21:37
Usage of 20 per cent ethanol-blended petrol (E20) on vehicles can lead to a marginal decline of 2-4 per cent in fuel efficiency but the overall gains by the nation outweigh the additional expenses incurred on fuel by individual customers, officials of automotive and petroleum industries, and...
20:54
Five houses were damaged as landslides struck two villages in Shimla, further compounding the magnitude of the destruction in Himachal Pradesh due to heavy rains-triggered disasters. The state has suffered losses of over Rs 3,040 crore due to 91 flash floods, 45 cloudbursts and...
20:48
Opposition vice-president nominee B Sudershan Reddy on Saturday sought support for his candidature from all members of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha on merit, irrespective of party lines, asserting that he was ready to meet the BJP top brass if it allows so.Emphasising that he wanted this...
20:44
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday conveyed to Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that India supports all efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine. In a phone conversation initiated by Zelenskyy, Modi reaffirmed India's steadfast and consistent position for peaceful settlement of...
20:24
The police on Saturday evening extended the permission for Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange's agitation at Azad Maidan in south Mumbai by one more day, an official said. This is the second time in two days that the Mumbai police have extended permission to the organisers of the...
19:50
Sree Narayana Dharma Sangham Trust president Swami Sachidananda on Friday said that the purification ritual held at the famed Sri Krishna Temple in Guruvayoor following a video shoot by a social media influencer at the sacred pond there did not befit a civilised Kerala. Swami...
19:44
The Allahabad high court has ruled that the absence of registration of marriage will not invalidate the marriage. The court, in its order dated August 26, said that the state governments are empowered to frame rules for marriage registration but the object of such registration is...
19:13
Gujarat Congress on Saturday alleged vote theft in an assembly constituency, claiming that suspicious, fraudulent and duplicate voters had contributed to the BJP's victory in elections in the state.Talking to reporters, state Congress president Amit Chavda said that the party had started scrutiny...
18:59
Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Saturday questioned the involvement of retired high court judges in the ongoing process to elect the Vice President, criticising their signature campaign and comments against Union Home Minister Amit Shah.He said the Vice President's...
18:30
Protesters gathered for the Manoj Jarange-led Maratha quota agitation at Mumbai's Azad Maidan complained about lack of basic amenities, and non-availability of water and food at the venue, while the civic body said adequate arrangements for sanitation and other facilities have been made.Jarange's...
18:26
A 25-year-old man, working as a 'shikshadoot' (temporary visiting teacher in government schools), was abducted and killed by Naxalites in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, on suspicion of being a police informer, an official said on Saturday.Kallu Tati, a resident of Todka village under Gangaloor...
18:24
With the Rajasthan High Court refusing to extend his interim bail, self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who has been serving life sentence for raping a minor, surrendered at the Jodhpur Central Jail on Saturday. Asaram, 84, had been given bail on January 7 this year for the first time in...
17:46
The Delhi high court has termed as obnoxious the submission of an accused that quashing rape proceedings against him would be in the interest of the minor victim who otherwise would have to face stigma. The stigma has to be not on the victim of the wrong but on the perpetrator of the...
17:32
The Election Commission on Saturday said it has received as many as 1.98 lakh pleas from individuals for exclusion of names from the voters' list being prepared as part of the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. On the other hand, nearly 30,000 pleas were received for...
17:29
Union Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday inaugurated the country's first tempered glass factory set up by Optiemus Infracom in Noida. Optiemus has partnered with US material technology firm Corning for making the tempered glass that are used as protective layer for...
17:05
No headway appeared in sight as the talks between Maratha quota agitation leader Manoj Jarange and a government-appointed delegation ended inconclusively in Mumbai on Saturday.Jarange also slammed Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis for sending former Justice Sandeep Shinde, who heads...
16:47
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena head Raj Thackeray on Saturday deflected questions on the ongoing Maratha quota stir under activist Manoj Jarange by claiming the answers to them were with Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde. Jarange's hunger strike at Aazd Maidan in south Mumbai entered the...
16:39
The start time for 18 out of the 19 matches in the upcoming Asia Cup has been pushed back by half an hour from the original schedule due to the extreme heat in the UAE, the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Saturday. As per the revised timings, the matches will begin at...
16:35
Former vice-president of India Jagdeep Dhankhar has applied for pension as a former legislator in Rajasthan, officials said. Dhankhar, who represented the Kishangarh assembly constituency as a Congress MLA from 1993 to 1998, received pension as a former legislator until July 2019. It...
16:26
After a gap of over seven years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in China on Saturday on a keenly watched visit that assumed greater significance in view of sudden downturn in India-US ties triggered by Washington's policies on tariff. Modi is in China primarily to attend the...
16:14
The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was reopened only for stranded vehicles on Saturday after being closed for four days owing to multiple landslides and caving-in of a 60-meter stretch in Udhampur district following record rainfall earlier this week, a senior official said. However, normal...
15:43
A businessman was arrested in Wada in Palghar, Maharashtra on Saturday for allegedly stalking a 24-year-old woman, a police official said. He was identified as travel business owner Devendra Patil (30), the Wada police station official said.As per the case registered on Friday on the...
15:41
Less than 50 weapons fired by the Indian Air Force at carefully chosen Pakistani military targets forced Islamabad by mid-day of May 10 to request the end of military hostilities, Vice Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari said on Saturday. Air Marshal Tiwari,...
15:17
The bail plea of fugitive diamonds trader Mehul Choksi, wanted in India in connection with over Rs 6300-crore fraud in the Punjab National Bank (PNB), has again been turned down by a court of appeal in Belgium, just ahead of his extradition hearing before a court in that country, officials...
