Rs 757 crore milk incentive...

New Delhi, Feb 20 : While addressing the plight of sewer and septic tank cleaners, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a PIL challenging their exclusion from...

Guwahati, Feb 20 : Assam Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Debabrata Saikia on Tuesday said that his mother has advised him to remain in Congress always. “My mother, Hemoprova Saikia,...

New Delhi, Feb 20 : Elon Musk has said that the first human implanted with a brain chip from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink seems to have fully recovered and...

Jammu, Feb 20 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that J&K has got freedom from a long dynastic rule that focused on their own progress and development and...

Chandigarh, Feb 20 : Blaming Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann for the failure of talks, state BJP chief Sunil Jakhar on Tuesday said it was most unfortunate that negotiations between...

Seoul, Feb 20 : More than 6,400 trainee doctors have submitted their resignations to protest the South Korean government’s plan of boosting the number of medical students, leading to delays...

New Delhi, Feb 20 : The Jindal India Institute (JII) of O.P.Jindal Global University (JGU) organised a unique one-day-long certificate course in New Delhi earlier this week to train 34...

Ramanagara (Karnataka), Feb 20 : Advocates continued their protest on Tuesday on the premises of the Ramanagara District Commissioner’s Office in Karnataka, demanding the suspension of Sub-Inspector (SI) of Police,...

Kochi, Feb 20 : Kerala Leader of the Opposition (LoP) V.D.Satheesan on Tuesday asked the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to come clean over the dealings of his daughter Veena Vijayan’s...

Mumbai, Feb 20 : The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly unanimously passed the Maratha Reservation Bill giving 10 per cent quotas to the community in education and government jobs, here on Tuesday....

Kolkata, Feb 20 : A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, expressed doubts on whether the absconding Trinamool Congress leader and the accused mastermind of the January...

Jaipur, Feb 20 : A legal complaint seeking appropriate action against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s caste has been filed here. The plea...

Lucknow, Feb 20 : Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya, on Tuesday, resigned from the primary membership of the party and also from the membership of the UP...

Canberra, Feb 20 : Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles and Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy on Tuesday announced the major overhaul in Navy and said the...

New Delhi, Feb 20 : The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved its order on an appeal by veteran politician and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren against the...

Lucknow, Feb 20 : Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya, on Tuesday, resigned from the primary membership of the party and also from the membership of the UP...

New Delhi, Feb 20 : The government is striving to foster equality in healthcare, and making the last mile delivery affordable and accessible, said Union Minister for Health & Family...

Hyderabad, Feb 20 : A youth was killed and four others injured when a speeding car fell off near Narsingi Outer Ring Road (ORR) on the outskirts of Hyderabad on...

Kolkata, Feb 20 : After spending over six months at the state-run SSKM Medical College & Hospital since his bypass surgery in August last year, Sujay Krishna Bhadra, one of...

Kolkata, Feb 20 : Decks were cleared for the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly to enter trouble-hit Sandeshkhali District on Tuesday afternoon, as the Calcutta High Court’s...

Bengaluru, Feb 20 : Condemning the move of Congress government to provide compensation to the family of elephant attack victim in Kerala, Leader of Opposition R.Ashoka said on Tuesday that...

Lucknow, Feb 20 : The fear of cross voting is now looming large over the BJP and Samajwadi Party in the upcoming Rajya Sabha biennial elections. Resentment is brewing in...

Lucknow, Feb 20 : The fear of cross voting is now looming large over the BJP and Samajwadi Party in the upcoming Rajya Sabha biennial elections. Resentment is brewing in...

Kolkata, Feb 20 : The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, after being stopped from entering Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas District on Tuesday morning, moved...

Jammu, Feb 20 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Tuesday to begin his daylong visit to J&K.He launched multiple development projects worth over Rs 32,000 crore and also...

Mumbai, Feb 20 : Signaling a major breakthrough ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Maharashtra government has accepted a panel report on Maratha quotas and approved a draft bill...

Sultanpur (UP), Feb 20 : A special court in Sultanpur on Tuesday granted bail to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case dating back to 2018. Advocate Santosh Pandey...

Jaipur, Feb 20 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah will blow the BJP’s Lok Sabha poll bugle in Rajasthan from Bikaner on Tuesday. The BJP is working under the cluster...

