The Election Commission (EC) has instructed the Assam election department to conduct a special summary revision of electoral rolls following the delimitation of assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. EC conducted the…

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 members during the 2002 Gujarat riots, told the Supreme Court on Thursday that reformation is…

Multiple schools at various IITs have recorded their lowest candidate applications for the doctoral programmes. The downward trajectory of interest in the PhD started in 2021, but is most pronounced now, worrying academicians acr…

Newly-crowned world champion Neeraj Chopra was not at his best but still finished second with a final round throw of 85.71m in the men's javelin event of the Diamond League Meeting here on Thursday. The 25-year-old Chopra, al…

The IAF is going full steam ahead in making the airspace over the Delhi-National Capital Region as impregnable as possible, with fighter jets, surface-to-air missile systems, anti-drone systems, airborne early-warning and control…

The Sharad Pawar camp of NCP has engaged its functionaries from north India to start the party’s preparations to contest some seats in Haryana and Rajasthan assembly polls. Some politicians from northern states have been called t…

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot questioned the state of jurisprudence in the country on Wednesday, alleging that corruption had seeped so deep into the judicial system that “many lawyers write judgments and take them to courts, and the…

The opposition INDIA alliance will come out with a “national agenda” to take on the BJP-led NDA as it meets on Thursday and Friday in Mumbai to discuss its strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Addressing a presser along wit…

Getting an appointment date for a US visa has become a difficult affair for applicants ever since Uncle Sam moved to a new system for the same recently. The problem, say travel agents, arises while trying to pay the fees and then…

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 31 and September 1, said Shiv Sena (UBT) members. The committee is likely to have promin…

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 its mind to pull the plug on the special status for J&K and integrate the state fully …

A recent India Meteorological Department evaluation shows a significant decrease in rainwater volume compared with the long-term average in various sub-basins across the country following a bad monsoon and impact of the El Nino p…

Heavy police presence, intense security checks and an undeclared curfew turned Nuh into a fortress and ensured peace was not disrupted on Monday, when right-wing outfits backed by VHP had pledged to resume the Brij Mandal Jalabhi…

Reliance Industries, India’s largest company in terms of market value, has appointed chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani’s three children — Isha, Akash and Anant — to the board, an indication that they will eventually he…

The Supreme Court on Monday disposed of a plea filed against demolition drive near Krishna Janmabhoomi in Mathura to remove alleged encroachment on government land and refused to grant any protection to those removed from the lan…

As Vikram and Pragyan, the Chandrayaan-3 lander and rover, continue to do science on the Moon, Isro has set the date for the launch of its solar mission — 11.50am, on September 2. The agency has completed the integration of the A…

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), guided by a Supreme Court (SC) order issued in April, has sent out comprehensive instructions to tax officials regarding reopening of past cases under the Income-tax (I-T) Act. The instru…

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 a second-floor room at Hotel Galaxy located in Prabhat Colony at Santacruz (E) on Sunday…

Chandrayaan-3 rover Pragyan has negotiated its first surface obstacle — a 100mm lunar crater — to the relief of the Isro control room back home that will have to continue guiding and monitoring it through several such challenges.…

Karnataka could be staring at a farm labour crisis, with Congress’s poll freebies being blamed for a section of the skilled workforce opting for a life on the dole or raising new demands like an increase in minimum wages, additio…

PM Modi invoked “mutual trust” and “democratic values” to pitch for investments in India, as he cited disruptions in the supply chain during Covid to hit out at China. “A profitable market can be sustained when there is a balance…

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 terrain on the lunar south pole where nobody has ventured before, Isro chairman S Somana…

The government is expected to take up the issue of penal charges levied by banks for non-maintenance of minimum balance with the Reserve Bank of India, as these yielded Rs 21,000 for state-run and private lenders over the last fi…

The frosty relationship between India and China was on display at an event on Friday evening, where commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal, doubling up as moderator for a panel discussion with trade ministers from some of th…

The government is initiating fresh measures to ensure that rice prices remain under control and overall inflation comes down. On Friday, the Centre imposed 20% export duty on parboiled rice (rice partially boiled with husk), bare…

