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The Diversion
The Ken is not a long river. Its waters form in the Vindhya Hills of Madhya Pradesh and end at Chilla Ghat in Uttar Pradesh, gliding along for 427 kilometres before pouring into the Yamuna, which is m...
Exposing the largest far-right network in history
“THE SANGH DOES NOT CONTROL , neither directly nor remotely,” Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, insisted during a conclave in August. The organisational fountainhead of the ...
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Victory City
In January 2015, the National Museum in New Delhi opened its doors to an exhibition titled “Nauras,” the first of its kind anywhere in the world celebrating the artistic traditions of the Deccan. Visi...
The Dragon in the Room: Why Pakistan is no longer a standalone threat
The Narendra Modi government marked the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor with a familiar mix of self-congratulation and narrative management, saturating the domestic information space with boast...
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Elephants in the Room
An elephant capture is a tense operation. I was part of one in June last year, in my role as programme coordinator with the Nature Conservation Foundation in Karnataka’s Hassan district. The forest de...
The story of the Gandhis’ biggest mistake, and how it still haunts Punjab
[I] EVERY SUMMER FOR THE FIRST FIFTEEN YEARS of my life, my family would travel to our village of Khankot. It lay on the outskirts of Amritsar amidst pear groves, now almost subsumed by the march of s...
A future of financial health for every Indian
Nar has been working for 45 years and is one of the longest-serving caddies at his golf club. Although he had a bank account for years, like many informal workers, he was focused on earning a living a...
Our Struggle
Vikramaditya Motwane’s office in Mumbai’s Aram Nagar was everything I imagined it to be. The WiFi passwords were the names of characters from Sacred Games , the novel on whose Netflix adaptation he wa...
The women’s reservation bill was an all-too-transparent ploy
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government would have known, before the special session of Parliament convened this month even began, that its attempt to pass the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, 2...
On the draw—July 12, 2026
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Dear Neighbour
In April this year, two teenaged cousins in Bareilly district’s Singhai Murawan village were arrested after a video went viral. The shaky cellphone video shows one of the boys at work in a shop, as a ...
On chess and the notion of luck In The Price of Genius, published by Juggarnaut, Binit Priyaranjan looks at Indian chessplayers at the forefront of the chess boom today,
In The Price of Genius: Inside the World of India’s Chess Prodigies , published by Juggarnaut, Binit Priyaranjan looks at Indian chessplayers at the forefront of the chess boom today, including D Guke...
India’s energy imports from Russia seem driven by confusion, not strategy
Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) data on India’s May crude imports show that receipts from Russia had reached the pre-sanction levels of more than 40%, which is also the highest in two ye...
Killey, Part Two
Read Part 1 here I t was a secret informer who put the Delhi Police on to the man who would become A3. Those are the precise words in the court documents. Wazid Kazai, a prosecution witness who’d tur...
Periyar, Ambedkar and the Poona Pact
The Cambridge Companion to Periyar, edited by AR Venkatachalapathy and Karthick Ram Manoharan, is a recent collection of essays that examines the intellectual legacy of EV Ramasamy, popularly known as...
Ethanol-blended fuel should not be forced on consumers irrationally
The Indian government’s policy to continue producing E20 petrol at a cost higher than that of pure petrol when oil prices dip under $70 a barrel to “compensate farmers adequately” is a deceptively wel...
Killey, Part One
On the day the police came for him, Mohammad Ali Bhat was having trouble deciding what to eat for lunch. He’d cooked beans, but they’d spoiled, and he had to settle for rice with chilli powder. It was...
“Punitive actions against prisoners are seen as a demonstration of administrative control”
In The Cell and the Soul: A Prison Memoir, the scholar and activist Anand Teltumbde writes about his incarceration in Taloja Central Prison. He spent 31 months in prison, as an undertrial in what is b...
Judging graduates, not entrance scores
Few institutions in India carry the popularity of the IITs. Getting into them requires intense preparation and intellectual discipline. JEE ranks and GATE scores used for admissions to India’s premier...
The Advocate
On 3 December 1952, a hastily organised trial opened in the nondescript town of Kapenguria, close to Kenya’s border with Uganda. The action unfolded in a classroom in a small school, fenced off by bar...
Italy’s fight against trafficking in art and antiquities
ITALY HOLDS one of the most extensive artistic and archaeological heritages in the world, but it is also consistently described by international policing bodies as a major source of forgeries and ille...
The making of Israel’s retreat into isolation
The primary justification for the creation of Israel was that Europeans of Jewish origin persecuted and ghettoised, deserve their own state where they can live like other “normal” nations. For much of...
Identity Crisis
Every Christmas, the coastal town of Velankanni in Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam district attracts thousands of pilgrims to its Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health. On 25 December 2004, the gathering on t...
A film institute in an era of censorship
Among the first educational institutions to come under attack from the Narendra Modi government, after it first came to power in 2014, were those that taught film. Filmmakers, film students and film i...
Letters to The Editor — July 13, 2026
Strengthening ties The strategic partnership between India and New Zealand can prove beneficial for both countries, especially as global uncertainty rises due to the West Asia conflict. Strengthening ...
The Italian Job
Bella Farnia town in the Lazio region is not a part of Italy you’re likely to come across on influencers’ Instagram reels. The nearest beaches, in Sabaudia, are about 3.5km away. The ancient wonders o...
The civic struggle against uranium mining in the West Khasi Hills
Em/No/Nahin , published by Yaarbal Books, takes us to the West Khasi Hills in Meghalaya. The photobook is structured around a defining moment: when 90–year–old Kong Spillity Lyngdoh Langrin, from Domi...
Five crore Indians wait when the courts take a break
The Supreme Court of India and the major High Courts are on a summer holiday break, i.e., shut down with some vacation Benches functioning to hear urgent matters. However, shops, markets, eating place...
The Clansman
The police killed a gangster in Malasar village of Churu district in Rajasthan on the night of 24 June 2017. By this time, Anand Pal Singh, widely known as “AP,” had been a wanted man in five states f...
The enduring language of Indian streets
Everywhere you look in the city, there are words. Words that explain where you are, that tell you where to go, what to buy and eat. The graphic form of these words gives neighbourhoods their visual id...
The irony of life
L ife has a way of presenting harsh truths, when we least expect it. The other day, I was dropped at a milk parlour, halfway home. I decided to stock on dairy before taking an autorickshaw. I fished o...
Crossing Over
High and hectic drama was a feature of Indian life in the months leading up to independence, and every corner of the subcontinent threw up its own variation on the theme. In the princely state of Trip...
How an amoral technocracy powers Modi’s India
“THE FUNDAMENTAL NATURE of government is a platform,” the tech billionaire Nandan Nilekani declared in the 2015 book Rebooting India: Realizing a Billion Aspirations , which he co-authored with the so...
The curious case of engineered errors
T he future of education, I recently discovered, arrived not in a government white paper or a Silicon Valley keynote, but in the bedroom of my twelve-year-old nephew. He had been assigned an essay, a ...
Knife in the Back
On the eve of Independence Day this year, news broke of the death of a child. Nine-year-old Inder Meghwal succumbed to injuries allegedly inflicted by his teacher. This Rajput schoolmaster, reports sa...
How upper castes invented a Hindu majority
{ONE} TODAY , IN INDIA , nearly all media have been co-opted into “Hindu nationalism,” which appears to be virtually the only permissible perspective on politics. According to this perspective, “Hindu...
Four goats in a rickety cart
T The morning arrived just like every other morning. The road to the office was crowded — buses exhaling smoke into the air, and tea shops breathing out the smell of cardamom, boiling milk and fried s...
Traders by the Creek
In the historic district called Al Shindagha, at the mouth of Dubai Creek, there is a museum by the same name. For over a century, between the 1830s and the 1940s, the Creek used to be the heart of ma...
Adityanath’s reign of terror
PARVEZ PARVAZ , a journalist and social activist, was passing by the Gorakhpur railway station when he noticed a big gathering near the statue of Maharana Pratap. It was the evening of 27 January 2007...
The toy story
B ack in a hotel room, packing for the journey home from one of my trips, I found myself staring at a problem made mostly of cardboard and air. I noticed something annoying about the mystery toy boxes...
The Adversary
The sixth of February, 2005. Five Naxalites are moving through dense forest near Chikmagalur. Among them are Saketh Rajan, the leader of the pack, and his bodyguard Shivlingu. When the sudden noise of...
Manmohan Singh at the centre of the storm
[ I ] ON THE MORNING OF 15 AUGUST, India’s Independence Day, it was raining cats and dogs in Delhi. By 7 am, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was atop the ramparts of the 17th-century Red Fort, hoisting ...
The loneliness of the elderly
I n many parts of the world, the retirement age of government employees has been fixed as 60. In India, a few decades ago, the retirement age of Union government staff was 58 and now, it is 60. At pre...
Restricted Code
“Have you seen a movie called Don’t Look Up ? That’s exactly what’s happening right now. It’s not only Covid; we’ve had fires, wars everywhere. Nature is cross with us, and we’re not ready to look up....
How nine official inquiries obscured the truth of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence
ON WEDNESDAY, 31 October 1984, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two of her guards, both Sikh. In the ensuing violence, which lasted roughly three days, 2,733 Sikhs were killed in Delhi...
Forsaking values
S ome inventions are perfect from the start. In 1849, Walter Hunt revolutionised everyday convenience with the creation of the safety pin. This ingenious design features a thin metal wire bent smartly...
Numbers Game
This is a story about cricket, but it starts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2016, Muhammad Jehangir Amjad, originally from Rawalpindi, Pakistan, was in the fourth year of his PhD in ...
Eligibility For A Personal Loan Explained With Income, Age And Credit Factors
Understanding the eligibility for a personal loan can feel a bit like planning a trip to a new country. There are rules to follow, documents to carry, and a few checkpoints along the way. The good new...
Alchemy of gold
I am wearing something that sits light on my neck but heavy on my pockets. Gold. Yes, that relic. The shiny metal people have been losing their mind and money over for thousands of years. Though hones...
Man of Culture
The sky is clear, the sea a deep blue. A patch of sand separates the water from a hill. Palm trees stud the landscape. A moai statue appears to be saying something to five other figures. In the middle...
IILM University Pioneering Educational Excellence: Celebrating 5 years of NEP 2020
Launched at a time when India is witnessing rapid digital transformation and preparing to leverage its demographic dividend, National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 has set the stage for a digitally empo...
Governments should regulate social media platforms, not users
The more wicked the problem, the more the people yearn for a simpler solution. This tendency has complicated the public debate on how and how much social media harm teenagers. While the idea that thes...
Searching for Swadesh
The day started early at 108, The Mall, Ambala Cantonment, a 200-year-old bungalow surrounded by a charming garden with roses in bloom and visiting birds. This was the address of the Hindi writer and ...
Karnataka’s Model of Development: Inclusive Growth, Social Justice, and a Vision for the Future
Over the past two years, Karnataka has emerged as a national leader in inclusive growth, fiscal resilience, and rights-based governance. From crossing J30.7 lakh crore in GSDP to becoming India’s seco...
Women must find support to stay in jobs that match their degrees
With more Indian women entering university campuses, the gender gap in college classrooms has narrowed. The latest All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) data for 2023-24 reveal that absolute fe...
Brown Hunters
In March 1957, just before dust-ridden searing heat enveloped his city, the Maharaja of Bharatpur hosted an American travel writer named Jack Denton Scott. On the second day of the visit, there was a ...
Food in Dalit and Adivasi Writing
“ THE MANGOES were always eaten slowly, reverently, their juice running down our wrists as though time itself had paused to let us taste happiness,” Madhur Jaffrey writes in her memoir, Climbing the M...
Should India restart dialogue with Pakistan?
India and Pakistan have not engaged in dialogue since 2016 when talks broke down after the terror attacks at Pathankot and subsequently at Uri. The last 12 years have witnessed major attacks at Pahalg...
Footsoldiers
As they turn towards their homes, all four are shot dead by the police. The following morning, the papers report the claim that these four Naxals attacked the police with bombs and pipe guns. It is re...
Writing in the aftermath of the Police Action in Hyderabad
“ IN FACT , I felt that the fiction writers of my times were closer to the dark reality of the day than historians or journalists. If you want to understand what was happening in an ordinary Muslim’s ...
How a city’s working class is driven to the margins and made invisible
Before a story is to take shape through conversations with a part of the city’s population, which the city itself only passively interacts with, it is discussed in a Monday pitch meeting where reporte...
Ire on the Mountain
The girl knows the “ailing child” referenced in the article: it is her brother, who had a fever at the time and was susceptible to seizures. And she obviously recognises Shubha Mehrotra, her adventure...
Scenes from the modern literature of Brahminism
CASTE HAS BEEN AN OBJECT of study for around a hundred and fifty years now, but our attitude to it remains ethnographic. Bahujans are written about as objects of research through which caste might be ...
Letters to The Editor — July 11, 2026
Platform bans Australia’s move may sound decisive (Front page, “Modi hails Australia’s social media ban on minors, signals curbs” (July 10) but a blanket age cutoff risks pushing children into darker,...
Rice, Fat, Meat, Streets
Biryani is Karachi’s premier street food today. It can be eaten on the go, without any accompanying bread or curry: it offers convenience as well as the luxury of grand flavours. It’s also affordable,...
Interfaith romance fiction in the era of love jihad
“THE NATIONAL INVESTIGATIVE AGENCY (NIA) has also submitted to the Supreme Court of India that this phenomenon of Hindu girls getting converted to Islam is part of the conversion plot. … They have bee...
Terrorism’s data retreat hides emerging global threats
At first glance, the macroeconomic indicators of global security offer a rare moment of statistical comfort. Recent reports suggest that global terrorism experienced a noteworthy decline in 2025, with...
The Namesakes
The year was 1993, and the 50-second phenomenon that had swept them up—along with the rest of the nation—was a Pepsi commercial called Yahi Hai Right Choice Baby! Starring Aamir Khan, Mahima Chaudhary...
Masculinity and the family in contemporary Indian fiction
AT THE LAUNCH OF HIS LATEST BOOK, Sakina’s Kiss , Vivek Shanbhag said that masculinity “is like water. A hairline crack is enough for it to seep in and be all over the place.” It is true that it would...
Building a durable India-Australia partnership
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Australia this week has been big on substance and high on optics. The choreography is familiar now given the warmth in the relationship: a forward-leaning leade...
Reservoir Gods
The KRS, located about 20 km north of the city, is a constant presence in the lives of Mysoreans. Every summer, the newspapers are full of reports about the water levels in the reservoir, which irriga...
The changing contours of India’s relationship with Israel
ON 8 JUNE, an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp killed nearly three hundred Palestinians. The previous month, Israel had bombed other refugee camps, including a displacement tent camp in a d...
Letters to The Editor — July 10, 2026
Trump’s truce flips It is deplorable that the much-hyped ceasefire agreement between Iran and the U.S. is already fizzling out, signalling prolonged military hostilities in the war-ravaged region. It ...
Majority Report
Take Madras’s first Legislative Assembly elections after the Constitution came into force in 1952. With 152 seats, the Congress emerged as the single largest party, but fell way short of a majority. C...
Caste in the campus novel
THE CAMPUS NOVEL has caught up and discovered caste, now a box to be dutifully ticked. To sate the current appetite for representation, contemporary novelists feel compelled to invoke it, and the publ...
A perfect storm: On the Wayanad debris slip
The fragile hills of Kerala’s Wayanad district turned into the theatre of yet another weather-induced disaster when a heavy downpour, on July 7, triggered what looked like a debris slide at the entran...
The Foreigner
Now, as an inquiry officer, his main task was to identify suspected foreigners and conduct a preliminary documentation check. The task came with a sense of urgency. Sanaullah said there was pressure f...
How the Modi and Nitish governments put Adani Power before the people of Bihar
{ONE} NILESH KUMAR, a vlogger in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district, documented a festive atmosphere at Pahari Tola, a neighbourhood in the village of Harinkol, on 29 January. At the local primary school, whe...
SIR in Manipur is a pathway to exclusion
Manipur is one of the States covered under Phase III of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls being implemented by the Election Commission of India (ECI) currently. The SIR has alrea...
The Testimony
He and some other boys had been trafficked there from their homes in Bihar by a man named Sonu. Sonu made the boys work until midnight every day. Breakfast was two pieces of paape with chai. Their onl...
What census surveys and national education policies get wrong about India’s languages
YO DUDE, COSA WENA KYKA? is a 1992 short documentary based in a primary school in Cape Town, South Africa, in a multilingual classroom that implemented some concepts I had developed in my research on ...
Far from over: On the U.S.-Iran conflict
It took only 20 days for the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU), which promised to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and launch talks about outstanding issues, including Iran’s nuclear programm...
Madras Check
Blitz is a form of time control. It’s the T20 of chess formats. Players typically have three to five minutes to make their moves. For the old-school classic format, FIDE, the world chess body, stipula...
What Gaza reveals about the ideology that shaped the modern West
THE WAR IN IRAN is the inaugural act of a new world order. We know this because it began without the usual prelude to war. In October 2023, there was a rush to manufacture consent for Israel’s brutal ...
On the Draw — July 9, 2026
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A Norwegian journalist on why it was important to question Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a press meet with Jonas Gahr Støre, his Norwegian counterpart, in Oslo on 18 May. It was part of Modi's two-day visit to the country. As the two leaders began to exit...
How India withstood the crisis in West Asia
Historically, sharp increases in oil prices have been among the biggest sources of macroeconomic instability for India. It was therefore unsurprising that when tensions in West Asia escalated, many th...
How New Delhi made itself irrelevant in the region’s most consequential crisis
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian’s first foreign visit after the cessation of the war with the United States and Iran was to Islamabad on 23 June. It was ostensibly to thank Pakistan Prime Minister...
A crisis on wheels in Kerala
T he Priyadarshini free bus ride scheme for women in State-owned buses, launched by the Congress-led Kerala government hardly a month ago, has been criticised for leading to social unrest, the latest ...
The FCRA and the crumbling of the development sector
The Narendra Modi government has made new changes to the rules formulated under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010, for the tenth time since it took power. In this new spate of changes, n...
Letters to The Editor — July 9, 2026
Mud deluge in Wayanad The Kerala government’s line, that is to blame only the contractor for the tragedy at the Wayanad tunnel-road project, reflects the familiar politico-bureaucratic tendency to eva...
The American Sangh’s affair with Tulsi Gabbard
{ONE} TULSI GABBARD, a United States Congresswoman, entered the historic First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles to the strains of Marvin Gaye’s “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough.” She shook hands with her...
Revolution to resurgence — Iran’s strategic moment
The gloves are off and the ceasefire is in trouble as the United States and Iran traded strikes, once again, on July 8, over the safe passage of commercial ships across the Strait of Hormuz. However, ...
A family’s history in response to a call for violence
Violence broke out in Bhagalpur on 24 October 1989 after months of sustained communal mobilisation, including processions linked to the Ram Janmabhoomi campaign. A fact-finding report by the People’s ...
A combination of natural calamity and human failure laid Wayanad low
The fragile hills of Kerala’s Wayanad district turned into the theatre of yet another weather-induced disaster when a heavy downpour, on July 7, triggered what looked like a debris slide at the entran...
How current gold interest rates affect the amount you can borrow today
Gold loans remain one of the quickest ways to access funds without selling your gold jewellery. With Bajaj Finance, you can apply for an online gold loan with minimal documentation and receive funds q...
Iran and the U.S. must address the trust deficit for their talks to progress
It took only 20 days for the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (MoU), which promised to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and launch talks about outstanding issues, including Iran’s nuclear programm...
Checkbox caste: On the counting of caste, Census 2027
The rehearsal for the second phase of Census 2027 , under way in 16 States and Union Territories since July 6, carries a key feature: an “open column” where respondents can state their caste , which t...
A project that explores the lives of survivors of trafficking
In 2015, while I was in South 24 Parganas in West Bengal for a project documenting rape and sexual violence in India, I met a 17-year-old girl who had been trafficked on her way to school. Although I ...
Prisoners of violence: On Sri Lanka’s prison riots
The killing of 28 people in sudden, apparently uncontrolled violence in an overcrowded prison outside Colombo, on Monday, speaks to a culture of mismanagement and official apathy. Reports of tensions ...
How Boeing and Air India’s role in India’s deadliest aviation disaster is being covered up
{ONE} MUKTI ARJUNSINH VANSADIYA’S PARENTS were a study in contrast on the morning of 12 June 2025. Her mother, 60-year-old Divya Vansadiya, was bubbling over with excitement—“like a child,” Mukti told...
An open-ended method of counting caste may not yield usable data
The rehearsal for the second phase of Census 2027 , under way in 16 States and Union Territories since July 6, carries a key feature: an “open column” where respondents can state their caste , which t...
How the Dalit Panthers forced the RSS into changing its language on caste
WHEN MS GOLWALKAR died in Nagpur, the seat of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, there were some unexpected celebrations in parts of the city. Golwalkar had led the RSS for thirty-three years—longer tha...
Sri Lanka must do more to uphold order, prevent crowding within its prisons
The killing of 28 people in sudden, apparently uncontrolled violence in an overcrowded prison outside Colombo, on Monday, speaks to a culture of mismanagement and official apathy. Reports of tensions ...
SIR exclusions in West Bengal were connected to AITC lead and Muslim population
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s landslide victory in the West Bengal assembly election, held in April, has been clouded by allegations of electoral malpractice. At a press conference on 5 May, a day afte...
The Indian diaspora as Australia’s identity, its future
The Indian diaspora is now officially Australia’s largest overseas-born community, overtaking the England-born population for the first time. This is not a small demographic footnote. Australia’s popu...
The struggle against resource extraction and mass displacement
Sadhna Uikey is an Adivasi activist from Madhya Pradesh. She has been campaigning alongside thousands of Adivasis against the union government’s Ken–Betwa Link Project, which will channel water from t...
Linking women’s incomes and healthcare
I ndia is experiencing two revolutions at once. The first is economic. Female labour force participation has risen sharply over the past few years, supported by greater formalisation, digital payments...
What Vijay’s victory tells us about Tamil Nadu today
Inside Chennai’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, cameras panned across ministers, bureaucrats and cinema celebrities gathered for the swearing-in ceremony of the debutant chief minister, C Joseph Vijay. But...
In Karnataka, an Opposition ridden with factions
As the new dispensation led by D.K. Shivakumar completes one month in office in Karnataka, there is a feeling that the faction-ridden principal Opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is unable ...
The manipulation of voter rolls is undermining the legitimacy of India’s elections
In her landmark study, Why Electoral Integrity Matters , the political scientist Pippa Norris argues that an election is not a single event but a sequential chain of 11 links, starting with constituen...
The captain is the focal point of pressure; he always feels the heat
It is one of cricket’s ironies that players welcome captaincy despite knowing that the chances of escaping its psychological and physical damage are low. Great captains are often those who hide their ...
The 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election explained
Tamil Nadu voted for its seventeenth legislative assembly on 23 April, with Chief Minister MK Stalin seeking a second consecutive term in office, a feat no leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has ...
Letters to The Editor — July 8, 2026
The U.S. at 250 The United States has reached a milestone in its democratic journey, guided by its cherished values of secularism and liberalism. As a land of immigrants who propelled its economic pro...
DY Patil Deemed to be University, Navi Mumbai: A Legacy of Excellence in Education, Healthcare, Technology and Sports
In the heart of Navi Mumbai, DY Patil Deemed to be University stands as a beacon of educational excellence and innovation. Under the dynamic leadership of Chancellor and President Dr. Vijay D. Patil, ...
Grand ambitions: On India’s cooperative sector
Hypercompetitive business models that dominate the economic lives of people have undesirable social consequences. The cooperative model offers an alternative, albeit with its own imperfections. India’...
The 2026 West Bengal assembly election explained
West Bengal voted for its eighteenth legislative assembly in two phases, on 23 and 29 April, with Mamata Banerjee seeking a fourth consecutive term. The Bharatiya Janata Party has considered the state...
India’s economic prospects after the West Asian crisis’
The United States and Iran agreed to a 14-point preliminary Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) towards ending the West Asian crisis and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Although there have been initial ...
Romila Thapar on life, teaching and what led her to history
In the historian Romila Thapar’s extensive new memoir, Just Being , published by Seagull Books, she looks back at her childhood, education in London, decades of teaching, travels to archaeological sit...
On the Draw — July 7, 2026
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A soldier of the Border Security Force dies in NCB custody
IT MAY HAVE PASSED as another unexamined, unexplained custodial death, or been attributed to a heart attack, had it not been for the blood-soaked bed in the Amritsar mortuary where Jaswinder Singh’s b...
Deceptive dispute: On the Taj Mahal
In 2015, a civil suit sought to declare the Taj Mahal a Hindu temple. This April, after an Agra trial court refused the petitioners’ request to appoint an Advocate Commissioner to survey the monument,...
Confrontations over the reading of history
Excerpted from Romila Thapar’s Just Being: A Memoir, published with permission from Seagull Books. LET ME THEREFORE TURN to how the controversy between professional historians and non-professional and...
A defection wave in Tamil Nadu
T amil Nadu is witnessing an unusual political phenomenon ever since the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) , led by actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay , came to power . Several MLAs, most of them fro...
The story of an incomplete cricketer in Kashmir
Good-looking young man in your Crimean shirt with your willow shield up, as if to face spears, you’re inside their men’s Law, one church they do obey; they’ll remember you were here. “The Aboriginal C...
How the right to walk is integral to modernity
That we would need a court of law to remind us that the Right to Walk should be a fundamental right at this moment in history when activists are trying to stop government-corporations from restricting...
Noida workers battle corporate exploitation and police repression
Anita stood unaccompanied, with a plastic bag containing home-cooked food, on the lawn outside the district jail in Noida’s Kasna village. A widowed single mother, Anita had come there looking for her...
Letters to The Editor — July 7, 2026
Notice to Meta The Union government’s decision to issue a notice to Meta over advertisements allegedly linked to child sexual abuse material deserves unequivocal public attention (Front page, July 6)....
How three recent books redefine cookbooks in India
“EVEN THE BIGGEST GOON will not be able to do what a bone can in a Hindu hotel,” remarks Ganesh Gaitonde, the lead character of the web series Sacred Games , as he slyly inserts chicken bones inside t...
In India, voting cannot remain merely a statutory right
Recently, a Congress leader revived an old constitutional debate by demanding that voting should be recognised as a fundamental right. At first sight, the demand appears unexceptionable. In a democrac...
Women in fishing communities author vital stories of labour, crisis, and resilience
WHO HOLDS THE CAMERA remains a powerful question in visual culture, especially when it unsettles long-standing hierarchies of representation. The acts of photographing and of being photographed are at...
India’s cooperative sector can serve as a worker-centric model of development
Hypercompetitive business models that dominate the economic lives of people have undesirable social consequences. The cooperative model offers an alternative, albeit with its own imperfections. India’...
Sayantan Ghosh: “The election is not against or for Mamata Banerjee but the Election Commission.”
Sayantan Ghosh is an author and a journalist who has covered several elections and written extensively about politics in India. He is the author of The Aam Aadmi Party: The Untold Story of a Political...
Courts should not waste their time in examining figments
In 2015, a civil suit sought to declare the Taj Mahal a Hindu temple. This April, after an Agra trial court refused the petitioners’ request to appoint an Advocate Commissioner to survey the monument,...
Beyond three Cs, the new lexicon of India-Australia ties
During his visit to Australia in May 2023, when the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between India and Australia was almost three years old, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had characterised India-Aus...
Falling behind: On Mumbai and the monsoon
The southwest monsoon has been highly active over western India, with southwesterly winds loaded with moisture sweeping over the Western Ghats and delivering intense rains along the Konkan coast, whil...
Bad for both: On the Russia-Ukraine conflict
More than four years into Russia’s invasion , Ukraine has found ways to raise the cost of the war for the Kremlin — striking its energy infrastructure with drones and imposing a drone blockade on Crim...
India needs a second home for Asiatic lions
India’s conservation of the Asiatic lion is widely celebrated as a remarkable success story. From a population which was reduced to just a few dozen in the early 20th century, the number of Asiatic li...
Corrections and Clarifications — July 6, 2026
The fifth paragraph of an article, “Inside India’s language conundrum” (‘Ground Zero’ page, July 4, 2026), referred to English “being one of the 22 official languages in the Eight Schedule of the Cons...
Letters to The Editor — July 6, 2026
Material concerns Today, many temples receive large donations, making their proper management more important than ever. But the problem goes far beyond temples, as corruption continues to thrive in th...
The right to belong beyond official documentation
On June 24, 2026, a member of India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) released a startling statement. The Indian passport, the person said, is a “travel document” and not a “citizenship document”. ...
Urbanisation in Mumbai is evolving faster than its infrastructure upgrades
The southwest monsoon has been highly active over western India, with southwesterly winds loaded with moisture sweeping over the Western Ghats and delivering intense rains along the Konkan coast, whil...
Russia and Ukraine must end the war and concede mutual concessions
More than four years into Russia’s invasion , Ukraine has found ways to raise the cost of the war for the Kremlin — striking its energy infrastructure with drones and imposing a drone blockade on Crim...
India, AI governance, and a voice for the Global South
In February 2026, India hosted the India AI Impact Summit 2026, that sought to put the needs and challenges of the Global South at the centre of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) discourse. The summit’...
Two together: on the Japanese Prime Minister’s visit to India
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s first official visit to India turned out to be an occasion to signal enhanced bilateral coordination in the face of global uncertainties. Rapid changes in ge...
A legislative tangle in Maharashtra
T he legislative tangle behind the political switches in Maharashtra raises questions about the grey areas in the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution. On June 30, Sachin Ahir, a Shiv Sena UBT (Uddhav B...
On the Draw — July 2, 2026
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India and Japan did well to ring-fence their ties from multilateral accords
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s first official visit to India turned out to be an occasion to signal enhanced bilateral coordination in the face of global uncertainties. Rapid changes in ge...
EPFO’s recent changes signal continuity, not radical reform
The Union Labour and Employment Ministry’s notification of fresh rules for the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) , Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS), and Employees’ Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI) is a pr...
Hormuz to home, India’s resilience in uncertain times
The Strait of Hormuz has long been recognised as one of the world’s most critical maritime routes. Nearly a fifth of global oil consumption passes through this narrow waterway, making it indispensable...
A life devoted to India’s unity and progress
T oday, July 6, is a special day for countless people who cherish the ideals of nationalism and selfless service. We commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee, whose life r...
The tyranny of beauty standards: one story fits all
Across 13 countries and 104 women in an age group spanning five decades, all connected by one experience, shows a survey conducted by me through Google Forms and publicised on social media platforms. ...
When alone feels enough
“I have a room all to myself; it is nature,” wrote the American Poet and Philosopher Henry David Thoreau in his journal. I did not understand that line when I first read it. A room full of nature soun...
Work-life balance: a problem of perception?
W ork-life balance. Few workplace topics generate as much discussion today as this one. Organisations discuss it. Employees seek it. Consultants advise on it. Social media is filled with conversations...
The civil service exam grind
E very year, around results season, a particular kind of silence descends over the coaching lanes of Mukherjee Nagar and the cramped study rooms of Prayagraj. The Union Public Service Commission has r...
An act of deception?
H ow do people normally milk cows? The owner of the cow puts the calf near its udder. When the calf starts suckling, the mother cow yields milk. Once the udder is full, the owner removes the calf from...
The use of AI-fabricated judicial ‘precedents’ amounts to criminal misconduct
But for its serious implications, a judge relying on Artificial Intelligence (AI) hallucinations to arrive at a judicial determination would have been comical. Given the serious miscarriage of justice...
Making cancer a notifiable disease at the national level is the way forward
What’s good for the goose is surely good for the geese. What the States will benefit from, the country could too. In India, cancer is not a notifiable disease at the national level, keeping with the H...
Building water security in a rapidly drying India
Indian cities — from Bengaluru to Mussoorie (Uttarakhand) — are reeling under severe water stress. June saw a monsoon rainfall deficit of over 40% . Delhi is facing a severe shortage, and water supply...
Has the expansion to 48 teams affected the quality of the World Cup?
In January 2017, when FIFA expanded the World Cup to 48 teams, starting with the 2026 edition , there were mixed feelings. Many welcomed the move, arguing that the flagship event of the planet’s most ...
Bhagyaraj, Bharathiraja and the memories they left behind
I vividly remember the night I went to watch K. Bhagyaraj ’s Thooral Ninnu Pochu . I sat on the carrier of my cousin’s bicycle as he pedalled against the stiff wind blowing from Putheri Lake in Kanniy...
A shot at life, Mandsaur’s model for HPV vaccination
The birth of Savita (name changed) in Mandsaur district, Madhya Pradesh, 14 years ago was a moment of celebration for her family. The Banchhada community she was born into — a denotified tribe in Madh...
Corrections and Clarifications — July 4, 2026
In a report, “GST revenues up 14% in June amid dependence on imports” (Page 1, July 2), a sentence should have read: “Revenue from imports... grew nearly 35% in June 2026 to ₹0.6 lakh crore”, and not ...
Letters to The Editor — July 4, 2026
Judicial reliance on AI It is astounding that the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai, used an AI-generated case law without verifying its authenticity and delivered an order under Section 7 ...
The Iran conundrum and the decline of the West
Ever since 1945, the dominance of the United States and western Europe in world affairs has been taken for granted, largely because of their military power, technological innovations, and financial st...
Dating after divorce: How children shape single parents’ love lives
Finding love after a divorce is rarely just about downloading a dating app and hoping the algorithm has finally learned your type. For single parents, romance comes with an invisible third person in t...
Whither family doctors?
A few months ago, I had been to an established private healthcare institution in Chennai to have my eyes tested. After examining my eyes thoroughly, the ophthalmologist told me that my left eye had a ...
Corrections and Clarifications — July 3, 2026
In the Editorial, “Yes and no” (July 2), the first sentence should have said “... based on Ministry of Panchayati Raj surveys”. Published - July 03, 2026 12:32 am IST Copy link Email Facebook Twitter ...
Letters to The Editor — July 3, 2026
Letters to The Editor — July 3, 2026 letters to the editor Horse-trading allegations It has become hard to make sense of what is happening in Tamil Nadu politics. The election result has redrawn the p...
Unwelcome surge: On the buoyancy in GST collections
India’s June GST collections rose 13.9% year-on-year to ₹1.95 lakh crore, driven largely by import IGST, which surged 34.6% compared with June 2025, up from 17.2% growth in May. Domestic GST collectio...
The right to a fair trial at the crossroads
When, earlier this year, the Supreme Court of India denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi Riots cases (while granting bail to five other individuals in the same case), one key...
The buoyancy in GST collections is spurred by imported inflation
India’s June GST collections rose 13.9% year-on-year to ₹1.95 lakh crore, driven largely by import IGST, which surged 34.6% compared with June 2025, up from 17.2% growth in May. Domestic GST collectio...
AI holds scientific promise, but it should not unfold unchecked
The UN’s Preliminary Report of the Independent International Scientific Panel on AI drives at a few fault lines in the rapid investment into and proliferation of AI technologies: the Global South-Glob...
On curbing young adults on social media
I ncumbent Prime Minister of the U.K. Keir Starmer recently announced a policy to ban social media for children under-16 . This was part of an arc of initiatives and announcements in Australia, Indone...
A new identity for Hyderabad
Global Capability Centres (GCCs) have emerged as the new identity of Hyderabad, symbolising a major shift for the Telangana capital. They are a new dimension to a city known for software development a...
Letters to The Editor — July 2, 2026
Rain deficit, urgent action A monsoon rain deficit figure of 40% is deeply worrying. Hydropower generation could fall sharply amid warmer nights being forecast for July, and farmers having to bear the...
Fixing the rot: On the subversion of public examinations and recruitment
Corruption in public life is often linked to “malfeasance”, the venality of government officials in high places taking bribes and misusing their positions to enrich themselves or their cronies. But a ...
The case for building India’s coal chemistry capability
There are two ways a country can survive an energy shock: by managing it skilfully through diplomacy, diversification, and fiscal measures, or by reducing dependence on the disrupted resource. India e...
Need for inclusive, integrated climate action
As Karnataka welcomes a new Minister for Urban Development, there is an opportunity to rethink what makes a city healthy, resilient, and equitable. Much of the public conversation around urban develop...
Damocles’ sword over Kerala’s fortunes
T he high debt of the Kerala government hangs like the sword of Damocles over the State’s ability to borrow and invest. The State’s fiscal and revenue deficits are above the median for the major 28 St...
Letters to The Editor — July 1, 2026
Food safety The Data Point column (June 30), which has highlighted a serious issue that is often ignored — food poisoning cases and food safety — is timely. The mushrooming of food outlets and the pro...
India’s ‘Israel habit’ meets West Asian realities
When leaders make foreign policy decisions, each may appear reasonable in isolation. However, their cumulative impact can be strikingly different from what was originally intended. As Iranian Presiden...
There seems a recurring pattern in the examination paper leaks across States
Corruption in public life is often linked to “malfeasance”, the venality of government officials in high places taking bribes and misusing their positions to enrich themselves or their cronies. But a ...
Gram sabhas must have the right to give or withhold consent
A new report , based on Rural Development Ministry surveys, opens a rare data-backed window into the erosion of India’s grassroots democracy. But where the state has framed the issue as one of “vibran...
A unified policy architecture for India’s energy future
India has made remarkable progress in transforming its energy landscape over the past decade. From achieving near-universal household electrification and expanding access to clean cooking fuel to beco...
Indian and foreign: On the CBSE and third language
The controversy over introducing a third language from Class 6 stems from an unresolved contradiction in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 . At several places, the NEP, rightly, extols the spec...
Data doubts: On the latest IIP dataset
India’s latest industrial growth figures show that, contrary to global trends and overall perception, the country’s industrial output is getting stronger. Notably, the data show a quick bounce-back in...
On the Draw — June 25, 2026
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Reimagining sovereign AI for India’s strategic future
The United States government recently directed American Artificial Intelligence (AI) behemoth Anthropic to suspend access to its most advanced Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models for foreign nationals on nati...
Forcing students to learn at least two Indian languages is not ideal
The controversy over introducing a third language from Class 6 onwards stems from an unresolved contradiction in the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 . At several places, the NEP, rightly, extols ...
The latest IIP dataset raises more questions than it answers
India’s latest industrial growth figures show that, contrary to global trends and overall perception, the country’s industrial output is getting stronger. Notably, the data show a quick bounce-back in...
A mysterious luncheon in Dachigam
T he surprise Dachigam alfresco lunch organised by Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for his legislators on June 3, 2026 was dissected more for the venue and the selfies. Rules such as no...
Why artificial wisdom is the biggest AI risk
The debate surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI) often revolves around a deceptively simple question: is AI enhancing humanity or destroying it? Like every major technological revolution before it,...
Letters to The Editor — June 30, 2026
Ayodhya row There is a glaring contrast between the government’s policies in monitoring foreign funds flow to NGOs and the management of huge funds for the Ram temple in Ayodhya at home. There are har...
Delayed honour: On Operation Sindoor, gains and losses
War is secretive and strategy may require deception. But that is no good explanation for the fact that the Narendra Modi government took over a year before formally acknowledging that six soldiers had...
Reforms 3.0 — towards the Bharat rate of growth
For 45 years after Independence, India grew at an anaemic 3% — the infamous “Hindu rate of growth”. Triggered by a balance-of-payments crisis, India found the gumption to liberalise. Within a decade, ...
Caught in the middle: On India and curbing drug abuse
India is located between two major drug-producing regions: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran to the west and Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos to the east. While the West has historically dominated heroin pro...
July opens the biggest chapter in India-U.K. trade relations
Trade deals are important for accelerating prosperity but not every deal is a game changer. One that drives shared growth across key sectors , unlocks opportunity for businesses of all sizes, and push...
How schools can tackle adolescent malnutrition
A s schools across the country reopened after summer vacation, classrooms were filled once again with the energy, aspirations and anxieties of millions of adolescents. Yet hidden behind their growing ...
The politics around Andhra Pradesh’s custodial deaths
The recent alleged custodial death of a person at the Krishnalanka police station in Vijayawada in the NTR district of Andhra Pradesh is turning out to be a major political issue. Gade Sai Krishna, wh...
The new digital slavery needs constitutional guardrails
In his profound encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, Pope Leo XIV grounds the contemporary crisis of technology in elemental theology, reminding humanity that the individual stands at the absolute centre ...
Letters to The Editor — June 29, 2026
Ayodhya fund case Reports of alleged irregularities in the handling of funds raised for the Ram temple in Ayodhya demand urgent public scrutiny (Front page, June 27). Thousands of donors across the co...
Operational secrecy during wars is a must, but there must be accountability
War is secretive and strategy may require deception. But that is no good explanation for the fact that the Narendra Modi government took over a year before formally acknowledging that six soldiers had...
Preparing India for China’s missile challenge
Missiles are reshaping warfare, making conflicts faster, cheaper, and more political. A limited volley of conventional missiles can paralyse a country, disrupt critical infrastructure, and complicate ...
Buyer beware: On the QR code-based drug traceability framework
The Health Ministry’s notification to expand Schedule H2 drugs to entire therapeutic classes now from a curated list of brands earlier is a commendable change from regulating based on revenue to regul...
India must prioritise reduction of harm from drug abuse
India is located between two major drug-producing regions: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran to the west and Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos to the east. While the West has historically dominated heroin pro...
india must prioritise reduction of harm from drug abuse
India is located between two major drug-producing regions: Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran to the west and Myanmar, Thailand, and Laos to the east. While the West has historically dominated heroin pro...
Sharing waters: On the Tungabhadra model
The coming together of the Chief Ministers of Karnataka (D.K. Shivakumar) , Telangana (A. Revanth Reddy) and Andhra Pradesh (N. Chandrababu Naidu), along with Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil, at ...
Tracking down defective batches of drugs is essential
The Health Ministry’s notification to expand Schedule H2 drugs to entire therapeutic classes now from a curated list of brands earlier is a commendable change from regulating based on revenue to regul...
The Tungabhadra dam is a good example of inter-State cooperation
The coming together of the Chief Ministers of Karnataka (D.K. Shivakumar) , Telangana (A. Revanth Reddy) and Andhra Pradesh (N. Chandrababu Naidu), along with Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil, at ...
India-New Zealand FTA, a modern trade partnership
For years, trade between India and New Zealand has been a relationship with untapped potential. The two economies have remained friendly partners, yet commercial engagement has never quite matched the...
Restorative architecture: ideals vs reality
B uildings occupy a growing percentage of land on earth. Buildings also account for a large share of energy consumption; as global warming intensifies demand for cooling, this share will increase. Giv...
In death’s shadow
D eath has always reminded me of an old story I heard as a child. A dove sat on a tree when a passing Yamaduta noticed him, smiled, and walked away. The same thing happened the next day. By now, the d...
The gift of reading
A s a human being, you yearn to be understood. To be accepted as you are. Because, many times despite your Herculean efforts, you land yourself in a place far away from where you desire to be, and you...
Students fear irrelevance, not failure
I remember there was a time when students feared report cards. Even now, I cannot forget how my mother used to scold me for not getting an “O” (outstanding) in maths. Now we fear becoming “inactive” o...
An unusual aspiration for a young student
When I was in the eighth standard, a teacher of mine asked students of my class what they liked to become when they grew up. One boy wanted to become a doctor, another wanted to become a police office...
A future without domestic help
C ourt after court in India has been giving directives to abolish the orderly system that employs police personnel for household duties of higher or even retired police officers. These rulings are a v...
Humming is for everyone
I belong to the overlooked and sadly undervalued tribe of music aficionados who cannot sing a song. But since I have no wish to deprive the world of my latent and unexpressed musical offerings, I do t...
Should Indian seafarers stop serving on sanctioned ships?
W hile merchant ships across the world have been manned by Indian seafarers, officers, engineers and crew for years, recent conflicts have suddenly brought Indian seafarers into focus. A recent flashp...
A surgeon’s paradoxical lesson for journalists to survive the news
I n an episode of the TV show Elementary , a surgeon prepares to perform a surgery. After he dons his gloves and mask, with his students watching from the back, he plays some funny music from speakers...
India’s shipbuilding ambitions can set sail with Korea
In April this year, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India, his first visit to India and the first by a Korean leader in eight years. The meeting was remarkable...
Venezuela’s quake holds lessons on the importance of preparedness
On Wednesday two earthquakes, of magnitudes 7.1 and 7.5, struck seconds apart , levelling large parts of Caracas, Venezuela. On Friday, Jorge Rodriguez, the president of the country’s National Assembl...
Wimbledon is keeping up with the changing times
No tournament marries old world charm with new age freshness quite like Wimbledon . This will be on display yet again when the year’s third Major gets underway on Monday. If the pristine grass courts ...
Letters to The Editor — June 27, 2026
Passport and citizenship As in the Passports Act, 1967, a passport is defined as a travel document intended to regulate the departure from India of citizens and others. However, the practice of issuin...
The cracks beneath the peddled story of India’s growth
For over a decade, the Narendra Modi government has projected India as the world’s fastest-growing major economy, an emerging manufacturing hub, a Vishwaguru, a global power, a preferred destination f...
Letters to The Editor — June 26, 2026
Passport in the spotlight A matter long ignored is once again in the spotlight: proof of citizenship. The words, “We, The People of India...”, enshrined in the Preamble, lose much of their meaning if ...
Keeping humanity at the centre of the AI revolution
At the peak of human history, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution stands out as a transformative moment, harnessing the infinite potential of science and innovation in the service of humankind...
Onerous rules: On the amended FCRA Rules, the fallout
Civil society organisations play a vital role in areas such as health, education, disaster relief, and civil liberties and rights, stepping in where the state falls short. Yet, the Indian state has tr...
Fragmented accountability: On the Taratala warehouse collapse in Kolkata
In light of the Taratala warehouse collapse in Kolkata on June 24, the ability to erect a structure based on a reportedly flawed plan is reminiscent of West Bengal’s infamous Syndicate Raj. As per the...
Sustaining India’s low-fertility future
I ndia is entering a new demographic phase. The latest Sample Registration System data puts the country’s total fertility rate at 1.9 children per woman , below both the global average of 2.2 and the ...
Furore over the Mekedatu project
T he row over the Mekedatu dam project, which has been a thorn in the relationship between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, has resurfaced with the Tamil Nadu Assembly adopting a unanimous resolution against...
Column by Saba Mahjoor | Phuphee and the chilli cakes
Many years ago, on a mild May afternoon, I walked towards Phuphee’s kitchen expecting her usual warm welcome. But on that particular day, I saw her outside standing over a k anz (a large mortar made o...
Letters to The Editor — June 25, 2026
Chief Minister’s speech It is clear from Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s maiden speech, laced with ‘punch dialogues’, in the Tamil Nadu Assembly that he has not yet fully outgrown his pass...
Corruption at all levels takes a toll on lives at construction sites
In light of the Taratala warehouse collapse in Kolkata on June 24, the ability to erect a structure based on a reportedly flawed plan is reminiscent of West Bengal’s infamous Syndicate Raj. As per the...
The newly amended FCRA Rules point to a renewed attempt to stifle NGOs
Civil society organisations play a vital role in areas such as health, education, disaster relief, and civil liberties and rights, stepping in where the state falls short. Yet, the Indian state has tr...
कड़े नियमः संशोधित एफसीआरए नियमों का प्रभाव
सिविल सोसाइटी संगठन स्वास्थ्य, शिक्षा, आपदा राहत तथा नागरिक स्वतंत्रताओं व अधिकारों जैसे क्षेत्रों में बेहद अहम भूमिका निभाते हैं और जहां सरकारी कदम अपर्याप्त साबित होते हैं वहां वे आगे आते हैं। फिर भ...
Viksit and Surakshit: On the Lucknow fire
The Lucknow fire , which killed 15 people , mostly students, and injured five others, captures both the promise and the perils of aspirational India. It reflects a booming education economy built arou...
The cost of inaction on safety issues is more than that of enforcement
The Lucknow fire , which killed 15 people , mostly students, and injured five others, captures both the promise and the perils of aspirational India. It reflects a booming education economy built arou...
High heat and low rainfall is threatening agricultural produce
The southwest monsoon deficit nationwide has increased from 35% to 43% ; the winds’ northward advance was stalled near Mumbai; and both the U.S. NOAA and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) expe...
Clearing the road to timely trauma care in India
On May 26, 2026, the Supreme Court of India delivered a landmark judgment with implications for public health policy. Hearing a writ petition filed by SaveLIFE Foundation in October 2024, a Bench of J...
India’s patchy industrial climate strategy
T he inevitable conclusion emerging from the ambitious targets set up by the government’s Make-in-India, Viksit Bharat (2047) and net-zero emissions (2070) commitments is that industrial decarbonisati...
PACOM, the deeper meaning behind a dropped prefix
The decision by the United States military to change the name of its naval command in the region from “US INDOPACOM” to “US PACOM” — United States Indo-Pacific Command to United States Pacific Command...
A plausible rewiring in Karnataka
Recently, in Karnataka, Tata Power Company Limited (TPCL) sought distribution licences across areas presently served by State-owned Electricity Supply Companies (ESCOMs). These applications have come ...
Letters to The Editor — June 24, 2026
No compromise on safety It is deeply unfortunate that fires continue to engulf commercial complexes across India, with faulty electrical wiring and leakages emerging as perennial culprits. The tragedy...
On the Draw — June 16, 2026
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Evident distress: On a war, Index of Eight Core Industries data, indicators
As the resolution process of the West Asia crisis drags on, an increasing number of economic metrics are exposing key weaknesses in the Indian economy. Many of these existed before the crisis broke ou...
Reconnect public health with people’s needs
Public health policies, like other public policies, are crucial in determining the overall health of the population and are an important contributor to a nation seeking to reap the benefits of its dem...
Downing streak: On the Starmer resignation, British politics
Keir Starmer entered Downing Street in July 2024 with a landslide victory. Ending 14 years of Conservative rule, marked by Brexit and the chaos that followed, he promised to build a government for all...
A Trojan horse has breached the IITs
F or a few decades now, a project called the ‘Indian Knowledge System’ (IKS) has sought to integrate traditional Indian wisdom into modern educational curricula. There is a legitimate quest to reclaim...
Citizens interests and conservation
E nvironmental protection has rightly become a major public policy priority. The Pallikaranai Marshland in Chennai, one of south India’s last surviving natural wetlands and a designated Ramsar Site , ...
Letters to The Editor — June 23, 2026
Invoking history The Prime Minister’s recent remarks in West Bengal, suggesting that the State is now “free of shackles” and invoking a selective interpretation of Bengal’s history, deserve closer scr...
The challenge of India’s digital sovereignty
In the modern world, digital infrastructure is the track on which commerce, government, and national security run. Seen in this context, recent reports of Indian closed-circuit television (CCTV) netwo...
Stress from the West Asia crisis has revealed economic pain
As the resolution process of the West Asia crisis drags on, an increasing number of economic metrics are exposing key weaknesses in the Indian economy. Many of these existed before the crisis broke ou...
Labour needs a progressive makeover to survive the far-right onslaught
Keir Starmer entered Downing Street in July 2024 with a landslide victory. Ending 14 years of Conservative rule, marked by Brexit and the chaos that followed, he promised to build a government for all...
India’s next challenge — from invention to global scale
India has never lacked technological vision. Time and again, it has anticipated transformative technologies long before they became mainstream. It has built impressive scientific capabilities, develop...
Deadly fumes: On the ammonia gas leak tragedy in Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu has witnessed its deadliest industrial ammonia gas leak tragedy , which has so far claimed the lives of eight migrant women workers at a private seafood processing unit in Tiruvallur distri...
Stay with the evidence: On the ban on Fixed Dose Combination drugs
The character of science leans to openness: to new evidence and emerging facts. Its ability to be agile to pivot and shift to newer guidelines is therefore absolutely crucial. The Health Ministry’s re...
The world that China desires and is shaping
The sheer destructiveness of American foreign policy under United States President Donald Trump is obscuring a quiet but consequential shift in global politics. Mr. Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs, the...
Strict enforcement of safety norms is absent in many industrial units
Tamil Nadu has witnessed its deadliest industrial ammonia gas leak tragedy , which has so far claimed the lives of eight migrant women workers at a private seafood processing unit in Tiruvallur distri...
Better monitoring of sale of banned drugs is essential
The character of science leans to openness: to new evidence and emerging facts. Its ability to be agile to pivot and shift to newer guidelines is therefore absolutely crucial. The Health Ministry’s re...
Britain after Brexit, divided, uncertain and stagnant
Some anniversaries are merely observed. Ten years after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union (EU), on June 23, 2016, and as it prepares for yet another change of Prime Minister, it is ...
End the free rein of junk food advertising in India
Despite the Government of India’s plans to amend advertising laws to curb the promotion of HFSS (high in fat, sugar and sodium) foods, such products continue to be advertised rampantly. As evidence of...
The lack of accountability within the NTA
O n June 21, more than 22.8 lakh candidates sat once again for NEET-UG after a paper leak led to the nationwide cancellation of the earlier exam. The response has followed two tracks. The first was pr...
Kerala’s battle with water-borne diseases
A State renowned for being the model of public health in the country and one which has consistently recorded some of the best health indicators nationwide, is now battling recurrent outbreaks of vario...
Changed reality: On India and the Strait of Hormuz
Nations rise to power on the strength of their economies and, by extension, trade. Historically, countries such as the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States and China have combined economic prosper...
Letters to The Editor — June 22, 2026
Israel must show restraint Because of Israel’s belligerent actions, efforts to secure a lasting truce in the war with Iran have once again become elusive, and the Strait of Hormuz faces renewed disrup...
Just truths: On DNA evidence and rights
To protect children from the stigma of illegitimacy, the erstwhile Indian Evidence Act 1872 and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 place the burden of proof on the party denying paternity rather tha...
प्रतिबंधित दवाओं की बिक्री की बेहतर निगरानी ज़रूरी है
विज्ञान का स्वभाव नए सबूतों और सामने आ रहे तथ्यों के प्रति खुलापन रखने वाला होता है – यानी वह नए सबूतों व तथ्यों को खुले दिल से अपनाता है। इसलिए, नए दिशा-निर्देशों के हिसाब से तेजी से बदलाव करने और अप...
India must reduce its dependence on the Strait of Hormuz
Nations rise to power on the strength of their economies and, by extension, trade. Historically, countries such as the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States and China have combined economic prosper...
DNA test for paternity, allowed as a last resort, must not violate other rights
To protect children from the stigma of illegitimacy, the erstwhile Indian Evidence Act 1872 and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 place the burden of proof on the party denying paternity rather tha...
Moving from drone purchases to drone partnerships
The Indian government’s planned $2 billion drone procurement from domestic manufacturers reinforces its commitment to indigenous manufacturing and will boost the country’s growing drone industry. It a...
Web series over movies
In recent times, I seem to have made a conscious shift to watching web series rather than movies. I had liked web series when they became popular with the coming of OTT about a decade ago. But realisi...
When elections were a festival
M ore than four decades ago, unlike today, any political election in West Bengal, let it be to the Lok Sabha, Assembly, municipal or panchayat, would be looked forward to as a festival by everyone. Ou...
Troubles of teachers
L ong retired from an agriculture college at Navsari, I often chuckle over some memories involving students, though the incidents had deprived me of sleep for many nights. There was only one agricultu...
In search of the perfect cashback
T he 14-year-old mobile number that I had from college days has become oversubscribed with telemarketing calls, each pleasantly coercing me to buy a new credit card. Between their targets and my tempt...
Sleepless nights watching the beautiful game
T he 1990 FIFA World Cup will always remain intertwined in my memory with the cold, rain-soaked nights of the southwest monsoon in Kerala. Even today, when the first rain of the season arrives in June...
The scents and scenes of ‘home’
Ever since I moved from Kerala to Jamshedpur when it was part of Bihar, I have noticed my Keralite colleagues in the hospital getting excited on the approach of summer holidays. After booking tickets,...
A heapful of tales from the backyard
A t a storytelling session, I could hear a voice telling eager listeners, “There could be tales hidden in every nook and corner, even in the most unlikeliest of places, if only you care to look for th...
Is India producing more graduates than what the economy can absorb?
India is witnessing an unprecedented expansion in higher education. Over the past decade, thousands of new colleges and universities have been established, producing millions of graduates every year. ...
Free media cannot be free
T he horizontal flow of information across peers on Social Media (SM) is turning out to be more impactful than its vertical flow from a source of authority to the mass audience, as it happens through ...
The Tenth Schedule is hollowed out by unprincipled politics
There is something deeply troubling about the wave of defections sweeping India’s elected representatives, Members of Parliament chief among them. In the latest episode, six Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs are se...
India needs to build more footpaths to help pedestrians walk freely
As part of the Supreme Court’s expansion of Article 21 since the 1970s, it has declared the right to walk on demarcated footpaths a fundamental right . The Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Atul S....
Power politics in the age of AI
The global order is entering a harder-edged phase of realism, in which power increasingly rests on the ability to compel rather than the authority to persuade. Across regions, calculations of immediat...
Letters to The Editor — June 20, 2026
Access to messaging app Banning or blocking applications is not the way forward. Strengthening cybersecurity, plugging loopholes and improving preparedness should be the priority. Is the government’s ...
India’s cheapest power is here, the grid must catch up
India is leaving tens of gigawatts (GW) of cheap solar and wind power stranded — not because the projects are not ready, but because the grid is not. Upgrading the existing grid with advanced technolo...
When a dog chooses its best friend
I have spent much of my life believing that affection must be earned. You work hard, help people, remember birthdays, support friends through crises, and show up when needed. If you are lucky, people ...
The real barriers to trade are no longer tariffs
Recently, the CEO of a large multinational called to ask whether the upcoming visit of the United States Trade Representative to India could result in tariff rates returning to around 18% or settling ...
Letters to The Editor — June 19, 2026
American ambiguity The United States appears to be sending mixed signals once again — downplaying India’s global importance while simultaneously praising the Indian Prime Minister. The killing of thre...
NFHS-6 reveals progress amid nutrition challenges
The recently released National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-6 report presents a mixed progress card for India, offering reasons to cheer while also sending clear signals to pause and reflect. On the br...
Disabled, single and looking for love in India
Last year, British television aired a documentary called Sex, Me and Disability , which followed a man living with Duchenne muscular dystrophy — a severe, progressive genetic disorder that weakens the...
Lopsided solution: On syrup-based medicines, doctor’s prescription
As part of an overarching attempt to restore confidence in India’s pharmaceutical supply chain after a series of deaths damaged the country’s reputation as a drug exporter, the government has required...
Essential upgrades: On upgrades to India’s statistical databases
The government has, in recent months, implemented several long-overdue but welcome upgrades to India’s statistical databases. Wide-ranging, they cover the way the country measures Gross Domestic Produ...
Regulatory oversight for pharmaceuticals needs to improve in India
As part of an overarching attempt to restore confidence in India’s pharmaceutical supply chain after a series of deaths damaged the country’s reputation as a drug exporter, the government has required...
The updates to India’s statistical system are welcome, albeit long overdue
The government has, in recent months, implemented several long-overdue but welcome upgrades to India’s statistical databases. Wide-ranging, they cover the way the country measures Gross Domestic Produ...
Water security is central for a Viksit Bharat
Did you know that the Jal Jeevan Mission is the world’s largest rural drinking water supply programme? Or that the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) is the most significant rural sanitation movement in the ...
Column by Devdutt Pattanaik | The parrot that flew to Baghdad
The 8th century collection of Sanskrit stories, Suka Saptati, or Seventy Tales of the Parrot , was built around a frame narrative that would eventually shape one of the most influential story collecti...
Corrections and Clarifications — June 18, 2026
In a report (Front page, June 17), “India stares at 35% rain deficit amid El Niño trail”, a sentence in the last paragraph should have said: “... analysts are more cautious and have said that a seriou...
The existential crisis of the Trinamool
T he 2026 Assembly elections of West Bengal has been one of the most significant elections the State had witnessed in the past several decades not only because it marked the end of the 15-year-old Tri...
Letters to The Editor — June 18, 2026
Water management The report, “India stares at 35% rain deficit amid El Niño trail (Front page, June 17), points to a key issue — water scarcity, which has become one of the most pressing challenges fa...
Innovate or be eaten: On India and an innovative ecosystem
There is no question that Indian professionals are capable of pathbreaking innovation. As evidenced by the strong representation of Indian and Indian-origin technology industry leaders, Indian executi...
A nation determined to endure and overcome
T he history of Iran is replete with paradoxes and exceptions. It is a land of great contrasts both in climate and geography and is inhabited by, in the words of an ancient historian, “a poor people w...
The long-term implications of the U.S.-Iran deal
T he world is holding its breath with respect to the June 14 adoption of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran and the United States for a cessation of hostilities and a 60-day period of ne...
Ben Stokes, Kane Williamson and the power of the image
Two men born in New Zealand have been in the headlines recently. For one of them, Ben Stokes, born in Christchurch, the headline is his natural habitat. The other, Kane Williamson, born in Tauranga, a...
Letters to The Editor — June 17, 2026
Cautious hope The agreement between the United States and Iran merits a cautious welcome, given the fragility and complexity of the U.S.–Iran relationship, which has often been disrupted by Israel’s a...
India must realise the importance of innovating up to the frontier
There is no question that Indian professionals are capable of pathbreaking innovation. As evidenced by the strong representation of Indian and Indian-origin technology industry leaders, Indian executi...
The Supreme Court of India has given an economic value to unpaid domestic work
The Supreme Court’s judgment in Shishupal @Shish Ram vs Surjeet by a Division Bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and N.K. Singh, is likely a landmark. The ruling originated as the Court revised compensati...
Rubio’s remarks and the limits of strategic empathy
A day after the United States and Iran struck an interim deal on June 14, 2026, to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, it remains unclear whether the agreement will be implemented at all. Not...
Health data must drive action, not just headlines
There is an unsettling paradox in the release of health survey data in India. Survey findings often end up doing exactly the reverse of what they should. They often highlight what we already know, do ...
Moving from war to deal in a deeply divided region
Even as the ceasefire between the United States and Iran was being repeatedly breached, the Iran war showed something that the world appears to have forgotten: military force, by itself, cannot be a s...
Limits of America: On the U.S.-Iran agreement
Israel and the U.S. launched their war on Iran on February 28 to bring about regime change in Tehran, destroy its nuclear and missile capabilities and end its support for non-state actors such as Hama...
How Tamil Nadu severed religion and caste from politics
C . Joseph Vijay, actor and founder of the recently floated Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), assumed office as the new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu last month. One cannot help but be reminded of how M....
A highly-contested Rajya Sabha rejection
T he political aftershocks of the rejection of All India Congress Committee (AICC) Telangana in-charge Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination from Madhya Pradesh is reverberating across Hyderaba...
Letters to The Editor — June 16, 2026
Revised dress regulations The move by the Indian Army to introduce new uniform regulations is commendable. Through these combined measures, the Indian Army cultivates a distinct institutional identity...
Resistance, renewal and the future of the INDIA bloc
It is perhaps the first time that Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has released his speech delivered at a meeting of Indian National Developmental Inclusive A...
Iran won the war by merely denying the U.S. a victory
Israel and the U.S. launched their war on Iran on February 28 to bring about regime change in Tehran, destroy its nuclear and missile capabilities and end its support for non-state actors such as Hama...
The Kerala story in containing Nipah has lessons for pandemic preparedness
The emergence of a case of the Nipah virus in Kerala and the subsequent control in the State is indicative of two things: first, Kerala’s own mix of ecological factors and anthropogenic activity that ...
The U.S.-Iran ‘peace deal’ confronts spoiler Israel
The signing of a United States-Iran peace memorandum offers a rare opportunity to reduce tensions in one of the world’s most volatile regions. After decades marked by sanctions, proxy wars, covert ope...
Politics over people: On India’s High-Level Committee on Demographic Change
In constituting a panel to study demographic changes in India , the Centre was guided by a paranoid mindset that saw devious conspiracies everywhere. The move gave shape and substance to a thought exp...
Peace with peace: On preventive detentions
In Chander Pal Singh , a matter involving preventive proceedings, the Allahabad High Court has simultaneously addressed a part of the criminal justice system that often receives less attention than or...
Pragmatism should guide India’s demographic governance
In constituting a panel to study demographic changes in India , the Centre was guided by a paranoid mindset that saw devious conspiracies everywhere. The move gave shape and substance to a thought exp...
Preventive detentions are misused by the state in the name of order
In Chander Pal Singh , a matter involving preventive proceedings, the Allahabad High Court has simultaneously addressed a part of the criminal justice system that often receives less attention than or...
Technology drives India-France strategic convergence
It is a measure of the importance that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron attach to the India-France relationship that they are meeting again in France, on the sidelines...
Pawar struggles: parties in flux
I n Maharashtra, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is at a crossroads. The party, which was formed by Sharad Pawar in 1999, has been a strong regional force, being in power for 20 of the 27 years o...
Corrections and Clarifications — June 15, 2026
In the Data Point, “A World Cup like no other” (Opinion page, June 9, 2026), the photograph of Cristiano Ronaldo was used instead of Ronaldo Nazário. Published - June 15, 2026 12:32 am IST Copy link E...
Letters to The Editor — June 15, 2026
Safeguarding shipping While the protection of maritime routes and the enforcement of sanctions are matters of international policy, the use of lethal force against merchant ships — especially those wi...
Fuller expression: on India’s inflation
India’s May retail inflation at 3.93% , the highest in the current CPI series and roughly a 15-month high if compared with the previous series, has begun to reflect the pass-through effects of surging...
Towards a fair, efficient insolvency regime
T he outline of India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has long been demarcated by an innate stiffness between the inevitability to preserve distraught companies and the necessity to safeguard t...
The hidden history of the Thai-Bharat connection
Today, June 15, marks the 84th anniversary of a historic meeting we have allowed ourselves to forget, which led to the birth of the Indian National Army (INA). I learned about it on a visit to the Tha...
On the draw - May 22, 2026
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The 8th CPC — a chance to reform pay commissions
As India moves toward the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC), public discussion has largely centred on familiar themes — fitment factors, salary revisions and arrears. Yet, the larger question may not b...
The House of Sigmund Freud
D uring one of my academic courses, I was introduced to Sigmund Freud and his theories. For the remainder of the semester, terms such as the id, ego and superego quietly entered our everyday conversat...
Rain and shine
E very year, nature performs a drama with great zeal. Summer enters like an overconfident bully, leaving everything enervated, while the monsoon arrives like a heroic friend carrying water, rumbles of...
Gold and glitter
T he recent talk of avoiding ‘non-essential’ purchase of gold to conserve foreign exchange holdings offers food for thought. How on earth did a shiny metal ever manage to acquire ‘essential’ status? N...
A rapid decline in inflation appears unlikely even if the war ends
India’s May retail inflation at 3.93% , the highest in the current CPI series and roughly a 15-month high if compared with the previous series, has begun to reflect the pass-through effects of surging...
Distrust of police has led to underreporting of child sexual abuse
Child sexual abuse in India remains persistently under-reported and the state response to it has shown up trenchant systemic inefficiencies. In over 90% of cases, including the recent Sulur case i...
The ‘seven-point IQ opportunity’ for Indian children
What if we could increase the IQ of India’s future generations by seven points with a pivot in the understanding of early childhood development under the Anganwadi system ? For decades, India’s early ...
The road teaches what war cannot
R eading about conflict in Lebanon often takes me back to 2006, when I commanded 15 Punjab as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Those were demanding days, managing frequent...
The demands of beauty
I n all aspects of life, change remains a constant. Change is as perennial as time. The two almost go hand in hand. To begin with, our age and its interconnectedness with time. We are born and we die....
Failing the test
T his was an elective procedure and had therefore been planned well in advance. I knew the drill. Just having my daughter-in-law accompany me for two days at the hospital would require major reschedul...
Should India incentivise bigger families?
For decades, Indian policymakers have encouraged population control, with the familiar slogan of ‘Hum Do, Humare Do’ (We two, our two). However, the recent drop in India’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) —...
To err is human; one can only accept, learn and get on with it
I t was the year 2002 when two reporters at the beginning of their careers stood before a furious ‘TNG’. One was me, the other was a fellow reporter who covered the crime beat. TNG or T.N. Gopalan, th...
Implementation complete, but workers still vulnerable
With the notification of the rules for the four labour codes in May, the implementation framework for these codes is now complete. Trade unions and academics have raised serious objections to several ...
The U.S. should lift the blockade before asking Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump ’s decision to back off from striking Iran , just hours after threatening to seize the country’s Kharg Island , underscores the dilemma he faces in dealing with Tehran. Mr. Trum...
Coal exchanges can balance out energy scarcities across India
Unveiled at a time of record domestic coal production, the Coal Exchange Rules, 2026 , are a case of better-late-than-never. They will create a broad market-based mechanism through regulated trading p...
Letters to The Editor — June 13, 2026
The war drags on America’s contradictory statements, shifting positions in negotiations to end the war with Iran, and the selective closure of the Strait of Hormuz have adversely affected trade in man...
Equality of treatment for Persons with Disabilities
Addressing the digital divide through the Digital India Mission, India has marched on towards becoming a global “best practice” model of a digital welfare state. Yet, Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) ...
Why we can’t stop watching people cook
The average person now spends well over two hours a day on social media. A staggering statistic, and millions of those hours are spent watching complete strangers cooking in their home kitchens. Now l...
Tourism, an experience or trauma
T ravelling and exploring new places is almost on everyone’s bucket list nowadays. It has reached new dimensions in recent years thanks to social media, which brims with travelogues, blogs, vlogs, ree...
Letters to The Editor — June 12, 2026
FIFA 2026 As the world gathers once again under the banner of the FIFA World Cup, it is worth remembering that football’s greatest gift is not entertainment alone, but its stubborn faith in possibilit...
Lows of the land: On Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination
The rejection of Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha election from Madhya Pradesh raises questions of institutional integrity and procedural fairness, going beyond the...
FCRA Bill — expanding state control over civil society
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment (FCRA) Bill, 2026, introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 25, 2026, is far more than a routine regulatory measure. While presented as a step towards great...
Fair and square: On the Tamil Nadu Speaker, MLAs, disqualification proceedings
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar has followed democratic principles by deciding not to pursue disqualification proceedings against 21 AIADMK MLAs after the party’s general secr...
The rejection of the papers of the Congress Rajya Sabha candidate is fraudulent
The rejection of Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha election from Madhya Pradesh raises questions of institutional integrity and procedural fairness, going beyond the...
T.N. Assembly Speaker is going by the letter and spirit of Tenth Schedule
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar has followed democratic principles by deciding not to pursue disqualification proceedings against 21 AIADMK MLAs after the party’s general secr...
Negotiating federalism in higher education
Higher education in India has emerged as an important site through which the changing dynamics of Indian federalism are being expressed. Issues relating to regulatory authority, curriculum, language p...
Why TVK is eager to woo AIADMK cadre
The recent defection of a large number of former Ministers and legislators belonging to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has prompted many to...
Letters to The Editor — June 11, 2026
Defections defy democracy The report on Union Minister Bhupender Yadav’s meeting with rebel Trinamool Congress MPs raises troubling ethical questions. While political dialogue is legitimate in a democ...
Foreseeable accidents: On the recent industrial accidents in India
Despite there having been a streak of industrial accidents in India of late, the notion that they are isolated and incidental persists. Within days of each other, four workers were killed in a ‘mishap...
The forgotten copilot of Air India flight 171
A year since the tragic crash of Air India flight AI 171 that cost 260 lives on June 12, 2025, the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), Government of India, and its Air Accident Investigation Bureau, ha...
Sport during a war: On the FIFA World Cup 2026
No showpiece event of a sport has lived up to its billing quite like the FIFA World Cup . The 2026 edition, which kicks off on Thursday, offers proof. With 48 teams and 104 matches , it is the biggest...
Industrial mishaps are due to accumulated organisational weaknesses
Despite there having been a streak of industrial accidents in India of late, the notion that they are isolated and incidental persists. Within days of each other, four workers were killed in a ‘mishap...
Protecting federalism must be the INDIA bloc’s ‘glue’
At the meeting on June 8, 2026, of political parties under the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc, in New Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah noted that th...
China’s role in the international order
I n the past six months, specifically from December 2025 to May 2026, the top leaders of all the other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have visited China. In December 2...
Gujarat, a State without an Opposition
O n June 21, when Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil’s term in the Rajya Sabha ends, Gujarat will witness something it has not seen since the State’s formation in 1960: the absence of any representation...
Letters to The Editor — June 10, 2026
State of the Opposition Recent political developments — reports of some Trinamool Congress MPs being in touch with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the dramatic collapse of the Congress–Dravida Munne...
New and raw: On Nepal-India ties
The visit of Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal to Delhi, which followed right after the visit of Nepal’s new ruling party RSP’s President Rabi Lamichhane and ahead of a proposed visit by the new Fi...
The U.S. is giving the FIFA World Cup a bad name
No showpiece event of a sport has lived up to its billing quite like the FIFA World Cup . The 2026 edition, which kicks off on Thursday, offers proof. With 48 teams and 104 matches , it is the biggest...
Securing India against the threat of a ‘Mythocalypse’
When it comes to Artificial Intelligence (AI), the United States is about six months ahead of the rest of the world. Within the U.S., Silicon Valley is six months ahead of New York, and within Silicon...
First-timers: On the French Open 2026
The triumphs of Alexander Zverev and Mirra Andreeva at the French Open for their maiden Grand Slam singles titles appear to have evoked contrasting feelings in both. For 29-year-old Zverev, the rousin...
India’s road through Myanmar is one of engagement
When Myanmar’s President U Min Aung Hlaing landed in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, on May 30, 2026, the symbolism was hard to miss. Before travelling to New Delhi for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and P...
The trust deficit in India-Bangladesh ties
M ore than a hundred days have passed since the Tarique Rahman government took charge in Bangladesh. However, contrary to early expectations from his leadership, India-Bangladesh relations have remain...
A boost for the Karnataka workforce
I n May, the Karnataka government released the notification on minimum wages, equalising wages across 81 sectors of employment, with an average wage increase of 60% over existing levels. As per the no...
Letters to The Editor — June 9, 2026
Nepal’s claim The reports, “Not seeking mediation on border dispute: Nepal FM” (June 8), “No role for third parties in bilateral matters between India, Nepal: Centre” (June 3), and “Nepal PM sparks ro...
A troubling judgment and endorsement of the SIR
The judgment of the Supreme Court of India , delivered on May 27, 2026, on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls , has thrown up many disturbing questions about the powers, the role ...
Nepal and India must avoid misspeaking on border issues
The visit of Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal to Delhi, which followed right after the visit of Nepal’s new ruling party RSP’s President Rabi Lamichhane and ahead of a proposed visit by the new Fi...
Upsets and withdrawals saw new champions at French Open
The triumphs of Alexander Zverev and Mirra Andreeva at the French Open for their maiden Grand Slam singles titles appear to have evoked contrasting feelings in both. For 29-year-old Zverev, the rousin...
The revolt within: Why Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir is restless again
Nearly two decades ago, a person from Pakistan’s Punjab asked me, curiously, why people in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir appeared so antipathetic towards Punjabis, even though, as he put it, “we...
Unity in diversity: On the INDIA bloc meeting
Twenty three Opposition parties aligned under the banner of the INDIA bloc met in the national capital on Monday, against the backdrop of countrywide concerns related to economic distress, inflation a...
Strategic afterthought: On the Great Nicobar project
For a project so often invoked as a matter of national security strategy, the ballooning Great Nicobar Island development , now estimated to be at ₹91,000 crore, rests on a remarkably thin strategic r...
The revolt within: Why Pakistan-administered Jammu & Kashmir is restless again
Nearly two decades ago, a person from Pakistan’s Punjab asked me, curiously, why people in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir appeared so antipathetic towards Punjabis, even though, as he put it,...
From borderland to India’s strategic resource frontier
Within days of one another, official platforms of the Ministry of Mines cast several northeastern States in a similar frame — as repositories of strategic minerals and untapped potential. Manipur was ...
How ICMR is rewiring the health ecosystem
A s the nation advances toward the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047, the question is not only about how to treat disease, but how one builds a health system that is anticipatory, equitable, and innovation...
A united front for local body elections in Andhra Pradesh
T he elections to Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in Andhra, likely to be held towards the end of 2026 or in the first half of next year, are set to pose an acid test for the National Democratic Alliance (N...
A targeting in the name of demography
India is on the cusp of a demographic upheaval. Fertility rates across the country have been falling for decades and are now on or below replacement levels. We will soon have to shift from the challen...
Letters to The Editor — June 8, 2026
The Hindu Huddle 2026 The 2026 edition of The Hindu Huddle, in Bengaluru, was an intellectually enriching experience that provided a remarkable platform for delegates to engage with an eclectic range ...
INDIA bloc is more divided than before, allowing the BJP to push ahead
Twenty three Opposition parties aligned under the banner of the INDIA bloc met in the national capital on Monday, against the backdrop of countrywide concerns related to economic distress, inflation a...
The government must be transparent with the Nicobar project
For a project so often invoked as a matter of national security strategy, the ballooning Great Nicobar Island development , now estimated to be at ₹91,000 crore, rests on a remarkably thin strategic r...
The Oman CEPA, a new gateway for India’s exports
India and Oman share one of the oldest trading relationships, with commercial and maritime links dating back thousands of years. From the movement of spices, textiles and frankincense to enduring peop...
Testing times: On India’s GDP growth data
The GDP growth data released on Friday simultaneously portray recent economic strength and reveal some reasons for worry. The provisional estimates of GDP growth for 2025-26 have been pegged at 7.7%, ...
Missed call: On India and the southwest monsoon
The southwest monsoon reached Kerala on June 4 , three days past its normal date and four days behind the India Meteorological Department’s own forecast. This is the first time since 2015 that the age...
A linguistic buffet
I f India were a linguistic buffet, I have scarfed every dish and still cannot digest half of them. My academic years in West Bengal, Bihar, Rajasthan, and finally in Delhi, demanded learning of many ...
Thirukkural and modern medicine
“S ir, I had asked for a gastro opinion for the vomiting, and a nephrology consultation for the low urine output.” With wide eyes and a sense of accomplishment, the young doctor expected me to acknowl...
In defence of solitude
T o talk of solitude when gregariousness is the current popular rage may seem incongruous if not ridiculous. Yet, there’s no denying the fact that solitude is an essential (nay a vital) everyone needs...
GDP data reveal some strengths, but they will come under strain
The GDP growth data released on Friday simultaneously portray recent economic strength and reveal some reasons for worry. The provisional estimates of GDP growth for 2025-26 have been pegged at 7.7%, ...
India must brace itself for a deficient southwest monsoon
The southwest monsoon reached Kerala on June 4 , three days past its normal date and four days behind the India Meteorological Department’s own forecast. This is the first time since 2015 that the age...
The great despair: why are students dying
For over two decades, India has lost, on average, one student to suicide every hour of every day. Yet the alarming magnitude of this crisis is equalled only by the magnitude of the silence around it. ...
The ticking clock
We are but earth-bound creatures forever in thrall to time. We feel the rush of passing hours carrying us through life even as it drags us towards an inevitable end. The tide of time at its own pace —...
The semantics of patriarchy
“D oes your husband help you in the kitchen?” “Do you help your wife in cooking?” If these common questions elicit “yes” as answer, the usual conclusion is that the man is progressive and affectionate...
Misunderstood silence in classroom
Schools are often celebrated as spaces where young minds are shaped, confidence is built, and every child is prepared for life. Yet, in almost every classroom, there exists one child who slowly fades ...
West Bengal is in the grip of a toxic political culture
The rout in the West Bengal Assembly election has thrown the Trinamool Congress (TMC) into a tailspin. TMC rebel Ritabrata Banerjee has been formally recognised as Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in th...
Israel has to pull back troops from Lebanon for peace to take hold
The new ceasefire agreement between Israel and Lebanon could help remove a major obstacle to U.S. President Donald Trump ’s efforts to secure a preliminary agreement with Iran to end the war. Last wee...
Rubio fails to win India back for Washington
For nearly a year, strategic experts in India and the United States have warned that worsening bilateral ties could damage a partnership that former U.S. President Joe Biden called the most consequent...
The Adani case, U.S. securities law, and India’s rising global standing
As Indian companies expand across global capital markets and strategic sectors, they are entering a world defined not merely by opportunity but also overlapping legal regimes, geopolitical sensitiviti...
Environmental catastrophe will be a tragedy authored by everyone
Every June 5, authorities plants saplings and posts photographs, telling a comforting story and pretending that environmental collapse is due to poor “public awareness”. If enough Ministers post enoug...
Charting India’s renewable future
India’s renewable energy transformation, particularly its extraordinary solar expansion, has become one of the defining infrastructure achievements of the country in the 21st century. In barely a deca...
Letters to The Editor — June 6, 2026
EV battery safety I write this letter as a Scientific Officer at the National Test House, Bengaluru, under the Government of India. The report, “On a Slow Charging Mode” (Bengaluru, ‘Spotlight’, June ...
India needs innovative strategies to eliminate TB
More than a century after the first tuberculosis vaccine was introduced, the world is struggling to control one of its oldest diseases. Tuberculosis (TB) continues to kill more people annually than an...
Bus stops and milestones
The rapid morning march of city workers tells much more than a boardroom activity can. The sheer size of the population that commutes between shifts of survival is a case in point. While the labourer’...
Letters to The Editor — June 5, 2026
Fire safety still neglected The tragic fire in Delhi has once again exposed the chronic inadequacies in our approach to public safety in India. Particularly disturbing is the fact that such disasters ...
Data hygiene: On the Census and enumerators
It is disturbing that some Census 2027 enumerators in States such as Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are facing issues for extremely unusual reasons. In these two States where the first phase of the Censu...
Funding India’s climate future, the trillion-dollar question’
There is one figure that should command the attention of every policymaker, banker, and financial expert in India. India will require ₹162.5 trillion — roughly $2.5 trillion — by 2030 to meet its Nati...
When El Niño becomes an economic crisis
India often meets the arrival of extreme heat and erratic rain with a familiar shrug: the weather is harsh, the monsoon is uncertain, and life must go on. But that response misses the larger point. If...
Fire and furore: On fire accidents in India
Indian cities rely on an economic ecosystem in which businesses often operate beyond the approved limits while enforcement remains sporadic. A fire per se is not odd, but a slew of deadly fires in urb...
Census enumerators should not face difficulties in the name of re-verification
It is disturbing that some Census 2027 enumerators in States such as Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are facing issues for extremely unusual reasons. In these two States where the first phase of the Censu...
Poor compliance and weak enforcement have led to deaths in fires
Indian cities rely on an economic ecosystem in which businesses often operate beyond the approved limits while enforcement remains sporadic. A fire per se is not odd, but a slew of deadly fires in urb...
When mangroves do what seawalls cannot
When Cyclone Dana made landfall near Bhitarkanika on Odisha’s coast, the region’s mangroves quietly provided a form of protection that billions of rupees in coastal infrastructure often struggle to de...
A national environmental survey whose time came
Anthropologist Anna Tsing writes, “Anthropocene,
A framework for climate and development capital
Asia is sitting on significant pools of capital committed to climate action, health, and poverty reduction. What we have not yet built is a framework that recognises these as part of the same pool. Gl...
London’s Gallery Weekend gets an Indian accent
I have been living in London for three years now, and ever since I landed here it has felt like a show of swelling Indian pride, with the momentum only growing stronger across fashion, luxury, the art...
Why judicial holidays are necessary
T he debate over judicial holidays has resurfaced in recent weeks, with critics questioning why courts observe extended breaks. The assumption is that judges, like most professionals, step away from w...
A re-entry into Telangana politics
What began as a stray remark by former journalism professor and political analyst K. Nageshwar has spiralled into one of the most contentious episodes in Telangana’s political discourse in recent time...
How land pooling solves acquisition woes
Rajasthan has recently announced the State’s first land pooling scheme. The government is optimistic that the scheme will help with land acquisition and deliver the land needed for roads, infrastructu...
Letters to The Editor — June 3, 2026
A crisis of confidence A prestigious school education board of India has suddenly found itself in the eye of the storm following the introduction of an ‘on-screen marking’ system. Change is necessary ...
The ‘harvest’ China wants is one India cannot afford
When Luo Zhaohui, then China’s Ambassador to India, revived the idea of an “early harvest” in India-China boundary negotiations in 2017, India responded with scepticism. The proposal — to settle the S...
Industrial fundamentals have remained resilient, but are not broad-based
Earlier this week, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation released the latest Index of Industrial Production (IIP) , a key barometer of India’s industrial health. The April 2026 print...
The right to be forgotten must be set against public interest
On the one hand, constitutional law holds up a principle of open justice that, among other things, allows public scrutiny of courts, facilitates public understanding of the law, and creates a historic...
After Maoism, the next battle is for Adivasi trust
On May 19, 2026, the Union Home Minister addressed a press conference in Jagdalpur, Chhattisgarh, his first since March 31, 2026, when India was officially declared Maoist-free. The most encouraging a...
Letters to The Editor — June 4, 2026
State of the environment India needs a permanent ‘national council for sustainable development’ to balance economic growth with environmental stewardship. Such a body should bring together policymaker...
Assembly poll results that recast the political landscape
Outcomes in the recent Assembly elections in Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam demand careful introspection. The results in Assam and Kerala were not unexpected, but Tamil Nadu and perhaps West Ben...
Change in arrangement: On the leadership transition in Karnataka
The most prominent face of the Congress in Karnataka, D.K. Shivakumar , is set to realise his long-held ambition of becoming Chief Ministe r on June 3. By passing the baton from Karnataka’s longest-se...
Need to strengthen existing health facilities in Kerala
T he newly sworn-in United Democratic Front (UDF) government in Kerala has announced its intention of setting up two more medical colleges in the State, one in Thiruvananthapuram, which already has a ...
Brand value: On IPL 2026
Derided for not matching potential with performance in the past, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) emphatically put those old ghosts to rest. Having won the Indian Premier League (IPL) title last year...
The FemTech industry’s approach to PMOS
T he global decision to rename Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) as Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS) is a culmination of a decade-long collaboration between doctors, researchers, and pat...
Vizag data centre is a major challenge
T he Google Cloud India AI Hub, for which the technology giant and Andhra Pradesh recently broke ground in Visakhapatnam, is a sign that India is finally moving from providing information technology s...
Letters to The Editor — June 2, 2026
RCB’s win Congratulations to Royal Challengers Bengaluru for securing back-to-back IPL titles. If winning the trophy in 2025 ended an 18-year wait, retaining it has erased RCB’s long-standing “underac...
IMEC is caught between commerce and geopolitics
The ongoing war in Iran has shattered many myths and brought to light realities that expose the structural vulnerabilities of the existing world order. Iran, which was no match for the combined milita...
Siddaramaiah gave way to Shivakumar in a tightly managed transition
The most prominent face of the Congress in Karnataka, D.K. Shivakumar , is set to realise his long-held ambition of becoming Chief Ministe r on June 3. By passing the baton from Karnataka’s longest-se...
RCB helped IPL’s latest edition build on previous successes
Derided for not matching potential with performance in the past, Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) emphatically put those old ghosts to rest. Having won the Indian Premier League (IPL) title last year...
U.S.-Iran negotiations, still a road to nowhere
For nearly half a century, relations between Iran and the United States have oscillated between overt hostility and crisis management. Periods of confrontation were punctuated by brief diplomatic open...
When maritime casualties become political theatre
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after the allision involving m.v. Dali on March 26, 2024 was one of the most devastating maritime casualties in recent years. Six lives were l...
Perfect storm: On illicit liquor in India
India has suffered multiple mass deaths due to consuming illicit liquor, across Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, and Maharashtra. The Malwani incident in 2015, which left over...
Joy and pain: On the NFHS-6 data
When triumph and disaster arrive at the same time, it is important to celebrate, but also, to take stock, assess, and pivot to address the lacuna. The recently released National Family Health Survey (...
Weak enforcement and poor regulation sustain illicit liquor among the poor
India has suffered multiple mass deaths due to consuming illicit liquor, across Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, and Maharashtra. The Malwani incident in 2015, which left over...
Health gains from NFHS-6 are significant, but there are unaddressed needs too
When triumph and disaster arrive at the same time, it is important to celebrate, but also, to take stock, assess, and pivot to address the lacuna. The recently released National Family Health Survey (...
Orbital rivalry — the challenge of China’s space power
China’s expanding counter-space capabilities are a cause for concern. While no conflict has ever been fought in space, the incentive to influence activities on earth by controlling outer space remains...
How Tamil Nadu’s healthcare leads by example
F or many years in India, healthcare progress was largely measured by hospital expansions, medical colleges and public health infrastructure. While these remain important, the next phase of healthcare...
Corrections and Clarifications — June 1, 2026
A report, “Spurious liquor kills 15 in Maharashtra; 8 held, probe ordered (May 30, 2026), the reference to “the main accused, Colonel Virkha Singh” was erroneous. It should have been Karnelsingh Virkh...
Letters to The Editor — June 1, 2026
The new exam normal The CUET-UG technical-glitch fiasco is one mishap too many. In the last two years, India’s examination ecosystem has produced a trifecta of institutional failures: the NEET-UG pape...
Towards a dialogue on adolescent sexuality
A recent judgment of the Supreme Court of India, allowing the medical termination of pregnancy at 28 weeks, has received significant media attention. Much of this attention stems from the arguments ad...
Language decorum: On the three-language formula in CBSE schools
The Supreme Court of India has issued notices to the Union Government, the CBSE, and the NCERT, directing them to file a comprehensive report on their logistical preparedness to implement a three-lang...
The majoritarian shadow over Adivasi identity, faith
Last week, the Janjati Suraksha Manch (JSM) and Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram, both Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) progeny, held a conclave in Delhi — “Janjati Sanskritik Samagam” — attended by thousands o...
This land is your land
It was last year around the rainy season that I stumbled upon the previously unreleased Woody Guthrie songs from the 1950s. Recorded in the early 1950s, these songs return to a world still struggling ...
Hurdles for women on the road
y mother loves to drive her car, because it had always been her dream to learn driving. She had to do fulfil her dream, after much initial resistance from the family, because she is a woman. She has b...
Recovery, reflection, and the larger truth
A recent injury to the lateral collateral ligament, and the sudden inability to do things without a second thought, made me pause. As a long-distance runner, I had always taken movement for granted. R...
Chennai by cycle
O n my bicycle pedalling through streets is one of my happy places to be. Having ridden a cycle for commute in Chennai for a dozen recent years, my bond with my city when doing so is different from wh...
School education should not be the site of a cultural battle
The Supreme Court of India has issued notices to the Union Government, the CBSE, and the NCERT, directing them to file a comprehensive report on their logistical preparedness to implement a three-lang...
Trump cannot achieve with diplomacy what he failed to get through war
When Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu launched the war on Iran on February 28, their objectives were sweeping: regime change in Tehran, the dismantling of Iran’s missile and nuclear programmes, and...
Shaping the next chapter in India-Canada relations
India and Canada are turning the page together, opening a vibrant new chapter as two democratic, multicultural, and innovation-driven nations. Both governments are signalling a fresh resolve to deepen...
‘Will use every constitutional means available to make our voices heard’: CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke
The Cockroach Janta Party will continue to use every constitutional means available to make people’s voices heard, including satire, and hopes to create a lasting “movement” out of the viral popularit...
There is much in a name
W hy do women have to reinvent themselves to fit in this dystopian idea of marriage and society? I have a question that has been bothering me for the longest time: are women an extension of their husb...
India must mandate green cover and reflective materials for its cities
Sri Ganganagar, in Rajasthan touched 48° Celsius this week, the hottest that India has been this year so far. Scorching summer heat in the run-up to the monsoon, which is delayed, is not unusual, but ...
The Quad is unable to push toward its worthy objectives
The Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting this week, the third such engagement since U.S. President Donald Trump began his tenure, was meant to reassure all partners — India, Australia, Japan and the U.S. —...
‘Off with their heads’ – the purge of Republican dissenters
Foreign observers, including Indians often question why the Republicans do not question or stymie United State President Donald Trump’s controversial policies. The answer lies in Indian-style “high co...
Living a full life
I am 74. Agreed, I am in the evening of my life and I should prepare myself for that ‘eventual’ flight or plight (pun intended please). But I am at a loss why people around scare me over it, off and o...
Letters to The Editor — May 30, 2026
Power shift Karnataka’s citizens voted for a stable five-year government, not a game of musical chairs at Vidhana Soudha (Front page, “Power shift in Karnataka as Siddaramaiah resigns”, May 29). The S...
International law, ‘optional’ for powerful states
Voltaire’s famous quip about the Holy Roman Empire — that it was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire — has often come to mind when I think about the contemporary state of public international law. ...
Letters to The Editor — May 29, 2026
Top court on SIR The Supreme Court upholding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as the ‘Election Commission’s constitutional duty’ (Front page, May 28) is along expected lines. Wh...
Contradictions within India’s cow protection regime
The recent discovery of hundreds of cow carcasses at a dumping site in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, rightly triggered an outrage on social media. A few years ago, a similar incident involving the mass starva...
On Ebola, India must stay alert, not alarmed
The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda is once again reminding the world that infectious diseases do not respect borders, visas, or geopolitics. In today’s int...
Validating flaws: on the Supreme Court and the SIR
The Supreme Court’s verdict on Wednesday upholding the ECI’s SIR of the electoral rolls as “an advancement towards free and fair elections” arrives long after the SIR became a settled fact in Bihar ...
Why is CBSE’s evaluation system facing flak?
The story so far: F ollowing the release of the Class 12 Board exam results, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has been under fire for discrepancies in the evaluation of answer scripts a...
Why is India pushing for coal gasification?
The story so far: I n a roadshow promoting surface coal gasification, Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy said the technology, which can also yield a range of downstream products, has the po...
Is India getting hotter?
The story so far: S everal cities in India are sweltering under heatwaves or quasi-heatwave-like conditions. The delayed onset of the monsoon and near certainty of an El Niño during the monsoon months...
How plurality and democracy go hand in hand
E lection season is usually a time when voices subsumed by grand narratives finally find a register, as this writer discovered during a trip to Manjeshwar in Kerala to cover the recently concluded Sta...
Brinkmanship in the age of growing conflict
Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the blockade by the United States of Iranian ports are among several recent acts of brinkmanship. A legacy of the Cold War era, brinkmanship refers to single...
Quantum-safe thinking: on the new DST Task Force report
The new DST Task Force report on making India’s digital ecosystems quantum-safe is a product of contemplating a threat that is both long-term and urgent. Today, public-key cryptography underpins onlin...
Will increasing the strength of the SC solve the pendency problem?
O n May 17, the President promulgated an ordinance increasing the sanctioned strength of the Supreme Court from 34 to 38 judges. The move came just days after the Union Cabinet approved the Supreme Co...
The battle against AI misinformation
I ndia is working towards Viksit Bharat 2047 with the objective of achieving economic growth, and in order to emerge as a technology leader. One of the major areas that India is concentrating on is th...
The tug of war within the Trinamool
E lectoral defeat often follows a specific pattern — defiance, denial, implosion and acceptance. One can say that the Trinamool Congress is running true to type, with an earlier denial and defiance gi...
R.K. Raghavan: I am disillusioned with the declining standards of integrity in the IPS
R.K. Raghavan, a Tamil Nadu cadre officer of the 1963 batch, investigated the Bofors case, the match-fixing case in 2000 that saw the ouster of Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin, the fodder s...
Column by Saba Mahjoor | When a nun and a seer became friends
It was a warm, bright day in early April. After a heavy breakfast, I found myself unable to move. Phuphee had fed everyone, including Maetonji, her friend and a nun who ran the local missionary hospit...
Letters to The Editor — May 28, 2025
Hurried digital shift The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) seems to have introduced its new On-Screen Marking (OSM) system in great haste, and imposed the same on examiners without adequate...
The Supreme Court upholds the SIR without scrutinising its problematic record
The Supreme Court’s verdict on Wednesday upholding the ECI’s SIR of the electoral rolls as “an advancement towards free and fair elections” arrives long after the SIR became a settled fact in Bihar ...
India must be alive to multiple challenges posed by advanced encryption algorithms
The new DST Task Force report on making India’s digital ecosystems quantum-safe is a product of contemplating a threat that is both long-term and urgent. Today, public-key cryptography underpins onlin...
Manufacturing loyalty the T20 way
P opular critical thinker Benedict Anderson uses the term “imagined communities” to explain how narratives of nationalism construct a geographically diverse population into a seemingly homogeneous and...
Betrayal of mandate: on the TVK and Tamil Nadu politics
Before the indelible ink applied on voters’ index fingers could fade, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has introduced in Tamil Nadu a disturbing brand of politics bearing striking similarities to th...
Rajya Sabha defections, constitutional questions
The recent developments within the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), appear to have dealt a decisive blow to its representation in the Rajya Sabha. On April 24, 2026, seven out of its 10 sitting Members of Parli...
The absolute necessity of female friendships
A n enduring fiction about female friendship is that it is a leisure activity, an indulgence that exists on the margins of real life. For adult Indian women, this real life is imagined as marriage, ch...
A new brand of politics in Tamil Nadu
I t appears that the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) , led by actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay, has triggered a political upheaval in Tamil Nadu following the 2026 Assembly elections. In many way...
India’s energy strategy needs price correction
The Strait of Hormuz is no longer just a geopolitical flashpoint; it has become the fault line of the global energy economy. As tensions in West Asia continue to disrupt shipping through one of the wo...
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam should not allow defectors to join the party
Before the indelible ink applied on voters’ index fingers could fade, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) has introduced in Tamil Nadu a disturbing brand of politics bearing striking similarities to th...
Despite increase in online services, cumbersome processes from analogue era remain
Digitising citizen services is a process full of promise and empowerment . In India, making processes faceless carries the added benefit of relief from the rent seeking that is rife in government offi...
Tariffs to carbon, the new rules shaping India’s trade
Proposed in July 2021, the European Union (EU)’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) entered its definitive phase from January 1, 2026. As a climate policy tool, CBAM seeks to prevent carbon lea...
Global crises demand more than ‘citizen sacrifice’
Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued seven appeals urging citizens to embrace restraint, self-reliance, and responsible consumption amid global uncertainty caused by the America-Iran conflict...
Bad fences: On Marco Rubio’s India visit
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s four-day visit to India , his first since taking office in January 2025, was understood to have been aimed at smoothing bilateral ties that have been deeply ruptured o...
IPL 2026: Sooryavanshi picks length so early — and that’s a sign of the best
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi hopes to score a double century in T20 cricket. When a 15-year-old says that, he would normally invite indulgent looks and tolerant smiles if not outright derision. But not this 1...
Letters to The Editor — May 27, 2026
Destroying merit system The Supreme Court of India has rightly observed that the National Testing Agency (NTA) “has not learnt its lesson” even after the 2024 controversy (Front page, May 26). Repeate...
Marco Rubio’s visit was an opportunity to mend economic and energy ties
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s four-day visit to India , his first since taking office in January 2025, was understood to have been aimed at smoothing bilateral ties that have been deeply ruptured o...
The CBSE was ill-prepared for the exam reforms it undertook
India’s education system is under severe stress. The NEET fiasco which caused immense suffering to nearly 22 lakh students exposed the deep structural flaws within the National Testing Agency , where ...
A definite end to the Silverline
In one of its first decisions, the United Democratic Front (UDF) government in Kerala denotified the controversial Silverline project , which envisaged a standalone semi high-speed standard gauge rail...
Corrections and Clarifications — May 26, 2026
The Data Point, “Now, only two young States haven’t had a coalition govt.” (Opinion Page, May 25, 2026), incorrectly marked Kerala, in Chart 1 for 2004, as having a “single-party” government. Publishe...
Letters to The Editor — May 26, 2026
Ties bound by respect India and the United States share strong diplomatic and economic ties, but recent incidents expose double standards and disrespect towards India. While Indian professionals contr...
From black to grey: on the Sample Registration System – Statistical Report, 2024
If India wanted proof of its shifting demographic status, then the latest SRS bulletin, 2024 has provided just that. The figures from the Sample Registration System – Statistical Report, 2024, offer...
Water governance in peri-urban areas
I ndia’s water story has made real progress. The Jal Jeevan Mission has brought tap water to nearly eight out of every 10 rural households. While urban water supply is not without its challenges, at l...
Finance Commission transfers and equity issue
The Finance Commission (FC), constituted under the Constitution, determines the distribution of the Union’s gross tax revenues between Centre and States and among the States themselves to address vert...
Baby bait: on the Andhra Pradesh government’s proposed incentives for families
Departing from decades of family-planning policies in India, the Andhra Pradesh government has proposed new incentives for families in the State to have three or more children. The State’s total ferti...
India needs to prepare for a future with an ageing population
If India wanted proof of its shifting demographic status, then the latest SRS bulletin, 2024 has provided just that. The figures from the Sample Registration System – Statistical Report, 2024, offer...
Incentives for having more children will keep poorer women out of workforce
Departing from decades of family-planning policies in India, the Andhra Pradesh government has proposed new incentives for families in the State to have three or more children. The State’s total ferti...
India and Australia — bridging the trade and trust barrier
I s a comprehensive India-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in the offing? With the Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong in India for the Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting , there is anticipation t...
Left-of-centre thought is alive
The value of left-of-centre ideas, such as socialism, social democracy, secularism, economic egalitarianism, gender-equality, freedom of speech, equal opportunity, right to health and education and so...
The U.S. ends Russia oil waiver, implications for India
The United States’ decision to tighten restrictions again on Russian seaborne oil may seem like another chapter in the sanctions battle over the Ukraine war. But beneath the headlines lies a much larg...
India’s green transition still runs on coal
The recent rise in global energy prices following the escalation of the conflict in West Asia has once again exposed India’s continuing vulnerability to external energy shocks. Despite years of policy...
Busting two myths around Bengal polls
From the century-old red edifice of Lal Bari, the Writers’ Building, once the seat of Bengal’s colonial and postcolonial bureaucracy, and from where the BJP had promised to govern , to Nabanna, Bengal...
Karnataka’s hijab row: A rollback, at last
In what was called an “emergency” press conference last week, Karnataka’s Minister for School Education and Literacy Madhu Bangarappa announced the rollback of the 2022 order on uniforms in schools an...
Letters to The Editor — May 25, 2026
Significance of the CJP The growing popularity of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) points to a deeper problem — many institutions today seem to lack transparency and a meaningful connection with the pe...
Cyber warfare is outpacing global legal accountability
Recent tensions involving the United States, Israel and Iran highlight a clear shift in how force is exercised today. According to reporting and policy analyses, the recent strikes were accompanied no...
The Supreme Court should set aside sedition as constitutionally unsustainable
The Indian state has not infrequently used the colonial offence of sedition , codified under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), as a tool to quell dissent. In May 2022, the Supreme Court of ...
The French Open starts amid a dispute over prize money
In the Open Era (from 1968), only six men have won each of the four tennis Majors at least once. Rod Laver achieved it in a single breathtaking year in 1969; Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federe...
A quantity-driven mindset
O ur minds are inherently tuned towards quantity rather than quality. This applies to many aspects in our day-to-day life. It seems like quantity is easier to convince people than quality as people ye...
Finding joy in one’s own company
D o you remember when you really wanted to go somewhere but could not because none of your friends agreed to go with you? Or when you wanted to watch a movie but none of your friends was interested in...
Paradise found
T ourists from across the world flock to Goa during winter mesmerised by its beaches to celebrate Christmas and New Year. However, most beaches in Goa these days have become crowded and unclean. This ...
Creation and destruction
A s I sat in the balcony of my third floor flat, chilling out with a hot cuppa and watching the construction of a building in the diagonally opposite plot of land, I cannot help wondering how much tim...
Cats, dogs, cows and others of animal kingdom
n the past, cattle and other pet animals were integral to village life. Cattle were reared for milk, meat, and agricultural activities. But with increasing mechanisation of agriculture, cattle wealth ...
The punch of a smile
The triceps on the back of your hand weighs about a kilogram, has a cross-sectional area of 25 square cm, and can deliver up to 2,000 newtons of force in a single punch, enough to break the jawbone of...
Summers of contentment
W hen I was a child, my father quietly introduced me to the habit of reading by bringing home a newspaper every day. During summer vacations, we would gather the weekly children’s supplements from pas...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Europe visit may pave the way for collaboration on energy security
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tour to the UAE and Europe — the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Italy — had a multi-pronged agenda. Much of the visit had been planned last year, including the India-...
The Index of Eight Core Industries is only the latest indication of a distressed economy
India’s economy seems to have begun the financial year 2026-27 on a decidedly tepid note, going by the data released so far for April 2026. The latest of these, the Index of Eight Core Industries (ICI...
Should the NEET-UG be decentralised?
The cancellation and retest of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG), 2026 has exposed deep cracks in India’s examination system. Allegations of paper leaks, corruption and repeated lap...
On measuring freedom of the press in India
A patient complaining of pain can be asked to quantify it on a scale of 10 — a practice common in the West but still rare in India. There are experts who “aim to deeply investigate happiness measureme...
Regulation, not bans, can protect online gamers
The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, was passed with the objective to “protect individuals, especially youth and vulnerable populations, from the adverse social, economic, psycholo...
Dining alone: Here’s why solo dining is becoming more popular
Some of the most useful lessons I learnt as a young restaurateur came from New York restaurateur Danny Meyer’s book Setting the Table . He writes beautifully about the guest who comes in alone. Most d...
Letters to The Editor — May 23, 2026
Caste and Census If the Socio-Economic and Caste Census of 2011 generated over 46 lakh caste entries and reportedly contained around eight crore data errors, one can only wonder what the outcome of th...
Interpreting the ‘rise’ of the Cockroach Janta Party
In just four days, a formation in India calling itself the ‘Cockroach Janta Party’ has accumulated a following that established political organisations often spend years building. Meme pages, Instagra...
The magic of one-fifth
The other day I stepped into a clothing shop with a modest intention. I told myself that this time I would choose something different. The shelves were full of attractive options. There were bright co...
Letters to The Editor — May 22, 2026
Court on caste count The Supreme Court of India has said that “any government needs to know how many people are backward and need welfare”. But the Court assumes, like most people, that caste indicate...
Caste away: On the Court and caste count
The Supreme Court was not wrong to dismiss a petition that sought to stall the caste census , which is part of the ongoing Census 2027 . The Chief Justice of India remarked, in support of the caste co...
Ladakh seeks belonging through representation
It is both sad and ironic that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India argues that Ladakh needs more districts rather than a legislature or stronger constitutional safeguards under the...
Bat for the better: On the BCCI and the RTI Act
The RTI Act was originally designed to scrutinise the state, a limit that the BCCI has repeatedly tested thanks to its outsized power. The BCCI is a private body that operates commercially and lacks d...
People must have the option to state that they are casteless in the Census
The Supreme Court was not wrong to dismiss a petition that sought to stall the caste census , which is part of the ongoing Census 2027 . The Chief Justice of India remarked, in support of the caste co...
Courts must treat tax exemptions to the BCCI as a form of state grant
The RTI Act was originally designed to scrutinise the state, a limit that the BCCI has repeatedly tested thanks to its outsized power. The BCCI is a private body that operates commercially and lacks d...
Envoys and theological overtures
In a world of state-like entities and since times immemorial, the need has been felt at all times to communicate views to each other on matters of interest reliably through persons of confidence who h...
Column by Devdutt Pattanaik | Secrets of Bihar’s mirrored caves
One of the most striking experiences near Rajgir in Bihar lies inside the Barabar Caves. The walls are polished to such perfection that they are like mirrors. These surfaces were carved and finished o...
Analysing India’s budgets for justice
T he lack of any targeted funding to improve justice outcomes in the Union Budget 2026-27 shows that India continues to overlook the importance of rule of law to economic growth. To understand governm...
Boosting climate action in Tamil Nadu
A new political mandate in Tamil Nadu arrives at a time when climate risks are no longer distant projections but lived realities. From rising heat to coastal vulnerability, the urgency to embed climat...
Letters to The Editor — May 21, 2026
Bail ruling The Supreme Court of India’s reflection on its earlier bail ruling is a welcome reminder that justice must not be delayed into denial. When trials stretch endlessly, liberty becomes collat...
The bail rule: On liberty and the Andrabi ruling
The idea of justice should never allow for the indefinite imprisonment of someone without trial. However, The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) , does so, through its stringent Section 43-D(...
Examining the Tadmetla encounter inquiry
T he High Court of Chhattisgarh recently rejected an appeal against the acquittal of 10 accused persons involved in a brutal attack on the security forces in Sukma on April 6, 2010 . On this fateful d...
A test for political accountability
T he arrest of Bandi Sai Bageerath, the son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar, under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, has spiralled into one of...
The Andrabi ruling reaffirms liberty over the stringent UAPA bar
The idea of justice should never allow for the indefinite imprisonment of someone without trial. However, The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) , does so, through its stringent Section 43-D(...
Courts should not react defensively to every line of criticism
While it is the courts’ prerogative to punish contempt, how well they have separated contemptuous attacks from constitutionally protected criticism, especially by journalists, lawyers, activists, and ...
Drone mania, separating hype from battlefield reality
Operation Sindoor started with a bang at 1.02 a.m. on May 7, 2025 and the surprise ceasefire at 3.30 p.m. on May 10, 2025 , was akin to an “out-of-syllabus” event. On the first anniversary, discussion...
Preparing India for a credible digital Census
The house listing phase of the 2027 Census is now progressing in some States and the work in other States will be taken up soon. The questionnaire for this phase was pre-tested last year. It was repor...
Fire at the edge of my farm
I can be quite old-fashioned about some things; I think living on a farm makes you that way. For instance, I am a firm believer that there is men’s work and there is women’s work, and they are not alw...
What fighting a forest fire near my farm taught me about community
I can be quite old fashioned about some things; I think living on a farm makes you that way. For instance, I am a firm believer that there is men’s work and there is women’s work, and they are not alw...
Letters to The Editor — May 20, 2026
Reforming poll landscape We are undertaking many reforms to correct unacceptable practices. Why not amend the Representation of the People Act to curb the unchecked growth of political parties? India ...
When airspace becomes the new front in China-Taiwan rivalry
The ancient Chinese philosopher Mencius once suggested that a just cause naturally attracts abundant support, while an unjust one barely gets any support. However, in international politics, “just” is...
Shared use of disputed religious sites should be allowed to continue
The mixed architecture of the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh, has fed uncertainty about its religious identity for more than a century, with the dispute intensifying around the ...
Extra caution should guide international responses to Ebola outbreak
With unusual alacrity, WHO declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern over the Ebola outbreak in central Africa , not even waiting for the advice of an emergency committee of expert p...
India’s EV ambition needs a grid strategy to match
Every time crude prices spike as a result of tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, India’s import bill bleeds. The latest escalation in West Asia has prompted two-wheeler commuters in Patna and Pune to br...
A China-U.S. summit that drew global attention
After a nine-year hiatus, United States President Donald Trump once again set foot on Chinese soil, and the “Beijing Moment” immediately went viral around the world. Why did this historic meeting draw...
Improving efficiency of fertilizer use in India
T he ongoing war in West Asia and the rising costs of fuel and fertilizers give India an opportunity to enhance fertilizer use efficiency and moderate demand. India produces 80% of its urea requiremen...
A new political trajectory in Bihar
A month into the new regime in Bihar, Bhartiya Janata Party leader and new Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary has emerged as the unquestionable leader of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in ...
Letters to The Editor — May 19, 2026
Beyond numbers Raising the strength of Supreme Court judges from 33 to 37 is too modest to substantially clear the backlog of cases (Front page, May 18). Even if it is increased to 100, nothing will i...
Unlearnt lessons: On India’s inadequate strategic petroleum and gas reserves
Last week, the Centre hiked retail petroleum product prices after a gap of four years. This was expected, since the government had been warning about high crude prices, and how public sector oil marke...
Gender, caregiving, the law in Indian research funding
India’s scientific ambitions are increasingly visible in space missions, pharmaceutical research, and peer-reviewed scholarship. Yet, its institutional culture that sustains this continues to marginal...
Oslo summit must mark India’s northward turn
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Oslo on May 18-19 for the third India-Nordic Summit comes as the logic of India’s engagement with Northern Europe has fundamentally changed. When India first me...