Mumbai, Feb 20 : Previous governments inadequately regulated critical sectors such as telecom, amid massive scams, but our approach in creating a framework of regulation has been open and transparent,...

Chennai, Feb 20( IANS) Fishermen from two hamlets of Tamil Nadu will be holding a protest march from Rameswaram to Ramanathapuram collectorate on Tuesday to protest “arrest and assault” by...

Mumbai, Feb 20 : In a significant milestone, the Maharashtra government has accepted a panel report on Maratha quotas and approved a draft bill recommending 10 per cent reservations in...

Kolkata, Feb 20 : Justice Mousumi Bhattacharya of the Calcutta High Court has recused from hearing the case on West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC) challenging the arbitration award to...

New Delhi, Feb 20 : In a harrowing incident captured on video, passengers aboard a Delhi-Srinagar IndiGo flight were left trembling in fear as the aircraft encountered severe turbulence during...

Ballia (UP), Feb 20 : Four persons were killed and two were injured when a tractor collided with a motorcycle in the Nagra area of the Ballia district in Uttar...

Mumbai, Feb 20 : All is set for the one-day Special Session of Maharashtra Legislature which could be a game-changer for the long-pending issue of giving reservation to the Maratha...

Srinagar, Feb 20 : Rain/snow occurred in J&K during the last 24 hours as landslides blocked the Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Tuesday. Traffic department officials said that due to multiple...

Bengaluru, Feb 20 : Karnataka BJP has slammed the Congress government for announcing Rs 15 lakh compensation to the family of a man, who died in an elephant attack in...

New Delhi, Feb 20 : Over 100 students may not be permitted to sit in the upcoming exams in St.Stephen’s college of Delhi University for not attending the morning assembly...

Tel Aviv, Feb 20 : With the ceasefire mooted by the US, Egypt and Qatar in the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel not gaining traction, US President Joe Biden’s...

Moscow, Feb 20 : Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was reported to have collapsed after a walk, has accused Russian President Valadimir Putin of...

New Delhi, Feb 20 : The national capital on Tuesday recorded a minimum temperature at 14.7 degrees Celsius, four notches above the seasonal average, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said,...

Jammu, Feb 20 : Jammu, the city of temples, is all decked up to receive Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday as thousands of people wait eagerly to hear him...

Muzaffarnagar, Feb 20 : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has started investigating the case related to the recovery of four time bombs in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar and the arrest of...

London, Feb 20 : Members of the Sikh community in the UK have slammed the University of Birmingham for confusing them with Muslims in a social media post, saying that...

Los Angeles, Feb 20 : New rounds of heavy rain soaked large portions of Southern California, and up to 37 million people are under flood alerts. A low-pressure system in...

Gaza, Feb 20 : The Palestinian death toll resulting from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has surpassed 29,000, the Gaza-based Health Ministry announced. According to a press...

Tehran, Feb 20 : Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has called on the United Nations to prevent a possible major Israeli offensive on the city of Rafah in southern Gaza....

Doha, Feb 20 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that international representatives have reached consensus on some key issues concerning Afghanistan after a two-day meeting in Doha, but obstacles...

Brasilia, Feb 20 : The Brazilian government has called its ambassador in Tel Aviv, Frederico Meyer, back to the country for consultations after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva voiced...

Washington, Feb 20 : US President Joe Biden has said that he is willing to meet with House Speaker Mike Johnson in order to secure the long-awaited passage of a...

Gaza, Feb 20 : Eight patients have died in a major hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis city after days of power outage and oxygen supply shortage due to continuous...

United Nations, Feb 20 : At least 25 million people across Sudan, South Sudan and Chad are struggling with soaring rates of hunger and malnutrition as the crisis in Sudan...

Geneva, Feb 20 : The UK’s recent legislative moves to facilitate the removal of asylum-seekers to Rwanda run contrary to the basic principles of the rule of law and risk...

Sanaa, Feb 20 : Yemen’s Houthi group has announced that they launched missile attacks against two US ships in the Gulf of Aden, saying the hits were “accurate”. In a...

