21:22
A man was allegedly tricked into marrying the mother of his 21-year-old bride in Meerut, police said Saturday. The complainant, Mohammad Azeem (22), a resident of Brahmapuri in Meerut, said that his wedding was arranged with Mantasha from Shamli district by his brother Nadeem and his wife,...
21:18
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a temporary Easter ceasefire in Ukraine from Saturday 6 pm to midnight Sunday, citing humanitarian grounds. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed it as a manipulative move, pointing to ongoing air raids and drone...
21:14
Troops deployed in some of the world's most inhospitable terrains including Galwan and Siachen Glacier can now stay connected with their loved ones as the Army has facilitated reliable high-speed mobile connectivity across the Ladakh region, officials said on Saturday.In a transformative stride...
20:43
The West Bengal School Service Commission has started the process of conducting fresh examination for teachers in state-run and state-aided schools, an official said on Saturday.The process began on Friday in the wake of the Supreme Court order on April 17 to initiate a fresh recruitment process...
20:10
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Saturday transferred an assistant municipal commissioner after the demolition of a Jain temple in Vile Parle area of Mumbai sparked a controversy.Members of the Jain community took out a protest march over the issue earlier in the day.Navnath...
19:58
The district administration in Hapur has temporarily suspended eviction notices for alleged illegal land encroachment issued to Dalit families residing in houses provided under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) in Garhmukteshwar, officials said.A three-member committee has been constituted...
19:11
The special National Investigation Agency court on Saturday reserved the Malegaon blast case for verdict following completion of trial almost 17 years after it shook the communally sensitive town in Maharashtra's Nashik district.Six people were killed and over 100 injured when an explosive device...
18:23
Seasoned Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian Nishikant Dubey, one of the more vocal party MPs in the Lok Sabha, took aim at the Supreme Court on Saturday, saying Parliament building should be closed down if the apex court has to make the laws.Dubey made the cryptic post on X in Hindi without...
17:55
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia beginning Tuesday with focus on further expanding bilateral cooperation in several key areas including energy, trade and defence.A number of agreements will be inked between the two sides following talks between Modi and Saudi...
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Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader and its founder Vaiko's son, Durai Vaiko on Saturday quit as the party's principal secretary, in an apparent fallout of internal squabbles.Vaiko, Lok Sabha MP from Tiruchirappalli in the state, took to 'X' to announce his decision and blamed an...
16:27
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Saturday said he is looking forward to visiting India later this year.The tech billionaire's remarks came a day after he and Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke and discussed the immense potential for collaboration in technology and innovation.'It was an honor to...
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Shiv Sena-Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday asserted that his party will not allow making Hindi compulsory in Maharashtra after the state government decided to make Hindi a mandatory third language for students of classes 1 to 5.Addressing an event of the Bharatiya...
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West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Saturday met family members of a man and his son, who were killed during violence over anti-Waqf Act protests in Murshidabad district, and assured them of all possible support, a senior official said. The bodies of the two -- identified as Harogobindo...
14:17
Flight operations at the city's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) will remain shut for six hours on May 8, due to runway maintenance work ahead of the onset of the monsoon season, the private airport operator MIAL said on Saturday.The Mumbai International Airport Ltd...
13:58
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, who has courted a major controversy over a comment on the Brahmin community, has claimed that his family and friends are receiving 'death and rape threats'.Kashyap had made the intemperate comment on the community in a reply to a social media user.On Friday evening, the...
13:49
Nationalist Congress Party-Sharadchandra Pawar leader Supriya Sule on Saturday said that undermining Marathi in the forceful implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in Maharashtra would not be tolerated.Sule's statement comes amid the opposition's outcry over the Maharashtra...
12:29
Yash Kumar Singhal, Business StandardUnion Trade Minister Piyush Goyal recently chided Indias startups and expressed concern over the quality of innovation by them, comparing them to their Chinese counterparts.But beyond startups, even bigwigs of India Inc are spending measly amounts on research...
12:13
A delegation of the National Commission for Women (NCW), led by its chairman Vijaya Rahatkar, met the riot-affected people in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Saturday and assured them that all steps would be taken by the Centre to ensure their safety in future.The affected women narrated...
12:02
A 30-year-old groom allegedly committed suicide by jumping in front of a train near a railway station in Amethi while his wedding procession was on the way to Azamgarh, police said Saturday.The incident happened on the Lucknow-Varanasi railway section late Friday evening in Amethi...
11:06
Green office inventory is expected to reach about 700 million square feet (msf) in the next two to three years, with up to 85 per cent of office leasing expected to come in green-certified office buildings in the near term, according to a joint report by Credai and Colliers. Currently,...
10:56
Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar received annual compensation of $16.1 million for 2024, up 11 per cent from a year ago period. In 2023, Kumar's total compensation was $22.6 million due to an elevated one-time award granted upon his appointment as CEO, said the company in a regulatory filing.'Kumars...
10:55
India's electronics industry is confident of being able to figure out alternative supply chains for rare heavy earth metals as their traditional supply chains are being placed under export licensing regimes, Union Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. Whatever we have had...
10:48
A government school teacher was suspended in Madhya Pradesh's Katni district after a video of him allegedly offering liquor to his students went viral on social media, an official said on Saturday.A video surfaced on social media on Friday of Lal Naveen Pratap Singh, a teacher at the government...
10:17
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose will visit riot-hit areas of Shamsherganj in Murshidabad district on Saturday to review the situation and interact with the affected people, a senior official said.Bose will then head to the other strife-torn places in Dhulian, Suti and Jangipur in the...
10:01
A prominent Hindu community leader was allegedly abducted from his home and beaten to death in Dinajpur district in north Bangladesh, a media report said on Friday. Body of Bhabesh Chandra Roy, 58, a resident of Basudebpur village of Dinajpur, about 330 kilometres northwest of Dhaka,...
09:31
Twenty-four candidates scored a perfect 100 in the engineering entrance JEE (Main), the results of which were announced by the National Testing Agency on Saturday. Rajasthan had the highest number of candidates with a perfect score. One woman student is among the top scorers.The results of...
09:05
At least four people have succumbed to their injuries, and 14 people were rescued after a four-storey building collapsed in Delhi's Mustafabad area on Saturday morning, police said, adding that around eight people are still feared trapped under the debris. Sandeep Lamba, Additional...
08:35
In a major bureaucratic reshuffle that would mark a virtual reboot of the brass in the ministry of finance, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Friday appointed Arvind Shrivastava Indias next secretary in charge of revenue, Vumlunmang Vualnam secretary in the Department of Expenditure...
08:34
Rain, accompanied by gusty winds, lashed parts of Delhi on Friday evening, bringing relief from heat. The weather monitoring stations, including Narela, Pitampura and Mayur Vihar, recorded 0.5 mm of rainfall, according to data. A fresh cloud cluster has entered Delhi, causing...
08:08
A 21-year old Indian student was killed in Canada after she was struck by a stray bullet as she was waiting at a bus stop on her way to work and shots were fired by a car occupant. Harsimrat Randhawa was a student at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario. Hamilton Police is...
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