A look at the BJP’s playbook in Kerala
A fter the elections, senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Thomas Isaac commented: “Though the BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party] won three Assembly seats in Keralam, the vote share of the NDA i...
Replicating past strategies in Andhra
T he politics of Andhra Pradesh has long been a theatre of high-stakes engineering of narratives, where the contest for power is fought less on the balance sheets and more on the terrain of credibilit...
One-horse races are no triumph for democracy
There was an industrialist whose company was doing exceptionally well. In a decade since its inception, it captured over 40% of the market share. When I asked him, “Having reached thus far, what do yo...
Letters to The Editor — May 18, 2026
Manipur crisis and stability The ongoing ethnic tensions in Manipur have severely affected normal life, education, business, and public safety in the State. Thousands of people are still living in fea...
India’s inadequate strategic petroleum and gas reserves stand exposed
Last week, the Centre hiked retail petroleum product prices after a gap of four years. This was expected, since the government had been warning about high crude prices, and how public sector oil marke...
Despite the predictability of weather events, India remains vulnerable
Late last week, a pacy pre-monsoon weather system barrelled into Uttar Pradesh, bringing a compound of thunderstorms, dust storms, lightning, heavy rain, and thundersqualls to multiple districts at on...
Strategic spark in India-South Korea defence ties
The visit of the Indian Defence Minister to Seoul (May 19-21), following the South Korean President’s visit to India (April 19-21, 2026), underscores the growing momentum and strategic significance of...
Diversification gains: On India and its export competitiveness
India’s export performance in April 2026 has been commendable, underscoring the attempts by the government and industry to diversify in times of crisis. Despite the various trade disruptions, merchand...
Stuttering Starmer: On the Labour leadership crisis
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing an unprecedented challenge to the tenability of his role after the Labour Party lost a series of elections across the country, ceding ground to both the left...
Productivity, not just growth, for Viksit Bharat
India’s recent economic performance has been strong enough to inspire confidence. Over the past decade, and particularly in the post-COVID-19 pandemic period, India has combined relatively high growth...
A survival guide for pronoun protocols
I first encountered pronoun protocols at the start of one of those one-week training programmes — the kind where the coffee is lukewarm, the air conditioning is set to “Arctic Tundra”, and the icebrea...
Back to life
A child is diagnosed with a genetic defect in the heart. The parents sit across a doctor who speaks of narrowing options and limited time. What should they do — wait, hope, or act? A 30-year-old gymna...
The final draft
The idea appears, at first glance, mildly eccentric. To write one’s own obituary seems like an exercise reserved for philosophers, the overly reflective, or those with an unusual comfort with mortalit...
Escape the loop
We are a generation obsessed with destiny. Scroll through any feed, flip through any self-help bestseller, and you will be ambushed by the same demanding question: What is your purpose? It is presente...
Living for oneself
On my 70th birthday, I woke up earlier than usual. The house was quiet. I made myself a cup of tea and sat by the window feeling a calm I had not noticed in years. At this stage of life, such moments ...
Mute the phone
Of late, I feel juggling tasks has become deeply ingrained in us, as we do multiple things at the same time. Whether it’s listening to a video while reading through the comments, watching our favourit...
Wound to the clock
One day it stopped, as the battery died. At first, it wasn’t a huge deal, but day after day, I became furious, though I could just look at my phone, laptop or tablet. What is the fuss? It’s just time,...
India needs to improve export competitiveness in terms of cost and quality
India’s export performance in April 2026 has been commendable, underscoring the attempts by the government and industry to diversify in times of crisis. Despite the various trade disruptions, merchand...
The fragmentation of the electorate might make the U.K. ungovernable
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing an unprecedented challenge to the tenability of his role after the Labour Party lost a series of elections across the country, ceding ground to both the left...
The anomalies of Phase 2 of the SIR demand a fresh approach from the ECI in Phase 3
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced a third phase of its controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls , covering 16 States and three Union Territories with a comb...
As the U.S. and China renegotiate ties, India must reinforce its strategic autonomy
As U.S. President Donald Trump left Beijing on Friday after two days of talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the world’s two biggest powers appeared to have come to a temporary truce . How long it...
Neo-Dravidianism and the 2026 Tamil Nadu electoral realignment
The 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election and the results may be interpreted as a significant electoral and institutional realignment within the State’s long-standing Dravidian political framework. The em...
Is this the end of the road for the INDIA bloc?
F ollowing the recent electoral setbacks of two of the largest constituents of the INDIA bloc, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and the Trinamool Congress, there is renewed debate over the future o...
The enduring legacy left behind by Ted Turner
A s a child, Ted Turner’s father, Ed Turner, who was a major if overbearing influence on him told him to set his goals so high, that they were impossible to accomplish in one’s lifetime. “That way you...
Letters to The Editor — May 16, 2026
Burden of fuel hikes It has become routine for the ruling party at the Centre to keep fuel prices steady whenever elections are near, only to raise them soon after. As late as April 29, the Petroleum ...
Trade, supply chains and economic statecraft
The past decade has collapsed the old boundary between economics and geopolitics, creating a world in which supply chains, trade routes, energy corridors and technology ecosystems have become the real...
Why has the RSS called for dialogue with Pakistan?
The story so far: L ast week, Dattatreya Hosabale, the second in command in the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), the ideological mothership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) , said in an interview...
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Corrections and Clarifications — May 15, 2026
A report, “CBI arrests five, conducts raids across India in NEET leak case” (Front Page, May 14), referred to “three brothers — Mangilal Biwal, Vikas Biwal, and Dinesh Biwal”. However, Dinesh and Mang...
Letters to The Editor — May 15, 2026
Kerala CM selection Ultimately, the All India Congress Committee has succeeded in selecting the most suitable leader for the post of Chief Minister of Kerala. V.D. Satheesan had already served effecti...
Bursting at the seams: On the rise in inflation
India’s April retail inflation, at a 13-month high of 3.48% , is only marginally higher than its March print of 3.4% , and continues to remain deceptively benign. Wholesale inflation has more than dou...
The Iran war, India’s strategic autonomy challenges
United States President Donald Trump’s tariff wars against friend and foe over the last year now pale in comparison to the upheaval created by the unprecedented Israeli-American attack on Iran and cou...
Wound to the clock
One day it stopped, as the battery died. At first, it wasn’t a huge deal, but day after day, I became furious, though I could just look at my phone, laptop or tablet. What is the fuss? It’s just time,...
Cooling doctrine: On India’s response to extreme heat
Over the past decade, India’s response to extreme heat has settled into a familiar choreography. Summer comes and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) regurgitates its tally of rising pre...
The current rise in inflation is not transient, but systemic
India’s April retail inflation, at a 13-month high of 3.48% , is only marginally higher than its March print of 3.4% , and continues to remain deceptively benign. Wholesale inflation has more than dou...
Access to safe indoor temperatures must be a public-health entitlement
Over the past decade, India’s response to extreme heat has settled into a familiar choreography. Summer comes and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) regurgitates its tally of rising pre...
Building a preventive health culture in India
India has made remarkable strides in health care over the past four decades. It has built institutions of global repute, trained exceptional clinicians, and expanded access to advanced treatments. Yet...
Column | Didi and the Romans: How Bengal’s ‘Asterix’ lost her biggest fight
A decade ago, I was trying to write about the then forthcoming Bengal election. And I found inspiration in dog-eared comic books from my childhood. The year is 2016 CE. Bharat is almost entirely occup...
The ‘cinematisation’ of politics
T hroughout the recent election season in Tamil Nadu, there was an unmissable air of restlessness and frenzy among youth voters. Most youth — the largest share of the vote bank that led to actor-turne...
The law does not favour AIADMK rebels
A s many as 25 of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)’s 47 legislators voted in favour of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government in the confidence vote moved by Chief Minister...
Corrections and Clarifications — May 14, 2026
A sentence in the Editorial, “Split wide open” (May 13, 2026), should have read, “It appears that the Palaniswami group ... of the 1985 anti-defection law in case the dissidents violate the whip to vo...
Testing troubles: On the National Testing Agency, NEET-UG 2026
Once bitten, twice shy: this saying surely does not apply to the National Testing Agency (NTA). Given the number of times that the Agency has run into trouble in the conduct of common entrance exams, ...
Just war, power balance and modern conflict
Alexander Pope’s famous line, “Now Europe balanc’d, neither side prevails: For nothing’s left in either of the scales”, reminds us that peace without war is perhaps best achieved when there is a balan...
How India is governing its water resources
I ndia’s water crisis is often described as one of scarcity. Yet the deeper reality is a paradox: the country receives nearly 4,000 billion cubic metres of annual rainfall, but only a fraction of this...
Internal reservation: The challenge to not breach the limit
P ublic recruitment in Karnataka — stalled for over a year on account of reservation issues — is scheduled to start with a new quota matrix. The Karnataka government, amid pressure from job aspirants,...
IPL reminds us beauty is only one mode of the aesthetic experience
Mike Brearley once told me about his father who had played first class cricket for both Yorkshire and Middlesex. Late in life, damaged by Alzheimer’s, he had no understanding of the state of the game ...
Letters to The Editor — May 13, 2026
NEET cancelled Around 22.79 lakh students appeared for the “common and uniform National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET-UG) for admission to undergraduate medical education in medical institutions...
Leaks and breaches have destroyed the National Testing Agency’s credibility
Once bitten, twice shy: this saying surely does not apply to the National Testing Agency (NTA). Given the number of times that the Agency has run into trouble in the conduct of common entrance exams, ...
Europe must push for a negotiated settlement to Ukraine war
On May 9, speaking to reporters after the Moscow Victory Day parade, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said the war with Ukraine was “coming to a close” , and, for the first time since the war began i...
The Xi-Trump summit — shadow boxing on Iran
An American President stuck in an unwinnable and unpopular war, undertakes a risky trip to Beijing to seek Chinese intervention for a desperately needed off-ramp. The hosts feign sympathy and help, al...
Letters to The Editor — May 14, 2026
NEET and the NRI aspirant I am writing this letter not only as a NEET UG 2026 candidate but also as an Indian student currently residing in the United Kingdom who travelled internationally to appear f...
Split wide open: On the AIADMK, Tamil Nadu politics
It is no surprise that the AIADMK , the principal Opposition party in the previous Tamil Nadu Assembly, is heading towards a split, having faced a second successive setback in the recent Assembly elec...
The AIADMK seems set on the path of self-destruction
It is no surprise that the AIADMK , the principal Opposition party in the previous Tamil Nadu Assembly, is heading towards a split, having faced a second successive setback in the recent Assembly elec...
As courts adopt AI, care must be taken on the potential for abuse
In the latest step in a long-standing effort to digitise the judiciary, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant announced two initiatives from the Bench, called ‘One Case, One Data’ (OCOD), a unified ...
Managing coexistence in human-wildlife conflict zones
Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) is often framed as a conservation problem. In reality, it is a complex socio-ecological challenge shaped by land use, livelihoods and ecological change. Across continents...
A new start against noise pollution
For a few weeks now, the most insistent sound in Tamil Nadu has been the pea whistle, and that looks set to continue. Inside the Chepauk stadium, Chennai Super Kings supporters live up to the team’s c...
Tamil Nadu’s political transition, growth story faultlines
In Tamil Nadu, the electoral triumph of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) under the leadership of C. Joseph Vijay is seen as something that would lead to a break from the ‘Dravidian Model of developm...
The road to deliver women’s safety
T he case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against Sai Bhagirath, the son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay, is now a test case for how Telangan...
The slow erosion of press freedoms
Thirty-two years after the UN General Assembly proclaimed May 3 as World Press Freedom Day, anchored in the 1991 Windhoek Declaration in which journalists from 38 African countries asserted a free pre...
Corrections and Clarifications — May 12, 2026
Governor Rajendra Arlekar asked the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam to furnish letters from the political parties offering the support of their MLAs-elect and did not “demand signed letters from 118 Members ...
Letters to The Editor — May 12, 2026
Austerity from top down Austerity must begin at the top. With crude above $105 and the Strait of Hormuz crisis threatening India’s foreign exchange reserves, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for ci...
Belated warning: On the Prime Minister’s austerity appeal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s seven-point call to action for the citizens of India lays bare the severity of the impact of the West Asia crisis. Further, apart from its implications, Mr. Modi’s messa...
The enduring democratic message of a royal charter
‘Magna ...what ?’ Most contemporary readers and viewers of news would, on hearing or reading that phrase, ask. But not those interested in history, the rule of law, the rights of citizens, the suprema...
The challenge to not breach the limit
P ublic recruitment in Karnataka — stalled for over a year on account of reservation issues — is scheduled to start with a new quota matrix. The Karnataka government, amid pressure from job aspirants,...
The insidious return of separate electorates
F ew communities would have a greater right to rue the ascendance of Hindutva politics on the national stage than the largest minority of the country. However, now it seems that all those who believe ...
Kerala’s fiscal worries
A t his first press conference after the Congress-led United Democratic Front’s (UDF) landslide victory in the 2026 Assembly elections, V.D. Satheesan, Kerala’s Opposition Leader for the past five yea...
Letters to The Editor — May 11, 2026
Political platform Mamata Banerjee’s opinion that a new ‘united platform against the BJP’ is to be created appears untimely. Her wishful thinking can only be attributed to the rise of the Bharatiya Ja...
The Governor who forgot his job
The Tamil Nadu Assembly election verdict of 2026 was decisive. The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), contesting its first election, emerged as the single largest party with 108 seats in a House of 234. ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s suggestions to Indians imply a serious economic impact
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s seven-point call to action for the citizens of India lays bare the severity of the impact of the West Asia crisis. Further, apart from its implications, Mr. Modi’s messa...
The timing of the show-cause notice to Vinesh Phogat is suspect
Double World championships bronze medalist Vinesh Phogat’s comeback bid after a sabbatical following the Paris Olympics hit a roadblock when the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) found her ineligibl...
A new phase in the India-Vietnam strategic partnership
The state visit of Vietnamese President Tô Lâm to India last week (May 5-7, 2026) marks a consequential moment in the steady deepening of India-Vietnam ties, reflecting both the maturation of a long-s...
No detours: On the Tamil Nadu elections, post-poll outcome
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and its leader C. Joseph Vijay , who was sworn in as Chief Minister along with nine Ministers from the party on Sunday, took the shortest and straightest route to po...
A TVK-led government with aligned partners was the only viable post-poll outcome in Tamil Nadu
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and its leader C. Joseph Vijay, who was sworn in as Chief Minister along with nine Ministers from the party on Sunday, took the shortest and straightest route to pow...
The opportunity cost of accessing medical care remains high
The Union Labour Ministry has announced that it will provide a free annual health check-up to workers aged 40 years or more, following an existing provision in the new Labour Codes. The programme will...
Advancing India-South Korea defence innovation ties
Since establishing diplomatic relations in 1973, India and South Korea have maintained defence ties. Their first formal agreement, the 2005 MoU on Defence Industry and Logistics, promoted cooperation ...
One year after Operation Sindoor: The threat landscape has not disappeared
On the winter morning of January 9, 2026, an arms consignment dropped by a drone from Pakistani Punjab was recovered from a forward area near the International Border (IB) in Ghagwal area in Samba dis...
For a breath of rare fresh air
“The sky is blue!” I shout to no one in particular. I can’t contain my joy as I look out of the window. The sky, just as we learnt in school, is blue, finally. The last time I saw a sky this blue was ...
When grief has a face
She sits beside her husband’s body, her face still and unreadable. Not because she feels nothing, but because the grief is too immense for words. The photograph, taken after the Pahalgam terrorist amb...
A saviour from nowhere
For hours, the poor kitten had been mewing for help in the backyard of the neighbouring office building. Though people moved in and out, she remained unattended. Hours passed, and the day went by; the...
Bonding with nature in Munnar
T here’s perhaps no better place to initiate children into the mysteries of nature in all its myriad forms than Munnar’s verdant tea gardens and lush ‘shola’ jungles. Thanks to committed conservation ...
Nature and poetry
T here was a time not very long ago when becoming a poet required only three things: a functioning window, a tolerable climate, and an unreasonable attachment to metaphors involving dew. Nature poets,...
The problem of plenty
The Telugu moral poet Baddena, in the Sumati Shatakam , offers a simple yet enduring insight: “Peruguta viruguta korake” — that which grows must eventually decline. For a long time, humanity struggled...
The BJP’s priority must be to end the violence in West Bengal
The Bharatiya Janata Party ’s victory in West Bengal has long been in the making. In power for three consecutive five-year terms, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) had been degenerating by the day while th...
The AINRC won comfortably with a reduced vote share
The people of the Union Territory of Puducherry, no strangers to fractured electoral verdicts , have decisively handed another term to the All India N.R. Congress -led National Democratic Alliance, fa...
Governor should be convinced that single largest party can win a majority
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election has turned out to be a nail-biter befitting Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam chief C. Joseph Vijay’s cinematic background, keeping the audience on the edge of thei...
The elephant in India’s data room
As another session of Parliament has ended, a familiar pattern was visible on the floor of the House. Members of Parliament who rose to ask questions, performing one of Parliament’s most important acc...
India managed the West Asia crisis to reduce impact on fuel consumers
The West Asia conflict created enormous challenges for the oil and gas industry across the globe. The Strait of Hormuz, 21 miles wide at its narrowest point, is a thin water channel separating Iran fr...
Corrections and Clarifications — May 9, 2026
India is the world’s second-largest coal producer, not third as mentioned in the report “RE meets global electricity demand for the first time” (Opinion page, ‘Data Point’, May 6, 2026). Published - M...
Letters to The Editor — May 9, 2026
A wise man’s advice The timely epistle by Gopalkrishna Gandhi, former Governor of West Bengal, in the form of an open letter to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam leader C. Joseph Vijay (“An open letter to ...
A watershed moment in India’s defence posture
Operation Sindoor commenced at 1:05 a.m. on May 7, 2025, with a surgical, high-intensity destruction of selected terrorist infrastructure. This strike was a direct and decisive response to the cowardl...
Beyond the textbook
I n the quiet corners of many Indian classrooms, the laws of physics and the logic of mathematics are often reduced to ink on paper. Students can recite the speed of sound or the coordinates of a map,...
Openness, not isolation, is the bedrock of the West
R ecent statements from Washington show how global politics is being increasingly framed along civilisational terms. The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has referred to the idea of a shared “Weste...
Seeking a new paradigm for Dravidian exceptionalism
T he victory of cinema superstar C. Joseph Vijay in the recent State Assembly election marks a watershed moment for politics in Tamil Nadu. Breaking with nearly 60 years of voting for one of only two ...
Unwinnable war: On Donald Trump’s ‘Operation Project Freedom’
W hen Donald Trump announced ‘Operation Project Freedom’, aimed at “guiding” stranded merchant vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz, he warned that any interference from Iran would be dealt with “force...
Building hazards: On preventing and fighting fires
E ach major fire accident in cities that ends up claiming human lives fleshes out different sets of causative and exacerbating factors. The recent one in Shahdara in East Delhi highlighted a lack of s...
Should the abortion law be amended for minor rape victims?
Why are so many pregnant persons approaching the courts for terminations? Do we need to remove time limits on abortions? Do abortion laws need to be delinked from criminal laws? How can access to safe...
Off the script on Bengal elections
Standing inside the oldest coal mine of India in Raniganj, West Bengal, amid black dust, I could feel a song reach my ears. The women singing in a synchronised voice as they continued to dig for coal....
The U.S. should pursue a deal with Iran, and not take a maximalist stand
W hen Donald Trump announced ‘Operation Project Freedom’, aimed at “guiding” stranded merchant vessels out of the Strait of Hormuz, he warned that any interference from Iran would be dealt with “force...
Ballots outside, bargains inside
The 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election has sent shockwaves not only across Tamil Nadu but throughout India. The defeat of well-known electoral heavyweights in their own constituencies — despite holding...
Letters to the Editor — May 8, 2026
Floor test People were under the impression that Mr. Vijay’s TVK party, which emerged as the single largest party in the recently held Tamil Nadu Assembly election, would be called by the Governor to ...
A new roadmap for independent cinema
T he latest rule changes by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are not merely procedural — they signal a philosophical shift in how global cinema is seen, validated, and circulated. By lo...
TVK’s victory in Tamil Nadu polls: The rise of an apolitical polity
Even though Tamil Nadu’s outgoing Chief Minister M. K. Stalin put on a brave face and said he would face both defeat and success with equanimity , his loss in the Kolathur constituency appears to have...
Letters to The Editor — May 7, 2026
Congress’s political moves It is regrettable that the Congress party has degenerated into an untrustworthy political entity. It has shown no hesitation in shamelessly disowning the alliance that broug...
Cost of success: On the BJP’s victory in Assam
Himanta Biswa Sarma is expected to take oath as Chief Minister after leading the BJP to power in Assam yet again. Mr. Sarma was a Congress leader when the party came to power in the north-eastern Stat...
India needs to do more to both prevent and fight fires
E ach major fire accident in cities that ends up claiming human lives fleshes out different sets of causative and exacerbating factors. The recent one in Shahdara in East Delhi highlighted a lack of s...
India needs to do more to both prevent and fight fiAres
E ach major fire accident in cities that ends up claiming human lives fleshes out different sets of causative and exacerbating factors. The recent one in Shahdara in East Delhi highlighted a lack of s...
Understanding inequality in India’s growth story
There have been some significant policy changes in the recent past — this includes the implementation of the new Labour Codes and the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) B...
Back in the saddle: On the Congress-led UDF’s win in the Kerala Assembly polls
Riding a massive anti-incumbency wave, the Congress -led United Democratic Front (UDF) returned to power in Kerala on May 4, ending 10 years of its being in the political wilderness. After an unpreced...
Fixing structural deficits in India’s health system
On March 11, 2026, the Minister of State for Health, Anupriya Patel, informed Parliament that 43 new medical colleges have been established and 11,682 MBBS seats along with 8,967 postgraduate seats ha...
The BJP’s path to victory in Assam undermined the health of India’s polity
Himanta Biswa Sarma is expected to take oath as Chief Minister after leading the BJP to power in Assam yet again. Mr. Sarma was a Congress leader when the party came to power in the north-eastern Stat...
Congress leaders in Kerala should rise above personal ambitions
Riding a massive anti-incumbency wave, the Congress -led United Democratic Front (UDF) returned to power in Kerala on May 4, ending 10 years of its being in the political wilderness. After an unpreced...
How ‘bulldozer justice’ undermines the law
T he sight of a five-year-old gifting a toy to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on March 27 at Gorakhpur made for a tender photo moment. The Chief Minister returned the gift and asked the ...
A shifting political arithmetic in Punjab
B uoyed by electoral victories in West Bengal, Assam, and Puducherry, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems eager to carry that momentum into Punjab, treating it as the next domino in a long line wai...
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A new chapter Actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay has secured an astounding electoral victory in Tamil Nadu. Analysts view it as a significant achievement, noting his self-belief and also the stro...
Building bridges: On India’s solar generation, battery storage
India scaled a record peak demand of 256.1 GW on April 25 with solar plants supplying 21.5% of the afternoon load — an all-time high, and the clearest signal yet that the country’s installed solar fle...
Silencing academia, weakening democratic space
According to the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute 2026 report, India is still classified as an “electoral autocracy”, ranking in the lower half globally. The report notes a steady decline in d...
At sea: On the Indian Navy’s Project 17A
The Indian Navy’s Project 17A is a ₹45,000-crore programme to build seven ‘Nilgiri’-class frigates, with anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine capabilities, as an advanced complement to the ‘Shiv...
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How the world’s first weekly insulin shot could change diabetes treatment in India
There are 101 million people living with diabetes and 136 million with pre-diabetes. (Magnific) Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk launched its weekly insulin shot in India on Thursday (July 9),...
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How Stuxnet changed cyber warfare, and why it still matters in the Age of AI
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility in 2008. The site's uranium enrichment was set back by several years following a Stuxnet attack. (NYT File) Writ...
Centre brings amnesty scheme for PF Trusts to regularise their status
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has invited applications from exempted Provident Fund Trusts to regularise their status as per the provisions of the Finance Act, 2026, the Income Tax...
Expert Explains | Why India’s engineering education needs a reset in the AI era
The IITs and a handful of premier public and private institutions continue to attract the country’s brightest students, achieve excellent placements, and expand their research and innovation ecosystem...
New voters have to also submit parents' SIR details for inclusion in electoral rolls
It's not only existing voters not covered in previous Special Intensive Revision (SIR) who have to submit their parents' SIR details to remain on the electoral rolls, but also the new applicants seeki...
Temple, wealth, and power: Lessons from Medieval India
Neither Akbar (right) nor Aurangzeb was acting out of tolerance or bigotry alone when dealing with temples. (Photos: Wikimedia Commons) Few issues in Indian history evoke stronger emotions than the de...
Assam activist leading protests against Kaziranga luxury hotels detained
The Assam Police on Sunday (July 12, 2026) detained activist Pranab Doley, who has been leading protests against proposed luxury hotels near the Kaziranga National Park. Booked under at least 15 secti...
Experts explain | Why India struggles to count heatwave deaths as climate change intensifies
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AAP launches signature drive to press for action against ‘dacoity’ at Ram Temple
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) launched a nationwide signature campaign on Sunday (July 12, 2026) demanding strict punishment for those involved in chanda chori (theft of offerings) from the Ram Temple in ...
Scientist wins Rs 95-lakh prize for decoding bird calls: Why researchers are excited about zebra finches' mistakes
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CJI Surya Kant inaugurates Gurugram’s ‘Tower of Justice’, stresses on women-friendly judicial infrastructure
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Balen Shah’s first 100 days: Did Nepal’s government deliver on its promises?
The government says its achievements span governance, foreign affairs and infrastructure. (File) Written by Abhishek Nair Nepal’s government says it fulfilled 70 of the 100 commitments in its self-imp...
ESIC to add seven more healthcare facilities
The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) will add seven more healthcare facilities into its infrastructure network in six States. Union Minister for Labour Mansukh Mandaviya will inaugurate t...
The significance of India’s Astra missiles, which Indonesia is buying
The homegrown beyond-visual-range missile ASTRA was test-fired in March last year. Photo: PIB India and Indonesia on Tuesday reached a significant milestone in their growing strategic cooperation by s...
Real culprits being protected in Ram Temple donation embezzlement case: Congress MP
Senior Congress leader Pramod Tiwari on Sunday (July 12, 2026) alleged that the real culprits in the alleged donation embezzlement at the Ayodhya Ram temple are being protected by the administration a...
How a price surge fuelled gold loans, sparked talk of behavioural change
NBFCs’ gold loan growth was 70% in May, while for banks it stood at 105%. (Reuters) The unprecedented rise in gold prices over the last one year – albeit one that has cooled in recent months – has le...
India, Canada conclude third round of talks on proposed trade pact
India and Canada concluded the third round of negotiations for the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) in Ottawa on Friday (July 10, 2026) as the two sides look to wind up the...
Can Marine Le Pen run in France’s 2027 presidential election? Court says yes, but with an ankle bracelet
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen walks outside the courtroom during a short break in her appeals trial in Paris, on Jan. 20, 2026. (AP) After months of anticipation, a Paris appeals court on Tuesday (Ju...
INDIA bloc to raise Ram temple, NEET paper leak issues in Monsoon session: RJD’s Sudhakar Singh
The INDIA bloc will seek to corner the Centre in the upcoming Parliament session over issues like the Ram temple donation case and the NEET paper leak, while also resisting the BJP's alleged attempts ...
Why the Supreme Court upheld a wife’s right to access husband’s hotel room records
The Supreme Court bench of Justices BV Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma in July 2025 held that secretly recorded conversations can be admitted into evidence in family disputes (Wikimedia Commons) ...
Goyal to visit Spain, Belgium, Finland this week
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will embark on a five-day visit to Spain, Belgium, and Finland to discuss ways to boost trade and investments between India and the three countries, an offi...
Hyderabad’s Char Kaman all set to be restored: What are they, why they matter
A view of the Charminar Kaman, the arch to the south. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Hyderabad is known for its iconic Charminar, the structure which falls in the Old City and bears the signature of the Qut...
Congress seeks to recast Ayodhya narrative amid Ram Temple donation row
The Ayodhya dispute predates the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) , but the Ram Janmabhoomi movement became the key issue through which the party challenged the Congress’ template of secularis...
Explained: Kerala HC urges Parliament to let Christian women file for divorce where they live
The court held that a Christian woman who is unable to litigate in the prescribed forum is not entirely without a remedy and can seek transfer of the case under the civil law. (Magnific) Flagging a di...
PM Modi returned with diplomatic gains, Rahul Gandhi 'conspiring' abroad: BJP
The BJP on Sunday (July 12, 2026) presented a 'report card' on the outcomes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent foreign tours and attacked Rahul Gandhi, saying the Prime Minister returned having ...
Expert Explains | From charging points to power grid, challenges in Delhi’s shift to EVs
EV DTC buses at the IP Depot in New Delhi. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal) The Delhi government’s new Electric Vehicles (EV) policy seeks to ensure that 30% of Delhi’s vehicle fleet is electrified by...
CJP protest day 23: Wangchuk’s health worsens as fast enters 15th day
Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk's health deteriorated further on Sunday (July 12, 2026) as his indefinite hunger strike entered the 15th day, with doctors reporting a further drop in his ...
Falling trees kill 3 in Mumbai: The role of concrete, weakened roots and high winds
Mumbai rains: A 11-year-old student died and five others were hospitalised after a tree fell on a school bus carrying 18 children in Mumbai's Chembur. (Express Photo - Amit Chakravarty) Mumbai rains: ...
Man shot dead in Manipur’s Kangpokpi
A 53-year-old man was shot dead by some armed men while he was working on a paddy field in Manipur's Kangpokpi district on Saturday (July 11, 2026) evening, officials said. Haolal Singsit, a resident ...
Why a US Senate campaign ended by sexual assault allegations matters for national politics
Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for US Senate, and Senator Bernie Sanders at an event in Orono, Maine, May 24. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) Written by Abhishek Nair Graham Platner, the Democ...
Ram Temple trust to decide CEO’s powers, no govt. interference: Nripendra Misra
Ram Temple Construction Committee Chairman Nripendra Misra on Sunday (July 12, 2026) stated that the responsibilities and powers of the first-ever Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ayodhya temple w...
What changes with new EPFO portal: Centralised database, facility to see amount for withdrawal, and more
As the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), India’s retirement fund body, rolls out a revamped portal, members will be able to access all their details on a unified portal along with faster ...
Says democratic society cannot flourish where people continue to live under an environment of constant apprehension
The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti has been placed under house arrest ahead of Martyrs’ Day observance in Srinagar, her daughter Iltija Mufti said on Sunday (Jul...
Why Punjab is turning to methadone to supplement its fight against drug addiction
Over three lakh people are registered for treatment at the state’s government OOAT centres, according to the Punjab Health Department. (Magnific for representation) On June 26, the International Day ...
Central Information Commission directs IIT-M to disclose utilisation of grant-in-aid funds
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) to provide a detailed, project-wise breakdown of the utilisation of grant-in-aid funds for the f...
Prambanan temple: Revisiting origins and history of Indonesia’s iconic heritage site
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto during their visit at Prambanan Temple, in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on July 8, 2026. Photo: AP/PTI Prime Minister Nar...
India discusses agricultural collaboration with Taliban government of Afghanistan
NEW DELHI The Taliban administration of Afghanistan has expressed its desire to enhance agricultural cooperation with India, covering areas such as agricultural trade, infrastructure development and i...
Hardeep Singh Nijjar case explained: Canada’s latest findings and the US charges
Nijjar was the chief of the separatist organisation Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) and the head of the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara Sahib in Surrey, Canada. (File) Canada on Wednesday (July 8) ruled out Indi...
One Indian seafarer missing in attack on container ship; govt. issues strong condemnation
The Indian government has condemned the attack on a Cyprus-flagged commercial vessel off the coast of Oman that left one of its 11 Indian crew members missing. “We condemn the attack on the commercial...
Maharashtra rain: Why the Western Ghats received historically high rainfall this July
Officials at a site after multiple landslides occurred in the Karjat-Lonavala ghat section on the Mumbai-Pune line triggered by heavy rainfall, at Lonavala, in Pune district, Maharashtra, on July 7, 2...
U.P. Minister’s reply sought over ‘discrepancies’ in income, assets
The Deputy Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh has sought a response from State Minister Somendra Tomar and his wife following a complaint alleging discrepancies in their declared income and assets. The petiti...
Dire straits: Hormuz flare-up underscores precariousness of US-Iran MoU; oil market on edge
The global energy market, which had just started to breathe easy over the past few weeks as maritime traffic via the Strait of Hormuz showed clear signs of recovery, is on the edge again. (Reuters Fil...
Doctor who flagged equipment shortage lauds Kerala government’s move to end floor treatment
Senior doctor Haris Chirakkal, who had earlier triggered a political controversy by highlighting shortages of surgical equipment at the Government Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, has wel...
Prince Harry’s court case against the Daily Mail: What was it about and why did he lose?
This case marks the third time since 2019 of Prince Harry suing media outlets (AP Photo) Written by Abhishek Nair On July 7, a High Court judge in London ruled against Prince Harry in his long-running...
Indira Point: Why Centre wants to protect landmark lighthouse and develop tourism hub
Indira Point is an important maritime landmark, and lies to the south of the Galathea Bay in the Great Nicobar Island. Photo: Detailed Project Report by IIT-M on Indira Point development proposal The ...
Amit Shah vows 20% increase in Gandhinagar's green cover by 2029
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday (July 12, 2026) said that 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam', the campaign to increase India's green cover, has turned into a mass movement, crucial for securing Earth's habi...
Why Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann is linking the SIR exercise to welfare schemes
While the exercise is aimed at updating the state’s electoral rolls, with Punjab set to hold Legislative Assembly polls next year, it has also sparked a political debate. (File) The Election Commissio...
Supreme Court to hear plea seeking guidelines to curb 'unpredictable fluctuations' of airfares on July 13
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear a plea seeking regulatory guidelines to control the "unpredictable fluctuations" in airfares and ancillary charges imposed by private airlines in India on Monday...
Expert Explains | How Turkey emerged as a winner from a fractious NATO summit
US President Donald Trump with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after arriving for the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey on July 7. AP For months, President Donald Trump’s attendance at the NATO lea...
Iltija says she and her mother Mehbooba Mufti put under ‘house arrest’, on the eve of Martyrs’ Day
Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti has been placed under house arrest ahead of Martyrs' Day observance in Srinagar, her daughter Iltija Mufti claimed on Sunday (July 12, 2026). "We have bee...
Graphs, Data and Perspectives | June inflation may breach RBI’s 4% target. What’s driving this?
Petrol and diesel price hikes were implemented in May as the West Asia war drove up crude oil prices. Tashi Tobgyal The retail inflation rate is set to breach the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) target ...
India discusses agricultural collaboration with Taliban governement of Afghanistan
NEW DELHI The Taliban administration of Afghanistan has expressed its desire to enhance agricultural cooperation with India, covering areas such as agricultural trade, infrastructure development and i...
What the Election Commission’s new online registration requirement means for voters
Booth Level Officers (BLOs) distribute and collect Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration forms from voters in Kondhwa, Pune. (Express photo by Arul Horizon) The Election Commission of India’s (...
MEA says 10 Indians rescued, one missing after vessel attacked off Oman
The Indian government has condemned the attack on a Cyprus-flagged commercial vessel off the coast of Oman that left one of its 11 Indian crew members missing. “We condemn the attack on the commercial...
Satluj row: What legal records reveal about Jaswant Singh Khalra’s lifework, and murder
Jaswant Singh Khalra and his wife Paramjit Kaur Khalra, who led the legal battle for 16 years. (Photos: Special arrangement) Thirty-one years after his abduction and custodial death in 1995, Punjab’s ...
190-MLD Aluva water treatment plant to address Kochi’s water woes
Kochi Corporation is set to receive nearly 80 million litres per day (MLD) of additional treated water once the 190-MLD water treatment plant (WTP) at Aluva becomes operational. Water supply to munici...
Explained: Funds freeze for Mamata-led TMC faction, over allegations of misappropriation
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. (Express photo by Partha Paul) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday (July 9) appointed a special officer to manage the day-to-day expenses of the Mama...
MP urges journalists to update their skills constantly
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Member of Parliament Kalisetti Appala Naidu has asked journalists to update their technical and language skills constantly in order to excel in their careers. He attended the ...
Behind ‘Satluj’ takedown, India’s parallel regimes to regulate theatrical and OTT releases
After being stuck for nearly three years over certification issues, the movie Satluj, based on the life of rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra , premiered on ZEE5 on July 3. Just two days later, howe...
Water Authority steps up pace of Jal Jeevan Mission work in Thiruvananthapuram district
The Kerala Water Authority (KWA) is accelerating the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) works in Thiruvananthapuram. The district currently ranks fourth in the State in the implementation of t...
Can India refuse to extradite Lawrence Bishnoi? Here’s what the law says
Lawrence Bishnoi produced at Panchkula Court in August 2017. (Express Photo) The US Department of Justice has indicted jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, Punjab Police SHO Gurinderjit Singh Nagra and s...
ASR tops NITI Aayog’s infrastructure rankings
Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) district has been ranked first in the country in Basic Infrastructure theme of NITI Aayog’s Aspirational Districts Programme, as per rankings as on March 2026, District Col...
Vietnam boat tragedy: families lose sole breadwinners in Vellore, Tiruvannamalai
A pall of gloom descended on Kannika Parameshwari Amman Koil Street in Saidapet, which comes under the Vellore Corporation, on Sunday as relatives and neighbours consoled the bereaved family of C. Vin...
Media performs ‘public function’: What Delhi HC judgment means for press freedom, right to privacy
The judgment laid down legal principles that carry implications for press freedom, the right to privacy, and the avenues through which citizens can sue the media. Photo: Magnific Fundamental rights gu...
Writer, academician Leela Prasad died of prolonged illness
Assistant Professor of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University Gunta Leela Varaprasad died of prolonged illness in Shyamsundarapuram village of Tekkali Assembly constituency of Srikakulam district in the early h...
What INS Mahendragiri’s commissioning shows about India’s naval shipbuilding prowess
INS Mahendragiri during its commissioning ceremony, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. (PIB via PTI Photo) The Indian Navy on Saturday (July 11) inducted the indigenously built advanced stealth frigate...
West Bengal BJP chief calls AIFB members goons; Forward Bloc demands apology
While lauding the contributions of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party president Samik Bhattacharya recently hit out at the All India Forward Bloc (AIFB), the party founded by N...
Expert Explains | Inside Japan's defence pivot: Why it matters for India and the Indo-Pacific
Ms. Takaichi Sanae, Prime Minister of Japan, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the ceremonial at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi (Express Photo by Renuka Puri) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Tak...
Amit Shah assures church leaders that FCRA Bill will not be applied retrospectively
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured the Catholic Bishops Conference of India (CBCI) that the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026 is not discriminatory against Christian NGOs, ...
Expert Explains | ‘Ethanol crucial for India; fastest, cheapest way to decarbonise road mobility’
As India is witnessing transition in mobility both on account of different energy powertrains and ethanol blend of petrol , Vikram Gulati , country head and EVP, Toyota Kirloskar Motors told Sandeep S...
Monsoon tracker LIVE: Cloudburst floods hotels, houses in Pahalgam; heavy to very heavy rain lash parts of India
July 12, 2026 11:06 Meghalaya CM reviews monsoon preparedness after rain triggers landslides Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma today reviewed the State’s monsoon preparedness after heavy rain ...
PM to flag off India's first hydrogen train: How they work, and why they haven't picked pace globally
India's first hydrogen-powered train. (Image: Ministry of Railways) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off India’s first hydrogen-powered train in Jind, Haryana on July 17. This will mark a major ...
News in Frames | A sacred trail of faith and fellowship
O ne of India’s most physically demanding and spiritually significant Hindu pilgrimages, the Amarnath yatra stands as a living, breathing testament to Kashmiriyat — the region’s unique ethos of syncre...
Expert Explains | AI is reshaping warfare: How India can keep pace
The trinity of artificial intelligence (AI), military autonomy and algorithmic warfare is redefining modern-day warfighting and deterrence. The workflows of combat are being infused with AI and driven...
Congress recalls former NZ PM’s role in reviving ties with India in the 1980s as Modi elevates partnership
Seeking to place the latest upgrade in India-New Zealand ties in historical context, the Congress on Saturday recalled New Zealand’s role in helping develop India’s dairy sector and establish the All ...
China lands a reusable rocket for the first time: Why this matters for the space race
China's Long March reusable rocket returns to a floating landing platform. AP China on Friday successfully landed a reusable rocket for the first time — a milestone for the country’s space programme t...
Vietnam boat tragedy: Injured A.P. tourist recovering, repatriation of mortal remains of the deceased underway
The process of bringing back the mortal remains of the Andhra Pradesh victims of the Vietnam boat tragedy is underway, while the injured tourist Gelle Kishore is recovering steadily, according to an o...
Behind Agniveer retention move: More experienced manpower, training on new platforms
Agniveers recruited under the Agnipath scheme began their training in early 2023. The initial batches of Agniveers will complete their four-year tenure with the services later this year. (File Photo) ...
The MEA went on to describe as “deeply worrisome”, the “continuing incidents of attacks on commercial shipping in the region”
The Ministry of External Affairs on Sunday (July 12, 2026) said that of the 11 Indians onboard the commercial vessel attacked off the coast of Oman , 10 have been rescued, while one still remains miss...
Never read The Odyssey? Here’s what you need to know before watching the new film
Odysseus’ voyage takes him across an imagined Mediterranean where real places coexist with mythical landscapes. Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey arrives in cinemas on July 17, introducing...
‘Punjab’s painful past is not a script to be selectively edited to suit a narrative,’ says Minister Bittu
Amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the film “Satluj” and its removal from an OTT platform , Union Minister of State for Railways and Food Processing Industries Ravneet Singh Bittu said on Sunday...
Cape Verde: How a tiny African nation scripted 2026 World Cup’s underdog story
Argentina's Lionel Messi (C) shakes hands with Cape Verde players after the World Cup round of 32 match between Argentina and Cape Verde in Miami on July 3, 2026. Photo: AP/Rebecca Blackwell “Size def...
Three publishers held from Jammu, Delhi for circulating ‘pro-separatist’ books in J&K
Three publishers, who brought out controversial pro-separatist books under the central Samagra Shiksha scheme, were arrested on Sunday (July 12, 2026) in Delhi and Jammu , according to officials. Offi...
Amid Western Ghats landslides, revisiting need for developing early warning systems
Officials carry out a search and rescue operation at the site of a landslide that struck the under-construction twin tunnel project at Kalladi near Meppadi, in Wayanad, Kerala. (PTI photo) The landsli...
Fans seek to name Bogadi Road in Mysuru after S. Janaki
An emotional appeal has emerged from the admirers of legendary playback singer S. Janaki to name the Mysuru-Gaddige Road (Bogadi Road) in Mysuru, where she spent the final years of her life, in her ho...
Behind ongoing heatwave in the US, a combination of heat dome and climate change
People cool off at Grand Haven State Park along Lake Michigan on June 30. (Joel Bissell/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP) After record temperatures were reported in recent weeks across India and Europe, the U...
Congress creating hurdles for SIR in State, says Bellad
Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Arvind Bellad has said that the Congress is creating hurdles for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and it has no authority to issue Permanent Res...
How tribal land disputes persist in Jharkhand despite legal safeguards
The persistence of land disputes in Jharkhand highlights the gap between legal protections on paper and their implementation on the ground. Wikimedia Commons Over 170 years ago around this time, the S...
GTECH gets new office bearers
Group of Technology Companies (GTECH), the industry body of IT & ITeS companies in Kerala, has elected its new office bearers for 2026-28. Jijo John, CEO of Calpine Group, has been elected as the new ...
From farms to factories, why Punjab’s urea diversion case matters nationally
A farmer at Kutbewal in Ludhiana. For farmers, even temporary disruptions in fertiliser availability can affect planting decisions and crop productivity. Photo: Gurmeet Singh The Punjab government rec...
Naidu calls on Pawan at Mumbai hospital, wishes him speedy recovery
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday called on Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan, who had undergone a surgery on his right shoulder, at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital ...
What BBC’s investigation into Instagram showing child sex abuse ads in India reveals
In March, Meta also announced it was reducing its reliance on third-party human moderators and increasing the use of AI. (Magnific) The Central government has issued a notice to Meta, the parent compa...
Seven private buses destroyed in garage fire in Vijayawada
A major fire broke out at a private vehicle garage in Autonagar, Vijayawada, on Sunday, destroying seven travel buses and partially damaging three other vehicles. No one was injured in the incident, N...
Trump removes Election Assistance Commission members: Why this matters ahead of US midterms
US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters in flight on Air Force One. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Written by Abhishek Nair US President Donald Trump on Thursday (July 9) cleared out the last three s...
Almost 6.4% of voter names deleted in draft lists published for four States and one U.T. undergoing SIR
Almost 24 lakh names have been deleted from the draft voter lists of Odisha, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, which were published on Saturday (July 11, 2026), as...
After 4 months, FIIs start returning to Indian stocks — but not much has changed
The West Asia war in late February sparked a $28-billion exit by FPIs from domestic equity markets over the next four months. Ganesh Shirsekar After four months, Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) — a...
One-fourth of India’s monsoon rain evaporates mid-air, says new study
Nearly a quarter of the rain that falls over the north Western Ghats during the Southwest monsoon evaporates mid-air, says a study out of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune. Thi...
Why mileage-conscious Indian motorists are resisting the ethanol mandate
Maruti Suzuki’s advertising catchline “ kitna deti hai ” and “ petrol khatam hi nahin hunda ” were instant hits, distilling the Indian motorist’s obsession with fuel efficiency into a pithy catchline....
NIA chargesheets eight, including Pakistan-based ‘terrorist’, in Ambala car blast case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed chargesheet against eight accused, including Pakistani “gangster-turned-terrorist” Shehzad Bhatti, in connection with a car bomb blast in Haryana’s Am...
England face Azteca hurdle: Why playing at a high altitude is so difficult
The Estadio Azteca in Mexico City is located 2,240 metres above sea level. Wikimedia Commons As the English football team prepares for its FIFA World Cup Round of 16 match against Mexico on Monday, ma...
Congress steps up Ram Temple campaign, asks Modi to answer for alleged donation theft
The Congress on Saturday (July 11, 2026) intensified its campaign over the alleged theft of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, holding 26 press conferences across the country and demanding that P...
Gaza, Lebanon, Iran: How Israel’s wars have damaged heritage sites across the Middle East
Seen through a damaged building nearby, rescue workers use an excavator as they search for people under the rubble of a building that was hit on Monday in an Israeli strike in the southern port city o...
Vande Mataram first, Jana Gana Mana second, reiterates Centre
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked the States and Central Ministries to “strictly comply” with its directive that National Song Vande Mataram be played before Jana Gana Mana , the Nati...
Why Kerala government is opposing Adani’s Vizhinjam port deal
MSC IRINA, the world's largest container ship, arrives at Vizhinjam International Seaport on June 9, 2025. Photo: vizhinjamport.in Adani Ports and SEZ (APSEZ) Ltd is moving to sell 49% of its stake in...
Hyderabad student missing in Finland for over two months found dead
The body of an 18-year-old student from Hyderabad who went missing in Finland in May this year was recovered from the sea in Helsinki, as per information given to the family members in Hyderabad by th...
Behind 'Satluj' takedown, India's parallel regimes to regulate theatrical and OTT releases
Diljit Dosanjh in a still from 'Satluj' After being stuck for nearly three years over certification issues, the movie Satluj , based on the life of rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra , premiered on ...
Vietnam boat tragedy: Injured A.P. tourist recovering, repatriation of mortal remains of the deceased underway
The process of bringing back the mortal remains of the Andhra Pradesh victims of the Vietnam boat tragedy is underway, while the injured tourist Gelle Kishore is recovering steadily, according to an o...
How Odisha plans to harness the economic potential of its 575-km coastline
Fishermen at sea near Puri, Odisha (Wikimedia Commons) The Odisha government has approved dedicated policies to harness the economic potential of its 575-km coastline. The government’s policies are ai...
Three publishers arrested over books with 'inappropriate content' in J&K
The counter intelligence unit in Jammu has arrested three publishers in connection with the ongoing investigation into a controversy surrounding certain books in Jammu and Kashmir , officials said on ...
Why the UAE waited until 2026 to launch an intercity passenger railway
The inaugural service covered roughly 250 km between Abu Dhabi, on the UAE's west coast, and Fujairah, on its east coast facing the Gulf of Oman, in about one hour and 45 minutes. (X/Etihad_Rail) Writ...
Naidu asks Karnataka to hold S. Janaki’s last rites with State honours in Mysuru
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has asked the Karnataka government to conduct the last rites of playback singer S. Janaki with full official honours in Mysuru on Sunday (July 12, 20...
Akal Takht vs Punjab govt: How Nehru-Tara Singh pact set a precedent in legislating Sikh affairs
The 1959 Nehru-Tara Singh Pact is a verbal agreement between then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Akali leader Master Tara Singh. Photo: Wikimedia Commons The Sri Akal Takht Sahib’s challenge to t...
Out on bail in PoCSO case, man goes on stabbing spree, killing six in Shabad
Hours after a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (PoCSO) Act accused went on a killing spree in Shabad, the Future City Police on Saturday (July 11, 2026) suspended Shabad police sub-inspecto...
As gap widens between credit and deposit growth, banks turn to a costly solution
As CASA deposits have slowed, banks have shifted to other sources of funds. Unsplash Credit growth has picked up over the past few months, but banks have struggled to grow their deposit base to match ...
Leakage in Yettinahole pipeline near Sakaleshpur
SHIVAMOGGA A high-pressure water pipeline laid as part of the Yettinahole project ruptured at Halasulige village in Sakaleshpur, sending several jets of water shooting into the sky. The leak left a fe...
Ahead of 8th Pay Commission, experts explain why India’s public sector compensation is higher than reported
India's official statistics leave out or fragment large categories of workers, making it harder to assess the true fiscal cost of government employment. (File) Written by Anoop Singh and Shruti Gupta ...
Wayanad debris slip: Lone missing project manager’s body recovered; death toll rises to eight
Emergency workers on Sunday (July 12, 2026 ) recovered the body of the lone missing person following a devastating debris slip at a tunnel construction site at Kalladi in Wayanad’s Meppadi, taking the...
Expert Explains | Despite talks, why US and Iran are still trading blows — and may keep doing so
Two boys stand in shallow water with foam floats as cargo ships and other vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran. AP Qatari mediators met the Iranian negotiating team in Doha ...
Manipur clash bid thwarted by security forces: Police
Ethnic conflict-scarred Manipur came close to a ‘communal clash’ on Saturday (July 11, 2026) when a mob, allegedly from the Kuki-dominated hilly Kangpokpi district, tried to descend on a village with ...
Diljit Dosanjh’s Satluj pulled from ZEE5: Who was Jaswant Singh Khalra, whose life it brings to screen
Originally titled Punjab ‘95, the project had remained unreleased in India after the CBFC withheld certification and reportedly sought extensive changes. Just two days after it premiered on streaming ...
Al to assist and not to decide equities: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Saturday (July 11, 2026) clarified that Artificial Intelligence (AI) should be used only for procedural convenience and not in actual judging. The role of AI is on...
The Balogun twist: How FIFA reversed a World Cup red card
World Cup round of 32 soccer match between the United States and Bosnia (AP Photo) When the US striker Folarin Balogun received a straight red card and a one-game ban for fouling Bosnia and Herzegovin...
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Why the Ram Temple Trust is changing — and how it differs from India’s other major temple bodies
The Ram Temple Trust has accepted the resignations of its two most influential office-bearers, General Secretary Champat Rai and trustee Anil Mishra, and announced that it will appoint a Chief Executi...
Kharge calls Madhya Pradesh ‘epicentre of corruption’, cites alleged ₹1,200-crore rice scamt
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday (July 11, 2026) alleged that Madhya Pradesh had become the “epicentre of corruption and plunder” under the BJP and claimed the State had turned into a...
Can judges avoid impeachment by resigning? The Justice Yashwant Varma case explained
In 2025, wads of burnt and partially destroyed currency notes were recovered from Justice Verma's official residence in New Delhi. (File) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s decision to table the report of t...
New Zealand PM Luxon hails India’s ‘incredible’ growth story, urges stronger business ties
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Saturday (July 11, 2026) hailed India’s “incredible” economic transformation and urged businesses in both countries to deepen engagement to open up new ...
In India’s bumbling ethanol transition, Brazil’s masterclass in biofuel adoption offers takeaways
A commercial flex-fuel hybrid electric car tested with a Toyota Prius as development mule in Brazil. (Wikimedia Commons) In the mid-1970s, faced with surging oil import bills and an imploding global s...
Attempts being made to shield the big fish in Ram Temple donation theft case, says Congress MP
Congress MP Ujjwal Raman Singh on Saturday (July 11, 2026) said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has maintained silence over the Ram Temple donation embezzlement case. Mr. Singh, who represents Prayagraj ...
US Independence Day: How the American Revolution led to the making of the United States
This painting depicts the forces of British Major General Charles Cornwallis, (who was not present at the surrender), surrendering to French and American forces after the Siege of Yorktown in 1781. (W...
Reliance Group case: ED attaches assets worth ₹1,021 crore
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has attached further properties worth ₹1,021 crore in the case allegedly involving Reliance Home Finance Limited (RHFL) and Reliance Commercial Finance Limited (RCF...
Explained: The Snicko-like tech behind Croatia’s disallowed equaliser in thriller vs Portugal
Croatia's Luka Modric (10) and Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo (7) greet each other after the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Portugal and Croatia (AP/PTI Photos) Portugal officially secured t...
Pune building collapse: Toll up at 9 as last body recovered; official dubs incident 'act of God'
Rescue teams recovered the body of the last missing person in the Moshi waste processing unit collapse near Pune in the wee hours of Sunday (July 12, 2026), taking the death toll in the tragedy to nin...
Indian Ocean Dipole: What is it, and can it rescue India’s faltering 2026 monsoon
A dark sky engulfs the Old Delhi landscape. Photo: Tashi Tobgyal Written by Abhishek Nair Delhi finally saw the southwest monsoon arrive Thursday (July 2), five days later than its normal onset date o...
Teeparru to be developed as model Pushkar village for Godavari Pushkaralu: Kandula Durgesh
Minister for Tourism, Culture and Cinematography Kandula Durgesh has announced that Teeparru village in Peravali mandal of Nidadavole constituency will be developed as a model Pushkar village and its ...
Madras HC orders cow slaughter ban, but state’s laws speak of regulation. Here’s what they say
The state’s central argument is that Tamil Nadu’s laws regulate slaughter rather than outright prohibit it. (Wikimedia Commons) The Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court against a Madras H...
NCP (SP) leader Eknath Khadse admits Delhi visit, but says will remain with Sharad Pawar
NCP (SP) leader Eknath Khadse has acknowledged that he had travelled to Delhi, but asserted he was no longer interested in rejoining the BJP and would remain with Sharad Pawar till the end. Mr. Khadse...
Crypto ventures, Indian luxury real estate: How Donald Trump earned over $1 billion in 2025
US President Donald Trump exiting the stage at the Burning Hills Amphitheater (AP Photo) Written by Shatakshi Saklani In its annual financial disclosure report for 2025, the US Office of Government Et...
Legendary singer S. Janaki will be alive through her songs, say Vizianagaram cultural groups
Legendary singer S. Janaki , who passed away on Saturday (July 11, 2026), would continue to live in people’s hearts as they can continue to listen to her songs forever, said representatives of various...
Expert Explains | How India and Japan can deepen their business ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at Hyderabad House ahead of bilateral talks, in New Delhi, Thursday, July 2, 2026. (PTI Photo) A statistic often cited to i...
Cloudburst floods hotels, houses in Pahalgam; no casualties
Several hotels and houses were inundated in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam on Saturday (July 12, 2026) after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in a stream, officials said. A sudden spell of intense ra...
Siya-Ketan case: As police seek polygraph nod, how ‘lie-detector’ tests work — and don’t
Pune police bring Siya Goyal to a local court in connection with the murder of businessman Ketan Agarwal. Pavan Khengre The Pune police this week sought permission from a court to conduct a polygraph ...
I am not Gandhi; be your own hero: Wangchuk amid indefinite fast
Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has said he is "just an ordinary citizen", not a "modern Gandhi" or a hero, urging people to become the "heroes" of their own lives instead of looking for ...
Expert explains: ‘Ethanol crucial for India; fastest, cheapest way to decarbonise road mobility’
As India is witnessing transition in mobility both on account of different energy powertrains and ethanol blend of petrol , Vikram Gulati , country head and EVP, Toyota Kirloskar Motors told Sandeep S...
UN Special Rapporteurs raise concerns over SIR and use of AI-driven models for exclusion of minorities
Three United Nations Special Rapporteurs have raised concerns about the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the mass deletion of Muslim voters. The ...
New EPF Scheme, 2026: What changes for provident fund subscribers
Members can also withdraw money for the education of self and family members after 12 months’ total membership of the Fund. (Image generated using AI) The Centre has notified the Employees’ Provident ...
Heavy rain triggers landslip scare in Shimla’s Sanjauli, several houses affected
Continuous heavy rainfall over the past 36 hours has triggered a major landslide scare in Shimla's Sanjauli area, forcing residents of Bothwell Estate to remain outdoors since around 3 a.m. amid fears...
Can being under the insolvency process prevent ED action against a company? Why NCLAT says no
The bench said that said that “the dispute is not appellant Vs the Enforcement Directorate but IBC Vs PMLA, when both the legislations are in action." (Express photo by Amit Mehra) The National Compan...
Punjab BJP accuses AAP of subverting the entire electoral process in urban local body polls
Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Saturday (July 11, 2026) met Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, accusing the Aam Aadmi Party government in the State of misuse of the State machinery and subv...
The 11-year Gordian knot of Punjab’s anti-sacrilege law, explained
SGPC president Harjinder Singh Dhami addressing the Panthic gathering organized at its headquarters Teja Singh Samundri Hall to deliberate the proposed law concerning sacrilege of Guru Granth Sahib in...
Mayawati alleges Opposition using Dalit organisations to mislead Bahujan society
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday (July 12, 2026) alleged that Opposition parties are engaged in misleading and misguiding the Dalit and other sections of the Bahujan society in...
Why India has asked WhatsApp to halt its username feature rollout
WhatsApp username feature rollout: The feature has not been yet rolled out, and WhatsApp is currently allowing users to “reserve” a username for themselves to avoid overlaps with other users. (Magnifi...
Moderate quake of magnitude 4.5 recorded in Bay of Bengal, off Andhra Pradesh coast
An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale struck the Bay of Bengal in the early hours of Sunday (July 12, 2026), according to data from the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The quake origi...
When Indira met Bhutto: How Simla Agreement shaped, and limited, India-Pakistan ties
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi with Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, President of Pakistan, and their delegations in Simla in June 1972. (Express archive photo, enhanced using AI) In June 1972, Indira Gandhi reache...
PM Modi tours New Zealand sports innovation showcase
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (July 11, 2026) toured an exhibition showcasing New Zealand's innovative sports equipment and technologies, demonstrated by some of the country's leading athle...
PM Takaichi visits India: How Japan has been expanding its role in Indo-Pacific
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets his Japanese counterpart Takaichi Sanae at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday. Renuka Puri Written by Abhishek Sharma India and Japan on Thursday unveiled an economic p...
Researchers discover three new species of rare jumping spiders
Three new species of rare jumping spiders, genus Onomastus, have been discovered by a team of researchers from India and Sri Lanka, with two found in the Brahmagiri Hills, Wayanad, and Silent Valley N...
Why IRDAI has brought in a statutory body to curb dark patterns in insurance
IRDAI in April had directed insurers to conduct a self-assessment on dark patterns and submit observations. (Magnific) Mis-selling has long been a rampant problem in the insurance industry, with agent...
World Cup leaves Kerala fans sleep-deprived
A reel of legendary former Indian footballer I.M. Vijayan wildly celebrating Argentina’s last-gasp win against Egypt in the FIFA World Cup pre-quarterfinal has recently gone viral on social media. Mr....
OBC reservation in West Bengal: From 7% to 17% and back, how legislation changed over the years
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari in Kolkata on July 1, 2026. Photo: ANI The West Bengal Assembly passed two Bills Monday (June 29) to amend reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Th...
Committee suggests ₹10-crore project to end undulations on S.A. Road
An expert committee has submitted a report to the Kerala High Court on a ₹10-crore project of the Kochi Corporation to resurface the 3.10-km long S.A. Road in the city, to do away with the gaping and ...
How Israel’s NSO changed Pegasus attack strategy to target WhatsApp accounts
WhatsApp said it recently detected and disrupted phishing attempts allegedly linked to NSO Group. AP WhatsApp recently discovered and disrupted a sophisticated hacking campaign that used a one-click e...
Narottam Mishra summoned to Bhopal day after protests rock Datia over ticket denial
A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) picked debutant Ashutosh Tiwari over him for Datia Assembly by-election, former Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra arrived in Bhopal. The State B...
Why US Supreme Court extended privacy protections to phone location data
The court, in a 6-3 verdict, ruled that people have a 'reasonable expectation of privacy' when it comes to cell phone location. Freepik While investigating a 2019 bank robbery, police in the US state ...
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Punjab’s fields are under stress. Here’s how PAU’s Khet Bachao Abhiyan is responding
Dr Pardeep Kumar, Associate Director (Training), PAU, said, “Safeguarding soil fertility is directly linked to the economic survival of Punjab's farming community. Our focus is to revive fields from c...
Datia byelection: Narottam Mishra's supporters clash with M.P. Police, block highway after BJP ticket snub
Violence erupted in Madhya Pradesh 's Datia district on Saturday (July 11, 2026), as supporters of senior BJP leader Narottam Mishra clashed with police and blocked a national highway after the former...
Ram Temple donation row: Who manages India’s temples, and what is the state’s role?
Ex-Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao at the Balaji Temple in Tirumala. (File) Recent allegations of embezzlement of offerings and donations at the Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya have brought its man...
INS Mahendragiri commissioned; Defence Minister says future wars will still be won by resolve and soldiers, not just AI
Future wars may be fought with Artificial Intelligence, but they will still be won by national resolve, trained soldiers and robust military power, Defence Minister Rajanth Singh said on Saturday (Jul...
Why the US Supreme Court struck down Trump’s birthright citizenship order
Donald Trump on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, called the Supreme Court ruling upholding birthright citizenship “too bad for our country,” and falsely asserted that Congress could reverse the decision throug...
PM Modi must take responsibility for alleged misappropriation Ram Temple Trust: Rajeev Gowda
All India Congress Committee’s research wing head, Prof. M.V. Rajeev Gowda , on Friday (July 10, 2026) said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took all the credit for the construction and inaugura...
Why Supreme Court ruled homebuyers can claim compensation despite delayed possession
The court returned the case to the Dwarka district forum to rule whether the delay actually occurred, who was responsible, and what compensation follows. (Magnific) The Supreme Court in June held that...
INS Mahendragiri: All you need to know about the Indian Navy’s new indigenous stealth frigate
The Indian Navy is set to commission INS Mahendragiri , the sixth indigenous stealth frigate under Project 17A, into its Eastern Fleet at Visakhapatnam on July 11, 2026. The commissioning ceremony wil...
Why ethanol is crucial for India’s mobility transition, an expert explains
As India is witnessing transition in mobility both on account of different energy powertrains and ethanol blend of petrol , Vikram Gulati, country head and EVP, Toyota Kirloskar Motors told Sandeep Si...
Monsoon tracker LIVE: Cloudy skies to persist in Delhi; highways blocked after landslides in hill States
July 11, 2026 10:11 Cloudy skies to persist in Delhi; IMD forecasts light rain The national capital saw a slight increase in the minimum temperature today, amidst a forecast of light rain by the IMD. ...
Why mileage-obsessed Indian motorists are resisting the ethanol mandate
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri during the launch of E85 fuel (a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% petrol) in New Delhi on June 5, 2026. Photo: ANI/Naveen Sharma Maruti Suzu...
PM Modi in New Zealand LIVE: PM leaves for India after concluding three-nation tour
Watch | MEA briefing on outcomes of PM Modi's New Zealand visit July 11, 2026 16:42 PM leaves for home after concluding visit to New Zealand Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (July 11, 2026) de...
Vikram Gulati of Toyota Kirloskar Motors: ‘Ethanol crucial for India; fastest, cheapest way to decarbonize road mobility’
As India is witnessing transition in mobility both on account of different energy powertrains and ethanol blend of petrol , Vikram Gulati, country head and EVP, Toyota Kirloskar Motors told Sandeep Si...
Janaki’s early life in Telangana village shaped her interest in film music
The news of the passing of legendary singer S. Janaki , or ‘Janaki amma’ as she is fondly referred to by generations that grew up listening to her voice, came as a shock on Saturday evening (July 11, ...
AI is reshaping warfare: How India can keep pace
The trinity of artificial intelligence (AI), military autonomy and algorithmic warfare is redefining modern-day warfighting and deterrence. The workflows of combat are being infused with AI and driven...
Lokayukta seeks Governor’s nod to prosecute Zameer
The Karnataka Lokayukta Police have sought the Governor’s sanction to prosecute former Minister and senior Congress leader B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan in a disproportionate assets (DA) case, alleging that ...
From panel to pitch: How manga helped the rise of football in Japan
Japan's Kaishu Sano (24) celebrates after scoring the opening goal of his team during the World Cup match against Brazil. (AP) Japan lost to Brazil in the FIFA World Cup on Monday night (June 29), mar...
West Bengal forms committee to review draft UCC Bill
The West Bengal government has constituted a high-level committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai to examine a draft Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for the State. A notifi...
What to know about India-Japan ties as PM Sanae Takaichi visits India
Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi (left) and PM Modi (right) at the G20 Summit in Johannesburg (Wikimedia Commons) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives in India on Wednesday on her maiden visit, in...
Assam government to dismiss employees practising polygamy
The Assam government has proposed to amend its service rules to dismiss any employee found to have practised polygamy. In his Budget speech in the 126-member House on Friday (July 10, 2026), Finance M...
Why the government wants to focus on restoring struggling tiger reserves
Royal Bengal Tiger at the Sanjay Dubri Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh (Wikimedia Commons) Last week, the Environment Ministry and Rajasthan Forest Department marked the 18th anniversary of tiger rein...
India, New Zealand elevate ties to strategic partnership; target ₹35,000 crore trade by 2030
India and New Zealand on Saturday (July 11, 2026) elevated their ties to a strategic partnership and set a five-year target to double their annual bilateral trade in goods and services to ₹35,000 cror...
Experts Explain | How India’s steel industry became the world’s second-largest producer
India primarily produces basic steel for infrastructure, but evolving demands in the automotive and construction sectors require speciality steel with niche properties. (Magnific) Over the last two de...
BJP calls Congress’s charge against Union Home Minister on FCRA ‘baseless and politically motivated’
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said the Congress leader K.C. Venugopal’s allegations against Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) were “basel...
Why the Trump-Kazakhstan tungsten deal has sparked conflict of interest concerns
President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan with US President Donald Trump at the White House in November 2025. (White House) The US-Kazakhstan deal to jointly explore and mine Kazakhstan’s untapped...
The unfulfilled solar promise of India and Germany
Mehreen Amin is studying in the fourth semester at the Government Degree College for Women in Zakura, Srinagar. Ms. Amin recently completed an intensive solar technical programme through a Kashmir-bas...
BJP leader is new Bangladesh envoy, with cabinet rank status: Signals this sends to Dhaka
Ambassador Dinesh Trivedi presents his credentials to Bangladesh's President, Mohammed Shahabuddin, on June 25. (Photo: X/@ihcdhaka) India has sent former Union minister and BJP leader Dinesh Trivedi ...
CPI questions PM Modi’s silence over Ram Temple case
The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Friday (July 10, 2026) reiterated its demand for a judicial probe into the alleged embezzlement of donation funds collected at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, accusing...
How India’s biggest temples safeguard devotees’ offerings — and where Ayodhya’s Ram Temple differs
The Ram temple in Ayodhya is far from the country's only temple handling massive offerings. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Every day, thousands of devotees quietly fold currency notes into temple hundis bel...
Phone calls from 1600 number series cannot be blocked, DND app can block calls from 140 series: TRAI
No app can block phone calls originating from 1600 number series that are meant for communications by regulated entities and the government to citizens, TRAI said on Friday (July 10, 2026), asserting ...
The UP template: Inside Bengal’s 2 new controversial laws to counter ‘TMC Jungle Raj’
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari addresses a gathering in Kolkata. (Express photo) The West Bengal Assembly on June 29 passed two laws that mark the first major legislative move by the stat...
Expert committee defers ₹1,875-crore Koraiyar reservoir project, seeks alternatives options
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Environment Ministry has deferred the grant of Terms of Reference (ToR) for the proposed ₹1,875-crore Koraiyar reservoir project in Tirunelveli distri...
How a battery ‘hacking’ app can strand an e-rickshaw — and the risks it poses
Many e-rickshaws continue to use lead-acid batteries, while several lithium-powered vehicles rely on proprietary battery management systems that cannot be accessed through applications like BAT-BMS. P...
PM E-DRIVE scheme: KSEB eyes stronger private participation in EV charging station roll-out in Phase II
Phase II of the PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement (PM E-DRIVE) scheme in Kerala, for which the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) recently submitted its proposal to the...
Expert Explains | Inside Japan’s defence pivot: Why it matters for India and the Indo-Pacific
Ms. Takaichi Sanae, Prime Minister of Japan, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the ceremonial at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi (Express Photo by Renuka Puri) Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Tak...
Heavy rain batters Uttarakhand; 3 NH among 120 roads shut, 100 pilgrims rescued on Yamunotri rout
Landslides triggered by heavy rainfall blocked 120 roads, including three national highways, across Uttarakhand, while around 100 pilgrims were escorted to safety with ropes across a washed-out stretc...
Expert Explains | How displacement shaped rebellion and remembrance in the Santal community
An illustration of the Santhal Rebellion for The Illustrated London News, 1856. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons) Written by Ravi Shankar Shukla A well-known Santal origin narrative, in the form of a song...
Joint Staff Council meeting on July 21 to sort out employee issues
The Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday assured employees that it is committed to resolving their long-pending issues, and announced that a Joint Staff Council (JSC) meeting with all the employee as...
Explained: The Akal Takht’s 11 objections to Punjab’s anti-sacrilege law
Punjab Finance Minister and AAP leader Harpal Singh Cheema and others offer prayers at the Golden Temple after appearing before the Akal Takht Sahib in connection with the Jagat Jyot Sri Guru Granth S...
Government plans ₹580-crore push for Godavari Pushkaram works
Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development P. Narayana on Saturday said the Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation (RMC) would utilise its available funds of ₹48 crore and seek to mo...
Former editor deleted from electoral rolls, says passport renewal stalled: Can SIR lead to denial of services?
R.Rajagopal (left) was allegedly unable to renew his passport this week following his deletion from the SIR in West Bengal Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan and the Editors Guild of India highlighte...
Karnataka CM launches 32 mobile forensic labs, 75 new police vehicles
Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Saturday (July 11, 2026) dedicated 32 mobile Forensic Science Laboratories (FSLs) and 75 new police vehicles to the State. Home, Information Technology, Biotechnology...
Why Kerala government is opposing Adani's Vizhinjam port deal
MSC IRINA, the world's largest container ship, arrives at Vizhinjam International Seaport on June 9, 2025. Photo: vizhinjamport.in Adani Ports and SEZ (APSEZ) Ltd is moving to sell 49% of its stake in...
Meerut student's death: Police used excessive force against protesters, says Chandrashekhar Azad
Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) chief and Nagina MP Chandrashekhar Azad has alleged that police used excessive force against people who held a protest over a Dalit student's murder in Meerut. Mr. Azad w...
Experts Explain | How virtual autopsies can aid both medico-legal processes and grieving families
India faces several unique challenges, such as overcrowded mortuaries, limited availability of forensic experts, procedural delays and the threat of decomposition of bodies owing to those delays. (Mag...
CM Yogi claims Samajwadi Party, Congress allowed namaz at Ayodhya’s Hanumangarhi
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday (July 11, 2026) in Ayodhya alleged that the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress disrespected the Hindu faith, alleging they had earlier allowed...
What Indian cricket team must do to qualify for LA Olympics
India's players celebrate the wicket of Ireland's Ross Adair during the second T20 Test match between Ireland and India in Belfast, Ireland, June 28. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP) The qualification system...
India and New Zealand elevate ties to "strategic partnership" during PM Modi's visit to Auckland in the third and final leg of his three-nation tour
Watch | MEA briefing on outcomes of PM Modi's New Zealand visit July 11, 2026 15:23 21st century will be shaped by India: New Zealand PM Luxon New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on Saturday ...
Sarla Bhat murder case: SIA names Yasin Malik, 4 JKLF operatives in chargesheet, 36 years on
Sarla Bhat was a 27-year-old nurse from Qazibagh neighbourhood of south Kashmir's Anantnag. Ten months after reopening the case in the murder of Kashmiri pandit nurse Sarla Bhat, the State Investigati...
₹3,800-crore assets seized in Mahadev betting app case: ED
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday (July 10, 2026) said that the total value of properties “attached, seized and frozen” in the illegal betting operations case involving Mahadev Online Book an...
How Odisha plans to harness the economic potential of its 575-km-coastline
Fishermen at sea near Puri, Odisha (Wikimedia Commons) The Odisha government has approved dedicated policies to harness the economic potential of its 575-km coastline. The government’s policies are ai...
Bihar led 'second Independence movement' during Emergency: C.P. Radhakrishnan
Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan on Saturday (July 11, 2026) said Bihar had not only played a crucial role in the country's freedom struggle but also led the "second independence movement" during the...
Ayodhya Bar Association refuses to represent the accused in Ram Temple funds case. Is this legal?
The building in Ayodhya that houses the counting center for the Ram Mandir donation fund. (Express photo by Shyamlal Yadav) The Ayodhya Bar Association on Monday (June 29) announced that none of its l...
Born in Sri Lanka, brought up in India, residing in the US: IT employee faces threat of being declared ‘stateless’
Close on the heels of a controversy over the Indian passport being a proof of citizenship or a mere travel document , the Madras High Court has come across a case of 44-year-old Vivek Saravanamuthu bo...
From the Balkans to the World Cup: How a country that no longer exists shaped football
Austria's Sasa Kalajdzic celebrates his team's third goal during the World Cup Group J match between Algeria and Austria in Kansas City on June 27, 2026. Photo: AP/Reed Hoffmann Written by Kartikeya B...
Organ trade racket: ED expands probe, summons doctors part of Kerala hospitals’ internal evaluation committees
Close on the heels of simultaneous raids at major private multi-speciality hospitals in Kerala and the subsequent questioning of their top administrators, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has widened ...
Mid-day meal row: A doctor explains why the humble egg is the gold standard for protein
All nutritional guidelines suggest that 10-35% of our daily calories should come from protein-rich foods. (Magnific) At a time when several states continue to debate whether eggs should be part of sch...
J&K being punished on Statehood status because people voted NC to power: Omar Abdullah
Days ahead of a proposed protest at Jantar Mantar over Statehood and constitutional rights, J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday (July 11, 2026) said the Centre was delaying Statehood status t...
Can Iran charge navigation fees for transit through the Strait of Hormuz? An Expert Explains
After the US and Israel imposed war on Iran on February 28, Iran has used the Strait of Hormuz as both chokepoint and bargaining chip. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Written by Anwar Sadat With the signing ...
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Israel-Lebanon deal: Takeaways from trilateral framework, how key players have reacted
Israeli soldiers are seen at a memorial site on the border with Lebanon in northern Israel on June 28, 2026. Photo: AP/Ohad Zwigenberg “The beginning of the beginning” is how US Secretary of State Mar...
Datia bypoll: BJP denies ticket to Narottam Mishra, fields Ashutosh Tiwari
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Ashutosh Tiwari for the byelection in Madhya Pradesh’s Datia Assembly constituency, concluding the days of speculation that former State Home Minister Naro...
How the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand led to World War 1 within a month
This photo shows the Austrian archduke, following the first attempt against him on the day he was killed. (Wikimedia Commons) At a time when several years-long conflicts rage in many parts of the worl...
The commissioning ceremony is on Saturday being presided over by Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who arrived in the city on July 10—coinciding with his 75th birthday—for a two-day visit.
Future wars may be fought with Artificial Intelligence, but they will still be won by national resolve, trained soldiers and robust military power, Defence Minister Rajanth Singh said on Saturday (Jul...
How a bird’s habitat can change its song
A male Bachman’s sparrow, a songbird native to the southeastern United States. (Florida Atlantic University via The New York Times) In the flatwoods of South Florida, tiny brown birds emerge from the ...
PM Modi in New Zealand LIVE: India, New Zealand elevate ties to strategic partnership
Watch | MEA briefing on outcomes of PM Modi's New Zealand visit July 11, 2026 12:14 PM Modi made several suggestions to advance trade ties with New Zealand: MEA Prime Minister Narendra Modi made sever...
Expert Explains | What US-Iran negotiations mean for West Asia’s regional security, market stability
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on June 28, 2026. Araghchi is one of the key figures negotiating on behalf of Iran with the US. Photo: AP/Hadi Mizban The US and Iran traded military strikes ea...
Catholic body meets Amit Shah, flags concerns over FCRA Bill
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) submitted a memorandum against the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, to Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (July 10, 2026), Jonath...
Tamil Nadu moves SC against Madras High Court on cow slaughter: What do state laws say?
The state’s central argument is that Tamil Nadu’s laws regulate slaughter rather than outright prohibit it. (Wikimedia Commons) The Tamil Nadu government has moved the Supreme Court against a Madras H...
AAP asks PM to rise above ‘partisan’ politics over attacks on churches
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national spokesperson and MP Sanjay Singh on Friday (July 10, 2026) wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the “growing” attacks on churches, Christian institutions, and memb...
How a Jared Kushner project sparked the ‘Flamingo Revolution’ in Albania
A rally against a coastal development project in western Albania linked to President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, in Tirana, Albania, Saturday, June 27, 2026. (AP Photo) For almost a month...
Supreme Court pulls up Maharashtra govt. over ‘disturbing’ delays in criminal trials
The Supreme Court on Friday (July 10, 2026) observed that it was “disturbing” that the Maharashtra government routinely opposes bail applications “tooth and nail” but fails to discharge its obligation...
What is the new QR code system to crack down on fake medicines
Manufacturers of all medicines listed under the Schedule H2 of the Drugs Rules are required to affix a unique bar code or QR code on the primary package of the medicine. (Photo: Freepik) The Centre h...
Congress puts pressure on Govt. with multiple press conferences on alleged donation theft at Ram Mandir
Stepping up its attack over the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya , the Congress on Friday (July 10, 2026) fielded several senior leaders across the country to address pre...
Why the Akal Takht wields such influence over Punjab’s politics
The Akal Takht has given the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government a month to remove certain “objectionable” clauses in its anti-sacrilege law . This came after almost all Sikh legislators cutti...
Parliament panel seeks changes to Bill on removal of PM, CMs and Ministers after 30 days in jail
A Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill has recommended replacing the provision for automatic “removal” of a Prime Minister, Chief Ministe...
How NSE, Jio listings could revive India’s sluggish IPO market
Foreign investors have dumped $28.4 billion of equities since the war started but have been net buyers over the past few sessions. The strong existing IPO pipeline also remains a big positive for the ...
Liquor bottle buyback scheme: Tasmac tells Madras HC it is considering proposal to add ₹10 refundable deposit to MRP
The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC) on Friday (July 10, 2026) told the Madras High Court that it proposes to include the refundable deposit of ₹10, being collected from individual cust...
Explained: Why the postponement of Maha TET has left 6 lakh candidates in limbo
The Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) scheduled for June 28, 2026, was postponed after police received information about a possible question paper leak. (Special Arrangement/Deepak Joshi) The Maharashtr...
Show same concern for rain-hit farmers as traffic jams: Onion growers tell Maharashtra government
An onion-growers' body on Saturday (July 11, 2026) urged the Maharashtra government to show the same urgency for rain-affected farmers as it does for traffic disruptions such as the recent Mumbai-Pune...
The story of the ‘Chandigarh chair’: From government office to junkyard to global icon
Popularly recognised by its distinctive inverted V-shaped, or compass, legs, the Chandigarh chair is an iconic piece of furniture designed in the 1950s by Pierre Jeanneret. (Wikimedia Commons, Express...
Supreme Court closes IPS officer’s plea on postpartum training policy
The Supreme Court of India on Friday (July 10, 2026) disposed of a petition filed by Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Urvashi Sengar on a 36-year-old policy of the Union Home Ministry, which requir...
Expert Explains | As modern warfare transforms, the lessons now for Indian defence
A key component of India's modernisation effort is the “Sudarshan Chakra,” a multi-layered, AI-enabled air defence system designed to provide comprehensive protection to critical military installation...
Conservation projects for river dolphins, three other species get CAMPA nod
The governing body of the National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) on Friday (July 10, 2026) gave the nod to four new conservation projects for river dolphins...
Minister got subsidy, under own ministry’s scheme: How projects are cleared – Explained
Signboard at Union Minister of State Bhagirath Choudhary’s farm at village Peeh in Parbatsar tehsil of Deedwana Kuchaman district in Rajasthan. (Photo credit: Harikishan Sharma) Bhagirath Choudhary, t...
Women’s coalition demands delinking of one-third quota from delimitation
Women’s organisations and civil society groups, under the banner of the National Coalition for Women’s Reservation (NCWR), demanded on Friday (July 10, 2026) that the Centre introduce a Constitutional...
Europe’s worst heatwave would have been impossible without climate change
A new study has confirmed what was already evident — climate change is behind the scorching heat in large parts of Europe right now. A study by World Weather Attribution (WWA), a group of scientists t...
Congress urges NDA States to oppose VBSA Bill on higher education
Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh on Friday (July 10, 2026) urged NDA-ruled States, particularly Andhra Pradesh, to oppose the proposed Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan 2025 Bi...
Why India adopted 112 as its universal emergency number
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Bihar BJP candidate withdraws his candidature from Bankipur bypoll
In an embarrassing situation for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Abhishek Kumar alias Bunty withdrew his candidature from the Bankipur Assembly bypoll on Friday (July 10, 2026), a day after filing his no...
Expert Explains | Supreme Court called for right to walk: Why this will need more than footpaths
Last week, the Supreme Court recognised walking on demarcated footpaths as a fundamental right and urged the government to introduce a law that declares this right. The two-judge bench’s ruling came i...
NIA files charge sheet against six separatist leaders in 1996 Kashmir mob violence case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday (July 10, 2026) filed a charge sheet against six senior separatist Hurriyat Conference leaders, three of whom are dead, in connection with a 1996 case...
From 5 Indians to 5% of population: As PM heads to Seychelles, a look at the ties binding the two nations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Seychelles President Patrick Herminie in New Delhi in February this year. (Photo: Tashi Tobgyal) It was in 1770 that five Indians landed in Seychelles as plantation wo...
PM’s New Zealand visit will unlock new avenues of cooperation: govt.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (July 10, 2026) arrived in New Zealand on the final leg of his three-nation visit. He will hold talks with his counterpart Christopher Luxon and address the Indi...
‘Genocidal intent’: What a new UN commission report means for cases against Israel
A car drives past Israeli flags lining a road in the northern Jordan Valley of the occupied West Bank, on June 24, 2026. Photo: AP/Leo Correa Written by Madhurita Goswami In a report released Tuesday ...
Draft report backs objective of preventing ‘governance from custody’ but recommends replacing ‘removal’ with ‘suspension’ and reworking arrest-based trigger; most Opposition parties had declined to join the panel arguing that the Bill was driven by ‘malicious intent’
A Joint Parliamentary Committee examining the Constitution (One Hundred and Thirtieth Amendment) Bill has recommended replacing the provision for automatic “removal” of a Prime Minister, Chief Ministe...
How India’s biggest temples safeguard devotees’ offerings — and where Ayodhya's Ram Temple differs
The Ram temple in Ayodhya is far from the country's only temple handling massive offerings. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Every day, thousands of devotees quietly fold currency notes into temple hundis bel...
Police freeze 12 more bank accounts of Trinamool with over ₹1,000 crore
The West Bengal Police on Friday (June 10, 2026) froze 12 more bank accounts of the Trinamool Congress with deposits of over ₹1,000 crore, following complaints of illegal diversion of funds. The polic...
Ahead of 8th CPC, experts explain why India’s public sector compensation is higher than reported
India's official statistics leave out or fragment large categories of workers, making it harder to assess the true fiscal cost of government employment. (File) Written by Anoop Singh and Shruti Gupta ...
Manipur couple arrested over killing of 6 Nagas
A joint team of the Manipur Police, National Investigation Agency, and Central Reserve Police Force on Friday (July 10, 2026) arrested a couple for their alleged involvement in the killing of six Lian...
81 years of the UN Charter: How did it come about?
Joseph Paul-Boncour, former Prime Minister of France, signing the UN charter on 26 June 1945 (UN Photo) Written by Abhishek Nair On June 26, 1945, at the Veterans’ War Memorial Building in San Francis...
PM Modi hails India-New Zealand FTA as ‘historic milestone’, says it will deepen bilateral ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (July 11, 2026) described the India- New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA ) as a historic milestone in bilateral ties, thanking New Zealand Prime Minister Chr...
Behind Asian markets tanking: Apple’s price hike, AI-driven chip shortage, and more
The Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Asian Stock Market Crash Explained: Asian stock markets tanked as much as 6% on Friday (June 26) a...
Protests over Ken-Betwa river link project resume in Madhya Pradesh
Residents of several villages, mostly tribals, who are allegedly being impacted by the Ken-Betwa river linking project , have restarted their agitation in Chhatarpur district over their demands of bet...
Expert Explains | Why govt banned 16 combination drugs, from antibiotics to aloe vera creams
A fixed-dose combination is considered 'irrational' when the ingredients do not have a scientifically established rationale for being combined in a single product. Unsplash The government has banned 1...
A decade of POCSO cases in Telangana: Over half remain pending trial as judicial backlog delays justice
When a special POCSO court in Hyderabad sentenced a gymnastics and karate coach to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment on June 17 for sexually assaulting a three-and-a-half-year-old girl inside a school...
Green and peeling: What to know about Trump’s ‘American Flag Blue’ Reflecting Pool
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 25, 2026, in Washington, DC. Photo: AP/Carolyn Kaster Written by Abhishek Nair A senior National Park Service (NPS) official’s allegation Wednesday (June 2...
CJI-led Bench to hear pleas on Ram Temple donation embezzlement case on July 13
A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant is scheduled to hear separate petitions seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe and protection of electronic evidence in t...
Explained: India’s largest private sector gold mining project in Jonnagiri, why it matters for Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, during the inauguration ceremony of a Rs 405-crore gold mining and processing project at Jonnagiri, in Kurnool on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) Andhra Prad...
Cheque-bounce cases: Delhi HC upholds Rajpal Yadav's conviction, sentences him to three months in jail
The Delhi High Court on Friday (July 10, 2026) upheld the conviction of actor Rajpal Yadav in cheque-bounce cases and sentenced him to three months' imprisonment. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma also dir...
Passport fees to increase from July 1: Why the government has raised charges now
India is estimated to have around 10 crore passport holders. Getty The Ministry of External Affairs has raised passport fees across categories , marking the first major revision in these charges since...
Govt. amends rules to strengthen regulation of drug formulations with high alcohol content
Aimed at strengthening regulatory oversight and preventing misuse of medicinal products with high alcohol content, the Union Health Ministry has now removed the existing exemption from licensing requi...
‘Peacemaker’ Pakistan bombs Afghanistan: 3 events in one week show Islamabad’s deepening troubles
Paramilitary soldiers examine a damaged area after a militant attack at the provincial headquarters of the paramilitary Pakistan Rangers in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, June 28. (AP Photo) About two wee...
As National Conference canvasses for J&K Statehood protest, BJP announces stir
The ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir urged INDIA bloc leaders and J&K politicians on Friday (July 10, 2026) to join the party’s July 20 protest at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on the first...
‘Khet Bachao Abhiyan’: Why agriculture experts hopping from village to village?
Dr Pardeep Kumar, Associate Director (Training), PAU, said, “Safeguarding soil fertility is directly linked to the economic survival of Punjab's farming community. Our focus is to revive fields from c...
Civil rights organisations demand probe into Baruipur encounter
Several civil rights organisation have demanded an investigation into the encounter at Baruipur on July 8, where one of the accused in the sexual assault and murder of a 12-year-old was killed in poli...
Will Tata Sons still have to go public? RBI’s revised Upper Layer NBFC rules explained
The 2024 classification put Tata Sons on a path toward a public listing since September 2025, unless the RBI changed the rules or granted relief The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) came out with revised ...
The uncertain flight of Parandur airport
G ovindaraj Janardhanan is struggling to find words to describe his relief. A farmer from Ekanapuram village near Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu, who also works part-time at a private firm, Janardhanan is...
The man standing still: Why Patrice Lumumba became DR Congo’s symbol at the FIFA World Cup
Congo supporter Michel Nkuka Mboladinga, poses as a statue of the country's assassinated independence hero Patrice Lumumba ahead of the World Cup Group K soccer match between Colombia and Congo (AP Ph...
NCC inaugurates rifle firing simulator at AITAM
A .22 calibre rifle firing simulator was inaugurated at the Aditya Institute of Technology and Management (AITAM) near Tekkali on Friday by Group Commander, NCC Visakhapatnam Group, Commodore Sumanth ...
Supreme Court sought trauma care system to curb road deaths: Why are states dragging their feet?
On May 26 this year, the Supreme Court directed states and Union Territories to put in place a unified emergency trauma care architecture to reduce deaths from road crashes and other accidents. Key am...
‘Operation Toofan’: police step up vigil on drivers
The police have stepped up surveillance of inter-State bus drivers and ambulance operators following complaints that some personnel may have been consuming or transporting synthetic drugs while on dut...
Who gets child’s custody? Pune court order puts focus on parental conduct
Pune Family Court (Wikimedia Commons) A Pune Family Court order restoring interim custody of a 10-year-old boy to his father based on the mother’s conduct prompts one to look into whether a parent’s c...
The Ministry is reviewing the company’s response, a senior official said
Meta-owned WhatsApp submitted its written response on its ‘username’ feature to the IT ministry late Thursday evening (July 9, 2026), a senior official said. The Ministry is reviewing the company’s re...
Two-wheelers constitute two-thirds of Delhi’s vehicles, why the EV policy shift matters
The Delhi Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy announced on Monday focuses on two priorities: a phased transition to mandatory electric two-wheelers, three-wheelers, and light-duty trucks, and a conscious emp...
Karur stampede: Madurai Bench of Madras HC permits T.N. government to conduct event to issue job appointment orders
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Friday (July 10, 2026) permitted the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) -led State government to conduct an event in Karur to distribute appointment orders to...
As Pakistan projects peace abroad, 3 events in one week expose fault lines within
Paramilitary soldiers examine a damaged area after a militant attack at the provincial headquarters of the paramilitary Pakistan Rangers in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, June 28. (AP Photo) Just about a ...
Oman after Dubai: A new battle to bring Mahadev App kingpin back to India | Explained
Who is Saurabh Chandrakar and why is he wanted Saurabh Chandrakar , who hails from Chhattisgarh’s Bhilai and had humble beginnings as a juice shop owner there, co-founded an App Mahadev Online Book al...
Expert Explains | Historical arc of Iran-India ties, their significance in a changing West Asia
A Persian manuscript describing how an ambassador from India, probably sent by the Maukhari King Śarvavarman of Kannauj, brought chess to the Persian court of Khosrow I. (Wikimedia Commons) The Irania...
NC urges INDIA bloc leaders to join J&K’s demand for Statehood, constitutional guarantees
The ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir urged INDIA bloc leaders and J&K politicians on Friday (July 10, 2026) to join the party’s July 20 protest at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on the first...
Why passport is not proof of citizenship, and what purpose it actually serves
A passport is the primary document that allows Indians to travel internationally. (Photo: AI) The Ministry of External Affairs’ (MEA) recent note that an Indian passport is primarily a “travel documen...
NIA files chargesheet against six separatist leaders in 1996 Kashmir mob violence case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday (July 10, 2026) filed a chargesheet against six senior separatist Hurriyat Conference leaders, three of whom are dead, in connection with a 1996 case ...
Expert Explains | Why India’s buildings are vulnerable to fire, and what’s needed to fix them
Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) affixes the demolition notice for the building where a massive fire broke out at a coaching centre in the Aliganj area (ANI Photo) India has seen a number of fires ...
Hetero Pharma to recruit over 300 Intermediate candidates
Hetero Pharma, in partnership with the Board of Intermediate Education, has announced its intention to recruit more than 300 Intermediate (10+2) qualified candidates. The candidates will be taken for ...
What Kunal Shah’s appointment says about WhatsApp’s ambitions in its biggest market, India
Kunal Shah’s appointment comes at a time when Whatsapp is struggling to convert its massive user base into a sustainable revenue engine. Photos: Instagram, Unsplash Meta’s appointment of CRED founder ...
As Kashmir varsities cull ‘objectionable’ books, fear of losing academic rigour grows among scholars
Over 50 academic departments of the Kashmir University (KU) and Valley-wide colleges and schools are carrying out a comprehensive screening of books to remove literature suspected to contain ‘anti-Ind...
RBI’s new fraud compensation mechanism: What’s different, who pays, how to claim compensation
Victims of digital transaction fraud can breathe easy. Under the Reserve Bank of India’s revised compensation mechanism, victims of digital payment fraud involving amounts up to Rs 50,000 can recover ...
BTC members express concern over conditions for relocation
Amid the process of shifting of the Bangalore Turf Club (BTC) from the city to Kunigal Stud Farm, about 60 km from here, Club members on Friday sought certain modifications to terms of relocation. Cha...
‘100%’ on front label, disclaimers on the back: Why CCPA fined two major brands
The CCPA said that fine-print disclaimers on the back of the packaging do not cure the misleading claims on the front. Photo: Magnific From juices to breads, the “100%” label is a near-ubiquitous mark...
Bengaluru witnessed sale of 27,968 homes in H1 2026, a 5% year-on-year growth
City’s residential market maintained healthy momentum with 27,968 housing units sold during the first half of calendar 2026, registering a 5% year-on-year increase, reported Knight Frank India, the In...
As Europe reels from record heatwave, why air-conditioning has become a political flashpoint
A man tries to refresh himself in a fountain during heatwave in Belgrade, Serbia, June 29, 2026. (Reuters) Several parts of Europe saw temperatures touch 40°C on Sunday (June 28), with France alone re...
Bullayya college to host national conference on chemical research on December 11-12
G. Madhu Kumar, Secretary and Correspondent, Dr. Lankapalli Bullayya College, on Friday launched the brochure for a National Conference on Emerging Areas of Chemical Research, to be held at the colleg...
Why India may be better prepared this time to withstand a poor monsoon
Mumbai received its first good rainfall of the season on Tuesday. (Amit Chakravarty) After remaining largely inactive for more than a week, the monsoon finally picked some strength and momentum beginn...
Anganwadi workers march to Collectorate, seek wage hike
Dressed in black saris and carrying red CITU flags, several hundred anganwadi workers walked through the streets of Visakhapatnam city on Friday, their voices rising in slogans as they made their way ...
Why Grid India is turning to more gas-based power this monsoon
“The above assessment will be reviewed in late Jun-26 and an updated/modified outlook will be provided, if required,” the advisory added. The Grid Controller of India (Grid India) has advised gas-base...
Prambanan Temple: Why is India restoring Indonesia’s largest Shiva temple? | Explained
Story so far: “The winds here carry a scent of culture, a scent which connects us and we feel every moment on the soil of India,” waxed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) when he...
Omega Block: What is driving the heatwave Europe isn’t prepared for
A woman shields herself from the sun near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Wednesday, June 24. (AP Photo) Around 50 people dead. Schools shut, public transport interrupted, air-conditioned cinema halls and ...
‘When will ED freeze temple funds?' Derek O'Brien questions TMC accounts freeze
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien on Friday (July 10, 2026) questioned the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) freezing three bank accounts of the party, asking when it would freeze “tem...
Experts Explain | For ageing India, why climate change poses a public health threat
Elderly people in face climate risks such as floods, heatwaves and drought. Wikimedia Commons Written by Nehal Sharma & Bhhavya Kapoor India is at the beginning of a large demographic shift. As fertil...
NIA-led team arrests two in connection with killing of six Naga civilians in Manipur
A team of security officials led by the National Investigation Agency arrested two persons from Manipur's Kangpokpi district on Friday morning (July 10, 2026) for their alleged involvement in the kill...
Do women with intellectual disabilities have reproductive autonomy? What the law says
Historically, women with intellectual disabilities have been highly vulnerable to forced sterilisations and non-consensual medical procedures. Illustration: Suvajit Dey The Karnataka High Court permit...
Not a Modi breakthrough, Australia's ruling party approved uranium sales to India in 2011: Congress
The Congress on Friday (July 10, 2026) slammed the BJP for projecting that Australia's uranium sales to India are Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's breakthrough and pointed out that in December 2011, th...
Rakhigarhi remains sent for scientific study: What ancient human remains can tell us
DNA experts examine a human skeleton excavated at Rakhigarhi in Hisar district of Haryana. Photo: Express archive Written by Shatakshi Saklani Human skeletal remains excavated from the Harappan site o...
Monsoon tracker LIVE: Monsoon fury batters several states, over 10 dead in rain-related incidents across country
July 10, 2026 12:27 All educational institutions shut in Sirmaur, Solan amid heavy rains in Himachal Following relentless heavy rain, all government and private educational institutions and Anganwadis...
Iran oil returns, but Indian refiners likely to hold back. Here’s why
The Kish port in Iran, which serves the Kish Oil and Gas Field. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) US Department of the Treasury on Monday (June 22) issued a waiver allowing production, delivery, and sale of ...
Marathi and the politics of linguistic survival
I n April and June of 2025, the government of Maharashtra, led by the Mahayuti coalition, issued two resolutions mandating Hindi as the compulsory third language for students from Class 1 onwards in M...
India-US trade talks are nearing the finish line. What’s at stake?
As US Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer leads his first trade delegation to India after over a year of negotiations, the two countries appear to be closer than ever to finally completing thei...
Assam govt. tables ₹2,85,084 crore Budget for FY27
The Assam government on Friday (July 10, 2026) presented a ₹2,85,084 crore Budget for the 2026-27 financial year and proposed to raise the tax exemption limit for small tea growers by four times and c...
Why Europe’s worst-ever heatwave would have been impossible without climate change
A worker on a construction site near Paris on Wednesday. This may not be the last heatwave spell Europe sees this season. AP A new study has confirmed what was already evident — climate change is behi...
CJP protest day 21: Wangchuk says hunger has 'stabilised', warns against any attempt to remove him
Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Friday (July 9, 2026) said his hunger had “stabilised” as he entered the 13th day of his indefinite fast and asserted that his constitutional right shou...
Expert Explains | Why Israel’s operations in Lebanon won’t address its long-term security concerns
Israeli and US flags stand against a backdrop of destroyed buildings in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, on June 21, 2026. Photo: AP/Ohad Zwigenberg In the 14-point Memorandum of Unders...
Man hurls papers at Supreme Court Bench after incoherent submissions
A man, appearing to be a litigant-in-person, addressed a Supreme Court Bench of Justices K.V. Viswanathan and Alok Aradhe incoherently for a few minutes before hurling a bundle of papers towards the B...
Kunal Shah to become WhatsApp CEO: What CRED-Meta deal means for India’s fintech sector
From dropping out of Mumbai’s Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) to becoming the new chief executive officer (CEO) of WhatsApp, the world’s leading messaging platform owned by Meta ...
PM Modi arrives in New Zealand on final leg of three-nation tour
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (July 10, 2026) arrived in New Zealand on the final leg of his three-nation visit , during which he will hold talks with his counterpart Christopher Luxon and ad...
Does China have a caste system? What recent online debates capture and miss
A busy street in Shanghai. The mandatory household registration system, hukou, favours people living in bigger cities. Unsplash The past few days have seen accounts on X amass hundreds of likes and re...
Two-day international workshop explores AI-driven semiconductor innovations in Hyderabad
A two-day international workshop on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Driven Semiconductor and Energy Efficient Hardware was organised at T-Hub by the Sri Vishnu Educational Society (SVES), in association ...
China This Week | Bangladesh-China ties upgraded, more military removals, and Anthropic accuses Alibaba
Chinese President Xi Jinping met Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Beijing. This week saw another set of removals of senior Chinese military leaders, as part of what has been officially fra...
Sharnbasva University signs MoU with Anugraha Eye Hospital for industry-academia collaboration
The Faculty of Business Administration (Exclusively for Women) at Sharnbasva University on Thursday entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Anugraha Eye Hospital, also known as Bhoruka N...
Experts Explain | US-Iran talks: Why the deal remains weak despite progress in negotiations
US Vice President J D Vance speaks after the US and Iran held high-level talks at the Bürgenstock Resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, in Switzerland on June 22, 2026. Photo: Nathan Howard/Pool via AP W...
MCC begins drive against footpath encroachments in Mysuru
In line with the drive against the encroachment of footpaths in Bengaluru, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has also begun clearing encroachments from footpaths in parts of the city. Even as the MCC ...
Expert Explains | ‘Investment is casualty when industry concentration rises’
Workers at a shoe export factory in Sikandra near Agra, UP. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal) Jahangir Aziz , Co-Head of Macroeconomic Research at J.P. Morgan, spoke to Siddharth Upasani , Deputy Assoc...
A.P. CM orders formation of Special Task Force to check social media abuse
The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on Friday held an extensive discussion on the growing misuse of social media, with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu directing the Police Department to launch a concerted ...
Expert Explains | Why Israel’s operations in Lebanon won't address its long-term security concerns
Israeli and US flags stand against a backdrop of destroyed buildings in southern Lebanon, as seen from northern Israel, on June 21, 2026. Photo: AP/Ohad Zwigenberg In the 14-point Memorandum of Unders...
Drunk driver crashes SUV into actor’s Jubilee Hills residence
A 44-year-old man, allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, crashed his SUV into the residence of actor Dharma, in Jubilee Hills, in the early hours of Friday. Police said the incident occurr...
Expert Explains | Ten years after referendum, how Brexit has reshaped UK's economy and politics
Boris Johnson, the then UK Prime Minister, in Manchester in 2019. AP By Aman K Pandey A decade ago on this day, 51.9% of Britons, close to 17 million people, voted in a referendum to leave the Europea...
11 HMWSSB managers face disciplinary action for falsely marking public complaints resolved
Eleven managers at the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) were issued charge memos on Friday, after a review found they had marked public complaints as ’resolved’ online wit...
Midday meal row: As Bengal drops eggs, recalling Tamil Nadu's century-long efforts to nourish schoolkids
Tamil Nadu’s midday meal programme has evolved continuously over the last century, with successive governments repeatedly revisiting what children should be fed, and why. (File) The West Bengal govern...
Collector calls for efficiency and transparency in cooperative sector
District Collector A. Siri on Friday (July 10, 2026) directed officials to ensure transparency, efficiency, and accountability through technology-driven governance in the cooperative sector, aiming to...
Push for grid stability: Grid India proposes repurposing underutilised thermal power plants
Barh Super Thermal Plant (Patna, Bihar) as seen from NH-30 (Wikimedia Commons) The Grid Controller of India (Grid India) identified nine thermal power units with a combined capacity of about 1.8 giga...
Karnataka issues fresh transfer guidelines, caps compulsory waiting period
The Karnataka government has issued fresh guidelines governing the transfer of State government employees, directing departments to ensure that officials are transferred only after being assigned thei...
Western Ghats: What is the ESA plan for conservation, why it is necessary and the concerns
The Western Ghats, a 1,500-km long chain of largely unbroken mountains which fringes off the western coast of India, is one of the country’s most famous natural ecosystems, next only to the Himalayas....
PM Modi leaves for New Zealand after concluding Australia visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (July 10, 2026) left for New Zealand after concluding a three-day visit to Australia, during which the two countries signed a raft of landmark pacts spanning civ...
NSE, Jio listings could revive India’s sluggish IPO market
Foreign investors have dumped $28.4 billion of equities since the war started but have been net buyers over the past few sessions. The strong existing IPO pipeline also remains a big positive for the ...
PM Modi meets Australia's Opposition leader, discusses bilateral ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi , who is on a three-day visit to Australia , met the country's Leader of the Opposition, Angus Taylor, on Friday (July 10, 2026) and discussed bilateral ties, according to...
Akal Takht summons Punjab’s Sikh ministers, MLAs: Why the institution wields such influence
The five Sikh high priests pronouncing the religious verdict against Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann from the Akal Takht in the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar on June 15, 2026. (Express/Rana Simranjit Sing...
Prambanan Temple and Indonesia’s journey with Hinduism | Explained
The story so far: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the historic Prambanan Temple near Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Standing alongside Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto , he offered prayers at the 9t...
Plassey: Remembering the 1757 battle that birthed the British empire in India
British officer Robert Clive meeting with Mir Jafar after the Battle of Plassey. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Written by Shatakshi Saklani A battle that lasted only a few hours would alter the fate of the...
Gone girls | Death of 14 Juang girls from Odisha in Tiruvallur ammonia gas leak exposes tribe’s socio-economic struggle
When the MGR Chennai Central–Bhubaneswar Superfast Express pulled into the Bhubaneswar railway station on the morning of June 27, Sari Juang, along with her two younger sisters, had just cheated death...
What makes replacing the UK Prime Minister so simple? The constitutional process, for one
PM Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street announcing his resignation (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer formally announced his resignation on Monday (June 22) after weeks of speculation, ...
NGT directs authorities to keep sealed resort buildings shut in Segur elephant corridor
The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed authorities to ensure that resort buildings sealed within the Segur Plateau Elephant Corridor remain closed and that no fresh const...
How Pune’s 1897 plague led the Chapekar brothers to assassinate a British officer
Damodar Hari Chapekar, 28, Balkrishna Hari Chapekar, 24, and Vasudeo Hari Chapekar. (Wikimedia Commons) On the night of June 22, 1897, a grand celebration to mark Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee was ...
There is merit in Kavitha’s claims on BRS funds source: Telangana Congress chief
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president B. Mahesh Kumar Goud said there was merit in Telangana Rakshna Sena (TRS) chief K. Kavitha’s allegation that the Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) recei...
Why Subhas Chandra Bose broke with the Congress to found Forward Bloc
Subhas Chandra Bose in the Indian National Army uniform (Wikimedia Commons) “India must in this grave crisis think of herself first,” declared Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at the first plenary conferenc...
Totapuri mango growers to get subsidy transparently, no favouritism: Chittoor Collector
Collector Sumit Kumar on Friday (July 10, 2026) reiterated that all Totapuri mango growers in Chittoor affected by crop losses would receive the State government’s subsidy in a transparent and foolpro...
The Two Suhrawardys: How the BJP’s renaming optics confuses one with the other
Huseyn Suhrawardy (L) and his uncle Hassan Suhrawardy (R). (Image generated with AI) The newly elected BJP government in West Bengal has renamed Kolkata’s Suhrawardy Avenue , a prominent arterial road...
Singer Mano launches platform for fans to showcase talent
When a couple, accompanied by their child, told playback singer Mano that his song Nee Oru Kadhal Sangeetham from the film Nayakan had played a pivotal role in their love story, it reaffirmed his beli...
Expert Explains | Why Keir Starmer resigned as British Prime Minister and leader of the Labour Party
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces his resignation outside 10 Downing Street in London on June 22, 2026. Photo: AP/Kin Cheung Two years after routing the Conservatives, in an election tha...
Report abnormal population growth in border areas: Shah to SPs
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday (July 9, 2026) said information on demographic changes in border areas caused by “abnormal factors” such as illegal migration should be communicated from the ...
Why Jio IPO may beat Bharti Airtel on valuation despite weaker metrics
Mukesh Ambani and Akash Ambani in 2022, at the launch of Jio's 5G services, in New Delhi. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna) Reliance Industries Ltd’s (RIL) telecom and digital arm Jio Platforms’ IPO is ...
Farooq Abdullah writes to INDIA bloc, J&K leaders on upcoming protest over Statehood
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday (July 9, 2026) wrote a letter to the members of INDIA bloc, non-BJP national parties and loca...
Left versus right: What to know about Colombia’s highly polarised presidential election
The first round on May 31 had seen Abelardo de la Espriella (Left) emerge as the frontrunner with 43.7% of the total votes polled, with Iván Cepeda (right) a close second with some 41% votes. Three we...
Supreme Court cites blazes in Delhi, Lucknow; questions civic bodies on unauthorised buildings
The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 9, 2026) said “slackness” by the civic authorities to take effective action against unauthorised constructions in the national capital and its neighbouring regions ...
Father’s Day: How a woman’s efforts to honour her dad’s memory led to a global tradition
The origin of Father's day is surprisingly personal and primarily relates to one woman’s efforts. Photo: Unsplash On the third Sunday of June every year, Father’s Day is popularly commemorated in many...
Calcutta High Court allows Trinamool to operate frozen accounts under judicial watch
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday (July 9, 2026) permitted the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to operate three bank accounts, holding deposits worth ₹440 crore, which had been frozen following a police co...
Passport isn’t proof of citizenship. Was the NRC supposed to be?
Passport proof of citizenship: In practice, a passport is among the strongest pieces of evidence that a person is an Indian citizen. (Image generated using AI) Passport proof of citizenship : The Mini...
Four shooters killed in Gurugram encounter after attack on businessman’s house
Four alleged shooters were killed and one injured in a police encounter in Gurugram’s upscale Sushant Lok Phase-2 late on Thursday (July 9, 2026) evening, after they opened fire at the house of a prom...
As AI development advances, an expert explains why its regulation matters
Visitors at the AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna) The transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming increasingly evident, and i...
Leaders voicing their opinion were unique to Congress: Punjab in-charge Baghel
A day after he ruled out the possibility of leadership change in the Punjab State unit amid the ongoing power tussle, Congress party’s State in-charge Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday (July 9, 2026) said le...
With NEET re-exam, here’s how China holds its biggest college entrance exam
Students gather outside examination centres as India prepares for the NEET re-test and China conducts the Gaokao, its highly regulated national college entrance examination. The re-test for the Nation...
₹200 crore sanctioned for tap water to every home in Machilipatnam: Kollu Ravindra
Andhra Pradesh Minister for Mines, Geology and Excise Kollu Ravindra has said the government is committed to providing a drinking water tap connection to every household in the Machilipatnam Assembly ...
Why Delhi HC’s upholding of Telegram block has larger implications beyond ‘information’ itself
Telegram moved the Delhi HC against the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s June 16 order, which blocked the app across India until June 22 and disabled its message editing feature un...
NGT orders recovery of ₹2.65 crore fine from BHU for illegally cutting 33 trees
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to complete the proceedings to levy an environmental compensation (EC) of ₹2.65 crore on the Banaras Hi...
What are the three ships with three different strategic roles that Navy inducted
The Indian Navy inducted three ships today (June 21) — one that can fight far out at sea, one that can map the sea, and one that can hunt submarines close to the coast. Prime Minister Narendra Modi pr...
Abolish adjustment charges, roll back smart meters: CPI(M) to Andhra Pradesh govt
The CPI(M) has accused the Andhra Pradesh government of imposing an additional burden of ₹21,885 crore on the power consumers over the past two years through various adjustment charges, despite claimi...
How undersea cables helped Britain rule its global empire
Modern fibre-optic cables handle more than 95% of all international data traffic. Wikimedia Commons On this day 186 years ago, Samuel Morse received US Patent No. 1647A for his “American Electro-Magne...
Koli community demands mandatory registration, auditing of RSS
Actively raising their voices for institutional accountability, members of the Koli (Kabbaliga) community, under the banner of the Karnataka State Koli Kabbaliga S.T. Horata Samiti, staged a demonstra...
From Ukraine to Lebanon, how ‘invisible’ drones are redefining the rules of asymmetric warfare
A Ukrainian first-person view drone with a fiber optic communication channel. Wikimedia Commons Following waves of attacks and counterattacks across southern Lebanon over the past couple of months, th...