New York, Feb 20 : US Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, Rena Bitter, arrived in India to engage with embassy and consulate colleagues in Chennai, Mumbai and New...

Jakarta, Feb 20 : The number of poll workers who died in Indonesia’s general election rose to 71, official sources said. “Reports up until February 18 indicate that there were...

Jakarta, Feb 20 : Indonesia has established its first hydrogen refueling station for hydrogen-fuelled vehicles and was planned to be launched at the end of this month, Indonesia’s electricity firm...

Pilibhit, Feb 20 : A class 10 student was mauled to death by a tiger on Monday evening when he had gone out to relieve himself. The incident took place...

Tokyo, Feb 20 : Temperatures rose across Japan as warm air flowed in from the south, with daytime highs hitting a record for February at many locations in northern Japan,...

Moscow, Feb 20 : Russian forces have taken full control of the Avdiivka coke and chemical plant, the country’s Defence Ministry said in a statement. It said on Monday that...

Tehran, Feb 20 : Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has dismissed the recent comments by the head of the UN nuclear organisation that Iran was not fully transparent about...

Addis Ababa, Feb 20 : The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that it has established 17 standard cholera treatment centres in Ethiopia to support the country’s efforts in combating...

Brussels, Feb 20 : The European Union (EU) has said it launched a naval mission in the Red Sea and the Gulf regions to safeguard its commercial and security interests....

Beirut, Feb 20 : A massive explosion was heard after Israeli warplanes hit with air-to-surface missiles multiple targets in the southern town of Ghazieh, around 45 km from Lebanon’s capital...

Addis Ababa, Feb 20 : The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) has said that 10.8 million children in Ethiopia are in need of emergency humanitarian aid in 2024. In its...

Sanaa, Feb 20 : The US-British maritime coalition launched an airstrike on the Yemeni Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, the media reported. The strike hit in the area of...

Gandhinagar, Feb 20 : An international delegation led by Luis Benveniste, World Bank’s Global Director of Education, visited the Vidya Samiksha Kendra here on Monday. Praful Pansheriya, Gujarat’s Minister of...

Bengaluru, Feb 19 : Karnataka Minister for Housing, Wakf and Minority Welfare B.Z.Zameer Ahmad Khan on Monday asked BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil why should he release funds to his constituency...

Nairobi, Feb 19 : On the weekend of February 24, leaders from the video games industry, the UN and government representatives will meet in Nairobi for the inaugural Green Games...

Imphal, Feb 19 : Government offices in the tribal-dominated Churachandpur and neighbouring Pherzawl districts in Manipur witnessed thin attendance on Monday despite the state government’s warning to take action against...

Chandigarh, Feb 19 : In a setback, farm union leaders on Monday rejected the Centre’s proposal of buying pulses, maize and cotton at minimum support price (MSP) by government agencies...

New Delhi/Kolkata, Feb 19 : A reporter working with Republic Bangla, who was filing ground reports from the trouble-ridden Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district since the time tension broke...

Hyderabad, Feb 19 : The Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) on Monday issued a notification for recruitment for 563 posts. The fresh notification was issued in the evening, hours...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : Amidst the Farmers protest 2.0 over demands of Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all crops, Ashwini Mahajan, nation’s leading economist has suggested ‘workable solutions’ for...

Guwahati, Feb 19 : The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Assam Police has issued summons to at least 11 Congress leaders including Rahul Gandhi for causing damage to public...

Aizawl, Feb 19 : Mizoram Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati on Monday said that the government will soon launch a flagship programme — Bana Kaih — aiming to make available institutional...

Shillong, Feb 19 : Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K.Sangma on Monday said that the state government has been pursuing the Central government for inclusion of Khasi and Garo languages in...

Chandigarh, Feb 19 : Punjab’s Leader of the Opposition Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday dared Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Cultural Affairs Minister Anmol Gagan Maan to fulfill promises by...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : Ministry of Defence on Monday said that the much-anticipated INDUS-X Summit will be held in New Delhi on February 20. “The summit is a significant...

Islamabad, Feb 19 : The closely-contested outcome of the February 8 general elections in Pakistan and the ensuing political ambiguity may pose challenges to the nation’s efforts to secure a...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : A Delhi court on Monday issued an notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in anticipatory bail plea by AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in connection with...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : The Supreme Court on Monday held that the Election Commission’s order dated February 7 granting the name ‘Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar’ to the faction led...