15:09
Maharashtra Minister Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil on Saturday said that a government delegation has been deputed to hold talks with Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange, who is staging an indefinite hunger strike at Azad Maidan.Talking to reporters after a meeting of the cabinet sub-committee, the...
14:49
The dream of becoming a doctor came true for Odisha's 19-year-old student Subham Sabar, who has been working as a labourer in Bengaluru to support his family, as he cracked the NEET UG exams and secured admission to the MBBS course at a college in Odisha's Berhampur. Sabar, who hails from a...
14:20
Shiv Sena-UBT leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said there was no harm in amending the Constitution to fulfil the demands of the Maratha community, which has been seeking reservation in education and government jobs.Talking to reporters, Raut accused the BJP-led Mahayuti government of creating a...
13:59
Eight opposition-ruled states have extended their support to a reduction in the number of GST rate slabs and a cut in the rates for mass consumption items, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said on Saturday. At the same time, they have demanded a mechanism to ensure the benefits of the rate...
13:57
Reigning IPL champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru on Saturday announced a compensation of Rs 25 lakh each to the families of those who lost their lives in the June 4 stampede that marred the team's title celebrations at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.The franchise said the financial support was being...
13:45
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is in Mumbai to attend the ongoing Ganesh festivities, visited Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' residence and later took 'darshan' of the famous Lalbaugcha Raja Ganpati with his family members. Shah also held a meeting with Deputy Chief Minister Eknath...
13:16
India's defence architecture should not be dependent on any uncertain foreign interference, and it should be based on its own capabilities, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. He said the government plans to provide complete aerial security to all important installations across...
12:55
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left for China to attend the SCO summit after wrapping up a two-day visit to Japan. During his visit, India and Japan firmed up 13 key agreements and declarations and announced the launch of several transformative initiatives. This visit...
12:45
A five-year-old boy received a bullet injury while playing with his uncle's pistol in Patna's Parsa Bazar locality on Saturday, police said.Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO-II) of Sadar, Ranjan Kumar, told reporters that, Police on Saturday morning received information that a five-year-old boy...
12:34
As the Maratha quota protest entered its second day in Mumbai, traffic came to a grinding halt outside the iconic Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) and the surrounding areas on Saturday, with the police struggling to convince protesters to clear the route.Protesters were seen thronging...
12:10
The Mumbai police have cancelled leaves of all its personnel in light of the Maratha quota protest led by activist Manoj Jarange in the city, an official said on Saturday.Thousands of Maratha quota supporters have gathered in south Mumbai in support of Jarange, who launched an indefinite hunger...
11:56
Activist Manoj Jarange on Saturday asserted that the Marathas don't want to indulge in politics and only sought reservation, and warned the government not to test the patience of the Maratha community.Speaking to reporters at Azad Maidan, where he launched an indefinite fast on Friday, the...
11:21
Ukraine destroyed two bridges inside Russian territory with the use of cheap drones to precisely target stockpiles of mines and ammunition hidden there by Russian forces, CNN reported.According to the Ukrainian military, the two bridges -- located close to the border with Ukraine's Kharkiv region...
11:09
Microsoft India's sales teams are adding over 9 per cent to the top line by using artificial intelligence and AI agents and sealing deals 20 per cent faster than when they were not using the new-age technology, the companys country head said.Agents have become the hottest thing in the AI...
10:21
The finance ministry on Friday released the Budget circular for FY27 to announce that the pre-Budget meetings would commence from October 9 and continue till mid-November. The meetings would discuss the requirement of funds for all categories of expenditures along with receipts of...
10:18
In his first comments after the imposition of 50 per cent tariffs by the United States this week, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday dubbed it as a 'unilateral action' and asserted that India was taking a host of steps to support every sector and to expand its presence in...
10:13
The proposal to recast the goods and services tax (GST) regime by September-end saved the Indian stock markets from a sharp correction amid steep 50 per cent tariffs imposed by the United States, said Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, in his recent note to investors,...
10:11
A powerful explosion brought down an entire house, suspected to have been used for making explosives, at Keezhra in Kannapuram in Kannur district of Kerala early Saturday morning, police said.The blast occurred around 1.50 am at a rented house, an officer of Kannapuram police station said.The...
09:29
Domestic markets fell for a second straight month with optimism around rationalisation in GST failing to offset optimism stoked by imposition of heavy tariffs by the United States.The Sensex declined 1.7 per cent, while the Nifty dropped 1.4 per cent. The broader markets posted sharper losses,...
09:16
Three people died while two others are missing after a cloudburst struck a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district, officials said on Saturday.The cloudburst triggered flash floods in the mountainous Rajgarh, located about 25 kilometres from the district headquarters, early on...
09:00
Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh lead automobile wholesales across various segments in the first quarter of FY26, according to data by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers.Of the 1.01 million passenger vehicles sold, the western zone led the sales with 321,000 units. Maharashtra recorded...
08:58
The Association of Healthcare Providers (India) (AHPI) has withdrawn its advisory to member hospitals on stopping cashless services for policyholders of Bajaj Allianz General Insurance with immediate effect.This came after the Pune-based insurer agreed broadly on the issues raised by the...
08:54
Maratha quota agitation leader Manoj Jarange continued his indefinite hunger strike at Mumbai's historic Azad Maidan on the second day, declaring he would not budge until the community's demands were fulfilled.Jarange and his supporters battled mud on the ground due to overnight rains and...
00:35
Pakistan's Punjab government on Friday announced removal of floodwater from the Kartarpur Corridor including Gurdwara Darbar Sahib saying it will be reopened for Sikh pilgrims early next week.The floodwater had inundated the Kartarpur Corridor a couple of days ago leaving some 150 local Sikh...
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