SIR: Anomalies and unmapped voters could land 30% forms for scrutiny in Telangana
Close to a third of Telangana’s electorate might get under the lens of the Electoral Registration Officers (ERO) after the completion of the ongoing distribution and collection of the enumeration form...
Why Google DeepMind thinks AI agents need to be treated like ‘insider threats’
CEO of Google DeepMind Demis Hassabis, right, talks to CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman on the sidelines of the G7 summit, Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in Evian-les-Bains, France. AP As artificial intelligence (...
SIT moves Supreme Court to question officer in Gade Sai Krishna custodial death case
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged custodial death of Gade Sai Krishna has filed a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking permission to question the accused in full and asking th...
Behind Supreme Court order on right to walk on footpaths, a surge in India’s pedestrian deaths
A footpath on the Wazirabad Yamuna Bridge in Delhi is occupied by two-wheelers. Praveen Khanna The Supreme Court Friday recognised walking on demarcated footpaths as a fundamental right that shall ove...
57% of New Zealand’s exports to India will be tariff-free, says PM Luxon ahead of Modi’s visit
A day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s scheduled visit to the country, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced that 57% of Wellington’s exports to New Delhi would be “tariff-free ...
US-Iran talks: Why Switzerland’s image of neutrality is more complicated than it appears
The Federal Palace with its inscription "Curia Confoederationis Helveticae" is the building in Bern, housing the Swiss Federal Assembly (legislature) and as well the Federal Council (executive). Wikim...
Baruipur encounter death: CID to probe, family refuses to accept body of rape-accused
The last rites of Prabhas Mondal, one of the accused in the sexual assault and murder of a 12-year-old girl in West Bengal’s Baruipur, were performed on Thursday (July 9, 2026) by the local administra...
If passport not a proof of citizenship, what is? What India's various laws say
Passport proof of citizenship: In practice, a passport is among the strongest pieces of evidence that a person is an Indian citizen. (Image generated using AI) Passport proof of citizenship : The Mini...
Mahadev betting app kingpin traced to Oman, extradition efforts ongoing: ED counsel
Amid reports that Saurabh Chandrakar — the kingpin in the alleged Mahadev Online Book betting app scam pegged at ₹6,000 crore — has been traced to Oman, investigating agencies have written to the auth...
Why government has tightened FCRA rules, and put religious conversion in focus
The changes mark a shift from a relatively broad, programme-based framework to a far more prescriptive regulatory regime. The Union Home Ministry has tightened the foreign funding framework for NGOs a...
Supreme Court considers reference of provision to furnish reason during arrests
The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 9, 2026) indicated that the Meghalaya government’s appeal against the grant of bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused of murdering her newlywed husband Raja Raghuvanshi...
Why a UK parliamentary bypoll is raising questions about Keir Starmer’s future as PM
Andy Burnham, Labour Party candidate for Makerfield (left) and Britain PM Keir Starmer (right) AP Photos British Prime Minister Keir Starmer reaffirmed Friday (June 19) his intention to fight for his ...
PM Modi praises Australia’s social media ban for minors
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (July 9, 2026) praised Australia’s ban on social media access for teenagers, in the clearest indication so far that the Union government is mulling similar curbs...
Want to cross the Strait of Hormuz? Fill out this form first
Tankers and cargo vessels are seen in the Gulf of Oman, along shipping routes linking the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea. AP With the signing of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the...
CBI files first chargesheet in Reliance Home Finance Limited case; cites ₹3,526 crore loss
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed the first chargesheet against four accused in the Reliance Home Finance Limited (RHFL) case. Among those named are, two former senior executives of ...
Why India’s largest power trader cannot trade electricity on the exchange it helped create
Established in 1999, PTC India is India's pioneering power trader. (Express photo by Vivek Prakash Krishna) India’s largest power trader, PTC India, finds itself in a Catch-22 situation. The country’s...
Supreme Court to hear new mother’s plea against mandatory year-long postpartum break in IPS training
The Supreme Court of India is scheduled to hear on July 10 the appeal of a woman Indian Police Service (IPS) probationer who has questioned a 36-year-old policy of the Home Ministry which requires new...
Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs’ likely switch: Can they escape anti-defection law, avoid disqualification?
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut speaks during a press conference, in New Delhi on June 17, 2026. Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs Arvind Sawant, Raja Waje and Anil Desai are also present. Photo: ANI/Amit Six of nin...
Congress alleges forged gram sabha consent for Singrauli mining in Madhya Pradesh
New Delhi Alleging that gram sabha consent for coal mining in Madhya Pradesh’s Singrauli district had been obtained through forged resolutions carrying the thumb impressions of deceased persons, the C...
32 dead, 700 injured: Why Venezuela’s doublet earthquakes were so destructive
Venezuela earthquake news: Fanny Nasri waits at the site of a collapsed building as emergency workers search for her son, Antonio Nasri, alongside Noemi Cordoba, who awaits news of her granddaughter, ...
CISF seizes over 428 tonnes of illegal coal in Jharkhand, Bengal
Intensifying its operations against illegal coal mining, the Central Industrial Security Force has in the past four days recovered over 428 metric tonne of coal being transported illegally in Jharkhan...
Referee as the cameraman: How the World Cup is putting you right next to the action
Referees in this year’s World Cup edition wear headsets equipped with small cameras. AP If you have been watching the 2026 FIFA World Cup, you would have noticed visuals from an angle that puts you as...
NDA-ruled States, universities object to centralisation provisions in Shiksha Adhishthan Bill
NDA-ruled States, including Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Meghalaya, are among those that have raised objections to provisions in the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025 , telling a parl...
Accenture warning sparks IT rout: Are tougher days ahead for Indian tech?
Accenture flagged that client budgets remain lukewarm despite higher AI spending, and that demand for its consultancy services remains weak. The Indian IT sector felt the aftershocks of a weaker globa...
NBWL Standing Committee considers over 100 development projects requiring wildlife clearance
The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) considered over 100 development projects requiring wildlife clearance and reviewed progress on key conservation initiatives in its 91st...
US Fed signals rate hikes this year: What this means for Indian markets
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh speaks during a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, June 17, 2025, in Washington. AP The US Federal Reserve’s Federal O...
In the exchange of fire, all five shooters were hit. They were rushed to hospital where four were declared dead. One is undergoing treatment.
Four alleged shooters were killed and one injured in a police encounter in Gurugram’s upscale Sushant Lok Phase-2 late on Thursday (July 9, 2026) evening, after they opened fire at the house of a prom...
Why Grid India is turning to more gas-based power
“The above assessment will be reviewed in late Jun-26 and an updated/modified outlook will be provided, if required,” the advisory added. The Grid Controller of India (Grid India) has advised gas-base...
Bishnoi ran decentralised syndicate, wanted ‘S.K.’ killed to instill fear: U.S. DoJ
The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) said that between 2022 and 2026, jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi announced his intention “to murder S.K., a well-known Indian actor and television person...
Expert Explains | A point-by-point breakdown of US-Iran MoU, from nuclear issue to Strait of Hormuz
The US and Iran signed a 14-clause Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to begin 60 days of negotiations for a final deal on June 17 and 18, respectively. Unlike the 2015 Barack Obama-era nuclear agreeme...
When killer waves snuffed out six lives in Visakhapatnam
Under the humid Visakhapatnam sky, the fishing harbour, a roaring trade hub, has turned into a theatre of grief. The usual boisterous chatter about the vibrant catches among the fishermen has vanished...
Expert Explains | Why social media age limits are needed: 'Shouldn't expect kids to have self-control online...'
A teenager looks at her mobile phone in London, (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Six months after Australia banned social media for those under 16, the UK became the latest country to tighten online safety for ...
Manipur CM invokes Bible, Buddha’s teachings to pitch for peace in Kuki and Naga areas
GUWAHATI Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh invoked the Bible and the teachings of Gautama Buddha to appeal for peace during his visit to Kangpokpi and Senapati districts on Wednesday (July...
Expert Explains | How solar-integrated rail and road infrastructure can power India’s clean energy transition
The National Capital Region Transport Corporation and Indian Railways have also piloted “solar-on-track” systems for the Namo Bharat network and at Banaras Locomotive Works in Varanasi, respectively. ...
DoJ says Bishnoi’s group “enticed impoverished minors in India to join the enterprise” and loyal members were sent abroad to work for the network; gang members had “limited information on the identities or backgrounds” of others in the group
The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) said that between 2022 and 2026, jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi announced his intention “to murder S.K., a well-known Indian actor and television person...
Expert Explains | Advantage Ukraine: Role of tactics, tech and EU backing in Russia war
A Russian military ship transports cars and people from the Russian mainland to the Crimean Peninsula over the Kerch Strait on Monday, July 17, 2023. (AP Photo, File) Written by Aman K Pandey With an ...
Four Indian nationals pushed into Bangladesh return home after one-year legal battle
Four Bengali migrants from Birbhum who were detained by Delhi Police last year and pushed into Bangladesh were brought back to India on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) after a year-long legal battle. Trinamo...
Expert Explains | Ten years after referendum, how Brexit has reshaped UK’s economy and politics
Boris Johnson, the then UK Prime Minister, in Manchester in 2019. AP By Aman K Pandey A decade ago on this day, 51.9% of Britons, close to 17 million people, voted in a referendum to leave the Europea...
India, Australia strike deal on uranium exports, deepen ties across nuclear and maritime sectors
India and Australia on Thursday (July 9, 2026) sealed a raft of landmark pacts spanning civil nuclear energy, maritime security and critical minerals sectors, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his A...
Iran oil returns, but Indian refiners likely to hold back. Here's why
The Kish port in Iran, which serves the Kish Oil and Gas Field. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) US Department of the Treasury on Monday (June 22) issued a waiver allowing production, delivery, and sale of ...
TNCC chief criticises ‘sudden alteration’ of FMGE exam pattern
Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president Manickam Tagore has alleged that injustice has been meted out to students who took the Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE). The FMGE examination ...
Modi-Trump G7 meet: Conciliatory signs from Trump, but his unpredictability is a challenge
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump hold a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 Summit 2026, in Evian on Wednesday. (ANI) When Prime Minister Narendra Modi last met US P...
No reports of injuries or casualties on the ground; the mishap is the second involving the Hermes-900-based platform in about 18 months
A Board of Inquiry (BoI) has been ordered after an Indian Navy Drishti-10 Starliner unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crashed near Dharampur village in Gujarat’s Porbandar district during a routine traini...
Iran-US MoU a setback, what are the options now for Israel, and for Netanyahu
Netanyahu has long boasted of his ties with Trump. (Photo: AP/file) With the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed, President Donald Trump has posted on Truth Social that the “fools” who th...
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan must resign, NTA should be disbanded: Congress
The Congress on Thursday (July 8, 2026), attacked the Modi government over the alleged irregularities in the UGC-NET exam, demanding that Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan must resign and the NTA ...
Ukraine war to Hormuz: 5 key takeaways from the G7 Summit in France
Global leaders pose for a family photograph during a gala dinner as part of the G7 summit, in Evian-les-Bains, France, June 16. (AP/PTI) Written by Akshita Chauhan From June 15 to 17, world leaders ca...
Child with Chandipura virus infection dies in Gujarat's Sabarkantha
A six-year-old boy from Rajasthan with a confirmed Chandipura virus (CHPV) infection died at the civil hospital at Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat, an official said on Thursday (July 9,...
Why does Trump now want Syria to ‘take care of Hezbollah’?
To understand the significance of Trump’s remarks, it is necessary to look at the historical relationship between Syria and Hezbollah. (AP) Written by Akshita Chauhan At the recently concluded G7 Summ...
CJP announces Parliament march on July 20; asks students, parents to join in
The Cockroach Janta Party announced that it would march peacefully to Parliament on the first day of the Monsoon Session on July 20, even as its protest at Jantar Mantar entered the 20th day amid heav...
When is a party merger valid? With TMC split, here is what the defection law says — and omits
Rebel TMC MPs meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at his residence, in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI Photo) Amid the ongoing tussle within the Trinamool Congress (TMC), 20 rebel MPs met Lok Sabha Speaker Om B...
WhatsApp's reply on notice over 'username' feature due July 9: IT Secretary
Meta-owned WhatsApp's response to the government notice on the 'username' feature is due on Thursday (July 9, 2026), IT Secretary S. Krishnan said. Last week, the Centre issued a notice to Meta questi...
NSE files for IPO: Could the exchange’s public offering become the largest in India’s history?
The NSE has filed draft papers to sell a 6% stake. Wikimedia Commons After nearly a decade of delays caused by regulatory hurdles, the National Stock Exchange (NSE), India’s largest stock exchange, fi...
CISF intensifies operations against illegal coal mining
Intensifying its operations against illegal coal mining, the Central Industrial Security Force has in the past four days recovered over 428 metric tonne of coal being transported illegally in Jharkhan...
What CRED-Meta deal means for India's fintech sector
Kunal Shah, the new WhatsApp CEO, is among India’s most prominent fintech entrepreneurs, widely recognised for building successful consumer internet businesses. (Photo: X/@kunalb11; enhanced using AI)...
Ex-forest officials, conservationists challenge functioning of India’s apex Wildlife Board in Delhi HC
A group of retired forest and wildlife officials and conservationists on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) moved the Delhi High Court with a public interest litigation (PIL) petition challenging the functionin...
HDFC Bank raises $750 million abroad: Will other Indian banks follow suit?
HDFC Bank’s latest fundraising involves dollar-denominated senior unsecured notes with a total issue size of $750 million. Wikimedia Commons India’s banking sector is witnessing growing interest in ov...
SC cites blazes in Delhi, Lucknow; questions civic bodies on unauthorised buildings
The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 9, 2026) said “slackness” by the civic authorities to take effective action against unauthorised constructions in the national capital and its neighbouring regions ...
Indo-Pacific no more? What a ‘renamed’ US Pacific Command means for American security interests in Asia
US President Donald Trump. geopolitical analysts have pointed out that the move could indicate the US could adopt a less combative approach towards China in the near future. Photo: AP/Julia Demaree Ni...
Man sent to 20 years RI for raping minor
The Additional District and Sessions (Special POCSO) Fast Track Special Court-1 in Kalaburagi has sentenced a 24-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a minor girl. The court, p...
What is BGP hijacking, which Telegram CEO Pavel Durov talked about?
On Tuesday, the IT Ministry issued an order to block Telegram in India until June 22, at the behest of the National Testing Agency. (File) A day after Telegram was temporarily banned by the Union gove...
2,000 new Karnataka Public Schools in State
The D.K. Shivakumar-led Congress government plans to establish 2,000 Karnataka Public Schools across the State, with each school serving three gram panchayats. In the first phase, around 800 such scho...
What data says about Australia’s social media ban and where the UK can learn from their experience
A 12-year-old boy plays with his personal phone outside school (AP Photo/) On June 15, 2026, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced at a Downing Street press conference that children under 16 in the Un...
Panel to be formed soon to examine liquor retail models in other States, says the Minister for Prohibition and Excise
From shutting down liquor outlets near schools and places of worship to cracking down on overcharging at Tasmac counters and announcing a 25% salary increase for workers, the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam ...
Every fifth seafarer is now an Indian: How India’s maritime workforce became dominated by non-officer crew
As the number of Indian seafarers has increased more than fivefold over the past one-and-a-half decades, the workforce composition has shifted distinctly towards non-officers, with more ratings — hand...
Bankipur bypoll: voters say the battle will be between BJP and JSP
Ahead of the byelection to the Bankipur Assembly constituency in Patna, residents said the contest this time will be between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) found...
Why has the RSS not registered itself? The law and history behind the persistent debate
The question of RSS’s legal status arose way back in the 1970s through two tax cases in Bombay and Patna. Bhupendra Rana The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) legal status has once again become a su...
Patient collapses and dies after waiting in queue at Neyyattinkara hospital; Health Minister orders inquiry
Health Minister K. Muraleedharan has ordered an inquiry into the incident at district hospital, Neyyattinkara, wherein a patient who had come to the hospital on Thursday (July 9, 2026) evening complai...
Western Ghats: What is the ESA plan for conservation, why states are opposing it
The Western Ghats, a 1,500-km long chain of largely unbroken mountains which fringes off the western coast of India, is one of the country’s most famous natural ecosystems, next only to the Himalayas....
PM Modi meets Australia Governor-General Sam Mostyn, discusses bilateral ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (July 9, 2026) met Australia's Governor-General Sam Mostyn and discussed "enduring" bilateral bonds, strong people-to-people ties and the strengthening of the ...
‘Dancing Girl’ controversy: Revisiting Harappa’s iconic artefact, its many meanings
The Dancing Girl belongs to the Harappan civilisation, which dates back to approximately circa 2600-1900 BCE. Written by Shatakshi Saklani The controversy over the NCERT’s decision to modify and then ...
BRICS key to advancing women's leadership: Minister Annapurna Devi
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Annapurna Devi on Thursday (July 9, 2026) said cooperation and knowledge sharing among BRICS nations were vital to advancing women as entrepreneurs, inno...
You always needed cough syrup prescription: Here’s what Centre’s new order changes — and why
Experts advise that people should only buy cough syrups from established brands to reduce the chances of contamination. Getty The Union government has removed cough syrups from the list of medicines t...
Eye on Indo-Pacific: India and Australia deepen ties across nuclear, maritime and mineral sectors
India and Australia on Thursday (July 9, 2026) sealed a raft of landmark pacts spanning civil nuclear energy, maritime security and critical minerals sectors, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his A...
Why the Christie’s South Asian Auction in London is significant for Indian art beyond the sales figures
The Fisherman by Ganesh Pyne, 1979 auctioned at Christie's Sublime Shadows (photo: Christie's Press Centre) Last week, Christie’s hosted its first dedicated South Asian auction in seven years in Londo...
Trauma of giving birth in jail not bearable: Court on bail to TCS staffer Nida Khan
As it granted bail to a pregnant Nida Khan in a Nashik Tata Consultancy services (TCS) case , a local court observed that the trauma of giving birth in prison is unbearable for any woman, drawing a co...
How a Mohenjo-daro figurine became a ‘dancer’ — and associated with vulgarity
A Class 9 textbook shaded over the nude torso of the iconic “Dancing Girl” of Mohenjo-daro before the NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) decided to restore its original imag...
BJP pushes for ‘safest and shortest’ third route to Amarnath from Ladakh’s Drass
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is pushing for a third route to the Amarnath cave from Ladakh and is pitching it as the “shortest and safest” trek to the cave shrine located at an altitude of 12,756 ...
Why India and Australia are deepening Indo-Pacific security ties: China’s expanding footprint
US and Philippine Navy ships in the South China Sea. Wikimedia Commons Written by Akshita Chauhan India and Australia agreed to deepen their security cooperation across the Indo-Pacific region during ...
Kerala University cancels affiliation recommendations by previous Syndicate
The Syndicate of the Kerala University has cancelled the recommendations made by the previous Syndicate Standing Committee for granting affiliations to new colleges and courses. The Syndicate, which w...
After paper leak row, why Centre has blocked Telegram in India until NEET re-exam
Telegram ban: The ban on Telegram applies till after a day of NEET’s re-examination, which is scheduled for June 21, following the cancellation of the initial May 3 exam due to a paper leak. (Source: ...
Kottayam Medical College Hospital gets ₹47 lakh
The Central Warehousing Corporation has sanctioned ₹47 Lakh from its corporate social responsibility (CSR) fund for the Golden Hour initiative aimed at strengthening emergency health-care services at ...
Could US-Iran deal end the elusive quest for ‘New Middle East’?
For all the political turmoil around it, the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran , announced by US President Donald Trump on Sunday, could mark an important turning po...
M.V. Dhananjaya appointed Vice-Chancellor of KSNUAHS in Shivamogga
Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has appointed M.V. Dhananjaya, Principal Scientist (Plant Breeding) at ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru, as Vice-Chancellor of Keladi Shivappa Nayaka University of Agricultu...
US-Iran deal: Why India’s energy worries are far from over
Oil prices tumbled Monday after the US and Iran announced that they had reached a peace agreement , to be signed in Switzerland later this week, with Brent futures down about 5% at around $83 per barr...
Relief for farmers as over 2,000 acres of land removed from 22-A list
In a major relief to the farmers of Gutupalle village in Bethamcherla mandal, more than 2,000 acres of land have been removed from the 22-A list of revenue records with the initiation of Chief Ministe...
Can one die ‘of sadness’? An Expert Explains what science says about grief
Grief is the emotional, cognitive, functional, and behavioural response to death of a loved person. Photo: Unsplash When the author of Persepolis , Marjane Satrapi , died at age 56 on Thursday (June 4...
Supreme Court mulls larger Bench reference in Meghalaya honeymoon murder case
The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 9, 2026) indicated that the Meghalaya government’s appeal against the grant of bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused of murdering her newlywed husband Raja Raghuvanshi...
US-Iran ceasefire: Nuclear question deferred, an expert explains why next 60 days are crucial
Policemen walk in front of a huge banner showing Iranian flag at the Islamic Revolution square in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) US-Iran Ceasefire: On June 15 (Monday), t...
Why is BrahMos emerging as India’s most sought-after defence export? | Explained
Indonesia’s decision to reach an in-principle agreement with India to procure an additional battery of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system marks another milestone in New Delhi’s expanding def...
Can India cool down without heating up? Experts Explain why sustainability is key
As summers arrive earlier and grow longer and more intense, India’s cooling needs are rising sharply. Photo: Unsplash Written by Pranjali Chowdhary and Nimish Singh Extreme heat has moved beyond seaso...
Probe call records of all those employed in Ayodhya Ram temple: Akhilesh Yadav
Upping the ante on the Ram temple donation row , Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday (July 9, 2026) demanded that the call detail records of all those employed in the temple in Ayodhya be...
On Rani Lakshmibai’s death anniversary: How the queen of Jhansi became an enduring nationalist icon
In the years following her death, the figure of the queen of Jhansi became a legend with immense potential. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) On June 18, 1858, Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was killed fighting B...
Modi government hurt national interests by letting China capture India’s critical industries: Congress
The Congress on Thursday (July 9, 2026) alleged that the Modi government has hurt national interests by letting China “capture” India’s most critical industries and opening more opportunities for the ...
With NEET re-exam today, here’s how China holds its biggest college entrance exam
Students gather outside examination centres as India prepares for the NEET re-test and China conducts the Gaokao, its highly regulated national college entrance examination. The re-test for the Nation...
State Election Commissioners face controversy in Kerala and Tamil Nadu
Two recent developments in Kerala and Tamil Nadu have put the office of the State Election Commissioner in focus. The controversies have also revived discussions on the constitutional provisions gover...
Why Jio IPO may command higher valuations than Bharti Airtel despite lagging in key financial metrics
Mukesh Ambani and Akash Ambani in 2022, at the launch of Jio's 5G services, in New Delhi. (Express photo: Praveen Khanna) Reliance Industries Ltd’s (RIL) telecom and digital arm Jio Platforms’ IPO is ...
Monsoon covers entire country, a day later than normal
The southwest monsoon covered the entire country on Thursday (July 9, 2026), a day later than its normal date, after advancing into the remaining parts of the north Arabian Sea, Rajasthan, Haryana and...
The world must electrify rapidly to meet climate goals. The challenge is bigger than you think
The mid-year climate talks in Bonn, Germany, that ended this week failed to make much headway on any contentious issue, but did throw up one interesting proposal. Turkey, which will host the year-endi...
Trump says 11 jets downed during India-Pakistan hostilities last year
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeated his claim of settling the conflict between India and Pakistan, adding that 11 jets were shot down during the four-day hostilities in May last year. Speaking on...
Why has monsoon progress stalled, and when can rains be expected next?
It has been a fortnight since the official commencement of the southwest monsoon season, but its performance has largely been sub-nominal so far. All-India rainfall stood 38% below average between Jun...
How Jaswant Singh Khalra uncovered police brutality in Punjab, and what price he paid for it
The sudden removal of the Punjabi film Satluj from an OTT platform, within 48 hours of its release, has sparked a renewed interest on the life of the human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra and his...
Expert Explains | Why social media age limits are needed: ‘Shouldn’t expect kids to have self-control online…’
A teenager looks at her mobile phone in London, (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Six months after Australia banned social media for those under 16, the UK became the latest country to tighten online safety for ...
India, Australia unveil new defence declaration to deepen Indo-Pacific cooperation
India and Australia on Thursday (July 9, 2026) adopted a new Joint Declaration on Defence and Security Cooperation, committing to significantly deepen military engagement, strengthen defence industria...
Explained: Another Iran deal a decade ago and the concessions it secured
US Secretary of State, John Kerry alongside US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz participating in the JCPOA in New York (Wikimedia Commons) Monday’s framework for a peace deal between the United States an...
‘Satluj’ movie row reopens Punjab’s militancy wounds, could deepen radical undercurrents: Ashwani Kumar
The controversy over Satluj , the film pulled off an OTT platform within two days of its release over security concerns, has reopened one of Punjab’s most sensitive faultlines: the dark phase of milit...
Tunnel hoods in Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project: What they are, why they matter
Tunnel hoods are common on high-speed rail systems in countries operating bullet trains, where trains travel at speeds exceeding 300 km per hour. Photo: Express The tunnels in the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Hig...
TTE suspended for allowing unauthorised decorator hired by a couple into First AC coach
A Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) has been suspended for allegedly allowing an unauthorised decorator to enter a First AC coach of Nandigram Express and decorate a coupe for a couple, the South Centr...
Falling child sex ratio, systemic bias: Why India banned checking a baby’s sex in the womb
While many countries allow pre-natal sex determination, they outlaw sex-selective abortion. Indian law prohibits both. Photo: Unsplash The Supreme Court Thursday (June 11) dismissed an appeal of a Mah...
Bengal government orders probe into hospital administering ‘expired’ saline to patient
The West Bengal Health Department on Thursday (July 9, 2026) ordered an inquiry and announced stricter monitoring measures, after the family of a patient alleged that she had been administered expired...
As Noida International Airport begins operations, what growth prospects look like
Travellers at the Noida International Airport, Jewar in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. The first flight had farmers who gave their land for the airport. (Express photo by Praveen Khanna) Monday (June 15) tr...
Kochi Corporation’s new office may need another ₹4 crore to complete pending works
The Kochi Corporation may have to spend another ₹4 crore to complete the pending works on its new headquarters near High Court Junction, Mayor V.K. Minimol has said. The structure has already incurred...
US-Iran talks: Why Switzerland's image of neutrality is more complicated than it appears
The Federal Palace with its inscription "Curia Confoederationis Helveticae" is the building in Bern, housing the Swiss Federal Assembly (legislature) and as well the Federal Council (executive). Wikim...
Kerala Forest department sets up ‘classroom libraries’ in Madatharakani Government High School
Madatharakani Government High School in Kerala is rewriting the rules of reading time. Students no longer have to wait for library day to grab their next favorite book—they just have to look at the ba...
Homemakers are nation builders: How Supreme Court recognised economic value of unpaid domestic labour
A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and N Kotiswar Singh held that homemakers are not merely caregivers but “economic entities” whose contribution to the household had been consistently undervalu...
Gujarat launches first Data Centre Policy, targets ₹6 lakh crore investments and 7.5 GW capacity
Seeking to position itself as India’s preferred destination for hyperscale data centres, cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven digital infrastructure, the Gujarat government on Thurs...
Six years after Galwan: A militarised LAC, a redefined relationship
AIIMS doctors pay tribute to Galwan martyrs in 2020. (File) Six years ago today, on June 15, 2020, Indian and Chinese troops clashed at Galwan, Ladakh , the bloodiest conflict between the two since th...
Calcutta HC appoints special officer for debit-frozen TMC bank accounts, to manage Mamata-led group's expenses
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday (July 9, 2026) appointed a special officer to manage the day-to-day expenses of the Mamata Banerjee-aligned TMC from three debit-frozen bank accounts of the party. ...
Why food inflation may creep higher in the months ahead
India’s last episode of high food inflation was during July 2023 to December 2024, which was courtesy of the “strong” 2023-24 El Niño event. (File) On June 11, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
NIA conducts pan-India searches in online terror radicalisation case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday (July 8, 2926) carried out nationwide searches in a case related to online terror radicalisation. The radicalisation was “aimed at establishing an ...
‘Telangana govt owes us Rs 3,700 crore, now wants discount’: Why liquor sellers are feeling low
Telangana is India’s biggest beer-consuming state by volume. (Photo: Freepik) Global liquor companies have collectively accused the Telangana government of not paying them dues of over Rs 3,700 crore ...
Tihar to respond to terror-accused U.S. national’s plea for ‘American-style diet’
The Tihar prison authorities submitted before a Delhi court on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) that they will file a response to a plea by U.S. national Matthew Aaron Van Dyke, an accused in a terror conspir...
How war in West Asia is taking a toll on India’s road construction push
A view of the 135-km long Eastern Peripheral Expressway, constructed by the National Highways of India (NHAI). (Express Photo by Amit Mehra) Amid the ongoing standoff over the Strait of Hormuz, the de...
Donation racket alleged at Madhya Pradesh temple, probe ordered
The Madhya Pradesh authorities have formed an investigation committee to probe an alleged ‘parallel donation’ racket, fraud, and financial irregularities that have come to light at the famous Maa Bagl...
How a tiny electronic component is slowly driving up inflation in India
Nine items have seen their prices rise from one month to the next because of one minuscule component common to them all: memory chips. Photo: Unsplash Fridges, washing machines, air conditioners, elec...
Opposition parties term the episode a reflection of complete breakdown of law and order
The political atmosphere in Punjab charged up on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) after the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) named Punjab Police inspector Gurinderjit Singh Nagra in an alleged inter...
Why hybrid paddy continues to divide Punjab’s agricultural community
Labourers in a paddy field at a village in Patiala on June 11, 2026. Photo: Harmeet Sodhi For a state that has long been at the centre of India’s food security architecture, few agricultural issues ha...
Violence at Trinamool rally in Kolkata; Mamata accuses BJP government of allowing lawlessness
Violence erupted at a Trinamool Congress procession in Kolkata on Wednesday (July 8, 2026), as TMC supporters clashed with BJP workers. Denouncing the chaos, TMC chief and former Chief Minister Mamata...
Red, white and black & blue: Why Trump has brought UFC cagefighting to the White House
The arena for the UFC Freedom 250 fight card on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Saturday, June 13, 2026. AP Written by Kartikeya Bhattacharyya The White House is all set to host its ...
Calcutta High Court seeks affidavit as State says no decision yet on midday meal contract for ISKCON
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) directed the West Bengal government to file an affidavit after the State said that no decision has yet been taken on entrusting the PM-POSHAN (midda...
Explained: The worries in India’s push beyond E20 fuel — and lessons it can take from Brazil
The Union government Wednesday exempted higher ethanol-petrol blends (22%-30% ethanol) from central excise duty, putting their tax treatment on a par with the 20% ethanol blend (E20) that’s currently ...
NCW seeks report on gangrape of minor girl in Sri Ganganagar within 15 days
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken “serious” cognisance of the alleged gang-rape and trafficking of a minor girl in Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan and directed the District Magistrate and ...
Third crash in 10 years: What to know about IAF’s AN-32, the Soviet-origin military transport aircraft
The IAF has employed the AN-32 as a tactical transport aircraft since its induction into the force in 1984. Wikimedia Commons Five personnel of the Indian Air Force, including two officers, were kille...
Nod for guidelines ensuring dignified natural death for terminally-ill patients
Following the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court in 2018, when it held that the right to die with dignity was a fundamental right under Article 21, the State government had taken a significant dec...
Why US has barred foreigners from accessing Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable AI models
Dario Amodei at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 (photo: Wikimedia Commons) Anthropic has suspended all foreign access to its most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models — Fable 5 and Mythos 5 — after th...
Congress appoints new in-charges for Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) appointed new All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charges for Tamil Nadu and West Bengal as part of the party’s ongoing organisatio...
Belfast riots: What we know so far, and why the flare-up is not a one-time event
A vehicle burns during a protest in East Belfast following a stabbing incident in Belfast, on June 9, 2026. Photo: AP/Peter Morrison In the past week, Belfast’s streets saw groups of masked men set ho...
Bishnoi, aides used WhatsApp from Gujarat jail to extort victims: U.S. DoJ
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) that Lawrence Bishnoi, a Punjab-born gangster currently lodged in a high-security prison in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, used WhatsApp and ...
Why government is looking to issue faster approvals for new fertilisers
The proposed reform is expected to significantly speed up the introduction of new fertilisers in the market. Gurmeet Singh/file The Union government’s fertiliser subsidy bill for 2026-27 (April-March...
Amit Shah orders third-party audit to cut airport passenger delays
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) to independently commission third-party studies during the peak travel season...
Assam, Nagaland agree to oil and gas exploration along contested border. Could this boost India’s energy security?
An oil pump jack in Assam's Sivasagar. Wikimedia Commons The Union government, Assam and Nagaland Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that paves the way for the resumption of oil and g...
Supreme Court seeks government response on plea by Gulf students that ‘assessment scheme’ hurts prospects
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) sought responses from the Union Government and the CBSE on a petition challenging the Board’s March 27 assessment scheme for regular Class XII students in...
PM Modi’s France visit: How trust has underpinned India-France ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with French President Emmanuel Macron in Mumbai in February. (X/@narendramodi) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is headed to France over the weekend for a bilateral visit as w...
PF interest to be credited by July 15 to member accounts: Minister
The annual interest on Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) deposits will be credited to subscribers’ accounts by July 15, Union Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Wednesday (July 8, 2026). Talking ...
Why SC-appointed taskforce framed student suicides as not just a mental health issue
The NTF report drew on a 2025 study by researcher Prabhakar Krishnamurthy, which found that SC/ST students in IIT Delhi and Kharagpur “face dropout rates 318% higher than general category peers”. Phot...
India’s higher education enrolment hits 4.5 crore; women, marginalised groups lead way: AISHE report
India’s higher education sector has recorded significant growth over the last decade, with total student enrolment scaling to 4.5 crore in the 2023-24 academic year. According to the latest reports of...
US lists BYD, Alibaba as Chinese military firms: What this means for their rivalry
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Zhongnanhai, Beijing, in May. (Wikimedia Commons) Earlier this week, the US Department of War added major Chinese companies — including e-...
ED searches money changers’ premises over alleged FEMA violations
The Enforcement Directorate has searched multiple locations in Delhi and Uttarakhand ’s Rishikesh and Dehradun as part of an inquiry into alleged violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEM...
After Op Sindoor strain, how India and Turkey brought their ties back from the brink
PM Modi with the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in New Delhi on September 10, 2023. (Wikimedia Commons) India and Turkey’s bilateral ties have often been overshadowed by one external facto...
DRDO successfully tests Pinaka long-range guided rocket
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) successfully conducted a flight test of the Pinaka long range guided rocket from the Integrated Test Range at Chand...
On Rani Lakshmibai's death anniversary: How the queen of Jhansi became an enduring nationalist icon
In the years following her death, the figure of the queen of Jhansi became a legend with immense potential. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) On June 18, 1858, Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was killed fighting B...
West Asia conflict fuels 78% jump in BMW India’s EV demand
The conflict in West Asia triggered a 78% surge in demand for electric vehicles (EVs) at BMW India, helping the luxury carmaker post its strongest first-half performance with sales rising 17% year-on-...
More expensive phones, PCs: How consumers are paying for the AI boom
AI has triggered a global memory shortage by pushing chipmakers to divert production towards lucrative high-bandwidth memory used in data centres. Photo: Magnific Smartphone sales, especially those at...
Rainfall situation better, kharif sowing improved: Chouhan
After a high-level meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) to review the El Niño conditions, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the monsoon situation in the country had imp...
Over 5 decades on, recalling Allahabad HC verdict against Indira Gandhi that paved way for Emergency
Late on the night of June 25, 1975, President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, acting on the recommendation of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, proclaimed a state of Emergency, citing threats to the nation’s intern...
Congress seeks Champat Rai’s arrest, asks PM to apologise over Ram Temple donation row
The Congress on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) demanded the immediate arrest of former Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai, and sought an apology from Prime Minister Nare...
‘Reliance sabotaging access’: What is BGP hijacking, which Telegram CEO talked about
On Tuesday, the IT Ministry issued an order to block Telegram in India until June 22, at the behest of the National Testing Agency. (File) A day after Telegram was temporarily banned by the Centre, th...
Two persons arrested for selling arrack in Tirupattur
Two persons were arrested by Vaniyambadi taluk police in Tirupattur for manufacturing and selling arrack in the area on Wednesday. The arrested persons were identified as K. Perumal, 52, and S. Rajesh...
An expert explains the motivations behind Xi Jinping’s North Korea visit, in a changing Asia
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping watch a welcome performance at Pyongyang Gymnasium on June 8. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) Chinese Pr...
NEET paper leak: Delhi court extends judicial custody of two accused till July 11
A Delhi court on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) extended the judicial custody of two accused, including the alleged kingpin and a coaching centre founder, till July 11 in the NEET paper leak case. The alleg...
One year of AI 171 crash that killed 260 people: What probe report could focus on
AI 171, travelling from Ahmedabad to London, crashed moments after taking off on June 12, 2025. (File photo) June 12, Friday, marks the first anniversary of the deadly Air India flight AI 171 crash th...
Donation 'theft' at Ram temple has tarnished India's image: Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday (July 8, 2026), said the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple have ‘angered’ the followers of Sanatan Dharma worldwide, particularl...
What Delhi HC ruled in quashing NewsClick case on foreign funding, cheating
ED officials look through files at the NewsClick office during a raid in New Delhi. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal) In an order made public on Wednesday (June 10), the Delhi High Court quashed an FIR...
Government turning blind eye, sleeping soundly despite repeated 'scams' in NEET, NET: Rahul
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) attacked the Modi government over alleged irregularities in the UGC-NET exam, saying it continues to turn a blind eye and sleep soundly despite...
Punjab farmers protest: What is driving reported shortages of fertilisers?
Members of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee (KMSC) stage a protest against the shortage of urea fertiliser, alleged black marketing, in Amritsar, Punjab, on June 8. (PTI photo) Farmers across five st...
Legal questions behind the row over Satluj movie | Explained
The story so far: ZEE5 removed the film Satluj from its OTT offerings soon after premiering it. While the filmmakers have said the government ordered the removal, reports have suggested that a Centre-...
UK social media for under-16s ban: An Expert Explains why such rules are needed, what tech firms need to do
A teenager looks at her mobile phone in London, (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Six months after Australia banned social media for those under 16, the UK became the latest country to tighten online safety for ...
Tribal research institutes to draw up national tribal research agenda for next five years
Tribal Research Institutes (TRIs) across the country on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) adopted the Bhubaneswar Declaration, resolving to develop these institutes as Centres of Excellence and to come up with...
Why Iran has linked US peace deal more to Lebanon than to Gaza
People check apartments destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon, Sunday, June 7. (AP Photo) As the US-Iran war touches 100 days , the two countries have entered i...
Lokayukta police raids 53 locations in disproportionate assets cases against 10 government officials
The Karnataka Lokayukta Police on Wednesday carried out simultaneous searches at more than 53 locations across the State in connection with Disproportionate Assets (DA) cases registered against 10 gov...
How a Mohenjo-daro figurine became a 'dancer' — and associated with vulgarity
(Left) The photo with the masked torso in the new NCERT book; and (right) the actual figurine. Express/Wikimedia Commons A Class 9 textbook shaded over the nude torso of the iconic “Dancing Girl” of M...
COMEDK cancels candidature of 36 involved in malpractice in Jamshedpur
COMEDK has taken action after malpractice was reported at three centres in Jamshedpur during the COMEDK UGET 2026. As part of the regulations, the candidature of 36 candidates involved in malpractice ...
Record remittances cushioned India’s finances in FY26, but this is no long-term fix
Despite the capital outflows from financial markets and subdued net foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows, India managed to record a Balance of Payments (BoP) surplus of $7.22 billion in the January...
CAG report slams delay, cost escalation in Kochi Corporation headquarters project
The continuous delay in the construction of Kochi Corporation’s new headquarters at Marine Drive, along with the accompanying cost escalations, has drawn sharp criticism in the Comptroller and Auditor...
Amid debate over Adivasi identity, recalling the icon who helped define it: Birsa Munda
Birsa Munda was born on November 15, 1875, at a time when his community was witnessing major changes amid the advent of British colonial rule. (Via Wikimedia Commons) On June 9, the death anniversary ...
KSEB eyes medium-term power procurement to handle peak demand
Battling an unexpected power crisis during monsoon season, the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) is now eyeing a medium-term power purchase deal to secure 300 MW to meet the peak-hour demand for t...
Khurram Parvez gets bail: Why Delhi HC granted relief despite stringent UAPA conditions
Khurram Parvez was the programme coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), a union of civil society organisations in Jammu and Kashmir involved in investigating human rights...
Kin seeks funds to bring back body of A.P. student killed in U.S. road accident
The family members of Prasanna Atluri, who was reportedly killed in an accident in New York on July 5, have sought help in raising funds for bringing back her mortal remains to her home in Mulapadu vi...
Zojila tunnel breakthrough: Why digging through the Himalayas is an engineering challenge
The breakthrough of the Zojila Tunnel , a 13-km passage being carved through the Himalayas at an altitude of over 11,500 feet, is a major milestone for one of India’s most challenging infrastructure p...
The story of India-Indonesia collaboration in the 1940s | Explained
In his speech before the Indonesian Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi referred to India ’s support to Indonesian freedom movement and said that India championed Indonesian freedom at the United...
Apache helicopter: What to know about the chopper, whose crash triggered latest US-Iran hostilities
Boeing Apache AH-64 combat helicopter (Boeing News) The latest round of attacks exchanged between the US and Iran on Wednesday (June 10) as part of the ongoing war in West Asia saw US forces strike Ir...
Day 19 of CJP protest: Wangchuk loses over 7 Kg as fast enters 11th day
Educator and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk's condition deteriorated further on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) as doctors examining him reported a loss of over 7 Kg in his weight on the 11th day of his ind...
Why, after warning over Mythos risk, Anthropic has launched a version of it in Claude Fable
On June 9, Anthropic announced it was launching Claude Fable 5, a 'Mythos-class1 model that we’ve made safe for general use.' (Photo: Anthropic) Just two months ago, Anthropic publicly warned that its...
Operation Hard ball explained: Inside FBI’s crackdown on Lawrence Bishnoi and his associates
With 24 arrests spread across U.S., Canada, and Europe , the law enforcement agencies of the three countries have launched a massive crackdown on Lawrence Bishnoi ’s associates, linked with three Indi...
US-Iran ceasefire: Nuclear issue postponed, an Expert Explains why next 60 days are crucial
Policemen walk in front of a huge banner showing Iranian flag at the Islamic Revolution square in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) On June 15 (Monday), the US and Iran agre...
Two militants arrested in Manipur for 'involvement' in extortion activities
Security forces arrested two militants, belonging to proscribed outfits, for allegedly being involved in extortion activities in Manipur , a police statement said on Wednesday (July 8, 2026). A 22-yea...
US-Iran memorandum of understanding: The elusive quest for ‘New Middle East’
For all the political turmoil around it, the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the United States and Iran , announced by US President Donald Trump on Sunday, could mark an important turning po...
Why are Tamil Nadu and Kerala opposed to the proposed changes in Food Security law? | Explained
The story so far: On July 6, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay urged the Centre to retain the present provision of 35 kg of food grains per household per month under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana ...
Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee struck down: For Indian professionals, why some damage may already have been done
President Donald Trump signing the executive order on H-1B visas in September last year. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is also seen. AP File A US federal judge’s decision to strike down Preside...
Cultural heritage connect us, thank Indonesian people for preserving it: Modi at Prambanan Temple complex
Emphasising that cultural legacy connects people from different geographies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (July 8, 2026) thanked Indonesia and its people for preserving the “grand heritag...
Why Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination from Madhya Pradesh was rejected
Rajya Sabha Election 2026: Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan leaves after her Rajya Sabha nomination was rejected following charges of concealing information about a case in the affidavit, in Bhopal...
Significance of Guwahati Declaration adopted by BRICS nations | Explained
The story so far: The BRICS nations have adopted the Guwahati Declaration , reaffirming their commitment to coordinated efforts to prevent and combat illicit drug trafficking. The declaration was adop...
Can AI-driven growth be made responsible? An Expert Explains how
Staffers at the Yotta Data Center in Greater Noida. Photo: Tashi Tobgyal Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being framed as a route to economic growth, strategic autonomy, and national power...
Baruipur rape-murder case: One key accused killed in police encounter
Prabhas Mondal, one of the prime accused in the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in West Bengal’s Baruipur, was killed in the early hours of Wednesday (July 8, 2026) during a police encounter. Ac...
Posh Delhi colony gets sewage in taps: How urban water systems fail, what needs to change
Residents of Gulmohar Park have been getting DJB water contaminated from a broken pipeline. (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal) In the posh South Delhi colony of Gulmohar Park, drinking water pipelines hav...
Delhi, Mumbai grapple with heavy rain havoc | Monsoon LIVE updates
July 08, 2026 18:12 22 students injured after school bus overturns into roadside drain in Latur district As many as 22 students were injured, one of them seriously, after a private school bus overturn...
FCNR(B) deposits: Why higher interest rates may be needed to bring in NRI dollars
Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra in Mumbai on December 5, 2025. Photo: Sankhadeep Banerjee The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last week announced the special dispensation that allows banks ...
Scientists develop health tracker for high-altitude yaks
A team of scientists has developed an Internet of Things (IoT)-based smart system to monitor the health of the high-altitude yaks and keep tabs on their movement near the international border in the H...
AI giants, SpaceX gear up for IPOs: Are these companies overvalued, and can Indians invest in them
Within days of each other, two of the world’s most closely watched artificial intelligence (AI) companies in Anthropic and OpenAI have confidentially filed paperwork for public listings in the US, set...
Kurnool Collector urges voters to submit SIR forms by July 14
Kurnool District Collector A. Siri appealed to all eligible voters to submit their Special Intensive Revision (SIR) enumeration forms on or before July 14, as the district administration had stepped u...
‘Arbitrary’ and ‘capricious’: Why US court rejected Trump’s $100,000 fee for H-1B visas
US President Donald Trump talks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) A federal judge in the state of Massachu...
Court sends auto driver to 10 years RI for abducting, raping minor
The Additional District and Sessions Court (Special Court under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) in Kalaburagi has sentenced a 26-year-old autorickshaw driver to 10 years rigorous ...
With record-high spending, what is driving Japan’s changing defence outlook?
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Monsoon tracker LIVE: IMD issues red alert as rain lashes Delhi; Wayanad on red alert after landslip
Key Updates Kerala | Red alert issued in Wayanad following heavy rains, landslip Kerala | Mudslide at Wayanad tunnel road project site; at least one dead, seven missing Read: The Hindu's Editorial on ...
Can one die ‘of sadness’? An Expert Explains what science says about grief and death
Grief is the emotional, cognitive, functional, and behavioural response to death of a loved person. Photo: Unsplash When the author of Persepolis , Marjane Satrapi , died at age 56 on Thursday (June 4...
Ritabrata camp of Trinamool Congress gets time till July 10 to submit response to EC notice
The Election Commission (EC) is understood to have given an extension till Friday (July 10, 2026) to the Ritabrata Banerjee faction of the Trinamool Congress for submitting a response to notices issue...
Ayushman may cover beneficiaries of Bengal’s Swasthya Sathi; state govt set to bear full cost
West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari. (File Photo) AS the West Bengal government prepares to roll out the Ayushman Bharat scheme across the state, people covered under the local health policy — Swasthya Sa...
CBI chargesheets seven in Reliance Commercial Finance case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday (July 7, 2026) filed the first chargesheet against seven accused in the Reliance Commercial Finance Limited (RCFL) case. Two Reliance Group compani...
Is everything on the internet now written by AI? The science of AI detection tools, how efficient they are
Using machine learning to tell apart whether something is written by a human or AI is one approach. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Criticism is not uncommon in the aftermath of a literary prize announcement...
Nehru got it posthumously without having to wrangle it: Congress’ dig at PM on Indonesia award
The Congress on Tuesday (July 7, 2026) took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he was conferred with Indonesia's highest honour, the 'Bintang Adipurna of the Republic of Indonesia' medal, s...
With Xi Jinping set to meet Kim Jong-Un this week, what’s driving China-North Korea relations?
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File) Weeks after US Pr...
Daily Quiz | Personalities born on July 7
Daily Quiz | Personalities born on July 7 Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. Photo: Special Arrangement START THE QUIZ YOUR SCORE Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit 0 /0 RETAKE T...
Who are the Tana Bhagats of Jharkhand and why are they opposing a highway project?
Villagers allege the area falls under the Fifth schedule of the Constitution.. (Express photo) The Tana Bhagat community of Jharkhand is protesting a national highway project under the Bharatmala sche...
Beach shacks won’t affect coastal communities, says Excise Minister Kollu Ravindra
Minister for Mines and Excise Kollu Ravindra on Tuesday claimed that the proposed beach shacks to be allowed along the Visakhapatnam and Surya Lanka beaches would be developed on the lines of those in...
Why ‘herbal’ cigarettes are not a healthy alternative, and how they can harm you
So far, owing to the limited scientific evidence on long-term health impacts, herbal cigarettes often fall into regulatory grey areas. (Magnific) In recent years, several supposedly “healthy” alternat...
In U.S., Industries Minister Bharath pitches Andhra Pradesh as preferred destination for investors
Industries and Commerce Minister T.G. Bharath is on a tour of the United States meeting industrialists and entrepreneurs to attract investments to the State, highlighting the opportunities available a...
Key health and population indicators, anaemia data: What went missing from NFHS-6 findings
NFHS-5 data showed that there was an increase in anaemia levels despite the government’s Anaemia Mukt Bharat programme that provided iron-folic acid tablets to girls and women in order to address iron...
YSRCP alleges irregularities in Endowments Department, seeks action on hundi thefts
The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) on Tuesday (July 7, 2026) alleged large-scale irregularities in the Endowments Department and expressed concern over a series of alleged hundi thefts and declining templ...
Why Indians are moving money from savings accounts to FDs, according to RBI report
The RBI data indicates that while households continue to anchor India's deposit base, savers are increasingly favouring fixed deposits over traditional savings accounts, reshaping the liability profil...
GHMC issues notices to builder of high rise towers in Hussain Sagar FTL
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is learnt to have issued notices to the builder of high rise towers in Somajiguda, which are allegedly constructed in the full tank level of the Huss...
With new AI chip for computers, how Nvidia is now directly challenging Apple, Intel
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during the Computex 2026 exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, on June 1, 2026. Photo: AP/Chiang Ying-ying Nvidia, the major semiconductor company powering the ongoing AI boom with its...
Andhra Pradesh govt. extends crop insurance schemes for 2026-27 agricultural year
The Andhra Pradesh government has extended the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and the Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) for the 2026-27 agricultural year, covering bo...
Did Pope Leo’s AI encyclical give Anthropic a legitimacy boost ahead of its IPO push?
The Holy See has not endorsed Anthropic, and there is no evidence to suggest the encyclical had any effect on the company’s valuation or IPO plans. (NYT Photos) Last week, Pope Leo XIV unveiled the Ma...
Belagavi officials asked to prepare for possible floods
Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Roshan has asked the district administration officials to prepare for a possibility of floods in Belagavi district. At a meeting of the District Disaster Management Author...
From Sonny Rollins to Kendrick Lamar: A brief history of the jazz-rap movement
Sonny Rollins at Detroit Jazz Festival, August 31, 2012. (Wikimedia Commons) On May 25, legendary saxophonist Sonny Rollins bid the world goodbye. Over a career spanning seven decades, Rollins won a l...
MITT signs MoU with Cybe Global for cybersecurity training
The Maharaja Institute of Technology, Tandavapura (MITT), has entered into an MoU with Cybe Global Pvt. Ltd. to promote cybersecurity awareness and skill development. The MoU was followed by a three-d...
Can privacy trump parentage? Why Supreme Court upheld DNA test in paternity case
In paternity disputes, Section 112 of The Indian Evidence Act is invoked, which aims to grant legitimacy to every child born in a wedlock. Photo: Unsplash The Supreme Court last month dismissed a chal...
Form used in rehearsal for second phase of Census has an ‘open column’ to record caste
The rehearsal for the second phase of Census, which started in 16 States and Union Territories on Monday (July 6, 2026), has an “open column” for respondents to record their castes, several officials ...
In Pride Month, recalling what happened at India’s first-ever LGBTQ parade
LGBTQ+ activists at the 16th Kolkata Rainbow Pride Parade in 2017. (Express photo by Partha Paul) June is marked as Pride Month annually to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community and the landmarks in the move...
Gunmen kill two Assam Rifles personnel in Manipur ambush
Unidentified gunmen ambushed an Assam Rifles patrol in Manipur ’s Ukhrul district on Monday (July 6, 2026) afternoon, killing two personnel and injuring others. District officials said the incident oc...
The overlooked conflict: The civil war pushing South Sudan to the brink
UN staff assist refugees at the Doro camp in South Sudan. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) Among the United Nations Peacekeepers to be honoured with the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal this year, given to those who ...
Seafarers to undergo mandatory yoga-based wellness training
Can brahmari or the “bee breath” drown the roar of the engines, or the drones if in Persian Gulf during the war, and bring peace to the seafarer? The Directorate General of Maritime Administration (DG...
FIFA World Cup 2026: Why the new AI-enabled ball promises better decisions, fewer surprises
England midfielder Jude Bellingham controls the ball during a training session in Florida on Tuesday. (AP) Every four years when the FIFA World Cup comes around, official sponsor Adidas creates a new ...
Congress targets Modi on foreign policy, cites passport decline and ‘silence’ on Gaza
New Delhi The Congress on Monday (July 6, 2026) stepped up its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the foreign policy front, accusing his government of eroding India’s global standing and abando...
How energy tankers are increasingly using a shadow fleet ploy to slip out of Hormuz
People gather on paddleboards in shallow water as cargo and service vessels are anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran. AP For years now, ships involved in sanctioned and illicit trad...
Jaishankar to launch campaign for India’s non-permanent 2028-29 UNSC seat as UN politics heats up
India on July 13 will launch the official campaign for a non-permanent seat at the UN Security Council during 2028-29 . According to a press note by the Ministry of External Affairs, the launch will b...
Graphs, Data, Perspectives | The Kerala development model was once looked up to. What went wrong?
Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan after presenting a white paper on the state's finances, in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday. PTI A report recently unveiled by new Kerala Chief Minister V D Satheesan ...
CBI searches 26 locations in Border Roads Organisation fund misappropriation case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday (July 6, 2026) carried out searches at 26 locations across 11 States and Union Territories in connection with four separate cases related to alleged...
India-Oman trade deal effective today: How this could help cushion impact of West Asia conflict
Ties with Oman would also be important for India as its trade with the neighbouring UAE has taken a steep hit due to the West Asia crisis. (Magnific) The India-Oman free trade agreement (FTA) signed i...
The Prime Minister launched the opening segment of his three-nation diplomatic visit with a high-profile ceremonial welcome that featured an escort by an Indonesian Air Force fighter jet
Key Updates WATCH | Why PM Modi’s Indonesia visit matters for India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Prabowo deepen India-Indonesia ties in Jakarta July 07, 2026 13:17 Watch: Indonesian Preside...
How does CBSE’s On-Screen Marking system compare with global practices?
On-Screen Marking, or OSM, is a digital evaluation system in which teachers assess scanned copies of answer books on a computer rather than checking physical scripts. (Image: AI Generated) The Central...
BMC declares holiday for all Mumbai schools and colleges in today, as heavy rains to continue | Monsoon LIVE updates
Key Updates Read: The Hindu's Editorial on Mumbai rains July 07, 2026 13:10 Maharashtra | Warkaris urged to skip travel to Pune’s Alandi for 'palkhi' ceremony Trustees of the Shri Dnyaneshwar Maharaj ...
Rupee defence to liquidity: How RBI earned over Rs 4 lakh crore in FY26, spent a third of it
The RBI shores up the rupee by selling previously-bought foreign currency. The difference in cost and selling price represents a pure profit. (Express photo by Pradip Das) Last week, the Reserve Bank ...
Karnataka rain: All 22 crest gates of Tunga dam at Gajanur opened to release excess water
All 22 crest gates of the Tunga reservoir at Gajanur near Shivamogga, in Karnataka, were opened on July 6 to release excess water. The water level reached the maximum on July 4, as inflow increased fo...
Why global money isn’t cheap any more, and how this impacts India
Since 2020-21, five out of the six years have witnessed FPIs pulling out more than putting in money. (Image generated using AI) The Reserve Bank of India’s annual report for 2025-26 has expressed conc...
All efforts on to rescue those trapped in Wayanad debris slip, says Priyanka Gandhi
All India Congress Committee general secretary and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has said that all efforts are under way to rescue those still trapped in the Wayanad “landslip.” In a post on X, Ms....
Why electricity prices on India’s power exchanges are crashing by day and spiking at night
A 500 kW rooftop solar power plant in New Delhi on August 3, 2025. Photo: Amit Mehra As India braces for record electricity demand this summer, the spot electricity prices in the country’s power excha...
Three held for Baruipur rape and murder; govt. will ensure capital punishment is awarded, says CM
Three persons were arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl whose body was recovered from a pond at Baruipur in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas on Sunday (July 5, ...
You saw Churu dust storm videos. Aravallis protect Gangetic plains from that, but shield is weakening
The dust storm in Churu on May 30. (Screengrab PTI/Enhanced with Gemini) Visuals of a massive dust storm in Churu on Saturday (May 30) have been going viral on social media. The storm, which affected ...
Bureau of Police Research and Development, National Crime Records Bureau get new chiefs
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) on Monday (July 6, 2026) appointed 1993-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officers Alok Mittal and Amit Garg as the chiefs of the Bureau of Police Resea...
‘Blue micromoon’ to be visible tonight: The science behind the phenomenon, explained
A blue moon rises behind a cross on the Apostle Andrews Russian Orthodox church at Episkopeio, Cyprus, on May 30. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) On Sunday (May 31), an astronomical event known as a “micr...
Mahendragiri set to join Indian Navy, boosting maritime combat capability
The Indian Navy will commission its sixth indigenous Project 17A stealth frigate, Mahendragiri (F38), at Visakhapatnam on July 11, marking another major milestone in India’s indigenous warship-buildin...
Despite looming inflationary pressures, why RBI could defer rate hikes at policy meeting this week
The monetary policy committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India will hold a meeting on June 5. (Express photo by Pradip Das) The Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is widely expe...
Caste Census: The methodology, challenges, and the road ahead | Explained
The story so far: The rehearsal or the “pre-test” of the second phase of Census , which started in 16 States and Union Territories on July 6, 2026, has an “open column” for respondents to record their...
Trump’s war with Iran may leave the US waiting years to rebuild key missile stockpiles
President Donald Trump during a meeting with his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, May, 27, 2026. (NYT) The strategic costs of President Donald Trump’s war with Iran may be...
Why Pakistan-based Hafiz Saeed is wanted in India? | Explained
The Story So Far: Pakistan-based terrorist Hafiz Saeed (76), who heads the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), was named in the second chargesheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on July 6 in the...
Should ST status remain after religious conversion? The Adivasi delisting debate raging in Jharkhand
Followers of the Sarna faith in Jharkhand. Wikimedia Commons When the population census process got underway in Jharkhand on May 16, an appeal began circulating among Adivasi communities: don’t mentio...
Lokesh courts Korean tech giants for electronics, semiconductor investments in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Minister for Education, Information Technology and Electronics Nara Lokesh stepped up the State’s investment outreach in South Korea on Tuesday (July 7, 2026), holding a series of meeti...
Why India is losing weight in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index amid the global AI boom
Foreign flows into India have dried up in recent times, coinciding with India’s falling weightage on the EM index. (Express File) MSCI’s quarterly rebalancing of its global benchmark indices has long ...
NCW seeks Action Taken Report from Bengal DGP on Baruipur minor's rape-murder
Taking suo motu cognisance of the rape and murder of a minor girl in Baruipur in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday (July 6, 2026) sought a detailed Acti...
As US-Iran deal hangs in balance, a look at the core issue: Iran’s nuclear programme
US President Donald Trump wants Iran’s uranium to be “unearthed” and destroyed. US President Donald Trump Friday said he would soon make a “final determination” on a proposed deal to extend the ceasef...
TVK man threatens VB-G RAM G workers; BJP wants Vijay to control his partymen
BJP State president Nainar Nagenthran, on Tuesday (July 7, 2026), expressed shock over an incident reported in Salem district in which a TVK functionary allegedly threatened with a knife forcing to em...
Flouting rules, congestion: Why residential areas in India's cities are so vulnerable to fire
Delhi Malviya Nagar fire: At least 21 people were killed and several others injured after a massive fire broke out at the Flourish Stay B&B in Delhi's Malviya Nagar area on Wednesday, Express Photo by...
Andhra fishermen rescued off Odisha’s Puri, Paradip; six still missing off Visakhapatnam: Atchannaidu
Fishermen from Andhra Pradesh stranded in three separate incidents off the Odisha coast have been rescued and are safe, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Kinjarapu Atchannaidu said on Monday (July 6,...
In prohibition state Bihar, how cough syrup is filling the alcohol void
Cough syrup seizure by police in Tripura. Express file As Bihar approaches a decade of alcohol prohibition, codeine cough syrups have surged as a cheap substitute, with seizures and addiction cases ri...
Wayanad landslip LIVE: At least two workers rescued, several feared trapped; NDRF deployed
Key Updates Wayanad mudslide: Several feared trapped; NDRF deployed Wayanad mudslide: Several feared trapped; NDRF deployed July 07, 2026 16:51 No information yet about seven missing people: Congr...
India’s oil shock could have been much worse — but for China
Vessels anchored at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman on Saturday. Reuters The West Asia war and the consequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz have constricted crude oil flows and sen...
Meghalaya CM meets Amit Shah, conveys FCRA amendment concerns
Guwahati Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma has urged the Centre to address the State’s concerns over the proposed changes to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), saying it could a...
Airtel’s 5G priority tier: What is network slicing and how does it work?
Airtel maintains that the service is fully compliant with net neutrality rules because it does not prioritise any specific application, website or content provider. Wikimedia Commons Earlier this mont...
Modi begins three-nation trip, starts with Indonesia to boost strategic ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (July 6, 2026) arrived in Indonesia on the first leg of his three-nation tour, aimed at further strengthening India’s Act East Policy, MAHASAGAR Vision and its c...
Graphs, Data, Perspectives | Inflation vs affordability: Why the two are not the same
At a daily earning of Rs 453 in 2025-26, a casual labourer working all 30 days would have still earned only Rs 13,590 a month. (Express photo by Harmeet Sodhi) The United States and Israel’s war on Ir...
Ram temple donation row exposed power struggle within BJP: Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav alleged on Monday (July 6, 2026) that a "power struggle" is occurring between the BJP and the Uttar Pradesh government, claiming that the people's faith and re...
How RBI’s ‘kill switch’ facility aims to block digital scams
The RBI kill switch might be similar to how credit cards are secured from fraudulent transactions. (Express Archives) The Reserve Bank of India is exploring the possibility of introducing a ‘Kill swit...
Relentless rain brought Mumbai and neighbouring districts to a near standstill
Key Updates Read: The Hindu's Editorial on Mumbai rains July 07, 2026 08:26 IMD issues orange alert India Meteorological Department issued ‘orange’ alert for heavy rain and gusty winds in the metropol...
How are family offices reacting to geopolitical risks? By diversifying from US dollar, reveals UBS report
Drawing on insights from 307 family offices across more than 30 markets, the report highlighted a notable shift in currency positioning. (Pixabay) The Swiss bank UBS, a global wealth manager, stated i...
Won’t allow govt control of Ayodhya Ram temple at any cost, says VHP
At a time when the debate over the change in administrative structure of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya gathers pace, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday (July 6, 2026) reiterated its opposition to g...
How Anthropic leapfrogged arch rival OpenAI to a near-$1 trillion valuation
OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei. Wikimedia Commons Anthropic has raised $65 billion in fresh funding, catapulting its valuation to within touching distance of the coveted $1-trillion ...
Answers to Lok Sabha questions ‘strictly confidential’ till replied: MPs reminded
Ahead of the Monsoon session of Parliament , MPs have been reminded that the contents of written replies are "strictly confidential" till they are given by Ministers in the Question Hour. The Lok Sabh...
Amit Shah calls for demolition of illegal structures within 15 km of border: What are the BSF’s powers?
Attari-Wagah border: A significant crossing point between India and Pakistan (Wikimedia Commons) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday (May 26) directed authorities to strictly enforce a ‘zero tole...
Legacy of dialogue process pursued by Vajpayee, Manmohan Singh needs to be revived: Mirwaiz
Kashmir chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday (July 6, 2026) said the legacy of the dialogue process pursued during the tenures of former Prime Ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Dr. Manmohan Sin...
Why do ACs explode in the summer and how can you prevent this?
ly running electrical appliances can lead to overheating, also due to the high average atmospheric temperature. (Canva) Retired IAS officer and the first chairman of the Competition Commission of Indi...
Education sector ‘in ICU’, says Congress, promises reform charter
Accusing the Narendra Modi government of pushing the country’s education system into the “Intensive Care Unit”, the Congress on Monday (July 6, 2026) said it would soon unveil an “Education Charter” b...
What are the Abraham Accords, and why is Trump linking them with a potential Iran deal?
PM Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel; US President Donald Trump; Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Bahrain's foreign affairs minister; and Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the UAE's foreign affairs ...
India to get cooperative life insurance company soon: Amit Shah
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Monday (July 6, 2026) said a cooperative life insurance company will be set up to boost the growth of cooperatives in the country. He said the Cooperat...
Europe’s record heat will end soon. But for the world, why the worst may be yet to come
A warm spell in May is not entirely unusual for western Europe. This week, however, several places have seen temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius — unprecedented for this month. (AP) Large parts of w...
Final methodology to enumerate caste as part of Census 2027 will be prepared based on the feedback received during the test exercise; the open column methodology had resulted in the 2011 caste survey returning over 46 lakh different ‘caste names’
The rehearsal for the second phase of Census, which started in 16 States and Union Territories on Monday (July 6, 2026), has an “open column” for respondents to record their castes, several officials ...
US-Israel planned to reinstate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran. An Expert Explains why it was unlikely to work
Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Isfahan near Tehran in 2009. Photo: AP/File On Wednesday (May 20), The New York Times reported that the US-Israeli strikes on February 28 which killed I...
NIA names LeT founder Hafiz Saeed as accused in Pahalgam terror attack
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday (July 6, 2026) filed charges against Hafiz Saeed , chief and founder of Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and its proxy The ...
Expert Explains | Why Computer-Based Testing may not solve NEET’s paper leak problem
Student members from AISA, DISHA and other left-affiliated unions protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar over the alleged NEET paper leak,. (Express Photo - Shreya Singhai) Since its inception in 2013, NEET...
Congress attacks VHP over letter on Ram Temple donation allegations
Mounting a scathing attack on the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) over its letter to the Ayodhya police seeking action against Opposition leaders who have alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temp...
India Ebola Advisory: An Expert Explains why infection spillover is not a pandemic
India Ebola Advisory: Red Cross workers disinfect themselves after transporting the bodies of people who died of Ebola from a health centre in Rwampara, Congo, on May 20, 2026. Photo: AP/Moses Sawasaw...
Kerala High Court disposes of petition in Malayidamthuruth land dispute
The Kerala High Court has disposed of a petition seeking a stay on the eviction of seven Dalit families after the parties settled the long-standing land dispute at Paryathukavu, Malayidamthuruth, near...
Iran war & the monsoon: Why Salaya port is critical to Gujarat’s dhow trade
Boats in the creeks of Salaya, on the Gulf of Kutch. (Express photo) On May 22, the mechanised dhow MSV Al Umar arrived at Salaya harbour in the Gulf of Kutch for repairs and berthing ahead of the ann...
Record-breaking rain in Mumbai, Palghar and Raigad; 13 killed in last 3-4 days: Maharashtra Minister | Monsoon LIVE updates
Key Updates Maharashtra rains: Landslip on Mumbai-Goa Highway halts traffic for 12 hours July 06, 2026 14:21 Pune rains: Floodwaters cut off Alandi, Warkaris asked to halt journey The Pune district ad...
How a literary prize highlighted the growing challenge of AI use in writing worldwide
Using machine learning to tell apart whether something is written by a human or AI is one approach. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Criticism is not uncommon in the aftermath of a literary prize announcement...
'MSMEs being strangled': Rahul puts out video of visit to bus, truck body-building workshop
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday (July 6, 2026) alleged that regulations framed by the Transport Ministry are stifling small-scale industries such as the local bus and truck body-building worksh...
Siddaramaiah steps down: Karnataka’s recent history of CM changes, and their effect on elections
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddarmmaiah with Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar in New Delhi. (Express photo by Anil Sharma) Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Thursday (May 28) stepped down as Kar...
Akhilesh Yadav stated that the BJP leadership is more concerned about internal rivalries than protecting the religious faith of the people
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav alleged on Monday (July 6, 2026) that a "power struggle" is occurring between the BJP and the Uttar Pradesh government, claiming that the people's faith and re...
From June 1, solar projects must use only locally made cells: Why this raises concerns
A solar power plant in Telangana. Wikimedia Commons Only locally manufactured solar cells can be used in domestic, commercial and industrial solar projects starting June 1, according to a Union govern...
Modi government has put India's education system into ICU: Congress
The Congress on Monday (July 6, 2026) accused the Modi government of putting India's education system into the "ICU" and pressed for its demands that Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan should resig...
Why SC’s verdict on retrospective GST levy on online gaming could be a death blow to the sector
Last year, the government moved to place a strict ban on online gaming companies operating in India, citing national security concerns. (Magnific) The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 27) upheld the co...
Pot calling the kettle black: Cong slams VHP letter to police on claims made by opposition leaders on donations
Mounting a scathing attack on the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) over its letter to the Ayodhya police seeking action against Opposition leaders who have alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temp...
Can’t afford a home? UN report lists factors behind housing crisis
The report notes that housing must be developed where livelihoods and social infrastructure such as parks exist, otherwise people are unwilling to relocate. (File) Have you ever felt that you might no...
PM Modi greets Dalai Lama on birthday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (July 6, 2026) greeted Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on his birthday, and said his message of peace has been a guiding force for people across the worl...
How does CBSE's On-Screen Marking system compare with global practices?
On-Screen Marking, or OSM, is a digital evaluation system in which teachers assess scanned copies of answer books on a computer rather than checking physical scripts. (Image: AI Generated) The Central...
PM Modi begins Indonesia visit aimed at strengthening India’s Act East Policy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (July 6, 2026) arrived in Indonesia on the first leg of his three-nation tour, aimed at further strengthening India’s Act East Policy, MAHASAGAR Vision and its c...
Why Bundelkhand’s Banda became India’s hottest city as temperatures cross 48°C
Satellite image from July 2021 shows an arid Banda. (Maxar Technologies) Written by Shruti Gupta As north India reels under a heatwave with temperatures crossing well over 40 degrees Celsius, there is...
In Census rehearsal, open column for recording caste
The rehearsal for the second phase of Census, which started in 16 States and Union Territories on Monday (July 6, 2026), has an “open column” for respondents to record their castes, several officials ...
SIR ruling: Supreme Court tells Election Commission to report deleted names, sets stage for citizenship test
SIR Ruling Explained: The court's order giving the EC a four-week window to report the deletions essentially shifts the burden on the deleted individual to prove their citizenship. SIR Ruling Explaine...
About 100 people from Karnataka in attendance at Ayatollah Khamenei’s funeral in Tehran
About 100 people from Karnataka, mostly residents of Alipura, Chikkaballapur district, are currently attending the funeral of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in Tehran, said Syed Hakim...
Two Indians die descending Everest: Why retrieving a body from that height is so difficult
Everest climbers are supposed to get an insurance to pay for their rescue in case they get stuck or lost. (Express Archive) Hyderabad resident Arun Kumar Tiwari last week fulfilled a long-standing dr...
Restore M.K. Stalin’s name in Nemmeli plaque, urges DMK
Former DMK Minister T.M. Anbarasan on Monday (July 6, 2026) warned the party would launch a protest if the State government failed to restore the plaque at the Nemmeli desalination plant bearing the n...
The anatomy of a perfect race: Gurindervir Singh’s record-breaking 100-m run
Sprinter Gurindervir Singh poses for photographs after he recorded a 10.09s finish in the 100m event to shatter the national record during the National Senior Federation Competition at Birsa Munda Foo...
Police tighten grip on drugs, banned tobacco products in West Zone districts
The weekend special drive by the police against narcotic drugs and prohibited tobacco products in the eight West Zone districts from July 3 to July 5 has disrupted their inflow and circulation. Seized...
ED raids linked to former Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan: What is the CMRL-Exalogic case?
No court has convicted Veena T, Exalogic, CMRL or Pinarayi Vijayan in the case so far. (Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal) Pinarayi Vijayan ED raid: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday (May 27)...
Chief Minister Vijay visits desalination plants and drinks water
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Monday (July 6, 2026) inspected the desalination plants at Nemmeli with capacities of 110 million litres per day (MLD) and 150 MLD, besides reviewing the progress of ...
VB-G RAM G rules: What changes as the new job scheme replaces MGNREGS from July 1?
Villagers in Raniyar Sarkari village of Dahod indulge in a pond widening work under MNREGA on a Tuesday morning. Express Photo By Bhupendra Rana 03-06-2020 The Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and A...
YSRCP protests against govt’s beach shacks proposal in Vizag
The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) has strongly opposed the State government’s proposal to allow beach shacks along the Visakhapatnam coast, alleging that such a move would lead to the deterioration of la...
Spring maize is worsening Punjab’s groundwater crisis. Why do farmers still grow it?
Workers dry maize in the sun at the grain market in Jalandhar on June 20, 2020. Photo: PTI Even as Punjab continues to battle one of the country’s worst groundwater crises owing to the dominance of th...
HC seeks Centre's stand on plea of Gymkhana members against show-cause notice for eviction
The Delhi High Court on Monday (July 6, 2026) sought the stand of the Centre on pleas by Delhi Gymkhana Club members and staff against the show-cause notice for eviction from its 27.3-acre premises on...
What is CBSE’s On-Screen Marking system and how does it compare with global practices?
On-Screen Marking, or OSM, is a digital evaluation system in which teachers assess scanned copies of answer books on a computer rather than checking physical scripts. (Image: AI Generated) The Central...
Karur stampede case: Supreme Court agrees to hear DMK’s plea to bar TVK leaders from ‘influencing’ material witnesses
The Supreme Court on Monday (July 6, 2026) agreed to urgently hear on Tuesday (July 7, 2026) an application filed by Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party seeking a judicial direction to bar the rulin...
Rupee defence to liquidity: RBI earned over Rs 4 lakh crore in FY26, spent a third of it
The RBI shores up the rupee by selling previously-bought foreign currency. The difference in cost and selling price represents a pure profit. (Express photo by Pradip Das) Last week, the Reserve Bank ...
Search operation launched after suspected Pakistani drone sighted along LoC in J&K
A search operation was launched early on Monday (July 6, 2026) after a suspected Pakistani drone was sighted over a forward village along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri distr...
Why row over marketing spend raises questions on HDFC Bank’s governance and code of ethics
From the CEO to the CFO and CMO, according to the probe, several key management personnel were fully aware of the “differential interest” being routed through the marketing department. Explaining its ...
Visit to Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand will further strengthen India's Act East Policy: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (July 6, 2026) said his visit to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand will further strengthen India's Act East Policy, MAHASAGAR Vision and its commitment to a f...
Why US strikes in ‘self-defence’ against Iran threaten progress on talks to end the war
Talks to normalise relations and ensure a continued ceasefire have been stonewalled by US President Donald Trump’s resistance to Iran’s continued possession of enriched uranium, or its potential to ma...
How are terrorists designated under the UAPA? | Explained
The story so far: On July 4, 2026 the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) designated 23 individuals as “terrorists” under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), 1967 . A Bengaluru techie is a...
India and US broaden cooperation on critical minerals supply chain. Will it catalyse investments?
India's External Minister, S Jaishankar, with US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio in Washington D.C. (official state photograph by Freddie Everett) Months after the US announced India’s inclusion into ...
Amit Shah announces new cooperative life insurance company on lines of Bharat Taxi
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Monday (July 6, 2026) said a cooperative life insurance company will be set up to boost the growth of cooperatives in the country. He said the Cooperat...
China This Week | EU’s ‘Chemotherapy’ for battling trade surplus, changes in household system, and new nuclear test site photos
Women dressed in a Qing Dynasty attire pose as people visit the Forbidden City in Beijing. Those registered as hailing from the cities of China often have several advantages compared to rural migrants...
Supreme Court refuses to ‘short-circuit’ procedure, declines PIL on Prophet Muhammad remarks
The Supreme Court declined to “short-circuit” standard legal procedures on Monday (July 6, 2026), refusing to entertain an oral plea to take direct cognisance of derogatory remarks allegedly made by B...
Trump’s likely Iran deal: 60-day ceasefires till mid-term polls, negotiated Hormuz passages
President Donald Trump points as Vice President JD Vance watches during the 158th National Memorial Day Observance coinciding with the nation's 250th anniversary, at the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlin...
Speakers at meet say SC Status for Dalit Christians is a constitutional right
Former Telangana Foods Chairman Meday Rajeev Sagar asserted that the fight for granting Scheduled Caste (SC) status to Dalit Christians will continue until justice is achieved. Speaking at a round tab...
Expert Explains | What is normalisation of scores, and why it works in JEE but might not in NEET
Examinees of NEET exam finding their roll numbers before entering an exam centre in Kolkata on May 3, 2025. Photo: Express The proposed shift of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) from ...
Accused in Abhimanyu murder case plea not guilty
Sixteen accused in the Abhimanyu murder case pleaded not guilty to the charges read out to them by the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court on Monday, nearly eight years after the SFI leader’s killing o...
Explained: The Delhi Gymkhana Club eviction row, and the rules governing land in the capital
An outside view of the Delhi Gymkhana Club. (ANI Video Grab) Last week, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs’s Land and Development Office (L&DO) wrote to the Delhi Gymkhana Club, asking it...
BRS seeks extension of SIR deadline, delegation to meet ECI
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Monday urged the Election Commission to extend the July 24 deadline for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in the State, citin...
Quad foreign ministers meet in Delhi today: What is the Quad and what are its objectives?
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi listen to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, following a ...
Kerala seeks amendments to Wildlife Protection Act for effective management of human-wildlife conflicts
The Kerala government will seek amendments to the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 to delegate the powers of the Chief Wildlife Warden to order the hunting of wild animals that pose danger to human lif...
Why the Pax Silica-backed Luzon AI hub sparked a sovereignty debate in the Philippines
The hub is an integral part of the wider Luzon Economic Corridor (LEC), a connectivity project formed in 2024 by the Philippines, US and Japan. (X/UnderSecE) The Philippines’ government last week refu...
YSRCP opposes ‘privatisation’ of electric buses
Workers under the banner of the YSR Trade Union staged a demonstration at the APSRTC Circle in Tirupati on Monday (July 6, 2026), protesting the alleged privatisation of the operation and maintenance ...
Pep Guardiola: How outgoing Manchester City manager unmade and remade English football
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola waves to the fans after his last game with the club in Manchester, England, on May 24, 2026. Photo: AP/Alastair Grant Beyond a doubt or dispute the greatest manag...
Street vendors in Bengaluru will be relocated, not displaced: Karnataka Chief Minister Shivakumar
Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Monday (July 6) assured street vendors in Bengaluru that the ongoing drive to clear encroachments from roads and footpaths would not deprive them of their livelihoods...
How Haryana’s sweeping new regulations for app-based platforms will affect users and workers
One of the most significant aspects of the notification is its strong emphasis on gradual electrification of fleets. Gajendra Yadav/file The Haryana government has brought in a sweeping new regulatory...
Another batch of pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath shrine
“A fresh batch of 5,794 pilgrims, including 1,211 women, departed from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu on Monday (July 6, 2026) for the annual Amarnath Yatra ,” officials said. “Around 60,000 pi...
Orbital data centres, extraterrestrial energy: Detailing Musk’s ambitions with $1.75 bn SpaceX IPO
A SpaceX launch site near Boca Chica Beach in Cameron County, Texas, Feb. 21, 2024. (NYT File) The proposed initial public offering of billionaire Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company SpaceX is sh...
Bypolls to three Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal on July 24: ECI
Bypolls to three Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal , vacated following the resignation of rebel Trinamool Congress MPs, will be held on July 24, the Election Commission said on Monday (July 6, 2026)....
Amid Iran war squeeze, unraveling the real cost of India’s fertiliser imports
Farmers spray fertilisers through a Boom Sprayer in a village in Ludhiana. (Express photo by Gurmeet Singh) In 2025-26 (April-March), India imported 28.2 million tonnes (mt) of fertilisers worth over ...
Wishing him a long and healthy life, Mr. Modi said
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (July 6, 2026) greeted Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on his birthday, and said his message of peace has been a guiding force for people across the worl...
Explained: From birth to ban, all that has happened with the Cockroach Janta Party so far
An archived version of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) website, which is now blocked. A little over a week ago, a courtroom comment by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, comparing some youth to ...
Madhya Pradesh Waqf Board reorganised, Hindu members included
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has reorganised the State Waqf Board, incorporating two Hindu members, officials said. The new board, formed under the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, is the firs...
US indictment of Raul Castro: How Trump might benefit in 2026 midterm elections
Former Cuban President Raul Castro in 2012. Raul, who is now 94 but remains politically relevant in Cuba, is the younger brother of the late Cuban revolutionary and former President Fidel Castro. Phot...
Supreme Court refuses to ‘short-circuit’ procedure, refuses PIL on Prophet Muhammad remarks
The Supreme Court declined to “short-circuit” standard legal procedures on Monday (July 6, 2026), refusing to entertain an oral plea to take direct cognisance of derogatory remarks allegedly made by B...
India's oil shock could have been much worse — but for China
Vessels anchored at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman on Saturday. Reuters The West Asia war and the consequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz have constricted crude oil flows and sen...
Two, including 8-year-old girl, injured in firing by armed groups in Manipur’s Kangpokpi
Two persons, including an eight-year-old girl, have been injured in a firing by armed groups in Manipur 's Kangpokpi district, police said on Monday (July 6, 2026). The incident took place in Thingkho...
Why Kerala has announced a new department for welfare of senior citizens
In 2025, Kerala formed a first-of-its-kind State Elderly Commission, a quasi-judicial forum for protecting the rights and welfare of senior citizens. Photo: File The newly elected Congress government ...
The real crisis in India’s fisheries
I ndia has a very large and old marine fishing population. Every day, both small-scale and mechanised trawl fishers go out to earn a living and provide the nation with food. The Government of India re...
Indian Railways’ finances are under strain. Here is how a Supreme Court order could worsen it
More than 99% of the country’s tracks are electrified. File For around a decade now, the Indian Railways has operated under the tag of an electricity distribution entity, allowing it to procure electr...
Iran’s move to invite Sunni Kashmir leader Mehbooba conveys a message
Former J&K Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti , who returned to India from Iran on Sunday (July 5, 2026), has become the first Sunni leader from Kashmir to join such a high-profile event and therefore bear...
What is network slicing and does Airtel’s new preferential 5G plan violate net neutrality?
Airtel maintains that the service is fully compliant with net neutrality rules because it does not prioritise any specific application, website or content provider. Wikimedia Commons Earlier this mont...
Eastern India lead in GI registrations, MP records highest registration in 2025-26
States located in eastern India recorded a high number of registrations of Geographical Identification (GI) between April 2025 to March 2026. 125 GIs were registered in India during that period and Ma...
How US’s tighter Green Card rules will affect Indians — and the options before them
The new policy is especially concerning for Indians because they dominate the decades-long backlog in employment-based Green Card categories. Magnific On Friday (May 22), the US moved to significantly...
Crucial Ram temple trust meeting today; treasurer distances himself from donation row
Facing flak over donation theft allegations, the Ram temple trust will hold its first meeting on Monday (July 6, 2026) since the row erupted to decide on the resignations of its general secretary Cham...
GDP | Inflation vs Affordability: Why policymakers target one while consumers care about the latter
At a daily earning of Rs 453 in 2025-26, a casual labourer working all 30 days would have still earned only Rs 13,590 a month. (Express photo by Harmeet Sodhi) The United States and Israel’s war on Ir...
Maharashtra Council adjourned; 13 killed in rain-related incidents, says Minister
The Maharashtra Legislative Council was adjourned for the day on Monday (July 6, 2026) in view of the heavy rainfall in Mumbai and neighbouring areas. Also read: Monsoon updates on July 6, 2026 Before...
Why Punjab and Haryana are seeing higher temperatures than Rajasthan
People protect themselves from the summer heat in Amritsar on Saturday. ANI For long, Rajasthan’s deserts and scorching loo winds have symbolised India’s harsh summers. But the ongoing heatwave across...
Brain-dead 7-year-old boy’s organs to give new lease of life to six patients in Kerala
A seven-year-old boy, who was declared brain-dead following a road traffic accident, has become one of the youngest organ donors in Kerala after his family came forward to donate his organs. Lokineni ...
How Iran’s new transit regime tightens its grip over Strait of Hormuz — and leaves world in a dilemma
People walk on the beach, with vessels in the Strait of Hormuz visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 22, 2026. Reuters Written by Akshita Chauhan Iran is tightening its control of the Stra...
Four, including minor, arrested for youth’s murder in Thiruvananthapuram
Four people, including a minor, have been taken into custody by the Kanjiramkulam police in connection with the murder of a youth near Neyyattinkara late Sunday. The victim, identified as Manu alias M...
Europe's record heat will end soon. But for the world, why the worst may be yet to come
A warm spell in May is not entirely unusual for western Europe. This week, however, several places have seen temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius — unprecedented for this month. (AP) Large parts of w...
Kiyan, a newborn found abandoned in Kerala, is now in State care
Kiyan, a nine-day-old boy, starts life with a name that carries the promise of hope. The newborn, who was found abandoned near a roadside eatery last month (June) and has since been admitted to Ernaku...
Why SHANTI Act’s nuclear liability limits are under Supreme Court scrutiny
The petition challenges SHANTI under Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution, arguing that the Act's liability structure is a violation of rights the Supreme Court has already declared non-negotiab...
Government withdraws emergency gas curbs imposed during Hormuz disruption as LNG supplies normalise
The government has withdrawn most provisions of the emergency natural gas supply regulation order imposed during the West Asia conflict after liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments through the Strait o...
International Booker Prize at 10: How it became the face of literature in translation
Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and Lin King, author and translator of Taiwan Travelogue, which won the International Booker Prize 2026. (Booker Prize) “…translation allows writing to transcend the limits of time and ...
Bring Ram Janmabhoomi Trust within RTI purview: CPI(M) leader John Brittas
The Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust cannot be kept beyond the purview of the RTI Act just because the government chooses to describe it as “autonomous”, when it has been constituted through a gov...
Expert Explains | What Russia’s growing dependence on China means for India’s security
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on May 20, 2026. Photo: AP/PTI Russian President Vla...
Jan Suraaj Party fields Prashant Kishor for Bankipore Assembly Bypoll
The Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) on Sunday (July 5, 2026) announced that its founder, Prashant Kishor , will contest the upcoming by-election in Bihar’s Bankipur Assembly constituency, making his electoral ...
Pope Leo warns against unchecked AI growth: 5 key warnings issued by him
The pope warned that private firms increasingly possess influence that rivals, and sometimes exceeds governments. (NYT File) Pope Leo XIV has issued one of the strongest moral and political warnings ...
Policeman from Kangpokpi questioned in abduction and killing of six Naga men in Manipur
A police personnel from Kangpokpi in Manipur has been interrogated by the police authorities in connection with the abduction and killing of six Naga men , whose mutilated bodies were recovered by the...
Blurred answer sheets, payment portal collapse: Why CBSE’s digital evaluation for Class 12 is facing flak
Students leaving an examination centre in Chandigarh. (Express photo by Kamleshwar Singh) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is under fire for its new digital evaluation method, the On-Sc...
Amit Shah to launch several projects as Ministry of Cooperation completes five years
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will lay the foundation stone for 47 grain storage godowns and inaugurate several major projects on Monday (July 6, 2026) on the occasion of the completio...
Why road dust is emerging as Delhi’s biggest pollution threat
Aravalli degradation has weakened a natural dust barrier around Delhi. (Express photo by Renuka Puri) It is persistent, it lingers in the air. It is inhaled deep into the lungs, it even enters the blo...
Gujarat police reunite missing Maharashtra woman with family
A routine night patrol by the Lathi police in Gujarat ’s Amreli district led to the reunion of a woman with a mental health condition with her family in neighbouring Maharashtra , nearly nine months a...
Siddaramaiah steps down: Karnataka's recent history of CM changes, and their effect on elections
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddarmmaiah with Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar in New Delhi. (Express photo by Anil Sharma) Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Thursday (May 28) stepped down as Kar...
First instalment of ₹25,863 crore under VB-GRAM G released
Union Minister for Rural Development and Agriculture Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday (July 5, 2026) released the first instalment amounting to ₹25,863 crore to all States for the rural employment prog...
Byju Raveendran sentenced to jail: How the high-flying edtech became a cautionary tale
Raveendran has pushed back strongly against the developments, saying the matter was being portrayed in a “misleading” manner even as settlement talks with lenders and investors were nearing completion...
India to host two-day BRICS anti-drugs meet
India will host the two-day BRICS Heads of Anti-Drug Agencies meeting in Guwahati from Monday (July 6, 2026). Organised by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), the meeting will focus on issues such as ...
Europe’s record heat will end soon. But for the world, the worst may be yet to come
A warm spell in May is not entirely unusual for western Europe. This week, however, several places have seen temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius — unprecedented for this month. (AP) Large parts of w...
EAM Jaishankar meets Qatar PM; reviews bilateral cooperation, regional developments
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on Sunday (July 5, 2026) and reviewed several areas of bilateral cooperation, including energy, tra...
Ranveer Singh-Farhan Akhtar standoff: How Bollywood treat exits and obligations
The Federation of Western India Cine Employees called for its members not to work with actor Ranveer Singh (right), amid his dispute with Farhan Akhtar (left), the producer and director of Don 3. It’s...
ECI functioning as arm of BJP, SIR part of strategy to manufacture majority: Congress
The Congress on Sunday (July 5, 2026) alleged that the Election Commission (ECI) is functioning as an "arm of the BJP " and claimed that the SIR was part of the " Modi - Shah strategy" to "manufacture...
Tulsi Gabbard quits: How she was steadily sidelined in the Trump administration
Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, appears before the House Intelligence Committee in Washington on March 19, 2026. (NYT File) Tulsi Gabbard, the director of US national intelligenc...
MEA cautions public against Instagram accounts claiming foreign policy links
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday (July 5, 2026) issued a public advisory cautioning people against making payments to certain social media handles that advertise themselves as "foreign...
Trump’s green card rule explained: What it means for visa holders in the US
A counselor works at a resource center for refugees in Utica, N.Y. on April 15, 2019. (NYT File) The Trump administration announced Friday (May 22) that visitors to the US on temporary status must ret...
Foundation laid for Adani Group’s defence factory in M.P.’s Shivpuri
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday (July 5, 2026) laid the foundation stone for a defence manufacturing plant of the Adani Group being built in...
How DRDO’s new drone-launched missile offers precision strikes, anti-drone combat capability
Development trials of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Launched Precision Guided Missile-V3 in Air-to-Ground & Air-to-Air modes was successfully completed at DRDO test range near Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh. Photo...
Ram temple donation row: VHP urges SIT to question Opposition leaders over theft claims
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Saturday (July 4, 2026) wrote a letter to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged theft of offerings at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya , urging them to e...
Graphs, Data and Perspectives: Why rising govt bond yields are bad news
Higher yields for government bonds — which are the least risky loans — basically mean even higher interest rates for common people and businesses. (Express photo by Bhupendra Rana) It is becoming incr...
Due to the landslides, all the three railway lines have been affected, forcing Central Railway to cancel, divert and regulate several long-distance trains
July 06, 2026 08:15 Watch: Fresh visuals from the site of a 'chawl' collapse in Mankhurd Fresh visuals emerge from Mankhurd showing the site of a ‘chawl’ collapse, which has left six, including five c...
Finding it difficult to maximise credit card benefits? Here’s why, and what lies ahead
Rewards, cashbacks, and other benefits have been curtailed across issuers. (Pixabay) The ‘r/CreditCardsIndia’ community on the social media platform Reddit has more than 3.5 lakh members. And among al...
We are prepared for 2-D Bills — Delimitation and Dismissal: Jairam Ramesh
Ahead of the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, the Congress exuded confidence that the united Opposition would once again be able to stall the Delimitation Bill if the government were to bring i...
Why Bundelkhand’s Banda is so hot
Satellite image from July 2021 shows an arid Banda. (Maxar Technologies) As north India reels under a heatwave with temperatures crossing well over 40 degrees Celsius, there is one city that with no r...
Mumbai-Pune train services suspended after landslides in Karjat-Lonavala section
Train services on the busy Mumbai-Pune route were suspended early Monday (July 6, 2026) after heavy rains triggered landslides in the Karjat-Lonavala Bhor Ghat section, officials said. A landslide occ...
As war pushes up bond yields, why this raises spectre of RBI rate hike amid rupee’s crash
Rising bond yields are a sign of investors expecting higher interest in the future. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty) Yields on Indian government bonds – issued by the Centre to raise funds to bridg...
Monsoon tracker July 5 LIVE: Low pressure in Bay of Bengal intensifies into depression; all Odisha districts on alert
July 05, 2026 15:25 Showers in many parts of Rajasthan Several parts of Rajasthan received light to moderate showers in the past 24 hours, with Salumbar in Udaipur district recording the highest rainf...
How a new Odisha Bill aims to boost sustainable marine fishing
Home to nearly 15 lakh fishermen, Odisha ranks eighth among states with the largest fishing communities in the country. Photo: Wikimedia Commons The Odisha government on Wednesday (May 20) approved a ...
Congress general secretary (communications) Jairam Ramesh claims that the government does not have the numbers to pass either the Delimitation Bill or the Constitution (130th Amendment) Bill for removal of Ministers
Ahead of the upcoming Monsoon Session of Parliament, the Congress exuded confidence that the united Opposition would once again be able to stall the Delimitation Bill if the government were to bring i...
No new dams in upper Ganga: The Centre’s long-winding road to ‘consensus’ on the issue
View of Kedarnath temple after a cloudburst in June 2013. (Express archives) On Wednesday (May 20), the Union Government presented a ‘consensus’ view to the Supreme Court that it was not in favour of ...
CorroHealth mass layoffs: CPI(M) calls for State intervention
Strong protests are needed to protect workers, and the State government should urgently intervene in the mass layoffs carried out by US-based CorroHealth Infotech Private Limited, Communist Party of I...
Why Punjab’s paddy dwarfing disease keeps returning, and what farmers can do for prevention
Farmers sowing paddy. (Express photo by Bhupendra Rana) As Punjab prepares for the paddy sowing season, agricultural scientists are again cautioning farmers about the recurring threat of rice dwarfing...
Long-overdue digital survey for Thammanam–Pullepady Road project gets under way
The long-overdue digital survey for the three-decade-old project to augment east-west connectivity in the city by widening and extending the Thammanam-Pullepady Road has begun. The project aims to con...
European nations condemn Israel: What is the Global Sumud Flotilla, whose members were detained?
A person takes part in a protest demanding the release of detained Gaza flotilla activists, among them several Mexicans, outside the Israeli embassy, in Mexico City, Mexico, May 20, 2026. (REUTERS) Is...
256 criminal cases pending against lawmakers of Kerala
As many as 256 criminal cases are pending against lawmakers, including sitting or former MPs and MLAs, of Kerala till April 4, 2026. Trial is yet to begin in a large number of such cases due to the de...
Why workers that are helping teach AI robots their trade are worried
As companies race to build smarter humanoid robots, concerns are mounting among workers that the very data they are helping create could eventually automate their own jobs. (Objectways) The next big r...
Pandavani legend Teejan Bai dies at 70
Teejan Bai, an artiste who took the ancient Chhattisgarhi folk tradition of Pandvani — musical narration of Mahabharata — to the world, died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in R...
Why the EU’s new aviation policy could reignite debate on carbon markets
site of Boeing aircraft widebody assembly (source: Wikimedia Commons) Earlier this month, Reuters reported that the European Commission could extend its carbon markets scheme to flights leaving the re...
20 lakh names deleted after SIR Phase I in Odisha
Over 20 lakh names have been deleted from the Odisha voter list as the Election Commission on Sunday (July 5, 2026) published the draft report of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll...
Who is Veera Pasi, the ‘forgotten hero’ of the 1857 Revolt whose statue Rahul Gandhi unveiled in Raebareli
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the unveiling of the Veera Pasi statue in Raebareli on May 20, 2026. Photo: ANI On Wednesday, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi unveiled a s...
BJP chief hits out at SP, Congress over Ram Temple issue
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin on Sunday (July 5, 2026) hit out at the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) over the Ram Temple issue , accusing them of having a history ...
Expert Explains | As Trump claims ceasefire on ‘life-support’, why US-Iran crisis is far from over
People hold roses as they attend a mass wedding ceremony for couples participating in the "Janfada" ("Sacrifice for Iran") pro-government campaign in Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP/PTI) US Pr...
INS Sanshodhak arrives in Kochi
INS Sanshodhak , the fourth Survey Vessel Large (SVL) of the Indian Navy, arrived at Kochi on Sunday (July 5). INS Sanshodhak has become the second Survey Vessel Large, after INS Ikshak , to come unde...
Why Arsenal can thank their set-piece mastery for helping them lift their first Premier League title in 22 years
Arsenal supporters gather at the Arsenal stadium after they won the Premier League title in London (AP/PTI) For every goal Arsenal score from a dead-ball situation, set-piece coach Nicolas Jover gets ...
SIT formed to probe ₹100-crore disproportionate assets case against former TMC councillor
The Bidhannagar Police formed a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Sunday (July 5, 2026) to probe allegations that former Trinamool Congress councillor Debraj Chakraborty, who is also the ...
‘Not sustainable’: Why the Kerala government scrapped Rs 64,000 cr SilverLine project
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan addresses a press conference after a cabinet meeting (PTI photo) The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) cabinet on Wednesday decided to d...
VHP asks SIT to verify claims made by Opposition leaders on donation ‘theft’ at Ram temple
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Saturday (July 4, 2026) wrote to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged theft of offerings at the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya, urging it...
Expert Explains | How UAE’s exit from OPEC presents an opportunity for India’s strategic petroleum reserves
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UAE President HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan witness the exchange of an MoU, in Abu Dhabi on Friday. (DPR PMO/ANI Photo) Written by TP Seetharam During Prime Mi...
The Bankipore Assembly seat fell vacant after Nitin Nabin was elected to the Rajya Sabha
Amid the ongoing speculations, the Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) on Sunday (July 5, 2026) announced that the core committee unanimously decided to field Prashant Kishor as the candidate for the upcoming byel...
As Trump rating sinks, why Indian markets’ hopes are pinned on US midterm elections
President Donald J. Trump and Indian Prime Minister (source: Wikimedia Commons) On Monday, the New York Times/Siena poll of registered American voters showed that Donald Trump’s approval rating had sl...
Madhya Pradesh CM, Scindia lay foundation stone for Adani Group’s defence manufacturing unit
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday (July 5, 2026) laid the foundation stone for a defence manufacturing plant being established in the Shivpuri...
10 upcoming projects, 186 km roads, Rs 34,800 crore cost: How is NHAI planning to decongest Delhi
Noida Link Road beside Akshardham, in New Delhi (source: Wikimedia Commons) The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH), along with the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), will begin ...
Search for two LeT terrorists enters second day in J&K's Shopian
An overnight operation in Jammu and Kashmir' s Shopian district entered the second day on Sunday (July 5, 2026) as security forces resumed the search for two local terrorists of the banned outfit Lash...
Your AI 'assistant' is making money for someone else, you are the one paying. Here's exactly how
AI chatbots have some autonomy in choosing what to say, which is what makes this conflict pronounced, Ryan Liu says. (NYT Photos) As AI chatbots become ubiquitous — helping users shop, search for info...
EAM Jaishankar to embark on 6-nation tour from July 5
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will embark on a six-nation tour of Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Belgium and the U.S. beginning Sunday (July 5, 2026). Mr. Jaishankar's visit to the four Gulf ...
Why BCCI is not covered under the Right to Information Act
An earlier CIC bench under Information Commissioner M. Sridhar Acharyulu had in 2018 held the BCCI to be a public authority. (Wikimedia Commons) The Central Information Commission on Monday, May 18, h...
Why tanks still matter in modern warfare
Military experts and strategic think tanks believe that achieving victory in war ultimately requires a physical ground presence. While drones, missiles, air power and cyber warfare can inflict heavy d...
Warmer nights during Indian summers may be more dangerous than heatwaves. Here’s why
The use of air-conditioners, which emit hot air outside, is emerging as a significant contributor to the urban heat island effect. (Express File Photo - Praveen Khanna) While most of the conversation ...
Fresh political support pours in on 15th day of CJP protest; student hospitalised
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)'s protest at Jantar Mantar entered its 15th day on Saturday (July 4, 2026), drawing fresh political support from AAP MP Sanjay Singh and CPI(M) MP John Brittas, while c...
Blurred answer sheets, payment portal collapse: Why CBSE's digital evaluation for Class 12 is facing flak
Students leaving an examination centre in Chandigarh. (Express photo by Kamleshwar Singh) The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is under fire for its new digital evaluation method, the On-Sc...
Investing time and attention in OTT series
T here is a strange kind of silence that comes after finishing an exciting OTT series. You complete the last episode, stare at the screen for a few extra seconds, and suddenly feel like something is m...
ExplainSpeaking: To defend, or not to defend (the rupee), that is the question
The worsening of the rupee's exchange rate is reflective of a weakness of the Indian economy relative to the rest of the world. (FIle photo) Dear Readers, Over the past few weeks, the sharp slide in t...
Modi greets Trump, Americans on 250th anniversary of Independence
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (July 4, 2026) greeted President Donald Trump and the people of the United States on the 250th anniversary of America's Independence, and said the two countrie...
Behind Lahore bringing back Hindu street names, pride and practicality
The Lahore Fort. Many pasts peek out from under Lahore's present. (Wikimedia Commons) Lahore, much like New Delhi, is a palimpsest prepared over centuries, with several histories peeking over the shou...
Ram temple donation case: Congress questions RSS, asks why agencies are silent on ‘big thieves’
Continuing its attack on the Narendra Modi government over the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya , the Congress on Saturday (July 4, 2026) asked why Central investigative ...
Explained: Nepal’s controversial Chief Justice appointment, latest in history of politics influencing judiciary
Nepal's new Chief Justice, Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma. (www.newsonair.gov.in) Nepal’s 33rd Chief Justice (CJ), Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma, rushed to the Supreme Court on Tuesday evening (May 19) to take charge ...
India’s semiconductor push will create countless jobs: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (June 4, 2026) said India is giving birth to semiconductor clusters across the country, and described the current phase as the beginning of large-scale employm...
Musk vs Altman: Why OpenAI’s win could pave the way for its trillion dollar IPO
The courtroom battle was only the latest escalation in a feud that has steadily intensified over the past several years. A US jury has ruled against billionaire businessman Elon Musk in his lawsuit ac...
Four killed as bus rams into car on Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway
Four people, including two children, were killed after a private travels bus rammed into a car from behind on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada National Highway near Peddakaparthi village in Chityala mandal of...
Expert Explains | What makes this summer particularly intense for India, and how better data collection can help
India Heatwave 2026: People protecting themselves from the heat in Ahmedabad. (Express photo by Bhupendra Rana) India Heatwave 2026: As sweltering temperatures are recorded across northwest and centra...
RSS top brass to attend meeting in Belagavi starting Friday
Most of the senior RSS leaders will attend a three-day meeting of convenors of all the State units in the country in Belagavi starting this Friday. RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat, Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Ho...
Experts Explain | How empowering India’s local governments can kickstart innovation and growth
The open-air gas chamber that Delhi has remained for decades is a reminder and indictment of cities being missing in debates on federalism. Photo: Praveen Khanna This is the second of two pieces on th...
Five administrative departments with ‘significant Budget allocation’ to have Integrated Financial Advisers in first phase
The Integrated Financial Adviser (IFA) system will be introduced in five administrative departments with “significant Budget allocations” in the initial stage, according to the Finance department. It ...
India’s power demand peaks in May: How extreme heat continues to drive this surge
The surge comes as large parts of the country witnessed hot weather conditions on Monday. (Shashi Ghosh/Express) India’s electricity demand surged to a record high on Monday as scorching temperatures ...
‘One Nation, One Election initiative would fracture country’s federal compact’
A group of eminent citizens, comprising retired bureaucrats, judges, lawyers, professors, writers, civil society groups and leaders of various movements from all over the country, on Saturday (July 4,...
US extends sanctions waiver for Russian crude again: The move, its impact on India explained
Ships and boats in the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, April 22, 2026. (Reuters) The US has extended by another month its sanctions waiver on the purchase of Russian crude oil already loaded on tank...
Two killed as two-storey building collapses in Chandigarh industrial area
Two people died after a two-storey building collapsed in the Industrial Area Phase-2, Chandigarh on Saturday (July 4, 2026), officials said. Four people were pulled out from the debris and taken to th...
Why SC rapped states on stray dogs issue: ‘Children, elderly can’t be left to mercy of chance’
The Supreme Court will announce its verdict on feeding stray dogs Tuesday. (Magnific) The Supreme Court on Tuesday May 19 dismissed all challenges on stray dog management and warned that the state can...
Haryana Human Rights Commission takes cognisance of custodial torture, extortion allegations against police
The Haryana Human Rights Commission has taken cognisance of a complaint alleging serious human rights violations by officials of Government Railway Police (GRP) station, Ambala Cantonment, including i...
Experts Explain | Why India’s courts are slow: the need for court managers
A view of Supreme Court in New Delhi. (Express Photo by Amit Mehra) Written by Shagun Suryam and Laveesh Bhandari Delays in Indian courts are a widely acknowledged and often (albeit inadequately) mea...
Transport Department to consult Tiruppur with private bus operators on July 7 to address complaints of “Unilateral” fare revision
Transport Department to meet with private bus operators in Tiruppur on Tuesday (July 7, 2026), in the wake of response to complaints from the public about rise in fares since the start of July. Opposi...
Railways’ finances are under strain. How a Supreme Court order could worsen it
More than 99% of the country’s tracks are electrified. File For around a decade now, the Indian Railways has operated under the tag of an electricity distribution entity, allowing it to procure electr...
Extension of permit for atomic mineral mining project: Vasan urges TN Government to withdraw decision
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) leader G.K. Vasan on Sunday (July 5, 2026) urged the Tamil Nadu government to withdraw its decision extending the land allocation permit granted to Indian Rare Earths...
How a Supreme Court verdict may put Railways’ finances under strain
The net earnings of Railways have remained marginal in the financial years 2022-23 and 2023-24. For 2024-25, it was Rs 2,660 crore. Whereas, for 2025-26, it was revised downward to Rs 1,957 crore. A S...
Madras HC calls for order closing corruption case against former Minister C. Vijayabaskar, educationist Ishari K. Ganesh
The Madras High Court has granted a final opportunity till July 13, 2026, for educationist, film producer and actor Ishari K. Ganesh to produce an order passed either by the State government or the Vi...
Bail under UAPA: How different Supreme Court benches have delivered different rulings in the past
In granting bail to a Kashmiri man in an alleged narco-terror case, the Supreme Court on Monday underlined a plurality of judicial approaches in the top court. Photo: File In granting bail to a Kashmi...
Another batch of pilgrims on way to Amarnath shrine
A fresh batch of over 6,700 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp early on Sunday (July 5, 2026) for the Amarnath shrine in South Kashmir Himalayas under tight security, officials said. The batch...
Did the Maratha empire have control over Rajputana’s rulers? How a new petition highlights this contested history
Peshwa Madhavrao II in his court in 1790, concluding a treaty with the British. According to history researcher Indrajit Sawant, the Marathas effectively decided who would sit on the Mughal throne in ...
Delhi weather department has predicted a cloudy sky with moderate rain, and the maximum temperature is expected to settle at 36 degrees Celsius
July 05, 2026 12:58 Low pressure in Bay of Bengal intensifies into depression; all Odisha districts on alert All Odisha districts have been put on high alert as a well-marked low-pressure area over th...
‘Mutual hostage-taking’: Why Rajasthan HC criticised state’s ‘atta satta’ marriage custom
Roughly meaning “give and take”, atta satta is practised in many parts of the state. While delivering a judgment granting a divorce to a woman from Bikaner, the Rajasthan High Court recently issued a ...
Pune building's compound wall collapses after rains; 14 vehicles damaged
At least 14 vehicles were damaged after the compound wall of a residential society collapsed in Maharashtra's Pune city early on Sunday (July 5, 2026) following heavy rains, fire brigade officials sai...
Expert Explains: As new West Bengal govt turns focus on Bangladesh border, how differences can be resolved
A view of the India-Bangladesh border near a BSF camp. (Wikimedia Commons) Last week, in one of its first Cabinet decisions, the new BJP-led government in West Bengal decided to hand over land at the ...
On RJD’s 30th foundation day, Lalu Prasad says constitutional institution compromised
On the occasion of party’s foundation day, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Prasad wrote a letter addressing the people of Bihar asserting that the RJD’s priority and commitment have always been ...
Experts Explain | India’s federalism challenges, and how consensus building is the way forward
The growing democratic deficit and rising fiscal transfers are in some ways only symptoms or manifestations of the challenges facing Indian federalism. Photo: File Contentiousness has marked discussio...
Tribal children in Maharashtra send postcards to CM seeking free education for kids up to 18
Thousands of tribal children from four districts of Maharashtra have picked up the humble yellow postcard to urge the government to provide free and compulsory education to every child in the State up...
How does the Earth protect itself from the Sun? A joint Chinese-European mission aims to find out
The SMILE mission can help enable an early warning system for solar ejections that would be useful not just in protecting our space assets but also ground-based infrastructure like electricity grids f...
Monsoon tracker July 4 LIVE: IMD issues red alert in five districts in Odisha
July 04, 2026 15:43 Fadnavis asks people to follow weather advisories Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today urged people in the Mumbai Metropolitan region (MMR) and Pune-Nashik belt to st...
Why UP’s new OBC commission is crucial for panchayat polls — and the 2027 battle
Villagers queue up to cast their vote during the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Gram Panchayat election, in Phulpur, Prayagraj, April 2021. (PTI file) In a major step towards conducting the panchayat el...
Day 15 of CJP protest: Fasting Wangchuk's health worsens; 'Why Pradhan not sacked yet,' Dipke asks
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk entered the seventh day of his hunger strike at Jantar Mantar on Saturday (July 4, 2026), with the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) saying he has lost five kilograms and tha...
As chatbots serve ads, what is the conflict between users and AI companies? An expert explains
AI chatbots have some autonomy in choosing what to say, which is what makes this conflict pronounced, Ryan Liu says. (NYT Photos) As AI chatbots become ubiquitous — helping users shop, search for info...
Mamata loyalist Chandrima Bhattacharya resigns as Bengal State president of Trinamool Congress
Former West Bengal Finance Minister and Mamata Banerjee loyalist, Chandrima Bhattacharya, on Saturday (July 4, 2026) resigned from all posts of the Trinamool Congress and gave hints that she has align...
Why Iran war, monsoon worries could make 2026 India’s Year of Millets
Farmer Ramesh Chander sowing Proagro 9001 hybrid bajra with a tractor-powered seed drill machine on his field in Haryana's Kusambi village. (Express photo) On Saturday, Ramesh Chander sowed bajra (pea...
Fifty Bangladeshi nationals from Attur detention camp sent to West Bengal by train for deportation
“A group of 50 Bangladeshi nationals were deported and sent to West Bengal by train to facilitate their repatriation,” police said on Saturday (July 4 ,2026). The deportees, comprising 44 men and six ...