Tragedy struck as a private train coach caught fire in the early hours of Saturday, resulting in the deaths of nine pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh at a railway yard about 1km from Madurai junction in Tamil Nadu. Railway authorities …

A 45-year-old NRI mother and techie fighting to regain custody of her ailing teenage son and daughter from the Australian authorities died by suicide in her native Belagavi district of Karnataka after her repeated attempts to bri…

Internet and bulk SMS services were suspended once again in Nuh after right-wing outfits pledged to bring out a Brij Mandal Jalabhishek Yatra on August 28 since the previous one was disrupted because of the communal clash on July…

On CBI's request, SC on Friday entrusted pre-trial procedural work in the 27 cases being investigated by central agency, arising from the ethnic clashes in Manipur and including the parading of two women naked by a mob on May…

About 31% of India’s land mass is grappling with varying degrees of arid conditions, ranging from moderate to extreme, the Met department’s Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) data for the July 27-August 23 period has revealed…

BJP has always maintained that J&K would not have got the special status that it enjoyed under Article 370 if Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, country’s first home minister who played a crucial role in the integration of the erstwhi…

The Supreme Court has said that a person should not be convicted solely on the basis of dying declaration if there is some doubt about its veracity and acquitted a person who was convicted and sentenced to death for burning his s…

Citing the surgical necessity of having to amputate a limb to save life, the Union government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that removal of Article 370 to scrap special status of Jammu and Kashmir had become imperative to pr…

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 powerful and capable version of the indigenous fighter is operationally ready. This propos…

The national anthem will not be played and the tricolour will not go up inside the arena when an Indian wrestler finishes on the podium at the World Championships in Serbia next month. Indian wrestlers will participate there as ‘…

The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay has received its first ever anonymous donation of Rs 160 crore. The cheque has come from an alumnus who wishes to maintain complete privacy about his gift. The donation has come at a time…

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 started moving Pragyan, the rover, on the lunar surface. On why the rover took more than f…

Maintenance of peace and tranquility in the border areas and respect for the LAC are essential for the normalization of Sino-Indian ties that remain in deep-freeze because of the unresolved military standoff in eastern Ladakh, PM…

Every time an Isro rocket takes off or a mission like Chandrayaan-3 is completed, project comparisons — even with movies — become commonplace. How does India do it? “That’s a secret,” said Isro chairman Somanath in half jest afte…

Arunachal Pradesh Congress leader Padi Richo, through Senior Advocate Manish Tiwari, said the SC must take into account the possible fallout of the Union government's "arbitrary" and "unconstitutional" exe…

Space agency, ISRO, achieved a historic soft-landing on the Moon's south polar region with its Chandrayaan-3 mission. The lander, Vikram, successfully descended and established communication links with the operations center i…

While passing the directive, Justice Ajit Kumar observed that if a person suffers from gender dysphoria and except for physical structure, her feeling and traits are of opposite sex, so much so that that there is a complete misal…

The head of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who attempted to overthrow Russia's military leadership in June, was reportedly on a plane that crashed in Russia. Russia's ministry for emergency situation said 'There…

The Madras High Court has criticized the current approach of special courts dealing with disproportionate assets cases against politicians, stating that it could lead to the end of such cases under the Prevention of Corruption Ac…

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 third T20I due to rain in Dublin. Bumrah took four wickets in the two matches, with an aver…

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has urged the Union health minister to withdraw regulations requiring doctors to prescribe generic drugs until the quality of all medicines can be assured. The IMA also expressed concerns abou…

The Indian government has announced that it will procure two lakh tonnes of onions from farmers in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh in order to address concerns over a potential shortage. The government will offer a "highest e…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called for the development of a resilient and inclusive supply chain, highlighting concerns over dependency on China as the "factory of the world." Modi's remarks came ahead of possi…

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 touchdown on Wednesday, followed by the release of the rover named Pragyan. If successful, I…

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The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is considering an alternative landing date of August 27 for the Chandrayaan-3 mission if conditions are not favourable on August 23. ISRO has taken precautions and learned from the mi…

Violence erupted during a circle kabaddi tournament in Derby, UK, where gunshots were fired and individuals fought with swords, rods, and machetes. Four arrested men are suspected of firearm possession and violent disorder. The t…