Srinagar, Feb 19 : An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale occurred on Monday in Ladakh region. Data released by the National Center for Seismology said that an earthquake...

Chennai, Feb 19 : The Tamil Nadu government will introduce a special payroll incentive scheme to increase women employment in industries and also to attract Global Capability Centres (GCC) Thangam...

Kochi, Feb 19 : Veteran CPI-M leader and former Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac on Monday again did not appear before the ED in the Kerala High Court in the...

Kochi, Feb 19 : Veteran Congress Lok Sabha member K.Muraleedharan on Monday categorically ruled out the possibility of the BJP opening its account in Kerala in the upcoming general elections....

Kochi, Feb 19 : India is poised to adopt the National Plan of Action for Conservation and Management of Sharks (NPOA). On Monday, a meeting was jointly organised by the...

Imphal, Feb 19 : Manipur government offices in tribal dominated Churachandpur and neighbouring Pherzawl districts witnessed thin attendance on Monday despite government’s warning to take action if the staff go...

Hyderabad, Feb 19 : Merit candidates from the 2008 District Selection Committee (DSC) exams reached Telangana Chief Minister A.Revanth Reddy’s residence on Monday, to draw his attention to their long-pending...

Hyderabad, Feb 19 : Telangana Chief Minister A.Revanth Reddy on Tuesday directed the officials to start Musi Riverfront development work at the earliest. He held a review of the Musi...

Chennai, Feb 19( IANS) The Madras High Court on Monday allowed the Tamil Nadu government to conduct Formula 4 night street car race in the city. A division bench of...

Srinagar, Feb 19 : J&K Administration on Monday urged the people in frontier district of Kupwara to remain alert in wake of avalanche warning after north Kashmir witnessed heavy snowfall....

Mumbai, Feb 19 : The state government has convened a one-day Special Session of Maharashtra Legislature on Tuesday (February 20) which could be game-changer for the long-pending issue of giving...

Chandigarh, Feb 19 : Ahead of the meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP leader and two-time Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Monday that he is in favour...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : The 12th edition of the Naval exercise ‘Milan’ began on Monday in which more than 50 nations are taking part. According to the Ministry of...

Jammu, Feb 19 : J&K administration has declared Jammu division as a “no drone zone” ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s one day visit to Jammu on February 20. “In...

Kolkata, Feb 19 : A political slugfest has erupted in West Bengal over Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegation that the Union government is deliberately deactivating the Aaadhar cards of around...

Chennai, Feb 19 : Tamil Nadu BJP State President K.Annamalai on Monday criticised the state budget, saying that it is full of empty announcements. “Tamil Nadu government has been making...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : The Supreme Court on Monday said that it would examine the ballot papers of the Chandigarh mayoral polls and the entire video recording of counting...

Ahmedabad, Feb 19 : A massive fire broke out on Monday at the Palanpur Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district in which three shops were gutted, an...

Kochi, Feb 19 : In what has become a familiar scene, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Monday evening vented his ire on the protesting SFI activists, the student wing...

Gurugram, Feb 19 : Social media influencer Akshat Shrivastava has accused the Max Hospital in Gurugram of hiking doctor’s consultation fee and withdrawing senior citizen’s waiver. The Youtuber in a...

Bengaluru, Feb 19 : Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K.Shivakumar on Monday said JD (S) State President H.D.Kumaraswamy is making offers to Congress MLAs to buy votes for the upcoming Rajya...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : Seven BJP MLAs moved the Delhi High Court on Monday challenging their suspension for the remainder of the Budget session of the Delhi Assembly, saying...

London, Feb 19 : Israel’s output contracted sharply in the final three months of 2023, falling for the first time in nearly two years, as the war with Hamas takes...

Srinagar, Feb 19 : Former chief minister and National Conference (NC) President, Farooq Abdullah on Monday lashed out at Ghulam Nabi Azad, senior leader and President of Democratic Progressive Azad...

London, Feb 19 : The European Commission on Monday opened formal proceedings to assess whether TikTok may have breached the Digital Services Act (DSA) for protection of minors, advertising transparency,...