Experts Explain | Make in India in defence sector: Challenges, bottlenecks, and the way forward
Lt. General Zubin A Minwalla, Lt. Gen Rajiv Ghai, Air Marshal Awadhesh Kumar Bharti and Vice Admiral AN Pramod addresses a press conference on The first anniversary of Operation Sindoor. (Express phot...
Monsoon session of Parliament from July 20: Kiren Rijiju
The Monsoon session of Parliament will be held from July 20 to August 13, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Saturday (July 4, 2026). In a post on X, he said that on the recommendatio...
US, China, and the Thucydides Trap: Why Xi used the term, what Trump’s response reveals
US President Donald Trump walks with Chinese President Xi Jinping after a visit to the Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15. (Photo: AP) At the recent US-China summit in Beijing, Xi Jinping said th...
Celebratory firing murder case: Bihar BJP MLA Raju Kumar Singh gets 4-year jail
A Delhi court on Saturday (July 4, 2026) sentenced Bihar BJP MLA Raju Kumar Singh, convicted in a 2018 case in which a woman was killed in celebratory firing, to simple imprisonment for four years and...
Why power distribution companies are struggling with fixed costs, falling revenues
A DISCOM’s fixed costs include payments to thermal power generators, transmission costs, employee salaries, and infrastructure maintenance. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) A growing financial imbalance is ...
India’s P-8i maritime patrol aircraft in Hawaii for RIMPAC exercise
Indian Navy’s P-8i maritime patrol aircraft is in Hawaii to participate in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise – the world’s largest naval exercise hosted by the U.S. Pacific Fleet. “Indian Navy’s partici...
Explained: Nepal’s controversial Chief Justice appointment, the latest in history of politics influencing judiciary
Nepal's new Chief Justice, Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma. (www.newsonair.gov.in) Nepal’s 33rd Chief Justice (CJ), Dr Manoj Kumar Sharma, rushed to the Supreme Court on Tuesday evening (May 19) to take charge ...
Ex-CFO of Reliance Capital Limited held in connection with probe into Reliance ADA Group cases: CBI
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested the former chief financial officer of Reliance Capital Limited, Amit Bapna, in connection with its ongoing investigation into Reliance ADA Group ...
Forest Rights and the Great Nicobar Mega-Project: The case before the Calcutta High Court
The PIL argues that the entire process followed under the Forest Rights Act, 2006, claiming consent of tribals for the diversion of land for the project was vitiated and allegedly illegal. (Wikimedia ...
India-Australia relationship has ‘never been more consequential’: PM Albanese
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday (July 4, 2026) announced his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi’s visit to the Pacific nation next week, saying the bilateral relationship has “nev...
Why Raul Castro could face US charges decades after the 1996 Cuba incident
A vintage car passes by images of late Cuban President Fidel Castro, Cubas former President Raul Castro and Cubas President Miguel Diaz-Canel displayed on a billboard in Havana, Cuba, May 15, 2026. (R...
Centre hikes onion procurement price by 13%
The Union Consumer Affairs Department has increased the procurement price of onions by 13% to ₹2,125 per quintal for the Price Stabilisation Buffer, in a move aimed at boosting procurement and ensurin...
Why US is cracking down on a post-study work programme that Indians depend on for H-1B visas
For Indian students, OPT is the bridge between American education and long-term employment in the US. (Magnific) For years, the American dream for Indian students came with a predictable pathway — fir...
India weathered West Asia crisis through strategic decision-making, diplomacy: PM Modi
India successfully weathered the challenges triggered by the West Asia conflict through effective assessment and strategic, timely decision-making, efficiently using its domestic resources and strong ...
Punjab’s paddy dilemma: Save groundwater or preserve soil health?
Punjab’s groundwater situation has become alarming after decades of intensive paddy cultivation. Photo: Harmeet Sodhi As Punjab moves into another paddy sowing season , concerns over the state’s shrin...
Health activists seek revision of India’s essential medicines list to ensure price cap, availability
India’s roster of essential medicines has not been updated in nearly four years even as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revised its own list twice in the same period, says a civil society netw...
Why did a storm kill 100 people in Uttar Pradesh? Here’s what went wrong
A fallen tree blocks the movement of commuters on the Bulandshahr-Syana-Garhmukteshwar state highway after a strong storm and heavy rain on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (PTI Photo) More than 100 people die...
Traffic snarls worsen around Kochi metro extension, NHAI flyover worksites
Unscientific site management, potholes and the ensuing traffic snarls around the Kochi metro’s Kakkanad extension worksites at Palarivattom and the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)’s flyove...
Why Madhya Pradesh High Court ruled that Bhojshala was a temple
Bhojshala temple-cum-Kamal Maula mosque complex in Dhar district. Deepika Singh The Madhya Pradesh High Court said Friday (May 15) that the religious character of the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula Mo...
J&K L-G administration suspends 8 officials over pro-separatist content in library books
The Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor administration on Saturday (June 6, 2026) suspended eight officials and blacklisted two authors and publishers after “pro-separatist” content in a library book ...
Can SC/ST/OBC quota candidates compete for open seats in govt jobs? Here’s how Maharashtra has changed the rules
The state government said the decision was to avoid recruitments being challenged before courts recurringly. The Maharashtra government on Thursday tightened recruitment rules for Scheduled Caste/Sche...
Two DMK MLAs were offered Ministry post, money to join TVK, alleges R.S. Bharathi
The DMK on Saturday submitted a memorandum to Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar seeking action over the alleged participation of two private individuals in Cabinet meetings and the allege...
Graphs, Data and Perspectives: Why the latest crude oil price spike will test the Indian economy
An employee operates a fuel dispensing unit at a petrol pump, in Amritsar, Friday, May 15, 2026. (PTI Photo/Shiva Sharma) The government has increased fuel prices across the country, relaying some of ...
BJP chief alleges State govt. backing SIR violations, Priyank Kharge hits back
The ruling Congress and the Opposition continued to spar over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with Karnataka BJP president B.Y. Vijayendra accusing the State governmen...
Warmer nights during Indian summers may be more dangerous than heatwaves. Here's why
The use of air-conditioners, which emit hot air outside, is emerging as a significant contributor to the urban heat island effect. (Express File Photo - Praveen Khanna) While most of the conversation ...
Over 5.54 lakh traffic e-challan cases settled under 50% fine waiver
More than 5.54 lakh pending traffic e-challan cases have been settled across Karnataka since the State government introduced a 50% concession on traffic fines, resulting in the collection of over ₹16....
How India’s cities put private vehicles in front, pushing public transport to the back
A hydrogen-powered shuttle bus at a bus stop at Central Vista area, New Delhi, on May 15, 2026. Photo: PTI/Kamal Kishore Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked citizens to adopt austerity measu...
Do not see India-Peru FTA happening anytime soon: Piyush Goyal
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday (July 4, 2026) said negotiations for a proposed India-Peru free trade agreement (FTA) are unlikely to conclude anytime soon, citing concerns ove...
The latest Ebola outbreak is now a global health emergency. Do we have a cure yet?
Health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Congo, in July 2019. Photo: AP/Jerome Delay, File Ebola Virus: On Saturday (May 16), the World Health ...
Operative behind recce of Ram temple and RSS HQ, Hafiz Saeed's relative in designated terrorist list
The Union Home Ministry on Saturday (July 4, 2026) designated 23 individuals based in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) as terrorists under the anti-terror law UAPA for involveme...
As Supreme Court cites ‘Hinduism as way of life’, recalling 30-year-old ruling that coined the phrase
Inside the Supreme Court of India, Building and premises, New Delhi (source: Wikimedia commons) Thirty years ago, a Supreme Court verdict described Hinduism as a “way of life” — a phrase that would ac...
TMC’s Chandrima Bhattacharya resigns as party’s Bengal chief a month after appointment
In yet another setback for the Mamata Banerjee faction of the Trinamool Congress, the party’s West Bengal state president Chandrima Bhattacharya stepped down from her position on Saturday (June 4, 202...
How climate change and heat stress will impact the 2026 FIFA World Cup
Passengers look at a giant model of the football called "Trionda" and a replica of the World Cup trophy, are displayed at Mexico City International Airport, ahead of the World Cup starting on June 11,...
India navigated one of the biggest energy crises with little burden on citizens: PM Modi in Rajasthan
India successfully navigated one of the biggest global energy crises through proactive policies, diversified fuel sourcing, and strong diplomatic ties, with minimal burden on citizens, Prime Minister ...
What is PCOS, and why does its renaming to PMOS matter? An AIIMS doctor explains
For years, what doctors told us were “cysts” actually represented a hormonal complication. (Magnific) For years, the term Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) has been widely used to describe one of the m...
After Operation Sindoor, trust in ‘made-in-India’ defence platforms got enhanced: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday (July 4, 2026) said that after Operation Sindoor , the trust in "made-in-India" defence platforms has received a boost. In his address at an event in New Del...
From landslide to slide: How Keir Starmer became so unpopular so soon
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the House of Commons on Wednesday. AP In the United Kingdom for the past few years, the more things change, the more they remain the same. The country is in a leaders...
What is the copyright dispute between Saregama and Ilaiyaraaja? | Explained
The story so far : The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) ruled in favour of music label Saregama India Ltd. in its copyright dispute with composer Ilaiyaraaja , restraining him from broadca...
Bhojshala verdict: What the Hindu and Muslim sides argued in the High Court
Hindus regard the ASI-protected complex as a temple dedicated to Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati), while Muslims consider it the site of the Kamal Maula mosque. Wikimedia Commons The Bhojshala-Kamal Maula ...
Former Ministers, Ex-MLAs of AIADMK who joined TVK meet Chief Minister Vijay in Panaiyur
Former Ministers and ex-MLAs of the AIADMK, who recently crossed over to the ruling TVK, called on party president and Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay at its headquarters in Panaiyur on the outskirts o...
Why NEET-UG is finally shifting to computer-based testing, what can students expect
Examinees of NEET exam finding their roll number before entering the centre in Kolkata on May 3, 2026. Photo: Express Announcing a shift that has long been discussed and debated, Union Education Minis...
DMK bound together by ideology, will rise like a phoenix, says Stalin
DMK president M.K. Stalin on Saturday said the party would rise “like a phoenix” from setbacks, unlike some political parties that, he claimed, were unable to withstand even a single electoral defeat....
Centre weighs new move to bring foreign capital to India: What is it and how much can it help?
Most countries impose some form of withholding tax on foreign investors, especially on passive income such as dividends, interest and royalties. However, the rates, scope and exemptions vary widely de...
Bandi Sanjay sees a conspiracy to remove Hindu votes
JAGTIAL Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar claimed that there was a conspiracy to remove Hindu voters from the electoral rolls on a large scale in Telangana, and accused the r...
Who owns a person’s digital data after their death?
There is another side to digital inheritance — online accounts often contain parts of a person’s life they may never have intended to share, even with family. (Pixabay) Earlier this month, a civil cou...
Youngster arrested for pushing woman into well after robbery
The Karimnagar rural police have arrested a 21-year-old youngster for allegedly pushing a 55-year-old woman labourer into a well after robbing her gold mangalsutra and earrings in an alleged attempt t...
Why OpenAI is considering legal action against Apple over Siri AI deal
OpenAI’s lawyers are already working with an external law firm to examine possible legal options, including issuing Apple a formal breach-of-contract notice, according to reports. OpenAI is preparing ...
No need for India to take a leaf out of Pakistan’s Iran mediation book, says envoy
Rejecting comparisons between India’s role on the world stage and Pakistan’s recent mediation efforts in the Iran crisis , Ambassador to China Vikram Doraiswami said on Saturday (July 4, 2026) that Ne...
How UAE’s exit from OPEC presents an opportunity for India’s strategic petroleum reserves
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UAE President HH Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan witness the exchange of an MoU, in Abu Dhabi on Friday. (DPR PMO/ANI Photo) Written by TP Seetharam During Prime Mi...
After Ayodhya, Badrinath Dham hit by donation theft claims; inquiry ordered
Following allegations of embezzlement of Ram temple donations in Ayodhya , the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) ordered an inquiry on Friday (July 3, 2026) into similar allegations concerni...
Why storms battered Delhi-NCR and turned deadly in UP
This combo image shows a man being flung nearly 50 ft into the air along with a tin roof during the powerful storm in Bareilly district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. He survived with fractures. PTI Th...
Firing at Pune businessman's office: Suspected Bishnoi gang member apprehended from Rajasthan
Pune police have detained a suspected member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang in connection with the firing at the office of a city-based businessman last month, an official said on Saturday (July 4, 2026...
Petrol, diesel prices increased by Rs 3 each. Could more hikes be on the cards?
Commuters queue up at a petrol pump after petrol and diesel prices were hiked by Rs 3 per litre each, the first increase in over four years, amid rising global crude oil prices, in Ranchi, Jharkhand, ...
Health groups demand overhaul of India’s essential medicines list
India’s roster of essential medicines has not been updated in nearly four years even as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revised its own list twice in the same period, according to an appeal fr...
PM Modi’s Europe trip begins today: What India hopes to gain from better ties with Nordic countries
European Council President António Costa, PM Narendra Modi, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in New Delhi this year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is headed to Norway for the thir...
Bengaluru techie among 23 designated as terrorists by MHA
A Bengaluru techie is among six Indians and 17 Pakistanis designated as “terrorists” by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday (July 4, 2026) under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act...
3 reasons why the Modi government banned sugar exports
Sugar Export Ban 2026: Harvested cane being transported to a sugar mill in Yawat, Pune. (Express) Sugar Export Ban 2026 : There are two words that have spooked Indian policymakers of late with regard ...
Karnataka High Court denies visitation rights to father who waived them in divorce deal
The High Court of Karnataka has found fault with an order passed by a Family Court in granting visitation rights to a father who had voluntarily relinquished them while handing over permanent custody ...
PM appeal, import duty hike: Could Sovereign Gold Bonds have eased strain on forex reserves?
While our inherent affection for the precious metal offers an easy diversification of savings, the lack of domestic supply means almost the entire demand has to be met via imports, which adversely imp...
Service of AI cameras in Kerala remains suspended as Finance department fails to clear pending bills
The Kerala Finance department’s delay in clearing Keltron’s quarterly bills has disrupted the services of AI-powered traffic cameras installed across the State. Internet services for the cameras were ...
Global firms’ AI centres are reshaping Indian IT industry, but who has the top jobs?
Despite the rapid expansion of GCCs, policymakers believe that India still hosts relatively fewer global decision-making and senior leadership roles than it would like. (Magnific) India’s Global Capab...
Bhadra IAC asks farmers not to cultivate in command area
The Irrigation Advisory Committee of the Bhadra Project has directed farmers in the command area of the Bhadra reservoir not to cultivate any crop, citing low water storage caused by deficit rainfall....
Why SC rapped states on stray dogs issue: 'Children, elderly can't be left to mercy of chance'
The Supreme Court will announce its verdict on feeding stray dogs Tuesday. (Magnific) The Supreme Court on Tuesday May 19 dismissed all challenges on stray dog management and warned that the state can...
602 recovered mobile phones returned to owners in Kakinada
Kakinada Superintendent of Police G. Bindu Madhav on Saturday handed over 602 recovered mobile phones to their owners as part of the 12th round of the district-wide mobile phone recovery drive. With t...
Expert Explains | Why the Delhi government’s plans to restore the Ridge raise concerns
The Delhi Forest Department is planning the development of special forests, with names such as Tirthankara Van, Ritu Van, Rashi Van and Panchvati Van, in the Ridge. (File) The Delhi government has dec...
Konaseema to host coir conclave on July 16, 17
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district, in collaboration with the Coir Board, will host the ‘Konaseema Coir Conclave’ in Amalapuram on July 16 and 17 to explore the potential of the coir industry and p...
String theory: How surface tension on badminton racquet can raise a shuttler’s performance
Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen plays a shot during a match at Yonex Sunrise India Open 2026, at New Delhi's IGI Stadium on January 13, 2026. Photo: Abhinav Saha When Ayush Shetty was playing at t...
JSP leaders seek police action against YouTuber, influencer
Jana Sena Party leader Gurana Radhika, along with several party leaders, on Saturday submitted petitions to the Station House Officers of I Town, II Town and other police stations in Vizianagaram, see...
How Supreme Court endorsed the right to be taught in one’s mother tongue
The Supreme Court said that the guarantee of free speech and expression under 19(1)(a) was held to encompass the right to receive information in a form that is meaningful and comprehensible, which at ...
Daddal promises to develop tourism locations in Raichur district
Basanagouda Daddal, Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation chairman and Raichur Rural MLA, said on Saturday (July 4) that all possible initiatives will be taken to upgrade...
Why NEET is more prone to paper leaks than JEE
NEET Paper Leaks: NSUI members protest in front of the Education Ministry, Shastri Bhawan, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo) NEET Paper Leaks : Several people have been detained in Maharashtra and ...
Centre orders blocking of battery management apps used to turn off e-rickshaws
The Union government on Friday (July 3, 2026) issued orders to block battery management apps after some users discovered they were able to remotely use them to shut down e-rickshaw batteries even as t...
Why India’s courts are slow: the need for court managers
A view of Supreme Court in New Delhi. (Express Photo by Amit Mehra) Written by Shagun Suryam and Laveesh Bhandari Delays in Indian courts are a widely acknowledged and often (albeit inadequately) mea...
MHA designates 23 Pakistan-based individuals as ‘terrorists’ under UAPA
The Union Home Ministry has designated 23 individuals linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Jamaat-ud-Dawa and The Resistance Front (TRF) as terrorists under Section 35 of the Unlaw...
Why is Air India cutting international flights? Which are the impacted routes?
Air India has made substantial cuts to its international flight schedule for the June-August period as the surging international jet fuel prices have put the Tata group airline’s international operati...
Bihar Guv. Hasnain and MoS Margherita attend Ali Khamenei's funeral ceremony in Tehran
Union Minister of State Pabitra Margherita and Bihar Governor Syed Ata Hasnain attended the funeral ceremony of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday (July 3, 2026) and paid thei...
CBSE class 12 pass percentage drops to the lowest since Covid. Here’s why
The overall class 12 pass percentage was 85.20% this year. Praveen Khanna/file The CBSE class 12 exam results were declared on Wednesday, with 85% of the candidates clearing the exams this year. The p...
Supreme Court orders status quo on audit of Delhi discoms
The Supreme Court on Friday (July 3, 2026) stayed an order passed by the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity (APTEL) quashing a Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) direction to have the Comp...
Mumbai is India’s richest city. Why does it depend entirely on rain for its water?
Due to Mumbai's close proximity to the sea, the salinity levels of the underground water is high, making them unfit for extraction for potable usage. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Earlier this week, the Br...
Ram temple donation ‘theft’: RJD MP moves Supreme Court seeking audit of temple trust finances
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Sudhakar Singh has moved the Supreme Court to direct the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust to prepare and produce a complete statement of all donations, including...
West Asia war impact on oil market worse than earlier anticipated: What’s the worry for India?
The South Korean-operated vessel HMM NAMU is docked after being damaged from a fire following an explosion in the Strait of Hormuz, at a port in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Friday, May 8, 2026. (AP) ...
Congress accuses Modi govt. of ‘calibrated capitulation’ to China
The Congress on Friday (July 3, 2026) alleged that the Union government’s “calibrated capitulation” to China is continuing even as India’s trade deficit with that country reaches record levels “destro...
Expert Explains: Why Trump's China visit will be more about managing rivalry than restoring trust
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, waves, with US President Donald Trump, in Busan, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File) In what is set to be one of the most cons...
ECI has discretion to announce bypolls any time within six months of seat falling vacant, experts say
The Election Commission announced byelections in only three Assembly seats — one each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat — on Thursday, though there are currently at least 14 vacant seats in State ...
Expert Explains | Hantavirus is a warning: Why outbreaks like this may become more common
Passengers are sprayed with disinfectant by Spanish government officials before boarding a plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at Tenerife airport in the Canar...
Chandrima Bhattacharya resigns as TMC Mamata Banerjee faction Bengal chief
In yet another setback for the Mamata Banerjee faction of the Trinamool Congress, the party's Bengal State president, Chandrima Bhattacharya, stepped down from her position on Saturday (July 4, 2026),...
Why India hiked import duty on gold, silver amid rupee fall and rising oil prices
Gold constitutes the second-biggest item in India's import bill after crude oil imports. (Representational Image/Magnific) Coming close on the heels of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for the adop...
Ram Temple Trust meeting on July 6; SIT report, post of CEO part of agenda
Members of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will meet at Mani Ramdas Chavni here on Monday (July 6, 2026) to discuss the preliminary report of SIT, formed to probe the Ram Temple donation...
Trump-Xi summit: Iran war, trade, Taiwan and AI on the agenda, why China has the upper hand
President Donald Trump greets President Xi Jinping of China as they meet in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. (NYT File) In November last year, when President Donald Trump announced that he had accep...
Mumbai BJP chief faces flak over remarks on monsoon-related deaths in city
Mumbai BJP president Ameet Satam is facing flak from the Opposition for his comments on monsoon-related deaths in the city, after a viral video showed him smiling while speaking about the tragedies. I...
How can India meet its long-term energy needs? An Expert Explains why thorium as nuclear fuel can help
The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. Photo: Wikimedia Commons It is heartening to see indigenously developed pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWR) finally gettin...
Indus Waters Treaty will be in abeyance till Pakistan irrevocably stops sponsoring cross-border terrorism: Govt.
India on Friday (July 3, 2026) said the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) will remain in “abeyance” till Pakistan “credibly and irrevocably” stops supporting cross-border terrorism. Official spokesperson of t...
How India’s UAE gold trade deal may have made its import bill concerns worse
The Prime Minister’s caution about gold purchases comes amid heightened risk of weakening macro fundamentals if the West Asia crisis drags on. (File) As the effects of an energy shock from the West As...
Arunachal government deploys helicopter to airlift essential supplies to areas cut off by flood
July 04, 2026 12:49 IMD issues red warning of very heavy rainfall in 5 Odisha districts The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday (July 4) issued a ‘red’ warning of very heavy to extremely...
China This Week | Not tariffs or West Asia war, why Taiwan is ‘most important issue’ for China in ties with US
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing earlier this week. (White House photo) In the lead-up to the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Ji...
We will factor all related developments in overall approach to Teesta issue: MEA
Days after Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman visited China , where the two sides discussed the Teesta River Comprehensive Management and Restoration Project (TRCMRP), India on Friday (July 3, 2...
In Trump’s China visit, why breakthrough trade deals are unlikely
US President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping, shake hands after their US-China summit talk in Busan, South Korea, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) With a day left for U...
Amarnath yatra begins, PM Modi urges pilgrims to keep route clean
Hundreds of pilgrims left the twin base camps in central and south Kashmir on the first day of the Amarnath Yatra to pay obeisance at the cave shrine, even as inclement weather played spoilsport in th...
The Italian Open wants to become the 5th Grand Slam. But all roads may not lead to Rome
Italy's Jannik Sinner plays Italy's Andrea Pellegrino at the Italian Open in Rome on Tuesday. (AP) Italian tennis has been on arguably its most successful run over the last few years. Leading the marc...
75th anniversary of India-Japan diplomatic ties to be celebrated with cricket, art, anime events in 2027
A friendship cricket match, a platform to catalyse direct linkages between Indian business clusters and Japanese regional banks, and a host of other colourful activities to promote art, culture of the...
A hantavirus patient, a remote island: How doctors were ‘air-dropped’ to treat him
British Army medics parachute onto the south Atlantic territory of Tristan da Cunha, where one of the 221 residents has a suspected case of hantavirus, Saturday, May 9, 2026. (British Ministry of Defe...
Assam district orders deportation of man declared foreigner
GUWAHATI Less than a week after the Gauhati High Court found a declared foreigner’s citizenship claim documents invalid , the authorities of northeastern Assam’s Biswanath district have ordered the de...
Why Madras HC barred TVK MLA Seenivasa Sethupathi from Tamil Nadu Assembly floor test
The newly elected Tamil Nadu Assembly in Chennai on May 12, 2026. Photo: @CMOTamilnadu/X via PTI Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) MLA R Seenivasa Sethupathi, who won the No.185 Tiruppattur Assembly cons...
CPI(M) in Kerala alleges IAS officer’s removal as Vizhinjam MD was to benefit Adani
Thiruvananthapuram The Opposition CPI(M) in Kerala on Saturday alleged that the recent removal of IAS officer Divya S Iyer as the Managing Director of Vizhinjam International Seaport was aimed at bene...
NEET-UG cancelled: Why this is a first, what happened in past paper leak cases
Students wait outside a NEET-UG examination centre in Rajkot on Sunday. Express The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday cancelled the NEET-UG exam a little over a week after it was conducted for ...
BMTC electric bus crashes into stationary Vayu Vajra bus at K.R. Circle in Bengaluru, 5 persons injured
At least five passengers sustained minor injuries, according to BMTC officials, after a BMTC bus operated by OHM Mobility and a Tata Smart Mobility electric bus were involved in a rear-end collision n...
How a new Mizo marriage law protects men, but keeps women out
The petition filed in the Supreme Court argues that the new amendments strip the Mizo women of legal protections they previously enjoyed, while retaining similar ones for Mizo men. Photo: File A petit...
AMMA crisis: Women actors accuse Shwetha Menon of communal polarisation, political and corporate nexus
In a hard-hitting press conference, a group of women actors levelled serious allegations against Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) president Shwetha Menon and some of her committee member...
Why Anthropic and OpenAI are doubling down on enterprise AI, and how this will hit Indian IT
OpenAI has announced the creation of the OpenAI Deployment Company. Reuters As competition in the artificial intelligence (AI) race intensifies, both OpenAI and Anthropic are making a major push beyon...
M.P. High Court orders protection for judge facing threats after verdict in lynching case
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has directed the State police to provide protection to judge Tabassum Khan who is facing threats after sentencing seven cow vigilantes to life term in a mob lynching case...
Private over govt schools, falling enrolment and dropout rates: Where India’s school education system stands
Students at Delhi Government School, at Kondli, East Delhi in New Delhi on March 23, 2026. The number of government schools nationwide in 2024-25 (10.13 lakh) fell by 8% compared with the figure in 20...
Amit Shah to review Manipur security situation on July 4; CM likely to visit Churachandpur, a first since 2023 violence
As violence expands to new areas in Manipur, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to review the security scenario in the Northeast State at a meeting in New Delhi on Saturday (July 4, 2026), while ...
Behind PM Modi’s austerity call, dipping foreign exchange reserves, rising gold imports
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (File Photo) RISING pressure on India’s external sector with forex reserves plummeting by $38 billion in just two months since the onset of the West Asia conflict, and cr...
Channi holds show of strength, Randhawa-Shah meet sets of speculation amid Punjab Congress reshuffle
The revamp of the Punjab Congress has triggered fresh turbulence in the State unit, with former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday (July 3, 2026) convening a meeting of party leaders and ...
Could UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer be forced out after local election losses?
Britain's Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks to Labour Party members at Kingsdown Methodist Church Hall, in Ealing, west London, Friday May 8, 2026, a day after the local elections. (AP) British P...
Earlier this week, Pakistan organised a conference on the Indus and water sharing where the country’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar referred to the IWT as vital for “regional peace, stability and cooperation”.
India on Friday (July 3, 2026) said the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) will remain in “abeyance” till Pakistan “credibly and irrevocably” stops supporting cross-border terrorism. Official spokesperson of t...
The strange saga of Somnath temple’s ‘lost’ gates a British official ‘returned’
PM Modi at Somnath temple on May 11. (Photo: X/@narendramodi) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Gujarat today (May 11) to mark 75 years of the inauguration of the restored Somnath temple. Modi posted...
Opposition’s letter to CJI: BJP alleges ‘dangerous conspiracy’ to malign Indian democracy
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday (July 3, 2026) targeted the Congress and its allies, alleging a “dangerous conspiracy to malign Indian democracy” through attempts to delegitimise democratic...
How India diversified its LNG import basket after crunch in supplies from Qatar, UAE
Bulk carriers, cargo ships, and service vessels line the horizon in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, on April 27, 2026. Photo: Razieh Poudat/ISNA via AP The war in West Asia and the conseq...
Feminist organisations demand reforms in third phase of SIR
The All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA-NAPM), a pan-India network of feminist organisations and individuals, has submitted an urgent appeal to the Election Commission of India demanding immediate elec...
With over 100 deaths, what triggered the powerful thunderstorms in Uttar Pradesh?
A fallen tree blocks the movement of commuters on the Bulandshahr-Syana-Garhmukteshwar state highway after a strong storm and heavy rain on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (PTI Photo) More than 100 people die...
Centre sets up panel to study problems of Andhra’s Totapuri mango farmers
The Agriculture Ministry has decided to constitute a high-level expert committee on Friday (July 3, 2026) under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to examine the challenges being faced...
Why PM Modi has asked Indians to reduce spending on gold, petrol, edible oils
PM Modi latest statement: Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Hyderabad on May 10, 2026. Photo: PMO via PTI PM Modi on gold buying: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (May 10) urged citizens to reduce...
Ram temple row: Congress wants PM to break silence, questions SIT probe
The Congress on Friday (July 3, 2026) questioned the investigation into the alleged theft of donations from the Ram temple in Ayodhya , accusing the BJP governments at the Centre and Uttar Pradesh of ...
How India’s farm exports have grown despite Trump tariffs
A shrimp farm. Indian marine exporters offset the impact of the Trump tariffs by augmenting shipments to other destinations. (Express/File photo) India’s farm exports grew 2.3% year-on-year in 2025-26...
High Court Quashes Externment Order, Comments on 'Horse Trading' in Maharashtra
The Bombay High Court on Thursday (July 3, 2026) set aside a police externment order against a political activist, ruling that protests against government policies do not constitute grounds for such a...
‘Didi’s party, dada’s dol’: Experts on what factionalism explains about TMC’s defeat in West Bengal
Mamata commands universal loyalty, but unlike the CPI(M), the party has no regimented hierarchy. Local strongmen use ‘brand Mamata’ to build territorial power. (Express photo by Partha Paul) Written b...
Alert locopilots stop train going in the wrong direction in Chennai Division
Alert locopilots prevented a potential tragedy by stopping an express train going in the wrong route to a different destination in Chennai Division on the night of June 28, 2026. According to official...
Congress yet to decide Kerala CM: How long can it take under the Constitution
Kerala Congress leaders V D Satheesan, Sunny Joseph, K C Venugopal and Ramesh Chennithala on Saturday. (Photo: ANI) Of the four states that went to polls recently, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu have new ...
Two feared missing after boat capsizes in Thrissur’s Kole wetland
Two persons were feared missing after a mini boat carrying a five-member group capsized in the Kole Wetland at Nedupuzha in Thrissur district during heavy rain on Friday evening. The other three manag...
Expert Explains: On May 10, 1857, how Mangal Pandey inspired a rebellion that rattled the British
'The Sepoy revolt at Meerut,' from the Illustrated Times, 1857. Photo: Wikimedia Commons On this day 169 years ago, the Revolt of 1857 — also known as the Sepoy Mutiny or the First War of Indian Indep...
Engineers key to accelerating Kalyana Karnataka’s development: KKRDB Secretary
Engineers have a pivotal role in translating the State government’s vision for the comprehensive development of the Kalyana Karnataka region into reality, Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board (K...
Mother’s Day: All about the woman who created, and then hated, this day
Mothers Day 2026: By 1908, Jarvis's efforts began to bear fruit, and two Mother's Day events were held. (Wikimedia Commons) Mother’s Day 2026 : By now, you have probably seen the Mother’s Day Google d...
JSP leader seeks action on YSRCP MLC over ‘derogatory’ comments on Pawan Kalyan
Jana Sena Party leader Gurana Radhika on Friday requested the police department to take stern action against YSRCP MLC Duvvada Srinivas and other leaders who reportedly made derogatory remarks against...
India is rapidly scaling up renewable energy. Now it needs to store it
In India, renewable sources account for 53% of the total installed power generation capacity of 532 GW. Solar power alone contributes over 150 GW. Wikimedia Commons As India rapidly scales up its rene...
Legislative debates must focus on solutions, not criticism: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla
Legislative debates in the Houses must focus on solutions, not merely criticism, said Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday (July 3, 2026), launching a two-day orientation programme for the MLAs of Wes...
Fit it, fire it: How an attachable system can help air missiles fly longer, strike better
TARA is India’s first indigenous glide weapon system to convert unguided warheads into precision guided missiles. (source: X/@DRDO_India) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and t...
Defence Council approves ₹52,000 crore worth military purchase
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on Friday (July 3, 2026) accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) for defence acquisition proposals worth nearly ₹52,000...
As CBI probes leak, here is how the NEET question paper is set, printed and moved in 5 steps
Students protest against the NEET(UG) paper leak, in New Delhi on Thursday. (Express photo by Shreya Singhai) The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Friday (May 15) that the retest for NEET-U...
The first leg of his visit will be to Indonesia, after which he will travel to Australia, where his main engagements will be held in Melbourne and he will conclude the tour with a visit to New Zealand
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-nation visit to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from July 6-11 to deepen India’s engagement with the three countries, the Ministry of External ...
SC orders DDA to refund Rs 165 cr: What happens if the government sells you land it does not own?
The Supreme Court on April 29 ordered the DDA to refund full sale consideration with interest. (File) In 2007, a company paid around Rs. 165 crore for a commercial plot in New Delhi at a public auctio...
Bengal government transfers 108 police inspectors
The West Bengal Government on Friday (July 3, 2026) transferred 108 police inspectors across the State in a routine administrative exercise aimed at improving policing and public service, officials sa...
Why Modi government has banned sugar exports: 3 reasons
Sugar Export Ban 2026: Harvested cane being transported to a sugar mill in Yawat, Pune. (Express) Sugar Export Ban 2026 : There are two words that have spooked Indian policymakers of late with regard ...
Special court grants bail to TMC leader Shakir Ali in 2023 Ram Navami violence case
A special court on Friday (July 3, 2026) granted conditional bail to TMC leader Shakir Ali, husband of a former Lok Sabha MP of the party, in an NIA case in connection with violence during Ram Navami ...
After last leak, ex-ISRO chief’s panel had called for reforms; all gather dust
Accused Shubham Khairnar being taken into custody by CBI officials in Nashik, Tuesday. (ANI) While this is the first time that the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) , for ...
IWT will be in abeyance till Pakistan irrevocably stops sponsoring cross-border terrorism: Govt.
India on Friday (July 3, 2026) said the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) will remain in “abeyance” till Pakistan “credibly and irrevocably” stops supporting cross-border terrorism. Official spokesperson of t...
ExplainSpeaking: Why PM Modi’s call to save forex could slow down India’s growth
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jamnagar, Gujarat, on May 10, 2026. Photo: @NarendraModi/Yt via PTI Dear Readers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged Indians to save foreign exchange (forex) by any...
ED to share findings with CBI on TTI-linked ‘foreign fund routing’ through U.S. debit cards
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has decided to share its findings with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for further legal action in the case of routing foreign funds into India, including in...
Setting room to press to exam hall: NEET paper trail is CBI probe focus
Students protest against the NEET(UG) paper leak, in New Delhi on Thursday. (Express photo by Shreya Singhai) As the CBI begins its probe into the NEET-UG paper leak that derailed the exam for 22 lak...
Decide plea against Dhruv Rathee’s video on Hindu deities within 15 days: Delhi HC to Centre
The Delhi High Court on Friday (July 3, 2026) directed the Centre’s Grievance Appellate Committee (GAC) to decide within 15 days an appeal seeking the removal of YouTuber Dhruv Rathee’s video titled “...
Why India curtailed solar energy during peak summer power demand
While renewable energy sources, such as solar, enjoy “must-run” status in India, they can still be backed down on grounds of grid security and system safety. (File) Even as India’s electricity demand ...
Indian Army concludes multinational exercise Khaan Quest 2026 in Mongolia
The Indian Army concluded its participation in the multinational military exercise Khaan Quest 2026, held from June 20 to July 3 at the Five Hills Training Area in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. According to ...
Before Vijay, there was Rajaji: Recalling independent India’s first hung Assembly in Madras state
Jawaharlal Nehru with Rajaji and Sardar Patel. X/@ShashiTharoor Tamil Nadu has witnessed high political drama over the last few days. First, Governor Rajendra Arlekar asked Vijay to prove his majority...
Daily Quiz | On the colonial era
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From DK to DMK to AIADMK: How the Dravidian movement has shaped TN’s politics for nearly a century
Soon after its formation, differences began to emerge between Periyar and Annadurai, who found the DK patriarch’s ways overbearing. (Wikimedia Commons) Tamil Nadu has just seen its latest political tw...
Plea in Supreme Court seeks an end to ‘coaching Raj’, dummy school nexus
A petition seeking to end India’s “coaching Raj” and the framing of a national framework designed to eradicate “dummy school” nexus affecting children’s mental health is set to be listed in the Suprem...
‘Chief of Staff’ to Xi Jinping, who shook hands with Trump: Who is Cai Qi and how does he wield power in China?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Cai Qi in Tianjin, China, for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in 2025. As part of his official visit to China, US President Donald Trump walked alongside...
Tamil Nadu govt. fixes issues with non-subdivision online patta transfers
The Tamil Nadu government has simplified online patta transfer not involving subdivision by rectifying some of the shortcomings in the automatic mutation module, Minister for Revenue and Disaster Mana...
1.75 lakh, 1.77 lakh or 1.81 lakh: What was India’s actual road accident death toll in 2024?
Four Uttar Pradesh Police personnel and a civilian were killed in a road accident on the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway in Haryana’s Nuh district (Express Photo) While India continues to be th...
State government appoints six people to Kerala University Syndicate
The State government appointed six members to the Syndicate of Kerala University on Friday. The new appointees include R.S. Sasikumar, Sibi C. Babu, Noushad V., K. Anil Kumar, S. Prema and Ajay Jewel ...
A political scientist explains why anti-incumbency alone is a ‘lazy’ way to understand elections
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma celebrates NDA’s third straight poll victory in Assam. (PTI) State and national elections in India are followed by frenetic political analyses aimed at making sense of the...
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A US court has ruled against Trump’s new 10% tariffs. Why this may not be good news
President Donald Trump at the White House. AP A US federal court on Friday ruled against the fresh tariffs that Donald Trump had announced in February after his Supreme Court defeat. That may not be a...
Arunachal Minister urges Centre to hand over strategic road project to BRO
Arunachal Pradesh Law, Legislative and Justice Minister Kento Jini has urged the Centre to hand over the newly declared strategic Akajan-Likabali-Bame (ALB) Road project to the Border Roads Organisati...
Sir David Attenborough at 100: Why iconic conservationist’s legacy lies beyond his documentaries
David Attenborough reaches out to a kangaroo during his visit to Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, Oct. 14, 2003. AP/File Born on May 8, 1926, the British broadcaster and conservationist Sir David Att...
Supreme Court refuses to stay Meghalaya High Court order granting bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi
The Supreme Court on Friday (July 3, 2026) refused to stay the bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi, who was arrested in connection with the May 23 murder of her newlywed husband, Indore-based businessma...
What makes West Bengal’s brand of political violence unique? An Expert Explains
Broken bricks lie scattered on the ground after a clash between supporters of Trinamool Congress and BJP, in Shibpur, Howrah, on May 7, 2026. Photo: PTI The killing of a close aide of BJP leader and W...
Ayodhya temple donations row: Uddhav announces ‘Ram Raksha’ protest in Maharashtra from July 5
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday (July 3, 2026) announced a “Ram Raksha” agitation in Maharashtra from July 5, urging people to join the protest to hold the BJP accountable for the all...
Graphs, Data and Perspectives | How the Iran war has hit the poor more than the rich
A US gasoline pump. Gasoline prices have spiked in the US amid the Iran war. AP As the conflict in West Asia continues to strangle fuel and fertiliser supplies across the world, pushing up prices and ...
"When a wife refers to her husband that 'she can keep thousand husbands like him' it is indirect/oblique reference to worthlessness of the husband, meaning he has no value as a human being or a husband; therefore, it can be turned as a sudden and grave provocation"
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has reduced the life sentence of a man accused of killing his pregnant wife to seven years jail term, noting that the assault was not "premeditated" but a "sudden and gra...
On Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary, recalling his clash with Mahatma Gandhi over the ‘cult’ of the charkha
Jawaharlal Nehru once observed: 'No two persons could probably differ so much as Gandhi and Tagore' In September 1921, during Mahatma Gandhi’s visit to Calcutta, Rabindranath Tagore told him: “Poems I...
‘When all else fails, people still repose their trust in the judiciary’: INDIA bloc leaders in joint memorandum to CJI
Alleging manipulation of elections, partisan conduct by the Election Commission of India (ECI), and misuse of central investigative agencies against Opposition parties, INDIA bloc leaders, in a joint ...
‘Tyranny of the elected’: Why Supreme Court has flagged Election Commission appointment procedure
In 2023, the Anoop Baranwal case questioned the legislature’s silence on the selection of the CEC and ECs. The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 7) described Parliament’s decades-long delay in enacting a...
Govt lens on e-rickshaw remote shutdown issue; two apps removed from app stores
Amid reports that e-rickshaws could be remotely shut down through the Chinese smartphone application BAT-BMS, the government said on Friday that two such apps had come to its notice and have since bee...
One year after Operation Sindoor: For India, some diplomatic wins, some hard lessons
Pakistan Field Marshal Asim Munir, with PM Shehbaz Sharif, shows Rare Earths to US President Donald Trump in 2025. It has been a year since a clash between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan alarmed the...
PM Modi to visit Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand from July 6-11
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-nation visit to Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand from July 6-11 to deepen India’s engagement with the three countries, the Ministry of External ...
Mumbai is India’s richest city. Why is it depend entirely on rain for its water?
Due to Mumbai's close proximity to the sea, the salinity levels of the underground water is high, making them unfit for extraction for potable usage. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Earlier this week, the Br...
Arvind Kejriwal urges PM to rollback of E20 fuel programme
AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Friday (July 3 2026) said he would write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to roll back the 20% ethanol-blended petrol (E20) programme , alleging that...
A political scientist explains why anti-incumbency alone is a 'lazy' way to understand elections
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma celebrates NDA’s third straight poll victory in Assam. (PTI) State and national elections in India are followed by frenetic political analyses aimed at making sense of the...
Ram temple donation theft: RSS calls for Hindu unity, seeks strict action against those guilty
In its first official reaction to the Ayodhya Ram temple embezzlement controversy , the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Friday (July 3, 2026) appealed to Hindus to “remain united” and urged the a...
AI in top colleges: Is it helping students or adding to stress? A professor explains
With the advent of LLMs, the effort invested in reading, organising material, and working independently through problems has declined. (Magnific) The launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 accelerated the...
Can the ED attach a company’s assets after it enters insolvency? | Explained
The story so far: The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has held that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) moratorium cannot shield assets alleged to be “proceeds of crime” from atta...
Trump pauses Project Freedom: What this means for US-GCC alliance, Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump clasps hands with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Nov. 18, 2025. (NYT File) On May 4, US President Don...
Digital arrest scam: CBI arrests three accused after searches in Odisha and Rajasthan
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three accused persons following searches at seven locations across Odisha and Rajasthan in connection with a “digital arrest” scam case. The accu...
Vijay swearing-in delay: Why Governor’s role has raised questions, what top court has said in the past
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In Tamil Nadu, Vijay’s swearing-in delayed: What is the Governor’s role in a hung Assembly
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Keep me away from all this, I'm an artist: Diljit on CJP protests at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar
Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh has distanced himself from the ongoing protest by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, saying he is an artiste, not a politician. The "Main ...
Monsoon tracker LIVE: Man dies after falling into manhole amid heavy rains in Mumbai
Key Updates India | Monsoon fury: Deaths, floods, landslips disrupt life across States Karnataka | Holiday declared for schools, PU colleges in Dakshina Kannada Delhi | Monsoon arrives in July for fir...
Congress questions BJP’s silence over alleged land deals of M.P. CM Mohan Yadav in Ujjain, seeks probe
The Congress on Thursday (July 2, 2026) questioned the “silence” of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav and the BJP ’s top leadership over allegations that Mr. Yadav’s family and associates were...
Amazon vows action against its delivery partner after Uttarakhand fire probe concludes
Amazon said on Thursday (July 2, 2026) it will take “appropriate action” against a third-party delivery partner in India once a police investigation into a fire that killed two workers concludes. Am...
Bombay High Court upholds helmet exemption for Sikhs as reasonable classification
The Bombay High Court has held that the exemption granted to Sikh community members from wearing helmets constitutes a “reasonable classification” under Article 14 of the Constitution and does not vio...
Supreme Court says AI-generated hallucinated precedents ‘catastrophic’ to judicial process, sets aside NCLT order
Observing that the use of non-existent or AI-generated hallucinated judicial precedents is “catastrophic” to the judicial process, the Supreme Court on Thursday (July 2, 2026) set aside an order of th...
Totapuri mangoes prices crash, farmers’ distress in Chittoor
Despite the Centre and State government giving assurances to protect mango farmers from steep price crash, pulp processing units across the combined Chittoor district continue to procure Totapuri mang...
Govt Cyberpark and Forest dept. organise Van Mahotsav programme
Government Cyberpark and the Forest department jointly organised a programme to mark the week-long Van Mahotsav celebrations on Thursday (July 2). The programme carried the message, ‘Let’s protect nat...
Dalitha Vimukthi seeks land rights, protection of reservations at rally
Members of Dalitha Vimukthi organised a rally and a public meeting in Visakhapatnam on Thursday, demanding an end to privatisation, protection of reservations, and land rights for Dalits and the poor....
CM Vijay begins holding department-level review meetings to chalk out action plans
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Thursday began chairing a series of review meetings planned at the department level to chalk out one-year, three-year and five-year action plans and review...
Three-day theatre festival in Shivamogga
A three-day theatre festival organised by Sahyadri Ranga Taranga, a theatre troupe in Shivamogga, will begin on Saturday. The plays will be staged at Kuvempu Ranga Mandira at 6.45 p.m. on all three da...
Revanth returns to Midjil, where his political journey began 20 years ago
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Centre regularly discards our demands for relief, claims Parameshwara
The Union government has regularly discarded Karnataka’s pleas for higher drought or flood relief or crop loss compensation, Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara, who holds the Revenue portfolio, sai...
Monsoon slows Kallayi river rejuvenation project
Despite the onset of the monsoon, the Kallayi river rejuvenation project is continuing, with around 55% of the desilting work completed so far. The work was originally supposed to be completed by the ...
Registration not enough to validate Hindu marriage if rituals, ceremonies not performed: Gujarat HC
The Gujarat High Court has ruled that registration alone cannot validate a Hindu marriage if customary rites and ceremonies such as ‘saptapadi’ are not performed, saying marriage is not merely an occa...
DMK seeks DVAC probe into alleged bid to poach its MLAs
The DMK on Wednesday urged Governor Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar to order an inquiry by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) into what it described as an alleged criminal conspiracy i...
CBI arrests accused in digital arrest case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an accused from Rajkot in Gujarat in connection with the ongoing investigation into a digital arrest cyber fraud case. The accused, Shankar Pansa...
Family of Indian seafarer who died in Venezuela alleges cover-up, seeks autopsy report
The family of Rakesh Chauhan, an Indian seafarer who died in Venezuela recently, has raised a series of questions over the handling of his case and demanded release of the complete autopsy report, acc...
Despite relief, hotels unlikely to reduce food prices soon; owners want LPG at pre-war rates
Oil-marketing companies slashing the price of a commercial LPG cylinder by around ₹180 on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) is expected to bring some relief to the hotel and restaurant sector. However, this is...
Congress leaders greet Akhilesh Yadav on his birthday, send signals on Opposition unity
The Congress leadership on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) used the occasion of Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s birthday to send a message of Opposition unity ahead of the crucial Assembly election in...
‘Methyl Isocyanate of Law’: Supreme Court quashes verdict based on AI-generated precedents
Red flagging the use of “non-existent, fake, and hallucinated” judgments generated by artificial intelligence (AI), the Supreme Court on Thursday (July 2, 2026) set aside a verdict of the National Com...
Contract of 134 Kerala’s Kudumbashree staff terminated
As many as 134 contractual staff under the Kudumbashree mission’s Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) scheme are staring at an uncertain future after the governmen...
Heavy rainfall forecast in five Telangana districts on July 3
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heavy rainfall alert for five Telangana districts for Friday (July 3, 2026). According to IMDs latest bulletin, heavy rainfall is very likely to ...
Retired SI arrested under POCSO Act for sexually assaulting minor girl in Kerala
A retired sub-inspector (SI) has been arrested by the Pariyaram police in Kannur, Kerala, under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor gi...
Why charge sheet in Pandit Sarla Bhat’s killing a milestone for J&K police? | Explained
The Story So Far: After a gap of 36 years, the J&K Police’s special cell State Investigation Agency (SIA) filed a charge sheet in the killing of Kashmiri Pandit Sarla Bhat, who worked as a nurse at Sr...
The Meghalaya High Court, on June 29, had upheld an order of a Shillong trial court granting bail to Ms. Raghuvanshi on the ground that the police had failed to effectively communicate the grounds of her arrest
The Meghalaya Police on Thursday (July 2, 2026) moved the Supreme Court seeking an immediate stay on the bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the alleged murder of her husband, Raja...
Treasurer being shielded in Ram temple donation 'theft': Swami Avimukteshwaranand
Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Jyotirmath on Wednesday (July 2, 2026) alleged that the treasurer of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust is being shielded in the alleged Ram temple don...
Monsoon tracker LIVE: Monsoon arrives in Delhi; Mumbai’s Juhu records 205 mm rainfall in 24 hours
Key Updates Karnataka | Holiday declared for schools, PU colleges in Dakshina Kannada Delhi | Monsoon arrives in July for first time since 2021, says IMD Mumbai drenched: Juhu records 205 mm rainfall ...
Japan PM arrives in Delhi; delighted to host you on your first visit to India, says Modi
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) on a three-day visit to India, during which she will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to strengthen ...
VB-GRAM G workers to get a minimum of ₹300 per day as wage rates notified by Centre
The Union government has fixed a floor wage of ₹300 per day under the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-GRAM G) Act, 2025, which came into effect on Tuesday, replaci...
Disabled inmates must be allowed to self-identify: plea
A Kerala-based activist, whose petition highlighting the traumatic prison days of the late Professor G. Saibaba and Stan Swamy led the Supreme Court to form a high-powered committee to free Indian jai...
Manipur on the boil again as 20 houses set on fire
Armed groups went on a village-burning spree along the India-Myanmar border in Manipur’s Kamjong district on Wednesday (July 1, 2026), signalling the return of conflict between the Kuki and Naga commu...
Three fans of actor Darshan held for threatening witness in Renukaswamy murder case
The Kamakshipalya police have arrested three persons for allegedly threatening a prosecution witness in the high-profile Renukaswamy murder case , in which Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa is a key a...
The Hindu Group’s Chairman, Director call on Tamil Nadu CM Vijay
N. Murali, Chairman, and Malini Parthasarathy, Director, The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited (THGPPL), on Thursday (July 2, 2026) called on Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay at the Secr...
Telangan CM Revanth to visit Midjil, where his political journey began two decades ago
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy will visit Midjil mandal in Mahabubnagar district on Saturday (July 4, 2026) to mark a milestone that is as personal as it is political. The visit is being bil...
Physical Education teacher booked for allegedly assaulting Class 8 student in Kerala
The Payyanur police have registered a case against a physical education teacher of SABTM High School, Thayineri, for allegedly assaulting a 13-year-old Class 8 student of the school in Kannur, Kerala....
YSRCP claims Rayalaseema Steel Plant as its work, cadres stopped at Kadapa site
Cadres of the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) made a vain bid to storm the venue of the JSW Rayalaseema Steel Plant in Jammalamadugu constituency of Kadapa district, which is set to start its construction ...
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri gets one-year extension in service
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri who oversaw India’s diplomacy with partner countries during Operation Sindoor of May 2025 against terror elements in Pakistan, has received an extension for a year that ...
Demography panel to study population changes post 2011 Census, prepares detailed questionnaire for States
The High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes (HLCDC) led by a retired Supreme Court judge, is all set to send questionnaires to Chief Secretaries of all States seeking details of population changes...
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri gets one-year extension in service
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri who oversaw India’s diplomacy with partner countries during Operation Sindoor of May 2025 against terror elements in Pakistan, has received an extension for a year that ...
Army Chief General Dhiraj Seth unveils ‘VIJAY’ roadmap for a future-ready force
Chief of the Army Staff General Dhiraj Seth on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) unveiled a roadmap titled “VIJAY”, outlining his vision for transforming the Indian Army into a technology-enabled, future-ready...
New leaders assume key senior roles in Army and Air Force
Major appointments in the higher military leadership were announced on Wednesday (July 1, 2026), with senior roles assigned across the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indian Army. Air Marshal Ashutosh ...
Iran invites Kharge, Khurshid, Khera for Khamenei funeral
Iran has extended invites to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, and party’s media and publicity wing head Pawan Khera to attend the burial ceremon...
Kuki and Naga organisations accuse armed groups from each other’s communities of torching villages along the India-Myanmar border in Kamjong district
Armed groups went on a village-burning spree along the India-Myanmar border in Manipur’s Kamjong district on Wednesday (July 1, 2026), signalling the return of conflict between the Kuki and Naga commu...
Over 100 individuals from India, Pakistan sign open letter to Modi, Shehbaz; seek dialogue on Kashmir, resumption of bilateral ties
At least 117 individuals from India and Pakistan, in a joint open letter, on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) asked Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan to re-open bilateral dialogue, resume discussions on J...
Jantar Mantar turns hunger strike junction
The first day goes like a breeze. The second day, there is an unusual energy. From the third day onwards, memories of food — its smells and textures — come in flashes to the mind. Hunger arrives in wa...
JPC likely to retain clause on removal of Ministers after 30 days in custody
After 10 rounds of meetings since December 2025, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the 130th Constitution Amendment Bill is likely to recommend no change to its clause proposing the re...
Odisha to spend ₹5,467 crore for free education from KG to PG over next five years
Taking forward its previous announcement on making education from kindergarten to postgraduate level free in Odisha, the Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi-chaired cabinet on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) a...
Tamil Nadu government issues guidelines for private participation in restoration of waterbodies
The State government, on Wednesday, issued guidelines to facilitate restoration of waterbodies through partnerships with private entities, including voluntary organisations, industries, and educationa...
PIL challenges uploading of Munambam property details to Central portal
A public interest litigation has been filed before the Kerala High Court challenging the Kerala State Waqf Board’s decision to upload the details of disputed Munambam land to the Unified Waqf Manageme...
Officials count houses, draw maps as Census fieldwork gets under way in Ernakulam
Around noon, V.V. Shyamkumar, an upper division clerk at the Toddy Workers Welfare Board, would usually be busy at his office near Edappally. On Wednesday, however, still on duty, he stood under the h...
Customs questions actor Dulquer Salmaan in Operation Numkhor
Actor Dulquer Salmaan was questioned by a Customs team probing the alleged luxury SUV smuggling racket on Wednesday. The actor’s four vehicles were earlier seized as part of the investigation, Operati...
Monsoon tracker LIVE: Orange alert issued for Mumbai, Thane; IMD warns of intense rain
July 01, 2026 13:12 Heavy rain disrupts life across Himachal Torrential rain lashed several parts of Himachal Pradesh, including the towns of Shimla, Manali and Dharamshala, leading to many roads bein...
Commercial LPG prices cut by average ₹180 per cylinder, FTL down about ₹13 as conflict pressure eases
Oil-marketing companies on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) reduced the prices of the commercial variant of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders by an average of ₹180 per cylinder and that of the five-kg f...
Draft report on 130th Constitution Amendment Bill expected by July 10; panel to finalise recommendations before Monsoon Session
After 10 rounds of meetings since December 2025, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the 130th Constitution Amendment Bill is likely to recommend no change to its clause proposing the re...
Iran invites Congress president Kharge, former EAM Salman Khurshid, Pawan Khera for Khamenei funeral
Iran has extended invites to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, and party’s media and publicity wing head Pawan Khera to attend the burial ceremon...
Bribery case: CBI arrests IPS officer Deepak Gahlawat
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Deepak Gahlawat in connection with an alleged demand for ₹3 crore bribe to influence the agency’s probe again...
SC panel urged to let disabled prisoners self-identify, declare their disabilities
A Kerala-based activist, whose petition highlighting the traumatic prison days of the late Professor G. Saibaba and Stan Swamy led the Supreme Court to form a high-powered committee to free Indian jai...
Manipur burns again after pause
Armed groups went on a village-burning spree along the India-Myanmar border in Manipur’s Kamjong district on Wednesday (July 1, 2026), signalling the return of conflict between the Kuki and Naga commu...
Hunger strike junction at Jantar Mantar
The first day goes like a breeze. The second day, there is an unusual energy. From the third day onwards, memories of food — its smells and textures — come in flashes to the mind. Hunger arrives in wa...
BJP slams Telangana CM for his remarks on party chief Nitin Nabin
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) accused Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy of displaying arrogance and disrespect towards the party’s national president, Nitin Nabin, ...
CPI to launch campaign against ‘threats’ to Constitution, democracy
The Communist Party of India (CPI) on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) announced a nationwide political campaign from August 6 to 15, focusing on “unemployment, inflation, rural distress, federalism, educatio...
Vice-Chancellors interact with Intermediate students
Sri Ramanuja Junior College in Visakhapatnam organised an interactive session for Intermediate students with Vice-Chancellors and senior academicians from universities across the country on Wednesday....
GST revenue growth highlighted at ninth anniversary celebrations
The ninth anniversary of the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was celebrated at GST Bhavan in Visakhapatnam on Wednesday, with officials highlighting the indirect tax regime’s expand...
Samagra Shiksha official calls for collective efforts to prevent drug abuse among students
Samagra Shiksha State Project Director B. Srinivasa Rao on Wednesday stressed the need for a collective effort to prevent drug abuse among students. Addressing teachers, officials and experts from var...
Kerala High Court dismisses petition challenging Padma Bhushan award to Vellappally Natesan
A public interest litigation (PIL) alleging that the Padma Bhushan award granted to Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP) general secretary Vellappally Natesan was illegal as there are a host o...
Kerala Assembly: Opposition LDF walks out over Budget cuts in allocations to local bodies
The Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) walked out of the Kerala Legislative Assembly on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) after Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan disallowed its notice for an adjournment ...
Seven killed, over 15 injured as bus rams into truck on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway
A passenger bus rammed into a truck and caught fire on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan's Dausa district early on Wednesday (July 1, 2026), killing seven people and injuring over 15 others, po...
The case stems from a CBI trap operation conducted in June, during which a Delhi Police Crime Branch Inspector and an alleged middleman were arrested
The CBI has arrested IPS officer Deepak Gahlawat in connection with an alleged ₹3 crore bribery case linked to its probe into a fake drug manufacturing racket, officials said on Wednesday (July 1, 202...
Why is the Indian Ocean Dipole in the news | Explained
In the monsoon of 1997, the Central Pacific was running one of the fiercest fevers in its recorded history in the form of an El Niño so violent that, by every rule of thumb, India ought to have stared...
JPC likely to retain clause on removal of Ministers after 30-days in custody
After 10 rounds of meetings since December 2025, the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) examining the 130th Constitution Amendment Bill is likely to recommend no change to its clause proposing the re...
What is the West Bengal’s new preventive detention law about?: Explained
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly has passed the West Bengal Public Safety and Control of Anti-Social Activities Act, 2026, on June 29, introducing a preventive detention framework aimed at promot...
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit takes charge as new Vice-Chief of the Air Staff
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, who served as the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff during Operation Sindoor, took charge as the new Vice-Chief of the Air Staff on Wednesday (July 1, 2026), officials said...
FM Sitharaman embarks on 4-day official visit to France to bolster economic ties
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) embarked on a four-day official visit to France, where she will hold a series of high-level engagements aimed at deepening the India-Fra...
CREDAI Kerala annual conference on July 3, 4
CREDAI Kerala is set to host STATECON 2026, its annual conference, in the city on July 3 and 4, to explore the future of Kerala’s real estate and economic growth. Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan will in...
Hundreds pay homage to former Manalur MLA P.A. Madhavan
Hundreds of Congress leaders, workers and members of the public paid their last respects to former Manalur MLA and senior Congress leader P.A. Madhavan at the District Congress Committee (DCC) office ...
2,734 teachers’ posts vacant in Kerala government primary, high schools
As many as 2,734 teachers’ posts are vacant in government primary and high schools in the State. These include 737 lower and upper primary teacher posts each and 1,260 high school teacher posts, Minis...
Mandya: Only 5% sowing completed as rainfall deficit hits 35%
With the southwest monsoon remaining weak and the district recording a 35 per cent rainfall deficit, Mandya Deputy Commissioner Kumar on Wednesday directed Agriculture Department officials to step up ...
Kalaburagi Rotti Global Challenge launched to nurture food start-ups
The district administration, in collaboration with the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM), has launched the Kalaburagi Rotti Global Challenge 2026 to encourage innovative business ideas centred ...
Monsoon session of Parliament likely from July 20
The Monsoon session of Parliament is likely to commence from July 20 and is expected to go on for three weeks, officials said on Tuesday. The Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs (CCPA) is yet t...
CBI arrests IAS official in Haryana govt. funds misappropriation case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) arrested an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official and former Member Secretary of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (...
Jaishankar speaks with Ireland Foreign Minister, discusses ways to deepen ties
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) spoke with his Irish counterpart Helen McEntee and conveyed his best wishes as Ireland assumes the Presidency of the Council of the E...
Tamil Nadu appeals to SC against Madras HC order on cow slaughter ban
The Tamil Nadu government has filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court against a May 27 direction of the Madras High Court to impose a ban on cow slaughter across the State by implementing ...
Indus Waters Treaty remains ‘valid, binding and operative’: Pakistan Deputy PM
Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday (June 20, 2026) said Pakistan rejects India’s decision to revoke the Indus Waters Treaty, adding that it “remains valid, binding and operative”. India suspen...
Multi-agency mock drills focus on suicide attacks, calamities ahead of Amarnath yatra in Kashmir
From simulating fidayeen (suicide) attacks to natural calamities, the J&K Police on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) carried out a comprehensive multi-agency mock drill at Transit Yatri Camp, Panthachowk. The ...
India and Japan to renew focus on Indo-Pacific for the first visit by Prime Minister Takaichi
India and Japan are expected to focus on cooperation in the Indo-Pacific as well as new projects on critical and emerging technologies as Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives in Delhi on Wed...
PM speaks to Iranian President ahead of state burial of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) spoke with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian as Iran plans to start a week-long period of mourning for the state burial of Supreme Leader Ayat...
PM asks Secretaries to focus on ease of doing business, ease of living, and self-reliance
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) exhorted the Secretaries of all Union Ministries and Departments to focus on ensuring the tangible impact of government schemes on the lives of ...
Criminal justice system’s digital push aims for a full roll-out by next year
From January 1, 2027, procedures related to all investigations and trials under the new criminal laws will be recorded digitally, a senior Home Ministry official said on Tuesday (June 30, 2026). The o...
Madras High Court refuses to reject suit against continuance of Nadigar Sangam office-bearers after expiry of term
The Madras High Court, on Wednesday (July 1, 2026), refused to reject a civil suit filed last year against the continuance of actors Nasser, Vishal Krishna and Karthi as president, general secretary a...
Census 2027: Enumerators begin door-to-door visits for Houselisting phase in Kerala
Enumerators have kicked off house-to-house visits for the Houselisting and Housing phase of Census 2027 in Kerala on Wednesday (July 1, 2026). More than 61,000 enumerators, mostly teachers and other g...
Smaller LDF allies in Kerala mull broader platform, keep merger option open after Assembly poll rout
Following the CPI(M) -led Left Democratic Front (LDF) ’s drubbing in the 2026 Assembly elections in Kerala , at least three of its smaller allies – the NCP faction led by former Minister A.K. Saseendr...
No complaint by minorities against officials in Ballari district during 18 months
Karnataka State Minorities Commission Chairperson U. Nisar Ahmed said the Commission is committed to protecting the rights and welfare of minority communities, and ensuring that they received the bene...
Shivraj Chouhan assures seamless shift to VB-G RAM G; Kharge raises questions on MGNREGA dues
On the eve of nationwide rollout of Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) [VB-G RAM G] Act, 2025, Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that no eligi...
VHP criticises Faizabad Bar Association’s resolution, says it violates constitutional principles and legal ethics
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) criticised the resolution passed by the Faizabad Bar Association barring advocates from representing persons accused in the alleged theft of ...
Ram Temple donation theft tests VHP’s demand to free temples from state control
The alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya has emerged as an unexpected hurdle in the Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) flagship campaign to free Hindu temples from government cont...
EPFO, passport to ITR: Major changes from today
India will see important changes from Wednesday, July 1, 2026, with the rules for EPFO, Aadhaar details updation and much more scheduled to either be altered or updated. The month of July is also the ...
The price cut follows a retreat in global crude oil prices after hostilities in West Asia eased and the reopening of a key maritime route restored the flow of crude oil and liquefied natural gas, reducing concerns over supply disruptions.
Nayara Energy, India's largest private fuel retailer, on Wednesday (July 1, 2026) cut petrol prices by ₹5 per litre and diesel by ₹3 a litre across its nationwide network, marking the first reduction ...
Amit Shah launches new FCRA portal and e-OCI card
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) launched a new portal that other than reducing paper work will speed up clearance of applications for registration under the Foreign Contributi...
How an attempt by Tamil Nadu to create an AIIMS-like facility failed to take off decades ago
Tamil Nadu’s yearning for an AIIMS-type institution, as reflected in Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s recent request to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for establishing a second AIIMS, is nothing new. In...
India’s tourism sector remains constrained by regulatory complexity, says report
The full potential of India’s tourism sector remains constrained by regulatory complexity and frictions in international accessibility, according to a report by the Union Ministry of Tourism and the N...
CIC asks CBSE to formulate SOP governing timelines for providing marks, answer sheets
Calling it the "dire need of today's scenario", the Central Information Commission has recommended that the CBSE introduce a Standard Operating Procedure governing the timelines for providing the mark...
INDIA bloc writes to CJI, flags EC’s ‘biased conduct’
Twenty-three Opposition parties have sent a joint memorandum to the Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, alleging “biased” conduct by the Election Commission, highlighting the Special Intensive...
The Home Minister says the new portal will help in effective monitoring of foreign contributions and eliminate physical submission of documents. The e-OCI card will bring great convenience to more than 50 lakh OCI cardholders, he says
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) launched a new portal that other than reducing paper work will speed up clearance of applications for registration under the Foreign Contributi...
What is Centre’s new EPFO upgrade? | Explained
The story so far : The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) recently sent a text message to its subscribers that it is undertaking a “planned database consolidation and upgradation of software...
U.P. Congress delegation allowed to pray at Ram Temple after face-off with Ayodhya administration
A delegation of Congress MPs from Uttar Pradesh, led by State unit chief Ajay Rai, offered prayers at the Ram Temple shrine in Ayodhya on Tuesday evening (June 30, 2026). Heavy police force was deploy...
Jumbo damages elephant-proof wall in Aralam
A wild elephant has damaged a section of the elephant-proof wall under construction in Aralam Farm, even as the Forest department has intensified patrolling in neighbouring Ayyankunnu following repeat...
Corporation to end subsidised biomedical waste collection
The Kochi Corporation is set to suspend subsidised biomedical waste collection from households and replace it with a multi-agency, non-subsidised system, likely from August. At present, the Corporatio...
Operation Toofan volunteer arrested in bar brawl
One of the persons arrested by the Mattancherry police on Monday (June 29) in connection with an alleged skirmish in a bar had reportedly participated in a meeting convened by K. Sudhakaran, MP, in co...
Court directs police to register case, probe Ansiba’s plaint
The Ernakulam district court on Tuesday directed the police to register a case and investigate the complaint filed by actor Ansiba Hassan against fellow actor Tiny Tom. Ms. Hassan had filed a petition...
Giant African snails enter school campuses in Tirunavaya, raising health concerns for children
The invasive giant African snail ( Lissachatina fulica ) is spreading rapidly across Tirunavaya panchayat and has now entered school campuses. Children and teachers are struggling as the snails crawl ...
Supreme Court directs status quo on Karnataka HC order which directed enhancement of ethanol allocation
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) directed status quo with regard to an order of the Karnataka High Court which directed enhancement of ethanol allocation for the Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) ...
Home Minister Amit Shah launches new version of FCRA portal, e-OCI Card
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) launched a new version of the FCRA portal and e-OCI Card and said they will enhance facilities for citizens and resolve the difficulties faced ...
Monthly average rainfall over India expected to be below normal in July: IMD
The monthly average rainfall over India is expected to be below normal during July, the India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) in its monthly forecast. Also read: Monsoon trac...
Describing government control of temples as a ‘threat to Hindu society’, the VHP had launched a nationwide campaign in 2021 to free Hindu temples and religious institutions from government control
The alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya has emerged as an unexpected hurdle in the Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s (VHP) flagship campaign to free Hindu temples from government cont...
Congress terms donation theft at Ayodhya Ram Temple a ‘maha paap’, questions PM’s silence
Stepping up its attack over the alleged embezzlement of donations to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya , the Congress on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) described the episode as a ” maha paap“ (cardinal sin). The Opp...
Livelihood pressures, participation fatigue key reasons for low gram sabha attendance: study
Livelihood and occupational pressures are the biggest barriers preventing people from participating in gram sabhas, but a new study commissioned by the Union government found that another key factor b...
Ayodhya police record Champat Rai’s statement in Ram temple donation embezzlement probe
Ayodhya police have recorded the statement of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai as part of the investigation into the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram...
Decks cleared for implementation of ₹12,642-crore VB-G RAM G in Tamil Nadu on July 1
The Tamil Nadu government has cleared the decks for the implementation of the ₹12,642-crore Vikshit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-G RAM G) in the State on Wednesday, by n...
Para athletes felicitated for their achievements
Para athletes who secured government jobs through the Mega DSC-2025 sports quota were felicitated for their achievements during a programme held at Tagore Library in Vijayawada on Tuesday. NTR Distric...
Centre deputes Ministers to assess damage in flood hit Arunachal
The Centre rushed Ministers Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Kiren Rijiju to Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) to assess flood damage. Torrential rains have claimed three lives in the State since ...
Fourth accused arrested in Maharashtra TET scam
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the paper leak scam in the Maharashtra Teachers Eligibility Test (Maha TET) has made a fourth arrest in the case. A team of the Maharashtra Police arrested...
directed them to focus on maintaining law and order, ensuring the safety of women and children, and environmental protection
On the concluding day of the two-day IAS, IPS, and IFS officers’ conference at the Secretariat on Tuesday, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay held meetings with officials and distributed awards for best g...
Three arrested for illegally storing crude country bombs in Uttara Kannada
The Ankola police in Uttara Kannada district have arrested three persons for allegedly illegally possessing and storing crude country-made bombs, which they claimed were meant for catching fish. Accor...
SIR begins in Jharkhand with door-to-door visit of BLOs
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls formally started in Jharkhand on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) with Booth Level Officers (BLOs) visiting door-to-door across the State to distribu...
How similar are Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Assam’s Uniform Civil Codes?
West Bengal is all set to table a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in the Assembly, joining a growing list of States that have sought to enact a common civil law governing personal matters. Goa has follo...
Ayodhya Bar boycott: SC has said even the ‘wicked’ have the right to a lawyer
The Faizabad Bar’s resolution to deny legal representation to the accused in the Ram Temple embezzlement case transgresses a Supreme Court judgment that even a “wicked” person has a fundamental right ...
U.S.-India relationship at its lowest in 30 years: Indian-American Democrat leader
The U.S.-India relationship is at its lowest point in the last 30 years due to U.S. President Donald Trump ’s "utterly destructive policies", Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has said. Addressing...
CJP protest day 11: Dipke claims police blocking entry; Wangchuk's health deteriorates on fast
The protest by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar entered its eleventh day on Tuesday (June 30, 2026), with activist Sonam Wangchuk’s blood sugar level dropping during the third day of ...
The Congress also demands that the SIT report be made public; the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust be dissolved; FIRs be registered against its office-bearers; and an independent audit be conducted of all donations received since the Trust’s inception
Stepping up its attack over the alleged embezzlement of donations to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya , the Congress on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) described the episode as a ” maha paap“ (cardinal sin). The Opp...
Kanchivaram, Maheshwari silk, Muradabadi brass tortoise part of PM’s gifts to Seychelles leaders
Kanchivaram silk fabric, Maheshwari silk stole and Toda embroidered shawl were some of the gifts that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave to the top leadership of Seychelles and their spouses during his...
Finance Ministry panel to clear ₹1.25 lakh crore outlay for India Semiconductor Mission 2.0
The expenditure department under the Finance Ministry will clear a Budget proposal entailing an allocation of ₹1.25 lakh crore for India Semiconductor Mission 2.0, as the country looks to advance glob...
K.C. Venugopal moves privilege notice against Rajnath for ‘misleading’ Parliament about Operation Sindoor casualties
Congress general secretary K.C. Venugopal on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) moved a privilege notice against Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in the Lok Sabha, accusing him of misleading Parliament by stating ...
Opposition attacking EC over SIR to mask poll defeats, displaying ‘peak hypocrisy’: BJP
The BJP on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) accused opposition parties of displaying "peak hypocrisy" by attacking the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, alleging that t...
India, Pakistan should return to negotiating table: Mirwaiz
Kashmir’s chief preacher Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) asserted that dialogue remains the only viable path to resolving issues and urged the leadership in India and Pakistan to return...
Nurses continue strike in Thrissur as wage talks end in stalemate
The wage dispute between the United Nurses Association (UNA) and the managements of Amala Institute of Medical Sciences and Jubilee Mission Medical College & Research Institute remains unresolved, wit...
Kozhikode Corpn. defers demolition decision till NIT-C report
Kozhikode Corporation authorities will take a final call on the demolition of dilapidated buildings in their possession once the expert committee from the National Institute of Technology Calicut (NIT...
Telangana police to launch month-long Operation Muskaan-XII from July 1
The Women Safety Wing of Telangana Police on Tuesday announced that Operation Muskaan-XII will be carried out from July 1 to July 31. The announcement was made during a State-level online convergence ...
CPI(M) urges Election Commission of India to extend SIR process by a month
The CPI(M) has urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to extend the deadline for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by at least one month, citing practical difficult...
Groups question Kambala move for Mysuru Dasara
A meeting of environmentalists, farmers’ organisations, heritage experts, progressive groups and Kannada organisations will be held in Mysuru on Thursday to deliberate on the State government’s report...
Illegal trade pushes Vembanad’s black clam fishery deeper into crisis
As black clam reserves in the Vembanad Lake continue to shrink, rampant illegal harvesting and unauthorised transportation have emerged as fresh threats to the fragile ecosystem and the livelihoods of...
YSRCP accuses government of plans to privatise RTC depot lands
The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) alleged that the State government was planning to privatise valuable properties of the Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC...
Don't care about name on letterhead: Sergio Gor on Indo-Pacific command row
U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor dismissed the row over the renaming of the Indo-Pacific Command , saying the "name on the letterhead" does not matter, but rather, look at what America is actually ...
Fire breaks out in Haldia Petrochemicals’ naphtha pipeline, 20 injured
A fire broke out in Haldia Petrochemicals’ naphtha pipeline on Tuesday (June 30, 2026), leaving about 20 people injured. Twelve fire engines are trying to put out the fire. The fire broke out at aroun...
Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna claimed that during his recent visit to China, India’s Ambassador there had told him that a generation of trust was lost due to Mr. Trump’s policies
The U.S.-India relationship is at its lowest point in the last 30 years due to U.S. President Donald Trump ’s "utterly destructive policies", Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has said. Addressing...
AIKS calls for nationwide farmers’ protests on August 10, opposes trade agreements
The Central Kisan Committee (CKC) of the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has called for intensifying farmers’ struggles across the country following its two-day meeting held at the YMCA Centre in Mumbai ...
Wars will be more integrated, theatre-oriented in future: General Dwivedi
In future, wars will be more joint, integrated and theatre-oriented; therefore, the armed forces' direction is clear – “to see together, take decisions together and take actions together”, outgoing Ar...
Sex workers collective hail Supreme Court verdict over consent for rehabilitation
DMSC lauded the court's recognition of the rights and dignity of trafficking victims and those of voluntary adult sex workers Durbar Mahila Samanway Committee, one of the largest sex workers’ collecti...
Attempts to question FATF’s credibility often reflect fear of scrutiny: India at UN
India has said that attempts by countries to question the FATF’s credibility reflect their “fear of scrutiny” and asked these nations to stop exporting instability and prevent their territory from bei...
Ram temple donations embezzlement case: A timeline of events
In early June, Samajwadi Party chief Akilesh Yadav brought attention to reports about alleged embezzlement of devotee donations given to the Ram temple in Ayodhya , Uttar Pradesh. The amounts that wer...
General Dhiraj Seth takes charge as new Army Chief
General Dhiraj Seth, an accomplished military officer with the rare distinction of heading two operational Army commands along the western front, took charge as the new Chief of the Army Staff on Tues...
Medical bail in case of only ‘grave necessity’, Supreme Court tells Asaram’s side
The Supreme Court clarified in an oral observation, on Tuesday (June 30, 2026), that it would consider medical bail for self-styled godman Asaram Bapu, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment in a...
EPFO, passport to ITR: Major changes from July 1
India will see important changes from Wednesday, July 1, 2026, with the rules for EPFO, Aadhaar details updation and much more scheduled to either be altered or updated. The month of July is also the ...
Supreme Court refuses to entertain plea seeking CBI probe into ‘extra-judicial’ killing of Bharat Tiwari
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) declined to entertain a petition seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe and the constitution of an independent expert committee, headed by a...
Monsoon tracker LIVE: Monsoon intensifies across Maharashtra, Mumbai braces for heavy rain
June 30, 2026 16:16 India records fifth driest June since 1901 as monsoon rains lag India recorded its driest June in more than a decade and the fifth driest since record-keeping began in 1901, with...
Complaint free implementation of welfare schemes and other challenges ahead for new Telangana CS Sanjay Jaju
The new Chief Secretary of Telangana Sanjay Jaju, who took over charge from outgoing Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao, will have a challenging time as the bureaucratic head of the State in the comin...
Tamil Nadu CM Vijay to hold consultative meeting with post-poll alliance partners on July 1
In a significant political development following the change of government and the political realignment in Tamil Nadu , Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president and Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay is s...
Kerala HC allows 3 crew members of MSC Elsa 3 to return to home countries on ₹1-lakh cash deposit
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday allowed three crew members of the Liberia-flagged container ship MSC Elsa 3 , which sank off the Alappuzha coast in 2025, to deposit ₹1 lakh each in cash instead of fu...
SIR enumeration begins at writer Banu Mushtaq’s residence in Hassan
The Hassan district administration launched the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Karnataka by collecting information from writer and International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq’s fa...
Trio arrested for assault on youth and his relatives for affair with married woman in Belagavi
Belagavi police arrested three persons on the charges of assaulting members of a family and ransacking their house over the alleged elopement of a woman in Bharamyanatti village in Belagavi district o...
Police encounter in Bihar: Supreme Court junks plea seeking CBI probe, constitution of expert committee
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 30, 2026) refused to entertain a plea seeking constitution of an independent expert committee to inquire into the alleged “extra-judicial killing” of activist Bharat...
Monsoon tracker LIVE: Akasa Air, SpiceJet issue travel advisories amid adverse weather in Mumbai
June 30, 2026 12:43 Monsoon intensifies across Maharashtra, Mumbai braces for heavy rain Mumbai is preparing for intensified rainfall, with the IMD forecasting heavy showers and thunderstorms for the ...
What is EPFO’s new system | Explained
The story so far : The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) recently sent a text message to all its subscribers that it is undertaking a “planned database consolidation and upgradation of soft...
What India’s 12 ‘operationally deployed’ nuclear warheads really mean
T he Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released its annual yearbook in June. For the first time, it classified 12 of India’s estimated stockpile of 190 nuclear warheads to be op...
Honeymoon murder: Meghalaya HC upholds bail to prime accused Sonam Raghuvanshi
The Meghalaya High Court on Monday (June 29, 2026) upheld a trial court order granting bail to Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the murder of her husband during their honeymoon in the northeast...
U.S., India trade deal in final steps: Sergio Gor
The U.S.-India trade deal is in its "final steps", with only the last one per cent of negotiations left to be concluded, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said on Tuesday (June 30, 2026), expressing c...
I&B Ministry sets up panel to boost film industry
Information & Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday (June 29, 2026) directed immediate structural measures to bolster film production, distribution, and technological integration. “The Mini...
Vasan urges Tamil Nadu government to fulfil doctors’ demands
Ahead of National Doctors Day that is celebrated on July 1, Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) leader G.K. Vasan on Tuesday (June 30, 2026), urged the Tamil Nadu government to fulfil the demands of doc...
Police Sub-Inspector in Bengaluru arrested in POCSO case involving minors
A police sub-inspector attached to Amruthahalli Police Station in Bengaluru was arrested on June 29 after being booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, for alle...
Distribution of poor quality rice by TVK MLA: BJP demands enquiry, action over Madurai incident
BJP Tamil Nadu president Nainar Nagenthran, on Tuesday (June 30, 2026), demanded action against a Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) MLA for allegedly distributing rice of poor quality to the people. The ...
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge reappointed as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and seven other newly-elected members of the Rajya Sabha took oath on Monday (June 29, 2026). Mr. Kharge was also reappointed as the Leader of Opposition in the R...
Centre unveils new maternal and child health initiatives
The Centre on Monday (June 29, 2026) unveiled a series of initiatives aimed at strengthening maternal and child healthcare, emergency medical services, and anaemia control during the 16th Conference o...
Delhi court extends judicial custody of 10 accused in NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case
A Delhi court on Monday (June 29, 2026) extended till July 11 the judicial custody of 10 persons arrested in connection with the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case. Special Judge Vijeta Singh Rawat ...
Akal Takht asks Punjab govt. to revise anti-sacrilege law, remove clauses contrary to Sikh sentiments
Akal Takht, the highest Sikh temporal authority, has asked the Aam Aadmi Party government in Punjab to re-amend the recently passed anti-sacrilege amendment law in accordance with Sikh sentiments and ...
The Defence Minister has ‘insulted’ the soldiers who laid down their lives during Operation Sindoor, the Opposition party says, asking why it had taken 13 months for their names to be made public
Stepping up its attack on the Centre over the deaths of six military personnel during Operation Sindoor, the Congress on Monday (June 29, 2026) demanded the resignation of Union Defence Minister Rajna...
Bengal passes preventive detention, legal curbs Bill
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Monday (June 29, 2026) passed two controversial legislations providing detention of ‘anti-socials’ for a year and restricting access to a lawyer for such person...
Bihar Governor Hasnain and Minister of State Margherita likely to represent India at Khamenei’s funeral
Bihar Governor Lt. General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd) and Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita are likely to lead the Indian delegation that will travel to Iran for the funeral cerem...
Maharashtra TET paper leak points to an inter-State racket, finds investigation team
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Maharashtra TET paper leak has found that the case appears to be part of an inter-State racket. Of the three arrested accused, two are from Bihar, whil...
Surveillance boost: Army to raise ‘Baaz Battalions’
The Indian Army is raising dedicated ‘Baaz Battalions’ to significantly enhance its Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) capability, a move aimed at strengthening battlefield surveillance, intelligence gat...
'Direct threat to regional peace': India strongly condemns Pakistan air strikes on Afghan territory
India on Monday (June 29, 2026) strongly condemned Pakistan's air strikes on Afghan territory in which several civilians were killed, calling them a "blatant act of aggression" and a "direct threat" t...
Rajnath unveils DFP-2026 to speed-up DRDO's defence R&D projects
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday (June 29, 2026) released the Delegation of Financial Powers to DRDO (DFP-2026), a major reform aimed at improving efficiency, accountability and the timely exe...
SIR-linked passport denial creates a disqualification Parliament never enacted: CPI(M) leader John Brittas
CPI(M) Rajya Sabha leader John Brittas has said that denial of passport to a citizen whose name was deleted from the electoral rolls in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) extends beyond an individua...
Catching up on border infrastructure, says Kiren Rijiju after tribal group claims land grab by China
Days after a tribal body in Arunachal Pradesh alleged that it was “losing their land, inch by inch, day by day to China ” in the Taksing area, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said that although India star...
Press Club of India raises concern over passport issues faced by two senior journalists
The Press Club of India (PCI) on Monday (June 29, 2026) expressed concern over passport-related issues faced by two senior journalists, including former Editor of The Telegraph R. Rajagopal whose name...
Jharkhand government appoints 1,042 new teachers
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday (June 29, 2026) handed over the job letters to 1,042 newly appointed teachers for the government schools during a programme held at the Indoor Stadium K...
AI must not compromise integrity of official statistics: P.K. Mishra
Even as India moves towards AI-ready datasets, such data can become an asset to the country “only when backed by robust standards of quality, privacy and transparency”, P.K. Mishra, the Principal Secr...
Trainer aircraft crash-lands in Uttar Pradesh; trainee pilot reported to be safe: DGCA
A trainer aircraft crash-landed at a field in Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh, on Monday (June 29, 2026), and the trainee pilot who was operating the plane is reported to be safe, according to the aviation reg...
Police lodge FIR after scuffle between Shia groups in Kashmir
The Jammu & Kashmir Police on Monday (June 29, 2026) lodged an FIR in connection with a scuffle between groups of the Shia community in Budgam’s Hardpanzoo even as the All J&K Shia Association preside...
U.P. Congress chief Ajay Rai placed under house arrest in Ayodhya ahead of party delegation’s visit
The Congress’ Uttar Pradesh unit President Ajay Rai has been placed under house arrest at a hotel in Ayodhya, the opposition party said in a statement on Monday evening (June 29, 2026). This developme...
Ayodhya Temple donation theft will have long-term consequences for the Sangh Parivar
The arrest of eight people in connection with the alleged embezzlement of donation money at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya is an event with repercussions both within the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-l...
PM Family Care Tracker launched in Gujarat to digitally monitor maternal and child health
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah recently launched the PM Family Care Tracker (PM-FCT), a digital platform aimed at strengthening maternal and child health, nutrition, and family welfare ...
Congress seeks Rajnath Singh’s resignation in controversy over Operation Sindoor deaths
Stepping up its attack on the Centre over the deaths of six military personnel during Operation Sindoor, the Congress on Monday (June 29, 2026) demanded the resignation of Union Defence Minister Rajna...
The MEA, in its statement, reiterates its "unwavering support" for Afghanistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity
India on Monday (June 29, 2026) strongly condemned Pakistan's air strikes on Afghan territory in which several civilians were killed, calling them a "blatant act of aggression" and a "direct threat" t...
West Bengal govt. to introduce Uniform Civil Code Bill soon
The West Bengal government will introduce a Bill in the Assembly in August to implement the Uniform Civil Code in the State, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Monday (June 29, 2026). Mr. Adhikar...
Woman, friend in police custody on charge of abandoning newborn
The Maradu police have taken into custody the mother of a newborn boy found abandoned at a wayside eatery in Maradu on Sunday (June 28), along with her friend, who had initially claimed to have discov...
CPI, CPI(M) on the same page over PM SHRI, says Binoy Viswam
The CPI and the CPI(M) have the same position on the Centre’s PM SHRI (Prime Minister Schools for Rising India) school scheme, CPI State secretary Binoy Viswam said on Monday (June 29), rejecting the...
Pawan Kalyan urged to undergo urgent shoulder surgery
Doctors at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai advised Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan on Monday to undergo surgery immediately for recovery from a significant damage to rotator cuff a...
Vijay directs Collectors, SPs to tackle crimes effectively, act without political interference
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Monday directed District Collectors and Superintendents of Police to effectively tackle crimes by identifying the root cause and maximise public safety. St...
Kerala CM seeks West Bengal counterpart’s intervention to restore journalist R. Rajagopal’s passport
Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Monday (June 29, 2026) sought the intervention of his West Bengal counterpart, Suvendu Adhikari, to restore the passport of senior journalist and former editor ...
Committee led by retired judge of Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai to study State’s family laws and submit report in four weeks; tribal communities to be excluded from the law
The West Bengal government will introduce a Bill in the Assembly in August to implement the Uniform Civil Code in the State, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Monday (June 29, 2026). Mr. Adhikar...
JKLF chief Yasin Malik among 5 named in chargesheet in 1990 Sarla Bhat killing case
After 36 years, the Jammu and Kashmir Police’s special cell, the State Investigation Agency (SIA), on Monday (June 29, 2026) named Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik among five other...
Prajapati body asks parties to nominate candidates from the community in proportion to its population
The Prajapati Community Service Foundation (PCSF) on Monday (June 29, 2026) urged all political parties to allocate election tickets to candidates from the community in proportion to its population, w...
CJP protest: Dipke slams Centre's 'apathy' towards student deaths; Wangchuk's fast enters second day
The protest by the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) at Jantar Mantar in Delhi entered its tenth day on Monday (June 29, 2026), with CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke highlighting the recent cases of student deat...
CPI(M)’s Brinda Karat urges Centre to withdraw VB-GRAMG rules, retain MGNREGA
The “objective parameters” for the fund allocation under VB-G RAM G are neither “objective nor fair”, the new rural employment law relies excessively on technology and lays out no parameters for wage ...
India doesn’t take cognisance of such events: Vikram Misri on reports of India-Pak Track 2 dialogue
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday (June 29, 2026) said the government has no involvement with retired diplomats and military officials participating in overseas discussions on India-Pakistan ti...
Indian Army field hospital begins operations in quake-hit Venezuela
The Indian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft arrives at Maiquetía International Airport, Caracas, carrying 66 tonnes of humanitarian aid- including an Indian Army Field Hospital, over 35 tonnes ...
Haryana, Rajasthan sign MoU to implement 1994 Yamuna water agreement
Haryana and Rajasthan on Monday (June 29, 2026) signed an agreement in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to implement the 1994 Upper Yamuna River Board (UYRB) agreement, which will allow R...
India leads major democracies in electoral transparency: Chief Election Commissioner
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday (June 29, 2026) said India was leading the world's major democracies with a transparent electoral process in which every stage of the exercise is au...
DACL Fine Chem to set up ₹500 crore chemical unit in KSEZ
The Kakinada Special Economic Zone Limited (KSEZ) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gujarat-based DACL Fine Chem, a subsidiary of Diamines and Chemicals Limited, for setting set up a...
SFI stage sit-in at Lok Bhavan, demand justice over NEET paper leak
The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) staged a Chalo Lok Bhavan sit-in on Monday demanding justice for students affected by the NEET paper leak, compensation and justice for the families of students...
Leading aggregators like Swiggy, Zepto, Zomato move Karnataka High Court challenging constitutional validity of State’s gig workers welfare law
Leading platform aggregators including Swiggy, Zepto, Zomato (Eternal Ltd.), Urban Company, and the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) have moved the High Court of Karnataka challenging ...
₹5-crore boost to transform Vellayil coast in Kozhikode
Vellayil in Kozhikode city is set to receive a facelift through two development projects worth ₹5 crore. The Avikkal Thodu development project has been allocated ₹3 crore, while the Vellayil Fishing H...
Minister urges tobacco buyers to maintain prices above ₹200 per Kg
Andhra Pradesh Minister of Energy Gottipati Ravi Kumar on Monday (June 29, 2026) visited the tobacco auction platform in Vellampalli village of Maddipadu mandal in Prakasam district. After reviewing t...
Women travellers in KSRTC buses increased by 5 lakh after launch of ‘Priyadarshini’ scheme: Minister
Women passengers in KSRTC buses have increased by approximately five lakh daily following the launch of the ‘Priyadarshini’ scheme offering free travel for women in ‘Ordinary’ KSRTC buses, Minister fo...
Indian humanitarian assistance reaches Venezuela: Jaishankar on Op. Amistad
Relief supplies, medical equipment and an field hospital unit, sent to to quake-hit Venezuela under Operation Amistad, has reached that country, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Sunday ...
IMD says wait for monsoon may be over in 5-6 days even as Delhi, Uttar Pradesh reel under heat
Conditions are favourable for further advance of the southwest monsoon into several northern States over the next five to six days, the IMD said on Sunday (June 28, 2026), even as the national capital...
DGCA probes incident of trainee pilot getting injured by aircraft propeller at Kanpur airport
Aviation watchdog DGCA is probing the incident of a trainee pilot sustaining injuries after being hit by a running propeller of a trainer aircraft at the Kanpur airport on Friday (June 26, 2026). The ...
New portal for social auditing of rural schemes launched
Ahead of the implementation of the Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) from July 1, Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched ‘Rural Internal Audit...
Over 250 CRPF officers get maiden promotion after 15 years
More than 250 officers of the country’s largest paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) finally received their first career promotion after a 14-15-year wait, officials said on Sunday (June 2...
Indian diplomats meet officials of China's Xinhua news agency
Officials of the Indian Embassy in Beijing have met representatives of China’s state-run Xinhua news agency amid ongoing efforts between the two countries to normalise relations. The meeting took plac...
Justice Narasimha to join SC Collegium as Justice Maheshwari retires
Justice P. S. Narasimha is set to become a member of the Supreme Court Collegium following Justice J. K. Maheshwari’s retirement on Sunday (June 28, 2026). Being the fifth senior-most judge, Justice N...
Congress kicks off organisational revamp with new appointments
The appointment of Lok Sabha member from Virudhunagar B. Manickam Tagore as the new Tamil Nadu Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president on Saturday (June 27, 2026) is part of a series of organisatio...
Indian Army contingent to participate in Seychelles’ 50th Independence Day celebrations
An Indian Army marching contingent will participate in the 50th National Day celebrations of Seychelles on June 29, marking the Golden Jubilee of the island nation's Independence. Prime Minister Naren...
Govt. rejects Pakistan’s allegations linking India to Karachi attack
The government on Sunday (June 28, 2026) “categorically” rejected “baseless allegations” Pakistan have made about India being involved in an attack on a security installation in Karachi. “We have seen...
Pune fort murder: Siya’s ‘sitting down’ signal was also meant to ensure her safety, say police
Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal’s fiancée Siya Goyal sat down not only to signal her alleged lover Chetan Chaudhary to push him off Lohagad Fort, but also to ensure she remained out of the victim’s reach d...
Ram Temple embezzlement row: Supreme Court urged to secure digital evidence before it is ‘quietly lost’
The Supreme Court, for the second time during the summer vacations, did not commit to urgently hearing petitions seeking its intervention in the Ram Temple embezzlement case , even as one of the petit...
TET paper leak case: Maharashtra Education Minister must resign, says Youth Congress; holds protest
Members of the Mumbai Youth Congress on Sunday (June 28, 2026) staged a protest outside Maharashtra School Education Minister Dada Bhuse's official residence in Mumbai, demanding his resignation over ...
Former Kolkata Councillor Shams Iqbal Anil arrested in ₹70 lakh extortion case
Former Kolkata Councillor Shams Iqbal Anil was arrested for allegedly extorting a businessman of ₹70 lakh, police said on Monday (June 29, 2026). Mr. Anil, who represented ward 134 and is considered a...
PM Modi meets members of Indian diaspora in Seychelles
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (June 29, 2026) interacted with the members of the Indian diaspora in Seychelles . Mr. Modi held discussions with a group of people from the Indian diaspora and ...
Why are States opposing VB-G RAM G | Explained
The story so far: On July 1, Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) will become operational , replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Ac...
Monsoon tracker LIVE: Three dead in Arunachal floods; IMD says monsoon in north India may arrive in 5-6 days
June 29, 2026 14:30 IMD says wait for monsoon may be over in 5-6 days even as Delhi, Uttar Pradesh reel under heat Conditions are favourable for further advance of the southwest monsoon into several n...
Second day of Pulse Polio vaccination campaign in Telangana; Health staff to visit door-to-door on June 30 too
The Pulse Polio vaccination campaign continued in Telangana on Monday (June 29, 2026) with the State Health department staff conducting door-to-door to administer the vaccine to children below five ye...
Nine golden jackals found electrocuted near Kochi airport
Nine golden jackals have been found electrocuted at an open field at Nayathode near the Cochin international airport in Ernakulam, Kerala. The carcasses of the animals were found by the owner of the h...
West Bengal CM says action will be taken against MLA Humayun Kabir for provocative remarks
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday (June 29, 2026) promised action against Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) Leader and Nowda MLA Humayun Kabir for alleged provocative remarks. “I wil...
Priyank Kharge vows legal fight, renews demand for RSS registration after Bengaluru court summons
Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge, facing a defamation case vis-à-vis the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) , on Sunday (June 29, 2026) said the Constitution and law “are on our side,” and that t...
Kerala Plus One seat shortage: Govt plans 120 more temporary batches in four Malabar districts
The Kerala government is considering sanctioning an additional 120 temporary batches to address the current shortage of Plus One higher secondary seats in the districts of Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhik...
Sonam Wangchuk joins CJP protest, begins hunger strike at Jantar Mantar
Environmentalist and educator Sonam Wangchuk began a hunger strike on Sunday (June 28, 2026) afternoon at the Jantar Mantar here, where the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has been protesting since June 2...
Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi hails self-reliance goals achieved by country
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (June 28, 2026) highlighted several milestones achieved by the country to become self-reliant as he cited the maiden flight of the made-in-India C-295 aircraft ...
‘Blatant loot’: Congress on MoS Agriculture getting subsidy from own ministry
The Congress on Saturday (June 27, 2026) called it a "blatant loot" and conflict of interest after a report surfaced that Union minister Bhagirath Choudhary approved ₹99 lakh subsidy for his own comme...
Landslide dams river in rain-battered Arunachal, warning for Assam downstream
A massive landslide caused by heavy rainfall blocked the flow of the Siji river in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Siang district on Sunday (June 28, 2026), endangering lives and infrastructure downstream. ...
Uddhav Thackeray seeks disqualification of rebel MPs, says defections part of bigger conspiracy
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday (June 28, 2026) demanded the immediate disqualification of the six party MPs who recently defected to the Eknath Shinde-led camp, alleging that their s...
Ram Temple embezzlement case concerns assets of a juristic person and minor
The Ram Temple embezzlement case raises serious allegations of misappropriation of cash and valuables donated by devotees as an “expression of piety” to a Hindu deity, uniquely considered a ‘juristic ...
Health Ministry to launch revised Anaemia Mukt Bharat guidelines
The Union Health Ministry is set to launch revised operational guidelines for the Anaemia Mukt Bharat (AMB) Abhiyaan on Monday (June 29, 2026), expanding the national programme’s strategy to include a...
MEA issues advisory for citizens undertaking Mansarovar Yatra through private tour operators
The Ministry of External Affairs has cautioned Indian citizens undertaking Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through trips organised by private tour operators, and also asked the pilgrims to verify if their to...
What lay hidden in Chhattisgarh’s Purana Kharve
In June 2026, Purana Kharve woke up to discover that 8 murders had been committed over the past 4 months, after two decades of no heinous crime in the village. It shocked the 130-140 families that liv...
Collector tells HC 85% of city canal desilting work completed
The Ernakulam District Collector has informed the Kerala High Court that 85% of desilting works of the city canals have been completed. The report was filed in a petition seeking a report from the Sta...
Operation Toofan: 175 NDPS cases registered in two days
The police have registered 175 cases and booked 182 people under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in Ernakulam district in two days in combing operations held as part of the O...
Pedestrian rights in focus as city footpaths remain inaccessible
Most of the city’s footpaths remain inaccessible as they are either illegally occupied, damaged or obstructed by unauthorised parking of vehicles. The denial of access to the footpaths amounts to a vi...
Hundreds of protesters, mostly youth and students, gathered at Jantar Mantar as Mr. Wangchuk began his fast. Several farmer leaders were also present at the protest site. The protest began with a two-minute silence
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Sunday (June 28, 2026) began a hunger strike at Jantar Mantar, where the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has been holding a protest since June 20, seeking the resignati...
DGS withdraws restriction on the movement of Indian ships in the Strait of Hormuz
The Directorate General of Shipping has withdrawn its earlier advisory restricting the movement of Indian ships along the Gulf Region, including the Strait of Hormuz, and deployment of Indian seafarer...
India’s vision is to make Indian Ocean an Ocean of Opportunity: PM Modi in Seychelles
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (June 28, 2026) said India envisions an Indian Ocean where maritime security is ensured alongside economic prosperity and where partnership is not based on size,...
Eight injured after tyre burst triggers three-car pile-up on Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway
At least eight people were injured in a three-vehicle collision on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada National Highway near Gundrampally in Chityala mandal of Nalgonda district on Sunday. According to prelimina...
Madras High Court denies anticipatory bail to suspended woman Inspector of Police in gold coin fraud case
The Madras High Court has refused to grant anticipatory bail to suspended Inspector of Police Sheela Mary accused of having induced police personnel and others to invest money in an enterprise run by ...
Over 2,500 visitors attend vegetable, seeds festival at VIT in Vellore
More than 2,500 visitors, mostly farmers and locals, participated in the traditional vegetable and seeds festival held on the campus of Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) in Vellore on Sunday. A pr...
Poet Kannadasan’s birth anniversary celebrated in Vellore
Vellore Kamban Kazhagam, in association with the Department of Tamil, Voorhees College, celebrated the birth anniversary of Tamil poet and lyricist Kaviyarasar Kannadasan at a function held in Vellore...
VB-G RAM G will guarantee only centralisation, financial stress on States: Congress
The Congress on Sunday (June 28, 2026) flagged that several States have raised concerns regarding the MGNREGA -substitute VB-G RAM G Act , and said the new law would guarantee only centralisation and ...
PM Modi hails India-Seychelles ties as 'steady, strong and long-lasting'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (June 27, 2026) described the India-Seychelles friendship as "steady, strong and long-lasting" and said the two countries would "together win the race" as he a...
India rejects Pakistan’s allegations on Karachi attack
India on Sunday (June 28, 2026) rejected Pakistan’s allegations, linking it to an attack on a military base in Karachi, in which at least left four paramilitary personnel died. “We have seen Pakistani...
What does the Centre’s Vision Document on Drug Control 2026-2029 propose?
The story so far : On Friday (June 26, 2026), Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a three-year road map for narcotics control in India. The Vision Document on Drug Control (2026-2029) was released ...
16 releases, 435 days out: Dera chief Ram Rahim Singh’s paroles and furloughs since 2017 conviction | Infographics
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is serving a 20-year sentence for raping two women disciples in 2002, was granted a 30-day parole on May 26, 2026, which ended on June 24, 2026. Thi...
Theft of youth’s future: Rahul Gandhi on Maharashtra TET ‘paper leak’
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday (June 27, 2026) described the alleged paper leak and postponement of the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) as "theft" of the future of youngsters. "An...
Lorry cleaner killed after speeding car hits him in Devanahalli
A 38-year-old lorry cleaner was killed after being hit by a speeding car on National Highway 44 near Lalagondanahalli Gate in Devanahalli on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Badrilal Dari...
Major reforms planned in higher education sector in Thrissur: Roji M. John
Higher Education Minister Roji M. John has said that consultations are under way to bring about major changes in the higher education sector in Thrissur, which he described as Kerala’s education hub. ...
Pulse polio immunisation drive begins in Nandyal, Anantapur and Kurnool districts
The pulse polio immunisation drive started in Nandyal, Anantapur and Kurnool districts on Sunday. In Nandyal, District Collector Rajakumari Ganiya launched the immunisation drive by administering poli...
Over 1,600 join Kukkarahalli Kere Habba to back lake conservation
More than 1,600 citizens participated in the second day of the two-day Kukkarahalli Kere Habba on Sunday (June 28), extending their support to conserving Kukkarahalli Lake and restoring Purnaiah Naale...
Intelligence alert issued over possible Khalistani terror threat to Delhi, Uttarakhand; vigil intensified
Intelligence agencies have issued a security alert for Delhi and Uttarakhand following a possible Khalistani terror threat, with key religious sites, government establishments and police installations...
Ayodhya donations case: Police raids at houses of eight arrested
Ayodhya Police on Sunday (June 28, 2026) conducted simultaneous raids at the residences of all eight people arrested in connection with embezzlement of donations at Ram temple , police sources said. P...
Centre debunks social media claims over Rajnath Singh’s Operation Sindoor speech
The Union government on Saturday (June 27, 2026) rejected the “misleading social media claims” that Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had stated that no Indian soldier was killed during Operation Sindoor...
See children as wealth, not a burden: Chandrababu Naidu at Pulse Polio launch
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu stressed the need for the joint family system to return, and said the government was giving incentives to families to have two or more children, trea...
Pulse Polio campaign launched in Thrissur; over 1.73 lakh children to receive vaccine
Youth Affairs, Sports and Registration Minister O.J. Janeesh stressed the importance of timely immunisation in protecting children and strengthening public health. He was inaugurating the district-le...
Three of family killed in road accident in Kallakurichi
Three members of a family hailing from Ramanathapuram were killed and three others sustained injuries when the car in which they were travelling in dashed against an advertisement pole at Sengurichi o...
Nadigar Sangam elections case: Madras High Court to pass orders on July 1
The Madras High Court has decided to pass orders on July 1, 2026 on a plea to reject a civil suit filed against the continuance of actors Nasser, Vishal Krishna and Karthi as president, general secret...
Two BJP-led States question wage burden under VB-G RAM G
At least three States, two of them with BJP-led governments, have raised concerns over the increased financial burden on them under the new rural employment programme, the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for ...
Delhi among five States starting SIR enumeration on June 30
The enumeration phase for the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka, Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and Delhi is set to begin from June 30. There is a total of 19,78,94,...
PM Modi hands over 'Made in India' patrol vessel to Seychelles Coast Guard
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (June 27, 2026) handed over a 'Made in India' Fast Patrol Vessel to the Seychelles Coast Guard, reaffirming New Delhi's commitment to strengthening the archipe...
Plea in Supreme Court seeks creation of fire safety framework for high-risk public buildings
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the creation of a National Minimum Fire and Life Safety Framework for high-risk public occupancy premises, including schools, coaching centres, h...
Kharge accuses Centre of ‘looting’ the public as fuel prices stay high despite fall in global crude oil rate
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday (June 27, 2026) accused the Narendra Modi government of refusing to pass on the benefit of falling global crude oil prices to consumers, alleging that...
Congress accuses Rajnath Singh of misleading Parliament on Operation Sindoor casualties
A day after the government officially released the names of the soldiers who died during Operation Sindoor , the Congress on Saturday (June 27, 2026) accused Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh of mi...
Pune fort murder: Police recreate crime scene with Siya Goyal at Lohagad Fort
Police on Sunday (June 28, 2026) took Siya Goyal, an accused in the alleged murder of her fiancé and Pune-based realtor Ketan Agarwal , to the Lohagad Fort for the reconstruction of the crime scene, a...
Resign and join RSS, Raj Thackeray slams feted IPS officer
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Saturday (June 27, 2026) slammed IPS officer Vishwas Nangre Patil for praising Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on an RSS platform. He also asked the Chief...
In his monthly radio broadcast 'Mann Ki Baat', PM Modi noted that in June itself, the country achieved a major success in the aviation sector
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (June 28, 2026) highlighted several milestones achieved by the country to become self-reliant as he cited the maiden flight of the made-in-India C-295 aircraft t...
UDF: Flying from Bhogapuram airport will be a costly affair, say travellers
Flying from Bhogapuram international airport is likely to be a costly affair, thanks to the fixing of a “hefty” User Development Fee (UDF) for both arrivals and departures. The UDF to be collected at ...
Chandrababu Naidu, Pawan Kalyan to launch VB-G RAM G in Tirupati district on July 2
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan will formally inaugurate the Viksit Bharat, Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-G RAM G) a...
Pulse Polio drive from June 28; drops for children under five at 1,937 centres in Tirupati
Ahead of the Pulse Polio programme scheduled from Sunday (June 28, 2026), an awareness rally was held in Tirupati on Saturday morning. District Medical and Health Officer (DMHO) V. Balakrishna Naik an...
Madhav calls for sustainable solution to Chittoor mango farmers’ woes
Andhra Pradesh BJP president P.V.N. Madhav expressed serious concern over the distress faced by mango farmers in Chittoor district, particularly growers of the Totapuri variety, due to sharp fall in m...
PM Modi visits tortoise enclosure, joins Seychelles President in tree plantation ceremony
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (June 27, 2026) visited the giant tortoise enclosure at the Seychelles National Botanical Garden with President Patrick Herminie. He also joined President Herm...
Bharat Taxi launched to end exploitation by cab aggregators: Amit Shah
Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Saturday (June 27, 2026) launched a sharp attack on private app-based cab aggregators such as Uber and Ola alleging that their business model exploits both driv...
Congress questions PM’s silence over alleged Ram temple donation theft
The Congress on Saturday (June 27, 2026) stepped up its attack on the Union government and the Uttar Pradesh government over the alleged embezzlement of donations made to the Ram temple in Ayodhya, qu...
Help end ‘proxy war’ by armed Kuki groups, Manipur Naga body urges PM
The United Naga Council (UNC), the apex body of 21 Naga tribes in Manipur, has demanded the Centre and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s immediate intervention in the “rapidly deteriorating situation” in...
Ram Temple donation row: Champat Rai, Anil Mishra resign
Amid the uproar over the Ram Temple donation embezzlement case, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Saturday announced that its general secretary Champat Rai and member Anil Mishra had su...
Bihar, MP and Jharkhand question 60:40 funding pattern; five seek wage revision, four raise concerns over non-working days; most flag pending dues
At least three States, two of them with BJP-led governments, have raised concerns over the increased financial burden on them under the new rural employment programme, the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for ...
ED attaches property of retired Assam IPS officer in money laundering case
GUWAHATI : The Guwahati zonal office of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached immovable properties worth ₹53.28 crore in a money laundering case against a retired Assam-based ...
In Karnataka’s Malnad region, elderly live alone in the silence of villages among the hills
Jayamma, in her early seventies, begins her mornings by cooking sambar and rice for one. She tends to her small arecanut plantation near Doddlimane, occasionally hiring help for maintenance. Her husba...
In a U-turn, Punjab government notifies VB-G RAM G scheme
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab, which had been opposing the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission Gramin (VB-G RAM G), has notified the rural employment scheme, which wil...
Guest lecturers’ body allege anomalies in recruitment process of Assistant Professors
Members of Tamil Nadu All Government College UGC Qualified Guest Lecturers’ Association have alleged anomalies in the process of recruitment of Assistant Professors to government and government-aided ...
Mobile phones seized from Kannur Central Jail again
A mobile phone with a SIM card was seized from a prisoner at the Central jail at Pallikkunnu, marking the second such recovery from the prison within days. The phone was recovered from Utham Patra, a ...
Proclamation proceedings executed against accused in narco-terror case: J&K Police
The J&K Police’s special wing, the State Investigation Agency (SIA), on Saturday (June 27, 2026) executed proclamation proceedings against a local who is allegedly “absconding and wanted in a cross-bo...
Allegations of corruption was raised against Mr. Rai with regard to donations received by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra (SRJTK) Trust.
Champat Rai, General Secretary of Shri Ram Janambhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust , and Anil Mishra, Trust member, have tendered their resignation on Saturday (June 27, 2026) after allegations were raised a...
Why it took nearly a year for Operation Sindoor martyrs’ names to reach the National War Memorial
Nearly a year after Operation Sindoor , the government has formally honoured six Indian Armed Forces personnel who laid down their lives during the cross-border operation in May 2025 by entering their...
India's Gaza policy balanced, Congress doing vote bank politics: BJP
The BJP on Saturday (June 27, 2026) hit back at the Congress over party leader Sonia Gandhi's article on the Centre's "silence and inaction" on the Gaza conflict, accusing her of trying to "misinform ...
Over 150 Nihangs camping at Paonta Sahib gurdwara, say won’t leave until arrested members released
More than 150 Nihangs are camping at Paonta Sahib gurdwara in Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh, awaiting the release of four members of their sect who were arrested in Uttarakhand after a clash with locals. ...
R.C.P. Singh meets Nitish Kumar, fuels JD(U) return speculation
Former Union Minister Ramchandra Prasad Singh on Saturday (June 27, 2026) met Janata Dal (United) National President and former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at his residence in Patna after nearly...