The number of Indian students studying in Georgia is increasing, with around 8,000 estimated to be studying there in 2021. Most Indian students go to Georgia for medical studies, attracted by the affordability and safety of the c…

A staggering 3.1 billion women and girls - over 90% of the world's female population - live in countries characterised by low or middle women's empowerment and low or middle performance in achieving gender parity. None of…

Terming the act of targeting the Kuki trio "within the jurisdiction of Nagalim" an "unwarranted intrusion", the NSCN(IM) said the August 18 killings at Sipijang village near Thowai were the handiwork of the pr…

After India sealed the three-match series 2-0 on Sunday, India skipper Jasprit Bumrah revealed a difficult situation for him as the captain of the young side. India took an unassailable 2-0 lead by registering a comfortable 33-ru…

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 August 4 and the maximum price was Rs 257. But a fortnight later, on Friday, the retail p…

The lander, which has the rover (Pragyan) in its belly, had performed its first solo operation Friday and entered an orbit of 113km x 157km fromAs per the current plan, Isro will attempt soft-landing of Vikram on August 23 and Su…

At the garden on Saturday, J&K administration’s secretary (floriculture, gardens and parks) Fayaz Sheikh was honoured with the certification by World Book president and CEO Santosh Shukla. World Book editor Dilip N Pandit, th…

PM Narendra Modi on Friday cited two independent reports on income taxpayers to argue that income levels have increased in the country and there is better compliance due to the trust shown by the government. from Times of India…

That Bihar's big death toll (518), compared to Himachal's 330, received so little attention is essentially a matter of magnifying the dramatic. Even the startling fact that 160 of the 518 dead in Bihar perished to lightni…

Vimal Kumar (35), a journalist with a prominent Hindi daily, was shot dead by four unidentified persons at the doorstep of his home in Bihar's Araria district early on Friday, weeks before he was to testify as a prime witness…

Suspected militants tortured and killed three Kuki villagers early on Friday in Naga-dominated Ukhrul, shattering a two-week lull in Manipur since the last burst of bloodshed on August 5 and carrying the violent animosity of the …

Jasprit Bumrah, who was leading the side on his return after an 11-month injury layoff, led India to a two-run win over Ireland in the first T20I of the three-match series, claiming 2 for 24 with nine dot balls and forming a form…

None of the four shootings that took place on the Jaipur-Mumbai Superfast Express on July 31 have been captured on camera, which has led investigators to probe whether this was deliberate. from Times of India https://ift.tt/Raq…

R Praggnanandhaa defeated his friend Erigaisi Arjun in the quarterfinals of the World Cup chess tournament in Baku. However, Arjun managed to secure a spot in the Candidates Tournament in 2024. Praggnanandhaa will face Fabiano Ca…

BJP has named its candidates for 21 seats in Chhattisgarh along with 39 shortlisted for Madhya Pradesh for the coming assembly polls months before the elections. Durg MP Vijay Baghel, who previously polled 54.4% of the votes in P…

A 35-year-old rape convict in MP's Satna district, released in 2021 because of "good conduct" after serving seven years of a 10-year sentence, raped a minor again on Wednesday. He has been booked under Pocso. from…

India and China are set to conduct Major General-level talks to strengthen confidence-building measures and reduce friction and trust deficit between the two countries' armies till the two main face-offs at Depsang and Demcho…

The Centre and Gujarat state have defended their decision to release 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, pleading that they did not commit a "rarest of rare crime," and should be allowed to reform and reintegrate at so…

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A woman allegedly refused to be frisked and assaulted a CISF cop at terminal 2 of Bengaluru airport on Tuesday. Neha Gupta from Siliguri, who was scheduled to fly to Bagdogra, was handed over to the airport police. from Times o…

The Nagpur Police in Maharashtra, on Tuesday, booked advocate Satish Mahadevarao Uke and six others under sections of the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act, 1999 (MCOCA). from Times of India https://ift.tt/Y5GsS46 via…

A nurse from a Dalit community was attacked, stripped and humiliated by a couple who also attempted to kill her in Andhra Pradesh's Prakasam district. The woman, who works in a private hospital, was abducted while filling wat…

Amid high inflation, items ranging from tomatoes to cheese slices are slowly disappearing from the menu of restaurants. Patrons of Burger King India will now be served burgers without tomatoes as the US chain has dropped the vegg…