Chennai, Feb 19 : Tamil Nadu will set up a new Space Industrial and Propellant Park near Thoothukudi District on 2,000 acres, said Thangam Thennarasu, Minister for Finance and Human...

Chandigarh, Feb 19 : The office of Punjab’s Chief Electoral Officer on Monday announced to designate ace India cricketer Shubman Gill as the ‘State Icon’. Chief Electoral Officer Sibin C.said...

Kolkata, Feb 19 : President’s Rule is the only alternative considering the kind of atrocities, violence and sexual harassment that the women of Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas District in...

Jaipur, Feb 19 : A total of five Hindu migrants from Pakistan were given Indian citizenship certificates in Jaipur on Monday. Additional District Collector (South), Abu Sufiyan Chauhan, handed over...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi assumed charge as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff on Monday. Lt Gen Dwivedi took the charge from Lieutenant General...

Chandigarh, Feb 19 : One of the farmers who was protesting in front of the house of former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh in Patiala has died of a suspected...

Mumbai, Feb.19 : The Maharashtra government will hold a three-day MSME Defence Expo in Pune from February 24 to 26 with participation from the armed forces, defence public sector undertakings...

Colombo, Feb 19 : India has launched the construction of houses for the Indian origin plantation workers across six different provinces in Sri Lanka. The construction will be carried out...

Kolkata, Feb 19 : A single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Monday, allowed the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, to visit those places...

Mumbai, Feb 19 : Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) President Raj Thackeray on Monday trained guns at the Election Commission (EC) for its compulsions to involve school teachers in poll-related duties....

Lucknow, Feb 19 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday, said that Uttar Pradesh had changed its investment culture from “red tape to red carpet’’. He said that this was...

Lucknow, Feb 19 : The Samajwadi Party (SP) has announced its second list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls for 11 seats in Uttar Pradesh. The list includes...

Bengaluru, Feb 19 : Minister for Mine, Coal and Law Pralhad Joshi on Monday criticised the Karnataka government over their alleged support to the celebrations by some people after court...

Lucknow, Feb 19 : Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Swami Prasad Maurya has lashed out at SP president Akhilesh Yadav, saying he will return whatever the latter had given him....

Hyderabad, Feb 19 : Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant will launch two of the four Vijaya Sankalp yatras of the BJP in Telangana...

Islamabad, Feb 19 : Services of social media platform X, formerly Twitter, remained disrupted for the third consecutive day in Pakistan on Monday. As per Downdetector, which tracks outages by...

Chennai, Feb 19 : Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu on Monday said that the state would establish an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Mission to develop guidelines for constructively leveraging AI...

Bengaluru, Feb 19 : Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K.Shivakumar on Monday clarified that former Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath will not leave the party and join...

Jaipur, Feb 19 : Congress Working committee member and MLA from Bagidora in Rajasthan’s Banswara district, Mahendrajit Singh Malviya joined the BJP on Monday after quitting from the grand old...

Kolkata, Feb 19 : Suryanil Das, the counsel of Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday approached a single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High...

Chennai, Feb 19 : Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu announced the setting up of the Chief Minister‘s Thayumanavar Scheme to alleviate poverty from the state over the next two...

Agartala, Feb 19 : Tripura is gearing up to host its first-ever ‘Tripura International Puppet Festival’ starting from February 26. The event will witness the participation of puppet theatre groups...

Kochi, Feb 19 : In a setback to the ruling CPI(M), the Kerala High Court on Monday upheld the conviction of 12 persons in the 2012 murder of T.P Chandrasekharan,...

Panaji, Feb 19 : A mob of around two to three hundred people attacked Goa’s Social Welfare Minister Subhash Phal Dessai with stones on Monday, while he was returning after...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Monday strongly countered Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s allegations of ‘discrimination’ against the Other Backward Class (OBC) community in the country’s...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to give a major impetus to the education sector on Tuesday by launching many big-ticket projects, to the...

Jaipur, Feb 19 : A NEET aspirant from Uttar Pradesh died in Rajasthan’s Kota after falling ill and another student, a JEE aspirant, has been missing since last one week,...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : The Sarang Helicopter Display Team of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will perform a four-helicopter display at the Singapore Airshow on Tuesday. The team, after...