ED attaches 4 hotels, 2 flats in DA probe against ex-IPS officer from Assam
GUWAHATI : The Guwahati zonal office of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached immovable properties worth ₹53.28 crore in a money laundering case against a retired Assam-based ...
MDMK cuts ties with DMK alliance, pledges support to TVK government
The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) has officially severed ties with the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance. A formal resolution to withdraw from the coalition was passed unanimously d...
Survey sketch for Pariyathukavu rehabilitation ready: Collector
The survey sketch for the land to rehabilitate seven Dalit families of the Pariyathukavu settlement at Malayidamthuruth near Kizhakkambalam has been prepared, District Collector G. Priyanka has said. ...
Portrayal of pellet-hit victims in Bollywood film Chauhaan sparks anguish in Kashmir
A teaser of Chauhaan , an upcoming film by Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn, has evoked sharp reactions from locals as well as Jammu and Kashmir’s regional political parties over its representation of pelle...
Pune realtor murder: Police summon Siya Goyal's parents, brother for questioning
The police on Saturday (June 27, 2026) summoned the parents and brother of Siya Goyal, a co-accused in the murder of 25-year-old Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal, for questioning at the Lonavala rural polic...
Body of second Arunachal flood victim recovered, three still missing
Rescue teams on Saturday (June 27, 2026) recovered the body of one of the four persons missing after a cloudburst and resultant flash floods hit a hydropower project colony in Arunachal Pradesh’s Keyi...
Why is India’s humanitarian aid in response to Venezuelan earthquake called Operation Amistad?
India has launched Operation Amistad , a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief mission, in response to the devastating earthquake in Venezuela that has led to extensive loss of life, injuries an...
Sonia Gandhi hits out at Modi government’s ‘stony silence’ on Gaza ‘genocide’
In a blistering attack on the Modi government, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Saturday (June 27, 2026) said its “stony silence” and “inaction” on Israel's “Gaza genocide” are not just morally reprehe...
Explained | The Telecommunications Act, 2023 comes into force
The Telecommunications Act, 2023, saw a clutch of rules being notified this month, namely the Telecommunications (Authorisation for Provision of Principal Telecommunication Services) Rules, 2026; the ...
Explained | Uttarakhand Nihang Sikh Controversy
Twice this week, the Uttarakhand administration found itself staring at a potentially volatile confrontation with Nihang Sikhs . The first was a three-day standoff at Nagrasu Gurdwara in Rudraprayag d...
PM Modi arrives in Seychelles on three-day official visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Seychelles on Saturday (June 27, 2026) on a three-day official visit, during which he will hold talks with President Patrick Herminie and attend the golden jubi...
India launches ‘Op Amistad’ to aid quake-hit Venezuela; sends relief material, medical assistance
Under the 'Operation Amistad', launched by India to offer humanitarian assistance to quake-hit Venezuela , two IAF C-17 Globemaster aircraft carrying relief supplies and a 41-member rescue team depart...
Names of six personnel who died in action during Op Sindoor inscribed at National War Memorial
The names of six military personnel — five from the Indian Army and one from IAF — who died in the line of duty during Operation Sindoor last year, have been inscribed on a wall at the National War Me...
Congress appoints Rajendra Pal Gautam, Sanjay Dutt as AICC in-charge for UP, Haryana
The Congress on Friday (June 26, 2026) appointed party leaders Rajendra Pal Gautam and Sanjay Dutt as AICC in-charge for Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. Mr. Gautam replaces Avinash Pande in Uttar Pradesh, ...
One dead in Agartala blast; State govt. orders probe
Tripura government has constituted a fact-finding committee a day after a mysterious blast damaged an apartment building at Shankar Chowmuhani area in Agartala, which killed one person and injured som...
BJP couldn’t even protect Lord Ram’s wealth: Congress
Telangana Congress Media Committee Chairman Sama Ram Mohan Reddy alleged that the BJP, which had built its politics around the Ram Temple movement, had failed to safeguard the sanctity of the temple a...
Bengaluru: Police seize ₹2.98 crore in undocumented cash; two businessmen arrested
In a major cash seizure, the Mahalakshmi Layout Police recovered ₹2,98,00,900 in undocumented cash from a shed in Kurubarahalli. The cash, packed in four bags, was allegedly kept without any valid doc...
Govt. initiates G2-level exploration in six gold blocks at Javakula in Anantapur district
The Andhra Pradesh government has initiated detailed exploration of six gold-bearing blocks at Javakula in Ananthapur district of Rayalaseema region after two earlier auction attempts failed to attrac...
Rahul marks two years as Leader of the Opposition; vows to continue fighting for the people
Rahul Gandhi, who completed two years as the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, said that he would continue to carry the voice of the people to the corridors of power and fight for issues. In ...
Students in Classes 7, 8, & 9 can continue learning foreign languages this year: Education Ministry sources
Students studying in Classes 7, 8 and 9 in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) affiliated schools can continue learning foreign languages under the three-language policy until they finish Clas...
PM Modi leaves for Seychelles to attend golden jubilee of country's National Day
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (June 27, 2026) left for Seychelles on a three-day visit, during which he will attend the golden jubilee celebrations of that country's National Day and hold b...
Assam includes tea landholding in farmers’ registry portal
GUWAHATI The Assam government has included tea and plantation class landholdings in the farmers’ registry portal, which Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said would prove to be a “game-changing” move...
Assam police arrest 2 ULFA(I) members, avert ‘terror strike’
The Assam police claimed it averted a major terror strike by apprehending two members of the banned United Liberation of Asom (Independent) in Tinsukia district on Friday (June 26, 2026). Two ULFA(I) ...
Exhibition to pay tribute to legacy of Narasimha Rao
The Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) will celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao on Saturday (June 27, 2026), which will include an exhibition showc...
Siya's parents — Pravin and Puja Goyal — and brother Sahil arrived at the police station in the morning
The police on Saturday (June 27, 2026) summoned the parents and brother of Siya Goyal, a co-accused in the murder of 25-year-old Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal, for questioning at the Lonavala rural polic...
Bhagyaraj’s genius effortlessly melded comedy and crisis
Acknowledged as an ace wordsmith and famed for his intuitive comic timing, K. Bhagyaraj, interestingly, believed that out of crisis comes comedy. The comic track in his films does not run as a paralle...
YSRCP leaders’ visit to Amaravati villages blocked by farmers, scuffle breaks out
Farmers blocked four YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) leaders from entering Undavalli, Penumaka and other villages in the capital region of Amaravati on Saturday (June 27, 2026), leading to a confrontation....
AMMA crisis: Kadavanthra police say no ground to book Tini Tom based on Ansiba’s complaint
The Kadavanthra police have decided not to register a case over a complaint filed by actor Ansiba Hassan against fellow actor Tini Tom, accusing him of making communal and defamatory remarks against h...
Myanmar replaces Afghanistan as key opium source, impact seen on India’s eastern border: NCB
Following the 2022 Taliban-imposed ban on drugs in Afghanistan, Myanmar has emerged as an alternative source of global opium supply and the consequences are already visible along India’s eastern borde...
Congress ‘surrendered’ Katchatheevu to Sri Lanka without consulting stakeholders: BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday (June 26, 2026) targeted the Congress over what it called the “surrender” of Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka during its rule on June 26, 1974, without takin...
The rules that failed 15 lives in Lucknow
F or 26-year-old Rishabh Mishra, the images of the afternoon of June 22 will always haunt him — people jumping from a burning building or clinging to live wires in an attempt to survive. One in partic...
Amidst the growing public backlash against Israel and the international community’s cognisance of the unjustifiable brutality unleashed on Gaza, India remains a lone voice of silence, says Congress leader Sonia Gandhi
In a blistering attack on the Modi government, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Saturday (June 27, 2026) said its “stony silence” and “inaction” on Israel's “Gaza genocide” are not just morally reprehe...
Stay away from ganja and drugs, A.P. Home Minister V. Anitha tells youth
Andhra Pradesh Home Minister V. Anitha has urged students to stay away from ganja and drugs. The Home Minister took part in a Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan programme organised by the Elite Anti-Narcotics ...
Ayisha Elizabeth, wife of late Malayalam scriptwriter John Paul, passes away in Kochi
Ayisha Elizabeth John (75), wife of the late renowned Malayalam scriptwriter John Paul, passed away in Kochi on Saturday (June 27, 2026). She was admitted to a private hospital in Kochi on June 25, 20...
Odisha govt. suspends four senior officials for 1,678 mistakes in new school textbooks
The Odisha government on Friday (June 26, 2026) placed four senior officers including former director of State Council of Education, Research and Training (SCERT) Manoj Padhi under suspension and took...
Supreme Court lays to rest 30-year-old case of man’s death over a ₹500 watch
A fatal scuffle over a ₹500 watch between neighbours led to a nearly 30-year-old criminal case, which finally drew to an end in the Supreme Court due to death, old age and exhaustion. The top court Be...
Congress demands Supreme Court-monitored probe into alleged Ram Temple donation embezzlement case
The Congress on Friday (June 26, 2026) demanded a Supreme Court-monitored investigation into the allegations of the embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya. Also Read | Donation theft i...
GMR takes over operations at Nagpur airport
Airport developer GMR Airports Limited took over the operations of Nagpur’s Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport on Friday. “The first phase will focus on expanding the passenger terminal to a...
Government proposes simplifying procedure for import of drugs for examination, test, or analysis under Drugs Rules, 1945
Union Health Ministry has proposed amendments to the Drugs Rules, 1945 to simplify the procedure for obtaining permission for import of drugs for examination, test or analysis. The amendment introduce...
UCC to be implemented in Bengal through proper procedure, says Suvendu
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday (June 26, 2026) said that the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) will be implemented in the State through a proper procedure instituted by a committee heade...
Myanmar’s Golden Triangle has expanded as an opiate supplier and meth hub, with the drugs then flowing across a porous border into Manipur, Mizoram, and Nagaland; drone-based drug trafficking from Pakistan is also a rising concern
Following the 2022 Taliban-imposed ban on drugs in Afghanistan, Myanmar has emerged as an alternative source of global opium supply and the consequences are already visible along India’s eastern borde...
Drugs on credit pushing abuse in Manipur: CM
Drug traffickers not only changed their routes in Manipur after the ethnic conflict erupted in May 2023 but they also adopted a credit policy to push consumption during troubled times, Chief Minister ...
In a first, government releases names of personnel killed during ‘Operation Sindoor’
In the first official disclosure of military casualties from Operation Sindoor , the government on Friday (June 26, 2026) published the names of six armed forces personnel who laid down their lives du...
Nearly 6 crore names have been deleted in first yearof SIR of electoral rolls
The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls , which has so far led to the deletion of nearly six crore voters and triggered acrimony between the Opposition and the Election Commission, has compl...
Home Minister Amit Shah says next three years decisive in fight against drugs, releases vision document
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday (June 26, 2026) that the Department of Revenue will be amending the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and asked States to submit sugges...
West Bengal Congress to step up protests over NTA question paper leaks
West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee has decided to step up protests over repeated leaks of question paper in the country. Protests will be held in Kolkata as a part of national campaign organised b...
SIR completes one year: Nearly six crore names deleted so far
The Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls , which has so far led to the deletion of nearly six crore voters and triggered acrimony between the Opposition and the Election Commission, has compl...
Six armed forces personnel, including one IAF personnel, were killed in Operation Sindoor
In the first official disclosure of military casualties from Operation Sindoor , the government on Friday (June 26, 2026) published the names of six armed forces personnel who laid down their lives du...
Pune fort murder: CM Fadnavis assures justice to victim's kin, agrees to fast-track trial
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday (June 26, 2026) assured the family of Ketan Agarwal, who was allegedly pushed to death from Lohagad Fort by his fiancee and her lover , that the ...
The debate over the proposed NFSA amendment | Explained
The story so far: The Union Food and Public Distribution Department on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) published a draft of the proposed amendments to the National Food Security Act (NFSA). The draft is upl...
Explained | Netra AEW&C: India’s indigenous ‘eye in the sky’ that strengthens air power
With the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handing over the Final Operational Clearance (FOC) of the indigenous Netra Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system to the Indian...
All eight accused in Ram Temple donation embezzlement case sent to judicial custody
The eight people named as the accused in a First Information Report (FIR) regarding the alleged embezzlement of donations received at the Ram temple in Ayodhya have been arrested and sent to judicial ...
The Hindu Group named ‘Champion Publisher of the Year 2026’
The Hindu Group has been named the ‘Champion Publisher of the Year 2026’ by the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), earning the title for the third time. The Group topped the table with s...
PM Museum and Library to mark 105th birth anniversary of late former PM Narasimha Rao
The Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) will celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao on June 27 which will include an exhibition showcasing a collection...
A convert to Islam cannot claim the status of Backward Class Muslim, rules Madras High Court
A convert to Islam cannot claim the status of Backward Class Muslim. He is only a Muslim and that’s all there is to it, Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has ruled while declaring unconstitutiona...
Ammonia gas leak: two more women workers die, taking toll to 15
Two more women workers died following the ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing and export facility in Tiruvallur district, taking the death toll to 15 on Friday, according to a bulletin issued by ...
MDMK’s general body to take a decision on alliance on Saturday
With speculation rife that the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) will join the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led alliance, MDMK chief Vaiko on Friday (June 26, 2026) convened the party’s ...
Extension of Kochi Water Metro ferries to Kadamakudy by Onam
The services of the Kochi Water Metro ferries are expected to be extended to Kadamakudy, a popular tourist attraction in the district, by Onam. A floating pontoon for berthing ferries is ready at the ...
Drug menace threatens society, future generations must be protected: Kerala CM
Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Friday called for united action against the growing drug menace, saying it threatens not just individuals but society as a whole and future generations. The Chi...
Assured that access to AI tech once provided will not be cut-off: senior Indian official
The U.S. has assured India that access to artificial intelligence technologies, once provided, will not be cut off, a top bureaucrat said on Thursday (June 25, 2026), asserting New Delhi believes the ...
All eight arrested in Ram temple donation row sent to police custody till Jun 29; ₹79.85 lakh recovered
A court has granted police custody of all eight accused arrested in connection with the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram temple in Ayodhya till June 29, during which investigators will con...
Government to amend NDPS Act to plug loopholes exploited by narco syndicates: Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (June 26, 2026) said the Centre is going to amend the NDPS Act to plug all loopholes exploited by narco syndicates and underlined the need for a ruthless approa...
Monsoon deficit and India’s agricultural vulnerability: In graphics
The Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on June 23, 2026 that the monsoon for this year had given rains that were 43% below normal for the month of June. A high-level meeting with hi...
We will send resignation letter as birthday gift, please resign: CJP founder Dipke to Pradhan
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday (June 26, 2026), wished Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, on his birthday, while taking a sarcastic jab at the Education Minister...
Those who target schools, children with impunity must be held into account: India tells UNSC
, India has called for bringing to account those who target schools and children with impunity, underscoring that the protection of children without accountability is incomplete. “Education is a right...
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s fake video controversy | Explained
The Story so far: A video that shook Punjab’s political landscape surfaced in October 2025. It showed a person similar to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann allegedly sprinkling alcohol on photographs of Si...
What is the Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme | Explained
Rajolibanda Diversion Scheme, the project supplying Tungabhadra water to Telangana, is back in the news again. The Telangana Government has initiated an intensive exercise to identify both immediate a...
Nihang-police standoff in Uttarakhand ends after talks, group returns to Himachal
High drama and tension prevailed at the Himachal Pradesh - Uttarakhand border on Thursday (June 25, 2026) night after a large group of Nihang Sikhs clashed with the police, pushed through security bar...
Bike taxi operators under scanner in Kozhikode
The Motor Vehicles department (MVD) has launched a special enforcement drive against ‘bike taxis’ operating without commercial permits in Kozhikode, targetting motorcycles being used illegally for pas...
Change in Saturday school timings leaves parents, teachers worried in Malnad area
A change in Saturday school timings effective June 27 has sparked concern among teachers, students, and parents in the Malnad region, where geographical challenges, roaming elephants, monsoon rains, a...
Tobacco Board cuts FCV crop target for A.P. to 81 million kg for 2026-27
The Tobacco Board has fixed the crop size for Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco in Andhra Pradesh at approximately 81 million kg for the 2026-27 season, a sharp reduction from the previous year's targ...
Decision on low-alcohol beverages solely based on liquor policy, says Kerala Excise Minister M. Liju
The decision on selling low-alcohol beverages in Kerala will be based solely on the liquor policy, which is yet to be prepared, Excise Minister M. Liju has said. Addressing a press conference here on ...
Repeated paper ‘leaks’ a systemic failure, Pradhan must resign: Kerala Minister
Kerala Higher Education Minister and Congress leader Roji M. John on Thursday alleged repeated paper leaks and irregularities in national examinations pointed to a “systemic failure” in the National T...
India’s ‘eye in the sky’ Netra AEW&C system gets Final Operational Clearance
The indigenous Netra Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) system, which played a pivotal role as a force multiplier for the Indian Air Force in the 2019 Balakot strikes and Operation Sindoor las...
Passport application fee to go up from July 1
The application fee for an ordinary fresh passport containing 36 pages has been hiked from ₹1,500 to ₹2,500, as the Union government revised the passport fee structure through an amendment to the Pass...
A 28-year-old’s killing woke up Bihar’s conscience
Bharat Bhushan Tiwari (28) who died on June 17, 2026, in an alleged encounter with Bihar’s Bhojpur police is no longer recognised by his name. In his village of Bilauti, under Shahpur block, villagers...
Rahul Gandhi should apologise for Emergency: J.P. Nadda
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister J.P. Nadda on Thursday (June 25, 2025) said that Rahul Gandhi should apologise to the people of the country for his grandmother’s ‘anti-Co...
Indian High Commission in London monitoring case of merchant navy Captain Ajay Pant: State Govt
The Indian High Commission in London is monitoring t he case of Captain Ajay Pant, a merchant navy officer from Uttarakhand's Nainital, who has been arrested in the United Kingdom over an alleged brea...
Mahesh Dixit appointed Intelligence Bureau chief
Mahesh Dixit, a 1993 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre has been appointed as Director, Intelligence Bureau (DIB), a government order said. He succeeds Tapan Kumar D...
In blockaded part of Manipur, an LPG cylinder now sells for ₹5,000
Prices of essentials such as rice, petrol, and cooking gas have spiralled in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district over the last month, due to a severe economic blockade being imposed since May 13, when three ...
The protesters declared they would not return to Punjab until four Nihang members arrested in connection with the Karnprayag incident were released
High drama and tension prevailed at the Himachal Pradesh - Uttarakhand border on Thursday (June 25, 2026) night after a large group of Nihang Sikhs clashed with the police, pushed through security bar...
Mirwaiz says Modi, among longest serving PMs of India, should opt for dialogue, diplomacy to resolve issues
Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent feat of “being among the longest-serving leaders of independent India”, Kashmir chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in his Friday (June 26, 2026) sermo...
Death toll in Kolkata warehouse collapse rises to 15
With four more workers reported dead in Kolkata’s Taratala warehouse collapse, the death toll has increased to 15 on Friday (June 26, 2026) morning. Three people were rescued from the accident site on...
Telangana appoints Sanjay Jaju as next Chief Secretary
A 1992 batch IAS officer Sanjay Jaju is appointed as the next Chief Secretary of Telangana, succeeding K. Ramakrishna Rao — who is set to retire on June 30, 2026. The State government issued the order...
Andhra Pradesh plans re-auction of Ramagiri gold blocks in Ananthapuramu
The Andhra Pradesh government is preparing to re-auction the Ramagiri North and Ramagiri South Gold Blocks in Ananthapuramu district of Rayalaseema region, with a Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) proposed...
Opposition seeks rollback of new FCRA Rules, flags ‘overreach’ and impact on civil society
Congress general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal and Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha leader John Brittas have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Ami...
Mayor among BJP, CPI(M) councillors booked after clash at Thiruvananthapuram Corporation
The police on Friday (June 26, 2026) registered separate cases against BJP councillors, including Mayor V.V. Rajesh, and CPI(M) ward members following a clash at the City Corporation office in Thiruva...
Minister B.C. Janardhan Reddy tours Banaganapalle, reviews roads, drainage and schools
Andhra Pradesh Roads and Buildings Minister B.C. Janardhan Reddy on Thursday (June 25, 2026) undertook a whirlwind tour of his home constituency, Banaganapalle. First, Mr. Janardhan Reddy visited the ...
Sonam Wangchuk warns of hunger strike from June 28 at Jantar Mantar
Activist Sonam Wangchuk on Thursday (June 25, 2026) announced that he will begin an indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar from June 28 if the government does not respond to demands related to the ...
Soon, transit air travellers can skip immigration at connecting airports
Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu on Thursday (June 25, 2026) launched a facility for transit passengers to complete immigration formalities at their origin airport so that they can bypass the...
Congress flags ‘systemic’ exam failures, launches nationwide student outreach
Recurring examination irregularities are evidence of a massive institutional failure, senior Congress leader and president of the party’s Assam unit Gaurav Gogoi said on Thursday (June 25, 2026), anno...
French simulator company comes to India
French aircraft simulator training provider Simaero is set to launch a new pilot training facility, with a planned investment of $100 million that will enable expansion to eight full-flight simulators...
Adani unveils ₹20,000-crore airport city plan across six airports
Adani Airport City Limited (AACL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL), has unveiled plans to develop integrated airport cities across its network of airports, with an i...
Muslim bodies denounce demolitions of religious structures, seek legal relief
Several prominent Muslim bodies have united to denounce the spate of demolitions of mosques, madrasas and dargahs across Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh. They have also decided ...
Emergency was direct assault on the Constitution: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (June 25, 2026) said the Emergency was a direct assault on the Constitution as the period witnessed the suspension of civil liberties, curbs on freedom of expr...
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann says ‘mask’ used to create fake video
Amid the ongoing controversy over an objectionable video, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday (June 25, 2026) said a conspiracy has been hatched to malign his image on religious grounds, e...
40 people killed in Manipur since President’s Rule was revoked in February; Kangpokpi MLA and Deputy CM blocked from travel to Imphal; spike in prices of rice, petrol, no LPG cylinder supply in district
Prices of essentials such as rice, petrol, and cooking gas have spiralled in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district over the last month, due to a severe economic blockade being imposed since May 13, when three ...
FIR against eight persons over ‘embezzlement of Ram Temple Trust donations’ in Ayodhya
A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered in Ayodhya on Thursday (June 25, 2026) based on a complaint from Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Trust against eight individuals and unknown persons, includin...
FCRA rules mark shift from regulating foreign contribution to voluntary organisations: CPI(M)
CPI-M's Rajya Sabha leader John Brittas urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday (June 25, 2026) to withdraw the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2026, alleging that the new p...
INDIA ‘janbandhan’ for national polls, will overcome Shah’s challenge of splitting parties, says Jairam Ramesh
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has said the 'INDIA janbandhan' is for fighting national elections and has a "constructive agenda", as he exuded confidence that the group would overcome the challenges f...
MoU signed for semiconductor research
: A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Chennai Institute of Technology (CIT Chennai), National Formosa University (NFU), and AGEM Technology to promote semiconductor research, talen...
Centre urged to roll back FCRA amendments
M.K. Raghavan, MP, has appealed to the Union government to immediately withdraw the controversial amendments to the Foreign Contribution (regulation) Act, saying that they are adversely impacting the ...
ITI arts fest: 800 households to serve idlis to participants
In a rare display of collective hospitality, around 800 households in the Bengalam and Kakkat areas of Madikai panchayats in Kasaragod will prepare ‘idlis’ on Friday morning as part of the breakfast a...
Why has India-U.S. trade deal been delayed? | Explained
The story so far: India and the U.S. in February 2025 announced that they would work towards a comprehensive Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) that was to be finalised by Fall 2025. Then, in February 20...
Economic blockade hits Manipur’s Kangpokpi district, driving up the cost of essentials
Prices of essentials such as rice, petrol, and cooking gas have spiralled in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district over the last month, due to a severe economic blockade being imposed since May 13, when three ...
Congress General Secretary (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal writes to PM Narendra Modi and CPI(M) Rajya Sabha leader John Brittas writes to Home Minister Amit Shah questioning the new FCRA rules, say they raise surveillance concerns
Congress general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal and Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha leader John Brittas have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Ami...
NEET: Beyond paper leaks, the real vulnerabilities lie elsewhere | Explained
National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) has evolved into one of India ’s most high-stakes examinations , where a student’s medical career often depends on performance in a single three-hour test...
Passport fees hiked to ₹2,500 from July 1
The application fee for an ordinary fresh passport containing 36 pages has been hiked from ₹1,500 to ₹2,500, as the Union government revised the passport fee structure through an amendment to the Pass...
State borrowings must focus on asset creation, not just revenue expenditure: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday (June 25, 2026) emphasised that State governments must channel their borrowed funds into long-term capital expenditure, such as schools and hospit...
Health Ministry expands QR code-based drug traceability to vaccines, antimicrobials, and cancer medicines
The Union Health Ministry has notified amendments to the Drugs Rules, 1945, to expand the ambit of Schedule H2 and bring additional categories of drugs under the QR code-based track-and-trace framewor...
125 Autism Support Centres mark A.P. government’s push for inclusive education, says MLA
Member of Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly and Chairman of the Andhra Legislative Assembly Welfare Committee for Children with Special Needs (CWSN) Sundarapu Vijay Sreekumar on Thursday reaffirmed ...
Centre agrees to consider Kerala’s request to strengthen transport servcies
Transport Minister C.P. John met Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi on Thursday to discuss transport-related issues in Kerala, including glitches in digital plat...
Karnataka’s mango farmers unhappy over centre’s assistance
After the Centre approved financial assistance for Totapuri mango, farmers in Kolar district expressed displeasure over the State and Central government’s Market Intervention Price (MIP). Following t...
12 flights diverted at KIA due to bad weather
A dozen flights were delivered at the Kempegowda International Airport on Thursday evening due to bad weather. Airport officials said that there were 12 diversions and a few flights were also delayed....
Russia eyes stronger ties with Kerala across key sectors
Russia has identified Kerala as a promising partner for expanding cooperation in tourism, health care, high technology, investment and labour mobility, Russian Ambassador to India Denis Alipov said at...
MSMEs key driver behind country’s economic development, says NTR Collector
NTR District Collector G. Lakshmisha said that Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have emerged as the key drivers behind economic development in the country as they provide employment in both...
Eight vehicles damaged in Thane wall collapse
Eight vehicles were damaged after the boundary wall of an open plot collapsed in Maharashtra's Thane city shortly after midnight on Thursday (June 25, 2026), officials said. No person was injured in t...
Emergency dark period which saw Indian democracy brutally crushed: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (June 25, 2026) said the Emergency was a direct assault on the Constitution as the period witnessed the suspension of civil liberties, curbs on freedom of expr...
While extraordinary security measures may safeguard printed question papers, deeper risks arising from institutional blind spots, insider networks, and powerful commercial interests remain largely unaddressed
National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) has evolved into one of India ’s most high-stakes examinations , where a student’s medical career often depends on performance in a single three-hour test...
Rescued from wildlife traffickers, seven golden langurs released in Assam national park
GUWAHATI Seven endangered golden langurs, rescued from wildlife traffickers from western Assam’s Chirang district on June 19, were released in the Sikhna Jwhwlao National Park on Thursday (June 25, 20...
Politically-patronised private investment crowding out broad-based private investment: Congress
The Congress on Thursday (June 25, 2026) said the lack of buoyancy in private corporate investment is India's most "serious challenge" and asserted that the growing concentration of economic power is ...
Tungabhadra river: Origin, course, dam project and inter-State water sharing explained
The Tungabhadra takes its name from two streams, as it is formed by the confluence of the Tunga, about 147 km long, and the Bhadra, about 178 km long, both of which rise in the Western Ghats. River or...
If a passport is not proof of citizenship, then what is? | Explained
The Indian passport is a “travel document” and not a “citizenship document”, a senior official of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday (June 24, 2026). The purpose of the Indian pa...
Jaishankar calls for closer cooperation with South Korea at Jeju Forum
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday (June 25, 2026) said that India and South Korea “must cooperate more closely” in fields like ship-building, health, infrastructure and defence. The ...
Money laundering case: Actor Jacqueline Fernandez withdraws plea from Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 25, 2026) permitted Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez to withdraw her plea challenging a Delhi court order to frame charges against her in a ₹200 crore money lau...
BJP backs NCERT's move to include ‘Emergency’ chapter in Class 9 textbook
The BJP on Thursday (June 25, 2026) backed the NCERT's decision to introduce a section on the Emergency years in a Class 9 social science textbook , saying the "dark chapter" in India's constitutional...
India’s envoy to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi assumes office, announces resumption of travel visas
India’s new High Commissioner to Dhaka Dinesh Trivedi on Thursday (June 25, 2026) announced the resumption of travel visas for Bangladesh nationals as he assumed office. Earlier, the 76-year-old Bhara...
SIT an eyewash, formed to protect the powerful: Arvind Kejriwal on Ram Mandir donation probe
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday (June 25, 2026) dismissed the SIT probing the Ram Temple donation scam as an eyewash and not legally valid. Mr. Kejriwal, who landed...
Civil Aviation Ministry, DIAL launch Air Suvidha 2.0 portal for Ebola health screening at points of entry in India
The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) on Thursday (June 25, 2026) launched Air Suvidha 2.0, an upgraded contactless passenger health self-declaration portal, to...
Why Vaibhav Sooryvanshi can’t share Team India’s changing room in England?
India’s batting prodigy, Vaibhav Sooryavansh i, would not be permitted to share the same changing room with other players on England tour. The teenager batsman is set to get a separate changing room a...
KSHEC launches feedback platform to address concerns about FYUGP
The Kerala State Higher Education Council (KSHEC) has launched a new feedback platform, ‘KSHEC Listens’, to directly receive concerns, experiences, opinions and suggestions from students, teachers and...
Karnataka aims to cut ambulance response time to 10 minutes
The State Health Department is working to strengthen emergency medical services under the 108 Arogya Kavacha scheme, with a focus on reducing ambulance response time and improving pre-hospital care, H...
Kharif farming gathers pace in Rayalaseema districts amid El Nino concerns
Agricultural activity has gathered pace across Chittoor, Annamayya, and Sri Sathya Sai districts with the start of Kharif 2026 amid an uneven southwest monsoon, coupled with growing agrarian concern o...
Pulse Polio drive in Yadgir starting Sunday
District Health Officer Mahesh Biradar has said that the Health and Family Welfare Department has aimed to make Yadgir a polio-free district by strictly implementing the Pulse Polio drive across the d...
Payasam spill was accidental, no inquiry needed: Minister Bindhu Krishna
Minister for Women and Child Development Bindhu Krishna on Thursday (June 25, 2026) downplayed the controversy surrounding the incident in which hot payasam was spilled on her head during the inaugura...
Fertilizer depot to be established near Kalayanad agricultural market in Kollam
In a bid to empower local farming community, a fertilizer depot will soon be established adjacent to the Vegetable and Fruit Promotion Council Keralam (VFPCK) agricultural market headquartered in Kala...
Why Vaibhav Sooryvanshi can’t share Team India’s dressing room in England?
India’s batting prodigy, Vaibhav Sooryavansh i, would not be permitted to share the same changing room with other players on England tour. The teenager batsman is set to get a separate changing room a...
What are Indian farmers’ concerns over impacts of India-U.S. BTA | Explained
The story so far: This year, on February 7, the United States of America and India announced the framework for an interim agreement regarding reciprocal and mutually beneficial trade, committing to th...
Bus travel for women: Which States offer it free and how to avail?
Bus travel for women is free in eight states and one union territory of India. Tamil Nadu , West Bengal , Delhi , Punjab , Karnataka , Kerala , Telangana , Jammu and Kashmir , and Andhra Pradesh have ...
Ram temple donation row: SC asks petitioner to mention plea seeking fair probe on June 29
The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 25, 2026) asked a petitioner to mention before it on June 29 his plea seeking registration of an FIR, and a fair and time-bound probe into the alleged embezzlement ...
Assault on human dignity, says Rahul Gandhi on incident of bonded labour in U.P.
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) reacted sharply over the alleged incident of forced bonded labour in Muzaffarnagar describing the incident as an assault...
Godavari-Cauvery river linking must be taken up as national project, says Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu made a strong pitch for linking the Godavari and Cauvery rivers, urging the Centre to take up the project as a national programme on the lines of oth...
Kerala HC directs MoRTH to finalise approval for Vizhinjam-Navaikulam Outer Ring Road project
The Kerala High Court has issued directions to the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) to conclude the approval process for the Vizhinjam-Navaikulam Outer Ring Road project, considering th...
Businessman found dead in actor Krishi Thapanda’s residence in Bengaluru
A Bengaluru-based businessman was found dead in the residence of actor and former Bigg Boss contestant Krishi Thapanda at R.R. Nagar on June 24 night. The name of the deceased is Vaishak. He had been ...
Jawahirullah urges TVK government to reconsider gold ring scheme
Nagapattinam MLA M.H. Jawahirullah has urged the Tamil Nadu government to reconsider its proposed scheme of providing gold rings to newborn babies and instead allocate the funds toward improving mater...
Donation theft in Ayodhya and land grab in Mahakal, this is the new Modi model: Congress
The Congress on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) linked the alleged embezzlement of donations at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya with the land acquisition controversy involving Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan ...
VHP seeks FIR, fast track court to look into Ram Temple donation allegations
Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) international president Alok Kumar on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) has called for a comprehensive investigation and an FIR into allegations of irregularities in donations coll...
Fake forensic report conspiracy: BJP Haryana chief corners Punjab CM Mann, demands immediate resignation
Bharatiya Janata Party Haryana president Archana Gupta on Sunday (June 21, 2026) demanded the immediate resignation of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over allegations of insulting Sikh gurus and ...
Air India plane comes in front of IndiGo aircraft on same taxiway at Ahmedabad airport
An Air India plane came in front of an IndiGo aircraft on the same taxiway at the Ahmedabad airport after the Air India plane took a wrong turn while taxiing towards the parking bay on Wednesday (June...
PM Modi receives call from Armenia PM, thanks him for helping evacuation of Indians from Iran
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) received a phone call from his Armenia counterpart Nikol Pashinyan whom he thanked for facilitating the evacuation of Indian nationals strande...
Rahul Gandhi expresses regret in defamation case filed by Shivraj Singh Chouhan's son
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) filed an application before the Madhya Pradesh High Court expressing regret for his allegedly defamatory statement about Union Minister Shivra...
Air India plane strays into Pakistan airspace; DGCA takes action against air traffic controller, crew
An Air India plane operating a flight from the national capital strayed into the Pakistan airspace on Monday (June 22, 2026) night while manoeuvring a go-around at the Amritsar airport. Aviation regul...
India, UAE review strategic defence partnership amid talks over BrahMos missile sale
India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) reviewed progress made under their Strategic Defence Partnership Framework on Wednesday (June 24, 2026). Discussions focused on expanding defence industry coop...
Lobbying for cabinet berths in Karnataka frowned upon by Congress leadership
Amid intense lobbying by Cabinet hopefuls in Karnataka that has, at times, embarrassed the Congress, the central leadership is learnt to have warned legislators of serious consequences. On June 24, so...
The animal has one of the most restricted primate ranges in the world, found only in a narrow geographic corridor straddling western Assam and the foothills of Bhutan
GUWAHATI Seven endangered golden langurs, rescued from wildlife traffickers from western Assam’s Chirang district on June 19, were released in the Sikhna Jwhwlao National Park on Thursday (June 25, 20...
Bus travel for women: Which states offer it free and how to avail?
Bus travel for women is free in eight states and one union territory of India. Tamil Nadu , West Bengal , Delhi , Punjab , Karnataka , Kerala , Telangana , Jammu and Kashmir , and Andhra Pradesh have ...
College student ends life in hostel in Kalaburagi district
A 19-year-old college student allegedly ended her life in BCM girls’ hostel at Vishwa Nagar in Sedam town of Kalaburagi district in Karnataka on June 24. The deceased has been identified as Chandrika ...
Army commanding officer, soldiers booked for 'assaulting' police personnel at Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar station
“Jammu and Kashmir Police has booked several Army personnel, including a commanding officer, for allegedly storming a police station in Kishtwar district, assaulting police personnel and damaging gove...
Kerala liquor tax row: CPI(M) accuses CM Satheesan of making ‘incorrect’ statements, seeks clarification
CPI(M) leader and former Excise Minister M.B. Rajesh on Thursday (June 25, 2026) accused Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan of making “factually incorrect” statements to deflect criticism over the R...
Nara Lokesh launches shoot of Nandamuri Balakrishna’s 112th film ‘NBK112’ at Amaravati
Andhra Pradesh IT and HRD Minister Nara Lokesh launched the shooting of Nandamuri Balakrishna’s 112th film ‘NBK112’ by sounding the clapperboard at the BITS Pilani grounds in Velagapudi, Amaravati, on...
CRPF officer suspended, 20 others transferred after their families protested against CAPF Bill
Twenty Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers have been transferred, and a Deputy Inspector General (DIG) rank officer has been suspended, allegedly because they or their families voiced their o...
BJP accuses Congress president and his son of ‘land grab’ through trust in Karnataka
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) accused Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and his son, Priyank Kharge, of engaging in “land grabbing” in Karnataka. Hitting back, Mr. ...
NIA takes over probe into killing of three Manipur church leaders
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the probe into the killing of three church leaders in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district in May, officials in Imphal said on Wednesday (June 24, 2026)....
As FCRA restricts NGOs, Supreme Court had agreed that right to associate is not carte blanche for foreign funds
The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2026, notified by the Union Home Ministry on June 22, have introduced tougher limits on NGOs to receive foreign donations . These amendments, and...
China stands ready to work with India, says Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson
China is ready to work with India side by side to enhance “mutual trust and dispel doubts”, said the spokesperson of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs a day after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi me...
Kharge targets Dharmendra Pradhan over ‘terrorist’ remark on protesting students
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) hit out at Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for his reported “terrorist” remark against protesting students, and asserted ...
31% of Rajya Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases: ADR
Around 31% of Rajya Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves, of whom 16% have declared serious criminal cases, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms and ...
Emergency is the greatest assault on Indian democracy, says Bihar BJP president Sanjay Saraogi
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Bihar State president Sanjay Saraogi on Wednesday (June 24, 2025) said that the Emergency imposed on June 25, 1975, remains the darkest chapter in the history of Indian de...
Passport is not a citizenship document: senior MEA official
The Indian passport is a “travel document” and not a “citizenship document”, a senior official of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday (June 24, 2026). The purpose of the Indian pa...
CJP Jantar Mantar sit-in day 5: Dipke appears before MeitY panel over blocking of X account
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) entered the fifth day of its sit-in at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, with founder Abhijeet Dipke alleging that officials refused to show the order...
J&K govt. bids for Sufiyana music’s inclusion in UNESCO’s intangible heritage list
Sufiyana Mousiqi, believed to be in practice since the 15 th Century in Kashmir with its muqamsor ragas, is for the first time bidding for the inclusion in list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of ...
Prominent civil rights activists to challenge Maharashtra RTI (Amendment) Rules, 2026 in court, send legal notice to govt
Prominent civil rights activists on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) sent a legal notice to Maharashtra government seeking a complete rollback of the Maharashtra Right to Information (Amendment) Rules, 2026 ...
Bihar Cabinet gives nod to Bihar State Teacher Transfer, Rules 2026 for transfer of school teachers across the State
The Bihar cabinet on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) gave its nod to Bihar State Teacher Transfer, Rules 2026, paving the way for transfer of teachers, head teachers and principals of primary to higher seco...
Mehbooba Mufti attends Pandit ceremony to mend broken bonds between communities in Kashmir
Former J&K Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) attended the ceremony of the Pandit sacred thread investiture in south Kashmir in a b...
Anna Hazare warns of mass agitation unless Maharashtra withdraws ‘RTI amendments’
Civil rights activist Anna Hazare issued an ultimatum to the Maharashtra Government on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) calling for the withdrawal of the Maharashtra Right to Information (Amendment) Rules, 2...
ePlane unveils India’s first full scale eVTOL prototype
Chennai-headquartered The ePlane Company has completed assembly of its full-scale electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, the e200X, integrating the aircraft’s core subsystems into a s...
270 grams of suspected brown sugar seized from Assam youths in Kochi
The Kochi City police made multiple seizures of narcotic substances and arrested four persons in separate raids as part of Operation Toofan – the Narco Hunt, a Statewide anti-drug drive. In the first ...
BJP govt trying to impose vegetarianism in Bengal: O'Brien
Trinamool Congress (TMC) joint secretary Derek O'Brien on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) targeted the BJP over reports that eggs might be excluded from midday meals in West Bengal , alleging that the new g...
Nirav Modi must pay up over $11 million to Bank of India, U.K. court rules
Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi is liable to pay Bank of India over $11.5 million, including accruing interest on a personal loan guarantee, the High Court in London has ruled. Also Read: PNB-Nir...
Ujjain land 'scam': Congress's allegations against CM Mohan Yadav baseless, says BJP
Madhya Pradesh BJP president Hemant Khandelwal has termed the land scam allegations against Chief Minister Mohan Yadav as "baseless", saying whenever the State has a CM from the backward class, the Co...
The southwest monsoon finally hit Mumbai on June 23, about 13 days after its normal onset date
Key Updates Watch | Mumbai rain leaves several pockets waterlogged June 24, 2026 15:51 Incessant showers trigger landslides on arterial road in West Sikkim; vehicular traffic halted Torrential overnig...
India eyes 100 GW as global hydropower shifts to ‘water battery’: report
India is targeting 100 gigawatts of pumped storage hydropower capacity by 2035-36, but it is nowhere near what China is pursuing, the 2026 Global Hydropower Outlook said. The International Hydropower ...
31% of sitting Rajya Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases: ADR
Around 31% of sitting Rajya Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases against themselves, of whom 16% have declared serious criminal cases, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Refo...
India, U.S. note ‘substantial progress’ on trade deal talks as U.S. Trade Representative Greer ends two-day visit to Delhi
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer concluded his two-day visit to New Delhi, having held multiple meetings with Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal during which they reviewed the core elements of the...
They serve as they study, says Supreme Court, backing eased NEET-Super Speciality cut-offs for government doctors
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) said the cut-off or qualifying percentile for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Super Speciality (NEET-SS) seats for in-service government docto...
What constitutes a ‘workplace’ under POSH Act?
In a case discussing the interpretation of “workplace” under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (POSH), the Bombay High Court held that a sha...
At Kidwai’s palliative care ward, sound therapy offers moments of comfort beyond treatment
Every Thursday, the palliative care ward at the State-run Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology is filled with sounds that drown the usual hospital din. Patients and their caregivers gather for an hou...
Ram Charan steals limelight at APL inauguration in Mangalagiri
Actor Ram Charan stole the limelight at the Andhra Premier League (APL), which began at the newly-renovated Mangalagiri Stadium on Wednesday. While the initial matches of the APL were held in Visakhap...
SRM University-AP, Haruka partner on green hydrogen project
SRM University-AP has partnered with Haruka Clean Energy Private Limited to develop renewable energy solutions, including green hydrogen and battery storage systems, supported by an AI-enabled energy ...
CM releases anthology of essays by former civil servants
The need for fresh thinking on Kerala’s demographic, economic and developmental challenges came into focus at the release of The Kerala Club: Keepers of the Flame , a collection of essays by 29 retire...
Why West Bengal’s decision of linking social security benefits to SIR is being challenged | Explained
The story so far The Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) asked petitioners challenging West Bengal government’s notifications of linking benefits under the Public Distribution System (PDS) and An...
India slams Pakistan for 'unwarranted' remarks on J&K at UNSC’s Arria-formula meeting
India slammed Pakistan for making “unwarranted” remarks on Jammu and Kashmir at an informal UN Security Council meeting organised by Beijing and Islamabad, asserting that the Union Territory is a matt...
Explained: Why did Delhi High Court quash charges against NewsClick?
The story so far: The Delhi High Court has quashed the first information report (FIR) registered by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police and the consequent money laundering proceedings...
Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2026: tough by design or default?
The story so far: The Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, introduced in 1979 following the Kothari Committee’s recommendations, was designed as a screening mechanism — a ‘filter and funnel’ — to...
El Nino effect: Centre says 111 districts with ‘poor irrigation facilities’ are a concern
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has held a high-level meeting with State Agriculture Ministers and officials on El Nino situation, that has so far resulted in a delay of monsoon. Talk...
Indian Navy warships INS Udaygiri, INS Kavaratti in Vietnam to boost maritime cooperation
As part of the Indian Navy’s ongoing operational deployment, the indigenously designed and constructed warships INS Udaygiri and INS Kavaratti arrived at Nha Rong Port in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on...
Illegal immigrants being deported, genuine Indians have noting to fear: Bengal CM
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) said his government has identified thousands of illegal immigrants and begun deporting them while assuring genuine Indian citizen...
Jaishankar, South Korean FM discuss deepening strategic partnership in Seoul
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) held talks with his South Korean counterpart Cho Hyun, focusing on bilateral cooperation and the rapidly changing global situation,...
BJP’s two-thirds majority bid aimed at scrapping reservation, alleges Congress
The Congress on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) alleged that the BJP is striving for a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha as its "real and ultimate target" is to be able to amend the Constitution for endi...
Fresh showdown at MG University over staff reshuffle
Just as the controversy over the reconstitution of its Senate and Boards of Studies refuses to die down, Mahatma Gandhi University has landed in another showdown, with employees protesting against the...
Installation charges waived for BSNL’s FTTH internet connections in rural areas; customers to pay only subscription fee
State-owned BSNL has announced a programme to provide free installation for its Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) internet connections in villages falling in the jurisdiction of its Mysuru Business Area. A sta...
All 33 new crest gates on TB Dam to be dedicated to the nation today
In a milestone for water security and safety infrastructure, the fully replaced set of 33 steel crest gates of the Tungabhadra Dam at Hosapete in Vijayanagara district will be formally dedicated to th...
Jitendra Singh pitches for BRICS Space Economy
Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh on Wednesday pitched for BRICS Space Economy. Participating in the valedictory session of the BRICS Heads of Space Agencies (HOSA) mee...
120 pairs of ‘Kodelu’ distributed to farmers in Vemulawada; modern goshala to come up at Marripalli
As many as 120 pairs of ‘Kodelu’ (bulls) were distributed to eligible farmers at goshala (cow shelter) of the historic Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy temple at Thippapur in Vemulawada on Wednesday. The ben...
Keep alliance intact to prevent YSRCP comeback: Lokesh
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national working president Nara Lokesh on Wednesday stressed the need for the TDP, BJP and Jana Sena Party (JSP) to keep their alliance intact for years to come to prevent the...
India eyes 100GW as global hydropower shifts to ‘water battery’: Report
India is targeting 100 gigawatts of pumped storage capacity by 2035-36, but it is nowhere near what China is pursuing, the 2026 Global Hydropower Outlook said. The International Hydropower Association...
BJP wants two-thirds majority in Lok Sabha as its 'real target' is to end reservation: Congress
The Congress on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) alleged that the BJP is striving for a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha as its "real and ultimate target" is to be able to amend the Constitution for endi...
Claims about sugarcane juice directly mixed with petrol, car engine absorbing water because of ethanol “misleading, unsubstantiated”: Petroleum Ministry
Claims about ethanol-blended petrol absorbing water into the fuel tank and sugarcane juice being directly mixed with petrol are “misleading” and “unsubstantiated”, the Union Petroleum Ministry said in...
PM Modi speaks to Qatar’s Amir after 12 Indians killed in Ras Laffan blast, thanks him for condolences
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) received a phone call from the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who expressed grief over the death of Indian nationals in a tragi...
BRICS can play a key role in tackling terrorism: PM
India’s leadership of the BRICS grouping will help in enhancing priorities of the Global South, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (June 23, 2026). Meeting the National Security Advisers of ...
Sanjay Jaju’s repatriation reflects Telangana Govt’s focus on effective delivery of welfare schemes ahead of next elections
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has focused his attention on effective implementation of the spree of welfare schemes launched in keeping with the Congress manifesto of the previous election...
Railways, Cochin Port launch inquiries into ‘dismantling’ of defunct rail tracks at Willingdon Island
Railway authorities and the Cochin Port Authority (CPA) have launched separate inquiries into the alleged dismantling of a portion of a defunct rail track passing through a property of the port at Wil...
Shivamogga court receives bomb threat
Shivamogga police conducted a comprehensive security check at the district court on June 24 following a mail received by the Principal District and Sessions Judge threatening a cylinder bomb explosion...
Anbumani calls on father and PMK founder Ramadoss
Amid the ongoing internal feud within the Pattali Makkal Latchi (PMK), party president Anbumani Ramadoss on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) called on his father and party founder S. Ramadoss at the family’s...
Bombay High Court says shared auto not 'workplace' under PoSH Act, sets aside ICC order
The Bombay High Court has ruled that a shared auto-rickshaw used by an employee for commuting to work does not constitute a 'workplace' under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, P...
Monsoon tracker LIVE updates
Key Updates Watch | Mumbai rain leaves several pockets waterlogged June 24, 2026 12:33 Trans-Harbour rail services resume after track damage; total 24 trains cancelled due to downpour Train movement o...
Facts related to Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s death in J&K should be made public: BJP
The BJP on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) observed ‘ Balidan Diwas ’ in Srinagar to commemorate the death anniversary of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, who died in a Jammu and Kashmir jail in 1953 and called for “a...
Iran-U.S. MoU has had a positive impact on energy, fertiliser flow to India: MEA
The signing of a 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran and the United States on June 17 has had a positive impact on the flow of energy and fertilizers to India, the Ministry of Exte...
Kerala Assembly: Opposition LDF locks horn with UDF over PM SHRI, stages walkout
The Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF ) and the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) on Wednesday (June 24, 2026) locked horns over the implementation of the Centrally-funded PM SHRI (Prime Minist...
IT Ministry asks CJP’s Dipke to be present for hearing on X account ban
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has asked Abhijeet Dipke to be physically present for a hearing on the union government’s blocking of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) acc...
Supreme Court stays premature release of Bowbazar blast convict
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) stayed a Delhi High Court decision to prematurely release a 78-year-old man serving a life sentence for the 1993 Bowbazar blast case that left 69 people de...
Supreme Court says petitioners must ideally move Calcutta High Court; plea claims that the outcome of SIR has been linked to food security schemes in the State and could impact welfare benefits
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) said petitioners must ideally move the Calcutta High Court with a plea that a West Bengal government order on June 4 effectively deprived lakhs purged from...
Ladakh observes shutdown over Centre’s ‘missing’ draft, new policy push
Ladakh’s Kargil and Leh districts on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) observed a shutdown over the failure of the Centre to release the minutes of a meeting held on May 22, which apparently agreed to a new set...
SIT inspects Lucknow fire incident site; Congress alleges Uttar Pradesh government’s negligence responsible for tragedy
The two-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) visited the Lucknow fire incident site and later met the injured victims admitted to King George’s Medical University (KGMU)....
Japanese PM Sanai Takaichi’s Guwahati visit cancelled, meetings will be hosted in Delhi
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will not visit Guwahati from July 1-3, as was planned earlier. She will hold her interactions in Delhi because of the “tight” schedule of her visit and other log...
CWMA asks basin States to use reservoir water judiciously, defers decision on Cauvery releases
Amid depleted water level in reservoirs in the Cauvery basin and the poor rainfall situation in Karnataka, the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) directed all basin S...
Stretching ‘information’ to include Telegram
The Union government temporarily blocked Telegram to protect the sanctity of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026 re-examination by a single interpretative sleight o...
Syama Prasad Mookerjee, profound thinker and a great nationalist: BJP chief
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) paid tributes to Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his 73rd “ Balidan Diwas ”, describing him as a profound thinker and a grea...
India, U.K. hold meeting of key group, chart roadmap to deepen defence cooperation
India and the U.K. have held “constructive and forward-looking” deliberations at a meeting of a key group to chart a “robust roadmap” to deepen defence cooperation and strengthen the enduring partners...
Vijay Amritraj, Mammootty, Rohit Sharma, Alka Yagnik take home Padma awards
Tennis legend Vijay Amritraj, actors Mammootty and Satish Shah, cricketer Rohit Sharma, and playback singer Alka Yagnik were among the eminent personalities who received the Padma awards from Presiden...
Sonowal launches five initiatives at VOC Port to advance green, digital and educational goals
Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) launched a series of initiatives of the V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority (VOCPA), aimed at promoting sus...
CUET-UG 2026: Results out; one candidate scores 100 percentile in four of five subjects
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) declared the results of the Common University Entrance Test-Undergraduate (CUET-UG), which was conducted from May 11 to May 31, and on June...
West Bengal Govt to bring in law to auction properties of those involved in corruption, says Suvendu
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) came down heavily on the Trinamool Congress accusing the party of indulging in massive corruption and said that his government wi...
Nihang standoff in Uttarakhand Gurudwara resolved
A three-day-long standoff at the Nagarasu gurdwara in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district came to an end on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) evening after a group of Nihang Sikhs occupying the shrine’s rooftop ...
After the split, mudslinging begins between the newly inducted Shiv Sena MPs and the Shiv Sena(UBT)
A war of words has ensued between the newly inducted Shiv Sena Lok Sabha members and the Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders. This is within a day after the formal announcement of six MPs crossing over from Shiv ...
Devastating building fire in Lucknow brings development authority’s actions under scrutiny
Following the devastating fire incident in Aliganj, Lucknow , that killed 15 people, old records and actions taken by the development authority concerning the building have come under scrutiny. The bu...
The actions of Rashid Khan amounted to ‘almost a terrorist activity’ and he had played the ‘role of a mastermind’, the Bench orally remarks
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) stayed a Delhi High Court decision to prematurely release a 78-year-old man serving a life sentence for the 1993 Bowbazar blast case that left 69 people de...
Every file represents aspirations, lives of countless citizens: PM Modi to young IAS officers
Every file represents the aspirations, concerns and lives of countless citizens, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told young IAS officers on Tuesday (June 23, 2026), while asking them to place people at t...
Amit Shah directs NAFED, NCCF to bypass middlemen, buy pulses and oilseeds directly from farmers
Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) directed National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED) and National Cooperative Consumers' Federation (NCCF) to procure...
FCRA Rules tightened: NGOs must declare social media accounts, stick to specified activities; political content barred
The Story so far: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notified the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2026 on June 22, 2026 to amend the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) [F-C] Ru...
Illegal immigrants from Bangalesh, Myanmar | Pushback, detention and deportation laws explained
The story so far: The fresh wave of deportation and detention drives targeting undocumented migrants from Bangladesh in several States, including West Bengal, have brought deportation laws to the spot...
CJP announces ‘diaper donation drive,’ alleges police attempt to shrink protest site
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) announced a "diaper donation drive" as part of its ongoing campaign seeking the resignation of the Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradha...
Congress seeks high-level probe in alleged Ujjain land scam by Mohan Yadav family
The Congress on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) demanded a high-level investigation by a committee led by a Supreme Court judge into the alleged land scam by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s family...
Analysis: Stretching ‘information’ to include Telegram
The Union government temporarily blocked Telegram to protect the sanctity of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026 re-examination by a single interpretative sleight o...
New ROB, fruit pulp factory, desilting of water bodies in Tirupattur required: IUML MLA
Key demands of Tirupattur residents are a new Rail Over Bridge (ROB) that will replace the existing manned railway level crossing (LC 81) near the railway station in Vaniyambadi town, a fruit pulp fac...
Chhattisgarh man held for killing eight fellow villagers spanning four months
A 46-year-old man has been arrested in Chhattisgarh’s Balodabazar-Bhatapara district for allegedly murdering eight persons and attempting to murder one by poisoning them at different times between Feb...
State government recommends MSP for Totapuri mangoes, awaits Centre’s nod
Following a bandh and protest in Srinivaspura, Malur, Kolar and surrounding areas by mango growing farmers on Monday, the Karnataka State Mango Development and Marketing Corporation Limited (KSMDMCL) ...
Constable dies in road accident in Vellore
A 39-year-old police constable was killed after the two-wheeler he was riding on was hit by a government bus on Chennai - Bengaluru Highway (NH 48) at Konavattam, within Vellore Corporation limits, on...
School students allegedly roped in by TVK functionaries tie party flags to median
A section of students at Government Middle School at Vada Pudupattu village that comes under Madhanur Panchayat Union were allegedly roped in by local functionaries of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TV...
Narayani Hospital organises blood donation camp in Vellore
Sri Narayani Hospital & Research Centre (SNHRC) organised a blood donation camp for students and other volunteers at its campus in Vellore to mark World Blood Donor Day. According to a press release, ...
Over 5,000 visitors throng Amirthi zoo in Vellore on CM’s birthday
More than 5,000 visitors, mostly women and children, thronged Amirthi Zoological Park, located on the outskirts of Vellore Corporation limits, on Sunday and Monday due to the two-day free entry as par...
Opening of Strait of Hormuz welcome move: NSA Doval at BRICS conclave
The opening of the Strait of Hormuz is a very welcome move as it will help energy security, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) while welcoming counterparts from BRICS...
PM Modi must stop appeasing 'good friend' Trump; India must not sign trade pact as it stands: Congress
With U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer visiting India, the Congress on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must stop appeasing his "good friend" President Donald Trump , a...
President confers Padma awards to Mammootty, Vijay Amritraj
Tennis legend Vijay Amritraj , actor Mammootty, and playback singer Alka Yagnik were among 65 eminent personalities who received the P adma from President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday (June 23, 2026). In...
76% health insurance reimbursement claimants face immediate financial burden: report
Around 76% health insurance reimbursement claimants borrowed or broke investments turning their medical bills into an immediate financial burden, found the latest national consumer insights report rel...
Two youths, three minors held for stealing 38 bikes in Konaseema
Five persons, including three minor boys, have been taken into custody for stealing 38 two-wheelers near Ravulapalem in Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district. Speaking to the media on Tuesday, Dr. B.R...
Applications invited from government teachers for deputation posts in Samagra Shiksha
Samagra Shiksha State Project Director B. Srinivasa Rao on Tuesday invited applications from teachers and headmasters working under various categories of the School Education Department for appointmen...
V.D. Satheesan should not turn into V.D. Savarkar: AIYF, AISF raise slogan during protest in Thrissur
Raising political slogans and alleging ideological compromise, the district committees of the All India Youth Federation (AIYF) and All India Students’ Federation (AISF) organised a protest march to t...
Nagashree Nandgavi bags M.K. Nambyar Gold Medal
Lieutenant Colonel Pankaja A. Kugaji, commissioned officer of the Indian Army, presented various medals and awards to meritorious students of KLS Raja Lakhamgouda Law College in Belagavi on Tuesday. S...
Fertiliser stock sufficient for kharif: officials
The fertiliser stock available in Visakhapatnam district is enough to meet the kharif demand till the end of July, the Agriculture Department said on Tuesday. District Agriculture Officer Appalaswamy ...
Partial emergency mock exercise conducted at Mysuru airport
A ‘Partial Emergency Mock Exercise’ was conducted at Mysuru airport on Tuesday to enhance its emergency response capabilities. A statement here said the exercise was designed to address and rectify th...
Monsoon tracker LIVE: Monsoon advances in Maharashtra; IMD forecasts rain until June 26
June 23, 2026 16:34 Monsoon sweeps north but brings less rain than usual Long-awaited monsoon rains arrived in India’s financial capital, Mumbai, on Tuesday (June 23), cooling weeks of blazing heat de...
Vijay government moves Supreme Court on Thirupparankundram row
The Tamil Nadu government headed by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has moved the Supreme Court challenging orders passed by the Madras High Court on lighting of a lamp at a stone pillar near a dargah ...
George Kurian resigns as Union Minister, likely to return to Kerala politics
Union Minister George Kurian has resigned from the Union Council of Ministers following the completion of his Rajya Sabha tenure. President Droupadi Murmu has formally accepted his resignation. Source...
No one should own the law: why government standards should be public
The principle that rules governing public life must be widely accessible is not new to India. The first Indian road safety standard dates back to Emperor Ashoka, who commanded that his edicts of gover...
110 students fall ill after lunch at private Indore school; expired food items found in kitchen
Around 110 children fell ill after consuming food at a private school in Indore, prompting the administration to launch a probe into the matter and seal the kitchen on Monday (June 22, 2026), said of...
Haldia seaport in West Bengal designated as immigration post
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has designated Haldia seaport in West Bengal as an immigration post, a notification by the Ministry on Monday (June 22, 2026) said. At present, there are 40 se...
Vijayanagara king’s 16th-century inscriptions come to light in Seshachalam forest, Tirupati
An expert team from the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has found three rare inscriptions dating to the 16th century in Sadasivakona, deep inside the Seshachalam forest in Tirupati district. Afte...
KSIIDC hands over ₹143 crore dividend to government of Karnataka
Karnataka State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (KSIIDC) has given a dividend cheque of ₹143.12 crore to the State Government. M.B. Patil, Minister for Large and Medium Industrie...
CAG flags ‘variation’ of ₹12,669 crore in Kerala’s KIIFB, KSSPL off-Budget borrowings for 2024-25
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has flagged a ‘variation’ of ₹12,669.92 crore in the off-Budget borrowings made by the Kerala Infrastructure Investment Fund Board (KIIFB) and the Kerala Soci...
Uttarakhand gurdwara standoff: Two Nihang Sikhs step down, negotiations ongoing with others
Efforts are being made to persuade the Nihang Sikhs stationed on the roof of a gurdwara in Nagarasu, located in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district, to come down through dialogue, police said on Monday...
Centre amends rules for receiving foreign funds
The government has amended the rules for receiving foreign funds requiring NGOs to choose from predefined list of purposes and their area of operation, allowing a range of faith-based activities while...
Jaishankar meets Mongolian leaders, reviews bilateral cooperation
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met his Mongolian counterpart Battsetseg Batmunkh on Monday (June 22, 2026) and reviewed progress in bilateral cooperation in development projects, capacity bui...
U.S. notifies sale of support services for India’s Apache helicopters, M777A2 howitzers
The U.S. has formally notified the proposed sale of sustainment support services and related equipment for India's Apache helicopters and M777A2 Ultra-Light Howitzers at an estimated cost of $482.2 mi...
India leads world in ship recycling, captures 35.4% global share
India became the world’s leading ship recycling nation in 2025, achieving a key target under the Maritime India Vision (MIV) 2030 well ahead of schedule, according to a United Nations Conference on Tr...
JAMCO inaugurates Centre of Excellence in Pune
Tokyo-headquartered aircraft interiors company JAMCO Interiors on Monday launched its Centre of Excellence in Pune, committing $150 million to expand its India workforce “six-fold” and build the count...
Haryana government funds misappropriation case: CBI arrests senior IAS official
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Pankaj Aggarwal, the then Principal Secretary in the Department of School Education and Department of Agriculture in Haryana , in connection with...
George Kurian resigns as Union Minister after his Rajya Sabha term ends
Union Minister George Kurian has resigned from the Union Council of Ministers following the completion of his Rajya Sabha tenure. President Droupadi Murmu has formally accepted his resignation. Source...
42 Umrah pilgrims escape unhurt as bus catches fire near Kannur airport in Kerala
A tourist bus carrying 42 Umrah pilgrims to the Kannur International Airport in Kerala was gutted in a fire at Shivapuram near Mattannur in the early hours of Tuesday (June 23, 2026), though all passe...
The building had been issued a demolition order in 2016 over unauthorised construction, but it was revoked within two months
Following the devastating fire incident in Aliganj, Lucknow , that killed 15 people, old records and actions taken by the development authority concerning the building have come under scrutiny. The bu...
Monsoon tracker LIVE: Heavy overnight rain, flooding disrupts life in Western part of Hyderabad
June 23, 2026 12:25 Thunderstorms, heavy rain to lash several Arunachal districts from today Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and heavy rain are likely to affect several parts of Arunachal Prade...
Facial recognition cameras at airports, vital sites to be linked to data fusion centre: CISF DG
Facial recognition cameras installed at all major airports will be linked to a data fusion centre proposed to come up in Delhi , Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Director General Praveer Ranja...
Kerala’s domestic power generation meets only 17% of demand; State facing 900 MW deficit: Electricity Minister
Kerala’s domestic power generation presently meets only about 17% of the State’s daily electricity requirement, Electricity Minister Sunny Joseph informed the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. Despite ...
Ayodhya Ram temple donation case: SIT submits preliminary report to U.P. government
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged irregularities in donations at the Ayodhya Ram Temple submitted its preliminary report on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) to the Uttar Pradesh governme...
Plea claims ration linked to SIR in West Bengal, SC asks petitioner to move HC
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) said petitioners must ideally move the Calcutta High Court with a plea that a West Bengal government order on June 4 effectively deprived lakhs purged from...
'Engine of plunder' running at full speed under BJP's double-engine govt in MP: Congress
The Congress on Tuesday (June 23, 2026) cited a media report which claimed that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's family bought acres of land in Ujjain in zones benefiting from infrastructur...
Three injured in clash during highway blockade in Manipur
At least three people were injured in a clash between Kuki protesters enforcing a highway shutdown and security personnel in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Monday (June 22, 2026). Kuki civil society ...
Trinamool rebels remove Mamata as the party chairperson
Rebel MLAs of the Trinamool Congress on Monday (June 22, 2026) removed party founder and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from the post of chairperson at a meeting held in Kolkata on Monday (June...
NSA Doval meets counterparts from BRICS grouping, discusses West Asia and India-China ties
Developments in West Asia formed the dominant backdrop as National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval hosted his counterparts from BRICS grouping in New Delhi for the BRICS NSAs meeting. Mr. Doval met ...
Facial recognition cameras installed at six major airports likely to be integrated with the National Intelligence Grid to enhance real-time monitoring and suspect identification
Facial recognition cameras installed at all major airports will be linked to a data fusion centre proposed to come up in Delhi , Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Director General Praveer Ranja...
No free diagnostic services for women with more than three children: Assam hospital
A government hospital in western Assam’s Barpeta district has decided not to provide free diagnostic services from July 1 to any woman with more than three children or expecting her fourth baby. Annou...
30 arrested for attempting irregularities in NEET-UG re-exam in Bihar
The police arrested at least 30 people allegedly for attempting irregularities in the NEET-UG re-examination in Bihar, an officer said on Monday (June 22, 2026). While 18 people working in the exam ce...
Faultlines surface in Punjab Congress as Manish Tewari is kept out of consultations
Factionalism within the Punjab Congress came to the fore during consultations on organisational changes in the State unit, with senior leader and Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari left out of the exercise. A...
Intellectual bankruptcy, says Congress after Suvendu government renames Suhrawardy road
The Congress on Monday (June 22, 2026) criticised the BJP government in West Bengal for renaming Kolkata’s Suhrawardy Avenue ‘Gopal Mukherjee Road’, with party leader Pawan Khera accusing it of displa...
Farm outfits, trade unions write to PM Modi against FTA with U.S.
Several organisations of farmers, fish workers, poultry traders, and winemakers and trade unions have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that the negotiations with the United States for...
ASI transfers ‘Rakhigarhi’ skeletons to Anthropological Survey of India for further research
Human skeletal remains excavated from the archaeological site of Rakhigarhi in Haryana have been formally handed over by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to the Anthropological Survey of India...
India, Israel discuss expanding defence, industrial cooperation
India and Israel have discussed ways to further strengthen defence cooperation during the visit of Director General of Israel’s Ministry of Defense, Major General (retd.) Amir Baram, to India on Monda...
India in talks to sell BrahMos missile, Akashteer air defence system to the UAE, sources say
The Indian government is in talks with the UAE to sell some of its flagship defence systems, including the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, four Indian sources said, as the Gulf nation steps up arm...
AIMIM Corporator disqualified from his post in BMC
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Mayor Ritu Tawde on Monday (June 22, 2026) announced that AIMIM’s Shamir Ramzan Patel stands disqualified from his post as Corporator during civic body’s gener...
Arunachal rights panel seeks better infrastructure in Chakma-Hajong settlements
The Arunachal Pradesh State Human Rights Commission (APSHRC) has recommended urgent infrastructure and flood control interventions in the Chakma and Hajong settlement areas under the State’s Changlang...
Punjab caps annual fee hike for private schools at 5%
The Punjab government on Monday (June 22, 2026) approved an ordinance, placing a cap of five percent on annual fee hike by private unaided schools across the State The decision was taken in the Cabine...
BJP president Nabin flays Punjab govt over law and order, drugs, gangsterism, youth migration
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Nitin Nabin on Monday (June 22, 2026) took a dig at the Punjab government, saying that Punjab’s deteriorating law and order situation, rising gangsteris...
Buoyed by ‘improved security’, displaced Pandits converge on Kashmir temple in their thousands
GANDERBAL Buoyed by the improvement in the security situation, a record number of displaced Kashmiri Pandits converged on the Kheer Bhawani temple in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal on Monday (June 22, 20...
Entire political science of data doctoring: Congress slams govt on rural wage figures
The Congress on Monday (June 22, 2026) alleged that the Modi government is "doctoring a rural wages boom" and claimed that it has been manufactured by a methodological change. Congress general secreta...
A pictorial journey into 'Yoga for Healthy Ageing'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (June 21, 2026) morning led the nation in observing the 12th International Day of Yoga from the Red Road in Kolkata. This year’s theme for the International Day ...
Hydroponic weed worth ₹4.83 crore seized at Delhi airport; passenger arrested
Customs officials at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in New Delhi have seized hydroponic weed worth about ₹4.80 crore from an Indian passenger arriving from Bangkok and arrested him under th...
VHP alleges 'communal discrimination' at NEET centres, seeks probe
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday (June 21, 2026) claimed that Hindu NEET-UG aspirants were not allowed to wear religious symbols such as ‘kalava’ and ‘mala’ at several centres, while Muslim c...
Jairam Ramesh writes to Sonowal, seeks clarifications on Great Nicobar project's transhipment port
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, who has been raising concerns over the Great Nicobar Island (GNI) project, has written a letter to Union Minister Sarbanand Sonowal, seeking clarifications on the develo...
Allu Arjun misses to appear before court in stampede case, hearing adjourned to July 6
Actor Allu Arjun did not appear before the Nampally Criminal Court on Monday (June 22, 2026) during proceedings in the Sandhya Theatre stampede case, and two representatives of the theatre management ...
Nine detained over suspected impersonation during NEET-UG re-exam in Bihar's Lakhisarai
The police arrested at least 30 people allegedly for attempting irregularities in the NEET-UG re-examination in Bihar, an officer said on Monday (June 22, 2026). While 18 people working in the exam ce...
Parliamentary panel visit not meant to assess Kashmir situation: Tharoor after remarks draw Congress’s ire
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's remarks about "encouraging progress towards normalcy" in Jammu and Kashmir, made after a meeting with LG Manoj Sinha, have not gone down well with his party in ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces an ex-gratia of ₹2 lakh from PMNRF to the kin of each deceased; injured to get ₹50,000
Fifteen people were “brought dead” to a hospital in Lucknow, and seven injured were undergoing treatment after a massive fire gutted a three-floor commercial building housing an animation centre on Mo...
Tiruvallur ammonia leak: Death toll rises to seven at seafood processing unit as five more people succumb
The toll in the ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing unit in Tiruvallur district went up to seven after five more affected workers died on Monday (June 22, 2026). All seven were women from Odisha,...
Indians among 13 dead in Qatar explosion, says Qatar Minister
At least 13 people, including Indians, were killed in an explosion at the Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar, the Gulf country's Energy Minister Saad bin Shreida Al-Kaabi said on Monday (June 22, 202...
Bihar CM transfers over ₹200 crore to 3.96 lakh farmers hit by natural calamities in March
Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary on Monday (June 22, 2026) transferred over ₹200 crore to the bank accounts of more than 3.96 lakh farmers under a subsidy scheme, providing relief to cultivators ...
SC disposes of plea after CBSE frames new policy for Class XII students in West Asia
The Union government informed the Supreme Court on Monday (June 22, 2026) that the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has framed a fresh policy for evaluating private candidates in West Asia ...
AIMPLB to launch nationwide movement against social, political marginalisation of Muslims
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Monday (June 22, 2026) said it would soon come out with a comprehensive document on the “deteriorating condition” of Muslims in the country and launch a nati...
Mob assaults Kerala man in Odisha’s Sambalpur on suspicion of child-lifting
Days after villagers in Odisha’s Rayagada district attacked two NGO workers on suspicion of being child-lifters, a mob assaulted a daily wage labourer from Kerala in Sambalpur under similar circumstan...
Monsoon Live: Shimla Met issues yellow warning for thunderstorms, lightning, gusty winds; orange alert for Mumbai
June 22, 2026 19:05 Tamil Nadu | What was witnessed yesterday in Tuticorin not tornado: IMD A dramatic funnel-like cloud formation accompanied by rising dust observed near the Tuticorin Airport yester...
Kerala High Court stays demolition of Chander Kunj Army Towers
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday issued a stay on the demolition of the twin towers of the Chander Kunj Army Towers at Vyttila, developed by the Army Welfare Housing Organisation (A...
Yoga has become world’s largest community celebration, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (June 21, 2026) said yoga unites and brings everyone together, and has become the world’s largest community celebration. “June 21, in some parts of the Earth mar...
U.P. Muslim MPs urge government to refrain from targeted action on heritage structures
Muslim Members of Parliament (MPs) from Uttar Pradesh on Sunday (June 21, 2026) said authorities in the State apparatus should refrain from discriminatory demolitions of historical and heritage struct...
The examination is being held from 2.00 p.m. to 5.15 p.m., with the provision of an additional 15 minutes this time
More than 20 lakh candidates appeared for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) re-examination at 5,440 centres across India and 14 centres abroad on Sunday (June 21, 2026...
Gehlot questions Shah’s intent in demolition of Muslim religious sites along Rajasthan border
Flagging the demolition of Muslim religious sites in Rajasthan’s border areas adjoining Pakistan after Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Bikaner in May , former Rajasthan Chief Minister and senior...
Seven killed, several hospitalised after ammonia gas leak at a seafood processing unit in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district
At least seven workers died, and more than 40 people working in a private company of a shrimp processing unit in Periyapalayam in Tiruvallur district were admitted in serious condition due to a chemic...
What is meant by the idiom ‘left in the lurch’?
What is the meaning and origin of the idiom ‘left in the lurch’? (P Keshav, Madurai) ‘Lurch’ rhymes with ‘church’, ‘search’ and ‘perch’. The word comes from the French ‘lourche’, a board game played w...
Group of Nihangs storm gurdwara in Rudraprayag, hold Sikh devotee hostage on roof
A group of Nihangs, armed with spears and swords, stormed a gurdwara in Rudraprayag and took a Sikh devotee hostage on the roof of the building to demand the release of four members of the sect who we...
Cyber scam hubs across Southeast Asia fuelled by human trafficking: APG report
On the lookout for lucrative jobs abroad, Abhishek Negi and Ashish Tyagi approached a former colleague who offered to help them land a job with a Chinese company in Thailand, with a salary of about $1...
From Shillong to seas: Armed forces celebrate International Day of Yoga across India
From the icy heights of Siachen Glacier to the vast Rann of Kutch, and from the hills of the northeast to naval platforms at sea, the armed forces observed the International Day of Yoga across the cou...
Diplomatic community joins Yoga Day celebrations
Several members of the diplomatic corps in New Delhi on Sunday (June 21, 2026) took part in a yoga session along with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to mark the International Day of Yoga. The...
Rahul Gandhi arrives in Raipur to take part in Congress training camp
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrived in Raipur on Sunday to participate in the party's training camp for office-bearers and functionaries of its Chhattisgarh unit. Former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Ch...
Monsoon Live: Orange alert for Mumbai; onset of monsoon expected by June 23
June 22, 2026 15:22 Himachal Pradesh | Snowfall disrupts traffic in Chamba “Snowfall in Himachal’s Chamba district disrupted traffic on the Dalhousie-Lakkarmandi-Khajjiar route for almost two hours on...
NTA dismisses video claiming paper leak as 'fake', says NEET re-exam successfully held
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has termed as fake a video being circulated on social media claiming that the NEET-UG 2026 paper was leaked. In a statement on X, the agency said the exam was conduct...
Centre reappoints Solicitor General Tushar Mehta for three years; five ASGs also get extension
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the reappointment of Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta for a further term of three years from July 1, ensuring continuity in the Cent...
What is ammonia poisoning? | Explained
A total of five fatalities and over 67 hospital admissions have been reported after ammonia gas leaked from a seafood processing plant in Tiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu on Sunday (June 21, 2026). ...
T.N. Governor deserves appreciation for learning Tamil: Speaker
Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar on Monday (June 22, 2026) told the House that Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar should be appreciated for his efforts to learn Tamil and pronounce Tamil...
Gade Sai Krishna case: SIT records mother’s statement, Krishnalanka residents protest for suspended CI
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), led by Inspector General of Police (IGP) M. Ravi Prakash , met the family of Gade Sai Krishna and recorded the statement of his mother, G. Vijaya Lakshmi , at the...
Orange alert for Mumbai; onset of monsoon expected by June 23
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an Orange alert for Mumbai. The forecast indicates thunderstorms, lightning, and rainfall over the next three hours. The onset of the southwest mon...
‘Operation Tiger’ successful, declares Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde
Operation Tiger is successful, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde announced on Sunday (June 21, 2026), adding he had never left any operation incomplete. Two of the six Lok Sabha members ...
Police begin collecting DNA records under 2022 law; over one lakh profiles generated
Police in several States have started collecting DNA records, primarily from blood samples, of suspects arrested in heinous crimes. Along with DNA profiles, photographs, fingerprints and iris scans, t...
Rahul Gandhi’s politics of resistance needs a credible path to power
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which recently celebrated Modi government 3.0 to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s completion of 12 years in office, has often ridiculed the “multiple relaunches” o...
Right to vote should be a Fundamental Right: Jairam Ramesh
The right to vote should be recognised as a fundamental right to ensure the highest level of judicial review and protection, along with safeguards against voter suppression or arbitrary exclusions dur...
India-EU trade pact to be signed by December; implemented from Feb-Mar next year: Piyush Goyal
India and the 27-nation European Union will sign the free trade agreement by December and are likely to implement the pact during February- March next year, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal...
Decoupling footpaths from accidents
A Bench of Justices P.S. Narasimha and Atul S. Chandurkar has, in its judgment (Maniyar Iliyaz@Shaik Riyaz versus P. Ayyappan), said a footpath’s relevance is more than that of a narrow strip of land ...
Do the police need court permission for further investigation after filing the final report?
The story so far: The Supreme Court recently in Paliniswamy Veeraraja & Ors. v The State of Karnataka & Anr . reiterated that the investigating authorities were required to obtain permission from the ...
PM Modi greets Tamil Nadu CM Vijay on birthday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (June 22, 2026) greeted Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on the occasion of his birthday and wished him a long and healthy life. Mr. Vijay, who assumed t...
Thousands join International Yoga Day events worldwide
Thousands of yoga enthusiasts across the world marked the International Day of Yoga on Sunday (June 21, 2026), as Indian missions abroad organised events to highlight the ancient practice's role in fo...
India seeks to become a manufacturer in the defence sector, says PM Modi
Emphasising that no nation can emerge as a major power without strong maritime capabilities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (June 21, 2026) commissioned three indigenously built naval ships in...
JD(U) national council unanimously endorses Nitish Kumar as national president, calls Nishant its future
The national council of the Janata Dal (United) on Sunday (June 21, 2026) unanimously endorsed the election of Nitish Kumar as the party’s national president. Mr. Kumar thanked the members of the coun...
Work begins on Vyttila Jn. redevelopment project
The Kerala Road Safety Authority’s (KRSA) ₹1.50-crore project to redevelop Vyttila Junction and decongest it was launched on Sunday (June 21). Although Vyttila is the biggest junction in Kerala, the j...
Panel sets deadline for Meghalaya govt. to stop ‘faceless’ illegal coal trade
GUWAHATI A one-member judicial committee appointed by the High Court of Meghalaya has given the State government 15 days to address the “faceless” nature of illegal coal mining and transportation in t...
International Yoga Day 2026 LIVE: President Murmu, PM Modi lead celebrations
Key Updates A countdown to International Day of Yoga How PM Modi celebrated International Yoga Day since 2015 Watch | Leaders participating in Yoga Day celebrations across the country June 21, 2026 14...
Congress leader said that the ECI’s “blatantly partisan functioning” under PM Modi and Amit Shah having been exposed, calling for the elevation of the right to vote to a fundamental right for greater judicial protection
The Congress on Sunday (June 21, 2026) made a strong pitch for making the right to vote a fundamental right, saying it would be a powerful step in putting in place safeguards against voter suppression...
Security beefed up in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal ahead of Kheer Bhawani Mela, Amarnath Yatra
Police have beefed up security in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir ahead of Mata Kheer Bhawani Mela and the forthcoming Amarnath yatra to ensure a safe and smooth pilgrimage experience for the ...
NEET-UG 2026: 2.2 million aspiring medical students undergo re-exam amid tight security
The NEET-UG re-exam was held at centres across the country and overseas on Sunday (June 21, 2026) amid tight security arrangements for the smooth conduct of the examination. The examination was conduc...
Military strength doesn’t come from dependence on global markets, India seeks to become defence manufacturer: PM Modi
Emphasising that no nation can emerge as a major power without strong maritime capabilities, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (June 21, 2026) commissioned three indigenously built naval ships in...
Yoga is more than a physical exercise, it’s a source of consciousness, vitality, and inner energy: PM
“Yoga is more than a physical exercise and is not confined to any age group. It is a source of consciousness, vitality and inner energy that enriches human life and has been an integral part of India’...
MVA boycotts CM’s tea party ahead of Maharashtra Assembly’s monsoon session
The Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance boycotted the government’s customary tea party organised on the eve of the legislative session to protest against the “failed administration of the Stat...
Samiti submits memorandum to Prime Minister seeking AIIMS for Raichur
The Kalyana Karnataka Horata Samiti has renewed its demand for the establishment of an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Raichur, urging the Centre to prioritise the backward region’s...
Insuring the informal worker against the heat
Shabbir Alam works at construction sites in Haryana , though his home is in Ludhiana. Last month, ₹1,000 appeared in his account. His contractor had enrolled him and some colleagues in a scheme under ...
GRT expands scholarship support to 1,000 students
GRT Jewellers on Saturday distributed scholarships at its Endowment Scholarship ceremony held at the GRT Mahalakshmi Vidyalaya in Tiruttani. Nearly 1,000 students are expected to benefit from the init...
International Yoga Day 2026: PM Modi to lead nation from Kolkata
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday (June 21, 2026) morning lead the nation in observing the 12th International Day of Yoga from the Red Road here. This year's theme for the International Day ...
Tirupati promotes yoga tourism by holding camps at key local attractions
The Tirupati district administration has made every effort over the last two weeks to promote yoga alongside tourism by holding camps at various tourist attractions. District Collector S. Venkateswar,...
TVK functionaries come under fire for disrupting class at govt. school in Kancheepuram
A video of a group of TVK functionaries in Kancheepuram district entering a government school and allegedly disrupting class hours to display the official portrait of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay in...
Mediation helps restore relationships, reduce court burden, say High Court judges
Mediation has now been accorded statutory recognition and judges play a crucial role in identifying cases that can be resolved through the process, High Court Judge R. Nataraj, who is also and Adminis...
Congress leader seeks judicial probe into Ayodhya Ram Mandir donation allegations
Andhra Pradesh Congress vice-president Kolanukonda Shivaji on Sunday said media reports published over the past 15 days regarding alleged irregularities in the handling of donations and hundi offering...
Police initiate school safety analysis using 12-point questionnaire
The Ernakulam Rural police are reviewing student safety in schools, covering infrastructure, personal, emotional, and cyber aspects. The structural integrity of compound walls and gates, police cleara...
BJP marks International Yoga Day with event in Vijayawada
The Andhra Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) observed International Yoga Day with enthusiasm at the party office in Vijayawada on Sunday (June 21, 2026). Party leaders, office-bearers, ...
Shweta Menon quits Malayalam actors’ body AMMA; executive committee resigns at stormy meet
The executive committee governing the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) , headed by actor Shweta Menon , resigned on Sunday (June 21, 2026) amid intense internal turmoil that led to a ser...
Modi’s 12 years in office just a start: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday (June 20, 2026) said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 12 years in office is just a start and there will be BJP and NDA rule in the country for many years to com...
Lt. Gen. Dhiraj Seth | Officer at the helm
Lt. Gen. Dhiraj Seth, presently serving as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, will assume office as the 31st Chief of the Army Staff on June 30, succeeding Gen. Upendra Dwivedi upon his retirement. Lt....
Congress slams Tharoor for showing ‘admiration’ for Modi; MP says statement given ‘partisan twist’
The Congress on Saturday (June 20, 2026) slammed party leader Shashi Tharoor over his “admiration” for Narendra Modi, saying it appears to have transcended the physical world as he now seems capable o...
India rejects Pakistan President Zardari’s remarks on Kashmir
India on Saturday (June 20, 2026) trashed certain remarks on Kashmir by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and asserted that he has no locus standi to comment on internal matters of the country. "Ind...
Strong maritime capabilities deciding factor for country’s economic, strategic influence: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (June 21, 2026) said that strong maritime capabilities are the deciding factor for a country’s economic and strategic influence, and India understands this well ...
The examination will be held from 2.00 p.m. to 5.15 p.m., with the provision of an additional 15 minutes this time.
2.2 million aspiring medical students gathered on Sunday, June 21, 2026, to take a re-examination under heightened security measures. This mass retest comes in the wake of the cancellation of the prev...
Cockroach Janta Party protest LIVE | Protest continues for second day in Delhi
June 21, 2026 12:29 Crowd swells at Jantar Mantar, demands Education Minister's resignation Protesters gathered in huge numbers at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Sunday (June 21) for a second day of demonst...
Inclement weather does not dampen spirits of yoga enthusiasts in Vizianagaram
Inclement weather and light drizzle could not dampen spirits of yoga lovers who gathered in large numbers across different parts of the Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh on the occasion of Inter...
ED attaches over ₹1,000-crore assets in Goa 'illegal' iron ore mining case
The Enforcement Directorate on Sunday (June 21, 2026) said it has attached assets worth more than ₹1,023 crore, including properties located in Singapore, in an alleged illegal iron ore mining case in...
Punjab Police busts gangster module linked to foreign-based handlers; three held
The Punjab Police has busted a gangster module linked to foreign-based handlers and arrested three operatives, seizing three foreign-made sophisticated pistols and ammunition from their possession, DG...
Cyber police book controversial YouTuber Thoppi for allegedly posting obscene content
The Ernakulam Rural Cyber police have booked controversial social media personality Mohammed Nihad, popularly known as ‘Thoppi’, for allegedly posting obscene visuals through streaming platforms. The ...
Thousands perform yoga at Mysore palace as city celebrates International Yoga Day
The sprawling Mysore Palace grounds came alive with the spirit of wellness and discipline on Sunday as thousands of yoga practitioners and enthusiasts gathered to mark the 12th International Day of Yo...
NEET-UG 2026: Over 6,000 observers to ensure ‘fair, secure’ retest on June 21, NTA says
Amid unprecedented security, over 22 lakh aspirants are scheduled to take the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination on Sunday (June 21, 2026) across 5,440 centres in 551 cities in India and 14 centres abroad....
EU lifts restrictive travel advisory for Assam
The European Union (EU) has lifted a restrictive travel advisory for the citizens of its 27 member countries travelling to Assam , Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Saturday (June 20, 20...
NEET exam day checklist 2026: Dress code, documents and entry guidelines
The NEET 2026 re-examination is officially scheduled for Sunday (June 21, 2026) from 2:00 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.. Following the recent cancellation due to paper leak allegations, the National Testing Agenc...
Ensure there are no 'glitches' this time: Rahul to government ahead of NEET-UG re-exam
Ahead of the NEET-UG re-examination, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday (June 20, 2026) urged the government to ensure there are no "glitches" and "irregularities" this time, saying the students...
'Won't leave until Pradhan resigns': CJP founder Dipke seeks permission to extend protest
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijit Dipke on Saturday (June 20, 2026) said he will not leave Jantar Mantar until the Education Minister resigns and asked Delhi Police to extend permission to let the...
This year’s theme for the International Day of Yoga is “Yoga for Healthy Ageing,” highlighting its role in promoting physical health, mental well-being, emotional resilience and active ageing
Key Updates A countdown to International Day of Yoga How PM Modi celebrated International Yoga Day since 2015 June 21, 2026 09:24 President Murmu leads Yoga Day celebrations in Madhya Pradesh Presiden...
CJP presses for Pradhan’s resignation at second Jantar Mantar protest
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke returned to the Capital on Saturday (June 20, 2026) after demonstrations in six cities and held a second protest at Jantar Mantar, which police moved...
Yoga has become world’s largest community celebration, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (June 21, 2026) said yoga has become the world's largest community celebration, bringing people together across countries and cultures. Speaking at the 12th Inte...
NEET-UG 2026 | A collection of explainers and expert opinions
On May 12, 2026, the National Testing Agency (NTA) cancelled the NEET-UG 2026 examination conducted on May 3 after evidence emerged that the paper had been leaked. The agency announced that a re-exami...
₹47,000 crore push for Odisha as PM Modi signals strong tribal outreach
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled ₹47,000 crore worth of development projects for Odisha on Saturday (June 20, 2026), making the announcement at Rairangpur, widely known as the hometown of Preside...
'PR first, not nation': Congress slams PM for not raising issue of Indian seafarers' killing with Trump
The Congress on Saturday (June 20, 2026) lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "not taking up" with U.S. President Donald Trump the killing of three Indian seafarers as a result of an America...
Despite police calls to evacuate after the 5 p.m. deadline, CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke and many protestors stayed back and said he would continue to stay until Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned.
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke returned to the Capital on Saturday (June 20, 2026) after demonstrations in six cities and held a second protest at Jantar Mantar, which police moved...
NEET-UG re-exam: NTA says records show Abu Dhabi centre was ‘chosen’ by Nagpur candidate; city change issue now resolved
After a NEET-UG aspirant from Nagpur was allotted a centre in Abu Dhabi for the re-examination on Sunday (June 21, 2026), the National Testing Agency (NTA) has said that its “web-activity records indi...
Employee letters disbursed under Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana in Chennai
As part of the national event for disbursing benefits under the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana (PM-VBRY), the Ministry of Labour and Employment organised a special programme on Saturday at...
NEET UG re-exam: Nagpur student gets Abu Dhabi centre; NTA to correct ‘allotment error’
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has allotted a centre in Abu Dhabi to a Nagpur student named Abdullah for the Medical entrance exam NEET-UG 2026 re-exam, which is scheduled to be held on Sunday (Jun...
BJP claims Rahul Gandhi losing support within Congress, cites Tharoor’s remarks on PM Modi
The BJP on Saturday (June 20, 2026) claimed that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is losing support within his own party and cited Congress MP Shashi Tharoor’s purported remarks praising Prime Minister Na...
BJP busy shopping from other parties but common person can't afford necessities: Congress
i The Congress on Saturday (June 20, 2026) hit out at the government over "rapidly depleting savings due to high inflation" and said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is busy "shopping" from other part...
Stop gambling with children's future: Rahul slams government over NEET aspirant exam centre mix-up
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday (June 20, 2026) lashed out at the Modi government after a NEET-UG aspirant from Nagpur was allotted a centre in Abu Dhabi for the re-exam, saying it should "st...
Pakistani national who inadvertently crossed LoC repatriated
A Pakistani national has been repatriated six days after crossing the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, the Army said on Friday (June 19, 2026). The Pakistani national had inadv...
J&K govt. orders inquiry into 103 heart procedures under PMJAY scheme, suspends doctor
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday (June 20, 2026) suspended a doctor and ordered an inquiry into allegations of misrepresentation of 103 cardiac procedures under the PMJAY-SEHAT scheme at G...
Mob violence: 20 persons arrested for assaulting two students in Odisha
Four more persons were arrested by Odisha ’s Rayagada police on Saturday (June 20, 2026) taking the total number of accused to 20 in connection with the brutal assault on two NGO workers, including a ...
22 lakh aspirants likely to attend the exam after previous test was cancelled over paper leak allegations; CCTV, jammers installed at all exam centres; additional staff and invigilators deployed
Amid unprecedented security, over 22 lakh aspirants are scheduled to take the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination on Sunday (June 21, 2026) across 5,440 centres in 551 cities in India and 14 centres abroad....
Cockroach Janta Party protest LIVE | Abhijeet Dipke thanks Delhi police for switching the lights on
June 20, 2026 22:42 CJP presses for Pradhan’s resignation at second Jantar Mantar protest CJP presses for Pradhan’s resignation at second Jantar Mantar protest CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke demands Educa...
Three jewellery store employees held for theft of 76 grams gold ornaments
Three employees of a jewellery showroom in Jubilee Hills have been arrested for allegedly stealing gold ornaments weighing more than 76 grams from their workplace over several months. The accused, Bhu...
Conspiracy being hatched to kill me, my father: Tej Pratap
Janshakti Janta Dal (JJD) chief Tej Pratap Yadav has lodged a police complaint against former aide Akash Yadav and the latter’s family members, accusing them of hatching a conspiracy to kill him and R...
Poet P. Narayana Kurup is no more
Noted poet P. Narayana Kurup passed away at the age of 92 on Saturday. He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2022. Mr. Kurup was residing at Peroorkada in Thiruvananthapuram. Among his celebrated col...
NEET-UG re-exam: Nationwide mock drill under way; security tightened
A nationwide mock drill was under way across the country on Saturday (June 20, 2026) ahead of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination as part of the efforts to ensure smooth, secure and transparent conduct of...
Leaders greet President Murmu on birthday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (June 20, 2026) conveyed his birthday greetings to President Droupadi Murmu and said her journey, marked by courage, simplicity, humility and unwavering commit...
Scientists, environmentalists, policy experts raise concerns over Supreme Court-appointed panel on Aravallis
Scientists, senior environmental and policy experts, and other stakeholders from across India have written to the Chief Justice of India (CJI), raising questions over the composition of the Supreme Co...
PM participates in 'Paschimbanga Divas' celebration, releases PM-Kisan instalment worth ₹18,880 crore
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (June 20, 2026) took part in 'Paschimbanga Divas' or West Bengal Day celebrations at Tarakeswar in Hooghly district. He also released the 23rd instalment of th...
I hope you have a wonderful, excellent exam and you all do really, really well. Remember, we are with you, we want to look after you, protect you and make sure that you have a brilliant future, says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
Ahead of the NEET-UG re-examination, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday (June 20, 2026) urged the government to ensure there are no "glitches" and "irregularities" this time, saying the students...
Cockroach Janta Party protest LIVE | Delhi police denies permission to continue, Abhijeet Dipke says won't move
June 20, 2026 19:32 Drinking water stopped at barricade, says Dipke Abhijeet Dipke said that Delhi Police is stopping drinking water from entering the protest area. Mr. Dipke requested the police to a...
Kerala Budget offer hope for resolution of Idukki farmers’ land-related issues
The recommendations in Kerala government’s Revised Budget addressing crucial land-related issues in Idukki have offered new hope to the farming community in the hilly district. The Budget specifically...
YSRCP flags SIR lapses, seeks CEO’s intervention
YSR Congress Party State general secretary and MLC Lella Appi Reddy has written to Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Vivek Yadav seeking directions to ensure the uninterrupted functioning of Boot...
Ladakh civil society groups call for shutdown over ‘Centre’s backtracking on May 22 agreement’
Ladakh-based civil society umbrella groups, Ladakh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA), on Saturday (June 20, 2026) called for a shutdown on June 23 against the Centre’s “backtracking...
Landslide disaster: second-phase adalat from June 22
The second-phase adalat to directly hear beneficiaries regarding the write-off of bank loans of victims of the Mundakkai–Chooralmala landslide disaster will be held at the Wayanad district collectorat...
MP engages children as anganwadi teacher, promotes cleanliness drive in Nandyal
Nandyal MP Byreddy Shabari took on the role of an anganwadi teacher on Saturday, engaging with the children by playing games, singing, practicing handwriting, and conducting picture recognition activi...
Union Minister Joshi directs officials to complete work on sports complex
Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi has directed officials to expedite and complete the work on the international sports complex being built under the Smart...
Parliamentary panel seeks clarity from government. on future engagement with Pakistan
Days after RSS leaders advocated keeping the window open for “people-to-people” ties with Pakistan , members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs on Friday (June 19, 2026) quest...
Rebel Trinamool MPs must be disqualified, says Abhishek Banerjee
Trinamool Congress leader and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday (June 19, 2026) said the 20 Lok Sabha MPs elected on the party’s ticket in the 2024 general elections, who have now...
Desertions, resignations and arrests of Trinamool Congress leaders continue in West Bengal
Almost six weeks after facing defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections, desertions, resignations , and arrests of Trinamool Congress leaders continue in the State. On Friday (June 19, 2026), forme...
Supreme Court asks tribunal to speed up advocate’s appeal in SIR row
The Supreme Court on Friday (June 19, 2026) directed an appellate tribunal to expeditiously decide the appeal filed by a 75-year-old advocate challenging the deletion of his name from the electoral ro...
Hundreds join protest rally in Manipur against killing of six Naga civilians
Hundreds of protesters marched through Manipur's capital on Saturday (June 20, 2026), demanding justice for six Naga civilians who were allegedly abducted and later found dead. The rally, organised by...
Cockroach Janta Party protest LIVE | Protestors shout 'Go Pradhan, Go', while beating plates and spoons
June 20, 2026 16:19 In Focus podcast | Cockroach Janta Party: What does it mean to represent India's cockroaches In Focus Podcast | Cockroach Janta Party: What does it mean to represent India’s ‘cockr...
EU passes law allowing offshore deportation centres
On June 17, the European Parliament passed a new law which would allow countries in the European Union (EU) to set up offshore deportation centres or ‘return hubs’ in non-EU countries through formal a...
Census 2027: The pressures of counting India
E very day for about a month, M. Soumina, a government-school teacher, began her mornings by knocking on the doors of apartments in a multi-storey residential complex in East Delhi’s Mayur Vihar. Alth...
Vivek Aggarwal appointed Financial Action Task Force vice-president
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Plenary has appointed Culture Ministry Secretary Vivek Aggarwal as the next vice-president of the global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing wa...
M.K. Stalin questions TVK-led government over changing name of Naan Mudhalvan scheme
Former Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin on Saturday (June 20, 2026) said that dispensing with the Naan Mudhalvan scheme would hinder the progress of Tamil Nadu’s youth. “During the five ye...
Kerala Budget: Multi-cropping, tourism push cheers crisis-hit Idukki tea planters
Kerala’s Revised Budget proposal to allow multi-crops in hilly areas and the use of more land for tourism in the plantation sector has provided hope to the crisis-gripped tea plantation sector in the ...
Constitution is sacred text that unites all, judge tells law graduates in Shivamogga
Highlighting India’s Constitution as the binding force across religious and cultural divides, Karnataka High Court judge V. Srishananda called upon law students to treat the Constitution as their sacr...
More than 65,000 candidates to appear for NEET (UG) re-examination in Andhra Pradesh
The Andhra Pradesh government has completed all arrangements for the smooth and secure conduct of the NEET (UG)-2026 re-examination scheduled to be held on Sunday (June 21, 2026) across the State. Com...
Search on for mother and child as probe into old-age home in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta deepens
The Child Welfare Committee (CWC), which conducted an inquiry into allegations of abuse of children at the Elohim Global Worship Centre at Omallur in Pathanamthitta, Kerala, has found indications that...
POCSO-accused Bandi Bageerath granted interim bail to appear for BBA examinations
Bandi Sai Bageerath, the son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar, has been granted four-day interim bail in the POCSO case to appear for his BBA examinations on Saturday (Ju...
HR&CE Dept. cancels administrative sanctions for ₹246-crore wedding halls, commercial complexes
The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR&CE) Department has cancelled the administrative sanction granted for the construction of 29 wedding halls and 17 commercial complexes, worth ₹246 cror...
India to eradicate sickle cell anaemia before 2047, target: President Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu on Friday (June 19, 2026) said that the country would eradicate sickle cell anaemia well before the government-set target of 2047, while urging States not to take the disease ...
Manipur ethnic violence: 10 accused arrested in joint operation
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), in a coordinated operation with the Manipur police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), arrested 10 people on Friday (June 19, 2026) for involvement in...
‘Operation Tiger’: Aaditya Thackeray calls six dissident Shiv Sena (UBT) MPs ‘shameless and ungrateful’
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Friday (June 19, 2026) termed his party’s dissident MPs “shameless, ungrateful, and corrupt” individuals who betrayed those that helped them win in the 2024...
Scientists, environmentalists, policy experts raise concerns over SC-appointed panel on Aravallis
Scientists, senior environmental and policy experts, and other stakeholders from across India have written to the Chief Justice of India (CJI), raising questions over the composition of the Supreme Co...
Police, probe agencies get app to scan fingerprints on the go
Police and investigating agencies across the country will soon be equipped with portable fingerprint scanners linked to a national database of 1.3 crore criminal suspects and convicts, letting them st...
Gatherings barred, curbs imposed around 16 centres in Dehradun for NEET re-exam
In a bid to ensure a peaceful environment for NEET re-examination candidates, the Dehradun district administration has announced a clampdown on public gatherings and noise pollution on June 21, offici...
Abhishek Banerjee says armed individuals at airport posed security threat; Trinamool claims ‘murder bid’
Kolkata Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday (June 20, 2026) claimed that he faced a security threat at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on Frid...
Kerala woman under Ebola watch discharged after tests return negative
A 54-year-old woman from Pala, who had been under observation at the Kottayam Medical College Hospital (MCH) in Kerala following suspicion of Ebola infection , has been discharged after tests ruled ou...
Karnataka open to talks with Tamil Nadu on Mekedatu project, says Irrigation Minister Ramalinga Reddy
Karnataka is willing to hold a bilateral dialogue with Tamil Nadu on the long-pending Mekedatu balancing reservoir project if the neighbouring State comes forward for discussions, Major Irrigation Min...
Centre to deploy over 100 officers for VB-G RAM G rollout from July 1
The Ministry of Rural Development will deploy more than 100 area officers across the country to assist States and Union Territories ahead of the implementation of the VB-G RAM G Act from July 1, a sta...
PM to commission three indigenous naval platforms in Kolkata
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will commission three indigenously-built Indian Navy frontline platforms — Dunagiri, Sanshodhak and Agray — at a landmark ceremony at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkat...
NTA to hold nationwide mock drill on June 20 ahead of NEET-UG re-exam
The National Testing Agency (NTA) will conduct a nationwide mock drill on Saturday (June 20, 2026) ahead of the NEET-UG re-examination the day after as part of its preparations to ensure the smooth, s...
Seamless passport service serves as engine for prosperous, Viksit Bharat: Jaishankar
The passport delivery process today has become “truly democratised”, and this seamless service serves as an engine for a prosperous, globally connected and Viksit Bharat, External Affairs Minister S. ...
India-U.K. FTA more than just about trade: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri
The India-U.K. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) goes beyond just trade and technology to open many doors for the people in both countries, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri has said. Also read: G7 Summit Day 1...
Supreme Court refuses urgent hearing on plea to defer June 21 NEET-UG retest
For the second time this week, the Supreme Court on Friday (June 19, 2026) declined to grant an urgent hearing to a petition challenging the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) decision to conduct the NEE...
Priyank Kharge’s remark on RSS invokes the question of legal personality
The story so far: Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge, in a letter dated June 13 addressing the Sarsanghchalak (chief) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Mohan Bhagwat, questioned the legal ...
Emotional Uddhav offers to step down as Shiv Sena (UBT) president, Eknath Shinde hints at more defections
In an emotional appeal to his party leaders and cadre on the 60 th foundation day of Shiv Sena (UBT), Uddhav Thackeray on Friday (June 19, 2026) offered to step down as the party’s president if his le...
Kerala HC warns of change in investigating officer in microfinance fraud case
The Kerala High Court has said it may have to consider directing a change of the investigating officer in the Vigilance Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged ₹15.85-crore microfinance s...
AI-enabled traffic cameras: HC directs State govt. to clear dues within a month
The Kerala High Court on Friday (June 19, 2026) directed the State government and the Motor Vehicles department (MVD) to release, through Keltron, the dues payable to a private firm that installed and...
Kerala HC seeks explanation from TDB on retention of two officials
The Kerala High Court has sought an explanation from the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) on the continued retention of two senior officials while considering alleged irregularities in the procurement ...
BJP worker killed in Howrah; W.B. CM promises law to seize properties of accused
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was killed in West Bengal Howrah district on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) allegedly by Trinamool Congress deputy pradhan and his associates. Prasanta Dey was killed ...
JD(S) likely to raise the issue of cross-voting with BJP central leaders
Sharath S. Srivatsa After an embarrassing defeat in the Legislative Council polls, in which at least four of its legislators cross-voted, the Janata Dal (Secular) is likely to raise the matter with it...
NEET-UG aspirant dies after falling from building in Indore; family says she took her life due to exam stress
A 21-year-old female NEET-UG aspirant has died under suspicious circumstances after falling from a house she was living in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, police said on Friday (June 19, 2026). According to ...
Home Ministry actively engaged with Supreme Court to address case pendency: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (June 19, 2026) said his Ministry is "actively engaged" with the Supreme Court to work out a new system for reducing the pendency of cases in the apex court and...
Supreme Court declares the right to walk carefree on footpaths a fundamental right
The Supreme Court on Friday (June 19), in a judgment, declared the freedom to walk on demarcated and well-maintained footpaths a fundamental right which has priority over movement by motorised vehicle...
Twenty people met the Speaker and claimed they should be treated as a separate group. Later, we got to know that those MPs claimed to have joined another party, NCPI; nobody has heard the name of this group, says Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee
Trinamool Congress leader and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday (June 19, 2026) said the 20 Lok Sabha MPs elected on the party’s ticket in the 2024 general elections, who have now...
SIT probe into Ram temple fund row will bring truth to light: Adityanath
Expressing confidence that the SIT probe into the alleged e mbezzlement of funds at the Ayodhya Ram temple will bring the truth to light, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday (June 19, 2026) urged...
India calls Pakistan a ‘Frankenstein state' at U.N.; accuses it of supporting terrorism
India has slammed Pakistan at the United Nations , calling it a "Frankenstein state" that gets shocked when its "own monster bites back", as it accused Islamabad of "hosting, training and deploying" t...
Police get new app to scan suspect fingerprints on the streets
Police and investigating agencies across the country will soon be equipped with portable fingerprint scanners linked to a national database of 1.3 crore criminal suspects and convicts, letting them st...
SC refuses urgent hearing on plea to defer June 21 NEET-UG retest
For the second time this week, the Supreme Court on Friday (June 19, 2026) declined to grant an urgent hearing to a petition challenging the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) decision to conduct the NEE...
Search operations launched for Constable after missing case filed
The police have launched a search operation in river Godavari for AP Special Police Constable Chandramalla Vamsi, who has been missing since Friday. The police launched the search operation after two-...
Health Minister calls for stronger action against substandard medicines in Andhra Pradesh
Minister of Health, Family Welfare, and Medical Education Satya Kumar Yadav on Friday (June 19, 2026) directed officials to strengthen surveillance mechanisms and take stringent action against the cir...
Vizag district records 84.70% pass in SSC supplementary exams
A total of 2,846 candidates cleared the SSC Regular examinations held as part of the Advance Supplementary Public Examinations in May in Visakhapatnam district, recording a pass percentage of 84.70%, ...
AU invites applications for BBA, integrated BBA-MBA programmes
Andhra University has invited applications for admission to the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Integrated BBA-MBA programmes offered by the School of International Business (AUSIB) for ...
Bihar Police searches houses of two IAS officers over tender scam
The Bihar Police on Friday (June 19, 2026) conducted searches on the premises of Bihar cadre IAS officers, Yogesh Sagar and Abhilasha Kumari Sharma, in connection with the alleged tender scam. Both of...
Ex-Minister demands CBI probe into Sai Krishna’s case
Former Minister Gudivada Amarnath on Thursday alleged that the death of youngster Gade Sai Krishna in the hands of Vijayawada police was the consequence of the ‘Red Book Constitution’ being implemente...
GVMC Tax Collector held accepting ₹30,000 bribe
Officials of the Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Visakhapatnam Range, on Friday caught a Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) tax collector allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹3...
SC says plea seeking CBI probe into May 13 Tamil Nadu trust vote based on ‘vague’ allegations
The Supreme Court on Friday (June 19, 2026) refused to entertain a petition alleging irregularities and “corruption” in the trust vote held in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on May 13, in which C...
NEET-UG re-exam: Delhi HC rejects Telegram’s appeal against temporary ban
Delhi High court on Friday (June 19, 2026) declined to grant relief to Telegram, upholding govt.’s decision for temporary ban in view of the NEET-UG re-examination on June 21, 2026. The Court said tha...
CJP’s Dipke writes to PM over ‘crisis of paper leaks’; flags student deaths, appeals for ₹1 crore compensation to families
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Friday (June 19, 2026) appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide ₹1 crore compensation to families of students who allegedly died by sui...
Indian jurist elected as Judge of International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea
An eminent Indian jurist, Bimal Patel, has been elected as Judge of the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). Mr. Patel is a Member of the UN International Law Commission, Chairman, Wo...
Telegram ban verdict updates | Delhi High court declines relief; upholds govt.'s decision for temporary ban
Delhi HC rejects Telegram’s appeal against temporary ban Delhi High court on Friday (June 19, 2026) declined to grant relief to Telegram, upholding govt.’s decision for temporary ban in view of the NE...
Medical colleges asked not to grant leave to students during NEET-UG re-exam period
The National Medical Commission has directed all medical colleges and institutions under its purview not to grant leave to students on June 20 and 21, except in exceptional circumstances, to support t...
SC flags ‘brain drain’ in legal profession, directs creation of fund for young lawyers
Observing that the legal profession risks a “brain drain” if financially struggling young lawyers are compelled to abandon litigation for careers offering greater financial stability, the Supreme Cour...
DVAC seizes ₹3.75 lakh unaccounted cash in Kallakurichi RTO
Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) seized ₹3.75 lakh in unaccounted cash during a check carried out at the Regional Transport Office, Kallakurichi on Thursday. The DVAC...
BJP alleges ‘fear politics’ over voter roll revision, demands Singareni probe
HYDERABAD Telangana BJP president N. Ramchander Rao has accused the Congress, BRS and MIM of deliberately spreading “fear and panic” by falsely claiming that Muslim votes would be deleted during the E...
Heated debate in Assembly over rendition of National Anthem twice during Governor’s address
A heated debate unfolded in the Assembly on Friday between DMK MLA S.S. Sivasankar and the treasury benches over the rendition of the National Anthem twice during Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar’...
Kerala Revised Budget: Land Reforms 2.0 proposal opens up new political battlelines
The Land Reforms 2.0 announcement in the Kerala Budget for 2026-27 presented by Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan has opened new political battle lines between the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) and...
Boost to sports infrastructure as CM launches host of initiatives
In a boost to sports infrastructure in the State, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy along with Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla, launched a series of sports development projects worth ₹50.73 crore aimed at s...
MLAs welcome Budget allocations for Kannur, Irikkur constituencies
The Kerala government’s Revised Budget for 2026-27, presented on Friday (June 19, 2026), by Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan has earmarked substantial funds for infrastructure and development projects in...
Crackdown on rooftop pubs, restaurants lacking fire safety measures
Taking serious note of the recent fire accident at a restobar at Dattagalli in the city, Deputy Commissioner G. Lakshmikanth Reddy on Friday directed officials to identify and take action against bars...
Woman found dead in well in Kalaburagi; kin allege foul play
A 30-year-old woman was found dead in a well under suspicious circumstances at Melkunda (K) village in Kalaburagi taluk on Friday. Her family members have alleged that she was murdered and her body wa...
One-way traffic trial planned around KBR Park on Sunday to facilitate H-CITI flyover works
Motorists travelling around the KBR Park on Sunday will have to navigate a new traffic pattern, with Hyderabad Traffic Police announcing a one-way traffic trial on key roads in Banjara Hills and Jubil...