Rain-related deaths since Sunday in Himachal rose to 71 even as 1,700 people were evacuated with the help of the armed forces in flood-hit Kangra district following release of water from the Pong dam. from Times of India https:…

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 neutral language that avoids patriarchal stereotypes used for decades. Furthermore, the ha…

A Montana judge ruled that state agencies had violated plaintiffs' constitutional rights by allowing fossil fuel development to continue, which is harming the environment. The lawsuit was brought by young environmental activi…

India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, focused on India's place in a changed global context post-pandemic in his Independence Day speech. He emphasized the successes achieved by his government and India's potential to…

Suspected Maoists active in the forested regions of West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand attacked joint security forces and killed two policemen on the eve of Independence Day. from Times of India https://ift.tt/SJ0KiwF via

There was yet again no concrete breakthrough in resolving the festering troop face-offs at Depsang Plains and Demchok in eastern Ladakh despite the latest round of top-level military talks being held with China after a gap of alm…

Far-right populist candidate Javier Milei emerged as the biggest vote-getter in Argentina's primary elections for presidential candidates. With around 92% votes counted, Milei had around 30% of the total vote, making him an u…

Police medals for bravery in fighting left-wing extremism in India are more numerous than for counter-terrorism operations in J&K, repeating the same trend witnessed earlier this year on Republic Day. Of the 954 police medals…

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With an eye on attracting global auto giants such as Tesla in the high-end electric vehicles space, the government may put in place a phased manufacturing plan (PMP) type of scheme, which will cater to the requirements of the ent…

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 carrying out psychiatric screenings of its personnel and holding counselling sessions. So…

NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday reiterated that his party will "never" go with BJP at any stage. "BJP's ideology does not suit us," Pawar told reporters at Sangola in Solapur district a few minutes after …

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 fifth match, losing the series 2-3. No team has made a successful comeback from 0-2 down i…

Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan demanded that NCP chief Sharad Pawar "clarify his stand" after reports about a "secret meeting" with nephew and Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar at a real estate develo…

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 seeks to introduce a provision for attachment and forfeiture of proclaimed offenders' properties located not just within the country but also outside India. Also, new sections are propos…

The government has deployed three public sector hydro power companies to fast-track 12 languishing hydel projects in Arunachal Pradesh, including the 2,000MW Upper Subansiri project, as a strategic response to China's dam-bui…

India made a complete mockery of the 179 chase as Yashasvi Jaiswal and Shubman Gill's belligerent opening stand powered India to a series-levelling nine-wicket victory in the fourth T20I against West Indies in Lauderhill, Flo…

Yet another teenager, preparing for IIT-JEE in Kota for the past one year, died by suicide just hours after his father left for home after spending five days with him. Manish Prajapat (17), a class 12 student from Azamgarh in UP,…

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 deficit of 1% following a sustained dry spell in August that is likely to continue across…

Large tech giants will be nudged to fall in line with India's new data law by the end of one year, minister of state for IT & electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday, adding that it's not just the private enti…

India will once again press for troop disengagement at the strategically located Depsang Plains as well as Demchok in eastern Ladakh during the next round of top-level military talks early next week.The 19th round of corps comman…

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 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with one group asking for the paramilitary force to be entirel…

The Centre on Thursday introduced a bill in the Rajya Sabha proposing a new mechanism to select the chief election commissioner (CEC) and election commissioners (ECs) — replacing the Chief Justice of India in the three-member sel…

A 37-year-old mother holding her two minor sons and fleeing a mob that had burned down their house in Manipur on May 3 was waylaid by a group of men, pinned down and allegedly gang-raped, she said in a Zero FIR registered on Augu…

Negating arguments asserting the autonomy and unresolved status of Jammu and Kashmir, the SC on Thursday said no vestige of sovereignty rested with J&K and its integration with India is absolute after the October 1947 signing…

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said the government is taking a series of steps to cool down inflation, including importing tomatoes from Nepal and increasing the supply of subsidised ones through coopeartives and…

RBI is worried about the long extension of home loan tenures. Deputy governor M Rajeshwar Rao on Thursday said that the regulator is not considering defining an "unreasonable elongation" as the bank's board will hav…