Jammu, Feb 19 : Security forces were on maximum alert on Monday ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s February 20 visit to Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Security forces have set...

Lucknow, Feb 19 : Swami Prasad Maurya, Pallavi Patel, Kamal Kumar Gautam, Brajesh Prajapati and now Salim Shervani — the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh is facing a full-blown revolt...

Mumbai, Feb 19 : Sparking fresh speculation of a tie-up, the Mumbai Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Ashish Shelar called on Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray at the...

Kolkata, Feb 19 : A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected the plea for a fast track hearing on a PIL demanding the deployment of Central...

Panaji, Feb 19 : Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday appealed to the people to put Chhatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj’s thoughts into action and practice as his statues were being installed....

Lucknow, Feb 19 : Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav has said that he will not join Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Uttar Pradesh unless seat-sharing between the SP...

Mumbai, Feb 19 : The travel time between Mumbai-Pune is expected to reduce by an hour with a new public bus service being launched via the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link...

Sambhal (UP), Feb 19 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi while laying the foundation stone of the Kalki Dham in Sambhal on Monday, said that what was once “beyond imagination, has...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi will visit Jammu on February 20 to inaugurate, dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of development projects...

Jaipur, Feb 19 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in Rajasthan on Tuesday to address party leaders and workers from eight Lok Sabha seats — three in Bikaner,...

Shimla/Manali, Feb 19 : Snowfall eluded this Himachal Pradesh capital on Monday, but another tourist resort, Manali, had moderate snow. The minimum temperature recorded at Manali was 2.8 degrees Celsius,...

Chandigarh, Feb 19 : Hours after holding the fourth round of talks with the Centre, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Monday said they would mull over the Centre’s proposal...

Srinagar, Feb 19 : Incessant rainfall triggered landslide in the Banihal area of Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Monday after which the road was closed for traffic. “The highway was open...

Chennai, Feb 19 : The AIADMK will soon be releasing its manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections after reaching out to different segments of voters . A team of...

Srinagar, Feb 19 : Major snowfall during the last 24 hours closed most of the highways leading out of Kashmir in J&K on Monday except the Srinagar-Jammu highway on which...

Srinagar, Feb 19 : Higher reaches of J&K received heavy snowfall on Monday as rain lashed the plains. The Meteorological (MeT) Department has forecast that rain/snow will continue during another...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : The national capital on Monday recorded a minimum temperature of 14.1 degrees Celsius, three notches above the seasonal average, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said....

Tel Aviv, Feb 19 : The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is closing in on Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, widely believed to be the mastermind behind October 7 massacre in southern...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : Around 130 huts were gutted after a massive fire broke out in a slum cluster in Delhi’s Shahbad village area, an official said, adding that...

Seoul, Feb 19 : With less than 50 days remaining until South Korea’s parliamentary elections in April, concerns over the proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated deepfake videos and images are...

Lucknow, Feb 19 : Uttar Pradesh has secured Rs 740 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (PM-USHA) programme, the highest amount in the country, with six universities receiving...

Chennai, Feb 19 : Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu will present the state budget for the financial year 2024-25 on Monday. The budget whose theme is ‘Crossing obstacles and...

Tehran, Feb 19 : Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has denounced the US Senate for approving a $14-billion aid package for Israel, which he said would enable more Israeli...

Tehran, Feb 19 : Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has called for a high turnout in the elections for parliament and a clerical body scheduled on March 1. Khamenei made...

Ramallah, Feb 19 : The Palestinian presidency has said that a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital was essential for resolving the conflict and ensuring stability in the...

Colombo, Feb 19 : Sri Lanka’s state-owned electricity producer and distributor, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), has urged people to use electricity sparingly as demand for power has grown due...

Gaza, Feb 19 : The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 28,985, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said. In a press statement sent to Xinhua news agency,...

Lucknow, Feb 19 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend two important functions in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone of Hindu shrine Kalki...

Lucknow, Feb 19 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch projects worth nearly Rs 40,000 crore in Ayodhya, Mathura and Kashi through the ground breaking ceremony (GBC@IV) at the Indira...

Chandigarh, Feb 19 : The fourth round of meeting between three Central ministers and farmer leaders ended here in the early hours of Monday after over four hours of deliberations...