Thrissur gets major boost in maiden UDF Budget
The first State Budget presented by Chief Minister and Finance Minister V.D. Satheeshan has delivered a significant package of development initiatives for Thrissur, spanning industry, culture, infrast...
Only 10.2% women fielded in 20 Assembly polls since passage of women’s Bill in 2023: report
Since the passage of the women’s reservation Bill in 2023, Assembly polls have been held in 20 States and Union Territories (UTs) and out of a total of 31,429 candidates who contested these elections,...
Madhya Pradesh High Court vacates stay on SSE-2025 main exam of MPPSC
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has vacated its interim stay on holding the main exam of the MPPSC State Services Examination (SSE)-2025. This ends the year-long wait for around 4,000 candidates aspirin...
Monsoon tracker LIVE | India facing 41% rainfall deficit as southwest monsoon stalls over Maharashtra
June 19, 2026 08:38 Patchy rainfall across Karnataka According to the Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre’s (KSNDMC) June rainfall pattern, there has been a departure of -35%. Data for ...
PM Modi departs for New Delhi after concluding two-nation visit to France, Slovakia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (June 18, 2026) left for New Delhi after concluding his two-nation visit to France and Slovakia during which he attended the G-7 Summit and held bilateral meet...
PM Modi meets leading CEOs in France, discusses plans for India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (June 18, 2026) met leading business executives here and held discussions on investment opportunities and expansion plans in India. The discussions with the CE...
Three more Jet Airways aircraft on auction
Jet Airways, which is currently under liquidation following a Supreme Court-ordered insolvency process, has issued a public notice for the e-auction of three Boeing 737 aircraft. The assets comprise t...
Prime Minister to disburse ₹2,400 crore worth incentives to new employees, employers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will disburse ₹2,400 crore worth of incentives under the Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana (PM-VBRY) in New Delhi on Friday (June 19, 2026). Union Labour Minister...
PM Modi to release next instalment of PM Kisan scheme on June 20
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 23rd instalment of the PM-KISAN scheme on Saturday (June 20, 2026) from Tarakeswar, West Bengal. Over 9.44 crore eligible farmers will receive ₹2,000 and ...
DGCA calls for immediate review of safety at uncontrolled airstrips
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has called for an immediate review of the operational conditions at uncontrolled airstrips across the country. Expressing concern over accidents at suc...
Supreme Court seeks responses from Centre, BCI on plea for advocates’ registry, social media code
Nearly a month after Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant expressed concern over the growing number of lawyers possessing dubious degrees, the Supreme Court on Thursday (June 18, 2026) sought respo...
Gade Sai Krishna case: Krishnalanka inspector booked for murder
Andhra Pradesh police on Friday (June 19, 2026) registered a case against Krishnalanka Circle Inspector (CI) Nagaraju in the alleged custodial death of Gade Sai Krishna, 25. Based on a complaint lodge...
Kerala Budget bets on silver economy, launches elderly welfare initiatives
The first revised Budget 2026-27, presented by Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan , who is holding the Finance portfolio, on Friday, prioritises the creation of Kerala’s silver economy, turning the ...
Kerala Budget unveils Knowledge Valley, Job Watch Tower, research park to boost higher education
Unveiling an ambitious roadmap for the higher education sector, the Unied Democratic Front (UDF) government on Friday (June 19, 2026) unveiled a sweeping package of reforms and flagship projects aimed...
Kerala Budget: Pinarayi Vijayan says UDF govt ‘rebranded’ LDF schemes, accuses it of promoting corporate interests
Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan strongly criticised the revised Budget presented by the United Democratic Front (UDF) government on Friday , alleging that it “rebranded” several ann...
NEET-PG aspirants anxious over registration delay, NEET-UG cancellation
While stress is mounting for students preparing for the NEET-UG re-examination , those preparing for the NEET-PG examination, set for August 30, find themselves in a similar position. Their worry stem...
Karnataka MLC polls: Fielding a candidate in Council polls helped test the loyalty of party MLAs: H.D. Kumaraswamy
Making it clear that he was neither shocked nor surprised by the cross-voting by JD(S) MLAs in the recent elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council , Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel...
Ram temple needs CEO, says Nripendra Misra; backs Uttar Pradesh government action in donation row
As allegations of financial irregularities linked to donations received by the Ram Temple in Ayodhya have come under scrutiny, Ram Temple Construction Committee chairman and former Principal Secretary...
Three arrested in RSS office attack in Ranchi
Jharkhand Police have arrested three persons in connection with the alleged hurling of petrol bombs at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office in Ranchi’s Nivaranpur area. The incident took place...
For 2024 Lok Sabha polls, out of a total of 8,360 candidates analysed, only 800 (9.6%) were women and 152 (28%) out of 543 constituencies had zero women candidates, according to an analysis by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR)
Since the passage of the women’s reservation Bill in 2023, Assembly polls have been held in 20 States and Union Territories (UTs) and out of a total of 31,429 candidates who contested these elections,...
Shiv Sena (UBT) issues show cause notices to six MPs for failing to attend parliamentary board meet
The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Thursday issued a show cause notice to six of its Lok Sabha members for failing to attend a Parliamentary board meeting, amid rumours that the party is heading for its second sp...
Cross voting helps BJP-backed Independent candidate in Jharkhand win Rajya Sabha polls
BJP-backed Independent candidate Parimal Nathwani on Thursday (June 18, 2026) won one of the two Rajya Sabha seats in Jharkhand, defeating Pranav Jha of the Congress. Baidyanath Ram of Jharkhand Mukti...
AAP claims forensic tests cleared Punjab CM Mann in sacrilege video row
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday (June 8, 2026) claimed that forensic tests by two independent laboratories have found no match between Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and the person in the a...
CBI arrests IAS official over alleged diversion of ₹79.46 crore from Panchkula municipality
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an IAS official over the alleged diversion of ₹79.46 crore from the Panchkula Municipal Corporation. The agency identified the accused as Sri Ram...
Telegram challenge puts spotlight on Section 69A of the IT Act
The Centre’s move to block Telegram has once again drawn attention to Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, a provision that gives the government the power to direct intermediaries to b...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to attend BRICS NSAs meeting in Delhi
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend a meeting of the National Security Advisors of BRICS countries to be held in New Delhi on June 22-23, Beijing announced on Thursday (June 18, 2026). The BR...
N. Murali appointed Chairman of The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited
N. Murali has been unanimously appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited (THGPPL) for a term of three years. He succeeds Dr. Nirmala Lakshman, who step...
Hopes fade for many as pledged gold goes ‘missing’
Pain, fear, and despair permeated the air outside the Bank of Baroda branch in Jangareddygudem as anxious customers, including women, gathered seeking information regarding their missing pledged gold ...
In Telangana, making more room for bigger harvests
For most farmers, a good harvest brings relief. For Alli Srinivas, it marks the beginning of a different struggle. After months of tending to the chilli crop on his 10-acre farm in Ramannagudem villag...
Kerala Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan to present Revised Budget in Assembly today
Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan will present the Revised Budget for the 2026-27 fiscal in the Kerala Legislative Assembly at 9 a.m. today (June 19). The budget will also be the first of the Congress-led...
Tech can lead to progress only if democratised; for India AI means 'All Inclusive': Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (June 18, 2026) asserted that technology can lead to progress only if it is democratised and said AI means "All Inclusive" for India. Follow PM Modi in Paris L...
U.P. CM Adityanath accuses SP and Congress of nepotism, corruption
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday (June 18, 2026) in Unnao alleged that family centred nepotism is practised by the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress, while for him, 25 cror...
S.D. Sanjay appointed Bihar’s new Advocate General
Senior Advocate S.D. Sanjay was appointed as the new Advocate General of Bihar. A notification to this effect was issued on Thursday (June 18, 2026) by Law Department’s Secretary Balram Dubey in this ...
NEP aims to create job-givers not job-seekers, says Governor Arlekar
The primary aim of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is to create entrepreneurs out of students and not merely job-seekers, Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Viswanath Arlekar said on Thursday. “Is ...
Delhi HC reserves judgment on Telegram’s plea challenging temporary ban ahead of NEET retest
The Delhi High Court on Thursday (June 18, 2026) reserved its judgment on the plea challenging a temporary ban on Telegram messaging platform ahead of the upcoming NEET-UG re-examination. This comes t...
NTA urges NEET-UG candidates to stay calm, ignore rumours ahead of re-exam
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Thursday (June 18, 2026) urged NEET-UG candidates to remain calm and focus on their preparation, asserting that extensive arrangements have been made to ensure a s...
PM Modi in Paris LIVE updates: Modi meets leading CEOs in France; discusses investments and expansion plans in India
Key Updates Watch: Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives warm welcome in Paris June 18, 2026 19:43 Tech can lead to progress only if democratised; for India AI means 'All Inclusive': Modi Prime Minist...
Highlighting India's growing prowess in the technology space, Prime Minister Modi said half of the global digital transactions are happening in the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (June 18, 2026) asserted that technology can lead to progress only if it is democratised and said AI means "All Inclusive" for India. Follow PM Modi in Paris L...
BJP Minister Mahajan, Sanjay Raut exchange sharp words over Shiv Sena (UBT) crisis
As the Shiv Sena (UBT) stares at an imminent split after six of its Lok Sabha MPs skipped a crucial meet, the party's Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Raut and Maharashtra BJP Minister Girish Mahajan traded ...
TMC’s Aroop seeks freeze on party bank accounts amid leadership battle; fresh blow to Mamata camp
The internecine war within the TMC took a new turn on Thursday (June 18, 2026) with “party treasurer” Aroop Biswas writing to a bank seeking restrictions on the operation of the party’s accounts, citi...
Ram temple row: Why isn’t SP talking about Babri funds, asks U.P. Deputy CM
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Thursday (June 18, 2026) waded into the Ram Mandir donations controversy and hit out at Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav asking “why isn’t the...
Need to protect forests across country: SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 18, 2026) said there was a need to protect forests across India, noting that some States like Jharkhand have natural ecosystems which must be preserved. The observa...
Karnataka Legislative Council polls: Congress wins five amid cross voting, while BJP wins two
The speculation over cross voting in election to seven Legislative Council seats in Karnataka came true on Thursday, with Congress winning all five seats that it had contested, even as it garnered 11 ...
Youth missing case: court orders preserving of CCTV footages of Krishnalanka police station
The Second Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate Court on Thursday directed the police to preserve the CCTV footages of Krishnalanka police station from May 1 to June 1, 2006. A youth, Gade Sai K...
Union Minister calls for village-level crop planning to boost farmers' income in A.P.
Union Minister of State for Rural Development and Communications Pemmasani Chandra Sekhar on Thursday announced plans to introduce village-level crop planning committees, constituency-wise farm mechan...
AP Congress demands judicial probe in Gade Sai Krishna case
Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) vice-president and administration in-charge Kolanukonda Shivaji on Thursday demanded a judicial probe into the disappearance and suspected death of Gade Sai Kr...
Study finds pesticide residues in breast cancer tissues, raises concerns over exposure risks
Raising concerns about the long-term impact of agricultural chemicals on human health, a recent study by researchers from Bengaluru has detected pesticide residues in breast cancer tissues. The findin...
Man 'ends life'; police harassment alleged
A fresh video that emerged on Thursday has brought to light yet another case of alleged police harassment in NTR Commissionerate. The video shows that one Perupogu Kranthi Kumar (42) ended his life b...
Tamil Nadu government to look for new airport site instead of Parandur
The Tamil Nadu government will explore, with officials and experts, the possibility of finding an alternative site for the proposed greenfield airport near Chennai, Minister for Energy Resources and L...
Meeting held on Durga temple expansion
The process of expanding the Sri Durga Malleswara Swamyvarla Devasthanam, gathered momentum, as senior officials held a joint review meeting on Thursday with residents likely to be affected by the pr...
Certain elements want to keep Manipur burning: CM Khemchand Singh
Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh said certain elements were working against his government’s efforts to restore peace and normality in the State. Addressing a programme in Imphal West dis...
Former MD of Anil Ambani group Sateesh Seth sent to 14-day judicial custody in PMLA case
A Delhi court on Thursday (June 18, 2026) sent former managing director of the Reliance Anil Ambani Group, Sateesh Seth, to 14 days in judicial custody in a money laundering case linked to hawala mone...
Amit Shah, U.S. Ambassador Gor discuss enhancing India-U.S. security cooperation
Union Home Minister Amit Shah met U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor at his residence in Delhi on Thursday (June 18, 2026). The discussion centred around strengthening cooperation between the two cou...
West Bengal moves Supreme Court against early release of 1993 Bowbazar blast convict
The West Bengal government on Thursday (June 18, 2026) approached the Supreme Court challenging a Delhi High Court order directing the release of Rashid Khan, who is serving a life sentence in the 199...
Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan holds review meeting for NEET re-examination preparations
Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday (June 18, 2026) chaired a high-level review meeting of senior officials and functionaries of the Ministry of Education, State Governments, Na...
Govt. ratifies 8.25% EPF interest rate for FY'26, to be credited this month
The government has ratified 8.25% rate of interest on employees' provident fund (EPF) deposits for 2025-26, which is likely to be credited to over seven crore contributing members this month. EPFO pro...
Congress jabs govt. over Iran-U.S. MoU signing, calls it severe setback to PM's foreign policy
The Congress on Thursday (June 18, 2026) came down heavily on the government after the U.S. and Iran signed a peace deal, saying the pact being called the 'Islamabad MoU' shows the new-found regional ...
Heatwave warning in 13 Telangana districts on June 19
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heatwave warning in 13 Telangana districts for Friday, June 19. According to IMDs latest bulletin, heatwave conditions are very likely to prevail...
Man found dead in suspected wild elephant attack in Idukki
A 55-year-old tribal man was found dead in an Ecologically Fragile Land (EFL) area under the Kanthalloor forest range of the Marayoor Sandal Division in Idukki. According to the police, Murukan, a res...
Meeting with government Secretaries: Pinarayi accuses Governor of violating constitutional conventions
Leader of the Opposition in Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan has accused Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar of violating constitutional conventions by directly holding a meeting with government Secretaries r...
TTD consults pulse millers to ensure quality for ‘anna prasadams’
To ensure a consistent supply of premium-quality pulses for preparing ‘anna prasadams’ the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) on Thursday held consultations with pulse millers from across the State, ...
Two runaway children rescued by RPF, reunited with families
Two runaway boys, who were found loitering on the platforms in Shivamogga Town Railway Station and Harihara Railway Station, were rescued by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and handed over to their...
Police crack theft case in 24 hours, recover property, arrest accused
The Gurmitkal Police have cracked a theft case in 24 hours after the incident was reported and arrested the accused. According to information, the police have named the accused as Narasimha of Edepall...
Telegram was warned about misuse before blanket ban, says NTA chief
Representatives of messaging app Telegram were called in for meetings “at the highest levels” and warned about the misuse of the app’s features that facilitate “paper leak frauds ” before a blanket ba...
Manipur Governor meets Shah, State’s security situation discussed
Amid continuing violence in Manipur, its Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Wednesday (June 17, 2026). Mr. Bhalla is learnt to have apprised the Minister about th...
Rahul Gandhi speaks with family of U.P. sailor killed in U.S. attack, Congress alleges govt. abandoned citizens
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) spoke with family members of Shivanand Chaurasiya, a native of Surouli village under Deoria district in Uttar Pradesh wh...
India has scripted a new history under Modi’s 12-year tenure: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
To mark the completion of 12 years of the central government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, Union Minister for Agriculture, Farmers’ Welfare, and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chou...
CBI arrests senior IFoS official in CREST case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Navneet Srivastava, a senior Indian Forest Service (IFoS) official, in connection with the alleged misappropriation of funds belonging to the Cha...
Nibe Ltd demonstrates Garudastra mortar system at Infantry School Mhow
Defence and aerospace manufacturer Nibe Limited, based in Pune, demonstrated its advanced long-range 120mm vehicle-mounted mortar system, Garudastra, to the Indian Army as part of a no-cost-no-commitm...
Farmers warn of protests over fertilizer shortage; allege black market sales
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella organisation of about 500 farmers’ associations, has warned that it will begin protests if the Union Government fails to ensure adequate supply of fertilize...
Bangladesh PM’s foreign visit plans won’t cast a shadow on India-Bangladesh ties: Official sources
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s foreign visit plans will not impact bilateral ties with India as Dhaka- New Delhi relation has its own dynamics and requirements that are important on their ...
Seafarers issue of ‘utmost importance’: Modi to Trump
Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the issue, in broad terms, of the safety of seafarers with U.S. President Trump at the start of their bilateral meeting in Evian, France, on the fringes of the G7 S...
Farm workers’ unions, activists announce protest from July 1 for VB-G RAM G repeal
The NREGA Sangharsh Morcha and the Joint Platform for Agricultural and Rural Workers’ Unions on Wednesday announced an indefinite countrywide protest from July 1, demanding the repeal of the Viksit Bh...
Trinamool’s Abhishek Banerjee to meet Lok Sabha Speaker over party split
Abhishek Banerjee , national general secretary of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), will meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Friday (June 19, 2026) regarding the split in the party, after 20 Lok Sabha MPs ...
Security forces conduct search operations in Manipur's Kangpokpi; arms seized, bunkers destroyed
“Security forces have launched extensive search operations in at least four villages, where incidents of violence were reported recently, in Manipur's Kangpokpi district and recovered a cache of arms ...
Full body scanners on trial at four metro airports; BCAS also asks Srinagar, Jammu, Ayodhya to install them
Passengers flying from Srinagar, Jammu, and Ayodhya may soon pass through full body scanners at airport security, with the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) having requested operators at these ...
Jairam Ramesh argued that the MoU represents a serious blow to the U.S. that along with Israel started the war with Iran on February 28 this year with maximalist aims that have just not been realised
The Congress on Thursday (June 18, 2026) came down heavily on the government after the U.S. and Iran signed a peace deal, saying the pact being called the 'Islamabad MoU' shows the new-found regional ...
Calcutta High Court upholds decision to recognise Ritabrata Banerjee as Bengal Leader of Opposition
Calcutta High Court on Thursday (June 18, 2026) refused to stay the decision of the West Bengal Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose to recognise rebel Trinamool Congress MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the Lead...
PM Modi in Paris LIVE updates: Modi arrives in Paris, meets members of Indian diaspora
Key Updates Watch: Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives warm welcome in Paris June 18, 2026 14:19 Why is PM Modi in Paris? In Paris, PM Modi is set to attend the VivaTech Summit, Europe’s largest tec...
Telangana’s EAGLE force tracks drug smugglers through Odisha forests, seizes 500 kg marijuana
A night-long pursuit through the forests of Odisha ended with the seizure of 500 kg of marijuana after Telangana’s anti-narcotics unit, EAGLE, intercepted a vehicle suspected of transporting the contr...
Explained | The ‘kafir screenshot’ case in Kerala
The story so far A special investigation team (SIT) of the Kerala police has sought the custody of a local leader of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth organisation of the Comm...
AMMA general body meeting in Kochi on June 21 likely to be stormy
The general body meeting of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) to be held in Kochi on June 21 is likely to be a stormy one with the rival factions blaming each other for the ongoing in...
Organ trade racket: ED searches leading private hospitals in Kerala
Several leading private hospitals across Kerala are being raided simultaneously by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) as part of its probe into alleged money-laundering linked to a suspected organ trade...
Take up natural farming, MLA and Collector tell farmers in Srikalahasti
Srikalahasti MLA Bojjala Venkata Sudheer Reddy and District Collector S. Venkateswar said the State government would continue to encourage natural farming in a big way, and appealed to farmers to take...
My son will not hold any position in AIADMK, says Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Seeking to put to rest speculative reports that his son Mithun was being promoted within the AIADMK , party general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday (June 18, 2026) clarified that his son...
‘Parasites’: Supreme Court denies bail to man accused of cyberfraud, calls for sterner legislation
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) came down heavily on cyber fraudsters, describing them as “parasites” who prey on unsuspecting citizens, and observed that such offenders ought to be dea...
Delhi High Court issues notice to Centre on Telegram’s challenge to temporary ban ahead of NEET exam
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) issued notice to the Union government on a petition filed by the Telegram messaging app against the Centre’s decision to suspend access to its service...
Scanner trials began at Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi in May 2026; to continue for three months; airports handling over 50 lakh passengers annually asked to install scanners, which minimise the need for physical frisking
Passengers flying from Srinagar, Jammu, and Ayodhya may soon pass through full body scanners at airport security, with the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) having requested operators at these ...
Bangladesh PM’s adviser travelled to India despite his name on a blacklist generated by MEA in 2025
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman ’s Information and Broadcasting Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman was stopped by immigration officials at the Delhi airport on June 14 as his name had been included in a...
Supreme Court seeks Delhi Police response on bail pleas of alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) asked the Delhi Police to respond to bail pleas filed by two men accused of operating the Rajasthan module of the banned outfit Indian Mujahideen. The ac...
Tomato, onion, potato prices rise within a week, yet farmers say their produce fetches very low prices
The prices of essential commodities, particularly of tomatoes, onions and potatoes, have increased across almost all States in the past one week, according to data from the Price Monitoring Division o...
Court frames charges against ex-TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan, others in PMLA case: ED
A special PMLA court in Kolkata has framed charges against former Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan, his brother Sheikh Alomgir and two of his associates in a money laundering case in which t...
Let Opposition MPs be guided by their conscience on backing NDA in Parliament: Omar Abdullah
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) that Opposition MPs from the DMK and Shiv Sena should be guided by their conscience on whether they back or deny suppor...
Messi team writes to Bidhannagar Police; blames Aroop Biswas for fiasco
Lionel Messi’s team has written to the Bidhannagar Police and said that the event in Kolkata last year was disrupted when former Sports Minister Aroop Biswas entered the venue along with unauthorised ...
Posters for Rahul Gandhi's Kota event removed, locals pressured not to attend: Pilot
Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) alleged that local authorities had removed banners and posters related to Rahul Gandhi's visit to Kota, a major coaching hub, and that ...
Samajwadi Party thrashes U.P. Minister Rajbhar’s claims on split in party
Minister in Uttar Pradesh government Om Prakash Rajbhar on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) claimed that the Samajwadi Party (SP) is headed for a major split, with a large number of leaders willing to join t...
Tarique Rahman is expected to leave for his first round of foreign tours next week that will take him to Malaysia and China
Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s foreign visit plans will not impact bilateral ties with India as Dhaka- New Delhi relation has its own dynamics and requirements that are important on their ...
India's education system puts pressure on children, crushes them: Rahul Gandhi in Kota rally
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) called for rebuilding the country’s education system, saying it puts pressure on children, gives stress to students, and extorts money from pa...
G7 Summit: Modi suggests global Skilled Mobility Partnership, Economic Corridor for Global South
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proposed a global skills mobility mechanism and a economic corridor — like the India Middle East Economic Corridor (IMEC), for the Global South. His proposal was made ...
Trump says U.S. will defend India if anyone attacks as Modi raises seafarers safety issue
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) raised with U.S. President Donald Trump the issue of seafarers’ safety and called for provisions for their protection in Washington’s proposed...
Telegram was warned at highest levels about app’s misuse before blanket ban: NTA D-G
Representatives of messaging app Telegram were called in for meetings “at the highest levels” and warned about the misuse of the app’s features that facilitate “paper leak frauds ” before a blanket ba...
India, Thailand review defence ties, strategic cooperation
The 10th Thailand-India Defence Dialogue was held in Bangkok on Tuesday (June 16, 2026), with both countries reviewing bilateral defence cooperation and exchanging views on regional and global securit...
Congress party’s ‘misrule’ crippled welfare, halted Telangana’s development: KTR
KHAMMAM Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao has alleged that the Congress government’s ‘misrule’ crippled welfare and brought development to a standstill in the State. Address...
SBI knocks HC doors over State government selling five acres land ‘allotted to it earlier’
Justice N.V. Shravan Kumar of the Telangana High Court on Thursday will hear two writ petitions filed by the State Bank of India challenging the sale of its five acres of land through e-auction by the...
DKS indulging in ‘smear campaign’: HDK
Taking exception to posters with mentions of his family members that have allegedly come up around Bidadi, Union Minister for Heavy Industries H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday accused Chief Minister D.K....
Prohibitory orders around Vidhana Soudha ahead of MLC elections
The Bengaluru police have imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) within a one-kilometre radius of Vidhana Soudha to ensure law and order, securit...
Owner of security agency alleges abduction, robbery of ₹1.09 crore
The Madanayakanahalli Police have registered a case after a 41-year-old man alleged that he and his driver were abducted at knifepoint and robbed of ₹1.09 crore in cash by a gang of seven unidentified...
BJP won’t succeed in its ultimate objective, says Congress amid Shiv Sena (UBT) developments
Reacting to the developments in Maharashtra , Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of resorting to breaking Opposition parties as a reaction...
White Paper addresses adverse impact of ‘revenue collapse’ on people of Tamil Nadu
Expressing concern over what the State government’s White Paper termed a “revenue collapse” in Tamil Nadu, the document is of the view that the trend is hurting the people of the State in three ways. ...
TMC’s Saugata Roy writes to Home Minister Amit Shah over ‘egg attacks’ against party leaders
In the last one and half months, Abhishek Banerjee and several TMC leaders have faced similar protests by agitated people Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) wrote a letter to...
India and countries of the Global South has young talent while many societies were ageing, the Prime Minister said, as he called for a “Global Skills Partnership”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proposed a global skills mobility mechanism and a economic corridor — like the India Middle East Economic Corridor (IMEC), for the Global South. His proposal was made ...
SC says probe needed into ‘serious’ allegation of Registry misplacing case records
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) took strong exception to an allegation that its Registry had misplaced a case file relating to a plea challenging a Punjab and Haryana High Court order, ...
SC defers hearing of plea challenging NEET-UG re-test to July
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) deferred to July the hearing of a plea challenging the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) decision to re-conduct NEET-UG 2026 for nearly 22 lakh candidates....
Rajya Sabha Chairman refers BJP MPs’ notice against Mallikarjun Kharge to Privileges Committee
Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan has referred the notice moved by six BJP MPs against Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Mallikarjun Kharge, accusing him of making “derogatory, disparaging and disr...
Bangladesh returns farmer abducted from no-man’s land in Assam
The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) returned a 60-year-old farmer from southern Assam’s Cachar district more than 10 hours after he was allegedly abducted from the Indian side of the border on Tuesday (...
SC seeks Delhi Police’s reply on bail pleas of two alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) asked the Delhi Police to respond to bail pleas filed by two men accused of operating the Rajasthan module of the banned outfit Indian Mujahideen. The ac...
Strike at paper leak mafia, not students: Rahul Gandhi to PM Modi on Telegram curbs
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) slammed the government after it temporarily restricted access to Telegram, saying the “new trick” was akin to putting a lock on the victim’s h...
Nicobarese tribal councils oppose draft poll rules, say traditional system aligns with democratic values
Nicobarese tribal councils from three different island groups have written to the local administration turning down the idea of Election Commission-conducted polls to their self-governance system, say...
BJP targets Rahul over Kota event ahead of NEET-UG re-test
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) attacked Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his event in Rajasthan’s Kota, where he is expected to address a larg...
What does Tenth Schedule provide on party mergers?
The story so far: As many as 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs met the Lok Sabha Speaker and announced their decision to merge with Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI). This has raised issues abo...
Five solutions Indian cities need, to stop fighting for water week after week
Urban India’s water emergency is no longer a future risk. It has become the normal of our summers. From high-rises anxiously tracking tanker schedules to informal settlements queuing at a single stand...
PM Modi holds bilateral talks with leaders of U.K., UAE on the sidelines of G7 Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the fringes of the G7 Summit in Evian, on Tuesday (June 16, 2026). “Had a wonderful meeting with PM Keir ...
G7 Summit: Modi holds talks with Canada’s Carney, aims to visit Canada by year end, sign trade deal soon
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks with his Canadian counterpart Mark Carney on the fringes of the G7 Summit in Evian in France. Discussions covered trade, economy, energy, technology ...
SC issues notice on plea seeking oversight of rehabilitation centres catering to children with disabilities
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking monitoring and oversight of rehabilitation centres, child development centres and mental health...
Miscreants decamp with ATM, set it ablaze in Anantapur district
Unidentified burglars reportedly decamped with the ATM of a nationalised bank in Bukkarayasamudram mandal headquarters early on Wednesday. The miscreants allegedly broke open the chest, looted the mon...
Ernakulam reports highest number of influenza cases in June
Ernakulam reported the highest number of influenza infections in Kerala in June. As many as 324 cases were reported, with some days recording more than 50 cases. With the arrival of the monsoon season...
Kerala to appoint geotechnical experts to examine issues in NH construction
The Kerala government has decided to appoint geotechnical experts to examine and recommend remedial measures for issues related to the construction of national highways in the State. Public Works depa...
Intermediate supplementary exam results to be released on June 18
Andhra Pradesh Board of Intermediate Education Secretary Ranjit Basha on Wednesday said that the results of the Intermediate Public Advance Supplementary Examination (IPASE) 2026 for the first and sec...
Operation Toofan: 36 kg of cannabis seized, two held in Thrissur
In a dramatic early morning operation on Wednesday, two men were arrested with more than 36 kg of cannabis following a high-risk chase at Perumbilavu, near Kunammkulam, as part of Operation Toofan – T...
Govt. asks employees healthcare trust to finalise guidelines for health scheme
The State government has asked the Employees Healthcare Trust (EHCT) to propose guidelines for the effective implementation of the Employees Health Scheme (EHS). The trust, headed by the Chief Secreta...
Priyank Kharge’s statement on RSS shows his incompetence, says Shettar
“The RSS is a patriotic organisation with a history of over 100 years. It does not need formalities like a registration from the government,” BJP MP Jagadish Shettar said in Belagavi on Wednesday. “It...
Mamata files petition in Calcutta HC challenging Bhabanipur election results
Trinamool Congress chairperson and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) filed an election petition before the Calcutta High Court, challenging the poll result o...
Congress calls for time-bound judicial probe into Ram Mandir ‘missing donations’ row
Uttar Pradesh Congress leaders on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) demanded a time-bound investigation by a sitting judge of a High Court into donations missing from the Ram Mandir trust, alleging “organised p...
Student accused in NEET paper leak case can sit for June 21 re-exam, says court
A Delhi court on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) permitted Yash Yadav, a medical student accused in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, to appear for the re-examination scheduled on June 21. Special judge Visha...
Ritabrata says he has support of 65 Trinamool MLAs, dares rivals to take floor test
The number of Trinamool Congress MLAs supporting Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly has increased to 65. Mr. Banerjee, who participated in a Bus...
IAF to participate in Exercise Pitch Black 2026 in Australia
The Indian Air Force (IAF) will participate in Exercise Pitch Black 2026, the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) premier multinational air combat exercise, scheduled to be held in Australia’s Norther...
World suffers from shortage of trust: PM Modi to G7 leaders
With a message that trust was in short supply globally, Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in a session with the Group of Seven (G7) countries and others on “Forging New Partnerships and Rebuil...
Empty rations and silent radios: the death of an Indian seafarer onboard Celestial Sea
His name was Nishanth Uirthanathan. In Tamil, his last name means he is someone who has come back to life, a reference to Jesus Christ. On June 11, Uirthanathan, a 35-year-old second officer on M.T. C...
Savarkar filed 10 mercy petitions, Hindutva ideologue’s grandnephew tells court
Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, told a special MP/MLA court in Pune that the right-wing ideologue had submitted ten clemency petitions to the British government seeking ...
First in 16 months: Modi and Trump exchange pleasantries amid strained India-U.S. ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump exchanged pleasantries and held a brief conversation on Tuesday at a gathering of G7 leaders, marking their first in-person encounter in 16 m...
Congress counters Naidu, says promise of 50% increase in Lok Sabha seats was not part of Delimitation Bill
Reacting to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s comments criticising the Opposition for not backing the Delimitation Bill despite the government’s assurance that the strength of every...
Supreme Court steps in to ensure ‘dignified life’ for octogenarian, visually impaired son
The Supreme Court has come to the aid of an octogenarian woman and her visually impaired son from Bagadia village in Odisha ’s Subarnapur district, taking suo motu cognisance of newspaper reports high...
The Home Minister is running a wholly cynical campaign that is well lubricated and, like in the mutual funds industry, offers various schemes and products suited to individual needs. There are absolutely no limits to his depravity, says Congress leader Jairam Ramesh
Reacting to the developments in Maharashtra , Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday (June 17, 2026) accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of resorting to breaking Opposition parties as a reaction...
Delhi Police bust Pakistan-backed terror syndicate, seven held
Delhi Police have said that their Special Cell busted a Pakistan-backed international terror-crime syndicate operated by gangster-turned-terrorist Shahzad Bhatti and his associate Ajmal Gujjar. Police...
Kerala Budget: Fiscal health, welfare, growth in focus as Congress-led UDF govt to present Revised Budget on June 19
The Congress-led UDF government’s Revised Budget for 2026-27, to be presented by Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Friday (June 19, 2026) faces the challenge of finding the middle ground between re-ali...
Senior BJP leaders hold meeting, discuss organisational restructuring
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expansion in recent years, without a corresponding restructuring of its organisational set-up, has been weighing heavily on the party leadership. With a new national t...
Police say the network was functioning under the patronage of Pakistan’s ISI and was using Indians to further terror activities; police have arrested suspects from Uttar Pradesh and Punjab
Delhi Police have said that their Special Cell busted a Pakistan-backed international terror-crime syndicate operated by gangster-turned-terrorist Shahzad Bhatti and his associate Ajmal Gujjar. Police...
3 injured Kuki youths shifted from RIMS in Manipur amid tight security
Three injured youths whose admission to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences in Imphal had triggered widespread protests were shifted out of the hospital shortly after midnight under tight secur...
What are the Supreme Court guidelines for protecting survivors of human trafficking? | Explained
In a comprehensive judgment on human trafficking and protection of victims of commercial sexual exploitation (CSE) in India, on May 29 , the Supreme Court gave detailed guidelines on establishing a un...
PM Modi arrives in France to attend G7 Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Evian-les-Bains on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) to attend the G7 Summit and exchange views with world leaders on key global issues. This is the 8th consecutive G7 Su...
Nagpur woman complains of rape, forced conversion; two arrested
After a video of a 24-year-old married woman’s allegations of rape, blackmail and extortion went viral, the Nagpur Police filed a First Information Report and arrested two accused. The case was filed ...
1.63 crores voters need not to submit any document: Jharkhand CEO
Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) K. Ravi Kumar on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) announced that 1.63 crores electors of Jharkhand are not required to submit any document in the ongoing Special Intensi...
India seeks rare earth samples from Rosneft-owned Siberian deposit, source says
Indian miner IREL is in talks with Rosneft to source rare earth samples from Tomtor, the Siberian deposit acquired by the Russian oil producer last year, as New Delhi seeks to secure supplies of cr...
India’s U.S. dilemma as ties turn taxing, benefits shrink
Countries that partnered with the United States over the decades subordinated their strategic autonomy, and even national sovereignty, for the benefits that came with it. In its America First era unde...
NEET-UG re-exam: Telegram app restricted in India at NTA request
At the National Testing Agency (NTA) ’s request, the Union government is blocking the messaging app Telegram in India for a week until Monday (June 22, 2026), following what the NTA described as a “re...
BJP government has ‘failed’ first test of accountability by not seeking Pradhan's resignation, says Kharge
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) accused the BJP government of having completely failed the test of accountability by not asking Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan t...
Rice, dhal and unanswered distress calls: Death of a mariner onboard Celestial Sea
His name was Nishanth Uirthanathan. In Tamil, his last name means he is someone who has come back to life, a reference to Jesus Christ. On June 11, Uirthanathan, a 35-year-old second officer on M.T. C...
SC steps in to ensure ‘dignified life’ for octogenarian, visually impaired son
The Supreme Court has come to the aid of an octogenarian woman and her visually impaired son from Bagadia village in Odisha ’s Subarnapur district, taking suo motu cognisance of newspaper reports high...
NIA attaches Amritsar property in LeT-linked narco-terror case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) attached a house in Punjab’s Amritsar, linked to an alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, in a transnational narco-terror network ...
BJP weighs organisational restructuring amid rapid expansion
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expansion in recent years, without a corresponding restructuring of its organisational set-up, has been weighing heavily on the party leadership. With a new national t...
‘Varanasi in Bratislava’: PM Modi visits unique exhibition crafted by Slovak artisans at Presidential Palace
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (June 16, 2026) visited a unique exhibition at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava inspired by Varanasi, his Parliamentary constituency. During the visit, Slov...
Farmers stage protest in Raichur
Farmers led by honorary president of Karnataka Rajya Raita Sangha Chamaras Malipatil staged a protest outside the Deputy Commissioner’s Office in Raichur on Tuesday. This forced the authorities to clo...
Viral Kochi Water Metro Garba video sparks online debate
A video of a group of tourists, reportedly from Gujarat, performing Garba, a folk dance associated with the Navaratri festival, has triggered a heated debate online. The video, which has gone viral on...
Trinamool factions split on merger with NCPI
Indicating further fragmentation in the Trinamool Congress , the rebel factions of the party — one in the Lok Sabha and the other in the West Bengal Assembly — have spoken in different voices. While L...
Priyank Kharge’s call for transparency in RSS is ‘driven by politics’: Mohan Bhagwat
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has brushed aside Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge’s call for greater transparency from the organisation, saying that the demand is ‘driven ...
U.S. model of consumption will require six Earths if adopted by India, says RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday (June 15, 2026) criticised what he described as the excessive consumption-driven development model of the United States, saying if the e...
ED attaches ₹13.83-crore assets in Uttarakhand SC/ST scholarship scam case
The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached properties worth about ₹13.83 crore in connection with the alleged Scheduled Caste(SC)/Scheduled Tribe(ST) scholarship scam in Uttarakhand. The E...
NDA govt. focused on improving ordinary citizens’ quality of life in 12 yrs: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (June 15, 2026) said the NDA government has increasingly focused on improving ordinary citizens' quality of life over 12 years and worked on easier access to opp...
All 20 Indian crew members of MT Jalveer safely return home: Indian mission
All 20 Indian crew members of MT Jalveer, who were evacuated after their vessel came under attack off an Oman port, have now safely returned home, the Indian mission in Muscat said on Monday (June 16,...
Social media, video platforms surpass traditional outlets as leading news sources: report
Trust in news is at its lowest level globally since 2015, as interest in news dwindles; at the same time, more people around the world are accessing news through third-party platforms, such as social ...
"Varanasi in Bratislava": PM Modi visits unique exhibition crafted by Slovak artisans at Presidential Palace
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (June 16, 2026) visited a unique exhibition at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava inspired by Varanasi, his Parliamentary constituency. During the visit, Slov...
The agency said that several Telegram groups were advertising fake exam papers for the upcoming NEET exam and defrauding candidates willing to pay for them
At the National Testing Agency (NTA) ’s request, the Union government is blocking the messaging app Telegram in India for a week until Monday (June 22, 2026), following what the NTA described as a “re...
Lok Sabha Speaker invites Mamata faction to ‘present case’ amid TMC split
Amid a petition by the Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar-led faction of 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs to merge with the Nationalist Citizen Party of India (NCPI), Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday (June 15, ...
Supreme Court seeks responses of Centre, States on plea for use of Aadhaar as identity proof only
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) sought response of the Centre and States on a plea alleging misuse of the Unique Identification Authority of India-issued Aadhaar cards as proof of citizen...
SJM writes to U.S. envoy over Indian seafarers' killing, seeks probe, compensation
RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM) has written to the U.S. Ambassador protesting the killing of three Indian seafarers in separate incidents between June 8 and June 11 in U.S. attacks. The out...
UNSC reform would border on failure if only non-permanent category expanded: India
India has cautioned that reform of the UN Security Council will border on “failure” if only its non-permanent category of membership is expanded. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador ...
NDA MLAs being shifted to hotel ahead of Rajya Sabha Polls in Jharkhand
Legislators of the opposition NDA in Jharkhand were being moved to a hotel in Ranchi days ahead of polls to two Rajya Sabha seats in Jharkhand, a source in the alliance said. Leader of Opposition in t...
Defected MPs 'gaddar team', TMC is led by Mamata: Saugata Roy
TMC leader Saugata Roy on Tuesday (June 16, 2026) called the breakaway faction “a team of traitors”, claiming that the defected MPs were working at the behest of the BJP-led NDA. Mr. Roy made the rema...
Suspected Pakistani drone sighted along border in J&K’s Rajouri
A suspected Pakistani drone was sighted over a forward village along the International Border in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday (June 16, 2026). The drone-like object...
Ponraj moves Madras High Court seeking to quash FIR against him
V. Ponraj (60), a political commentator, has approached the Madras High Court urging it to quash a First Information Report (FIR) registered against him on the basis of a complaint lodged by Minister ...
Centre warns of potential drone attacks on vital installations
The Union government has warned of possible rogue drone attacks targeting vital installations along the borders, prompting security agencies to work on deploying counter-drone technology systems to sa...
2-Bromo-4-Methylpropiophenone notified as ‘controlled’ substance under NDPS Act
The Department of Revenue has notified 2-Bromo-4-Methylpropiophenone, the main precursor chemical used by criminals to illegally manufacture mephedrone, a synthetic drug, as a “controlled” substance u...
ED files prosecution complaint in $20 million crypto fraud case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint against Chirag Tomar, and others. Tomar was arrested in the United States on the charge of stealing over $20 million through the use...
Flight-test of indigenous, long-range land attack cruise missile successful
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday (June 15, 2026) successfully conducted the flight-test of the Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Ka...
Supreme Court seeks Centre, Punjab govt response on plea over failure to implement 25% RTE quota in schools
The Supreme Court on Monday (June 15, 2026) sought responses from the Centre and the Punjab government on a plea alleging failure to implement the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Ac...
Amit Shah masterminded Trinamool ‘split’, merger bid, says Congress
The Congress on Monday accused Home Minister Amit Shah of masterminding the split in the Trinamool Congress , which is the third-largest Opposition party in the Lok Sabha, and of orchestrating the mer...
Bombay High Court directs State to secure former Judge’s safety
The Bombay High Court on Monday (June 15, 2026) ordered the Maharashtra government to provide protection to former Judge Justice Gautam Patel, who has faced threats for over ten months following his 2...
SIT starts probe into Ram Mandir donations issue, reaches Ram temple complex
A three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the Uttar Pradesh government to probe the alleged misappropriation of donation funds at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya went to the temple complex o...
Displaced Kashmiri Pandits seek structured engagement, genocide recognition, and property recovery
Kashmiri Pandits who were displaced from their homes in the Valley have been touring the State to gauge if conditions are suitable for the community’s return. On Monday (June 15, 2026), they called fo...
Will remind Centre of Statehood promise at Jantar Mantar: Omar Abdullah
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday (June 15, 2026) said ruling National Conference (NC) legislators would go ahead with their plan to hold a sit-in at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi ...
KSRTC bus crashes into lottery shop in Thiruvananthapuram; three injured
Three persons, including a lottery shop employee, were injured after a KSRTC electric bus lost control and rammed into a lottery shop near the Pappanamcode KSRTC depot in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday...
Sourav Ganguly makes police complaint over defamatory posts on social media
Former India cricket captain and ex-BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Monday (June 15, 2026) complained to the police, alleging that a Facebook page with millions of followers had been circulating defa...
Kakoli seeks Kalyan’s expulsion from Lok Sabha, writes to Speaker
Lok Sabha MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, who is leading the rebel faction of Trinamool Congress MPs , in a letter to Speaker Om Birla sought the expulsion of Trinamool chief whip and Mamata Banerjee loyali...
ED questions Abhishek for 11 hours in primary school jobs scam case
The Enforcement Directorate questioned Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for 11 hours on Monday (June 15, 2026), in connection with the alleged primary school jobs scam case. Mr. ...
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke manhandled, slapped during protest in Jaipur; two youth detained
Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was allegedly manhandled and slapped by some people during a protest in Jaipur on Monday, triggering chaos and a brief struggle at the venue. Police...
Kuki organisations accuse Naga extremist groups of attacking a village in Kangpokpi district with bombs
Security personnel on Monday (June 15, 2026) wielded batons and fired tear gas shells to disperse a mob that gathered outside the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Manipur capital Impha...
Merger with NCPI may allow Trinamool rebels to vote in Lok Sabha prior to any ruling on disqualification
The decision made by the rebel MPs of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to merge with the little-known Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) might not be a foolproof way of avoiding disqualification u...
‘Not just system failure, but blow on dreams of millions’, says Rahul Gandhi on paper leaks, cancelled exams
Ahead of his first student convention in Kota, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday (June 15, 2026) said every paper leak and cancelled exam is not just a failure of the system but a blow on the dre...
Indigenous soil, water management sustaining Nagaland terrace farming, says study
Indigenous soil and water management is sustaining the terrace farming model of the Angami community in Nagaland, a study by a Nagaland University team has found. According to the study, published in ...
Indian seafarers not to be deployed to conflict zones: DGS
The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) has advised maritime recruitment and placement agencies not to deploy Indian seafarers to conflict zones until further notice. However, companies may carry ou...
RTI activism has become new business, says SC; refuses anticipatory bail to activist
The Supreme Court on Monday (June 1, 2026) said that Right to Information (RTI) activism has become a new business, while refusing to grant anticipatory bail to an activist and other accused of obstru...
Indian LNG carrier Disha safely transits Strait of Hormuz
Indian LNG carrier Disha has safely transited through the Strait of Hormuz — the first Indian flagged LNG carrying vessel to exit the war zone in more than three months. Disha, managed by a Shipping C...
The Prime Minister said India looks forward to deliberations on the remaining issues reaching a sustainable final agreement
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (June 15, 2026) welcomed the understanding reached between the United States and Iran on ending the conflict in West Asia , and hoped the implementation of the p...
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke slapped during protest in Jaipur
Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was allegedly manhandled and slapped by some people during a protest in Jaipur on Monday, triggering chaos and a brief struggle at the venue. Police...
Former Judge Patel gets police cover; HC calls threats to him over Syedna verdict ‘serious’, seeks report
Retired Judge Gautam Patel and his family, getting threatening letters over his 2024 verdict on the succession row in the Dawoodi Bohra community, have been provided police protection, the Maharashtra...
Delhi court takes cognisance of ED chargesheet, refuses bail to former RCom executive
A Delhi court on Monday (June 15, 2026) took cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) chargesheet in the alleged ₹40,000-crore money laundering case linked to Reliance Communications (RCom) an...
International Yoga Day 2026: Main event to be held in Kolkata on June 21; PM to lead
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the main event of the International Day of Yoga in Kolkata on June 21, Union Minister for Ayush Prataprao Jadhav said here on Monday (June 15, 2026). Addressing ...
India, Slovakia expand scope of partnership with MoUs in defence, tech, labour mobility
India and Slovakia on Monday expanded their bilateral relationship with memoranda of agreement (MoUs) across defence, labour mobility, education, digital tech, and other sectors, officially branding t...
Supreme Court stays High Court proceedings on challenges to new transgender law
The Supreme Court on Monday (June 15, 2026) stayed further proceedings before four High Courts hearing challenges to the constitutional validity of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amend...
Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police bust two networks running NEET scams
In a major crackdown, law enforcement agencies have busted two separate fraud networks targeting medical aspirants. The Cyber Crime Branch of the Ahmedabad City Police uncovered a Telegram scam falsel...
Cultural events, medical check-ups mark ‘Yatri Suvidha Diwas’ at Vijayawada airport
The Vijayawada international airport at Gannavaram organised a series of cultural, health and environmental programmes to mark ‘Yatri Suvidha Diwas’ and also the airport’s 12-year transformation from ...
Indian-flagged dhow sinks off Oman; all 14 crew rescued
After a mechanised sailing vessel, the MSC Virat 1, experienced an engine failure off the coast of Oman all 14 crew members were rescued on Sunday (June 14, 2026). Indian sailor dies from medical comp...
Minister Vaishnaw expects more companies to start production of memory chips in India
New companies are likely to invest in India to manufacture memory chips while existing investors will scale up production to address the demand-supply gap in the segment, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishn...
INS Sharda concludes Colombo visit, strengthens India-Sri Lanka maritime co-operation
Indian Naval Ship (INS) Sharda departed Colombo on June 13 after a successful port call that further strengthened maritime cooperation and friendship between India and Sri Lanka. The visit featured a ...
20 rebel Trinamool Lok Sabha MPs seek to merge with Nationalist Citizen Party of India
After days of speculation, 20 rebel Trinamool Congress MPs on Sunday (June 14, 2026) met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at his residence in New Delhi and submitted a letter announcing their decision to me...
Rotary club recognises over 18 personalities for various achievements
The Rotary Club of Kilpauk presented awards to recognise outstanding achievers in three categories. Justice P.N. Prakash, former Madras High Court judge, presented the Vocational Excellence Award to e...
India, France adopt Innovation Roadmap 2030, Economic Security Dialogue
India and France adopted an ‘Innovation Roadmap 2030’ and established a Dialogue on Economic Security during bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron h...
PM Modi arrives in Slovakia for second leg of his two-nation visit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Slovakia for the second leg of his two-nation visit, where he will hold talks with President Peter Pellegrini and Prime Minister Robert Fico and interact with b...
Noida International Airport begins passenger flights; first IndiGo flight from Lucknow
Noida International Airport on Monday (June 15, 2026) received its first landing with an IndiGo flight arriving from Lucknow, officials said. The event was shortly followed by the first takeoff from t...
Indian envoy meets 20 rescued crew members of MT Jalveer
India's Ambassador to Oman, Prashant Pise, on Monday (June 15, 2026) met with the 20 Indian crew members of MT Jalveer in Muscat ahead of their repatriation to the country. The crew members of Guinea-...
India, Slovakia decides to elevate ties to status of Comprehensive Partnership, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (June 15, 2026) arrived in Slovakia becoming the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the country. Speaking during the exchange of MoUs and joint press statement...
Supreme Court stays proceedings before HCs on pleas challenging transgender law
The Supreme Court on Monday (June 15, 2026) stayed further proceedings before the high courts on petitions challenging the provisions of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2...
NCERT shades image of Indus Valley ‘dancing girl’ in new class 9 art textbook
The iconic “Dancing Girl” of Mohenjo Daro, a 4,500-year-old bronze figurine that has featured in Indian school textbooks for decades, appears to have been altered in a newly released Class 9 art educa...
Jewar airport in Noida: Why is it named ‘DXN’?
Noida International Airport in Uttar Pradesh’s Jewar received its first landing on June 15, 2026, with an IndiGo flight from Lucknow. It was followed by the airport’s first takeoff with a flight back ...
Congress slams PM Modi's ‘blind devotion to Israel’, says national interest demands greater balance
The Congress on Monday (June 15, 2026) hit out at the Modi government's handling of foreign policy, saying Pakistan seems to have acquired a new regional and global influence, and this, coupled with C...
Monsoon tracker LIVE: Rain in parts of Delhi; Monsoon remains low in A.P. due to El Niño conditions
June 15, 2026 14:25 Telangana CM Revanth Reddy reviews monsoon preparedness, orders high alert across departments Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has instructed the officials to remain on high ...
Odisha distributes voter roll revision forms to 99% electors; 34.5% digitised
“Enumeration forms for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Odisha have been distributed to around 99% of the State's voters, and 34.54% of those have been digitised,” an officia...
Police rescue two teenagers from drowning at Vadarevu and Suryalanka beaches in Bapatla
Swift rescues by Marine and local police personnel averted two tragedies in Bapatla district on Sunday (June 14, 2026), when two teenagers were saved from drowning in separate incidents at Vadarevu an...
Mamata’s most trusted aide Sudip Bandyopadhyay may join camp of rebel Trinamool MPs
Six-time Trinamool Congress MP and leader of the party in Lok Sabha, Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Saturday (June 13, 2026) met Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Bhupendra Yadav sparking...
Constitutional expert questions plan of TMC rebel MPs to seek ‘real TMC’ status from Speaker
A constitutional expert has questioned the move of the rebel Trinamool Congress MPs to seek “real TMC” status for the party's breakaway group from the Lok Sabha Speaker, saying such an authority lies ...
NDA inches towards two-thirds majority in Rajya Sabha; short in Lok Sabha despite TMC rebellion
Rebellion in Trinamool Congress is set to boost NDA numbers in Parliament as it strives for a two-thirds majority in both Houses to help pass crucial Constitutional Amendment Bills . While the current...
Post-Operation Sindoor, CISF trains over 7,000 personnel in drone, counter-drone operations
A year after Operation Sindoor , the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has trained over 7,000 personnel in drone and counter-drone operations, a CISF official said. The training in conjunction ...
Congress to organise job fair on Rahul Gandhi’s birthday
The Congress party has announced a job fair, the ‘Maha Rozgar Mela’, at the Talkatora Stadium here, on June 19, 2026, marking the birthday of the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandh...
Bombay High Court seeks NIA’s reply on Varavara Rao’s plea to relocate to Hyderabad
The Bombay High Court has sought a response from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on a plea filed by P. Varavara Rao , an accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, seeking permission to relocate from...
Himanshu Jangra apologises for ‘₹370 biryani’ remark during comedian Pranit More’s show
Himanshu Jangra, who is facing flak over his remarks in a crowd-work video from comedian Pranit More's show, said that parts of the dating story he narrated were "improvised" for entertainment purpose...
Modi, Macron inaugurate Innovation Conference in Nice, stress trust and cooperation in tech
Inaugurating the Bharat Innovates 2026 event in Nice, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched India as a destination for innovation and development. Both the Prime Minister and French President Emmanuel ...
Congress questions PM’s ‘silence’ on death of Indian mariners, calls Rubio’s remarks unacceptable
Questioning the government’s “silence” over the death of three Indian mariners in a U.S. attack on a commercial vessel near the Gulf of Oman, and the “threatening” and “unacceptable” language allegedl...
Indian Army unveils new uniform policy, phases out colonial-era practices
In a significant move aimed at modernising military traditions and reinforcing an indigenous identity, the Indian Army has introduced Army Uniforms–2026, a revised dress regulations pamphlet that prog...
Indian Embassy working to repatriate body of seafarer who died aboard vessel in Oman
The Indian Embassy in Muscat on Sunday (June 14, 2026) said it was working to facilitate the earliest repatriation of the body of an Indian national who died due to medical complications aboard a vess...
At bilateral meeting in French city of Nice, Prime Minister Modi and French President Macron call for fast adoption of the India-EU FTA, agree to create Joint India-France AI Working Group to expand cooperation
India and France adopted an ‘Innovation Roadmap 2030’ and established a Dialogue on Economic Security during bilateral talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron h...
Nirmala Sitharaman inspects Bengaluru–Chennai Expressway works near Devanahalli
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday inspected the ongoing construction and development works of the Bengaluru–Chennai Expressway at Devanahalli as part of the ‘Pragati Path Yatre Darsh...
KWA signs pact for 27-km sewage pipeline project
As part of its efforts to overhaul Kochi’s sewerage system, the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) has signed an agreement with the lowest bidder to construct a 27-km sewage pipeline to carry sewage from se...
'Obedient servant, complies with orders: Rahul slams PM over U.S. statements
Questioning the government’s “silence” over the death of three Indian mariners in a U.S. attack on a commercial vessel near the Gulf of Oman, and the “threatening” and “unacceptable” language allegedl...
PM Modi was warmly welcomed by the French President in Nice, where the two leaders greeted each other with a hug
Inaugurating the Bharat Innovates 2026 event in Nice, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched India as a destination for innovation and development. Both the Prime Minister and French President Emmanuel ...
VCs attending RSS event is unacceptable, says Minister
Minister for Higher Education Roji M. John has termed as unacceptable the participation of three university Vice-Chancellors (VCs) in an RSS programme attended by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat in Thiruvanan...
Remain vigilant on SIR, Meenakshi tells Congress workers
The Telangana Congress conducted a series of virtual meetings to train and guide party leaders on voter mapping and the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with senior leaders...
Eight killed as vehicle falls into well in Maharashtra
Eight people, including four women and four children, were killed while seven others were injured on Sunday (June 14, 2026) when a pick-up vehicle carrying them plunged into a roadside well in the Mal...
School bus safety measures yet to take off despite official directives
More than a year after the authorities directed educational institutions to strengthen safety mechanisms in school buses through the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras and GPS-en...
Revanth directs Irrigation engineers to stay out at projects, warns action against those absent without intimation
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has directed the Irrigation department officials to take steps for effective maintenance of major and minor projects in view of the onset of monsoon. He made it mandato...
Ex-BJP MP terms Ram temple funds row ‘serious’; insult to Sanatana Dharma: Akhilesh Yadav
A day after the Uttar Pradesh government formed a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe alleged irregularities in the donations received by the Ram Temple Trust, former Bharatiya Jana...
In Zojila, light at the end of tunnel
On June 9, when the 13.14-kilometre-long Zojila Tunnel witnessed a construction breakthrough, Muhammad Shafi Sagar, 50, and Ashiq Wazir, 30, unknown to each other, experienced both relief and sadness....
Ram Temple Construction Committee chief supports U.P. decision for SIT amid donation row
Chairman of Ram Mandir Construction Committee, Nripendra Mishra on Sunday (June 14, 2026) reacting to the formation of a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) by the Uttar Pradesh government i...
Mechanised sailing vessel experiences engine failure off coast of Oman
After a mechanised sailing vessel, the MSC Virat 1, experienced an engine failure off the coast of Oman all 14 crew members were rescued on Sunday (June 14, 2026). Indian sailor dies from medical comp...
Rahul Gandhi 'undermining' achievements of India, its people: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday (June 14, 2026) slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi , accusing him of "undermining" the achievements of India and its people while targeting Prime ...
India known as nation with world’s largest healthcare programme: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (June 14, 2026) said the country has worked to make quality healthcare more affordable and accessible in the past 12 years, and the government will keep working ...
Indira Gandhi's historic address at 1st UN conference on environment a milestone: Jairam Ramesh
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday (June 14, 2026) recalled then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's "historic" address at the first UN Conference on the Human Environment in 1972 , and said it is wid...
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat backs dialogue with Pakistan, clarifies focus is on people
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat has defended senior RSS functionary Dattatreya Hosabale 's remarks advocating for a dialogue window with Pakistan , saying he was talking about th...
Monsoon tracker LIVE: Cyclonic system to bring rains to northern Tamil Nadu
June 14, 2026 13:43 Is India getting hotter? | Explained Is India getting hotter? | Explained Explore India's rising temperatures, urban heat islands, and the potential impact of El Niño on monsoons a...
Three test positive for drug use in Chittoor police crackdown
The police organised a district-wide crackdown on drug abuse and illicit liquor activities on Sunday through a cordon-and-search operation under the “Dhairya Sparsha – Operation Flush Out” initiative....
Case registered over missing of KTU answer sheet
The police have registered a case after an answer sheet reportedly went missing during the evaluation of a Kerala Technological University (KTU) B.Tech. examination at Kundoormala Engineering College,...
Shettar to discuss with Mayor the issue of resolution in Belagavi corporation council
BJP MP Jagadish Shettar has said that he will discuss with the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor and members the issue of getting a resolution declaring Belagavi as an integral part of Karnataka passed in the B...
Kerala urged to invest in flu vaccination for the elderly
Influenza cases and deaths, which began showing a spike in Kerala last month (May 2026), have doubled in the past two weeks. With many elderly, especially those with various comorbidities, succumbing...
Shakthi teams to intensify campaign for safety of women, children in Sathya Sai district
Sri Sathya Sai district police deployed Shakthi teams to organise a series of awareness campaigns across the district to sensitise women, children, and the public about safety, legal rights, and crime...
YSRCP vows to stand by ‘DSC victims’
Reiterating that the DSC-2025 teachers’ recruitment was fraught with irregularities, YSRCP leaders, including State coordinator Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy and MLCs P. Chandrasekhar Reddy, Lella Appire...
Lt. Gen. Dhiraj Seth appointed next Army Chief
The Government has appointed Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, presently serving as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, as the next Chief of the Army Staff with effect from the afternoon of June 30, 2026....
Attacks on vessels with Indian seafarers, Iranian ‘service fee’ may feature in IORA meet
At the 28th meeting of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), commencing on Monday (June 15, 2026), all eyes will be on India, which may put forth concerns over ...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah directs committee on demographic change to study border districts
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday (June 13, 2026) directed the high-level committee on demographic change to study the shift in population structure in border districts, officials said. Chairi...
Why is the Zojila tunnel a game changer? | Explains
The story so far: T he world’s longest high-altitude tunnel, spanning 13.14 kilometres at an altitude of 11,578 feet, achieved a breakthrough on June 9, 2026. Built at a cost of ₹6,800 crore, the Zoji...
Centre to provide ₹10 crore rice aid for refugees in Mizoram
The Centre will provide rice worth ₹10 crore to support nearly 40,000 refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh, and displaced people from Manipur currently taking shelter in Mizoram. The assurance came af...
Press Club hails HC order quashing cases against NewsClick and Prabir Purkayastha
The Press Club of India (PCI) on Saturday (June 13, 2026) welcomed the Delhi High Court order quashing the first information report (FIR) and the subsequent Enforcement Directorate’s case against the ...
The SIT has been formed to probe allegations of disappearance of donations made to the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, following a request from the Shree Ram Janmabhoomi Temple Trust and directed to submit a final report within 15-days and preliminary report within seven days
Chairman of Ram Mandir Construction Committee, Nripendra Mishra on Sunday (June 14, 2026) reacting to the formation of a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) by the Uttar Pradesh government i...
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief seeks clarification on High Commissioner-designate Dinesh Trivedi’s remarks
New Delhi India’s High Commissioner-designate to Bangladesh Dinesh Trived i’s remarks suggesting that India and Bangladesh should “become one” in their efforts were “certainly condemnable”, said Bangl...
Why did Supreme Court quantify labour of homemakers?
T he Supreme Court on June 11 held that the unpaid domestic labour performed by homemakers must be assigned an independent economic value while determining compensation in motor accident death cases. ...
PM’s Europe visit begins in Nice, with tech and bilateral ties in focus
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Nice on Saturday (June 13, 2026) evening, the first stop on his six-day tour of France and Slovakia. The Prime Minister ‘s visit to the French Riviera revolves ...
Nandyal MP Byreddy Shabari to distribute assistive devices to 3,000 beneficiaries on Monday
Nandyal MP and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary Byreddy Shabari will distribute assistive devices to eligible differently-abled persons and senior citizens across the seven Assembly...
DSC recruitment was transparent, YSRCP is misleading youth, says Kala Venkata Rao
Former Minister and Cheepurupalli MLA Kala Venkata Rao on Sunday (June 14, 2026) alleged that the YSR Congress Party was misleading the public and unemployed youth over the DSC recruitment process, al...
CJP to hold peaceful protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is set to hold a peaceful protest at Freedom Park in Bengaluru at 4 p.m. on Sunday (June 14, 2026), as part of its nationwide campaign demanding the resignation of Union Ed...
NDA government has forgotten poll promises to Srikakulam farmers, says CPI(M)
CPI(M) State secretariat member B. Tulasi Das and party Srikakulam district secretary D. Govinda Rao on Sunday (June 14, 2026) asked the State government to release funds for all pending projects in t...
Will voice Global South’s aspirations in G7 summit, says PM Modi ahead of trip to France, Slovakia
Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a six-day visit to France and Slovakia on Saturday (June 13, 2026). Mr. Modi said “At the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron and PM Robert Fico, I will be...
DRDO demonstrates advanced missile defence, anti-ship strike capabilities in three successful flight tests
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully demonstrated a range of critical defence technologies through three consecutive flight tests conducted on Wednesday (June 10, ...
IAF aircraft AN-32 crashes while landing in Assam's Jorhat
An AN-32 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) met with an accident while landing in Assam 's Jorhat district on Saturday (June 13, 2026), the force said. Five personnel were killed in the crash. “S...
Tarique Rahman government should seek clarification from Mr. Trivedi regarding what he meant by the phrase ‘India and Bangladesh becoming one’, says Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JeI) Ameer Shafiqur Rahman
New Delhi India’s High Commissioner-designate to Bangladesh Dinesh Trived i’s remarks suggesting that India and Bangladesh should “become one” in their efforts were “certainly condemnable”, said Bangl...
PM’s Europe Visit Begins in Nice, with tech and bilateral ties in focus
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Nice on Saturday (June 13, 2026) evening, the first stop on his six-day tour of France and Slovakia. The Prime Minister ‘s visit to the French Riviera revolves ...
11 Indian sailors convicted, ship fined $5.3 million for cocaine trafficking in Nigeria
Eleven Indian sailors have been convicted and their merchant vessel fined $5.3 million by a court in Nigeria for cocaine trafficking. They were arrested around six months ago by operatives of the Nati...
Derek O'Brien rejects merger rumours, calls reports 'fake news'
Trinamool Congress National Joint Secretary Derek O’Brien on Saturday (June 13, 2026) dismissed speculation about the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) merging with another political party, terming ...
Comedian Pranit More apologises over ‘₹370 Biryani’ remark
Stand-up comedian Pranit More posted an apology video in his Instagram account, stating that he got ‘carried away’ over an audience’s ‘₹370 biryani’ remark at his show in Gurugram. The video posted on...
Stop being facilitator for ED, Modi govt: CPI(M) slams Rahul Gandhi over remarks on Vijayan
CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby on Saturday (June 13, 2026) slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandh i over his remarks on Pinarayi Vijayan at the INDIA bloc meeting and said the LoP has been urged only...
Monsoon tracker LIVE: Delhi sees rain-induced cooling; expected to reduce impact from June 14
June 14, 2026 08:08 Scattered rainfall likely in various districts of Tamil Nadu till Monday An upper-air cyclonic circulation over north coastal Tamil Nadu will bring scattered rainfall over various ...
Why did the SC quantify labour of homemakers? | Explained
The story so far: T he Supreme Court on June 11 held that the unpaid domestic labour performed by homemakers must be assigned an independent economic value while determining compensation in motor acci...
School administrator shot dead outside campus gate in Shimla
A school administrator was shot dead outside the gate of a private school in Shimla's Sanjauli area on Saturday (June 13, 2026) evening, police said. The deceased was identified as Meenakshi Mittal, a...
India, Nepal discuss cross-border rail connectivity
India and Nepal have held discussions on cross-border railway links, including passenger train services on the Janakpur-Ayodhya section, and bilateral cooperation in the sector, an official statement ...
29 years after Uphaar tragedy, victims' association says no lessons learnt
Marking 29 years of the Uphaar cinema hall fire tragedy, the Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy (AVUT) on Saturday renewed its demand for stricter accountability in cases of negligence leading t...
Male nurse’s suicide in Jaipur sparks protests; wife to get contractual job
The alleged suicide by a 25-year-old contractual male nursing staff member at a government hospital in Jaipur over the week-end after the termination of his service has led to widespread protests in R...
Nothing wrong in India leaning towards U.S. as long as it can justify it, says ex-Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale
Former Foreign Secretary of India and author of “China’s Wars: The Policy and Diplomacy Behind Its Military Coercion”, Ambassador Vijay Gokhale, on Saturday said that “there was nothing wrong in India...
AI to openup greater opportunities: Higher Education Minister
Minister for Higher Education Roji M. John said here on Saturday (June 13, 2026) that Artificial Intelligence (AI) would open up greater opportunities for the world. “The transformation brought about ...
NTA launches digital training programme for examination officials
The National Testing Agency has launched a dedicated digital training programme for examination officials on the iGOT Karmayogi Bharat platform to strengthen supervision and invigilation of its examin...
2020 Delhi riots: Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid move fresh bail pleas in ‘larger conspiracy’ case
Activists Sharjeel Imam and Umar Khalid have moved fresh bail applications before a Delhi court in the larger conspiracy case related to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots. The applications argued that th...
Displaced Pandits’ initiative seeks reconciliation, return to Kashmir
With local recruitment down to almost zero and militant attacks waning this year, Kashmir on Saturday (June 13, 2026) witnessed a rare push to reconciliation and return of displaced Kashmir Pandits to...
Tummala and Anil Yadav’s statements recorded in phone tapping case
The investigation into the alleged phone tapping case that has stirred political controversy in Telangana gathered pace on Saturday, with the Special Investigation Team (SIT) recording the statements ...
Left should study changes in Kerala society during neoliberal era: economist
The Left should be able to carefully analyse the changes that have occurred in Kerala society during the neoliberal era, economist R. Ramakumar said here on Saturday (June 13, 2026). “Neoliberalism cr...
Woman killed, daughter injured after scooter skids on Marathahalli–Siddapura road
A 42-year-old woman was killed and her 16-year-old daughter injured after the scooter they were riding skidded on the Marathahalli–Siddapura road, reportedly waterlogged, following which she was run o...
Police search Abhishek Banerjee's Kolkata residence for over four hours
Police broke into the residence of Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s residence in Kalighat’s Patuapara Road in the early hours of Saturday (June 13, 2026) morning. Personnel fro...
President Murmu reviews IMA passing out parade, hails induction of women cadets as historic milestone
President of India Droupadi Murmu on Saturday (June 13, 2026) reviewed the Passing Out Parade of the 158th Regular Course and the 141st Technical Graduate Course at the Indian Military Academy (IMA), ...
Operation Sindoor demonstrated IAF capability to destroy enemy infrastructure with accuracy and precision: Defence Minister
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday (June 13, 2026), June 13 said the growing participation of women was making the Indian Air Force (IAF) more balanced and robust, as the service marked a hist...
Centre denies reports of fourth vessel attacked near Oman; says all crew members safe
India on Saturday (June 13, 2026) denied reports that a fourth vessel was attacked near Oman on Friday (June 12, 2026) night. West Asia war: Follow LIVE updates on June 13, 2026 Randhir Jaiswal, spoke...
Centre suspends Cell Broadcasting Services
After the successful trial run and subsequent operationalisation of the Cell Broadcast System, a mobile-based disaster warning system introduced by the Union Government, the Centre has suspended Cell ...
The present Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi retires from service the same day
The Government has appointed Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, presently serving as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff, as the next Chief of the Army Staff with effect from the afternoon of June 30, 2026....
Police notice to Ricky Rai after luxury sports car stunt video goes viral
A high-end luxury sports car allegedly belonging to Ricky Rai, son of late underworld operative Muthappa Rai, has once again landed in controversy after a video showing the vehicle being driven at hig...
Businessman donates gold and silver worth nearly ₹1 crore to Srisailam temple
Peddapuram-based Sri Lalitha Enterprises Industries Private Limited managing director Matte Srinivas and his wife, Vidyullatha, offered various silver articles and gold ornaments to the presiding deit...
Upendra Kushwaha re-elected RLM chief after son misses MLC nomination
Days after Rashtriya Lok Morcha’s (RLM) Deepak Prakash was denied a ticket for the Bihar Legislative Council elections, raising questions over his continuance as a Minister, the party concluded its or...
BRICS nations adopt resolution on people-centric urban development
The BRICS nations on Friday (June 12, 2026) adopted a declaration on inclusive, resilient and people-centred urban development. The Ministerial declaration adopted on the concluding day of the 13 th B...
‘Deep-seated’ bias for male child persists despite improving sex ratio, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has observed that although the country’s child sex ratio has shown “clear signs of improvement”, the continued prevalence of sex selection practices reflects “deep-seated patriarchal...
Congress launches nationwide campaign on paper leaks, youth unemployment
In a move to reach out to the country’s youth, the Congress on Saturday (June 13, 2026) announced student conventions against paper leaks , decentralisation of NEET examinations, abolition of examinat...
Jaishankar speaks to Rubio, lodges strong protest over U.S. Navy attacks that killed three Indians
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spoke to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and lodged a strong protest over the attacks by the U.S. Navy in the Gulf that killed three Indian mariners. "Such ...
Chairing the meeting of the committee, Mr. Shah also asked it to visit border areas, metro cities and industrial towns for an assessment of changes because of illegal migration and other unnatural causes
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday (June 13, 2026) directed the high-level committee on demographic change to study the shift in population structure in border districts, officials said. Chairi...
Monsoon 2026 LIVE: IMD forecasts thunderstorm in 11 districts of Telangana
June 13, 2026 15:58 Uttar Pradesh | Couple, daughter killed as roof collapses during rain in Kasganj Three members of a family — a couple and their four-year-old daughter — were killed after the roof ...
Parents should not allow children to use social media: Andhra Pradesh child rights panel
Chairman of Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights Vetukuri Suryanarayana Raju on Saturday (June 13, 2026) urged parents not to allow their children to use social media platfor...
Central team reaches Kozhikode, three contacts of Nipah infected person test negative for virus
A team from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare reached Kozhikode on Saturday (June 13, 2026) to take stock of the Nipah infection situa...
Congress not a sinking ship, says Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday (June 13, 2026) said the Congress was not a sinking ship, and reiterated that the leaders who formed separate parties after quitting the grand old party ...
Thematic yoga for VB-G Ram G workers in Vizianagaram on July 14
Vizianagaram district administration is making arrangements in a big way for Thematic Yoga classes for workers of the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) [VB-G Ram G] sche...
Andhra Pradesh Biodiversity Board plans Statewide rollout of OECMs
The Andhra Pradesh State Biodiversity Board (APSBB) has planned extensive OECMs (Other Effective Area - based Conservation Measures) for various species of flora and fauna outside the reserve forests,...
When a small town sends one of its own to Raisina Hill
What happens when a nondescript town produces the occupant of India’s highest office? Transformation becomes inevitable. If even a fraction of the projects lined up materialise, Rairangpur in Odisha, ...
Palakkad division of Southern Railway collects ₹17 lakh in fine; suspends six licences for level crossing violations
Reiterating the warning against bumping one’s vehicle into level crossing gates of the Railways, the Palakkad division of Southern Railway on Saturday (June 13, 2026) said it has successfully recovere...
Our indigenous air defence shield Project Kusha will be a game changer, says Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday (June 12, 2026) described the indigenous Project Kusha air defence programme as a “game changer” for India’s security architecture, asserting that its importan...
Country is drifting towards electoral autocracy: Congress
The Congress on Friday (June 12, 2026) intensified its attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Election Commission of India over the rejection of its Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Nataraj...
Govt. seeks public feedback on draft telecom rules on TV, radio services
The government has published the draft Telecommunications (Television, Radio and Associated Services) Rules, 2026, for public consultation. They have been framed to consolidate the various guidelines ...
Centre tells Supreme Court it is mulling policy for West Asia students whose CBSE results could not be declared
The Union government on Friday (June 12, 2026) informed the Supreme Court that it was considering a policy to accommodate private students in West Asia whose examination results could not be declared ...
The incident occurred while the aircraft was landing at the IAF's airbase in the Rowriah area.
An AN-32 aircraft of the IAF met with an accident while landing in Assam 's Jorhat district on Saturday (June 13, 2026), the force said, adding that a court of inquiry is being constituted to ascerta...
Centre suspends Cell Broadcasting Services
After the successful trial run and subsequent operationalisation of the Cell Broadcast System, a mobile-based disaster warning system introduced by the Union Government, the Centre has suspended Cell ...
Rahul Gandhi’s approach helping BJP, not strengthening INDIA bloc, says Kerala ex-CM Pinarayi Vijayan
Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition and former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has accused Rahul Gandhi , Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, of taking political positions that will help the BJP,...
Monsoon 2026 LIVE: Centre suspends Cell Broadcasting Services, a mobile-based disaster warning system
June 13, 2026 15:58 Uttar Pradesh | Couple, daughter killed as roof collapses during rain in Kasganj Three members of a family — a couple and their four-year-old daughter — were killed after the roof ...
Mob attacks police outpost in Shahjahanpur, claims rape accused is ‘innocent’; three held
A mob allegedly pelted a police outpost in Shahjahanpur with stones after an accused in the alleged rape of a one-year-old girl was injured in a police encounter, officials said. Police have registere...
Lt. Gen. Rajiv Ghai appointed Military Adviser to NSCS
Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, who is currently serving as the Deputy Chief of the Indian Army and who spearheaded military operations as Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) during Operatio...
Jairam Ramesh urges Centre to reconsider Great Nicobar airport, backs INS Baaz expansion
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh , on Friday (June 12, 2026), wrote to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh urging him to reconsider the rejection of a full runway expansion at INS Baaz on Campbell Bay...
“Spoke to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio this evening. I reiterated India’s strong protest at the attacks by the U.S. Navy in the Gulf that killed three Indian mariners,” Mr. Jaishankar said.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar spoke to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and lodged a strong protest over the attacks by the U.S. Navy in the Gulf that killed three Indian mariners. "Such ...
One year on, families of Air India crash victims demand answers, accountability
There were tears and sombre remembrances as families of the Air India crash victims gathered at a hotel in Ahmedabad to mark the first anniversary of the disaster demanding justice for the dead. While...
Bodies of two Naga hostages identified, amid rising demand to scrap peace deal with Kuki outfits
The bodies of two Naga pastors — among six Naga villagers who were allegedly abducted and killed by armed Kuki groups in Manipur — have been identified. The United Naga Council (UNC), the apex body of...
Monsoon 2026 LIVE: IMD issues red alert for thunderstorms, lightning in Delhi
June 13, 2026 07:44 Delhi records coolest June day so far as rain, storms bring relief from heat Rain and thunderstorm activity brought temperatures down sharply across Delhi on June 12, making it the...
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Congress does not require neutrality of the Indian State to function: Rahul Gandhi
The Congress does not require the “neutrality of the Indian State” to operate, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi said during the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance ...
Supreme Court refers row between Karnataka IPS, IAS officers to mediation
The Supreme Court on Friday (June 12, 2026) directed Karnataka IPS officer D. Roopa Moudgil and IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri to attempt resolution of their long-running dispute through mediation, obser...
Government hikes onion procurement rate to ₹16.5 per kg from June 13 to help farmers
The government has raised the onion procurement price under its buffer stock programme to ₹16.50 per kg with effect from Saturday (June 13, 2026), from ₹15.80 per kg currently, as part of its efforts ...
AI-171 crash: AAIB releases interim statement on probe
The evidence gathered in the investigation into last year’s Air India AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad is currently undergoing comprehensive analysis, the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) said i...
Murari Babu, former TDB official accused in Sabarimala gold theft case, passes away
Murari Babu, 54, a former administrative officer of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) who was arrested in connection with the Sabarimala temple gold theft case, died in Kochi on Saturday (June 13, 2...
The human cost of a deadly weed killer: banning of paraqua in Telangana
A t 50, Banoth Goud (name changed) has lived to tell a tale. “I may look normal, but I become breathless when I climb stairs or walk more than five minutes. The doctor says my lungs got affected,” he ...
Rahul Gandhi attacks PM over deaths of Indian seafarers in U.S. strikes
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday (June 12, 2026) criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the deaths of three Indian seafarers in U.S. military strikes on commercial ve...
Road, drainage works progressing along Palarivattom corridor
Road and drainage restoration works being undertaken by Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) along the stretch between Palarivattom and Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) International Stadium metro station are progre...
Invisible tropical waves linked to extreme rainfall, says study
A new study by researchers from the Advanced Centre for Atmospheric Radar Research, Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat), in collaboration with scientists from the UK Met Office and Fra...
Police propose measures to tackle Kochi city’s traffic woes on a war footing
The Kochi City police will issue directions to various departments on the immediate measures to be taken to ease persistent traffic congestion at key locations in and around the city. The move comes a...
High Court directs panel to proceed with demolition of Chander Kunj Army towers
The Kerala High Court on Friday (June 12, 2026) directed the committee led by the Ernakulam District Collector to proceed with the demolition of the twin towers of the Chander Kunj Army apartment comp...
Malayidamthuruth land dispute talks hit hurdle
A government-level discussion to resolve the Pariyathukavu land dispute, scheduled for Friday (June 12, 2026) night, was postponed at the last minute, triggering speculation over the politically sensi...
In a speech that outlined the road ahead for the INDIA bloc, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha asserted Congress’s primacy, acknowledged constraints, and urged unity amid sharp internal differences
The Congress does not require the “neutrality of the Indian State” to operate, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi said during the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance ...
Attacks on ships ‘unacceptable’, says India; Trump blames Iran
While condemning the recent U.S. attacks on three ships with Indian crew that resulted in the deaths of three Indian seafarers, Esmaeil Baqaei, a spokesperson for Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, d...
India sends measles vaccines, medical supplies to Maldives amid rising cases
India dispatched 20,000 doses of measles vaccines and around three tonnes of medical supplies to the Maldives to help address rising measles cases and strengthen immunisation coverage in the island na...
Indian envoy to China visits Tibet to review arrangements for Kailash Manasarovar pilgrims
Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Doraiswami is in Tibet to interact with local officials as well as jointly review arrangements made for the Indian pilgrims to the Kailash Manasarovar Yatra. This is ...
British High Commissioner Lindy Cameron pays tribute to Air India plane crash victims
On the first anniversary of the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad , British High Commissioner to India Lindy Cameron on Friday (June 12, 2026) paid tribute to the victims, saying her thoughts were wi...
Supported by CJP, Lucknow students protest lack of transparency, irregularities in recruitment drives
Students and government job aspirants gathered at the Eco Garden in Lucknow on Friday to protest alleged widespread irregularities in recruitment examinations, demanding that the government address th...
NTPC Simhadri receives environmental excellence award
The NTPC Simhadri has received the Green Enviro Environment Excellence Award-2026 in the Platinum Category at the 2nd Annual Green Enviro Award & Summit 2026 held in Guwahati on Friday. According to N...
Advanced IUI lab opened at King George Hospital
An advanced Intrauterine Insemination (IUI) laboratory was inaugurated at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of Andhra Medical College and King George Hospital in Visakhapatnam. Doctors desc...
Arul R.B. Krishna posted as District Police Chief (Thiruvananthapuram City)
Arul R.B. Krishna, a 2012-batch IPS officer of Kerala cadre, has been posted as Deputy Inspector General of Police and District Police Chief (Thiruvananthapuram City). He was previously the Deputy Ins...
ED attack case accused taken to LoP’s residence for evidence collection
The City Police on Friday took the accused in the case related to the alleged assault on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials to the residence of the Leader of Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan as part of...
Supreme Court dismisses Meenakshi Natarajan plea over Rajya Sabha nomination rejection
Observing that courts should ordinarily refrain from intervening in ongoing electoral processes, the Supreme Court on Friday (June 12, 2026) dismissed Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s plea challe...
Beyond Congress-mukt Bharat: the shrinking space for regional parties
The political slogan of Congress-mukt Bharat (Congress-free India) was first used by the BJP on January 14, 2014, barely four months before Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power at the Centre. “C...
It did not mention any tentative deadline for the completion of the probe and the release of the final report
The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) on Friday (June 12, 2026) issued an interim statement on the progress of the probe into the tragic accident of AI-171 flight in Ahmedabad last year. T...
Vinay Kwatra says Indo-Pacific cooperation robust; cites achievements of Quad
India ’s Ambassador to the United States Vinay Mohan Kwatra said cooperation between the countries of the Indo-Pacific has been very robust and cited the recent decision of the Quad grouping to start ...
Dissident Trinamool faction to approach Lok Sabha Speaker, seek recognition as 'real TMC'
Dissident TMC MPs will meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday to seek recognition as the "real TMC", rebel MP Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia said on Friday (June 12, 2026), and claimed that 19 memb...
J&K CM raises concern over 15-day closure of Srinagar airport with Defence, Civil Aviation Ministers
Fearing a negative impact on tourism, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday (June 12, 2026) expressed concern over the proposed closure of the Srinagar International Airport from Oc...
BSF, BGB discuss illegal and forced border crossings at DG-level talks
The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) discussed “illegal and forced border crossings”, among other issues, pertaining to the India-Bangladesh border during the three-da...
India summons U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission again after another attack on merchant ship with Indian crew
For the second time in three days, India summoned the U.S. Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission, Jason Meeks, on Friday (June 11, 2026), after U.S. CENTCOM used missiles to target a tanker with an Indian...
Hoax bomb threat delays Lucknow-Delhi flight
A Lucknow-Delhi flight was delayed on Friday (June 12, 2026) after a hoax bomb threat was received shortly before it was to take off from the airport here, officials said. The IndiGo flight carrying a...
NTA announces more rough-work space, extended exam window for NEET-UG 2026
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday (June 12, 2026) announced a series of student-friendly measures for NEET (UG) 2026, including additional rough-work space, and an extended examination windo...
YSRCP takes out protest over unfulfilled poll promises
Former Minister Seediri Appala Raju and YSRCP State secretary Yenni Dhanunjaya Rao on Friday urged the N. Chandrababu Naidu- led government to fulfil the promises made ahead of the 2024 general electi...
Woman booked under POCSO Act
Woman booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl after previously being accused of offences against boys. The police have r...
Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan to launch ‘Priyadarshini’ free travel scheme in KSRTC buses on June 15
The ‘Priyadarshini’ free travel scheme in Kerala State Road Transport Corporation’s (KSRTC) ‘Ordinary’ services will not be restricted to women from Kerala, but will be open to all women who board the...
Hulikal Ghat open for light vehicles
The Shivamogga district administration has reopened Hulikal Ghat (Balebare Ghat) on State Highway 52 to light motor vehicles with immediate effect, two months after a fatal landslip forced the closure...
State govt. urged to reject Tata Power bid for distribution licence
The Dharwad district unit of All India Kisan Khet Mazdoor Sangathan (AIKKMS) has urged the State government to reject the application of Tata Power Company Limited (TPCL) for parallel electricity dist...
Mumbai MBBS student Sejal Pawar faces probe over cadaver remarks at comedy show
Mumbai's civic-run KEM Hospital has formed a two-member committee to probe into the controversial remarks made by its undergraduate MBBS student Sejal Pawar regarding male cadavers during stand-up com...
Free-roaming strays pose added risk to two-wheeler riders and pedestrians
Last week, a pack of strays ambushed 67-year-old Chandran outside his house at Vettamukku, grievously injuring his face and eye. Videos of street dogs cornering children on their way to school, strayi...
Road to Mandalpatti upgraded at ₹60 lakh
Access to Mandalpatti, one of the State’s most popular hill destinations and a tourist attraction in Kodagu district, has received a boost with the inauguration of a newly developed 4-km road construc...
Two killed in fresh Manipur violence; NPF office torched
Unidentified gunmen killed two Kuki people, including a woman, at a village in Kamjong district in Manipur early in the morning on Thursday (June 11, 2026) after violence broke out in Senapati distric...
Congress to mount legal, political battle over rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination
The Congress on Thursday (June 11, 2026) said it would challenge the rejection of its Madhya Pradesh candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha election legally and politically. It...
Cockroach Janta Party releases manifesto on exam reforms at Pune protest
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Thursday staged a protest at the Ambedkar statue at Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) in Maharashtra’s Pune, releasing a five-point manifesto recommending refo...
Will remove AFSPA from Northeast barring one or two States next year: Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday (June 11, 2026) said the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or AFSPA will be withdrawn from the entire Northeast next year, barring one or two States. Speaking...
Visakhapatnam chief engineer among three Indians killed in attack on tanker off Oman
Patnala Suresh, a 44-year-old chief engineer from Visakhapatnam, was among three Indian seafarers who were killed after the Palau-flagged tanker MT Settebello came under attack off the coast of Oman o...
Singappen team nabs man on sexual assault charge
In the first case handled by the newly-launched Singappen Special Force (SSF), the force’s team nabbed a 36-year-old man after he allegedly trespassed into his neighbour’s house at Ayanavaram on Wedne...
Govt alerts maritime stakeholders after missile strike on tanker kills three Indians
The Government of India has intensified monitoring and coordination efforts in the Gulf region after a missile attack on a merchant vessel claimed the lives of three Indian seafarers. The Government h...
U.S. Navy attacked 3 merchant vessels with Indian seafarers; these strikes must stop: India's firm message to Washington
India on Thursday (June 11, 2026) said three merchant ships with Indian crew members came under attack from American military off the coast of Oman in the last four days, resulting in the death of thr...
Himachal wants high level committee to assess financial impact; Punjab wants Special Category Status
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday (June 11, 2026) urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to set up a high-level committee to evalua...
A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and A.S. Chandurkar observed that Article 329 of the Constitution bars judicial interference once the nomination of a candidate is rejected by the returning officer
The Supreme Court on Friday (June 12, 2026) dismissed a plea filed by Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan challenging the rejection of her nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha election in Madhya Prad...
Somewhere India lost the plot with the African Union: Ambassador Gurjit Singh
Former Indian envoy to the African Union (AU) and a key thinker who conceptualised the India-Africa Forum Summit series of meetings has said that India’s plans regarding the AU did not go as planned a...
Two persons arrested for pelting stones on train in which RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat was travelling
Two persons have been arrested in an incident of stone pelting on Swarn Shatabdi plying between Lucknow — New Delhi, in which Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat was travelling. The incid...
Amarnath Yatra 2026: Amit Shah chairs meeting to review security preparedness
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (June 12, 2026) chaired a high-level meeting to review the security and operational preparedness for the upcoming annual Amarnath Yatra, officials said. The yat...
Government focussing on 'automation' of explosive units for safer operations: Official
“The Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) is focussing on moving towards 'automation' in processes involved in manufacturing explosives to make operations safer,” a senior go...
Monsoon 2026 LIVE: Overnight rain brings minimum temperature down in Delhi
June 12, 2026 12:48 Rajasthan | Light to moderate rainfall, thunderstorms in some parts Jaipur: Light to moderate rainfall and thunderstorms were witnessed in some parts of Rajasthan even as a couple ...
UN chief condemns attack on tanker that killed three Indian seafarers: spokesperson
UN chief Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack on a Palau-flagged tanker off the coast of Oman in which three Indian seafarers have been killed , his spokesperson said. On Wednesday (June 10, 2026...
Andhra Pradesh seeks July 5 date from PMO for Bhogapuram airport inauguration
VIZIANAGARAM: Andhra Pradesh government has reportedly requested the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to confirm July 5, 2026, for the inauguration of the international airport built at Bhogapuram in Viz...
RTO officer who complained against corruption held for bribery in Nagpur
“A motor vehicle inspector (MVI) who had earlier approached the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) alleging corruption by some regional transport office (RTO) officials has been caught in a bribery case in ...
Vasan urges Tamil Nadu government to secure Cauvery water release from Karnataka
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) leader G.K. Vasan said on Friday (June 12, 2026) that farmers were concerned because water had not been released from the Mettur dam on the customary date of June 12....
Homemakers are ‘nation builders’, their work worth at least ₹30,000 a month: Supreme Court
Observing that homemakers deserve to be recognised as “nation builders”, the Supreme Court on Thursday (June 11, 2026) ruled that the unpaid domestic work performed by homemakers must be monetised at ...
J&K CM Abdullah seeks return of Statehood at Delhi meeting with PM
J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah raised the issue of Statehood with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a meeting in Delhi on Thursday (June 11, 2026). The National Conference (NC), which is in power in J...
NC and BJP condemn Pakistan’s ‘atrocities in PoK’, seek UN intervention
Leaders of the National Conference (NC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday (June 11, 2026) condemned Pakistan’s actions in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (POK), with NC president Farooq Abdullah ...
One year since AI-171 crash, pilots body questions delay in releasing final probe report
On the first anniversary of Air India flight AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad, the Federation of Indian Pilots has questioned the delay in releasing the final investigation report. It urged authorities not t...
The Eastern Kuki Chiefs’ Association said the attackers belonged to an armed Naga group
Unidentified gunmen killed two Kuki people, including a woman, at a village in Kamjong district in Manipur early in the morning on Thursday (June 11, 2026) after violence broke out in Senapati distric...
Syringe recall at AIIMS was a precautionary, patient-safety measure: Health Ministry
Recall of certain batches of disposable syringes at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, was undertaken as a precautionary and patient-safety measure following reports of qualit...
Three NDA candidates are elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from northeast
Three NDA candidates were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from as many States in the northeast on Thursday (June 11, 2026). They are the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Tai Tagak and Adhikarimayum...
Indian Navy safely recovers unexploded missile warhead from oil tanker bound for Kochi
The Indian Navy has successfully carried out a complex and high-risk operation to recover and safely dispose of an unexploded missile warhead from a crude oil tanker that was en route to Kochi after s...
France backs ‘Make in India’ in defence, signals new model for Rafale deal ahead of Modi visit
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to France for the G7 Summit, French diplomatic sources on Thursday (June 11, 2026) said the nation’s future defence cooperation with India, including the ...
India expected to be among the countries invited to join initiative to secure Strait of Hormuz: French sources
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 Summit, France has proposed a broader maritime security partnership with India, including partic...
U.P. Police Constable Exam: When hope and desperation collide
Vishal Maurya boarded the Ganga Sutlej Express at Akbarpur Junction in Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) on June 8. The 22-year-old was headed to Lucknow, 194 kilometres away by rail. Across the seven-hour journey...
Psychological evaluation of children in custody disputes must involve ‘minimum intrusion’, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 11, 2026) held that psychological assessments of children should only be conducted when necessary and with “minimum intrusion” into the child’s life in custody disp...
Supreme Court stays adverse Allahbad High Court order against senior IAS officer
The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 11, 2026) stayed an Allahabad High Court order containing adverse remarks against senior IAS officer Sanjay Prasad, Additional Chief Secretary to the Uttar Pradesh ...
Child rights activists and NGOs question new appointments to KSCPCR
The appointment of new chairperson and members to the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) by the Department of Women and Child Development has been objected to by many c...
Rajya Sabha polls: All three BJP candidates from Madhya Pradesh elected unopposed
The returning officer on Thursday (June 11, 2026) declared the three BJP candidates elected unopposed in the biennial Rajya Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh, even as Congress candidate Meenakshi Nata...
India hands over firefighting vehicles to Bhutan Police
India on Thursday (June 11, 2026) handed over four state-of-the-art firefighting vehicles to the Bhutan police, in a move aimed at bolstering Bhutan's emergency response capabilities. The contribution...
Justice Balakrishnan Commission report on SC status for Dalit converts ready for submission
The Justice (Retd.) K.G. Balakrishnan Commission examining the issue of Scheduled Caste status for Dalit converts has finished its study and prepared the report it was tasked with almost four years ag...
The Federation of Indian Pilots urges authorities not to publish an incomplete interim report, warning that it could add to speculation on the cause of the June 2025 crash. Officials say engine manufacturer General Electric is still analysing data from AI-171 engines, contributing to the delay.
On the first anniversary of Air India flight AI-171 crash in Ahmedabad, the Federation of Indian Pilots has questioned the delay in releasing the final investigation report. It urged authorities not t...
Congress calls rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination ‘seat chori’
The Congress on Thursday (June 11, 2026) said it would challenge the rejection of its Madhya Pradesh candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha election legally and politically. It...
ISRO-AU to study rip currents along Vizag beach
The Space Applications Centre (SAC) of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Ahmedabad, has sanctioned a ₹22 lakh research project to Andhra University for studying rip currents and developin...
Major reshuffle in police force in Kerala; P. Vijayan is ADGP (Law and Order)
Close on the heels of a reshuffle of IAS officers in Kerala, the State government effected a major shake-up within the Kerala Police on Thursday. S. Sreejith, Additional Director General of Police (AD...
Bengaluru couple killed in road accident
A couple on their way to attend a wedding were killed after a speeding truck knocked down their motorcycle in Yeshwantpur Traffic Police limits on Thursday (June 11) afternoon. The deceased have been ...
Sankar Foundation performs 176 eye surgeries in a day
Sankar Foundation Eye Hospital at Naiduthota has achieved a milestone by performing 176 eye surgeries in a single day on June 10, recording its highest-ever number of surgeries in a day. According to ...
No ‘straightjacket formula’ to award interest on compensation in road accident cases: Karnataka High Court
There is no “straightjacket formula” in determining the rate of interest on compensation amount awarded in motor vehicle accident cases, said the High Court of Karnataka while rejecting an insurance c...
Maharashtra police register case against comedian Pranit More, others over ‘₹370 biryani’ remark
The Maharashtra Cyber police have registered a case against stand-up comedian Pranit More , web developer Himanshu Jangra and others for allegedly disseminating "obscene and objectionable" content on ...
‘Gross abuse of process of law’: HC quashes Delhi Police, ED cases against NewsClick
The Delhi High Court quashed an FIR registered against digital news platform Newsclick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha, holding that the allegations relating to foreign direct investment (FDI), sha...
India summons U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission after second ship attack in three days leaves three Indian sailors missing
India on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) summoned the U.S. Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission Jason Meeks and lodged a ‘strong protest’ after one more attack on a commercial vessel near the Omani coast left ...
The Commission, set up in October 2022, has got several extensions; it was to study the discrimination faced by Dalit converts, their demand for SC status, the opposition to the demand, and the impact on existing SC communities
The Justice (Retd.) K.G. Balakrishnan Commission examining the issue of Scheduled Caste status for Dalit converts has finished its study and prepared the report it was tasked with almost four years ag...
India continues to move forward on its growth trajectory amid global uncertainty: PM Modi at NITI Aayog meeting
India continues to move forward on its growth trajectory with confidence and determination, amid global uncertainty and instability, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday (June 11, 2026). As I...
Nationwide stir over exam irregularities: Cockroach Janta Party to release education manifesto
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Thursday (June 11, 2026) will hold a protest at the Ambedkar Statue in Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) in Maharashtra. The group will also release a manifest...
After ‘vote chori’ and ‘sarkar chori’ charges, Rahul Gandhi accuses BJP of ‘seat chori’ in Rajya Sabha polls
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday (June 11, 2026) alleged that after “vote chori ” and “sarkar chori ”, the BJP was involved in “seat chori ” in the Rajya Sabha elections, and the ruling party’...
One year to AI-171 crash: Air India staff to observe two-minute silence on June 12
Air India staff will observe a two-minute silence at their workstations on Friday (June 12, 2026) as a mark of respect for those who passed away in the fatal crash of its plane on June 12 last year. "...
Kejriwal questions PM Modi's message to Trump, says India must safeguard national interest
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday (June 11, 2026) questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's message thanking U.S. President Donald Trump for his wishes and said Indi...
Mamata stood by me; now my duty to stand by her: Shatrughan
Two Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha MPs: Shatrughan Sinha and Pratima Mondol have publicly reaffirmed their loyalty to party founder and national President Mamata Banerjee, putting to rest talk of defect...
Choose between Abhishek and me: Kalyan Banerjee issues ultimatum to Mamata
Trinamool Congress MP and senior leader Kalyan Banerjee (June 11) lashed out at party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday, calling him “arrogant”. He also gave an ultimatum to Trinamool su...
‘Not an era of war’: In Bulgaria, Jaishankar calls for dialogue and diplomacy to resolve conflicts
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has pushed for "dialogue and diplomacy" as the only solution amid ongoing multiple conflicts and reiterated India 's stance that this is "not an era of war". Mr...
CBI coordinates return of two fugitives from Georgia and Thailand
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has facilitated the return of two fugitives from Georgia and Thailand through Interpol channels and in coordination with the ministries of external and home a...
Three missing Indian seafarers onboard MT Settebello confirmed dead: Sonowal
Three Indian seafarers onboard the Palau-flagged MT Settebello , initially reported missing after the U.S. military strike on the commercial vessel off the Omani coast, are now confirmed dead, Union S...
India’s E85 fuel rollout: what it means for motorists
With the E85 fuel launched at an Indian Oil retail outlet in New Delhi last week , the Union government is pushing ethanol blending in fuel as a means to reduce import cost in times of present West As...
Containment steps in Kozhikode after Ramanattukara man tests positive for Nipah
The Kozhikode district administration has begun containment steps in the wake of a 43-year-old man from Ramanattukara testing positive for Nipah infection on Thursday. Addressing the media in Kozhikod...
BASE Economics student from Bengaluru selected to represent India for Youth Ambassador Programme 2026
Asmit Singh, a student at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar School of Economics University (BASE-U), has been named the 2026 Youth Literacy Ambassador for India. Youth Ambassador Programme is one the largest youth-le...
Tribal leaders seek Governor’s intervention on Fifth Schedule rights, demand CBI probe into sand mining
HYDERABAD A delegation of tribal leaders, retired civil servants, intellectuals and social activists led by Chanda Lingaiah Dora, former MLA and National Chairman of the All India Adivasi Constitution...
79.46 grams of MDMA, 933.53 grams of ganja seized in Kozhikode city
The City police have made considerable progress in the seizure of narcotic drugs with its 11-day intensified raids and flash inspections, which led to the recovery of 79.46 grams of MDMA and 933.53 gr...
From factions to caste equations: Challenges before Karnataka Chief Minister’s next Cabinet expansion
As the Congress government headed by D.K. Shivakumar prepares for the second phase of the Cabinet expansion, the biggest challenge before the Chief Minister is balancing competing political interests ...
Revanth will kickstart HAM road projects worth ₹14,500 crore on June 17: Komatireddy
Hyderabad Roads & Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy inspected the progress of the AMRP High-Level Canal lining works, being executed at ₹442 crore, and directed Irrigation Department officia...
Cabinet passes resolution praising PM Modi’s tenure record
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) congratulated Narendra Modi on becoming the longest-serving elected Prime Minister of the country , surpassing the previous record held by former Prime M...
NDA hails Modi as longest serving continuously elected Prime Minister
Leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) gathered in the national capital on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) to laud Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who, after serving 4,399 days in office , became t...
Congress to move Supreme Court against rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination
After urging the Election Commission (EC) to set aside the rejection of the nomination of the Congress’s Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh, Meenakshi Natarajan, the Opposition party is set to ...
Mr. Dipke said with the launch of a nationwide campaign from Pune, they will take the movement to various cities, including Jaipur, Lucknow, Amritsar and Bengaluru
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Thursday (June 11, 2026) said they will release an education manifesto later in the day, coinciding with the launch of their nationwide protest over all...
Bodies of 6 Naga men recovered in Manipur; Naga body calls for shutdown, demands removal of Deputy CM
The bodies of the six Naga men who were allegedly abducted by Kuki armed groups on May 13 and had remained missing since then, were recovered by the police in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district on Wednesday...
Loss of homemaker’s domestic care a distinct head of compensation, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 11, 2026) recognised loss of a wife’s domestic care as a distinct head of compensation in claims under Motor Vehicles Act (MV Act). In an appeal arising out of moto...
Supreme Court to hear Meenakshi Natarajan’s plea against rejection of RS candidature on June 12
The Supreme Court will on Friday (June 12, 2026 ) hear Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan's plea against her nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha election from Madhya Pradesh being rejected. A parti...
Trinamool Congress MP Prakash Chik Barik resigns from Rajya Sabha
In another jolt to the Trinamool Congress , its third Rajya Sabha member, Prakash Chik Barik, resigned from the Upper House and also from the party organisation on Thursday (June 11, 2026). Also read ...
Firmly opposed to attacks on merchant shipping: India tells UNSC amid ongoing Iran conflict
India voiced its firm opposition to attacks on merchant shipping amid the ongoing Iran conflict, as it told the UN Security Council that several of its nationals have died or are missing due to attack...
Monsoon 2026 tracker LIVE: After strong onset, southwest monsoon to enter a sluggish phase in Kerala
June 11, 2026 09:12 Pre-monsoon activity likely to intensify as Delhi sizzles above 43° Delhi continued to reel under intense heat on Wednesday (June 10), with the maximum temperature crossing 43° Cel...
First made-in-India C-295 carries out maiden test flight
The first made-in-India C-295 military transport aircraft successfully completed its maiden flight, the Indian Air Force (IAF) said on Wednesday (June 10, 2026). The IAF is procuring 56 C-295 transpor...
Fresh hearing ordered on plea seeking FIR against Rahul over remarks on Hindu god Ram
A Special Court in Varanasi on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) set aside a Magistrate Court order that declined a plea seeking registration of an FIR against Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul ...
Trump congratulates Modi on becoming India's longest-serving elected PM
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on becoming India's longest-serving elected Prime Minister. Mr. Modi reached the milestone of becoming Ind...
PM Modi credits ‘public maturity’ for NDA’s 12-year stable rule
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) said the maturity of the people in choosing a stable government has allowed long-term reforms and rapid development over the past 12 years und...
International Day of Yoga: Visakhapatnam gears up with Yogandhra sessions ahead of June 21 RK Beach event
District Collector M. Abhishikth Kishore on Thursday (June 11, 2026) appealed to people to participate in large numbers in the Yogandhra programmes being organised across the district and make the Int...
Telangana Inter Advanced Supplementary 2026 results announced
The results of Telangana Intermediate Public Advanced Supplementary Examinations May/June 2026, for both first and second years and General and Vocational streams, were announced on Thursday (June 11,...
Mortar-like object found near river in Kanpur Dehat; bomb disposal team from Jhansi rushes in
“Panic gripped Kanpur Dehat in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday (June 11, 2026) morning after a mortar-like object was found near a waterlogged stretch along the Non river in the Gajner area, triggering a ma...
CPI not part of DMK alliance in Tamil Nadu, says Veerapandian
The Communist Party of India (CPI) is not in alliance with the DMK in Tamil Nadu , said M. Veerapandian, State secretary of the CPI. Mr. Veerapandian told the media in Coimbatore on Thursday (June 11,...
Anyone who wants to see Rahul as PM can join Congress: W.B. Congress chief
Amidst speculation that the Trinamool Congress may merge with the Congress, West Bengal Congress president Subhankar Sarkar said on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) that anyone who wants to see Leader of Opp...
No pressure on families of crash victims to accept compensation: Air India
Two days before the first anniversary of the Air India Ahmedabad crash on June 12, 2025, Air India has responded to a letter from the daughter of former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who lost h...
EAC-PM recommends targeted splitting of seats for delimitation, shows model allowing 50% rise for all large States
The Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has recommended multi-factor criteria for a “targeted” splitting of seats during India’s next delimitation of parliamentary constituencies ...
India’s reservoirs can host 102 GW of floating solar, says first national assessment
India’s reservoirs can host about 102 gigawatt (GW) of floating solar capacity, according to the first comprehensive national assessment of the technology’s potential by the National Institute of Sola...
India plans 74 new land ports, three along China and six along Pakistan borders
India proposes to build 74 additional land ports along the international border in the coming years, which include three land ports along the China border and six such ports along the Pakistan border,...
Justice Neena Bansal Krishna said the continuation of the FIR registered by the Delhi Police's Economic Offences Wing was "nothing but a gross abuse of the process of law"
The Delhi High Court has quashed cases registered by the Delhi Police and the Directorate of Enforcement against news portal NewsClick and its editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha in relation to alleged...
Rahul Gandhi meets Abhishek Banerjee amid push for INDIA bloc coordination
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi , met Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in New Delhi on Wednesday (June 10, 2026), a day after Trinamool Congress chie...
The strike on Settebello off the coast of Oman prompted the MEA to call for “immediate de-escalation of tensions and the conclusion of ongoing negotiations for a diplomatic solution so that peace and stability can return to the region”.
India on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) summoned the U.S. Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission Jason Meeks and lodged a ‘strong protest’ after one more attack on a commercial vessel near the Omani coast left ...
NDMA pushes Ministries to embed disaster resilience into planning under vision 2047
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has begun an effort to require Central government ministries to develop comprehensive disaster management plans and hazard-specific response framework...
‘Modi is presiding over the murder of democracy in India,’ says Congress
Mounting a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has surpassed Jawaharlal Nehru’s record of being the longest serving elected Prime Minister , the Congress on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) ...
Meenakshi Natarajan nomination: Congress leaders eyeing RS seat ‘spoilt’ chances of party nominee, says M.P. CM
A day after the nomination of Meenakshi Natarajan, the Congress candidate for one of three Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh going to poll on June 18, was rejected during scrutiny, Chief Minister ...
Mirwaiz expresses concern over deadly violence in PoK, calls for dialogue
As Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) remained on the edge following street protests, Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq called for “engagement and peaceful redressal” on Wednesday (June 10, 2026...
Congress releases ‘promise versus reality’ report, says Modi government has failed to deliver on its pledges
Releasing a 75-page document titled ‘Prachaar versus hisaab’ (propaganda versus account/tally) to mark the second year of the third term of the Narendra Modi government, the Congress on Tuesday (June ...
CM playing up Z+ security and bungalow row to divert attention from real issues: Tejashwi Yadav
The withdrawal of Z+ security for former Bihar Chief Ministers Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi and the notice to Ms. Devi to vacate the government bungalow at 10, Circular Road, Patna, are attempts to dive...
14 Kuki civilians held hostage by Naga groups released
Nearly a month after they were held hostage by Naga armed groups in Manipur’s Senapati district, 14 Kukis were released on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) following an intervention by church bodies and other c...
Mamata and Sonia hold talks on strategy, discuss alliance for future polls
A day after the INDIA bloc meeting, Trinamool Congress national president Mamata Banerjee met senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi at her 10, Janpath residence on Tuesday (June 9, 2026). Ms. Banerjee h...
Congress pinned slow growth rate during its rule on Hindus: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) attacked the Congress, saying the sluggish economic growth during its rule was cunningly dubbed “Hindu Growth Rate” when it should have been c...
Three Indians missing after U.S. attack on ship off Oman
Two Indian seafarers died and one reported missing after an attack on oil tanker Settebello by U.S. forces, off the coast of Oman, on Wednesday (June 10, 2026), as per Manoj Yadav, general secretary o...
Educator ‘Khan Sir’ moves Patna HC to quash FIR lodged against him
Appealing to quash the FIR lodged against him by the Patna police, educator and YouTuber Faisal Khan, who is also popularly known as ‘Khan Sir’, moved the Patna High Court on Wednesday (June 10, 2026)...
Allahabad HC issues guidelines to stop abuse of preventive detention; holds magistrates, policemen personally liable
The Allahabad High Court on Monday (June 8, 2026 ) issued guidelines to prevent people from being sent to jail for days under the preventive detention provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanh...
Operation Toofan: Kozhikode City police deploy K9 squad, drone unit to track down suspects
Deploying drones and a specially trained K9 squad, the Kozhikode City Police have intensified surveillance and enforcement measures against drug peddlers as part of ‘Operation Toofan’, an anti-narcoti...
Bengaluru seeks Centre’s nod for RRTS links to Mysuru, Tumakuru, Kolar
Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has urged the Centre to approve a Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) connecting Bengaluru with Mysuru, Kanakapura, Tumakuru, Chikkaballapur and Kolar to strengthen reg...
Quiz contest
Vigyaan 2026, a quiz competition for school students is planned in connection with the golden jubilee celebrations of the VSSC Central School, Thiruvananthapuram. The quiz is open to students of Class...
Kayakalpam initiative to be rolled out in other districts from July
Health Minister K. Muraleedharan has said that the ‘Kayakalpam’ public outreach initiative of the Health department, which was launched in Kozhikode on Tuesday (June 9, 2026), will be held in other di...
Corpn. gives KMRL 10 days to fix clogged drains, potholed roads, and traffic snarls
The Kochi Corporation has issued Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) a 10-day deadline to resolve traffic logjam and waterlogging caused by potholed roads and blocked drains along the stretch in front of ...
Karnataka sells ₹423 crore worth surplus power to national grid
The Power Company of Karnataka Limited (PCKL), a subsidiary under the Karnataka Energy Department, sold power worth ₹423 crore to the national grid at ₹9.08 paise per unit during April – June 8, 2026,...
Monsoon 2026 tracker LIVE: IMD issues orange alert in two districts in Kerala, thunderstorms, strong winds predicted
June 10, 2026 13:38 Kerala monsoon onset: Why southwest monsoon arrival matters for India The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has announced that the southwest monsoon is now expected to reach Ke...
RSS’s labour union highlights social security coverage, AI concerns at ILO conference
Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), labour wing of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) urged countries to ensure that artificial intelligence complements workers rather than replaces them, while highlighting...
Modi will surpass Nehru’s record to become longest serving PM of India: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed 4,398 days in office on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) and would surpass the record of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru on Wedne...
Resettlement census to begin to make way for Great Nicobar project
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration has notified the beginning of the resettlement and rehabilitation census in the Great Nicobar Island to make way for the trunk infrastructure part of the...
Congress calls Returning Officer’s order on Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination ‘egregious’
The Congress on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to immediately set aside the rejection of its Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan ’s nominat...
Seizures could be early indicator of brain tumour, caution doctors
A first-time seizure in adulthood should never be ignored, as it could be the earliest sign of an underlying brain tumour, warned medical specialists , urging people to seek prompt neurological evalua...