PM Modi Thursday pledged the country’s support to the people in trouble-torn Manipur, calling the northeast a “piece of our heart”. “India stands with Manipur. This House stands with Manipur,” he said, replying to the debate on t…

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot announced on Wednesday that the state would raise OBC reservation from 21% to 27%, with the additional 6% being for the benefit of the most backward sections within the category. The change, if and when …

Local administration, railway officials and a large number of cops reached areas regarded as “sensitive” near Mathura’s Shri Krishna Janmasthan Wednesday morning with bulldozers and began demolishing over 100 houses in the Nai Ba…

Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar announced the suspension of TMC leader Derek O’Brien only to let him come back as the House reconvened post adjournment at 12 noon. O’Brien was allowed to attend the House proceedings after D…

Rajya Sabha on Tuesday unanimously passed four bills, including one that seeks to equip military commanders of all tri-service organisations with full administrative and disciplinary powers, after the opposition MPs had staged a …

India defeated the West Indies by seven wickets in the third T20I, thanks to Suryakumar Yadav's dismissive performance. The hosts, led by West Indies skipper Rovman Powell, reached a competitive 159 for five. Suryakumar's…

Siddique, popular Malayalam filmmaker and scriptwriter, passed away at the age of 63 in Kochi. He had been undergoing treatment for various ailments and was on ECMO support . Known for movies like ‘Nadodikkattu’, ‘Ramji Rao Speak…

Assured by the Centre that all necessary steps are being taken to make Project Cheetah successful and the “overall indication is very encouraging” despite deaths of six cheetahs and three cubs, the Supreme Court on Monday refrain…

India’s focus since 2014 on improving infrastructure in the border areas with China had meant more contestations and counter-patrolling with the Indian military now able to deploy troops and tackle any Chinese movement more effic…

Covid cases are showing signs of increase in Maharashtra after a long lull, while a new Omicron subvariant — EG.5.1 — has been detected in the state in the first instance of its presence in India. According to state health depart…

Bulldozers were halted in Nuh on Monday on what would have been the fifth day of demolition of properties with alleged links to rioters after the Punjab and Haryana high court took suo motu cognisance of newspaper reports and ste…

Over 200 roads remain blocked due to recurring rain-triggered landslides across Uttarakhand. The regional meteorological centre predicts an increase in rainfall from Wednesday. Heavy rainfall on Sunday led to the washing away of …

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the plea of Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji challenging his arrest and upheld his custody given to Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case. It ruled that the agency is empower…

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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 Ram mandir in Ayodhya, reports Mohammad Dilshad. Satya Prakash Sharma, the locksmith, term…

Despite Tilak Varma's brilliant performance, scoring his first international half-century, India couldn't avoid a thrilling two-wicket defeat in the second T20I against West Indies in Guyana on Sunday. from Times of Ind…

Protests and contrasting sentiments were witnessed in J&K on the fourth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the former state into Union territories, reflecting the continuing divide on the deci…

Abortion is not a fundamental right or even a vested right, said Bombay HC Thursday, “greatly disturbed’ that a baby born during medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) procedure, and discharged against medical advice by his fathe…

The railway police (GRP) will add provisions related to spreading communal disharmony against RPF constable Chetan Singh, who allegedly gunned down his senior and three passengers on the Jaipur-Mumbai Superfast Express on Monday.…

India’s mining sector is in for a sea change, literally, with Parliament on Thursday passing the Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2023 to begin a serious hunt for mineral treasures buried under w…

Donald Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal charges that he orchestrated a plot to try to overturn his 2020 election loss in what US prosecutors call an unprecedented effort by the then-president to undermine the pilla…

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 a modest run-chase, losing the opening match by a mere four runs. After winning the toss,…

India's skipper Harmanpreet Singh and Varun Kumar each netted two goals, propelling the team to a dominant 7-2 victory against China in the opening match of their Asian Champions Trophy hockey campaign at the Mayor Radhakrish…

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A single bench of Justice Manoj Kumar Tiwari of the Uttarakhand high court (HC), citing a division bench decision of 2012 regarding reservation in promotion in government jobs, ruled that “it cannot be claimed as a right.” The or…

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