New Delhi, Feb 19 : J.P.Nadda will remain as the BJP National President till June this year. Last year, the decision taken in the party’s National Executive meeting to extend...

Chennai, Feb 19 : Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) President K.Selvaperunthagai on Sunday dismissed speculation suggesting Congress Legislature Party chief whip S.Vijayadharani joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as rumours....

Amaravati, Feb 19 : Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N.Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday dared Chief Minister Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy for an open debate on the ‘destructive rule’ of the YSR...

Chandigarh, Feb 18 : Hours before the Supreme Court hearing on Monday, Chandigarh Mayor Manoj Sonkar on Sunday resigned from the post, paving the way for the fresh mayoral election....

New Delhi, Feb 18 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a meeting with the Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states at the party headquarters here...

Chandigarh, Feb 18 : Hours before the Supreme Court hearing on Monday, Chandigarh Mayor Manoj Sonkar on Sunday resigned from the post, paving the way for the fresh mayoral election....

Bhubaneswar, Feb 18 : The Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) has floated a tender for the development, operation and maintenance of the first phase of Sri Jagannath International Airport...

New Delhi, Feb 18 : For the first time, two All-Women Police Posts have been set up in national capital’s Shradhanand Marg and Khan Market which are equipped with all...

Bhopal, Feb 18 : Former Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s close aide Sajjan Singh Verma said on Sunday that the veteran Congress leader “spoke to Rahul Gandhi” over phone amid the...

New Delhi, Feb 18 : PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Sunday said that his party has decided that Asif Ali Zardari will be their candidate for the presidential election. “To...

Kolkata, Feb 18 : West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the state on March 7 and will address a rally...

Chandigarh, Feb 18 : A team of three Union ministers on Sunday evening arrived in Chandigarh to hold a fourth round of talks with farmer leaders. Official sources said the...

New Delhi, Feb 18 : Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaaf’s (PTI) Prime Ministerial candidate Omar Ayub Khan on Sunday said that his party will form the government in the Centre and provinces, media reports...

Kabul, Feb 18 : An earthquake struck Mazar-i-Sharif city, the provincial capital of north Afghanistan’s Balkh province, and adjoining areas on Sunday, with no report about casualties, locals said. As...

Raptadu (Andhra Pradesh), Feb 18 : Intensifying the campaign for forthcoming elections, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy on Sunday called upon the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) cadres to...

New Delhi, Feb 18 : Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaaf’s (PTI) Prime Ministerial candidate Omar Ayub Khan on Sunday said that his party will form the government in the Centre and provinces, media reports...

Kabul, Feb 18 : An earthquake struck Mazar-i-Sharif city, the provincial capital of north Afghanistan’s Balkh province, and adjoining areas on Sunday, with no report about casualties, locals said. As...

New Delhi, Feb 18 : Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, a traditional stronghold of the Gandhis, is all geared up for intense action and political fireworks on February 19, with the...

Tehran, Feb 18 : The 24th Iran Media Expo opened in the Iranian capital Tehran on Sunday following a six-year hiatus. The opening ceremony was held at Imam Khomeini’s Mosalla,...

New Delhi, Feb 18 : Gaza Health Ministry on Sunday said that at least 28,985 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory during Israeli bombardment in Gaza, media reports...

Mogadishu, Feb 18 : Somalia said a cholera outbreak is rapidly spreading across the country following intense flooding caused by El Nino rains in late 2023. The Ministry of Health...

Srinagar, Feb 18 : National snowshoe championship is currently underway in J&K’s Sonamarg hill station. Officials said that the championship has attracted snowshoe enthusiasts from all over the country, who...

Chennai, Feb 18 : DMK has agreed to give seven Lok Sabha seats to Congress instead of 16 seats, which the grand-old party had demanded. The Congress had contested on...

Chandigarh, Feb 18 : A Chinook helicopter of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Sunday made a safe precautionary landing near Barnala town in Punjab’s Sangrur district, an official said....

Hyderabad, Feb 18 : The Telangana State Anti-Narcotic Bureau (TSNAB) has directed the makers of upcoming Telugu movie ‘Ganja Shankar’ to change its title by omitting Gaanja (cannabis) from it....