Union Cabinet approves Ahmedabad Metro link to airport ahead of Commonwealth Games 2030
With Ahmedabad preparing to host the Commonwealth Games 2030 , the Union Cabinet on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) approved a ₹2,169-crore metro rail extension connecting Koteshwar Road to the Sardar Valla...
President congratulates PM Modi on becoming longest-serving elected Prime Minister
President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on becoming India’s longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister, completing 4,399 days in office. ...
SC uses special powers to set aside POCSO conviction to let couple live ‘peacefully’ as spouses
The Supreme Court has invoked its extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to set aside the conviction of a man sentenced under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO...
Rajya Sabha polls: Congress delegation meets ECI over rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination
A Congress delegation, including general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal and candidate Meenakshi Natarajan met with the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday (June 10, 2026). Also re...
Name Zojila Tunnel portals after 1947-48 Indo-Pak war hero and 8th century Kashmir ruler: Raut
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut has demanded that the two portals of the Zojila Tunnel, linking the Kashmir Valley with Ladakh, be named after Brigadier Mohammed Usman, a 1947-48 Indo-Pak war hero, and...
Bridge on Tholur-Karuvanpady road in Thrissur collapses, major disaster averted
A small bridge on the Tholur–Karuvanpady road near the Tholur Vishnu temple in the district collapsed on Wednesday morning, creating a large crater and prompting authorities to completely ban traffic ...
KIADB to digitise all stages of industrial plot allotments in 100 days
The Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) will digitise all stages of its operations, from land acquisition to industrial plot allotment, within the next 100 days, said M.B. Patil, Larg...
Man found dead at Tasmac outlet near Chengam
A 38-year-old agricultural labourer was found dead in a Tasmac outlet at Neepathurai village near Chengam town in Tiruvannamalai on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as K. Suresh, a native o...
Protests erupt over arrest of BJP councillor R. Sugathan
Political tensions escalated in the State capital on Wednesday following the arrest of BJP councillor R. Sugathan under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act (KAAPA). BJP workers, includi...
Modi expected to meet Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit taking place in Evian, France on June 16-17, official sources have told The Hindu . Mr. T...
Frequent disruptions in legislatures pose a serious challenge to democratic institutions: Om Birla
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) that frequent interruptions and disruptions in the Houses of Parliament and the State Assemblies pose a serious challenge to democratic instit...
Foreign leaders congratulate Modi on becoming longest-serving elected PM of India
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received congratulatory messages on becoming the longest-serving elected Prime Minister of India, from the leaders of Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, and Trinidad and Tob...
Court orders restitution of assets worth ₹9,420.57 crore to Justice Lodha Committee in PACL case
A special court has ordered the restitution of 282 immovable properties, valued at approximately ₹9,420.57 crore, which were attached by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the PACL Limited case, to t...
Plea in SC seeks CBI probe into alleged horse-trading involving TVK functionary, former AIADMK legislators
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a CBI investigation into allegations of horse-trading involving the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) general secretary and four former members of t...
₹95,962 crore set aside for VB-G RAM G
Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) announced an interim allocation of ₹95,962 crore for the new rural employment scheme, the Vikshit Bharat Guarantee for ...
Rajya Sabha polls: Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination rejected amid chaos in Madhya Pradesh
A dramatic day of political developments in Madhya Pradesh’s capital Bhopal, that began with several Congress MLAs heading to the airport to leave for Bengaluru, ended with the nomination of Meenakshi...
SC to hear Jacqueline Fernandez's plea against charge-framing order in money laundering case
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday (June 11, 2026) a plea filed by actor Jacqueline Fernandez challenging a Delhi court’s decision to frame charges against her in a ₹200-crore money la...
No grounds to book actor Lakshmipriya, woman cop on Ansiba Hassan’s complaint, says ACP’s report
The Thrikkakara Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) has ruled out the possibility of registering a case over a complaint filed by actor Ansiba Hassan against fellow actor Lakshmipriya and a female ...
Bond with PM Modi unaffected by Rajya Sabha nominations: H.D. Deve Gowda
Former Prime Minister H. D. Devegowda, whose political career in public office is ending with completion of his term in Rajya Sabha on June 25 , on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) said that his relationship...
Kerala HC stays FIR against US citizens for flying drones in defence zone
The Kerala High Court has passed an interim order to stay the FIR filed against two U.S. citizens for allegedly flying drones in defence areas. They were reportedly flying the drone in a red zone near...
Kerala Cabinet decides to implement free travel concession for women on KSRTC’s ordinary services from June 15
The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday decided to implement the free bus travel scheme for women and transgenders in ordinary services of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses from June 1...
CBI arrests two key accused in ‘cyber-slavery’ scam case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two persons in connection with a human trafficking network that lured Indian nationals to scam compounds operating in Southeast Asian countries, ...
Seven killed in blast at ‘illegal’ firecracker warehouse in Jaipur
Seven persons were killed and several others injured after a fire broke out following a blast at an alleged illegal firecracker warehouse in a residential neighbourhood of Khoh Nagoriyan area in Jaipu...
United Naga Council President Ng Lorho said the ‘detainees’ were released considering the commitment made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah through Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio assuring that the govt. will put in all efforts to establish the status of the six missing Nagas
Nearly a month after they were held hostage by Naga armed groups in Manipur’s Senapati district, 14 Kukis were released on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) following an intervention by church bodies and other c...
Monsoon 2026 tracker LIVE: Southwest monsoon covers North Bengal, northeastern States
June 10, 2026 08:09 Two dead due to electrocution following widespread rain in Hyderabad Two persons died allegedly due to electrocution following widespread rain here on Tuesday evening which also le...
Hold Pakistan accountable for crackdown in PoK: MEA urges international community
India on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) called on the global community to hold Pakistan accountable for the loss of lives in the police crackdown in Rawalkot, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Addressing the w...
Man held for attempting to steal cash from ATM near Katpadi
A 53-year-old man from Bengaluru was arrested by Katpadi police in Vellore on Tuesday for reportedly damaging an ATM of a public sector bank in an attempt to steal cash. The police said the arrested p...
Man held for possession of gutka in Vellore
A 45-year-old trader was arrested by Vellore South police in Saidapet after the police seized gutka from him on Tuesday. The police said the arrested person was identified as Mujib Basha, 45, a resid...
Ticket booking agent held for cheating devotees in Tiruvannamalai
A 35-year-old ticket booking agent was arrested by Tiruvannamalai Town police near Arunachaleswarar temple in town on Tuesday for cheating devotees of cash, promising special worship at the temple. Th...
Indian envoy meets U.S. tech leaders; discusses perspectives on future of AI
India 's Ambassador to the U.S. Vinay Mohan Kwatra held a series of meetings with top American technology leaders and discussed perspectives on the trajectory of advanced technologies, including Quant...
Centre announces interim allocation for VB-GRAMG
Union Rural Development Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) announced an interim allocation of ₹95,962 crore for the new rural employment scheme, the Vikshit Bharat Guarantee for ...
Rajya Sabha polls: Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination rejected; party delegation to meet ECI
A dramatic day of political developments in Madhya Pradesh’s capital Bhopal, that began with several Congress MLAs heading to the airport to leave for Bengaluru, ended with the nomination of Meenakshi...
India urges global community to hold Pakistan accountable after PoK violence
India on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) came down hard on Islamabad for its "brutality" against people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and called on the international community to hold that country account...
ED provisionally attaches ₹100 crore assets in Jaypee Infratech-Jaiprakash Associates case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable assets currently worth about ₹100 crore in a case allegedly involving Jaypee Infratech Limited (JIL), Jaiprakash Associates Limite...
Ministry, NTA, NMC officials to face parliamentary panel on health tomorrow over NEET re-exam
Top officials of the Health and Education Ministries, National Testing Agency and National Medical Commission will brief a parliamentary panel on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) over the conduct of the NEET...
Bengal government to remove ‘Dham’ tag from name of Digha temple
The West Bengal government, led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will remove the word ‘Dham’ from the name of the Jagannath temple in Digha, founded by the previous Trinamool Congress government. In a ...
Baba Ramdev to be chief guest at State-level Yogandhra event
Minister for Health, Family Welfare and Medical Education Satya Kumar Yadav has announced that yoga guru Baba Ramdev has been invited as the chief guest for the State-level Yogandhra event scheduled t...
Free yoga awareness camp at Andhra University from June 10
The Department of Yoga and Consciousness at the Andhra University will organise a free yoga awareness camp for senior citizens and university staff from June 10 to 14 as part of the International Day ...
AISF protests ‘irregularities’ in evaluation of CBSE answer scripts
The All India Students’ Federation (AISF) activists staged a protest in front of the CBSE regional office in Vijayawada on Tuesday, condemning the alleged irregularities in the digital evaluation of t...
Rare chest cyst removed without open surgery
Doctors at Pinnacle Hospitals treated a mediastinal duplication cyst using minimally invasive endoscopic technique, avoiding the need for conventional open thoracic surgery. The procedure was performe...
Chief negotiator Darpan Jain briefs Bengaluru’s IT firms, GCCs, MSMEs on FTA opportunities
Darpan Jain, Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and chief negotiator for free trade agreements (FTAs) with the US and Europe, held closed-door meeti...
Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar’s decision marks a throwback to the experience of 11 AIADMK MLAs in 2017-18
Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker J.C.D. Prabhakar’s decision not to pursue the matter of disqualification against 21 legislators of the AIADMK appears to be a throwback to the treatment that 11 MLAs of th...
Landmark feat: ‘Breakthrough’ in Zojila tunnel achieved
Zojila Tunnel saw the light of the day on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) after a breakthrough was achieved through a blast as one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in the country, the world's long...
Five-day BRICS meeting begins in Indore to discuss global issues in agriculture sector
A five-day meeting of BRICS member countries began on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) in Indore, Madhya Pradesh focussing on issues such as food security, climate-friendly smart agriculture, agricultural trade...
Modi government intoxicated on power: Congress on reduction in number of subsidised Ujjwala refills
The Congress on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) hit out at the government over its reduction of the number of subsidised refills of LPG gas cylinders under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana and alleged that it...
In June last year, the then leadership of Walmart Inc met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed the U.S.-based retail giant’s growing partnership with India
India 's Ambassador to the U.S. Vinay Mohan Kwatra held a series of meetings with top American technology leaders and discussed perspectives on the trajectory of advanced technologies, including Quant...
Mamata Banerjee meets Sonia Gandhi
A day after the INDIA bloc meeting, Trinamool Congress national president Mamata Banerjee met senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi at her 10, Janpath residence on Tuesday (June 9, 2026). Ms. Banerjee h...
Rajya Sabha polls: Congress candidate from Madhya Pradesh Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination rejected
The nomination of Meenakshi Natarajan, Congress candidate for one of three Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh, has been rejected by the returning officer on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) for allegedly not...
CJI Surya Kant bats for mediation; says arbitration faces procedural hurdles
Observing that international arbitration is increasingly facing procedural hurdles, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said mediation is no longer an alternative but an essential instrument to ac...
Parliamentary panel seeks views on bill to tweak corporate laws
The Joint Committee on Corporate Law (Amendment) Bill, 2026 on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) invited views and suggestions on it from various stakeholders and experts. The Committee headed by BJP MP Sudheer ...
Supreme Court flags 40-year delay by Allahabad HC in murder case, seeks solutions to judicial backlog
The Supreme Court has expressed concern over the extraordinary delay by the Allahabad High Court in disposing of a 40-year-old criminal appeal filed by a murder accused challenging his conviction. A p...
Farmer attempts to end life near Vidhana Soudha over alleged delay in highway land compensation
A farmer from Chikkamagaluru allegedly attempted suicide near Vidhana Soudha on Tuesday afternoon, claiming that prolonged delays in compensation for land acquired for a National Highway project had p...
Traffic woes worsen for urban commuters as schools reopen
R. Raveendran, 40, a businessperson, says dropping his son off at school has never been more stressful. He takes nearly an hour to complete the 7-km commute from home. “It’s harrowing to sit in an idl...
Kerala government considering comprehensive prison reforms: Ramesh Chennithala
Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has said that the State government is considering a comprehensive overhaul of Kerala’s prison system. Addressing media persons after convening his first high-level mee...
Government defends Great Nicobar development plans, cites strategic and environmental safeguards
Under the Great Nicobar Island Development Project , India plans to invest around ₹13,000 crore to build a dual-use airport and runway for both civilian and Navy operations, said a senior official wit...
Indian diaspora groups welcome court ruling striking down $100,000 H-1B visa fee
U.S.-based Indian diaspora advocacy groups welcomed the Massachusetts federal court's decision to strike down the $100,000 fee levied by the Trump administration on H-1B visas, contending that it was ...
What is Zojila Tunnel? All you need to know about the all weather tunnel in Ladakh
India’s ambitious, strategic, all weather Zojila Tunnel in seismic Zone IV is set to witness its final breakthrough on June 9, 2026 , with Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari ...
Dressing up massacre as military operation does not absolve perpetrator: India on Pakistan at UNSC
India has launched a scathing attack on Pakistan at the UN, condemning its “trade and transit terrorism” and military airstrikes against Afghanistan. India’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambass...
What is lost and gained in NFHS-6
India’s latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) records gains in child nutrition, maternal care, institutional births and women’s internet use. But its preliminary fact sheet is also thinner tha...
President Murmu to confer Padma awards on June 23
President Droupadi Murmu will present the coveted Padma awards to noted personalities, including actors and R. Madhavan, as well as Satish Shah, whose kin will receive it posthumously, during the sec...
President Murmu confers 7 Kirti Chakras; IAF pilot, Gaganyatri Prasanth Nair among recipients
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday (June 8, 2026) conferred seven Kirti Chakras, including two posthumously, to personnel of the armed forces for displaying raw courage, unparalleled bravery and total...
SGPC gets visas for 541 Sikh pilgrims to travel to Pakistan on martyrdom anniversary of Guru Arjan Dev
The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has received visas for 541 Sikh pilgrims who will travel to Pakistan to pay obeisance at historic Sikh shrines on the occasion of the martyrdom anniv...
Vacant defence land in Uttar Pradesh to host 250 MW solar power plant
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has approved the establishment of a 250 mega watt solar power project in Uttar Pradesh 's Sitapur on an approximately 850 acres of vacant defence land. The Defence Minis...
Heavy rainfall forecast in four Telangana districts on June 10
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heavy rainfall alert for four Telangana districts for Wednesday (June 10, 2026). The southwest monsoon entered Telangana on Monday (June 8, 2026)...
Trinamool rebellion revives government hopes of passing Delimitation Bill
The rebellion in the Trinamool Congress ranks, especially in its parliamentary party, has revived talk that the government is likely to bring the Delimitation Bill as early as the Monsoon Session, lik...
INDIA bloc closes ranks around Congress, but not without caveats
Amid a chorus from the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Left parties critiquing the Congress and urging it to be more accommodating towards its partners, Monday’s (June 8, ...
Zojila Tunnel to add to Army’s manoeuvrability against Pakistan, China
The 13.14-km Zojila Tunnel, tipped to be the world’s longest single-tube bi-directional road tunnel at an altitude of 11,578 feet, is a strategic gamechanger for Ladakh, which is surrounded by hostile...
24 Indian sailors rescued from ship hit by U.S. missile
Twenty four Indian seafarers were rescued from tanker Marivex , a ship sanctioned by the U.S. for Iran links, off the south-eastern coast of Oman on Monday (June 8, 2026), after a U.S. missile strike....
Chhagan Bhujbal sidelined, NCP’s Rajendra Jain files nomination for Rajya Sabha
The Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) former MLC Rajendra Jain on Monday (June 8, 2026) filed his nomination as the NCP’s candidate in the presence of the Mahayuti allies for the upcoming Rajya Sabha...
BGB delegation arrives in India for border talks with BSF
The Director General (DG) of the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) arrived in Delhi on Monday to participate in the first round of the biannual DG-level talks with the Border Security Force (BSF). The ta...
Seven Indians killed, nine hurt in Dubai road accident
At least seven Indian workers were killed on Monday (June 8, 2026) when a minibus collided with a truck that had stopped in the middle of a road in Dubai, the authorities said. “The accident resulted ...
Strategic, all-weather Zojila Tunnel between Kashmir and Kargil to see final breakthrough
India’s ambitious, strategic, all-weather Zojila Tunnel in a volatile seismic zone IV will witness the final breakthrough on June 9 as Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will ove...
Ahmedabad plane crash: Families of AI 171 crash victims grapple with flight fears, anxiety
Almost a year after the AI 171 plane crash in Ahmedabad , Gujarat, that claimed 260 lives, grief has not faded for the victims' families as some still fear boarding a flight, while others are taking c...
Reddy dynasty’s gift to a Siva temple surfaces in a 14th-century Kondaveedu inscription
A fragmentary Telugu inscription dating to the 14th century A.D. has been found at the Kondaveedu Fort in Andhra Pradesh , offering fresh evidence of the Reddy rulers’ patronage of temple worship and ...
Lottery baron Santiago Martin, wife and MLA Leema Rose, and daughter Daisy move Madras HC against ED attachment of properties
The spouse of Tamil Nadu Public Works and Sports Development Minister Aadhav Arjuna, Daisy Aadhav Arjuna, his father-in-law Santiago Martin , mother-in-law and AIADMK MLA Leema Rose, and others have f...
Former Maharashtra Minister files plea in Supreme Court against CBSE's three-language rule for Class 9 students
A fresh plea has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging a CBSE policy mandating the study of three languages, including two native Indian languages, for Class 9 students beginning July 1. The ple...
Visakhapatnam steel plant blast: Pawan Kalyan, Lokesh meet injured and bereaved families
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan and IT and HRD Minister Nara Lokesh on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) visited the workers injured in the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant blast and the families of t...
Supreme Court seeks CBSE’s response on plea over withheld result of student based in Saudi Arabia
The Supreme Court on Monday (June 8, 2026) sought a response from the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on a plea filed by a Class 12 student from Saudi Arabia seeking directions to the Boar...
India expands nuclear arsenal to around 190 warheads, says Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
India is estimated to have modestly expanded its nuclear arsenal in 2025 and continued developing new nuclear delivery systems, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI...
Elaborating about the project, official says the project is expected to transform Great Nicobar into a key maritime and economic hub while enhancing India’s defence capabilities in the strategically significant Indian Ocean Region
Under the Great Nicobar Island Development Project , India plans to invest around ₹13,000 crore to build a dual-use airport and runway for both civilian and Navy operations, said a senior official wit...
Zero waste CETP, mega leather cluster in Ranipet among steps to improve infra, environmental compliance
With an eye on doubling total exports across sectors, especially the leather footwear sector, the government has trained its guns on opening special parks and special clusters to facilitate landing of...
Rajnath Singh reviews HAL projects; Tejas Mk1A delivery delays come under scrutiny
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday (June 8, 2026) reviewed the progress of major ongoing projects of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at a high-level meeting held at Kartavya Bhavan, with del...
Rajya Sabha polls: M.P. Congress mulls moving MLAs away as BJP fields candidate on third seat
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Mahesh Kewat also entered the fray soon after Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan filed her nomination on Monday (June 8, 2026), confirming an intense contest for one...
Monsoon enters South Konkan, State advises farmers to defer sowing
The southwest monsoon has arrived in the South Konkan region, but the Maharashtra government has advised farmers against beginning sowing as widespread rain across the State is unlikely before June 15...
PDP leaders plough paddy fields to protest govt. takeover of land from farmers in Pulwama
In a unique protest, leaders of Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday (June 8, 2026) ploughed paddy fields to oppose the administration’s move to take over a huge tract of land from farm...
Operation P-Hunt: 18 cases booked, two arrested in Ernakulam
The police in the district have registered 18 cases and arrested two people as part of Operation P-Hunt, a State-wide drive targeting those involved in child pornography. While a man from West Bengal ...
Kadavanthra police to record actor Ansiba’s statement
Actor Ansiba Hassan, former joint secretary of AMMA (Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes), will appear before the Kadavanthra police on Tuesday as part of the preliminary investigation into a comp...
Toofan gains momentum as police intensify anti-drug operations in Ernakulam
Operation Toofan, the State government’s latest anti-narcotic drive, has gained early momentum in the district, with the police in both City and Rural limits intensifying coordinated action against dr...
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma allocates portfolios to 12 newly inducted Ministers
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday (June 8, 2026) allocated portfolios to 12 newly inducted Ministers . The Chief Minister retained Home and Political, PWD, Power, Information and Publ...
“The accident resulted in seven fatalities and nine injuries, including five serious and four moderate injuries. All injured were transported to the hospital for treatment,” says Dubai Police
At least seven Indian workers were killed on Monday (June 8, 2026) when a minibus collided with a truck that had stopped in the middle of a road in Dubai, the authorities said. “The accident resulted ...
Analysis: INDIA bloc closes ranks around Congress, but not without caveats
Amid a chorus from the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Left parties critiquing the Congress and urging it to be more accommodating towards its partners, Monday’s (June 8, ...
India expands nuclear arsenal to around 190 warheads, says SIPRI Yearbook 2026
India is estimated to have modestly expanded its nuclear arsenal in 2025 and continued developing new nuclear delivery systems, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI...
‘My memories are frozen on June 12’: A year on, families of AI-171 victims still searching for answers
For weeks after surviving the Air India flight AI-171 crash, Sitaben Patani kept asking about her teenage son. The answer was one her family could not muster the courage to reveal: 15-year-old Akash P...
KABIL acquires five critical mineral blocks in Argentina
Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL), a joint venture of three Central Public Sector Enterprises under the Ministry of Mines — including National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO) and Hindustan Copper Ltd...
Consensual pre-marital relationship is no blot on character, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that a consensual pre-marital relationship cannot, by itself, be viewed as a blemish on a person’s character, observing that authorities must be “sensitive” to changing soci...
Home Minister, MP seek thorough probe into VSP tragedy
Visakhapatnam MP M. Sribharat, Home Minister Vangalapudi Anita and District Collector M. Abhishikth Kishore on Monday reviewed rescue and relief measures at the site of the fatal accident at the Steel...
House pattas will be given to eligible SC/ST families within 5 years: Minister Vanni Arasu
Minister for Social Justice Vanni Arasu on Monday said the government’s objective was to ensure house pattas for every eligible SC/ST family within the next five years. The Minister, on Monday, chaire...
Congress’ electoral strategy weakened TMC, CPI(M) and DMK: Thirumavalavan
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) president Thol. Thirumavalavan on Monday criticised the Congress’ “electoral strategy” and “approach”, saying it had weakened the Trinamool Congress, CPI(M), and t...
INDIA bloc meeting begins in New Delhi
Opposition INDIA bloc meeting — to forge unity and rework their strategy to take on the BJP — began in New Delhi on June 8, 2026. Opposition parties’ top leaders, including Congress chairperson Sonia ...
Narcotics trafficking: Enforcement Directorate raids multiple locations in Tripura, Mizoram, West Bengal
“The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday (June 8, 2026) conducted searches at multiple locations in Mizoram , Tripura and West Bengal as part of a ₹142 crore drugs trafficking-linked money-launderi...
Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae seeks direction to MCD on action taken against illegal constructions
A court-appointed amicus curiae has moved the Supreme Court seeking various directions, including the one asking civic body MCD to file an affidavit indicating the survey conducted and action taken ag...
Trinamool rebellion reaches Delhi: 20 party MPs plan to form a separate bloc and support NDA
The rebellion in Trinamool Congress reached the national capital on Monday (June 8, 2026) with several of its MPs holding a meeting at Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party West Bengal observer Bh...
Union Agriculture Minister says BRICS meeting in Indore to focus on food security, farmer welfare
A five-day meeting of the BRICS grouping will commence in Indore on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) to discuss food security, smart farming, global agricultural trade and farmer welfare, Union Agriculture Min...
Allahabad HC upholds POCSO conviction; reaffirms child victim’s sole testimony sufficient if credible
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) upheld the life imprisonment of an accused convicted under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, reaffirming that the sole t...
INDIA bloc leaders unanimously demand Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation
Leaders of several Opposition parties on Monday (June 8, 2026) stressed the importance of unity within the INDIA bloc and called for the need to safeguard democratic values and address issues related ...
India issues fresh Iran travel warning, urges citizens to leave
India on Monday (June 8, 2026) reiterated its warning to its nationals in Iran to avoid any travel to the country and exit the region by available means of transport. Also read: War in West Asia updat...
SC upholds NGT order absolving landlord of liability for tenant’s environmental violations
The Supreme Court on Monday (June 8, 2026) upheld a National Green Tribunal (NGT) ruling holding that the owner of a commercial property in Gujarat could not be saddled with liability for environmenta...
Nani files complaint with NHRC, alleges police harrassment of Vijayawada resident
Former Vijayawada MP Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) has lodged a complaint with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), seeking immediate intervention over the alleged unlawful detention, police harass...
House burglary accused held in two days, booty worth ₹26 lakh recovered
The Pahadishareef police arrested a 20-year-old house burglary offender and recovered stolen gold and silver ornaments worth about ₹26 lakh within two days of registering a case. The accused was ident...
SHG member from Hanumakonda invited to speak at South Asia Grassroot Assembly
A member of a local Self Help Group (SHG), Bandi Manemma from Kazipet in the district has been invited by the Freshwater Action Network South Asia (FANSA) to speak at the Grassroots Assembly 2026, to ...
Hyderabad Police seize 90 tonnes of illegal chicken waste intended for fish feed
About 90 tonnes of raw chicken waste allegedly being transported illegally from Hyderabad to parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for use as fish feed was seized during a joint operation by the Hyder...
Digital fertiliser reform faces first test in kharif season
Andhra Pradesh has embarked on one of its most significant agricultural input reforms in recent years with the rollout of the APAIMS 2.0 mobile application for the distribution of Urea and Di-Ammonium...
Indian Envoy Vinay Mohan Kwatra meets senior U.S. counter-terror official
India's Ambassador to the U.S. Vinay Mohan Kwatra discussed threats posed by terrorism across the world during a meeting with senior U.S. counter-terrorism official Sebastian Gorka. "Had an engaging c...
PM wants the country’s youth to keep making reels and frying pakoras, says Rahul Gandhi
Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi , the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday (June 7, 2026), posted a video of his interaction with Sarthak Siddhant, the 18-yea...
BJP announces candidates from Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh for Rajya Sabha polls
The BJP on Sunday (June 7, 2026) announced its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls, fielding M. Nagaraja from Karnataka and Mahesh Kewat from Madhya Pradesh. The party also named Lingaraj Pa...
The Ordinance question before the Supreme Court
I n February 1937, the President of the United States of America, Franklin D. Roosevelt, asked Congress to enlarge the nine-judge Supreme Court. He sought a new justice for each one past 70 who refuse...
Considerable emphasis put on developing Swadeshi jurisprudence: CJI Surya Kant
Observing that the Supreme Court has consciously approached technology as an aid to human reasoning rather than a substitute for independent judicial thought, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has sai...
‘Push-in’ issue to feature in upcoming BGB-BSF talks: Bangladesh
Bangladesh said on Sunday (June 7, 2026) that the issues of alleged “push-ins” by India and border killings would be discussed at an upcoming meeting between the heads of the two countries' border gua...
PM Modi congratulates Major Abhilasha Barak on being conferred UN Military Gender Advocate Award
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (June 7, 2026) congratulated Major Abhilasha Barak on being conferred the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award and said the honour is a recognition of h...
Mamata Banerjee meets Kejriwal ahead of INDIA bloc meeting
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday (June 7, 2026) met Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal in the national capital, a day ahead of a meeting of the opposition INDIA bloc. The TMC d...
Trinamool Congress leader and Falta candidate Jahangir Khan arrested
The Special task force of West Bengal police on Monday (June 8, 2026) arrested Trinamool Congress leader and candidate from Falta Assembly seat Jahangir Khan . According to police, Jahangir Khan was t...
23 opposition parties to attend ‘INDIA janbandhan’ meet: Congress
Amid disarray within the INDIA bloc, with at least three major constituents—the DMK, the CPI(M) and the JMM—raising questions about Monday’s meeting (June 8, 2026) of the Opposition coalition, the Con...
Senior advocate and amicus curiae Ajit Kumar Sinha in a report on June 4, approached the top court seeking urgent intervention following the collapse of the building in Saidulajab area
A court-appointed amicus curiae has moved the Supreme Court seeking various directions, including the one asking civic body MCD to file an affidavit indicating the survey conducted and action taken ag...
PM Modi completes 12 years in office, says government focussed on dignity and opportunity to people
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (June 8, 2026) highlighted the various welfare measures undertaken by his government in the last 12 years, saying India has witnessed many transformations and at...
INDIA bloc only a figment of imagination, lacks conviction on ground: BJP
Ahead of the INDIA bloc meeting on Monday (June 8, 2026), the BJP said the Opposition alliance is “a figment of imagination” and lacks conviction on the ground. Top leaders of 23 political parties of ...
LPG price hike inevitable due to global crisis: Union Minister Pralhad Joshi
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi has said that the Centre also feels “very sad and sorry” over the hike in gas cylinder prices but described it as “inevitable” given the prevailing global situation. The d...
Daughter, father arrested for religious conversion in U.P.; nine booked
Shamli police arrested a woman and her father on Sunday (June 7, 2026) and booked nine people in connection with the alleged religious conversion of a 30-year-old man, a senior police official said. A...
Kerala rains: Orange alert in 3 districts on June 8; red alert in 3 districts on June 9
The heavy rain lashing Kerala for the past few days is likely to continue for two more days, driven by active monsoon conditions. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for K...
Kurnool readies 200 trainers for Yogandhra; mega yoga event on June 21
As part of the Andhra Pradesh government’s Yogandhra programme, a tourism-based yoga event was held at the Rock Garden in Orvakal mandal on Monday (June 8, 2026). District Collector A. Siri, who took ...
YouTuber Maridhas arrested for videos defaming TVK government
YouTuber Maridhas was arrested in Madurai on Monday (June 8, 2026) in a case registered by the Chennai Cyber Crime Wing on charges of posting “derogatory and obscene” remarks on social media about a w...
Free KSRTC bus travel for women: Only for ordinary services in first 100 days; more services later
The first phase of the free travel scheme for women in Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) buses will be implemented in ordinary services. For the first 100 days of the scheme, women will ...
Indian politics dominated by Hindu-Muslim agenda; joblessness key concern, CJP apolitical: Dipke
Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday (June 7, 2026) alleged that politics in the country over the last decade is centred around the Hindu-Muslim agenda, calling for a change in the g...
Parliamentary panel looking into NEET, OSM issues; seeks answers from NTA, CBSE
A Parliamentary panel has asked the National Testing Agency (NTA) to define what constitutes a “paper leak” in its definition and whether any paper leaks have occurred in exams it conducted since 2018...
Projecting unity, Congress says even those who are skipping meet have conveyed their strong opposition to Narendra Modi government’s policies
Amid disarray within the INDIA bloc, with at least three major constituents—the DMK, the CPI(M) and the JMM—raising questions about Monday’s meeting (June 8, 2026) of the Opposition coalition, the Con...
Nitin Nabin instructs BJP cadre in Jharkhand to gear up for 2029 Assembly election
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Nitin Nabin instructed his party workers in Jharkhand on Sunday (June 7, 2026) to gear up for the 2029 Assembly Election in the state. He was speaking d...
Foreign Ministers meet ahead of PM Modi’s Indonesia visit
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s expected visit to Indonesia, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and his Indonesian counterpart Sugiono held the 8 th India-Indonesia Joint Commission meeti...
Indicators ‘missing’ in NFHS being monitored through national databases, say sources
Union Health Ministry sources addressed criticism directed at “missing” indicators, such as anaemia, sanitation and coverage of clean cooking fuel, in the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-6 factsh...
Why aren’t BJP leaders taking to streets with cylinders in protest now?: Congress’ dig over LPG price hike
New Delhi Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday (June 7, 2026) demanded to know why the government, despite its “grand claims” of diversifying fuel sources across 41 countries in response to...
BJP chooses OBC leader Prof. Nagaraja as candidate for Rajya Sabha polls from Karnataka
The speculation over whether the 93-year-old former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda will get one more opportunity to serve as Rajya Sabha member has ended with the BJP choosing OBC leader and educatio...
Survey in Rajasthan to scrutinise unauthorised constructions, funding in border areas
A special survey along the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan has been launched to identify unauthorised constructions and examine the source of funding behind structures located in sensitive frontier...
CJP’s agitation to continue until Union minister Pradhan resigns: Abhijeet Dipke
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke said on Sunday (June 7, 2026) his agitation over alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment tests will not stop until Union Education Min...
Protest will continue until Education Minister Pradhan resigns: Cockroach Janta Party founder Dipke
Online movement Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday (June 7, 2026) said the protest demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will continue. A d...
LPG price hike: Government says rates in India among world's lowest despite 46% jump in global benchmark
Indian households continue to pay among the lowest prices for cooking gas globally despite a sharp rise in international LPG prices triggered by disruptions in West Asia , the government said on Sunda...
Indonesian FM Sugiono arrives in New Delhi to co-chair 8th Joint Commission Meeting with EAM Jaishankar
Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono has arrived in the national capital to co-chair the 8th India-Indonesia Joint Commission Meeting alongside External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. “[The India-Indo...
Four workers die after inhaling toxic fumes at septic tank in Surat
Four workers died allegedly after inhaling toxic fumes while cleaning a septic tank at a jewellery manufacturing unit in Surat, Gujarat on Sunday (June 7, 2026) morning (June 7, 2026), the police said...
Neutralise miscreants if found roaming with weapons in civilian areas of Manipur: CRPF DG
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Director General G.P. Singh has asked personnel deployed in Manipur to “neutralise” miscreants roaming around in civilian areas with weapons. Mr. Singh made the re...
Yogandhra-2026 launches in Andhra Pradesh with 25,000 registrations
The Andhra Pradesh government’s flagship “Yogandhra-2026” campaign got off to an enthusiastic start across the State on Sunday (June 7, 2026), with 25,000 people registering on the Yogandhra portal on...
‘Third Mumbai’ will be built over our dead bodies, says former judge and activist B.G. Kolse Patil
“A ‘Third Mumbai’ will be built only over our dead bodies,” social reformer and former judge B.G. Kolse Patil has said. Addressing a farmers’ meeting, he asked the attendees to take this oath while op...
Some forces trying to push country’s youths towards ‘negative politics’: BJP chief Nitin Nabin
BJP president Nitin Nabin on Saturday (June 6, 2026) alleged that some forces were trying to push the country's youths towards "negative politics". In an apparent reference to Cockroach Janta Party (C...
IDFC First Bank-AU Finance Bank fraud case: CBI conducts searches at six locations
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has conducted searches at six premises in connection with a large-scale misappropriation fraud allegedly involving IDFC First Bank and AU Finance Bank. It is ...
Why aren’t BJP leaders taking to streets with cylinders in protest now: Congress’ dig on LPG price hike
The Congress on Sunday (June 7, 2026) launched a scathing attack on the Modi government over domestic LPG price hike , asking why the BJP leaders aren't taking to the streets with cylinders in protest...
LPG Price Hike: Government says rates in India among world's lowest despite 46% jump in global benchmark
Indian households continue to pay among the lowest prices for cooking gas globally despite a sharp rise in international LPG prices triggered by disruptions in West Asia , the government said on Sunda...
Tributes paid to Army officer killed during anti-terror operations in J&K's Rajouri
The White Knight Corps has expressed grief over the death of Lieutenant Beereshwar Goswami, who lost his life while undertaking operational duties during an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir'...
Why did Supreme Court back curbs on online gaming?
T he Supreme Court on May 27, 2026, delivered two rulings with major ramifications for the country’s real-money gaming industry. A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan upheld the constitu...
Domestic LPG price hiked by ₹29 per 14.2-kg cylinder
In the second such increase since the West Asia conflict commenced late February, prices of domestic liquified petroleum gas (LPG) were hiked ₹29 per cylinder on Sunday (June 7, 2026) — taking the eff...
Arrested TMC councillor faces public fury, egg attack
Anger spilled onto the streets of southest Kolkata on Sunday (June 7, 2026) as hundreds of residents gathered outside the Patuli police station to protest against Trinamool Congress Councillor Bappadi...
The INDIA bloc is set to deliberate on the future course of action with an eye on the 2029 general elections
Twenty-three political parties have confirmed their participation in the "INDIA janbandhan" meeting at the Constitution Club here on Monday (June 8, 2026), the Congress said and asserted that the oppo...
Jaishankar holds talks with Indonesian counterpart Sugiono
India and Indonesia on Sunday (June 7, 2026) explored ways to expand their cooperation in areas of defence, maritime trade, investments, pharmaceuticals and food security as External Affairs Minister ...
Jantar Mantar protest a trailer, Pradhan must resign in seven days: Cockroach Janta Party founder Dipke
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke said on Sunday (June 7, 2026) his agitation over alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment tests will not stop until Union Education Min...
Teacher suspended on the charge of evading election duty in Deodurg
A government primary school teacher in Raichur district has been placed under suspension on the charge of evading election-related duties after submitting medical records pertaining to a hospital stay...
SIR: ECI official stresses on precision, transparency
Election Commission of India (ECI) Principal Secretary Avinash Kumar stressed on ensuring transparency and precision in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Addressing a review meeting on SIR...
Tipra Motha MLA criticises Pradyot over Pushpabanta Palace hotel project
Tipra Motha MLA Chitta Ranjan Debbarma, who has been distancing himself from the party for months, has publicly criticised party founder Pradyot Kishore Manikya for participating in the foundation sto...
BRS faults talk of linking Godavari-Cauvery bypassing Telangana
HYDERABAD Former minister and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA T. Harish Rao has accused the Congress Government of compromising on Telangana’s water rights by linking the proposed Godavari–Nallamalas...
Delay in bridge work forces commuters to cross track to reach Tiruvannamalai railway station
The prolonged delay in the completion of ₹14 crore foot over bridge (FOB) across railway track to connect the new bus terminus with the railway station in Tiruvannamalai town is forcing hundreds of pe...
Scheduled Caste, minority wings of Congress plan joint stir against atrocities
The Scheduled Castes (SC) and minority departments of the Congress on Saturday (June 6, 2026) announced a joint nationwide campaign against alleged atrocities on Dalits, minorities, and other marginal...
India, Nepal can decisively shift trajectory of bilateral ties to achieve full potential: Jaishankar
India and Nepal have an opportunity to “decisively shift” the track of their bilateral ties to achieve its full potential, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Saturday (June 6, 2026), afte...
NEET-UG 2026: NTA dismisses claims of re-exam paper 'leak' or ‘sale’, warns of action
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday (June 6, 2026) dismissed as "false" and "fraudulent" claims circulating on social media about alleged leak or sale of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination ques...
The CJP, a youth-led online movement that has been demanding accountability for alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment tests, including NEET, CBSE, CUET, and SSC examinations
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Sunday (June 7, 2026) asserted that his agitation over alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment tests will not stop until Union Educ...
Our agitation will continue until Union Minister Pradhan resigns: Cockroach Janta Party founder Dipke
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke said on Sunday (June 7, 2026) his agitation over alleged irregularities in examinations and recruitment tests will not stop until Union Education Min...
Delhi Police allowed CJP’s protest to ‘pacify’ burgeoning youth anger; Dipke secured approval in minutes
The Delhi Police decided to allow the protest called by Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), an online youth group, to pacify the youth’s anxiety over the recent NEET-UG paper leak and glitches in examinatio...
Charges framed against Savad, the first accused in the infamous hand-chopping case
The long arm of the law has caught up with Savad, the first accused in the infamous hand-chopping case, who went into hiding for sixteen years after the incident. Charges were framed against him at th...
Satish Jarkiholi says he is happy with his portfolio
"I never asked for any specific portfolio from the party high command or the Chief Minister. I am happy that they have continued my old portfolio of Public works department", Minister Satish Jarkiholi...
Meghalaya village protests India-Bangladesh border fence alignment, fears isolation
Residents of a village along the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya held a demonstration on Sunday (June 7, 2026) demanding that the fencing be done along the zero line, else they would get isolated...
TVK Government drawing criticism well before six months, says Stalin
DMK president M.K. Stalin on Sunday (June 7, 2026) said though he had earlier maintained the government headed by the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) should be given six months before being criticised, ...
LPG price hiked by ₹29 per 14.2-kg cylinder
Domestic cooking gas LPG price has been raised by ₹29 per cylinder, marking the second increase in three months as state-owned fuel retailers continue to grapple with elevated global energy costs. The...
‘There was no way to raise our grievances within Trinamool’, says Ritabrata Banerjee
Expelled Trinamool Congress leader and newly appointed Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Ritabrata Banerjee, spoke to The Hindu , explaining the reasons and timing of his revolt, his r...
Goa Forest Official submits police complaint against Minister over soil transportation from forest
A Goa Forest Department official lodged a police complaint on Saturday (June 6, 2026) against State Minister Subhash Phal Desai in connection with transportation of soil from an iron ore dump in a res...
Tamil Nadu Governor leads plantation drive, lays foundation stone for PLAZA in Auroville
Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Saturday (June 6, 2026) led a tree-planting drive in Auroville and laid the foundation stone for the PLAZA (Public Life Artisan Zone Auroville). Mr. ...
Accused can't be denied access to documents forming part of chargesheet: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has said that an accused cannot be denied access to documents forming part of the chargesheet as withholding them could seriously prejudice their right to a fair trial. The observati...
Ahead of INDIA bloc meeting, CPI(M) asks Congress to clarify on Kerala campaign allegations
Days before a meeting of Indian National Developmental, Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc on Monday (June 8, 2026), Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary M.A. Baby has written to Co...
Higher qualifications cannot always be considered for lower eligibility posts: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India has ruled that a person who has higher qualifications cannot be selected for a job that is clearly meant for candidates with lower qualifications. The case arose out of an a...
In a statement on X, the agency said messages claiming a "leak", advance access or "sale" of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination paper were aimed at misleading students and parents
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday (June 6, 2026) dismissed as "false" and "fraudulent" claims circulating on social media about alleged leak or sale of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination ques...
Hopes and fears compete as Delhi students join CJP protest for education reforms
Students from a range of Delhi colleges, including those from Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and Jamia Millia Islamia, showed up for the first protest held by the Cockroach Janta Party...
Cockroach Janata Party founder Abhijeet Dipke leads protest demanding Pradhan’s resignation at Jantar Mantar; six detained
The Cockroach Janta Party’s first in-person protest, demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation, attracted a crowd of over 1,500 people in Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Saturday (Ju...
CRPF DG discusses with Manipur Governor on roadmap to eliminate insurgency
Kuki-Zo organisations in Manipur organised a ‘coffin rally’ on Saturday (June 6, 2026), ahead of the burial of three community members, including a woman, killed in an early morning attack on Friday (...
CJP warns of nationwide agitation if Education Minister Pradhan not removed in seven days
The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which organised a protest led by its founder Abhijeet Dipke at the Jantar Mantar here on Saturday (June 6, 2026) demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's remo...
Operation Bluestar anniversary: Akal Takht chief flays AAP govt. in Punjab over anti-sacrilege law
Pro-Khalistan slogans were raised inside the Golden Temple complex in Amritsar on Saturday (June 6, 2026) during the 42 nd anniversary of Operation Bluestar, even as the city wore a largely deserted l...
NFHS collected data on COVID deaths, toilets and fuel, but information missing from factsheets
The National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-6 collected data about COVID-19 but the data has not made it to the factsheets released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released a few days back. ...
CJP founder applied for permission at Delhi airport, got it within minutes
The Delhi Police decided to allow the protest called by Cockroach Janata Party (CJP), an online youth group, to pacify the youth’s anxiety over the recent NEET-UG paper leak and glitches in examinatio...
RJD workers guard Lalu and Rabri’s residence amid row over security change
Visibly upset with Z+security cover withdrawn from their leader Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi, Bihar Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal leaders and workers on Saturday were seen standing with sticks in hand...
News in Frames | Trickle of freshwater just off the salty sea
U nder the scorching midday sun, women in R. Pudhupattinam, a coastal village about 60 kilometres from Pudukottai in Tamil Nadu, continue a daily ritual that has sustained generations. Barefoot and ca...
A movement losing momentum and daughters as Haryana’s sex ratio declines
At 31, Bijli Devi weighs just 44 kg. Weak and pregnant, she has come to Katlupur sub-centre in Sonipat district for a routine vaccination. The doctor has flagged her pregnancy as high risk. This is he...
Trump urges new spy chief to fire employees
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday (June 5, 2026) he wants his incoming acting spy chief to start firing employees, deepening the controversy over the appointment of a man with no previous intell...
K. Annamalai | New chapter
On June 5, 2026, Kuppusamy Annamalai, the 42-year-old former Indian Police Service officer, announced the launch of a “movement” that he envisages to become a regional political party eventually. The ...
Assault on women in Kochi: key accused held
The police probing the alleged assault on two young women at Kaloor have taken into custody the prime accused in the case, Ali Akbar, a native of Palakkad. He was nabbed by a team of the Kochi city po...
Versatile actor Salim Kumar passes away aged 57
National Award-winning actor-turned-writer-director and acclaimed mimicry artiste Salim Kumar passed away due to cardiac arrest while undergoing treatment at a private hospital here at 10.43 p.m. on J...
Salim Kumar: the ultimate meme king
Salim Kumar may not have been a superstar in the film industry. But when it came to social media, the affable actor — or rather his many characters, even from flop movies — was blockbuster material. S...
Kaziranga National Park records 30 raptor and six stork species
The Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve in Assam has 30 species of raptors and six species of storks, a rapid survey focused on these two categories of birds has revealed. The survey, conducted ...
CBSE OSM row: Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's continuation in office speaks of his desire for power, says Congress
The Congress on Saturday (June 6, 2026) said Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's continuation in office only speaks of his desire for power and accused him of being "incompetent" in running a "com...
Right to travel abroad of accused must be balanced with victim’s right to speedy trial: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India has held that the fundamental right to travel abroad which comes under Article 21 cannot be viewed in isolation rather it needs to be balanced with the victim’s right to spe...
PM Modi chairs meeting with members of PM-Economic Advisory Council
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (June 6, 2026) held a meeting with the members of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) to the Prime Minister and discussed various ideas and measures to further...
More than 1,000 Indians deported from U.S. in 2026
“As many as 1,076 Indian nationals have been deported from the U.S. this year so far,” the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday (June 5, 2026), noting that the two sides are committed to ...
Arlekar, Vijay congratulate Praggnanandhaa for winning Norway Chess Tournament
Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar and Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Saturday congratulated Grandmaster Praggnanandhaa on becoming the first Indian to win the prestigious Norway Chess...
AIADMK to contest bypolls for 4 Assembly constituencies, says Edappadi K. Palaniswami
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami said on Saturday (June 6, 2026) that in the upcoming byelections for four Assembly constituencies, where AIADMK MLAs resigned, the party would contest ...
South Western Railway plans goods sheds along new lines to boost Karnataka’s regional economies
: To strengthen Karnataka’s logistics backbone, South Western Railway (SWR) plans to establish dedicated railway goods sheds and freight handling infrastructure along newly proposed rail corridors, wh...
KWA, Kochi Corpn. to conduct joint inspection over alleged water contamination
The Kerala Water Authority (KWA) and the Kochi Corporation will jointly conduct an inspection to assess drinking water quality on Monday (June 8, 2026) in the wake of alleged water contamination in...
UNSC membership huge responsibility, not forum for peddling biased, false narratives: India slams Pakistan
India has slammed Pakistan for its “unwarranted reference” to Jammu and Kashmir at the UN, telling the current non-permanent member of the global body that it was a huge responsibility and not a forum...
Activist Sonam Wangchuk expressed support and attended the protest at Jantar Mantar. He also stated that he would undertake a six-week fast if Mr. Dipke is arrested
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke arrived at Jantar Mantar on Saturday (June 6, 2026) morning, hours after landing in New Delhi. He joined the planned demonstration demanding Educatio...
Cockroach Janta Party protest updates: Protest at Jantar Mantar ends; six detained
Key Updates Interview | What motivated Abhijeet Dipke to launch the Cockroach Janta Party, and what does it stand for? In Focus Podcast | Abhijeet Dipke interview: What does it mean to represent India...
Indian mission in U.K. condemns disruption at Chief Justice Surya Kant event
The High Commission of India in London on Friday (June 5, 2026) issued a statement condemning the disruption caused at an event addressed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant during his ongoing visit ...
72,956 students expected to take NEET-UG in Telangana
The arrangements being made for the conduct of National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET-UG) — scheduled to be held on June 21 — were reviewed by Telangana Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao here o...
Ballari district administration takes possession of prime Masonic Hall land
The Ballari district administration on Saturday took possession of a parcel of land belonging to the Masonic Hall, situated opposite Pola Hotel in the city, bringing under government control a propert...
Heritage weighing machine restored and unveiled at Mysuru Railway Museum
A rare and historically significant railway artifact - a 2,000 kg capacity mechanical platform weighing scale dating back to the late 1880s - has been restored and unveiled at the Mysuru Railway Museu...
Rayalaseema emerging as major investment destination: Industries Minister
Andhra Pradesh Industries Minister T. G. Bharath on Saturday said the State government was transforming the fortunes of Rayalaseema, a region long affected by drought and migration, through focused in...
Several sustainability initiatives taken up, says SWR GM
General Manager of South Western Railway P. Ananth has said that the railway zone had taken up several sustainability initiatives including green infrastructure, full electrification, solar installati...
Correcting ‘discrepancies’ is normal practice in statistical exercise, says Census official
An official from the office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RG&CCI) said on Friday (June 5, 2026) that that the House Listing Operation is still under way in Rajasthan and that ...
Great Nicobar project meant to benefit Adani, it’s not about defence: Rahul Gandhi
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday (June 5, 2026) alleged that the BJP’s claim that the Great Nicobar Island project is a strategic one is a “lie”, aimed at helping indus...
Supreme Court denies bail to Haryana travel blogger accused of spying for Pakistan
The Supreme Court on Friday (June 5, 2026) dismissed the bail application of Haryana-based travel blogger Jyoti Malhotra, accused of sharing sensitive information with Pakistan , observing that the al...
Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal arrives in Delhi, meets NSA Doval
In a sign of Kathmandu’s deepening security dialogue with India, Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal met National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on Friday (June 5, 2026). Mr. Khanal is the first Ministe...
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit to be next Vice-Chief of Air Staff
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, a distinguished fighter pilot, has been appointed as the next Vice-Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) and will assume office on July 1. He succeeds Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor. Cu...
13 foreigners among dead in Delhi hotel fire, in touch with embassies: MEA
The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday (June 5, 2026) said 13 foreign nationals are among those who died in a hotel fire in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar , and the Ministry is in touch with the emba...
Under PM Modi, India’s economy resilient and showing sustained growth: BJP chief
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Nabin on Friday (June 5, 2026) said under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, India’s economy continues to demonstrate remarkable resilience and sus...
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke arrives at Jantar Mantar for Pradhan resignation protest
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke arrived at Jantar Mantar on Saturday (June 6, 2026) morning, hours after landing in New Delhi. Mr. Dipke, who is leading a protest demanding Educatio...
Security intensified across Delhi as protestors demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
Key Updates Interview | What motivated Abhijeet Dipke to launch the Cockroach Janta Party, and what does it stand for? In Focus Podcast | Abhijeet Dipke interview: What does it mean to represent India...
JMM nominates former Minister Baidyanath Ram for Rajya Sabha polls
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Saturday (June 6, 2026) nominated former Minister Baidyanath Ram as its candidate for one of the two Rajya Sabha seats in the State, going to polls on June 18, a pa...
Karuvannur bank case: Court accepts ED’s supplementary chargesheet against CPI(M), party leaders
The Special Court for the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kochi on Saturday accepted the supplementary chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against 29 accused, including ...
Telangana Police launches Stree Ride, women earn livelihood driving two- and three-wheelers
Five years ago, Sarla had never imagined herself weaving through Hyderabad’s streets on a two-wheeler, delivering packages and earning enough to support her family. A housewife from Neredmet, she came...
Dharamshala region jolted by multiple earthquakes; no damage reported
“A series of earthquakes, including a significant tremor measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale, shook the Dharamshala region in Himachal Pradesh , triggering panic among residents, though no loss of life...
Sixth-day headcount: Census training for Kerala schoolteachers on Monday to be rescheduled
The General Education department has taken up with the Census Directorate the issue of rescheduling the Census 2027 training for teachers that is scheduled for Monday (June 8, 2026). This follows conc...
Assam Cabinet expanded, 12 MLAs sworn in
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expanded his cabinet on Friday (June 5, 2026), taking the strength of the Council of Ministers to 17. Assam can have a maximum of 19 Ministers, including the C...
SC balances child’s right to know paternity and alleged father’s right to privacy
The Supreme Court in a ruling last week upheld the use of DNA test in a long-running paternity dispute, addressing the complex question of whether an individual’s right to privacy overrides the need t...
AI no longer a speculative technology but an operational reality: CJI Surya Kant
Artificial intelligence is no longer a speculative technology but an operational reality and poses one of the most significant tests for international law, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has said, ...
In Tripura, Amit Shah announces plans for a ‘smart border’
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (June 5, 2026) visited the Lankamura border on the outskirts of Agartala to interact with Border Security Force (BSF) personnel. This was the site where BSF Ass...
Delhi HC refuses urgent hearing on plea against Cockroach Janta Party protest
The Delhi High Court on Friday (June 5, 2026) refused to hear a petition raising law and order concerns arising from digital outfit Cockroach Janta Party's call for a protest at Jantar Mantar in New D...
Security intensified across Delhi as Cockroach Janta Party protests in Jantar Mantar
Key Updates In Focus Podcast | Abhijeet Dipke interview: What does it mean to represent India’s ‘cockroaches’ If you had to join the Cockroach Janata Party, would you? Why or why not? | The Hindu Hudd...
Cockroach Janta Party leader Abhijeet Dipke lands in Delhi
Cockroach Janta Party leader Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday (June 6, 2026) in Delhi. Mr. Dipke asked the people to meet him at Jantar Mantar for the protest. Mr. Dipke first headed to Sansad Marg police s...
Modest growth in State’s Own Tax Revenue emerges as weak spot in T.N.’s economy
Tamil Nadu, which clocked 10.83% economic growth rate in real terms for 2025-26 , has, however, registered only a modest growth rate with respect to the State’s Own Tax Revenue (SOTR). Based on unaudi...
Maharashtra barbers’ body revises grooming charges; haircut to cost ₹180, shaving ₹120
Citing a rise in the cost of consumables and other materials amid the Iran-U.S. conflict , a body representing the barber community in Maharashtra has increased charges for haircuts and other grooming...
T.N. SC/ST Commission seeks detailed report on conservancy worker clearing human waste in Tiruppur
Taking suo motu cognisance of a conservancy worker manually removing human waste from a public toilet in Tiruppur city, the Tamil Nadu State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes has ca...
Kerala Cyber Police file case over fake post on building permit fee cut with Minister K.M. Shaji’s image
The police have registered a case regarding a fake social media post carrying the picture of the Local Self-Government department (LSGD) Minister K.M. Shaji, falsely claiming that building permit fee ...
Three Kuki villagers killed in attack in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district
GUWAHATI Unidentified gunmen killed three Kuki villagers, including a woman, and torched seven houses in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district around 4 a.m. on Friday (June 5, 2026). The incident occurred in L...
INDIA bloc dead and buried, exists only on paper after DMK boycott: BJP
The INDIA bloc is "dead and buried", existing on paper and TV screens perhaps but not in reality, the BJP said on Friday (June 5, 2026) after the DMK announced that it will not participate in the alli...
NEET-UG paper leak row: Digvijaya Singh urges PM Modi to issue white paper on NTA exam irregularities and action taken
Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the NEET-UG paper leak issue , urging the government to issue a white paper documenting the instances of paper l...
Delhi Police says Cockroach Janta Party sought no protest permission, deploys 1,000 personnel
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As JMM hardens stance, Congress names observers for Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand
Hours after JMM legislators demanded that the ruling party contest both the Rajya Sabha seats in Jharkhand , the Congress on Friday (June 5, 2026) named Bhupesh Baghel and Ajay Sharma as AICC observer...
Allahabad High Court grants bail to rape and murder accused over lack of scientific evidence
The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to an accused in a rape and murder case with a “heavy heart and great pain” due to the lack of scientific evidence linking the suspect to the crime. Granting ...
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Saffron offshoots: Leaders who quit BJP to start their own parties
Capping his seven-year journey with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), resignation of the party’s former Tamil Nadu chief K. Annamalai was formally accepted by party chief Nitin Nabin on Friday (June 5...
India condemns attack on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon; seeks accountability
India has condemned the attack on United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon that killed a Serbian Blue Helmet and injured two others , and called for an immediate and thorough investigation to bring the ...
Moderate quake hits Himachal districts; tremors felt in neighbouring States
Tremors were felt in parts of Kangra, Chamba and adjoining districts of Himachal Pradesh after a 5.0 magnitude earthquake of moderate intensity hit the region on Friday (June 5, 2026) night. The depth...
TVK must ensure Governor’s address mentions about caste-survey: Anbumani
PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Friday urged the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam-led government to ensure that the Governor’s address in the upcoming Budget session makes a mention about its intention to ...
PM Modi, leaders wish Uttar Pradesh CM Adityanath on birthday
Leaders from across the country, primarily the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), extended their greetings to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on his 54th birthday on Friday (June 5, 2026). Man...
Two killed, four injured in roof collapse at underground coal mine in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol
Two workers were killed and four others injured on Friday after a portion of the roof collapsed inside an underground coal mine operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) in Madhya Pradesh’s ...
Nirmala Sitharaman calls for people’s movement to protect environment
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday (June 5) called for making environmental conservation a way of life rather than a one-day observance, warning that unchecked ecological degradation ...
Bhangar blast case, NIA declares ex-TMC MLA Saokat Molla absconding, shares details with BSF
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday (June 5, 2026) declared former All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Saokat Molla absconding in connection with the Bhangar blast case in West Bengal...
Field supervision, correcting ‘discrepancies’ are normal practice in statistical exercise, says RG&CCI Director
An official from the office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RG&CCI) said on Friday (June 5, 2026) that that the House Listing Operation is still under way in Rajasthan and that ...
SC denies bail to Haryana travel blogger accused of spying for Pakistan
The Supreme Court on Friday (June 5, 2026) dismissed the bail application of Haryana-based travel blogger Jyoti Malhotra, accused of sharing sensitive information with Pakistan , observing that the al...
Desert villagers in Rajasthan turn to traditional ingenuity to beat intense heat, water scarcity
Families residing in Rajasthan’s Thar Desert are facing the ongoing heatwave with adaptations to cope with high temperature, water scarcity and the difficult geographical conditions. The villagers of ...
KPTCL introduces biodegradable oil in high-voltage transformer network
The Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (KPTCL) has initiated the transition from conventional mineral oil to environment-friendly, biodegradable natural ester oil in its high-voltage tra...
Indian killed in strike at Kuwait International Airport identified as Ujjain resident; was coming home for family wedding
A native of Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district has lost his life in an alleged Iranian strike at the Kuwait International Airport just hours before he was scheduled to board a flight home, his family me...
India, U.K. well-positioned to build new future-oriented partnership: Jaishankar
India and the U.K. are well-positioned to construct a new future-oriented and mutually beneficial partnership on the back of their newly firmed-up comprehensive trade deal and the defence industrial r...
Amit Shah says Centre won't tolerate demographic changes in West Bengal, Tripura, Bihar
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (June 5, 2026) said the government will not tolerate demographic changes in West Bengal , Tripura and Bihar , asserting that the Centre is taking steps to bridg...
IndiGo suspends operations to 6 international destinations
India’s largest airline IndiGo on Thursday (June 4, 2026), said it has temporarily suspended operations to six international destinations, including Hong Kong and Krabi, as part of network optimisatio...
PM Modi good friend, India and U.S. will get to trade deal: Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a good friend and expressed confidence that the United States and India would reach a trade agreement. “We will get to a deal beca...
Youth and minor girl found dead near railway track in Shahabad
A 23-year-old man and 16-year-old girl were found dead on the railway tracks near Devan Tegnoor village in Shahabad taluk of Kalaburagi district on Thursday (June 4). The man was identified as Shivapp...
A&NI administration looks to introduce elections to Nicobarese community
The centrally administered Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands i s planning to introduce elections, as they are conducted in the rest of India, to the Nicobarese tribal community in the arc...
Kerala Congress (M) blames minority backlash for election defeat
A Kerala Congress (M) district committee meeting convened to analyse the party’s recent Assembly election debacle concluded that backlash from minority communities led to the heavy defeat of the KC(M)...
Mysuru goes green on World Environment Day
World Environment Day was observed across Mysuru on Friday through a series of tree-planting drives, environmental awareness campaigns and initiatives aimed at protecting the city’s green cover. A tre...
Lokesh invites Russia's Rosatom to set up small reactors in A.P. for power generation
IT and HRD Minister Nara Lokesh invited Rosatom, the global nuclear technology leader based in Russia, to establish next-generation Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) for power generation in Andhra Pradesh...
Genome Foundation & BRIC-CDFD renew pact to advance genomics for societal benefit
Genome Foundation (GF) and the BRIC-Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD) have reaffirmed their shared commitment to advancing science for societal benefit by formally renewing their Me...
Kharge and Praveen Chakravarty among Congress Rajya Sabha nominees
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is among the seven Rajya Sabha candidates across five States that the party announced on Thursday (June 4, 2026) for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections on June 18...
Former Lok Sabha Secretary General, constitution expert Subhash Kashyap passes away
Former Lok Sabha Secretary General and constitutional expert Subhash C. Kashyap passed away on Thursday (June 4, 2026) after a prolonged illness. He was 97. Mr. Kashyap's end came at around 10 a.m. at...
RSS chief says ‘India’s time has come’, calls for stronger societal preparedness
Claiming that the world is increasingly mired in conflicts, narrow self-interest, and development models that come at the cost of nature, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thurs...
Panel grills Centre on OMCs’ failure to absorb oil shock
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, headed by BJP leader Bhartruhari Mahtab, on Thursday (June 4, 2026) questioned the government on why, despite making hefty profits, the Oil Marketing C...
The petitioner, in his plea, sought deployment of "immediate preventive, regulatory, and crowd-control measures" at the IGI Airport, metro stations, and highway entry points
The Delhi High Court on Friday (June 5, 2026) refused to hear a petition raising law and order concerns arising from digital outfit Cockroach Janta Party's call for a protest at Jantar Mantar in New D...
Putin hails New Delhi as ‘reliable partner'; blasts West over ‘detrimental’ interference in India-Russia ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (June 4, 2026) hailed Moscow’s strategic partnership with New Delh i and asserted that Western attempts to force India into scaling back its cooperation wi...
White Paper on Kerala finances moots regulatory commission for Kochi metro user charges
The White Paper on State finances tabled in the Kerala Assembly by Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Thursday explores the possibility of appointing a regulatory commission to fix user charges for metr...
Vijay-led Tamil Nadu Cabinet outlines 436 vision statements titled ‘Vetri Tamizhagam’
The first meeting of the Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay-led Tamil Nadu Cabinet held at the Secretariat in Chennai on Friday (June 5, 2026) outlined 436 vision statements of the new government under th...
Ballari gears up for Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
Ballari district will undertake a Special Intensive Revision (SIR)-2026 of electoral rolls, including a door-to-door voter verification drive from June 30, as part of an initiative by the Election Com...
Some rebel Trinamool MLAs want Mamata as supreme leader, not advisor
A day after 58 MLAs of the Trinamool Congress signed a letter nominating expelled party legislator Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, defying party chair...
Kuki organisation in Manipur opposes SIR of electoral rolls
An apex Kuki organisation has opposed the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in conflict-scarred Manipur, alleging that it has excluded thousands of internally displaced perso...
Putin calls India reliable partner, hits out at Western interference
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday (June 4, 2026) hailed Moscow’s strategic partnership with New Delh i and asserted that Western attempts to force India into scaling back its cooperation wi...
Rahul ‘selling panic’, promoting baseless conspiracy theories: BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday (June 4, 2026) accused Leader of the Opposition (Lok Sabha) Rahul Gandhi of “selling panic” and promoting baseless conspiracy theories about Indian institu...
Minorities enjoy full freedom in India, don’t spread falsehoods, says Rijiju
Union Minority Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday (June 4, 2026) said minorities in India enjoy full freedom and are able to practise their faith and way of life without hindrance. He said effo...
India hosts inaugural meeting of BRICS’s expert network on asset recovery
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on June 2 organised the inaugural meeting on the BRICS’s expert network on asset recovery, marking a significant milestone within the Anti-Corruption Working Group und...
BJP names Rajya Sabha candidates for five States; two Union Ministers left out
The BJP on Thursday (June 4, 2026) announced its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls in five States, with two Union Ministers Ravneet Singh Bittu and George Kurian not figuring in the list. ...
House panel pulls up government over PMKVY mismatch between training and demand
Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), headed by senior Congress leader K.C. Venugopal, pulled up the government over its flagship skilling programme, the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (P...
Weather grounds Rahul’s Uttarakhand rallies, he takes on Modi government over video, phone
The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi addressed two public meetings in Uttarakhand over phone and video call after bad weather prevented him from reaching the venues in Almora and...
We will get to a deal because I like your prime minister a lot. He is a good friend of mine. We get along great, and we are gonna make a deal, says U.S. President Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a good friend and expressed confidence that the United States and India would reach a trade agreement. “We will get to a deal beca...
Bidhannagar Corporation Mayor resigns a day after Kolkata Corporation Mayor quit
The Bidhannagar Municipality Corporation Mayor handed in their resignation on Thursday (June 4, 2026), just a day after Kolkata Municipal Corporation Mayor quit his role. However, the KMC officials ar...
Residential structure belonging to drug peddler demolished in Srinagar
An illegally constructed three-storey residential structure belonging to a drug peddler was on Thursday (June 4, 2026) demolished in Srinagar, police said. Srinagar Police, in coordination with the Re...
Manipur policeman killed in knife attack
GUWAHATI A Manipur policeman died in a knife attack during an anti-drug operation in the State’s Thoubal district on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) evening. Officials said the attacker was arrested on Thurs...
Union govt. to train over 2,000 BDOs
In an effort to strengthen grassroot governance, the Ministry of Rural Development is planning to train 2,000 Block Development Officers (BDOs), focusing the training on decentralised planning . The o...
Defence Minister unveils revised financial powers for armed forces to boost operational autonomy
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday (June 4, 2026) revised the financial powers of the defence forces via the framework for the Delegation of Financial Powers for Defence Services, including fo...
Nepal Foreign Minister to visit India from June 5
Nepal’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Shisir Khanal will visit India from June 5 to 7 at the invitation of his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar, the government said on Thursday (June 4, 2026). Mr. Khana...
Suspended Deputy Collector arrested for alleged sexual assault in Madhya Pradesh
A deputy collector in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a woman on the pretext of marriage, just months after he was suspended for alleged misconduct...
The Congress, which had won five seats as part of the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance, had post-polls unilaterally snapped ties with the Dravidian party and joined the TVK-led coalition government.
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Thursday (June 4, 2026) announced it will boycott the upcoming meeting of the INDIA bloc parties, scheduled to be held at the Constitution Club in New Delhi on J...
CBI books man for allegedly posing as PMO official
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against a person for allegedly posing as an Under Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). The accused has been identified as P. ...
Supreme Court pulls up Gujarat Police over two-decade delay in land fraud probe
Pulling up the Gujarat Police for failing to file a chargesheet in a two-decade-old criminal complaint involving allegations of forgery and manipulation of revenue records, the Supreme Court on Thursd...
Finance Ministry body once flagged Great Nicobar port as ‘lacking strategic objectives’
The Public Investment Board (PIB), a Finance Ministry body that appraises large public investments, had on August 2024 termed the proposed International Container Transhipment Port (ICTP) at Galathea ...
Artist K.V. Dayanandan remembered
The Purogamana Kala Sahitya Sangham (Pukasa) commemorated artist K.V. Dayanandan, who died on Monday (June 1, 2026). Poet Manambur Rajanbabu inaugurated the commemoration held here on Thursday. Pukasa...
Job scam: police seek lookout notice for Destiny Consultancy organisers
The Ibrahimpatnam police have written to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) seeking the issuance of a lookout notice on Destiny Consultancy organisers, who are alleged to have duped job aspirants by p...
Safeguards sought against misuse of menstrual leave in schools
A medical officer from the district has urged the government to ensure that menstrual leave for schoolgirls is not misused, and that students’ privacy is protected. K. Prathibha, medical officer from ...
‘Operation Toofan’: four held with suspected MDMA in Kannur
The police have stepped up anti-drug enforcement under ‘Operation Toofan’, arresting four persons with over 16 grams of suspected MDMA at Kathiroor. The arrested are N. Jamsheer, 21, K.V. Sahir, 38, T...
Drive launched to tackle sickle cell anaemia
National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) Chairman Antar Singh Arya on Thursday said that as part of a nationwide campaign to eliminate the sickle cell anaemia, awareness programmes are being c...
J&K parties question NC move to hold protest in Delhi over Statehood
Several Opposition parties, including Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), J&K Apni Party, Awami Ittehad Party, J&K Peoples Conference and an NC Member of Parliament on Thursday (June 4, 2026) questioned t...
Ramaiah Group in collaboration with University at Albany launches RISM
The Ramaiah Group’s Gokula Education Foundation (Medical), in collaboration with the University at Albany, State University of New York, launched the Ramaiah Institute of Science and Management (RISM)...
First Cabinet meeting of TVK-led Tamil Nadu government to focus on Tasmac reforms, investment promotion
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay will chair the first Cabinet meeting of his government at the Secretariat in Chennai on Friday (June 5, 2026) at 11 a.m. During the meeting, the new governmen...
Ahmedabad water contamination: 7 remain hospitalised; Union Minister Shah reviews situation
At least 50 persons fell sick and seven of them are currently hospitalised on account of consumption of contaminated water in Ghatlodia area of Ahmedabad city, prompting the civic body to conduct surv...
Pakistan accuses India of weaponising water after treaty suspension
Pakistan said on Thursday (June 4, 2026) two river projects by arch-rival India would "weaponise" water and violate a major treaty between the neighbouring nations, threatening a response if they move...
Cockroach Janta Party’s rise reflects people’s frustration with the BJP: Hooda
Former Haryana Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Thursday (June 4, 2026) said the rise of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) reflected widespread frustration with the Bha...
Delhi HC protects personality rights of actor Naga Chaitanya
The Delhi High Court has protected the personality rights of Telugu actor Akkineni Naga Chaitanya restraining several websites, online platforms from unauthorised commercial use of his name, image, li...
Draft SC rules prohibit use of AI for judicial outcomes, assessing bail eligibility
Prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to determine judicial outcomes, the Supreme Court AI committee has proposed draft regulations that bar AI-assisted sentencing without mandatory huma...
Cockroach Janata Party attacks govt. on JEE data exposure, presses for Education Minister’s sacking
The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Thursday (June 4, 2026) said the reported exposure of JEE (Advanced) 2026 candidate data due to a cloud storage configuration issue in the results portal showed how...
PM Modi holds talks with Venezuela’s acting President
India’s partnership with Venezuela is of “immense importance” for the Global South, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday (June 4, 2026), welcoming Delcy Rodriguez , the Acting President of Ve...
Rahul Gandhi warns of ‘institutional revolt’ in Modi government
Prime Minister Narendra Modi would not remain in office a year from now, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, said, claiming the Modi government was facing an “institutional re...
BJP reacts to Rahul Gandhi’s remarks against PM Modi
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday (June 4, 2026) criticised Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for his claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will no longer remain in offic...
Congress raises questions on 'substantial' LIC stake in firm under SEBI scanner
The Congress on Thursday (June 4, 2026) flagged that LIC owns around 10.8% of Rajesh Exports, that is currently under SEBI scanner, and said this raises the question of whether LIC's acquisition of su...
India set for $2-billion drone order in biggest buy, industry body says: report
India is likely to order more than $2 billion worth of military drones from domestic firms this year in its biggest such purchase, an industry body working with the government told Reuters , as glob...
Move to codify vehicle modifications fails to impress Gen Z motorists
The Motor Vehicles department (MVD) has taken the first step towards permitting vehicle modifications sought by motor enthusiasts and vehicle modification agencies in the State. The State Transport C...
Chocolate manufacturing unit raided in Hyderabad, owner booked for food safety violations
A chocolate manufacturing and repacking unit in Old Mallepally was raided by the Hyderabad Food Adulteration and Safety Team (H-FAST), the Food Safety Department and Habeebnagar police on Thursday (Ju...
Two inter-State property offenders arrested, ₹38 lakh stolen jewellery recovered
Police arrested two inter-State property offenders who were involved in a burglary that occurred in the Mitturu area of Chittur town and recovered gold and silver ornaments worth ₹38 lakhs from them. ...
Russia delivers fourth squadron of AI-enabled S-400 air defence system
India has received the fourth squadron of the Russia-made S-400 air defence system, strengthening the country’s long-range air defence network. The system arrived from Russia as scheduled in May, and ...
Assam, Meghalaya farmers resume farming in disputed border area after weeks of conflict
Villagers in Assam and Meghalaya resumed their farming activities in a disputed border area on Wednesday (June 3, 2026), ending weeks of intermittent conflict. The resumption followed a formula worked...
Nepal is a priority partner, says Modi after meeting RSP chief
Nepal’s ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chairperson Rabi Lamichanne on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who called the neighbouring country a “priority partner”. The me...
Census fieldwork contradicts government data, enumerators asked to revisit, review data
With the ongoing Census exercise throwing up data that differ from government records, particularly on issues such as open defecation and household access to electricity or cooking gas connections, en...
Cambodia human trafficking case: ED conducts searches in U.P. and Punjab
The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) in connection with a human trafficking syndicate operating from India and Cambodia. “The syndicat...
Absolute incompetence of BJP unmasked by NFHS-6 data: Kharge
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday (June 4, 2026) claimed that the "absolute incompetence" of the BJP has been "unmasked" by the NFHS-6 data and alleged that the Modi government has bet...
4 dead, others injured in Muzaffarpur hospital fire in Bihar
At least four patients died and others were injured in a massive fire which broke out in the wee hours on Thursday (June 4, 2026) at a Muzaffarpur hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in north Bihar. ...
WFI plea against HC order allowing wrestler Vinesh Phogat for selection trials infructuous: SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 4, 2026) said the plea of the Wrestling Federation of India against the Delhi High Court order allowing wrestler Vinesh Phogat to participate in selection trials ha...
Supreme Court dismisses plea seeking guidelines for time-bound disposal of cases
The Supreme Court on Thursday (June 4, 2026) refused to entertain a plea seeking framing of guidelines for time-bound disposal of cases. A Bench of Justices Vikram Nath and V Mohana dismissed the plea...
Modi government in panic mode on current economic situation: Congress
The Congress on Thursday (June 4, 2026) claimed the Modi government is in "panic mode" and "under siege" from within its ecosystem on the current economic situation, asserting that the real problem is...
Monsoon reaches Kerala on June 4, four days behind the IMD’s own forecast
The southwest monsoon set in over Kerala on Thursday (June 4, 2026), the India Meteorological Department announced. This is three days later than the normal onset date of June 1, and four days behind ...
ED searches nine locations in Mizoram’s Champhai in illegal Burmese supari smuggling case
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday (June 4, 2026) conducted searches at nine locations in the border town of Champhai along the Mizoram-Myanmar frontier in connection with the smuggling of illega...
Is shoot-to-disable the new normal? | Explained
The story so far: The “leg-shot” doctrine appears to have become the new normal in Uttar Pradesh, emerging as a genuine crime-control model that Herbert Packer advocated in 1968, in his work — The Lim...
Monsoon 2026: How to track clouds with IMD’s INSAT imagery?
The southwest monsoon’s onset and declaration is expected today (June 4, 2026), with all eyes on Kerala. The IMD (Indian Meteorological Department), had earlier said the monsoon onset over Kerala woul...
Kerala monsoon onset: Why southwest monsoon arrival matters for India
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has announced that the southwest monsoon is now expected to reach Kerala on Thursday (June 4, 2026) . This marks the official start of the rainy season in Ind...
Tamil Nadu receives surplus Cauvery water for yet another year
Tamil Nadu has, yet again, realised a higher quantity of Cauvery water in the just-concluded water year (2025-26) than what was stipulated for the State. During June 2025 to May 2026, the State record...
Gujarat launches massive anti-infiltration drive; 362 detained in Operation Delta Hunt
The Gujarat Police detained 362 undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants and questioned more than 782 suspected foreign nationals during a State-wide crackdown under “Operation Delta Hunt” launched on Tues...
Indian national killed in attack on Kuwait airport
An Indian national was killed in an attack that targeted Kuwait International Airport, officials said on Wednesday. In a post on X, the Embassy of India in Kuwait expressed its "deepest condolences at...
Cockroach Janta Party zeroes in on Pradhan resignation demand, sets protest for June 6
The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) will hold a protest on June 6 at Jantar Mantar in the capital, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the movement’s spokespersons s...
Venezuela’s Acting President Rodriguez arrives in India for working visit aimed at further deepening ties
Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodriguez on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) arrived in the national capital for a five-day working visit aimed at further deepening the bilateral ties between India and Ve...
PM Modi to inaugurate, lay stone for development projects worth over ₹18,777 crore in Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay foundation stones for development projects worth over ₹18,777 crore in Gujarat during his visit to Surat on June 5. Among the key initiatives are e...
NHRC issues notice to Odisha, U.P. over trafficking and assault of tribal minor
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the governments of Odisha and Uttar Pradesh over the trafficking, illegal confinement, and repeated sexual assault of a 17-year-old tr...
Congress asks why PM protects Pradhan despite Education Ministry’s ‘incompetence and corruption’
The Congress on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) mounted a sharp attack on Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the controversy surrounding the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) On-Scr...
Is climate research being held back by local instrumentation?
The story so far: A Mega Science Vision-2035 report on Climate Research is a roadmap prepared by the Indian climate research community with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, as the no...
Monsoon 2026: How to track clouds through IMD’s INSAT satellite imagery?
The southwest monsoon’s onset and declaration is expected today (June 4, 2026), with all eyes on Kerala. The IMD (Indian Meteorological Department), had earlier said the monsoon onset over Kerala woul...
Amid broken ties, Rahul, Kharge hail Karunanidhi on his birth anniversary
The birth anniversary of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) patriarch Muthuvel Karunanidhi on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) became an occasion for top Congress leaders to ...
Coal block scam: Delhi court summons Naveen Jindal, former Coal Secretary
A Delhi court has summoned industrialist and Lok Sabha MP Naveen Jindal, former coal secretary P.C. Parekh and others after taking cognisance of a CBI chargesheet alleging irregularities in the alloca...
CPI(M) alleges custodial assault, false cases against Noida workers
Workers arrested during the April labourers unrest in Noida allege they were physically assaulted in police custody, framed with fabricated evidence and booked under multiple charges to crush their mo...
Bihar government to run 50 additional pink buses
Buoyed by the success of the “pink bus” in the State, the Bihar Transport Department has decided to run 50 additional pink buses to ensure safe and smooth travel for women in the State. The department...
Supreme Court forms high-powered expert panel to re-examine Aravalli definition
The Supreme Court has constituted a high-powered committee to conduct an independent review of the Centre’s report on the definition and delineation of the Aravalli hill range and directed the panel t...
Will join CJP protest on June 6 if Education Minister doesn’t resign: Sonam Wangchuk
Education reformer and climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) said he would join the June 6 protest in Delhi to demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan...
India must challenge USTR's proposed 12.5% tariff on India under Sec 301 investigations: GTRI
The proposed 12.5% tariff on India by the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) under Section 301 investigations goes beyond the scope of the provision, and New Delhi should challenge the ambit of the prob...
Cabinet approves construction of new coastal Rameshwar-Paradeep highway in Odisha
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) approved the construction of a new coastal highway from Rameshwar to Paradeep in Odisha at a total project cost of ₹8,300.79 crore. The new coastal highwa...
CJP had earlier announced the appointment of three spokespersons in a move to expand its reach ahead of a protest it proposed against failures in the education system
The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) will hold a protest on June 6 at Jantar Mantar in the capital, demanding the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the movement’s spokespersons s...
Trinamool rift deepens; 20 MLAs attend administrative meeting called by Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari
Expelled Trinamool Congress MLA Ritabrata Banerjee was appointed Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly on Wednesday (June 3, 2026). A letter with the support of 58 MLAs of the Trinamo...
Rahul, Kharge pay tribute to Karunanidhi on birth anniversary amid Congress-DMK strain
The birth anniversary of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) patriarch Muthuvel Karunanidhi on Wednesday (June 3, 2026) became an occasion for top Congress leaders to ...
Jairam Ramesh presses Centre over Great Nicobar clearances
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh has renewed his objections to the Great Nicobar Island Project in a June 3 letter replying to Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav’s response of May 27. Mr. Ramesh said Mr. Y...
Consider hiking annual income limit for Mittayi scheme: SHRC
The Kerala State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has directed the Social Justice department to consider favourably the demand to increase the annual income limit of families of children and adolescents...
Applications invited for PM Rashtriya Bal Puraskar-2026
The District Women, Child Welfare and Empowerment Officer, K.V. Ramalakshmi, has invited applications for the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar-2026, a national award instituted by the Government ...
Environment protection is everyone’s responsibility, says Collector
District Collector M. Abhishikth Kishore has called upon citizens to take responsibility for environmental protection, pollution control and the conservation of natural resources, stressing that safeg...
Ministerial hopefuls from Mysuru await expansion amid change of guard in state
While D.K. Shivakumar has fulfilled his long-cherished ambition of becoming the Chief Minister after a prolonged power tussle, the regional heavyweights in the previous Siddaramaiah-led dispensation a...
Attack on ED officials: court rejects SFI district president’s bail plea
The Hindu Bureau A Thiruvananthapuram court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of SFI district president Vijay Vimal filed in connection with the police case pertaining to the violence that broke out...
Seasoned diplomat Vipul appointed India's next ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Seasoned diplomat Vipul was appointed on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) as India's next ambassador to Saudi Arabia, widely seen as a crucial posting given the Gulf nation's growing influence and the volatile ...
DRDO, IAF successfully flight-test indigenous RudraM-II air-to-surface missile
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have successfully conducted flight-tests of the indigenous RudraM-II air-to-surface missile, marking a significa...
Great Nicobar project a commercial enterprise; unique biodiversity being endangered: Jairam Ramesh to Bhupender Yadav
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh has renewed his objections to the Great Nicobar Island Project in a June 3 letter replying to Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav’s response of May 27. Mr. Ramesh said Mr. Y...
The need for strengthening India’s EV supply chains
India’s electrification of road transport has entered a decisive growth phase. Around 2.5 million vehicles were sold in FY26, a significant increase from FY25. This momentum reflects the effectiveness...
The Mountbatten Plan: How June 3 sealed the Partition of India
On June 3, 1947, the British government proposed a blueprint for the partition of colonial India. Known as the the Mountbatten Plan, named after the then Viceroy, the plan after several rounds of disc...
The Huddle to look at Aravallis, Nicobar, and India’s development debate
One of the most defining policy debates of our time is that of development versus environment. With India pursuing various infrastructure and economic goals, there is worry that environmental concerns...
Congress names Siddaramaiah as Congress Working Committee member
Outgoing Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) named as a member of the Congress Working Committee. The announcement by the party came a day before the swearing-in ceremo...
Rahul Gandhi lauds unity among Rajasthan Congress chief and CLP leader
The Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief and the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader holding hands can be a good example for other States, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in Rajasthan, conveyi...
INDIA bloc to meet on June 8 amid strain; Trinamool, DMK set to attend
Leaders of the INDIA bloc are set to meet in the Capital on June 8. Trinamool Congress president and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has often maintained a distance from the Opp...
Demography panel may study SIR exclusions; seeks details from government
“The demography panel led by a retired Supreme Court judge is likely to study the exclusion of names from the voters’ list following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise conducted in 13 State...
Sarthak Sidhant flags CBSE OSM tender irregularities before Parliamentary panel
Sarthak Sidhant is too young to be elected to Parliament, but the 17-year-old student from Jharkhand, who flagged alleged irregularities in the Central Board of Secondary Education ’s (CBSE) tendering...
Principle, not politics: Pawan Kalyan on his backing for Telangana
In a post on X, Jana Sena chief and Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan says his support for Telangana statehood sprang from conviction not politics, and traces it to his 2009 stand alon...
‘Expect a flamboyant governance style from D.K. Shivakumar’
‘ D.K. Shivakumar: Congress’s Crisis Manager, Karnataka’s Kingmaker ’, a book by senior political journalist Rasheed Kidwai, is set for release in July. Meanwhile, Karnataka has been witnessing major ...
Karnataka government formation: 13 Cabinet Ministers to be sworn-in, G. Parameshwara to be Deputy Chief Minister
Hours before the swearing-in ceremony of D.K.Shivakumar as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, the Congress released a list of 13 cabinet ministers who will be sworn in Wednesday (June 3, 2026) along wit...
Plagiarism row in Malayalam literary scene over plot similarities in K. R Meera’s ‘Kalachi’ and Haritha Savithri’s ‘Zin’
A plagiarism row has hit the Malayalam literary scene following allegations of similarities in the plots of noted fiction writer K. R Meera’s Kalachi and popular author Haritha Savithri’s Zin . The de...
Kerala HC grants transit bail to actor-husband of viral Kumbh Mela woman in kidnapping case
The Kerala HIgh Court on Wednesday granted transit bail to Farmaan Khan, husband of the actor who went viral during Kumbh Mela , in a kidnapping case filed by her father. This will allow the couple to...
Five new judges join Supreme Court following increase in sanctioned strength
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) got five new judges, taking its working strength to 37 judges , with only one position remaining vacant. The appointments come shortly after the Union gover...
This marks a significant milestone in India’s efforts to strengthen its precision strike capabilities and advance self-reliance in defence technology
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have successfully conducted flight-tests of the indigenous RudraM-II air-to-surface missile, marking a significa...
Will continue to fight BJP till they are defeated, says Mamata
Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a protest meeting in Kolkata on Tuesday, declaring that she would continue to fight the BJP till they were defeated. Ms. Banerjee lost the West B...
Rabri Devi has to vacate the bungalow: Samrat Choudhary
Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary has spoken out, for the first time, about the row over the bungalow occupied by Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Rabri Devi. Without naming the former Chief Minister, ...
CBSE transfers are a cover-up; govt. must sack Dharmendra Pradhan: Congress
The Congress on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) slammed the transfers of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Chairman Rahul Singh and Secretary Himanshu Gupta, in the wake of the OSM controversy, a...
Social realities belie notion that marriage severs daughter’s ties with parental family, says Supreme Court
Observing that contemporary social realities show that marriage does not sever a daughter’s ties with her parental family or necessarily end her dependency on them, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (June ...
Venezuela’s Acting President Delcy Rodriguez to visit India
Around five months after Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro was abducted in a dramatic raid by the United States military, the country’s Acting President Delcy Rodriguez will pay a visit to India from...
No place for third parties in border issues: MEA in response to Nepal PM while hosting country’s ruling party chief
Responding to assertions made by Nepal Prime Minister Balendra Shah , the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) said that India and Nepal have bilateral mechanisms to deal with ...
Nepal’s ruling RSP chief meets BJP president Nitin Nabin; inquires about party work
Nepal's Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chairman Rabi Lamichhane met BJP national president Nitin Nabin here on Tuesday (June 2, 2026). The delegation of Nepal's ruling party, comprising its senior le...
Tribal leaders, PDP demand release of arrested nomadic community leader Talib Hussain in Jammu
Tribal leaders and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) demanded the release of tribal leader Choudhary Talib Hussain, who the J&K Police arrested on Monday (June 1, 2026) followi...
EAM Jaishankar meets South African Deputy President Mashatile; trade, infra take centre stage
South Africa's Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) held wide-ranging talks focusing on boosting bilateral ties in trade, i...
ED arrests promoters of Earth Infrastructures Ltd. in home buyer fraud case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested the promoters of Earth Infrastructures Limited in an alleged home buyer fraud case. They have been identified as Avdhesh Kumar Goel, Rajnish Mittal, Atul ...
Odisha official lands in trouble for allegedly referring members of a PVTG as ‘criminals’
A senior government official in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district has landed in controversy after allegedly referring to members of the Lodha tribe as “criminals” when one of them approached him for assist...
Bihar government orders Statewide audit of all government aided madrasa and Sanskrit schools
Under the new BJP Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, the Bihar Education Department on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) ordered a Statewide audit of all government-aided Madrasas and Sanskrit schools to verify in...
No role for any third parties in resolution of India-Nepal border issue: MEA
India on Tuesday categorically rejected any role for third parties to resolve its boundary row with Nepal, days after Nepalese Prime Minister Balendra Shah sought involvement of China and the U.K. to ...
Attempt to fix accountability on bureaucrats rather than political leadership: Congress on CBSE transfers
The Congress on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) said the transfer of CBSE Chairman Rahul Singh and Secretary Himanshu Gupta is an attempt to fix accountability on bureaucrats rather than the political leadersh...
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez to undertake five-day trip to India
Delcy Rodriguez, the acting President of Venezuela, will undertake a five-day visit to India beginning Wednesday to shore up bilateral ties in areas of energy, trade and technology. Ms. Rodriguez is s...
Activists, Congress slam RSS-linked task forces for PESA, FRA implementation in MP, Chhattisgarh
The constitution of a task force in Chhattisgarh this May to fast-track the implementation of laws such as the Forest Rights Act, 2006 and the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996, ...
Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train: Tunnel breakthrough achieved in Palghar district; 3rd in 5 months
The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project has achieved another milestone with the excavation of a mountain tunnel in Maharashtra's Palghar, which is the third in the district in the last five months, ...
NEET paper leak: Delhi court extends judicial custody of five accused till June 15
A Delhi court on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) extended the judicial custody of five accused in the NEET paper leak case till June 15. Special Judge Ajay Gupta allowed the CBI's plea seeking extension of jud...
SC directs removal of encroachments from Agasthyamalai ecological landscape
Taking a serious note of encroachments within the protected areas of the Agasthyamalai ecological landscape in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the Supreme Court has directed that a time-bound eviction plan be ...
NSUI moves Delhi HC over CBSE’s On-Screen Marking system, seeks independent inquiry
The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) moved the Delhi High Court seeking an independent enquiry into the alleged large-scale irregularities in Central Board of Seconda...
Malayidamthuruth row: protest committee, CPI(M) slam CM’s statement in Assembly
Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan’s statement in the Assembly that the State government will provide land and houses to seven Scheduled Caste (SC) families facing potential eviction at Pariyathukavu, a Da...
BRS says present controversy between Revanth and Pawan Kalyan is match‑fixing
Former Minister and MLA Jagadish Reddy dismissed the ongoing row between Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan as ‘match‑fixing’, alleging that both leaders ...
Arrest of fraudsters offering gold at attractive prices helps police bust major racket
The arrest of two fraudsters, who cheated a jeweller from K.R. Nagar in Mysuru district by offering to sell him gold at an attractive price, has helped the Mysuru District police unearth a major racke...
School safety: AEOs, DEOs to conduct fresh round of inspections from June 3
District education officers (DEOs) and assistant education officers (AEOs) will visit schools across the State from Wednesday (June 3, 2026) to Friday to verify their fitness. This follows the collaps...
Tirupati gets new eco-friendly waste disposal technology
Indian clean-tech company Entity 1 Value Emissions Private Limited, in collaboration with Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), has developed an eco-friendly solution for disposing of waste in a cheaper ...
Citizens’ forum raises concerns over data centre project, coal dust pollution
The Greater Visakhapatnam Citizens’ Forum (GVCF) has called for strict adherence to environmental regulations in the proposed hyperscale data centre project near Adavivaram and Mudasarlova, while also...
India moves ahead on Rafale deal, IAF chief holds talks in France
Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh arrived in France on Monday (June 1, 2026) on a four-day visit amid India’s move to acquire 114 Rafale fighter jets in a deal estimated to be worth ₹3.25 lakh crore. The v...
CJI Surya Kant to administer oath to five new Supreme Court judges
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant is set to administer the oath of office to five new judges of the Supreme Court on Tuesday (June 2, 2026), following the Centre’s approval of their elevation to...
Government notifies changes in Immigration and Foreigners Rules, 2025
The foreigners coming to India on a visa for 180 days or less will now have to register themselves "any time before the expiry of the said period of 180 days" in case they want to stay beyond the visa...
Enforcement Directorate searches against Vedanta Group in FEMA case
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has initiated a foreign exchange “violation” investigation against global mining conglomerate Vedanta Group and conducted searches at its premises, officials said o...
Telangana statehood Day: Committed to supporting State’s growth trajectory, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) extended greetings to the people of Telangana on the statehood Day and reaffirmed the Centre’s commitment to supporting the State’s growth trajec...
Congress has again capitulated to Muslim League on Vande Mataram: BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) hit out at Congress leader Shashi Tharoor over his remarks on Vande Mataram, alleging that the party has once again "capitulated" to the Musl...
Does so-called fatherland mean more than his motherland: Congress' dig at PM on Israeli offensive in Lebanon
The Congress on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for being "completely silent" on Israel's devastating Lebanon and "sabotaging" the U.S.-Iran agreement, asking whether the ...
Representatives from 11 countries to take part in BRICS meet in Odisha’s Puri from June 3-5
Representatives of 11 countries will participate in the second technical meeting of the Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Group of BRICS to be hosted by Odisha from June 3-5 in Puri, a State Minister said...
Why do Indian cities get polluted in summer? | Explained
The story so far: In March, the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) revoked all curbs under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), signalli...
ED attaches assets worth ₹1,595 crore in PACL case
The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached 14 immovable properties currently worth ₹1,595.85 crore in connection with its probe into an alleged large-scale investment fraud involving a col...
Telangana CM to share views on governance and welfare delivery at The Hindu Huddle
In a Huddle session on June 6 titled “By, for, and of the people: Good governance for Telangana,” Chief Minister Revanth Reddy will be in conversation with N. Ram of The Hindu . The conversation will ...
Court allows CBI to arrest former Reliance ADAG executive Jhunjhunwala in bank fraud case
A Mumbai court on Monday (June 1, 2026) allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to arrest Amitabh Jhunjhunwala , a former senior executive at industrialist Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group , i...
Nagendra Nath Tripathi appointed BJP’s national organiser
Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Nabin has appointed senior party leader Nagendra Nath Tripathi as the party’s national organiser. Mr. Tripathi was earlier serving as the BJP zonal general secre...
Centre signs agreement with ISRO, rolls out new water research initiatives
The Ministry of Jal Shakti and space agency ISRO on Monday (June 1, 2026) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen the use of satellite technology and space-based applications for wate...
ED raids in Maharashtra, Gujarat in Salim Dola drugs case
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) raided multiple locations in Maharashtra and Gujarat as part of a money laundering investigation against Mohammad Salim Dola, a drug trafficker wh...
Suspicious drone over Meerut Cantonment puts security agencies on alert; probe on
Security agencies have intensified surveillance and launched a joint investigation after reports of suspicious drone-like objects being spotted over the Meerut Cantonment area in Uttar Pradesh, offici...
‘Assault’ on family in Kerala’s Vagamon rekindles tourist safety concerns
Intensifying concerns over the safety of tourists visiting Idukki’s hill destinations, a family from Erattupetta was allegedly attacked by a group of men during a trip to Vagamon in kerala. A video of...
Kurnool police arrest 18 over vandalism during RCB IPL win celebrations
The Kurnool police on Monday night (June 1, 2026) arrested 18 people in connection with the vandalism that took place on Sunday night following the victory of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the ...
Doctors’ body barred from Parliamentary panel meeting on NEET after BJP objections
United Doctors Front (UDF), which has been demanding the dissolution of the National Testing Agency (NTA), was not allowed to depose before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education headed by ...
Students are paying the price of mistakes made by CBSE: Congress
Intensifying its attack on the Narendra Modi government over the controversy surrounding the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) On-Screen Marking (OSM) system , the Congress on Monday (June...
BSF, BGB to hold Director General-level talks next week
The first round of the biannual Director General-level talks between the border guarding forces of India and Bangladesh is likely to be held in Delhi from June 8 to 11, government sources confirmed. T...
Trinamool MLAs facing threats, not being allowed to attend party meetings: Mamata
Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Monday (June 1, 2026) said their MLAs were not allowed to participate in meetings and were threatened with the help of police. This comes a day after ...
Established on June 2, 2014, it became India’s 29th state after being carved out of the northwestern region of Andhra Pradesh
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) extended greetings to the people of Telangana on the statehood Day and reaffirmed the Centre’s commitment to supporting the State’s growth trajec...
Centre backtracking on draft agreed on May 22: Sonam Wangchuk
Members of the Ladakh civil society on Monday (June 1, 2026) said the Centre was backtracking from its promise made during the meeting on May 22 on “granting supreme powers to elected representatives ...
Air Marshal Tarun Chaudhry assumes charge as Chief of Central Air Command
Air Marshal Tarun Chaudhry on Monday (June 1, 2026) assumed charge as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of the Indian Air Force’s Central Air Command. Commissioned into the fighter stream...
Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on plea over non-compliance with disability panels’ recommendations
The Supreme Court on Monday (June 1, 2026) sought the Centre’s response on a public interest litigation (PIL) petition alleging that widespread non-compliance with the recommendations of disability co...
Twelve years of dedication, a legacy of achievement
T wo significant incidents occurred only days before the completion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 12-year term: he received accolades from Norway’s Royal Norwegian Order of Merit and Sweden’s este...
Most aspects finalised in trade pact with U.S.; talks now focus on minor issues, commas, full stops: Goyal
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday (June 1, 2026) said India and the U.S. have finalised most elements of the first phase of the bilateral trade agreement, and negotiations are now ...
Delhi HC recognises ‘right to be forgotten’, lays down framework for de-indexing judicial records
The Delhi High Court has held that the "right to be forgotten" flows from the constitutional right to privacy under Article 21 and enables individuals to seek removal of personal information from publ...
Meghalaya and Nagaland CMs call for release of 20 hostages
GUWAHATI The Chief Ministers of Meghalaya and Nagaland have sought the early release of 20 civilians—14 Kukis and six Nagas—allegedly held hostage by armed groups in Manipur after three church leaders...
The statement comes a day after only one fourth of MLAs showed up at a party meeting which led to the event being called off
Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Monday (June 1, 2026) said their MLAs were not allowed to participate in meetings and were threatened with the help of police. This comes a day after ...
Supreme Court declines plea to hold NEET re-test in computer-based mode
The Supreme Court on Monday (June 1, 2026) declined to direct the National Testing Agency (NTA) to conduct the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination in a computer-based test (CBT) format instead of the existing...
Cockroach Janta Party now transitioning into a movement: Abhijeet Dipke
The Cockroach Janta Party will continue to use every constitutional means available to make people’s voices heard, including satire, and hopes to create a lasting “movement” out of the viral popularit...
Man dies after alleged custodial torture in Odisha; three police personnel suspended
Three police personnel were suspended, and one IPS officer was shifted from his place of posting on Monday (June 1, 2026) after a man died after allegedly facing custodial torture in Odisha’s Ganjam d...
Breakaway faction of banned Jamaat rallies behind J&K L-G Manoj Sinha’s anti-drug campaign in volatile Kulgam
In the once-volatile district of Kulgam in south Kashmir, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s anti-drug rally on Monday saw a rare support from the Justice and Development Front (JDF), which is the brea...
Release of 14 abducted Kukis ‘cancelled’ after protests in Manipur
The scheduled release of 14 Kuki civilians in Manipur was “cancelled” on Monday (June 1, 2026) following protests by a section of Nagas. An organisation identified as Naga Village Guard-Northern Comma...
May 22 meeting agreed that elected representatives will have supreme powers over bureaucracy; however, the draft shown to leaders ‘was not the same’, he says
Members of the Ladakh civil society on Monday (June 1, 2026) said the Centre was backtracking from its promise made during the meeting on May 22 on “granting supreme powers to elected representatives ...
Gram Sabha consent fabricated to divert forest for mining bauxite, say villagers in Odisha’s Koraput
Amidst the sustained protests against bauxite mining in Sijimali hills, villagers in Odisha’s Koraput district have now said that the Gram Sabhas that cleared an Adani-linked firm to mine bauxite from...
NEET paper leak: Delhi court sends three accused to 14 days’ judicial custody
A Delhi court on Monday (June 1, 2026) sent three accused in the NEET paper leak case — a physics lecturer empanelled by the National Testing Agency (NTA) as translator, a Latur-based paediatrician an...
Myanmar assures India its territory won’t be used against New Delhi’s security interests
Myanmar President U Min Aung Hlaing has assured that he will not allow use of his country’s territory by groups that pose a security threat to Indian interests. The concern was raised by Prime Ministe...
BJP attacks Kapil Sibal over 'ashamed to live in India' remark
The BJP on Monday (June 1, 2026) hit out at Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal over his remarks criticising the ruling party, accusing him of "hating India" and alleging that he remained s...
India, Australia discuss maritime security, defence cooperation
India and Australia on Monday (June 1, 2026) reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening defence and security cooperation across the Indo-Pacific, with a strong focus on maritime security, defence in...
ED attaches properties worth ₹1,000 crore in Chhattisgarh liquor scam case
RAIPUR The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) said on Monday (June 1, 2026) that it had provisionally attached properties with a deed value of ₹200 crore and combined market value of over ₹1000 crore in...
‘IPL finals was taken away from us’
Accusing Gujarat of using influence and taking the IPL finals held on Sunday away from Bengaluru, Chief Minister-designate D.K. Shivakumar on Monday said that necessary preparations are under way to e...
Maharashtra FDA seizes methanol from Bhiwandi firm after Pune liquor deaths
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seized 5,929 kg of methanol from a Bhiwandi-based company, Rex International, officials said on Monday (June 1, 2026). The chemical was supplied to b...
CBSE says OnMark portal ‘vulnerabilities’ contained amid security concerns
After public posts by ethical hackers exposed vulnerabilities in the Central Board of Secondary Education’s On-Screen Marking platform OnMark, the board on Sunday (May 31, 2026) stated that the identi...
Rahul targets Centre over CBSE OSM row, alleges ‘fraud’ in scanning process
Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday (May 31, 2026) sharpened his attack on the Centre and the CBSE over the On-Screen Marking (OSM) controversy, alleging that change...
The Hindu Huddle panel to throw light on AI and its impact
Artificial Intelligence is the flavour of the times. It is not the preserve of technology geeks anymore, and it is impacting all our lives in ways known and unknown. Many of us already use AI models i...
BJP to host Nepal ruling party delegation in outreach to new govt.
A four-member delegation of Nepal’s ruling party, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), under the leadership of its chairperson Rabi Lamichhane, will visit India from Monday (June 1, 2026) at the specif...
No tussle at all with judiciary over appointment of judges: Law Minister
The government is looking at systems followed in different countries for appointment of judges, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has said while asserting that there is "no tussle" between the Exec...
15-day ultimatum to Rabri Devi to vacate Patna bungalow
The Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Sunday (May 31, 2026) furnished another official letter of the Building Construction Department (BCD) allotting Minister Nandkishor Ram 10, Circular Road b...
West Bengal Cabinet expansion: 35 more Ministers to be sworn in on June 1
Thirty five Ministers will be sworn into the West Bengal Cabinet on Monday (June 1, 2026) as a part of an expansion of the Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. The Chief Minister confirm...
Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio seeks Home Minister Amit Shah’s intervention for the release of six Liangmai Nagas
GUWAHATI The Chief Ministers of Meghalaya and Nagaland have sought the early release of 20 civilians—14 Kukis and six Nagas—allegedly held hostage by armed groups in Manipur after three church leaders...
Five Judges appointed to Supreme Court: Law ministry
Five new Judges were on Monday (June 1, 2026) appointed to the Supreme Court , which will now have 37 judges, one short of the upgraded sanctioned strength of 38. According to separate notifications i...
Odisha government clears key road for Vedanta’s mining project
The Odisha government has granted permission for the construction of a road connecting State Highway 44 and Sijimali hilltop to facilitate the transportation of bauxite in Kashipur block of Rayagada d...
Will not allow senior advocates to argue during partial court working days: SC
The Supreme Court on Monday (June 1, 2026) said it would not allow senior advocates to either mention matters for urgent listing or to argue in cases listed on partial court working days. The apex cou...
'Beware of pickpockets': Rahul slams Govt. over CBSE re-evaluation cost
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday (June 1, 2026) attacked the Modi government over the CBSE's re-evaluation process and cost, saying that when education is treated not as a service but as a busin...
CUET-UG 2026 exam, rescheduled over Id, conducted smoothly across centres
The rescheduled CUET-UG 2026 was conducted smoothly on Sunday (May 31, 2026) across hundreds of examination centres after certain tests scheduled for May 28 were postponed due to Id, an NTA source sai...
NSA Ajit Doval meets Myanmar President Aung Hlaing
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Sunday (May 31, 2026) met Myanmar’s President U. Min Aung Hlaing and discussed key issues relating to bilateral ties. Mr. Hlaing, who is on a five-day trip to I...
The apex court rings its own chain
I n 1605, on his accession, the Mughal Emperor Jahangir fastened a chain outside his palace. Any subject denied justice by his administration could pull the chain and reach the emperor directly. The c...
Human trafficking feeds on migration, Supreme Court outs their 'close link’
The Supreme Court has drawn a close link between migration and human trafficking, which it described as one of the worst forms of human exploitation. A journey in search of dignified livelihood often ...
SIR enumeration phase begins in Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim and Manipur
The enumeration phase for the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls has started in Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim, and Manipur. All eligible electors whose enumeration forms are received by the...
CM Revanth Reddy for crop diversification, as below normal rainfall is forecast
HYDERABAD Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has directed the concerned officials to educate farmers about focusing on less water-intensive crops as below normal rainfall is forecast for the current mons...
Kerala to get academic centres of excellence, says CM Satheesan
The mission of the United Democratic Front (UDF) government is to bring the best academic centres of excellence to Kerala, Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan has said. He was speaking after inaugurating th...
75 vehicles seized in Bengaluru during 2026 IPL final night crackdown
Bengaluru North Division police seized 75 vehicles during a special enforcement drive conducted on the night of the IPL final on May 31 , targeting riders performing stunts on the road, traffic violat...
Eleven arrested in CID crackdown on online betting network; luxury cars, cash seized
Eleven persons were arrested by the Telangana CID’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) for allegedly operating a multi-State illegal online betting network linked to the Dafabet platform, following an i...
Karnataka government constitutes Quantum Task Force
The State Government has issued an order constituting the Karnataka Quantum Task Force, with the goal of establishing the State as a national hub for quantum technology and innovation. Arindam Ghosh, ...
Trinamool calls off meeting as three-fourths of its MLAs fail to turn up
A scheduled meeting of newly elected Trinamool Congress legislators was called off on Sunday (May 31, 2026) after nearly three-fourths of the party’s MLAs failed to turn up for the gathering. The meet...
U.K. Foreign Secretary to visit India, China for talks on global challenges
U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper will travel to China on Monday (June 1, 2026) before a visit to India on a two-nation tour focused on tackling global challenges and bolstering cooperation. The Fo...
‘Mantri Pradhan’s Ministry of Scandals’: Congress flags CBSE answer sheets ‘data breach’
The Congress on Sunday (May 31, 2026) flagged that the answer sheets of two million CBSE Grade 12 students have been shown to be available in the public domain and said it is a “data breach of monumen...
Assam’s Council of Ministers to be expanded on June 5
The Council of Ministers in Assam will be expanded on June 5, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday (May 31, 2026). Assam can have a maximum of 19 Ministers, including the Chief Minister, ...
Three detained in Kashmir while trying to cross into Pakistan
Three locals, who were trying to cross into Pakistan and a youth from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), were arrested near the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Sunday (May...
The notifications were issued on Monday (June 1, 2026) morning by the Law Ministry
Five judges were on Monday (June 1, 2026) appointed to Supreme Court , the Union Law Ministry said. The judges appointed to the top court are Venkita Subramani Mohana, Shree Chandrashekhar, Chief Just...
Donald Trump's daughter visits Jaisalmer, security heightened
Tiffany Trump, daughter of U.S. President Donald Trump, arrived in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer on Sunday (May 31, 2026) on a private visit along with her husband, Michael Boulos, officials said. The couple ...
POCSO Act applies if victim of commercial sex trafficking is minor: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that cases involving the trafficking of children for Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSE) can attract charges under the stringent POCSO Act, alongside the relevant provision...
State government approves road construction in favour of State-run Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) after Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change granted Stag-II or final approval in favour of road project.
The Odisha government has granted permission for the construction of a road connecting State Highway 44 and Sijimali hilltop to facilitate the transportation of bauxite in Kashipur block of Rayagada d...
Lok Adalats, DLSAs have no authority to grant divorce: Allahabad High Court
In a significant ruling, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court recently held that Lok Adalats and district legal services authorities have no jurisdiction to grant divorce decrees. The court, ...
Fitness, wellness take centre stage at day-long festival
A large number of fitness enthusiasts and wellness practitioners from all walks of life participated in the Fitness and Flea Festival 2026, organised by AltCrew, a fitness community platform, at a pop...
Bihar BJP’s Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya mega training campaign-2026 concludes
Bihar unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday (May 31, 2026) concluded its Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Mega Training Campaign-2026. The month-long campaign, which started on May 2, was condu...
Chamba accident: Operation under way to retrieve bodies from gorge
Operations were underway on Sunday (May 31, 2026) to pull out the bodies of seven tourists and a taxi driver, who were killed after their car fell into a gorge in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, ...
Enumeration phase of SIR begins in four States
The enumeration phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Odisha, Mizoram, Sikkim, and Manipur has started, the Election Commission of India said on Sunday (May 31, 2026). Th...
Kedarnath Yatra temporarily halted due to bad weather in Uttarakhand
The Kedarnath Yatra was temporarily halted on Sunday (May 31, 2026), and pilgrims were stopped at safe locations following an orange alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasti...
Apex court urges separation of voluntary adult sex work from trafficking; holds that the rights of sex workers can exist without the right to sex work
The Supreme Court has drawn a close link between migration and human trafficking, which it described as one of the worst forms of human exploitation. A journey in search of dignified livelihood often ...
Mann Ki Baat: PM applauds athletes, farmers, grassroots changemakers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the 134th episode of Mann Ki Baat on Sunday (May 31, 2026), highlighted India’s achievements in sports, environmental conservation, cultural heritage, and scientific l...
New Navy chief focuses on readiness, technology, modernisation
Admiral Krishn a Swaminathan on Sunday (May 31, 2026) assumed charge as the 27th Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) of the Indian Navy, succeeding Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi, who retired after over 41 ...
Emergency operation centres activated in district ahead of monsoon
With the southwest monsoon expected to make landfall in the State this week, the district administration has activated emergency operation centres in all seven taluks. The round-the-clock centres were...
Rising dengue cases cause concern in Thripunithura municipality
The continued reporting of dengue cases in a ward of the Thripunithura municipality over the past month has raised concern among residents, health authorities and civic representatives. A cluster of c...
NEET paper leak: Court extends Hawaldar's CBI custody by two days; remands Mandhare to judicial custody
A Delhi court on Saturday (May 30, 2026) extended the CBI custody of accused Manisha Sanjay Hawaldar by two more days and remanded another accused, Manisha Mandhare, to judicial custody in the alleged...
Navy stands vigilant to protect national interests, says new chief Admiral Krishna Swaminathan
Admiral Krishna Swaminathan on Sunday (May 31, 2026) assumed charge as India's new chief of the Naval Staff amid a fast evolving regional maritime security scenario. He succeeds Admiral Dinesh Kumar T...
Five arrested for attack on Abhishek, Mamata says police pressurised hospitals not to admit him
The West Bengal Police on Sunday (May 31, 2026) have arrested five persons in connection with the attack on Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee . According to police, the arrests come after a ...
General Subramani takes charge as new Chief of Defence Staff
General N.S. Raja Subramani, widely known as an expert on Pakistan and China, on Sunday (May 31, 2026) took charge as India’s new Chief of Defence Staff with a primary mandate to implement the ambitio...
DMK holds meeting to mobilise ‘Gen Z’
Realising the need to mobilise and politicise Generation Z, the DMK on Saturday organised a meeting titled ‘Gen Z DMK.’ Enthused by the participation of the youngsters, party president M.K. Stalin sai...
Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi urges people to take precautions amid scorching heat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (May 31, 2026) urged people to stay hydrated in view of soaring temperatures across the country. In his monthly radio broadcast Mann Ki Baat, he said people shou...
Efforts are under way to rule out any other “exploitable weaknesses”
The Central Board of Secondary Education on Sunday (May 31, 2026) said “vulnerabilities” identified in the OnMark portal of its service provider have been contained and efforts are under way to rule o...
'Revealing chat with fellow anti-national Soros agents': Rahul's dig at govt over CBSE OSM row
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday (May 31, 2026) targeted the Centre over the CBSE OSM row , sharing a video of his interaction with a group of students and describing them as brave young Indians...
Bidar engineering college job fair fetches 327 placements
A mega job fair organised at Lingaraj Appa Engineering College in Bidar on Saturday witnessed an overwhelming response with more than 1,000 students from various colleges participating in the recruitm...
Strict action in Nedumangad child murder case: Minister
Minister for Women and Child Development Bindhu Krishna has said that those responsible for the tragic death of Arshit, a child who succumbed to brutal assaults allegedly by his mother and stepfather ...
BJP wins three of four Himachal civic bodies; Congress retains Palampur
In a major jolt to the Congress, the BJP won the Mandi, Dharamshala, and Solan municipal corporation elections. At the same time, the ruling party managed to retain its mandate in the Palampur civic b...
Discipline, physical fitness essential for soldiers, says MLIRC commandant
The seventh batch of Agniveer under the Agnipath scheme witnessed the culmination of training on Saturday. A ceremonial attestation parade with full military traditions was held at The Maratha Light I...
Assam Cabinet to be expanded on June 5, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
The council of Ministers in Assam will be expanded on June 5, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday (May 31, 2026). Assam can have a maximum of 19 Ministers, including the Chief Minister, ...
Fair electoral rolls lead to fair polls: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar on Saturday (May 30, 2026) said that fair electoral rolls lead to fair elections and India was “in that moment” at present. In his inaugural speech at t...
CBI arrests nominated Member of Cantonment Board on graft charge
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a nominated Member of the Cantonment Board in Meerut for allegedly demanding and receiving ₹3 lakh in bribe. The accused has been identified as S...
Government unveils AI-enabled chatbot to help people lodge complaints
The Centre on Saturday (May 30, 2026) unveiled an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled chatbot to help citizens raise grievances against government departments online. Launching the chatbot named ‘Sam...
Business leaders to discuss navigating challenges at The Hindu Huddle 2026
The past few years have forced business leaders to contend with challenges few could have anticipated. Geopolitical tensions, economic uncertainty, technological disruption, changing workforce dynamic...
Significant gains in women education, digital access, and economic agency but social constraints persist, NFHS-6 finds
The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) data, 2023-24, tell a complex story of Indian women — with significant gains in education, digital access and economic agency, but also persistent soc...
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said the incompetence and callousness of COEMPT is once again exposed.
The Congress on Sunday (May 31, 2026) flagged that the answer sheets of two million CBSE Grade 12 students have been shown to be available in the public domain and said it is a “data breach of monumen...
Maratha quota: Jarange ends fast after talks with govt delegation
Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange has ended his indefinite fast after talks with Maharashtra government representatives, who submitted a 12-point proposal to him. Mr. Jarange, who began his indefin...
Discussions underway to appoint new KPCC chief, says Kharge
Following major political developments in Karnataka, where Chief Minister Siddaramaiah resigned, clearing the deck for Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D...
West Bengal Cabinet expansion on June 1
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari is likely to expand his Cabinet on June 1 (Monday) and allocate key portfolios to senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders. According to sources in the S...
In his monthly radio broadcast Mann Ki Baat, he said people should take extra precautions when stepping out in the sun
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (May 31, 2026) urged people to stay hydrated in view of soaring temperatures across the country. In his monthly radio broadcast Mann Ki Baat, he said people shou...
Only 15.3% children aged 6-23 months receive adequate diet: NFHS-6
The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) data has revealed a worrying trend in child nutrition, with a substantial proportion of children aged 6-23 months still not getting an adequate diet d...
Vietnam BrahMos deal already signed, Indonesia pact in final stages: Defence Secretary R.K. Singh
Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh said on Saturday (May 30, 2026) that a BrahMos missile deal with Vietnam had already been signed, while a similar pact involving Indonesia was in the final stages....
Delhi court orders framing of charges against Jacqueline Fernandez, Sukesh, 15 others in money laundering case
A Delhi court on Saturday (May 30, 2026) ordered framing of charges against actor Jacqueline Fernandez, alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar and 15 others in a ₹200-crore money laundering case. Additio...
Vasan urges Central, State governments to act against tobacco use
On the occasion of the World No Tobacco Day, Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) leader G.K. Vasan, on Sunday (May 31, 2026), urged the Central and State governments and the general public to act agains...
AIADMK raises concerns over T.N. Minister Aadhav Arjuna holding two posts
AIADMK Rajya Sabha MP I.S. Inbadurai, on Sunday (May 31, 2026), raised concerns over Tamil Nadu Minister for Sports Development Aadhav Arjuna holding two posts — one as a regulator and another as an a...
Vanathi Srinivasan criticises Tamil Nadu government over safety of women, law and order situation
BJP leader Vanathi Srinivasan, on Sunday (May 31, 2026), criticised the Tamil Nadu government over various incidents reported in various parts of the State and further criticised it for not maintainin...
BJP alleges Mamata pressured private hospital to admit Abhishek Banerjee
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday (May 31, 2026) alleged that Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee had pressured a private hospital to get her nephew and party leader Abhishek Banerjee ...
Donald Trump's daughter visits Taj Mahal
United States President Donald Trump 's daughter Tiffany Trump visited the iconic Taj Mahal with her husband Michael Boulos on Saturday (May 30, 2026) and spent about an hour exploring the monument, o...
Defence secretary meets officials from Australia, EU, Netherlands in Singapore
Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh on Saturday (May 30, 2026) held separate talks with senior officials from Australia, the European Union and the Netherlands on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dial...
Education system has fallen into hands of mafia: Arvind Kejriwal
AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday (May 30, 2026) slammed the central government over the alleged NEET paper leak, saying the country's education system has fallen into the "clutches of...
Claims to be ‘vishwaguru’ but cannot hold a single exam with honesty, Rahul says in latest salvo against govt.
The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday (May 30, 2026) accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “destroying” India’s education system. The government could not even hold ...
India’s scientific knowledge predates Persia, brought West out of Stone Age: Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor
Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday (May 30, 2026) said India’s knowledge in science, medicine, and astronomy predated Persia and Western countries, besides underlining the cou...
Delhi court also issued notice to the CBI on the bail application filed by another accused, Manisha Waghmare, who sought relief on medical grounds citing illness
A Delhi court on Saturday (May 30, 2026) extended the CBI custody of accused Manisha Sanjay Hawaldar by two more days and remanded another accused, Manisha Mandhare, to judicial custody in the alleged...
The Sulur horror story of child sexual assault and murder
On May 22, 2026 evening, there was unusual activity on the banks of the Kannampalayam tank in Sulur, a bustling suburb in Coimbatore district. Police personnel had swarmed the northern bund of the ser...
Armed forces ready for ‘Operation Sindoor 2.0’ if need arises, says Army chief
The armed forces are fully prepared for ‘Operation Sindoor 2.0’ if the need arises, Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi said on Saturday (May 30, 2026), asserting that all three services are e...
Kochi sailor who endured Equatorial Guinea’s detention feels relieved with international tribunal’s verdict
Nearly four years after he endured the suffering and shame of a lifetime, after being detained by Equatorial Guinea along with his colleagues, Kochi-based sailor Sanu Jose feels relieved now more than...
Oppn. accuses Kochi Mayor of ‘abuse of power’ over extension of biomining agreement
The Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) on Saturday (May 30, 2026) sought to corner Mayor V.K. Minimol, accusing her of ‘abuse of power’ by illegally extending the agreement with the company engage...
Audit of fundamental rights’ effectiveness could yield ‘uncomfortable’ findings: J. Chelameswar
Former Supreme Court judge J. Chelameswar on Saturday (May 30, 2026) expressed doubts over how effectively the Constitution’s fundamental rights protect common people. He said an audit on the matter c...
D.K. Shivakumar | ‘Rock’ of Congress
Eight-time MLA Doddaalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar , popularly called ‘DKShi’, has established himself as one of Karnataka’s most resourceful Congress leaders. With Chief Minister Siddaramaiah ’s resi...
Kochi metro worksite accident: SHRC registers suo motu case
State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) Chairperson Alexander Thomas has sought the intervention of the Ernakulam District Collector for a probe by the Revenue Divisional Officer into an incident in whic...
Kochi Corpn. to seek explanation from LED streetlight contractor
The Kochi Corporation Council has decided to seek an explanation from the contractor entrusted with installing LED street lights across 76 divisions over alleged lapses in service delivery. Mayor V.K....
Malls, e-commerce hit school accessories market hard
The school market is witnessing a mixed response as traders rue the loss of business to malls and e-commerce players ahead of the start of the academic year. To make matters worse, the rest of their p...
Gen. Chauhan wraps up ‘very satisfying’ tenure as CDS; Lt. Gen. Subramani to take charge on May 31
Outgoing Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan on Saturday (May 30, 2026) described his tenure as "very satisfying" as he wrapped up a three-year-and-eight-month stint at the top military post, duri...
Survey also shows decline in exclusive breastfeeding among children aged under six months, from 63.7% in NFHS-5 to 55.8% in NFHS-6
The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) data has revealed a worrying trend in child nutrition, with a substantial proportion of children aged 6-23 months still not getting an adequate diet d...
TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee attacked in Bengal’s Sonarpur
A mob chased and attacked Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday (May 30, 2026) at Sonarpur in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, during his visit to the residence ...
Telangana launches weather advisory initiative to help farmers
To strengthen climate-resilient agriculture, the Telangana Agriculture Department launched a special weather advisory initiative aimed at providing farmers with advance information on weather conditio...
Report warns that cybercriminals are exploiting Cockroach Janta Party’s popularity to con GenZ
With the increase in popularity of the satirical digital platform Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), cybercriminals are exploiting this viral popularity to trick Android users into downloading fake APK apps...
International Peacekeepers Day: India underscores unflinching commitment to UN peacekeeping
India underlined its "unflinching commitment" to UN peacekeeping as it paid homage at a solemn ceremony here to peacekeepers who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. The permanent missions of I...
India’s 2022 forensic law marks shift from colonial-era framework, says National Law University VC
India’s criminal investigation system functioned for decades under the colonial-era Identification of Prisoners Act of 1920, which placed limitations on scientific evidence collection, but the Crimina...
Myanmar President Aung Hlaing begins India visit
Myanmar President U Min Aung Hlaing on Saturday (May 30, 2026) began a five-day visit to India that will be focused on ramping up bilateral cooperation in trade, connectivity, border security and defe...
Operation Sindoor defined India’s response to provocation, says Army chief
Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi on Saturday (May 30, 2026) said " Operation Sindoor demonstrated that and set the benchmark when national will was expressed with precision and resolve, def...
CBI files chargesheet against Shubhkamna Buildtech Private Limited, directors in cheating case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet against Shubhkamna Buildtech Private Limited and its directors in connection with alleged fraudulent activities relating to a housing...
ED provisionally attaches ₹634.12 crore assets linked to Noida-based UGCC project
The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached properties worth about ₹634.12 crore connected to the Noida-based Unitech Golf & Country Club (UGCC) project in an alleged case of money launderi...
Indian Navy was deployed in the Arabian Sea with full preparedness and strength. As a result, Pakistan's entire Navy remained confined to its ports, says Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday (May 30, 2026) said that the Indian Navy forced “the entire Pakistan Navy to remain confined to its ports during Operation Sindoor ”. Also read | A nation th...
Police caution against sale of banned lottery tickets in Chittoor
The police on Saturday conducted a special counselling session for 18 individuals who had previously been booked for selling banned lottery tickets in Chittoor Municipal Corporation limits and surroun...
CITU demands labour code amendments, ₹36,000 minimum wage
Members of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), Mysuru staged a protest in Mysuru on Saturday, urging the Karnataka government to frame rules only after introducing suitable amendments to the fou...
D.K. Shivakumar elected Leader of Congress Legislative Party in Karnataka
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D.K. Shivakumar was elected as the Leader of Congress Legislative Party (CLP) on May 30, 2026. His name was proposed by outgoing Chief Minister Siddaram...
Edappadi K. Palaniswami urges T.N. Governor to take steps against “horse-trading”
The AIADMK general secretary, Edappadi K. Palaniswami, has urged Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar to prevent the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) -led regime from “indulging in horse-trading.” Forme...
Chittoor SP launches QR-based auto safety initiative for public safety
Superintendent of Police Tushar Dudi on Saturday launched the “Jana Vishwas – Safer 3-Wheeler Rides” initiative in Chittoor district, aimed at making autorickshaw travel safer and more accountable for...
State govt. should strengthen Lokayukta Organisation, says Upalokayukta Phaneendra
Upalokayukta K.N. Phaneendra has stressed that the State government should take action to strengthen the Lokayukta Organisation, considering the previous recommendations already submitted. Addressing ...
Collector directs officials to make Sri Sathya Sai district drug-free
Collector A. Shyam Prasad directed officials on Saturday to intensify enforcement, surveillance, and awareness measures to curb the spread of narcotic substances and make Sri Sathya Sai district drug-...
Minister promises basic amenities in Tanguturu SC Colony within a month
Roads and Buildings Minister B.C. Janardhan Reddy has assured residents of Tanguturu village in Banaganapalle constituency that the basic infrastructure issues affecting them would be resolved within ...
As Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Chauhan played a key role in planning and implementation of Operation Sindoor along with the three service chiefs.
Outgoing Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan on Saturday (May 30, 2026) described his tenure as "very satisfying" as he wrapped up a three-year-and-eight-month stint at the top military post, duri...
Claims of being vishwaguru but can't conduct single exam: Rahul's dig at PM
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday (May 30, 2026) accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having "destroyed" the country's education system and said the government has been unable to conduct eve...
Supreme Court issues guidelines for protecting survivors of human trafficking
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 29, 2026) issued comprehensive guidelines for the government and competent authorities to protect young women from trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation (CSE)...
India-U.S. trade deal will be signed ‘over the next few weeks and months’: Sergio Gor
Presenting an optimistic picture of trade ties between India and the United States , U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor on Friday (May 29, 2026) said the two sides were expected to sign a trade deal ...
NIA conducts searches in four States in cross-border arms smuggling case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday (May 29, 2026) conducted searches across four States in a case of smuggling of arms, ammunition, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) into the coun...
Twisha Sharma dowry-harassment case: A timeline of events
Actor-model Twisha Sharma was found unconscious in her marital home on May 12, around six months after marrying Bhopal lawyer Samarth Singh. She was later declared brought dead by doctors at the AIIMs...
Lokesh established himself as a supporter of women’s cause, says MP Shabari
Hailing the decision taken by the party in its recently held Mahanadu to provide 33% reservations to women in legislatures, the TDP national general secretary and Nandyal MP Byreddy Shabari has said t...
D.K. Shivakumar to be sworn-in as Karnataka chief minister at Glass House in Lok Bhavan on June 3
The swearing-in of D.K. Shivakumar as chief minister of Karnataka will be held at Glass House in Lok Bhavan, in Bengaluru, on June 3. According to KPCC Working President G.C. Chandrashekar, the decisi...
Six killed, 40 injured as tractor-trolley overturns in M.P.’s Anuppur
Six persons were killed, and 40 others sustained injuries after a tractor-trolley they were travelling in overturned in Madhya Pradesh 's Anuppur district, police said on Saturday (May 30, 2026). The ...
Naga body threatens to boycott Manipur government
The All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM) has threatened to boycott the State government if it fails to secure the release of six Naga hostages and hand them over to their families in four d...
Karnataka has given the Congress a template to settle leadership feuds
The transition of leadership in Karnataka may have ended months of uncertainty in the State, but it has once again put the spotlight on a problem the Congress has struggled to resolve: managing compet...
Supreme Court gives in-service teachers time till August 2028 to get TET qualification
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 29, 2026) gave teachers who are currently in-service an extension of one more year to pass the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET), taking into consideration the importanc...
RSS-linked tribal body seeks changes in ST status of converted tribals
A delegation of the Janjatiya Suraksha Manch (JSM) has submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu, seeking changes to the constitutional framework governing Sc...
India’s policy on Myanmar will be pragmatic, says official
India will follow a ‘pragmatic’ policy on Myanmar, said a senior official on Friday (May 29, 2026), indicating that criticism aimed at Indian policymakers for engaging Myanmar’s President U Min Aung H...
Delhi High Court upholds TRAI regulations capping television ads to 12 minutes per hour
The Delhi High Court on Friday (May 29, 2026) upheld the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) regulations capping advertisements on television channels at 12 minutes per clock hour, rejectin...
Manoj Bajpayee, Huma Qureshi, Kritika Kamra to headline Hindu Huddle sessions in Bengaluru
The entertainment industry is going through one of its most challenging phases in recent years. At a time when films are struggling at the box office week after week, and even the biggest, most bankab...
Truck driver from West Bengal transporting rice to Ukhrul killed in Manipur ambush
Unidentified gunmen ambushed an escorted goods vehicle in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Friday (May 29, 2026) morning, killing a truck driver from West Bengal and injuring a police constable. An offici...
Mr. Aung Hlaing kicked off his trip by landing in Gaya to visit the Mahabodhi temple, ahead of his arrival in Delhi
Myanmar President U Min Aung Hlaing on Saturday (May 30, 2026) began a five-day visit to India that will be focused on ramping up bilateral cooperation in trade, connectivity, border security and defe...
Hamirpur bridge collapse: Case lodged against executing agency, contractor
Police have registered a case against the executing agency and contractor of the Betwa river bridge in Hamirpur, where a concrete slab collapsed killing six labourers , officials said on Saturday (May...
West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari launches cervical cancer vaccination drive for over 7.5 lakh girls aged 14 years
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday (May 30, 2026) launched a statewide Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign to protect adolescent girls against cervical cancer, targeti...
Central Railway revises timings of select trains at Kalaburagi, Ganagapur Road, and Hotgi
The Solapur division of Central Railway has announced revised timings for a few trains halting at Kalaburagi, Ganagapur Road, and Hotgi stations in Karnataka as part of measures aimed at improving ope...
Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar takes charge as 48th Vice Chief of Navy
Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar, who spearheaded high-level naval combat readiness during Operation Sindoor, assumed charge as the 48th Vice Chief of the Naval Staff on Friday (May 29, 2026), marking a sign...
NEET paper leak: CBI, govt officials apprise Parliamentary panel of steps taken to prevent leakage in June 21 retest
CBI Director Praveen Sood on Friday (May 29, 2026) apprised a parliamentary panel about the progress made in the probe into the NEET-UG paper leak case and the steps being taken to arrest all those be...
Supreme Court sets 3-month deadline for High Courts to pronounce judgments after reserving orders
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 29, 2026) set a three-month deadline on High Courts for pronouncement of judgment in a case. A Bench headed by Surya Kanta said this is three months from the date of r...
AAP wins most wards in Punjab local polls, Opposition alleges misuse of govt. machinery
The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab on Friday (May 29, 2026) won a majority of seats in the State’s civic body elections, even as opposition parties alleged that the ruling dispensation had mis...
Naga police constable injured in incident in Kuki-dominated area on the Imphal-Ukhrul highway; Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh condemns attack, mourns death of truck driver
Unidentified gunmen ambushed an escorted goods vehicle in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Friday (May 29, 2026) morning, killing a truck driver from West Bengal and injuring a police constable. An offici...
Shivakumar’s elevation as Karnataka CM poses existential challenge for JD(S)
The change of guard in Karnataka’s Congress-led government is emerging as an existential challenge for the Janata Dal (Secular), with some dramatic decisions, including a possible return to full-time ...
Ebola outbreak: India has sent first tranche of medical supplies to Africa CDC, says MEA
India has sent its first tranche of medical supplies to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) amid the outbreak of Ebola in parts of the continent, the Ministry of Externa...
CISF reviews security across airports in north India
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Director General (DG) Praveer Ranjan chaired a review meeting in Chandigarh to assess the agency’s operational preparedness and security arrangements across ai...
Defence Secretary holds key meetings at Shangri-La Dialogue 2026, pushes for Indo-Pacific security cooperation
Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh on Friday (May 29, 2026) held a series of high-level bilateral engagements on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue 2026 in Singapore, focusing on strengthening...
No one will dare breach our borders once new security grid is in place: Amit Shah
The government has decided to completely transform the country’s border security arrangements, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday (May 29, 2026). In the days to come, a quadrangular security...
Worth examining Vijay’s appeal to children to convince adults to vote for him, says judge citing personal anecdote
Justice G.R. Swaminathan of the Madras High Court on Friday (May 29, 2026) narrated a personal incident and said, therefore, it was worth going into the issue of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay having ...
DDMA to prepare data-based action plan to prevent drowning incidents in Ernakulam
The District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has initiated steps to prepare a data-based action plan to prevent drowning accidents in the district in the wake of repeated incidents reported from ...
Greens seek curb on unregulated tourism in Wayanad
The Wayanad Prakrithi Samrakshana Samiti has alleged that the recent death of 46-year-old Jessi in a wild elephant attack at Meppadi Kalladi was a direct consequence of unregulated tourism. At a meeti...
Athletes hit hard as sports medicine institute remains shut
Athletes and sports students seeking specialised treatment for injuries are in a predicament as the State’s first Institute of Sports Medicine at Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), Kozhikode, ...
Kochi Corpn. seeks deferment of canal restoration
The Kochi Corporation has directed the Minor Irrigation department to defer restoration of the remaining 175-metre stretch of the Mullassery Canal until after the monsoon. Mayor V.K. Minimol has instr...
Dedicated policy framework proposed for Sivakasi’s ₹6,000-crore fireworks industry
During an internal meeting with officials from the Industries and Guidance Departments, S. Keerthana, Minister for Industries, Investment Promotion and Commerce, has proposed a policy framework for th...
Residents block Arakkonam-Thakkolam Main Road in Ranipet against power outage
Residents, including women and traders, blocked Arakkonam-Kancheepuram Main Road at Parameswaramangalam near Arakkonam town in Ranipet on Friday against power outage in the area for many days. Most of...
Former AIADMK MLA from Jayamkondam joins TVK
Former Jayamkondam MLA J.K.N. Ramajeyalingam of the AIADMK on Friday joined the ruling TVK. In a related development, the AIADMK’s S. Ravi, a former Arakkonam MLA, said he had met TVK leader and Water...
CBSE portal for re-evaluation of Class 12 answer papers to be operational from June 1
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Friday (May 29, 2026) said that its designated portal for the re-evaluation and verification of this year’s Class 12 answer papers will be operationa...
Counterfeit currency detections rise 5.7% in FY26, led by ₹200, ₹500 notes: RBI
Detection of counterfeit currency notes in the banking system rose 5.7% in 2025-26, led by a sharp increase in fakes found in ₹500 and ₹200 denominations, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Frida...
Update on status of Naga hostages in four days: Manipur students’ body to govt.
The All Naga Students’ Association, Manipur (ANSAM) has threatened to boycott the State government if it fails to secure the release of six Naga hostages and hand them over to their families in four d...
Home Minister said the government is planning to assign additional areas of responsibility to the BSF; noted that the most significant gap in the security grid lay in the incomplete fencing along the Bengal boundary
The government has decided to completely transform the country’s border security arrangements, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday (May 29, 2026). In the days to come, a quadrangular security...
Delhi HC upholds TRAI regulations capping television ads to 12 minutes per hour
The Delhi High Court on Friday (May 29, 2026) upheld the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) regulations capping advertisements on television channels at 12 minutes per clock hour, rejectin...
AP Rythu Sangham demands compensation for farmers displaced by Bhogapuram Airport
The Andhra Pradesh Rythu Sangham has demanded that the State government immediately provide fair compensation to all farmers who lost their lands for the construction of the Bhogapuram International A...
YSRCP seeks CBI probe into DSC ‘irregularities’, demands Lokesh’s dismissal
The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) on Friday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the alleged irregularities in the District Selection Committee (DSC) recruitment process and soug...
Hridaya Raju elected State president of A.P. Teachers Federation
The Andhra Pradesh Teachers Federation (APTF) unanimously elected G. Hridaya Raju as its State president, S. Chiranjeevi as general secretary, and D. Eswara Rao as honorary president during its state ...
State Forest Service trainees visit Auroville
A batch of 64 State Forest Service Officer trainees from the Central Academy for State Forest Service visited Auroville recently as part of their ongoing training programme. The visit was conducted un...
AIADMK rebel MLA C.Ve. Shanmugam visits Mailam constituency
Nearly two days after many members of the rival faction of AIADMK MLAs led by former Minister S.P. Velumani buried the hatchet and arrived at a truce with party general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswam...
Comprehensive plan sought for 49 projects under Visakha Economic Region
District Collector M. Abhishikth Kishore on Friday directed officials of the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) to prepare a comprehensive implementation plan for 49 proje...
Collector stresses on infrastructure for industrial growth in Vizag
District Collector M. Abhishikth Kishore has directed officials to accord priority to the creation of basic infrastructure and ensure coordinated efforts for industrial development in the district. Ch...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'extreme moral cowardice' for standing as Israel's strongest supporter: Congress
The Congress on Friday (May 29, 2026) accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of demonstrating "extreme moral cowardice" by standing out as Israel's strongest supporter, and said that his stance is a "be...
After Karnataka, Congress signals it has the appetite to settle Chief Ministerial feuds
The transition of leadership in Karnataka may have ended months of uncertainty in the State, but it has once again put the spotlight on a problem the Congress has struggled to resolve: managing compet...
Govt. mulls social security schemes for gig workers as their number could reach 2.5 crore by decade-end
The number of gig workers in India could reach 2.5 crore by the end of the decade, and the government is in consultation with fund managers to bring social security schemes for them, a Labour Ministry...
Congress accuses PM Modi of ‘moral cowardice’ over his stance on Israel
The Congress on Friday (May 29, 2026) accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of displaying “extreme moral cowardice” through his alleged support for Israel and said his position amounted to a “betrayal”...
Women's reservation won't have to wait for long, says Law Minister Meghwal
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has said that the women's quota law providing 33% reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and State Assemblies “won't have to wait for long”, as he indicated that i...
PM’s silence on CBSE OSM controversy shows he cares more about his govt.’s survival than students’ future: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday (May 29, 2026) questioned how Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), one of India’s largest IT services companies, lost the C...
Census in Bengal to be held from August 1 to February end next year: CM
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday (May 29, 2026) said the Census 2027 would be held in the State between August 1 and February end next year, and asserted that the headcount proces...
Supreme Court sets aside order directing Reliance Industries to disgorge ₹447 crore
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 29, 2026) set aside an order directing Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) to disgorge ₹447.27 crore in a matter relating to the trading of Reliance Petroleum Ltd (RPL) sha...
India-U.S. ties have limitless potential, says Ambassador Sergio Gor
No partnership is better positioned than the one between India and the U.S. to seize emerging opportunities, particularly in the technology sector, U.S. Ambassador Sergio Gor said on Friday (May 29, 2...
Cooling-off period not needed for good judges post retirement: Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has rejected the idea of a mandatory "cooling-off period" for retired judges before they take up assignments from the government, saying there is no case for restr...
No urgent relief to Cockroach Janata Party over X ban: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court on Friday (May 29, 2026) declined immediate relief to Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke over blocking of the party’s X handle on national security grounds. Justi...
Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh also engages with leading think tanks and academic institutions on issues related to Indo-Pacific security architecture, defence industrial cooperation and emerging technologies.
Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh on Friday (May 29, 2026) held a series of high-level bilateral engagements on the sidelines of the Shangri-La Dialogue 2026 in Singapore, focusing on strengthening...
Twisha Sharma death case: Bhopal Court sends Samarth Singh, Giribala Singh to CBI custody for five days
A court in Bhopal on Friday (May 29, 2026) sent Twisha Sharma’s husband Samarth Singh and her mother-in-law retired judge Giribala Singh in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) custody for five d...
Government mulling expansion of BSF's operational mandate: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (May 29, 2026) said that the government was considering expansion of the BSF's operational mandate by assigning it new sectors, and announced that a new paradig...
Farmers in Kadapa district to get access to MPFC godowns soon
The Multi-Purpose Facilitation Centre (MPFC) godowns built across Kadapa district under the Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) will soon be made accessible to farmers. Of the 21 godowns cons...
Telangana records highest C-section rate in India; nearly 6 in 10 babies delivered through surgery
Even as Telangana outperforms the national average on several maternal healthcare indicators and has nearly achieved universal institutional deliveries, nearly six out of every 10 births in the State ...
Two killed, three others injured after minibus rams two-wheelers
Two persons were killed and three others were injured in an accident at Kadirenahalli in Banashankari on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Uday Kumar, 63, a resident of Kadirenahalli and S...
Slow pace of pre-monsoon cleanliness drive draws flak at Kozhikode Corporation Council meeting
The slow pace of the pre-monsoon cleaning drive in Kozhikode city came under criticism at the Corporation Council meeting on Friday (May 29, 2026), with councillors expressing concern that incomplete ...
NCP(SP) splits in Kerala as Saseendran, Thomas float new outfit
The open revolt triggered by a leadership change in the Kerala unit of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) [NCP(SP)] has resulted in a split in the party. A meeting of a faction led b...
SC sets three-month deadline on High Courts to pronounce judgment in a case
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 29, 2026) set a three-month deadline on High Courts for pronouncement of judgment in a case. A Bench headed by Surya Kanta said this is three months from the date of r...
Delhi HC refuses to immediately restore Cockroach Janta Party’s X account in India
The Delhi High Court on Friday (May 29, 2026) declined immediate relief to Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke blocking of the party’s X handle on national security grounds. Justice Pur...
Supreme Court refuses to interfere with anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand in POCSO case
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 29, 2026) refused to interfere with the Allahabad High Court order granting anticipatory bail to Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati in a case registered against him un...
The CBI plans to question the mother-son duo and verify their claims, especially about the events leading to Twisha’s death
A Bhopal Court on Friday (May 29, 2026) sent Twisha Sharma’s husband Samarth Singh and her mother-in-law Giribala Singh to CBI custody for five days. They’ve been sent to custody till June 2. The CBI ...
Amit Shah begins visit to areas along the international border in Gujarat
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (May 29, 2026) started his visit to areas along the international border in Gujarat 's Kutch, where he is also scheduled to chair a review meeting concerning se...
NEET paper leaks traumatic for students and families, institutions must learn, says SC
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 29, 2026) said the NEET-UG 2024 and 2026 paper leaks had left students and their families traumatised, and highlighted the need for institutions such as the National T...
Guntur SP inspects Amaravati capital region check-posts, asks police to stay on high alert
Guntur District Superintendent of Police Vakul Jindal carried out a surprise inspection in the capital region under the Thulluru police station limits on Friday (May 29, 2026) and reviewed security ar...
Policy address: Kerala unveils Senior Citizens’ Welfare department, ₹25-lakh insurance scheme
In his first policy address at the inaugural session of the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly here on Friday, the Kerala Governor Rajendra Arlekar announced two key policy decisions of the new governme...
West Bengal truck driver killed in Manipur ambush
Unidentified gunmen ambushed an escorted goods vehicle in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Friday (May 29, 2026) morning, killing a truck driver from West Bengal and injuring a police constable. An offici...
India to host Myanmar President Hlaing, exiled govt. calls him a ‘terrorist junta leader’
Myanmar President U Min Aung Hlaing will visit India from May 30 to June 3, the External Affairs Ministry announced on Thursday (May 28, 2026). This will be the first foreign visit by President Min Au...
Australian Deputy PM Richard Marles to visit India for defence talks
Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles will visit India next week to hold talks with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh as part of the 2nd Australia-India Defence Ministers’ ...
Session to focus on the rise of the TVK at The Hindu Huddle
The ability of youth movements to galvanise towards change has been apparent in the world, and particularly in the South Asian continent, in recent years. Some of these movements have been bloody revo...
India, Canada launch trade and investment forum to strengthen economic partnership
India and Canada have launched a trade and investment forum to bring together businesses from both countries to promote commercial engagement, according to a joint statement issued on Friday (May 29, ...
India to see 90% of long period average rainfall this monsoon: IMD
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has further reduced its estimate of monsoon rainfall to 90% from the 92% it forecast in April . This is the lowest ever forecast in the run-up to the Monsoon ...
No legal action if infiltrators go back on their own: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday (May 28, 2026) said the Union government had constituted a high-level committee on demographic change and was committed to identifying and deporting every sin...
Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi’s success in persuading Siddaramaiah to step down may now provide the party a template to handle similar leadership disputes
The transition of leadership in Karnataka may have ended months of uncertainty in the State, but it has once again put the spotlight on a problem the Congress has struggled to resolve: managing compet...
A revival of sedition tied to consent
A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant clarified on May 21 that courts may proceed with trials, appeals and proceedings under Section 124A of the now-repealed Indian Penal Cod...
What did the court rule on Bihar’s SIR of electoral rolls? | Explained
The story so far: The Supreme Court recently upheld the powers of the Election Commission (EC) to conduct special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar. It also upheld the procedure...
Right to trauma care of citizens integral part of right to life: Supreme Court
Observing that right to trauma care of citizens is an integral part of right to life, the Supreme Court has asked all States and Union territories to operationalise within three months one helpline nu...
Supreme Court tells CCI to protect competition without weakening market confidence; clears Amazon
The Supreme Court has set aside a Competition Commission of India (CCI) order revoking Amazon’s buy-in of 49% stake in Future Coupons in a 2019 combination. The court also rescinded a ₹202-crore penal...
Kerala Governor’s policy address in Assembly envisions ‘Puthuyuga Keralam’ with emphasis on people-centric, clean governance
Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar’s policy address to the 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly on Friday (May 29, 2026) envisioned the creation of a ‘Puthuyuga Keralam,’ built on people-centric, transp...
‘Vande Mataram’ row sparks political storm after Kerala Governor’s policy address
The Kerala Police band skipped playing ‘Vande Mataram’ in its entirety at the opening session of the 16th Kerala Assembly on Friday (May 29, 2026), laying the groundwork for a dispute between the Cong...
D.K. Shivakumar politicising Mekedatu issue, alleges Tamil Nadu Law Minister
Tamil Nadu Law Minister C.T.R. Nirmalkumar on Friday (May 29, 2026) accused Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar of politicising the Mekedatu issue even though the Supreme Court of India ha...
CPI(M) activists protest in Vijayawada over ED raids on Pinarayi Vijayan
CPI(M) activists from Andhra Pradesh staged a protest here on Thursday (May 28, 2026), condemning the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on the residence of former Kerala Chief Minister and the party’...
Illegal call centre busted in Goa, 26 held for duping U.S. citizens
Police have dismantled an illegal call centre operating from the Verna Industrial Estate in South Goa and arrested 26 persons for allegedly cheating United States citizens by impersonating bank employ...
Panel on ‘artificial’ demographic changes may consider need for law to tackle issue: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday (May 28, 2026) said the Centre's high-level committee on "artificial" demographic changes due to illegal immigration and other unnatural causes would also ass...
Indian Air Force likely to oversee transport of NEET-UG papers
The government is considering involving the defence forces to manage logistics and transportation for the NEET-UG 2026 re-test, scheduled for June 21. This measure follows the cancellation of the orig...
No ‘double standards’ in fight against terrorism, says NSA Ajit Doval in Russia
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval called for decisive action against terrorism and said there cannot be “double standards” in the fight against it, while addressing an international security forum ...
Union government committed to identifying and deporting every single infiltrator from the country, says Home Minister
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday (May 28, 2026) said the Union government had constituted a high-level committee on demographic change and was committed to identifying and deporting every sin...
National Health Accounts figures indicate high burden of health care costs on people
While India has improved public financing of health care, households and individuals still bear the heaviest burden. As per the latest figures from the National Health Accounts (NHA) Estimates for Ind...
PM should have sacked Pradhan for ‘ruining the future of lakhs of students’: Rahul Gandhi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday (May 28, 2026) accused Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan of being “complicit” in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE ) decision to award t...
NHAI identifies 1600 kms for monetisation for FY 27
The National Highways Authority of India says it has identified 17 projects totalling 1,692 kms across 9 States for monetisation in the current financial year. These Highway assets collectively repres...
Govt. plans security protocol for fishing harbours under CISF oversight
Around 1,200 fishing harbours and fishing landing sites are all set to be brought under the oversight of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) as part of Union Home Ministry’s plan to fortify a...
In FY26, 97% of violative ads were on digital platforms, 4/5ths of them on Meta: ASCI
The new-age digital media is home to over 97 per cent of violative ads in FY26, and online giant Meta alone contributed nearly four-fifths of such problematic campaigns, ASCI said on Thursday (May 28,...
Delhi HC to hear plea against blocking of Cockroach Janta Party’s X handle
The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on Friday (May 29, 2026) a petition by founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), Abhijeet Dipke, against the blocking of the satirical digital outfit’s soci...
Rape convict Asaram surrenders at Jodhpur jail after High Court upholds life sentence
Self-styled godman Asaram surrendered before the authorities at the Jodhpur Central Jail on Thursday (May 28, 2026) evening, a day after the Rajasthan High Court cancelled his interim bail while uphol...
Id celebrated with religious fervour in Uttar Pradesh amid tight security
Amid tight security, Id-ul-Adha (Eid-ul-Adha) was celebrated across Uttar Pradesh on Thursday (May 28, 2026) with traditional zeal. The devotees gathered in mosques and Idgahs for special prayers as a...
The Constitution is my religion and voters are my abhimani devaru: Siddaramaiah
Congress leader Siddaramaiah, who on Thursday resigned as Karnataka Chief Minister, said he would continue to remain active in State politics and had no interest in moving to national politics. Addres...
Parliamentary panel summons Education Ministry, NTA, CBI officials over conduct of exams
A parliamentary panel has summoned officials of the Union Education Ministry, the National Testing Agency (NTA) and the CBI to appear before it on Friday (May 29, 2026) in connection with the assuranc...
CPI(M) calls Supreme Court verdict on SIR a ‘body blow to democracy’, announces nationwide campaign
The CPI(M) on Thursday (May 28, 2026) sharply criticised the Supreme Court's verdict upholding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, terming it a "travesty of justice" and a "body b...
Puthiya Tamilagam demands closure of all Tasmac outlets across the State
Puthiya Tamilagam on Thursday urged the Tamil Nadu government to implement total prohibition, immediately shut all Tasmac outlets and bars, and curb alleged large-scale corruption in the liquor trade....
First Kuki village in Churachandpur resettled 3 years after conflict began
Guwahati The first Kuki village in Manipur’s Churachandpur district was resettled on Thursday (May 28, 2026) after three years, but only the males have returned from a relief camp, while their familie...
Families urged to consider fortified rice to improve nutrient supply
Karnataka’s Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao on Tuesday urged families to consume fortified rice whenever possible to ensure that they get all required nutrients, boost their immuni...
Siddaramaiah and D.K. Shivakumar: A public bonhomie that never let up
Though the Siddaramaiah and the D.K. Shivakumar-led factions within the Congress in the State, the bonhomie they sported in public never let up. Even on Tuesday, when both were in the AICC office in D...
Bonakal and Kodangal mandals to be developed as fully solarised mandals: Deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka
Bonakal mandal in Khammam district and Kodangal mandal in Vikarabad district are being developed as fully solarised mandals under a pilot project in pursuit of clean energy goals, said Deputy Chief Mi...
New subway near Ranipet town opened for public use
The Southern Railway has formally opened a subway to replace the existing manned railway level crossing (LC-47) at Lallikuppam village near Ranipet town on Thursday, bringing relief to hundreds of mot...
Indrakeeladri Ghat road repair works halted due to heatwave in Vijayawada
The rehabilitation works on the Indrakeeladri Ghat Road leading to the Kanaka Durga temple have been temporarily suspended due to extreme weather conditions and intense heatwave prevailing in the city...
Chhattisgarh BJP MLA accused of assaulting government official
A government official in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district has accused an MLA of the ruling BJP and his supporters of assaulting him. The official, on the other hand, is accused of misbehaving with a fe...
Supreme Court stays its order till July 22 to seal structures within 100-metre prohibited zone at Delhi Golf Club
Granting "extraordinary indulgence", the Supreme Court has stayed till July 22 its order directing the New Delhi Municipal Council and Delhi Police to seal structures within the 100-metre prohibited z...
Resolve water disputes through cooperation, says PM Modi to States
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked States to resolve inter-State water disputes through cooperation, timely clearances and technology-based monitoring, and said the Ken-Betwa project should serve ...
Suspected Ebola patient in Gujarat tests negative; State govt. ‘fully alert’
The test report of a suspected Ebola patient admitted to an isolation ward in Ahmedabad has returned negative, Gujarat minister Praful Pansheriya said on Thursday (May 28, 2026). The Minister of State...
CBI officers arrived at Giribala Singh’s residence and carried out an investigation; the agency plans to confront Ms. Singh and her son Samarth Singh, Twisha’s husband, with each other’s statements
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday (May 28, 2026) arrested retired Bhopal district judge Giribala Singh in the Twisha Sharma dowry harassment and death case, a day after the Madhya ...
Three killed, four missing as boat capsizes in Ganga in Patna district
At least three people drowned after a country boat carrying 14 passengers capsized in the Ganga in Patna district on Thursday (May 28, 2026). Patna District Magistrate Thiyagarajan S. M. said State Di...
Supreme Court seeks responses of Centre, ED, RBI on plea alleging siphoning of homebuyers’ funds
The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Centre, Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and others, including a few real estate firms, on a plea alleging that thousands of...
Heatwave to ease over North India in next 3 days as IMD warns of thunderstorms, strong winds
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a shift in weather conditions across Northwest India, with heatwave conditions expected to ease over the next three days due to incoming western ...
Activists urge Centre to reject expert panel’s nod to Odisha’s Sijimali mine
The National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), a forum of activists, on Thursday (May 28, 2026) urged the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to reject an expert panel’s reco...
Om Birla releases 89 'historical' volumes of Central Legislative Assembly proceedings
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Thursday (May 28, 2026) released 89 volumes based on the proceedings of the Central Legislative Assembly (1924-1930), at the Delhi Assembly, saying the rare document will...
Regional parties' income falls 52% in 2024-25; 21 spent more than they earned: ADR report
The total income of 36 regional parties dropped by over 51 % in the financial year 2024-25. They spent more than they earned, however, with their total expenditure exceeding their combined income by 2...
NVS Reddy pushes for Metro, e-bus expansion to tackle urban traffic
Telangana Government’s Urban Transport Adviser N.V.S. Reddy, on Thursday, emphasised the need to introduce a large number of electric buses to curb the surge in private vehicles, which is leading to c...
Srikalahasti villages receive EV trucks for waste disposal
Several local gram panchayats in Srikalahasti constituency are set to become cleaner with the introduction of battery-operated waste collection trucks. Srikalahasti MLA Bojjala Venkata Sudheer Reddy o...
Kazipet Rail Unit set to roll out 200 inter-city trains in five years
The upcoming Kazipet Rail Manufacturing Unit of Indian Railways is nearing completion and is expected to produce around 200 intercity trains over the next five years, said Union Railway Minister Ashwi...
Centre extended valuable support for Amaravati and Polavaram projects, says A.P. CM
TDP national president and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said that the coalition government is striving to significantly increase the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) from the present ₹17...
City students shine in international essay competitions
Hyderabad Students of Delhi Public School (DPS), Nacharam, excelled in international essay competitions, earning recognition both as a team and individually. A three-member middle school team comprisi...
Sathya Sai police arrest four for organising cricket betting
Sri Sathya Sai district police conducted a raid in Madakasira town and arrested four people allegedly involved in organising cricket betting. Police seized ₹7.2 lakh in cash and two mobile phones duri...
Combing operations underway to trace those held hostage by armed groups: Manipur CM
Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Thursday (May 28, 2026) said security forces are carrying out search and combing operations to trace those held hostage by armed forces. During a visit...
TMC’s Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar accuses party MP Kalyan Banerjee of verbal abuse, misogyny
Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has complained to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, accusing party colleague Kalyan Banerjee of verbally abusing her inside Parliament and misogynistic behaviour ...
8 arrested for attack on ED officials’ vehicle after raid at ex-Kerala CM Pinarayi’s residence
Eight people have been arrested so far in connection with the violent attack on vehicles belonging to ED officials , who had raided the rented house of former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan a day ear...
Agriculture Secretary Atish Chandra also said crop diversification, agricultural self-reliance, and sustainability have become the govt's core priorities, urging States to align their plans accordingly
The Centre is fully prepared to mitigate any adverse impact of the El Nino weather phenomenon on this year's kharif crop, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Thursday (May 28, 202...
‘Pages of history, no matter their colour, cannot be excised’ says Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
In frank recognition of India 's cultural plurality, Union Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said Indian civilisation is an "amalgamation" of different faiths, and pages of history, "no ma...
India, China hold 'constructive' talks on LAC; agree border peace key to normalising ties
India and China held "constructive" and "forward-looking" talks on the situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, noting that maintaining border peace and tranquillity enabled...
In pictures | India celebrates Id-ul-Adha
Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar People offering prayers on the occasion of Id at Jama Masjid in Delhi on Thursday (May 28, 2026). Photo: M. Periasamy Muslims offer prayers on the occasion of I...
Siddaramaiah, Nitish Kumar and the final bow of their socialist politics
The exit of Siddaramaiah from the post of Karnataka Chief Minister into what could be a political sunset has a major echo with what happened with Janata Dal (U) leader Nitish Kumar , not just in exit ...
U.S. military strikes another alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific, killing two
The U.S. military on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) struck another vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two men. U.S. Southern Command posted a video on social media ...
Respite from heat expected over weekend
The national capital continued to sizzle on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) with a maximum temperature of 44.3 degrees Celsius. Meanwhile, ‘very light’ to ‘light’ rains are likely in parts of the city on Thu...
Candid conversations on Kashmir expected at The Hindu Huddle
Adding early momentum to a power-packed lineup of expert speakers at The Hindu Huddle 2026 will be a thought-provoking discussion with Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Mr. Abdullah,...
India sends emergency medical supplies for Ebola outbreak response in Congo
India has sent emergency pharmaceutical supplies to support efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in Congo , the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday (May 28, 2026). In ...
No specific port project identified, says Fiji’s Foreign Minister, day after Quad Foreign Ministers pledge assistance
A day after the 11th Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting in New Delhi declared that the grouping would build port infrastructure in the Pacific island of Fiji, Fijian Foreign Minister Sakiasi Ditoka said ...
Order an independent security audit of CBSE’s OSM portal, activists tell Education Ministry
The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF), a digital rights advocacy organisation, has urged the Ministry of Education to direct the CBSE to undertake an end-to-end review of the contract with Coempt EduT...
Critical sectors must have quantum-safe encryption, urges task force
A task force constituted by the Department of Science & Technology (DST) has recommended that India’s critical sectors — government, defence, power, telecom, transport, and banking and finance — begin...
Severe heatwave in Rajasthan for next 48 hours, rain from May 29
Rajasthan is likely to witness severe heatwave conditions for the next couple of days, while thunderstorm and rain activity is expected to commence in parts of the State from May 28 due to the influen...
Worsening climate change main culprit behind India’s extreme heat: UN climate chief
The ongoing extreme heat across large parts of India is primarily driven by worsening climate change caused by the massive burning of coal, oil, and gas, UN climate chief Simon Stiell said on Wednesda...
Kharge targets PM Modi over heatwave advisory, says people are suffering from ‘BJP-sponsored inflation’
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his appeal to the people to take precautions in the wake of rising temperatures, saying t...
Supreme Court Collegium recommends four High Court judges, woman advocate to top court
The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, in consecutive meetings held on May 22 and May 27, recommended the appointment of four High Court Chief Justices and one woman ...
UPSC for the first time releases provisional answer key for Civil Services Prelims exam
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has for the first time released the provisional answer key for the Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination, 2026. Candidates who have appeared for the exami...
Supreme Court confirms organised online gaming comes under GST regime
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) confirmed the constitutional validity of bringing organised online gaming activities with money stakes under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. A Be...
Supreme Court seeks Centre, NCERT's responses on plea against CBSE's three-language rule for Class 9 students
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) agreed to examine if the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) three-language rule, set to be effective from July 1 for Class 9 students, has plac...
4 lion cubs die in Gujarat's Gir forest region, 17 isolated amid viral infection scare
Four lion cubs have died in different areas of the Gir forest region in Gujarat due to suspected infection, while 17 big cats have been isolated, officials said. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel held a ...
State’s rights of utmost importance, never said will surrender that: Higher Education Minister
The rights of the State were of utmost importance and in no condition would those be compromised, Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister P. Viswanathan said on Thursday (May 28, 2026). Responding to a c...
Andhra Pradesh officials say Odisha blocking census collection in Kotia villages
Odisha officials have reportedly stopped Andhra Pradesh staff from collecting Census-2027 data in the disputed Kotia group of villages on the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border. The staff were reportedly st...
Sold twice, raped multiple times, tribal girl trafficked from Odisha narrates ordeal
The Odisha Police have launched a comprehensive investigation into the harrowing ordeal of a minor tribal girl who was allegedly trafficked, sold twice, and repeatedly gang-raped for two years in Utta...
Supreme Court upholds SIR exercise as an advancement towards free and fair elections
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) upheld the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as an exercise done by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in furtherance of the Constit...
Government kick-starts mega AMCA stealth fighter jet programme
The Ministry of Defence on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) issued the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the indigenous fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) programme to three shortlisted bidd...
Supreme Court to review plea against CBSE’s mandatory three-language policy for Class 9 students, seeking responses from Centre and NCERT
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) agreed to examine if the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) three-language rule, set to be effective from July 1 for Class 9 students, has plac...
Supreme Court verdict on Bihar SIR not fully applicable to Bengal case: TMC's Kalyan Banerjee
Senior Trinamool Congress leader Kalyan Banerjee on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) said the Supreme Court judgment on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was confined to the Bihar case a...
PM Modi stresses whole-of-nation approach to tackle heatwave: Vaishnaw
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) urged all Union Cabinet Ministers to ensure that their respective Ministries and departments take necessary steps to mitigate the impact of the...
Government sanctions over 60% manpower boost for Enforcement Directorate
The Union Finance Ministry sanctioned a sweeping cadre restructuring of the Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday (May 27, 2026), expanding its current strength by almost 60% from 2,029 to 3,256 posts....
Supreme Court allows Manipur Govt. to appoint DGP from outside State cadre
The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a Manipur government plea to appoint its Director General of Police (DGP) from outside the State cadre. A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant passe...
Expert IIT team to submit report after ‘full check-up’ of CBSE’s tech ecosystem
Following multiple complaints by Class 12 students about discrepancies in the evaluation of their answer sheets, a four-member team with two experts each from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) ...
Demography panel chief says subject new to him, will consult experts
The head of the first-of-its-kind panel to study demographic changes in the country said on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) that the government had authorised the committee to invite demographers and experts...
Karnataka politics LIVE: All eyes on CM Siddaramaiah’s breakfast meeting with Cabinet colleagues today
May 28, 2026 08:18 Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has gone to Indore In a twist to the Congress’s proposed leadership change, Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has gone to Indore for personal reasons. Lok Bh...
Heatwave grips central, northwest India as monsoon stays offshore
Large swathes of central and northwestern India remained in the grip of a punishing heatwave on Wednesday (May 27, 2026), with the southwest monsoon yet to make landfall over Kerala — its customary po...
NCW calls for legislation to codify Muslim personal law related to marriage
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has submitted a report on the rights of Muslim women in India to key central Ministries. The report recommends a comprehensive legislation to codify Muslim pers...
Twisha Sharma death case: Madhya Pradesh HC quashes anticipatory bail of retired judge Giribala Singh
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail granted to retired Bhopal district judge Giribala Singh in the Twisha Sharma dowry harassment and death case, quashing an order by a lo...
Rate at which West Bengal tribunals restoring names of deleted electors proves genuine voters not allowed to vote: Prasenjit Bose
Highlighting the rate at which appellate tribunals were restoring the names of electors deleted during the Special Intensive Revision in West Bengal, Congress leader and social activist Prasenjit Bose...
Probe incidents of accused being paraded in underwear: APDR writes to West Bengal Human Rights Commission
Expressing concern over some accused being paraded barefoot in their underwear across a few police stations in Howrah district, a civil rights organisation has approached West Bengal Human Rights Comm...
Piped drinking water in remaining Mahadalit Tolas in the next three months: Bihar Govt
Bihar Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Minister Sanjay Kumar Singh on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) said that the facility of providing piped drinking water in all the remaining Mahadalit Tolas ...
Priority will be given to river linking project: Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde
Maharashtra government on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) reviewed the progress of 51,000 schemes under the Jal Jeevan Mission, as Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde stated that centre is prioritising “the ...
Centre fears ‘divergence of views’ among High Courts on new transgender law; asks SC to transfer cases to itself
The Centre urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) to transfer petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Act, 2026 from about ...
Supreme Court verdict on SIR, a defeat for Congress, allies: BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) hailed the Supreme Court verdict on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls , describing it as a defeat of the Congress and...
As Supreme Court upholds SIR’s legality, Chief Election Commissioner says ECI will always be with voters
As the Supreme Court upheld the legality of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls done by the Election Commission of India (ECI) , Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kuma...
Trinamool MLA arrested, several leaders quit party post
After days of evading police, Trinamool Congress MLA from Bishnupur Dilip Mondal was on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) arrested by the West Bengal police from Puri in Odisha. The MLA is likely to be brought...
Union Minister stresses need to advance space technology in India
Union Minister for Civil Aviation, K. Ram Mohan Naidu, on Wednesday stressed the need to advance space technology in India. Speaking at the launch of Mission STRATO-XI, a near-space technology demonst...
Funds sanctioned to three corporations towards property tax dues
The Telangana government has sanctioned ₹1,686.39 crore for settlement of long-pending property tax arrears on government properties falling under the limits of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corpora...
CBSE schools struggle to retain foreign language teaching faculty after three-language policy
The Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) three-language rule for class 9 students, beginning July 1, has become a cause of worry for foreign language teachers and students. While teachers fea...
Public can view South African Cheetahs from June 4 at Bannerghatta Biological Park
The four cheetahs, which were brought from South Africa as part of the wildlife exchange program last month and housed at the BBP will be available for public viewing from June 4. “These cheetahs whic...
Indian Army, IAF contain major forest fire in Himachal’s Kasauli slopes
The Indian Army, in close coordination with the Indian Air Force (IAF) and civil administration of Kasauli and Chandigarh, successfully contained a major forest fire that had broken out in the Gilbert...
Govt. will procure entire rain-soaked paddy stock: Uttam Kumar
Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday assured farmers that the State government had activated an intensive emergency response mechanism to protect soaked grain and e...
Rest still a favour, not a right, for retail-staff in Chennai
60-year-old Kajal limps a little when she walks. She credits it to the 12-hour shifts she’s been doing for six days a week for the past 24 years at Pothys, a prominent clothing store in Chennai. The v...
Supreme Court verdict on SIR raises more questions than it answers, says Congress
The Congress on Wednesday said it “respectfully disagreed” with the Supreme Court order upholding the legality of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, asserting that the judgement ...
NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case: Delhi court remands two accused to 14 days’ judicial custody
A Delhi court on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) sent NEET paper leak case alleged kingpin Prahlad Vithalrao Kulkarni and another accused, Shivraj Raghunath, to 14-day judicial custody. Special Judge Vidya P...
Doctors demand end to delay in NEET-Super Speciality counselling
Doctors have appealed for urgent intervention by the Union Health Ministry into the ongoing and indefinite delay in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Super Speciality (NEET-SS 2024-25) counse...
Congress asks PM Modi to break silence on paper leaks, act against Pradhan
The Congress on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) stepped up its attack on the government over examination paper leaks, demanding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi break his silence, act against "incompetent" ...
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Supreme Court appeals to Bar members to attend hearings online
Observing that it cannot issue a judicial command, the Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) made an appeal to all members of the Bar to attend hearings of cases online. Also read | Virtual method...
Delhi court issues notice to Assam CM, Delhi Police on plea seeking FIR over hate speech
A Delhi court on Tuesday (May 27, 2026) issued notices to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and the Delhi Police in connection with a plea filed by activist Harsh Mander seeking the registratio...
CURE Act may replace GHMC Act for administration of tri-commissionerate area
A new uniform law is on the anvil for administration of the tri-commissionerate area constituting the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation and the Cyberabad Munici...
AI-assisted Kannada translation of ‘My Name is Gauhar Jaan’ to be released in Mysuru on May 30
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-assisted Kannada translation of ‘My Name is Gauhar Jaan: The life and times of a Musician’ authored by Dr. Vikram Sampath is scheduled for release at Jagannath Centre for ...
Stalin, Kejriwal condemn raids, flay Congress for its questionable relations with BJP
CPI(M) General Secretary M.A. Baby’s questioned whether the United Democratic Front (UDF) government, led by the Congress, was complicit in the raids at the residences of Opposition leader Pinarayi Vi...
CPI seeks urgent relief as Anantapur farmers suffer pomegranate crop losses
The Communist Party of India (CPI) Andhra Pradesh State secretary Gujjula Eswaraiah urged Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to take immediate steps to support farmers at Kandukuru village in Ananta...
Tension in Thrissur following CPI(M) protest over ED raids
A tense situation prevailed in Thrissur on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) following a protest march taken out by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] against the raids by the Directorate of Enfor...
Quad FMs announce maritime, energy initiatives amidst Hormuz chokehold, tense South China Sea
Responding to the challenges emanating from the conflict-hit Persian Gulf and the tensions in the South China Sea, the Quad grouping on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) pledged to enhance cooperation in the mar...
Fuel shortage hits pumps amid panic buying; OMCs call for calm, say supply is steady
Avinash Deshmukh, a farmer in Maharashtra’s Dharashiv district, is a worried man. With the sowing season nearing, he has not been able to procure enough diesel for his tractor yet. Like other farmers ...
Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on Bihar SIR tomorrow
The Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce judgment on Wednesday (May 27) on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, which kickstarted...
Uganda national in Bengaluru tests negative for Ebola; no confirmed case in India: Health Ministry
A Uganda national with recent travel history from the East African nation has tested negative for Ebola virus after she was placed under isolation “as a matter of abundant caution ” in Bengaluru, the ...
CBI arrests Latur-based doctor and Pune physics teacher in NEET-UG 2026 case
The CBI on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) arrested two more persons in connection with the 2026 NEET-UG paper leak case. Those held include a Latur-based doctor and a member of the physics faculty of a coac...
Defection taint not vaporised by resignation, Supreme Court had said in a judgment
A question has been raised in Tamil Nadu as to whether the Speaker can accept the resignation of MLAs while petitions for disqualifying them are pending. The Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker, J.C.D. Prabha...
The court upholds the Election Commission’s power to check citizenship for limited purpose of verifying inclusion in electoral roll
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) upheld the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as an exercise done by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in furtherance of the Constit...
Navy foils piracy attempt, secures merchant vessel in western Indian Ocean
The Indian Navy successfully thwarted a major attempted act of piracy in the Western Indian Ocean after receiving intelligence inputs about suspicious pirate activity targeting the merchant vessel MV ...
Congress pays tributes to Nehru on death anniversary
The Congress on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) paid rich tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary, with Rahul Gandhi saying that India's first Prime Minister's visionary leadership will continu...
Centre notifies resolution on high-level committee on demographic changes
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday (May 27, 2026) notified the resolution on high-level committee on demographic changes. The MHA, in a statement, said extensive challenges have arisen fr...
SC upholds SIR, says it is in consonance with Representation of the People Act: highlights
May 27, 2026 11:19 EC's decision to conduct SIR remains within statutory mandate: SC The Election Commission’s decision to conduct the SIR remains within statutory mandate, the Supreme Court says. EC ...
The judiciary’s role in complete justice
Another milestone in the direction of delivery of complete justice by the Supreme Court of India is its recent decision to elevate the Right to safe travel on National Highways as a fundamental right,...
K9 warriors and robotic dogs steal spotlight at Exercise PRAGATI 2026
Amid intense tactical drills and multinational military training at Exercise PRAGATI 2026, the Indian Army showcased a unique blend of tradition and technology as highly trained K9 warriors and roboti...
PM reaffirms stability, prosperity in Indo-Pacific in meetings with Foreign Ministers of Australia, Japan
India and Australia will continue to work for a free, open, secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) after he held discussions with Australian Fo...
Lokesh proposes 33% of TDP seats for women in 2029 elections at Mahanadu
The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) will give women a 33% quota of its seats in the 2029 elections whether or not the Women’s Reservation Bill is passed, national working president Nara Lokesh said, setting ...
Handloom, handicraft artisans earn ₹7,000 as monthly wages, finds study
A study conducted in the five States of Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh in the handloom and handicraft sectors found that the average monthly earnings of an estimated 61.1...
9,438 snakebite cases in Jharkhand since 2022, health department asks doctors to comply with guidelines
Jharkhand has witnessed 9,438 snakebite cases since 2022, with a steady rise in the number of such incidents over the years, prompting the State Health Department to instruct doctors to comply with th...
Sulur girl sexual assault and murder case: Goondas Act invoked against two accused
Two men arrested in connection with the sexual assault and murder of a 10-year-old girl near Sulur in Coimbatore were detained under the Goondas Act on Wednesday (May 27, 2026), while a court extended...
ED raids in Kerala: Mohamed Riyas says CPI(M) will not ‘bow before Sangh Parivar’
Kerala’s former Minister for Public Works and Tourism and Beypore MLA P.A. Mohamed Riyas wrote a cryptic social media post on Wednesday morning even as ED raids continued at multiple locations, includ...
Ahmedabad Air India crash: Gujarat government to rebuild hostel damaged in AI-171 crash; victims' kin seek memorial at site
A medical college hostel complex severely damaged in last year's AI-171 Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad will be rebuilt, the Gujarat government has said, even as families of some victims want the s...
Take a stand on FRA implementation in Calcutta HC: Congress leader tells Tribal Affairs Minister on GNI project
Congress leader and former Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) wrote back to Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, highlighting that the issues he had flagged about the non...
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge likens repeated fuel hikes to ‘slow poisoning’
With compressed natural gas (CNG) prices hiked again on Tuesday (May 26, 2026), Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused the Narendra Modi government of subjecting people to “slow poisoning” thro...
U.S. President forced war in West Asia, people should understand why fuel prices have risen: Venkaiah Naidu
American President Donald Trump forced the war in West Asia and it’s causing distress to the people of India, former Vice President Venkaiah Naidu said in New Delhi on Tuesday (May 26, 2026), while re...
The court had ruled that a Speaker is bound to accept voluntary, genuine resignation
A question has been raised in Tamil Nadu as to whether the Speaker can accept the resignation of MLAs while petitions for disqualifying them are pending. The Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker, J.C.D. Prabha...
No clarity on next Quad leaders summit, sparking questions about the group’s future
The Quad Foreign Ministers’ meeting ended on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) without any clarity on when the next Quad Summit, which was due to be held in India, will be scheduled. This sparked speculation tha...
India rejects ‘unwarranted’ references to J&K by China and Pakistan
In response to media queries regarding unwarranted references to Jammu and Kashmir in a joint statement between China and Pakistan, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) sai...
Supreme Court to examine if law is diluting India’s wetland count
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) agreed to examine a challenge to the constitutional validity of the definition of ‘ wetlands ’ in the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017, fo...
BJP president Nitin Nabin interacts with representatives of 12 countries
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) interacted with the heads of mission from 12 countries at the party headquarters under the ongoing ‘Know BJP’ initiative. T...
Gadkari reviews quality, maintenance of national highway projects in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana
Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) reviewed the quality and maintenance progress of National Highway projects covering 4,335 km in Punjab and 3,332 km i...
The Hindu Huddle to host session on the evolving status of regional parties in India
The evolving status of regional parties in India, especially in the wake of the recent Assembly elections, will be among the key themes at The Hindu Huddle on June 6 in Bengaluru . The theme of The Hi...
Pradhan discusses CBSE payment gateway overhaul with four public sector banks
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) held detailed discussions with senior officials of four major public sector banks—State Bank of India (SBI), Bank of Baroda, Canar...
No liquor shops within 1 km of temples, education institutes; ‘maach-bhaat’ in 400 canteens for ₹5, says Suvendu
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) said no liquor shops will be allowed within 1 km of educational institutes and temples. He also announced that ‘maach-bhaat’ (fish...
Himachal panchayat polls: 78.53% polling in first phase, women voters outnumber men
Over 78% polling was recorded in the first phase of the Himachal Pradesh panchayat elections on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) as women voters polled 6% more than men, officials said. Voting for 1,293 panchay...
Govt. in process of installing anti-drone systems within 6 months to curb smuggling of narcotics: Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) said that the government is in the process of installing anti-drone systems within the next six months as part of increased vigilance to curb th...
Rowdy-sheeter jumps from building to evade arrest
A team from Bagalagunte Police Station sustained injuries while attempting to arrest a notorious rowdy-sheeter, who allegedly jumped from the first floor of an under-construction building in Soladevan...
SSC public exams marks memo now available for download in school logins
Director of Government Examinations K.V. Srinivasulu Reddy informed Headmasters of High Schools that the Memorandum of Marks (Short Memos) pertaining to the SSC Public Examinations, March 2026, were m...
Kerala University accords farewell to graduating international students
Kerala University organised a farewell programme for 60 outgoing international students, including 20 undergraduate (UG) and 40 postgraduate (PG) students. Vice-Chancellor in-charge Mohanan Kunnummal ...
Capital Hospital performs high-risk cardiac surgery on dialysis patient in Vijayawada
Doctors at the Capital Hospitals in the city successfully performed a “high-risk” cardiac surgery on a 34-year-old woman who had been suffering from end-stage kidney disease and severe heart valve dys...
Andhra Pradesh emerges as a pioneer in AI-driven healthcare innovations, says Minister
Andhra Pradesh has emerged as a pioneering State in using artificial intelligence (AI) in the medical and health fields, said Minister for Health, Medical Education, and Family Welfare Satya Kumar Yad...
Supreme Court rejects review plea by Tamil Nadu on Mekedatu project
The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition filed by Tamil Nadu to review a November 2025 decision that termed the State’s challenge to Karnataka’s proposed Mekedatu Balancing Reservoir cum Drinking Wa...
CBI team conducts probe at house of Twisha Sharma's in-laws, later meets her family
A CBI team on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) visited the Bhopal residence of retired judge Giribala Singh to conduct a probe into the death of her daughter-in-law, Twisha Sharma , officials said. The probe ag...
Former Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has been writing to Union Ministers about the alleged violations of procedures in the clearances granted for the Centre’s ₹92,000 crore Great Nicobar Island infrastructure project; Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram has argued that the development of the island and protection of tribal interests need not be mutually exclusive
Congress leader and former Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) wrote back to Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, highlighting that the issues he had flagged about the non...
President Droupadi Murmu begins 3-day Sikkim tour; to visit India-China border
President Droupadi Murmu arrived in Sikkim on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) on a three-day visit, during which she will visit the India-China border, officials said. Also read | President Droupadi Murmu conf...
Delhi court acquits SKS Ispat, former Union Minister, three others in Coal scam
A Delhi court has acquitted SKS Ispat and Power Ltd. and four others, including the brother of former Union Minister Subodh Kant Sahay, in a case related to alleged irregularities in the allocation of...
Supreme Court stays Delhi HC verdict on law students' attendance
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) stayed the Delhi High Court order that prohibited law colleges and universities from barring students from appearing in exams for failing to meet the minimu...
Jamiat chief says do not sacrifice prohibited animals, avoid sharing slaughter photos on social media
Ahead of Id-ul-Fitr, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind chief Maulana Arshad Madani on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) urged Muslims not to sacrifice prohibited animals and avoid sharing pictures of slaughtered animals on so...
Congress targets Sitharaman’s ‘3Fs’, says she ignored ‘falling private investment’
The Congress on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) targeted Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her call to focus on the “3Fs” — fuel, fertilisers and forex — with party general secretary Jairam Ramesh sayin...
Govindaraja Swamy rides Kalpa Vriksha, Sarvabhoopala Vahanams
Devotees had an ecstatic spiritual experience as they watched the processions of Sri Govindaraja Swamy and His consorts, Sridevi and Bhudevi, during two of the most sought-after and philosophically si...
Nellore Rural MLA launches ‘You Can Question Me’ initiative
Nellore Rural MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy launched a unique programme, “Nannu Prashninchavacchu” (You Can Question Me), on Tuesday (May 26, 2026). Addressing the media alongside his brother, Kotamred...
Kollam district records 78.79% pass percentage in Plus Two
Kollam district has recorded a pass percentage of 78.79% in the second-year Higher Secondary (Plus Two) examination results. Out of the 25,137 students who appeared for the exams from 133 schools acro...
Singareni has become a hub of scams and financial mismanagement: BRS
HYDERABAD The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has expressed serious concern over the deteriorating condition of Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) under the Congress Government, alleging that the co...
Abdul Rahim’s release order signed
The release order of Abdul Rahim, a native of Kodampuzha near Feroke in Kozhikode who is lodged in a prison in Saudi Arabia, has been signed by the authorities. This was informed by the functionaries ...
A vibrant debate on digital overload, doomscrolling at Huddle on Campus
Following the inaugural session, the floor was opened for an interactive panel discussion on “The Age of Distraction and Doomscrolling: Its Impact on Student Behaviour and Mental Health”. In his openi...
Dera chief Ram Rahim granted parole for 16th time since 2017 conviction
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh , serving a 20-year sentence for raping two women disciples, walked out of Sunaria jail in Rohtak, Haryana, on Tuesday morning (May 26, 2026) after being...
From transportation to food commodities, the burden of inflation on the common man continues to intensify. Despite this, the government's profiteering continues unabated, says Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge attacked the Modi government on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) over the rising fuel prices and asked why relief was not provided to people when crude oil prices fell duri...
Quad Foreign Ministers meet LIVE: Rubio annoucnes launch of Indo-Pacific Maritime Surveillance Co-operation initiative
Key Updates U.S. Secretary of State Rubio announces launch of Indo-Pacific Maritime Surveillance Co-operation initiative Indo-Pacific region facing acute economic stress: Australia's Penny Wong Goal i...
India, Canada looking at concluding trade pact talks by year end
India and Canada are looking at concluding the negotiations for a free trade agreement by the end of this year, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said. Mr. Goyal is in Canada for a three...
Quad Foreign Ministers meet: Indo-Pacific must remain driver for global growth: Jaishankar
The Indo-Pacific must remain a driver for global growth and stability, and the Quad must work towards ensuring maritime security and promoting economic choices in the region, External Affairs Minister...
Facing a power cut? Here’s how to complain in your city
Major metro cities across India, be it Chennai or Delhi, is sweltering under the summer sun, with multiple cases of heat stroke being reported, especially among young children. Delhi has recorded its ...
Supreme Court refuses urgent hearing of PIL seeking complete ban on cow slaughter
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) refused to grant urgent hearing of a PIL seeking effective implementation of the law imposing a complete ban on cow slaughter ahead of Bakrid. "You remember...
CNG prices hiked fourth time in eleven days in Delhi and North India; latest by ₹2/kg
Prices of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) were hiked for the fourth time on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) in the last eleven days across Delhi and varied parts of North India – the latest by ₹2 per kilogram (kg...
Canada PM Carney’s visit to India reset ties after 2023 killing of Sikh activist, Piyush Goyal says
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent visit to India has helped pave the way for a complete reset of Canada-India relations, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said in Ottawa. The ties...
Amit Shah to visit border areas over next three weeks
Starting with Rajasthan on Tuesday (May 26, 2026), Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit the country’s border areas over the next three weeks, a government official said. During his visits to borde...
Rubio visits Taj Mahal, Amber Fort ahead of Quad meeting
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday (May 25, 2026) visited the Taj Mahal in Agra and the Amber Fort in Jaipur along with his wife Jeanette Rubio and U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor ahead...
As Quad Foreign Ministers meet, India-U.S. tensions, U.S.-China re-engagement and Iran war pose challenges
Foreign Ministers of the Quad will meet for the first time in nearly a year, as External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar hosts U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Won...
India-China issues, impact of global conflicts, and the role of middle powers in spotlight at Huddle 2026
Geopolitical issues, particularly the unpredictable behaviour of global superpowers, will be at the core of discussions at The Hindu Huddle, as diplomats and thinkers discuss possible solutions to rec...
ECI organises five-day workshop on electoral processes
The Election Commission of India , in collaboration with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), is organising a five-day workshop in the national capi...
BJP hits out at Rahul Gandhi over fuel price comments amid global tensions
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday (May 25, 2026) criticised Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for his remarks on fuel price hikes , while defending the Union government’s han...
Kerala woman delivers baby in hospital toilet; newborn rescued after being thrown out of window
A 19-year-old woman who arrived at a hospital in Kerala complaining of stomach pain delivered a baby in the toilet and allegedly threw it out of the window, the police said on Tuesday. The incident wa...
Police attach ₹1.25 crore property of alleged drug peddler in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua
“Police on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) attached an immovable property worth around ₹1.25 crore belonging to an alleged drug peddler in Jammu and Kashmir 's Kathua district under the provisions of the Narco...
Kerala school fitness: Local Self-Government dept engineers exempted from school wiring inspections
The Kerala government has decided to exempt Local Self-Government department (LSGD) assistant engineers from inspecting school wiring and other electrical works. Instead, schools can get these certifi...
Three fishermen rescued, one missing after fibre boat capsizes off Kodiyakarai coast
A 44-year-old fisherman drowned in the sea and three others from Nagapattinam district were rescued after their fibre boat capsized a few nautical miles off the Kodiyakarai coast after they set out fo...
Another blow to AIADMK as fourth MLA Esakki Subaya resigns post in Tamil Nadu
Dealing another blow to the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) , former Minister and Ambasamudram MLA Esakki Subaya on Tuesday (May 26, 2026) met Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker...
SC asks Delhi Government to come up with proposal for selection panel for DERC appointments
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 25, 2026) gave the Delhi government time till the end of the week to come up with a concrete proposal for the constitution of a selection committee to make regular app...
87% winners in Assam polls got votes above 50%, shows ADR study
Around 87% (110 candidates) of the winners in the recently held Assam Assembly elections won with 50% and above of the total votes polled in their constituency, while 13% (16 candidates) of those who ...
Rahul Gandhi trying to spread ‘anarchy’ and ‘instability’, reiterates BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday (May 25, 2026) reiterated its allegation that Leader of the Opposition (Lok Sabha) Rahul Gandhi was attempting to spread “anarchy ” and “instability”. At a p...
Kolkata Police visit Trinamool leader Abhishek’s house, call it a ‘routine exercise’
A team of Kolkata Police personnel visited the residence of Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday (May 25, 2026), with officials saying that it was part of a routine exercise. Police o...
President Droupadi Murmu confers 66 Padma awards
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday (May 25, 2026) presented Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri awards for the year 2026 at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Ne...
Opposition slams fresh fuel price hike, Kharge asks ‘who benefits’, Rahul calls Modi ‘inflation man’
As petrol and diesel prices were raised by ₹2.61-2.71 per litre on Monday (May 25, 2026), marking the fourth increase in less than two weeks, Opposition leaders stepped up their attack on the Narendra...
Twisha Sharma death case: Supreme Court backs CBI probe, asks media to exercise restraint
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 25, 2026) backed the Madhya Pradesh government’s call to handover the former model-turned-actor Twisha Sharma death case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), ...
Over 300 tourists stranded in Gulmarg’s high-altitude cable cars rescued
More than 300 tourists onboard the suspended cabins of Asia’s highest cable car (13,054 ft. to 13,780 ft.) were rescued following dramatic efforts over several hours in the north Kashmir hill station ...
The New Delhi meeting will be attended by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar presiding over it
May 26, 2026 08:03 As Quad Foreign Ministers meet, India-U.S. tensions, U.S.-China re-engagement and Iran war pose challenges Foreign Ministers of the Quad will meet for the first time in nearly a yea...
T.N. government announces cooperative crop loan waiver up to ₹50,000
The Tamil Nadu government, headed by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Monday (May 25, 2026) announced a waiver on loans up to ₹50,000, availed by small and marginal farmers from cooperative banks sin...
Girls shouldn’t give up education due to lack of sanitary napkins, gender-segregated toilets in schools: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 25, 2026) stressed that girls should not give up education only for the reason that sanitary napkins and functional, gender-segregated toilets are not available at sch...
Supreme Court issues notices to Centre on PIL seeking ban on employment of children in orchestras, spas
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 25, 2026) sought responses from the Centre, child rights body NCPCR, and the NHRC on a PIL seeking an absolute ban on the employment of children and adolescents in orc...
Jaisalmer civic body swings into action, buries hundreds of cattle carcasses after public outrage
In the wake of public outrage over cattle carcasses lying abandoned in a dumping yard, the Municipal Council in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer on Monday started the process of burying them. The civic body has ...
Government polytechnics in Tamil Nadu record near total placement this year
Government polytechnic colleges in Tamil Nadu have recorded over 93% placement for outgoing diploma students in the academic year 2025-26. At a time when engineering admissions have been overshadowing...
Mekedatu dam issue: CM tells officials to pursue legal action
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay instructed officials to pursue continued legal action regarding the Mekedatu dam issue during a meeting with Cauvery river water experts and legal luminaries at the Secr...
Ex-VCK MLA threatens to leave party over its support for TVK
Despite joining Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay’s Cabinet, the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) has been facing sustained criticism for not being true to its “ideological roots” from its own comrad...
‘Mantri Pradhan’ should resign, ‘Pradhan Mantri’ owes answers: Congress on CBSE glitches
With the CBSE set to engage IIT-Madras and IIT-Kanpur experts to address technical challenges in its post-result services portal , the Congress on Monday (May 25, 2026) attacked the government, saying...
Goods carrier driver falls asleep at wheel, dies after crashing into lorry on ORR
A goods carrier driver died and another person was injured after the vehicle allegedly rammed into a lorry on the Outer Ring Road near Shamirpet on Monday (May 25). According to police, the incident o...
Police launch cybercrime prevention training for constables in Vijayawada
Police Commissioner S.V. Rajashekar Babu on Monday (May 25, 2026) launched a training programme titled “NTR Police Khaki Studio” for police constables, aimed at preventing cybercrimes. Under the progr...
Father sentenced to 20 years in prison in POCSO case in Ranga Reddy
A court in Ranga Reddy district has sentenced a 37-year-old man to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment in a POCSO case registered by Shabad police of the Future City Police Commissionerate. The court al...
‘Mehangai manav’ strikes again: Rahul slams PM on fuel hike
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday (May 25, 2026) launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the latest fuel hike, saying ‘mehangai manav’ has struck again, and he has just on...
Naga body protests in Manipur capital Imphal demanding release of six civilians
Hundreds of Nagas on Monday (May 25, 2026) staged a protest rally in Manipur's capital Imphal, demanding the immediate release of six civilians allegedly held hostage by suspected Kuki militants. Orga...
Nirmala Sitharaman urges focus on Fuel, Fertiliser, Forex; hits out at critics for peddling pessimism
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday (May 25, 2026) called for increased focus on 3Fs- fuel, fertiliser and forex - amid the West Asia crisis , underlining that the domestic economy con...
Cockroach Janta Party has not dimmed the PM’s popularity among youth: Haryana CM
Dismissing the suggestion that the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) reflected anger among the youth, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday (May 25, 2026) said the youth still back Prime Minist...
A dysfunctional Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission would result in the piling up of petitions and applications that seek redress in electricity and energy-related issues in the national capital, the petition says
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 25, 2026) gave the Delhi government time till the end of the week to come up with a concrete response and time frame for the constitution of a selection committee to m...
President Droupadi Murmu confers Padma awards
President Droupadi Murmu on Monday (May 25, 2026) conferred the Padma Vibhushan on Bollywood actor Dharmendra posthumously and classical musician and violinist N Rajam at a Civil Investiture Ceremony ...
Stray dogs case: SC refuses to entertain plea over Punjab CM's statement
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 25, 2026) refused to entertain the mentioning of a plea which alleged that Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has said that the apex court has given a "free hand" to ...
Don’t take it so sentimentally, CJI tells lawyer complaining of online ‘distortion’ of the ‘cockroach’ remark
The Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Monday (May 25, 2026) asked a lawyer to not take the continued online frenzy over his (CJI Kant’s) reported use of the word “cockroach” in a court hearing so “...
So sad the NTA has not learnt its lesson, SC reacts to NEET-UG 2026 paper leak
The Supreme Court , on Monday (May 25, 2026), squarely blamed the National Testing Agency (NTA) for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET-UG) 2026 paper leak, saying the exam ...
DVS in Shivamogga hopeful of getting govt approval to fill vacant teaching posts in aided institutes
The Desheeya Vidya Shala Samithi (DVS), a Shivamogga-based trust running several government-aided educational institutions, is hopeful of receiving State government approval to fill teaching vacancies...
Flex boards against Vijayaraghavan at Tirur spark fresh row
A fresh political row has erupted after large flex boards appeared at Tirur targeting CPI(M) Polit Bureau member A. Vijayaraghavan with derogatory remarks against him. The boards, put up under the ban...
Astronomers spot blue straggler star hosting brown dwarf companion
A team of astronomers from various institutions have made the world’s first confirmed discovery of a blue straggler star hosting a brown dwarf companion in a very compact binary system. This breakthro...
Land acquisition for Reliance Data Centre and Steel Plant has turned into a major challenge for the government
Land acquisition for the proposed Reliance Data Centre at Bhogapuram and greenfield steel plant of Super Smelters Limited near Gurla turned into a major challenge for the government with the resistanc...
Ahead of monsoon, CESC sets up transformer banks across taluks
Anticipating an increase in transformer failures and weather-related damage during the upcoming monsoon, Chamundeshwari Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (CESC) has established transformer banks ...
Heavy damage to infrastructure delaying restoration of power supply in Yadgir district
Officials of Gulbarga Electricity Supply Company (GESCOM) in Yadgir district are finding it very difficult to restore power supply even after 24 hours of disruption due to a large number of electricit...
Two auto drivers killed in separate incidents
A 36-year-old autorickshaw driver was stabbed to death over a drunken altercation near a bar in Bengaluru during the early hours of Monday. The deceased has been identified as Syed Shafi, 36, a resid...
Police protection provided at home of Cockroach Janta Party founder
Police protection has been provided at the family home of Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the satirical digital outfit, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), on Sunday (May 24, 2026), to ensure there was “no cr...
WB government directs districts to set up holding centres for detained illegal foreigners
The West Bengal Government has directed District Magistrates across the State to set up holding centres for detained illegal foreigners and released foreign prisoners awaiting deportation. A notificat...
Congress targets PM Modi over Marco Rubio’s trade claim, seeks answers on U.S. imports
Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's statement that India has committed to purchasing $500 billion worth of American goods over the next five years, the Co...
The case has been listed later this week on an urgency basis
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 25, 2026) issued a notice to the Union government, the National Testing Agency (NTA) and others on petitions concerning the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak. The top court said...
‘Don’t take it so sentimentally’: CJI tells lawyer who complained about ‘activities’ of Cockroach Janta Party, fake law degrees
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Monday (May 25, 2026) asked a lawyer to not take the continued online frenzy over his reported use of the word “cockroach” in a court hearing so “sentimentally”. T...
UCC Bill introduced in Assam Assembly; seeks to ban polygamy, register live-in relationships
The Assam government on Monday (May 25, 2026) tabled a Bill on the Uniform Civil Code , seeking to ban polygamy and make registration of live-in relationships compulsory. Assam Parliamentary Affairs M...
Regrettable fact that PM Modi has not held a single open press conference: Editors Guild of India
The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Sunday (May 24, 2026) described as “embarrassing” the sharp exchanges between foreign journalists and Indian officials during Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s visit ...
Modi govt has sprinkled petrol to burn common people's savings: Kharge
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday (May 25, 2026) lashed out at the Modi government over the latest fuel hike and asked who is benefitting from this "daily robbery". Petrol and diesel pri...
Runway edge lights treated as runway in Air India Express take off accident in Oman
An Air India Express Boeing 737-800 operating from Muscat to Kannur on May 15, 2026, aligned with the runway edge lights during take-off, treating them as the runway and damaged multiple runway lights...
Twisha Sharma death: SC pained by handling of case, asks media to exercise restraint; CBI team dispatched to Bhopal
Key Updates CBI team dispatched to Bhopal to take over probe into Twisha Sharma death case For parents the moral is it is better to have a divorced daughter than a dead daughter: Solicitor General The...
Pune school principal shared NEET-related questions for money: CBI tells court
A Pune school principal, arrested in connection with the NEET-UG paper leak case, allegedly shared examination-related questions and content with a few students for monetary benefits, the CBI has told...
Plea in Supreme Court to probe Cockroach Janta Party ‘activities’, fake law degrees
A petition was filed on Sunday (May 24, 2026) in the Supreme Court to probe the “activities” of a “digital-political formation”, the Cockroach Janta Party , and the commercial exploitation, trademark ...
Assam Rifles apprehend key accused in 2023 abduction-murder of two Meitei students
The Assam Rifles have apprehended a key member of the United Kuki National Army (UKNA), an insurgent group active in Manipur ’s Churachandpur, who is wanted for the alleged abduction and murder of two...
SC’s revival of Section 124A for consenting accused brings back a colonial law the country did not want
The Supreme Court’s May 21 revival of Section 124A (sedition) proceedings against consenting accused persons has revived concerns over an admittedly oppressive provision that both the court and the Un...
Quad remains ‘vital’, says Japanese Foreign Minister, rejecting concerns over the grouping’s importance in the Indo-Pacific
The Quad remains a “vital framework”, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said, responding to concerns that the four-nation grouping had lost its relevance, and indicated in an interview that ...
Heatstroke victim’s body carried on shoulders outside Bhadrachalam hospital sparks outrage
Family members carrying the body of a 45-year-old man on their shoulders outside Government Area hospital in Bhadrachalam, Bhadradri Kothagudem, Telangana, triggered outrage after photographs and vide...
Pawan Kalyan orders action plan to stop sewage, effluents entering Godavari near Pushkar Ghat
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan on Monday (May 25, 2026) directed Rajamahendravaram Municipal Corporation authorities to prepare an action plan to prevent the release of untreated...
10 Telangana districts record temperatures above 46℃ on May 24
Heat conditions continued to intensify across Telangana, with maximum temperatures crossing 46℃ in 10 districts on Sunday (May 24, 2026), according to data released by the Telangana Development Planni...
CM directs heightened vigilance during Eid-ul-Azha; reviews security in sensitive U.P. districts
In view of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday (May 24, 2026) directed officials to strengthen vigilance, and said ritual sacrifice of animals would not be...
Supreme Court grants bail to Chhattisgarh's former excise commissioner in two liquor policy cases
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 25, 2026) granted bail to former excise commissioner Niranjan Das in two multi-crore rupees Chhattisgarh liquor policy scam cases , noting that other co-accused are al...
UCC implementation in Assam: Muslim organisations seek consultations with government
Muslim religious and social organisations have urged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Assam government to heed their views before implementing the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). Chief Minister Himanta ...
EGI calls upon government to stop treating media as an “adversary”
The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Sunday (May 24, 2026) described as “embarrassing” the sharp exchanges between foreign journalists and Indian officials during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit t...
NEET paper leak case: Court sends accused Shubham Khairnar to judicial custody till June 6
A Delhi court on Sunday (May 24, 2026) sent accused Shubham Khairnar to judicial custody till June 6 in the NEET paper leak case. Special Judge Ruchi Aggarwal Asrani allowed the Central Bureau of Inve...
‘Every country in world has stupid people’: Rubio on racist remarks against Indians in U.S.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday (May 24, 2026) described the United States as a “welcoming country” and termed the racist comments made against Indians as the actions of “stupid” people....
India, U.S. looking at firming up trade deal soon
India and the U.S. are poised to soon firm up the much-awaited trade agreement that will be both "beneficial" and "sustainable" and will advance the mutual interests of both nations, U.S. Secretary of...
IAF Chief A.P. Singh bats for self-reliance in defence capabilities
Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh, Chief of IAF, has emphasised self-reliance as a strategic necessity for developing resilient indigenous defence capabilities. Also read | Air Chief Marshal AP Singh meets...
Congress will not rest till Education Minister Pradhan resigns: Rahul Gandhi on NEET paper leak row
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday (May 24, 2026) said his party will not rest until Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns and a foolproof system is put in place to prevent paper leaks lik...
UPSC Prelims 2026 under way across India amid tight security
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) is conducting the Civil Services Preliminary Examination (CSE Prelims) across the country on Sunday (May 24, 2026). This year, a total of 8,19,372 candidates...
Dialogue, uninterrupted maritime trade: Jaishankar outlines India’s 5-point stand during talks with Rubio
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Sunday (May 24, 2026) outlined India’s five-point approach on key regional and global issues, stressing that New Delhi advocates dialogue and diplomacy...
BJP names 5 candidates for Legislative Council polls
The BJP on Sunday announced five candidates for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council elections slated later this year. The names approved by the Central Election Committee, include two for the gradua...
JMM, Cong. bid to divide society, undermine tribal rights won’t succeed: BJP
Leader of the Opposition in the Jharkhand Assembly Babulal Marandi on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Congress, accusing them of engaging in “divis...
Bihar CM woos investors with amended package, says govt.’s top priority is ensuring safety
Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Sunday said ensuring the security of businessmen was his government’s top priority and people associated with industries in the State should maintain their con...
Tusker kills tribesperson in Kothamangalam
A middle-aged tribesperson was allegedly trampled to death by a wild elephant inside the forest near Edamalayar in Kothamangalam on Sunday. The deceased is Pushpakaran Vellakkayyan, a resident of the ...
Traffic snarls around Edappally, Palarivattom spill over into NH Bypass, other arterial roads
The inordinate delay in removing barricades around Kochi metro’s Kakkanad extension work sites, and the snarls on roads leading to Edappally Junction, have lately been contributing to massive and unma...
Marco Rubio in India LIVE: Rubio says 'good news' in next few hours on Iran war
Key Updates We hope to seal U.S.-India trade deal soon: Rubio. India-U.S. relations have not lost momentum, says Rubio Watch | U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio holds bilateral talks with EAM S. Jai...
India issues advisory against non-essential travel to Congo, Uganda and South Sudan amid Ebola outbreak
The Indian government has advised citizens to avoid non-essential travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan in view of the Ebola outbreak in parts of Africa. The Min...
India's current yearly imports are $52.9 billion as of FY26, and Rubio's statement implies that India will have to double its annual imports from the U.S., highlights Congress leader Jairam Ramesh
The Congress on Sunday (May 24, 2026) targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's remarks that India has committed to purchasing $500 billion worth of American goo...
Rahul Gandhi trying to create ‘anarchy’ to topple Modi Government: BJP
The BJP on Sunday (May 24, 2026) accused Congress leader Rahul Gandh i of conspiring to destabilise the Narendra Modi Government by "creating anarchy" in the country, alleging that he was acting at th...
Tigress which killed four women trapped in Maharashtra
A tigress which mauled four women to death was tranquillised and caged in Sindewahi taluka of Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, forest officials said on Sunday (May 24, 2026). “The tigress was seen ...
Veerashaiva Mahasabha leaders demand probe against police
Veerashaiva Mahasabha leaders in Dharwad have said that a young member of the community died due to harassment by police officers and have sought action against the latter. They also sought compensati...
Congress asks its rank and file to be alert against deletion of voters ahead of SIR exercise in Karnataka
With fears expressed over Congress voters being targeted in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Karnataka similar to what happened in West Bengal where 27 lakh voters, believed to be supporters of...
Suvendu urges BJP workers to follow law, says government will do ‘sabka hisab’
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday (May 24, 2026) said that along with ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ (everyone’s support, everyone’s progress), there will be ‘Sabka Hisab’ (holding eve...
Grand Vachana Vijayotsava procession marks Basavotsava in Bidar
A grand Vachana Vijayotsava procession was taken out in Bidar on Sunday as part of Basavotsava and the second memorial observance of Akka Annapurnatai. The procession began from Basava Udyana in Shivn...
Idukki DCC president nominated murder-accused to committee without consultation, say members
The decision of Idukki District Congress Committee (DCC) president C.P. Mathew to nominate Nikhil Paily, the prime accused in the murder of Students Federation of India (SFI) activist and BTech studen...
Confident of having productive talks as strong partners, says Jaishankar on meeting with Rubio
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar, in his opening remarks during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at New Delhi’s Hyderabad House, said that he is looking forward and is c...
12 MPs, four Parliamentary panels selected for Sansad Ratna Awards
As many as 12 MPs and four Parliamentary Committees have been selected for this year's Sansad Ratna Awards by a private organisation. In a statement, the Prime Point Foundation said BJP's Jagdambika P...
What did the Supreme Court say about bail under UAPA?
The story so far: O n May 22, the Supreme Court granted six months of interim bail to two accused in the 2020 Delhi riots case — Abdul Khalid Saifi and Tasleem Ahmad. It also referred to a larger Benc...
Kerala’s new UDF government proposes measures to improve tax collection, planning and project implementation
Amid heated political debate over Kerala’s fiscal health, the State’s new Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government has outlined certain measures, including a revamp of the Goods and Servi...
Rozgar Mela: Union Minister Suresh Gopi urges new recruits to collectively realise the vision of ‘Viksit Bharat’
As many as 130 candidates received appointment letters during the 19th tranche of Rozgar Mela held at Railway Kalyana Mandapam, Thampanoor, in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. Of them, 79 were recruite...
GI tag application filed for ‘Ananthapuramu Lemon’ from Anantapur district
A Geographical Indication (GI) tag application has been filed for the ‘Ananthapuramu Lemon’, a citrus variety grown in parts of Anantapur district. In a press release on Sunday (May 24, 2026), Madanap...
Binoy Viswam objects to appointment of Kelkar as CM’s Secretary
Communist Party of India (CPI) State secretary Binoy Viswam accused the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) of following the path of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led State governments which...
CPI(M) demands scrapping NTA, seeks Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Saturday (May 23, 2026) demanded the scrapping of National Testing Agency (NTA) over the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, and also sought the resignation of U...
How has the BCCI resisted RTI scrutiny?
The story so far: The Central Information Commission (CIC) on May 18 held that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) does not qualify as a “public authority” under the Right to Information ...
Supreme Court registers suo motu case over death of Twisha Sharma
The Supreme Court on Saturday (May 23, 2026) registered a suo motu case concerning the alleged dowry death of Noida resident Twisha Sharma amid allegations by her family that her in-laws tampered with...
MHA warns of phishing campaign targeting users of lost or stolen iPhones
The Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has identified a sophisticated phishing campaign targeting Apple iPhone users whose devices have been lost or...
A nation that makes its own weapons writes its destiny: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday (May 23, 2026) said that countries capable of producing their own weapons shape their own future, as he inaugurated NIBE Group’s Defence Manufacturing Comple...
‘Kumbh a great way to make infrastructure climate friendly’
Nashik is all set to host its Kumbh Mela and it is a great way to fuse both infrastructure and nature, according to Lubaina Rangwala, Program Director at WRI India, speaking at a session titled ‘Kumbh...
Addressing a press conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said an announcement was possible later on a deal with Iran that could formally end the West Asia war
External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Sunday (May 24, 2026) outlined India’s five-point approach on key regional and global issues, stressing that New Delhi advocates dialogue and diplomacy...
Kurnool police trace missing persons using facial-recognition CCTV network, says SP
Kurnool district police are using CCTV cameras that scan and identify faces to trace missing persons, track criminals and recover stolen vehicles, Superintendent of Police Vikrant Patil has said. Mr. ...
Traffic diversions in Mehdipatnam for skywalk works on May 24 and 25
Traffic diversions will be in place in parts of Mehdipatnam and along the PVNR Expressway from 4 p.m. on May 24 till 6 a.m. on May 25 in view of skywalk construction works near Mehdipatnam Rythu Bazar...
2008 railway exam assault: Raj Thackeray's role in instigating attack not proved, says court
A Thane court, while acquitting Raj Thackeray and others in a 2008 case of alleged assault on Railway Recruitment Board examinees at Kalyan station, has observed that the prosecution failed to prove t...
200 bats die due to heatwave in Chhattisgarh’s Korba
Nearly 200 bats have been found dead at a village in Chhattisgarh 's Korba district, with officials suspecting heatwave conditions as the cause. Also read | Scorching days, restless nights: Heatwave t...
Two held for allegedly duping elderly Bengaluru woman of ₹24 crore
In what is being described as Karnataka’s biggest “digital arrest” cyber fraud case, the cybercrime sleuths of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) have busted a massive online scam and arrested five accuse...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets PM Modi
India plays an important role in the U.S.’s Indo-Pacific policy, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who met and invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington later this year, said. The U.S.’s t...
3,000 women committees formed, 81 houses demolished in anti-drug campaign in J&K: Manoj Sinha
J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday (May 23, 2026) said more than 7,000 women’s committees were formed in J&K to fight against drug menace and underlined that 81 narcotic palaces built wit...
Scorching days, restless nights: Heatwave tightens grip across parts of India
Blistering heat and scorching summer winds swept across several parts of India on Saturday (May 23, 2026), pushing temperatures past 44° Celsius in several regions. The punishing weather forced hospit...
Goyal to visit Canada next week to boost FTA talks, investments
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday (May 23, 2026) said he will lead a business delegation of over 150 members to Canada on May 25-27 to seek investments, enhance collaborations an...
Twisha Sharma’s husband sent to 7-day police remand; AIIMS Delhi forms panel for second autopsy
Samarth Singh, husband of actor-model Twisha Sharma who allegedly ended her life recently, was on Saturday (May 23, 2026) sent to seven days of police custody in Bhopal, a day after he was arrested in...
Sonam Wangchuk calls himself ‘honorary cockroach’, urges government to hear voices of youth
Environmentalist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk on Saturday (May 23, 2026) voiced support for the online "cockroach" movement led by the self-styled "Cockroach Janata Party" (CJP), describing himself...
Organisations and environmentalists demand withdrawal of CJI’s remarks on activists
Forty-nine organisations, collectives and 553 environmentalists, academics, and citizens on Friday (May 22, 2026) wrote a letter to Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, demanding that the Supreme ...
Search for terrorists intensifies in J&K's Rajouri after encounter, more troops deployed
Security forces on Sunday (May 24, 2026) intensified search operations and strengthened the cordon in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district with the deployment of additional troops to track down suspec...
AIADMK leader Edappadi Palaniswami criticises unscheduled power cuts across Tamil Nadu
AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami, on Sunday (May 24, 2026), criticised incidents of unscheduled power cuts in various places across Tamil Nadu and urged the TVK-led government to take ...
Punjab Police ASI found dead in Amritsar
The body of a Punjab Police assistant sub-inspector with a gunshot injury was found near the Fatehgarh Churian-Majithia road in Amritsar on Sunday (May 24, 2026), an officer said. Senior Superintenden...
Secretary of State Rubio, accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor, discussed U.S.-India ties on security, trade and critical technologies with Mr. Modi
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday (May 23, 2026) met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. U.S. Ambassador Sergio Gor said Rubio extended an invitation to PM Modi on behalf of Presi...
Financial decisions will rest with elected leaders: Sonam Wangchuk on Ladakh’s agreement with Centre
Following a meeting with the Centre, renowned climate activist Sonam Wangchuk , on Saturday (May 23, 2026), emphasised that decisions over the finances of the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh will now b...
Cabinet clears 2.5 lakh houses, ₹587 crore for PRLSI
The Telangana Cabinet gave its approval for the launch of the second phase of Indiramma houses on June 1, allocation of ₹587 crore towards land acquisition for the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation ...
Pinarayi flays crackdown on Cockroach Janta Party
Leader of Opposition Pinarayi Vijayan has strongly criticised the withholding of Cockroach Janta Party’s X handle in the country. In a statement, Mr. Vijayan alleged the X handle of the youth movement...
I don’t think the ruling party has the stomach for sarcasm, says Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke
The official website of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) , a youth-led satirical political outfit, was taken down on Saturday (May 23, 2026) at 9 a.m . Accusing the Indian Government of orchestrating t...
DPR proposes Public-Private Partnership model for Madavara–Tumakuru Namma Metro line
The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has submitted the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the proposed Madavara (BIEC)-Tumakuru Metro Rail corridor to Home Minister G. Parameshwara on S...
News in Frames | The drying naulas of Uttarakhand
N aulas, or water temples, represent a remarkable union of nature and human ingenuity — places where one could drink clean water or even take a royal bath, as at the Ranidhara naula . These traditiona...
Centre asks Delhi Gymkhana Club to hand over premises by June 5
The Centre has asked Gymkhana Club in Lutyens' Delhi to hand over its premises by June 5, citing that the land was required for strengthening defence infrastructure. The order, which was issued by the...
Congress slams Centre over rising fuel prices, questions PM for not disclosing seriousness of crisis
With petrol and diesel prices rising for the third time in eight days, the Congress on Saturday questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not disclose the seriousness of the country’s fuel suppl...
₹350 crore investment to generate 2,300 employment opportunities in Bihar
The Project Clearance Committee (PCC) meeting of the Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA), under the Industries Department, Government of Bihar, was conducted on Saturday (May 23, 2026)...
Tension grips Malayidamthuruth amid intense protests
A tense atmosphere prevailed at Pariyathukavu, a Dalit settlement at Malayidamthuruth near Kizhakkambalam, on Saturday (May 23) as residents kept vigil against yet another attempt to evict them from t...
RTA suspends permits of 28 private buses
The Ernakulam Regional Transport Authority (RTA) has suspended the permits of 28 private buses operated from different parts of the city to Kakkanad. The action by the RTA headed by the District Colle...
Frequent disruption of ro-ro services give harrowing time to commuters
Commuters and goods carriers in the passenger-dense Fort Kochi-Vypeen corridor are having a harrowing time due to the frequent withdrawal from service of the two roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) ferries opera...
Govt. to soon bring in an AI policy to transform Bihar: CM
Asserting that AI (Artificial Intelligence) has a significant role to play in the era of communication revolution, Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Saturday said the State government will soon...
Army officer’s selfie with crashed helicopter puts spotlight on May 20 ‘accident’ in Ladakh
A viral selfie with Army officers, including pilots, next to a crashed chopper on Saturday (May 23, 2026) put a spotlight on an “accident” that took place on May 20, 2026 in Ladakh. Meanwhile, a Court...
Delhi Police file 14,000-page supplementary chargesheet in 2023 Parliament breach case
The Delhi Police Special Cell has filed a nearly 14,000-page fourth supplementary chargesheet under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) against the accused in the 2023 Parliament security ...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in New Delhi to reset strained bilateral relations
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in New Delhi on Saturday (May 23, 2026) for his first official visit to India — a trip aimed at recalibrating the bilateral relations that have faced headwi...
Centre publishes draft rules for VB-G RAM G, invites feedback
The Centre on Saturday (May 23, 2026) published draft rules under the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 (VB–G RAM G) for public consultation, following the n...
Marco Rubio in India LIVE: Rubio invites PM Modi to White House
May 23, 2026 18:37 U.S. Secretary of State highlights strengthening India-U.S. Partnership Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “India is an incredibly important partner of the U.S. We are going to ma...
Crackdown on Cockroach Janta Party, access to all accounts lost, says founder Abhijeet Dipke
Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Saturday (May 23, 2026) alleged a crackdown on the satirical digital outfit, saying it does not have access to any of its social media accounts fo...
A.P. continues to grapple with intense heat as 95 mandals record above 42°C
Despite a slight drop in temperatures compared to earlier this week, when the mercury levels exceeded 45 degrees Celsius mark in many areas, Andhra Pradesh continues to reel under the intense heat. Ac...
Manipur CM assures NIA probe into abduction of Naga men
Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Saturday (May 23, 2026) assured a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the alleged abduction of six Naga men by Kuki extremists, as the hosta...
BMCRI working on setting up a centralised diagnostic hub to ease burden on Victoria Hospital’s Infosys central laboratory
With mounting pressure on the central diagnostic laboratory on Victoria Hospital campus due to increasing patient load, the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) is now working on a...
Naidu to inaugurate MSME Growth Summit-2026 in Vijayawada on May 25
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will inaugurate the MSME Growth Summit-2026 at Dr. Ambedkar Kala Vedika in Vijayawada on Monday (May 25). The MSME Growth Summit-2026 is a flagship initiative of th...
Raghav Chadha appointed chairman of Rajya Sabha Committee on Petitions
Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, who switched from the AAP to the BJP recently, has been appointed as the new chairman of the Committee on Petitions of the Upper House. After reconstituting the Committee...
19th Rozgar Mela: World wants to become part of India’s ‘Vikas Yatra’, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed more than 51,000 appointment letters to newly-appointed youth in various government departments and organisations at the 19th Rozgar Mela on Saturday (May 23, ...
Leadership crisis, 'loot' in BJP govt., says Congress chief Kharge after third fuel price hike
After the third fuel price hike in eight days, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday (May 23, 2026) alleged that the government was "looting" the public's earnings in instalments. In a pos...
No system to groom political leaders in India; youth must enter public life with awareness: Governor Arlekar
Rajendra Arlekar, the Governor of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, on Saturday (May 23, 2026) rued the lack of minimum educational qualifications for politicians in the country, while urging the youth to equip ...
AIIMS Delhi forms 4-member board for Twisha Sharma's second autopsy, team to fly to Bhopal
AIIMS Delhi has constituted a medical board comprising four senior doctors, who will fly to Bhopal this evening by a state chartered plane, to conduct a second autopsy of actor-model Twisha Sharma fol...
Bandi Sanjay hands over job letters at Rozgar Mela in Anantapur
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay on Saturday handed over appointment letters to 120 candidates, who landed Central government jobs, at the Rozgar Mela held in Guntakal of Anantapu...
‘Sanjeevani’ will be implemented across State from August 15, says Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday launched the ambitious healthcare and governance roadmap for Andhra Pradesh, announcing that the government would implement the ‘Sanjeevani’ healthcare ...
Congress, SP to face another rude shock in Uttar Pradesh polls: BJP’s Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Former Union Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi launched a scathing attack on the Congress on Saturday (May 23, 2026), saying "sky-high arrogance" and "gutter-...
West Bengal gets ₹3,000 crore for healthcare revamp, Ayushman Bharat card rollout from July: CM Suvendu Adhikari
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday held a meeting with Union Health Minister J. P. Nadda and announced that the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme would be rolled out in the State fr...
Piyush Goyal meets officials, industry representatives to discuss ways to boost manufacturing
An inter-ministerial meeting was held with industry associations to discuss ways to boost the country's manufacturing, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday (May 22, 2026). He sai...
Supreme Court orders immediate FIRs in missing person cases, activation of anti-trafficking units within 4 weeks
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 22, 2026) directed police authorities across the country to immediately register FIRs in all missing persons cases and ordered that Anti- Human Trafficking Units be ma...
Rubio's maiden India visit aims to repair strained ties; boost Quad cooperation
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will arrive in India on Saturday (May 23, 2026) for a maiden four-day visit, aimed at repairing bilateral ties that have been under strain since mid-last year. The ...
Twisha Sharma death case: husband Samarth Singh brought to Bhopal, police to seek remand
Samarth Singh, the husband of Twisha Sharma who allegedly ended her life recently, was brought to Bhopal in the wee hours of Saturday (May 23, 2026), with police set to seek his custodial remand for q...
Framed under Section 33 and other relevant provisions of the Act, the draft rules have been placed in the public domain to facilitate wider stakeholder consultation before they are finalised
The Centre on Saturday (May 23, 2026) published draft rules under the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) Act, 2025 (VB–G RAM G) for public consultation, following the n...
Marco Rubio in India LIVE: After a short visit to Kolkata, U.S. Secretary of State lands in New Delhi
May 23, 2026 15:17 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets PM Modi After having a short stay at Kolkata, U.S. Secretary of State, who is on a four-day India visit, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi a...
NEET-UG candidates can submit bank details for fee refund till May 27: NTA
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Friday (May 22, 2026) opened a dedicated portal for NEET-UG 2026 candidates to submit their bank account details for refund of examination fees after the entrance ...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in Kolkata, visits Saint Teresa’s Mother House
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday (May 23, 2026) began his maiden four day visit to India by visiting Mother House, the headquarters of Saint Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, in Kolkata...
16 die of heatstroke in Telangana, government announces ₹4 lakh ex gratia
A total of 16 people have died due to heatstroke in Telangana as severe heatwave conditions continue to grip the State, prompting the government to issue a statewide alert and announce ₹4 lakh ex grat...
Sulur minor girl abduction and murder: T.N. CM Vijay expresses shock, orders swift probe
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Saturday (May 23, 2026) expressed shock over the abduction and murder of a 10-year-old girl near Sulur in Coimbatore district . He said he had instructed t...
U.P. STF busts SSC exam-rigging racket in Greater Noida; seven held
The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has busted an alleged racket involved in rigging Staff Selection Commission (SSC) online recruitment examinations using proxy servers and dummy candidates, a...
RSS economic wing bats for stronger rupee, contrary to Arvind Panagariya prescription
The debate raging over whether or not the rupee should be bolstered by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) gained another perspective, with the Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM) weighing in. The economic wing ...
Supreme Court refers UAPA bail curbs to larger Bench for ‘authoritative’ ruling
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 22, 2026) granted six months of interim bail to two accused in the 2020 Delhi riots case while referring to a larger Bench the question of whether prolonged incarcerat...
Centre tells Supreme Court it will bring back persons allegedly ‘pushed’ to Bangladesh
The Centre informed the Supreme Court of India on Friday (May 22, 2026) that it would bring back to India a few people whose families were alleged to have been “pushed” into Bangladesh, and would veri...
India successfully test-fires Agni-1 ballistic missile from Odisha
India on Friday successfully test-launched the short-range ballistic missile Agni-1 from the Integrated Test Range in Balasore, Odisha. According to the Ministry of Defence, the launch, carried out un...
Reconstituted PAC meets; BJP objects to panel taking up issues suo motu
The reconstituted Public Accounts Committee (PAC) convened on Friday (May 22, 2026), during which BJP members objected to PAC chairperson K. C. Venugopal taking up certain subjects for examination by ...
Samyukt Kisan Morcha warns against natural farming, asks Centre to ensure adequate fertilisers
Warning that “natural farming “ could reduce crop output by 30%, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella organisation of more than 500 farmers’ outfits, has urged the union government here on Frid...
BJP's Bengal win can reshape India's economic direction: Pradeep Gupta
Pollster Pradeep Gupta has argued that the BJP's victory in the West Bengal Assembly election has the potential to reshape not just the State's future but also the economic direction of the entire cou...
Jaishankar to host Quad Foreign Ministers meet on May 26: MEA
Days after U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China, India will chair a meeting of the Quad’s Foreign Ministers on Tuesday (May 26, 2026), with talks about a “free and open Indo-Pacific” on the to...
Rubio’s India itinerary, scheduled from May 23 to 26 and also encompassing Agra, Jaipur, and New Delhi, is being viewed as diplomatically significant for his scheduled energy talks with India and the meeting with Ministers from the Quad nations.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Kolkata on Saturday (May 23, 2026) for his four-day diplomatic tour to India, with the city marking the opening leg of a visit that carries considerable ...
Marco Rubio in India LIVE: Rubio visits Saint Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata
May 23, 2026 11:19 Marco Rubio's India visit has Eye on energy While U.S. President Donald Trump rarely raises human rights, some elements of his base have expressed concerns over the treatment of Chr...
Twisha Sharma death case: husband taken into custody, M.P. HC allows second autopsy
Samarth Singh, the husband of Twisha Sharma who allegedly ended her life recently, was taken into custody by the Madhya Pradesh Police on Friday (May 22, 2026) after he remained absconding for days in...
Elephant runs amok in busy Thrissur locality; causes panic, damage to property
Panic gripped Thrissur city on Saturday morning (May 23, 2026) after a captive elephant, Sivam Lakshmi Ayyappan, turned violent and ran amok through several busy and residential areas, causing widespr...
From prison cells to exam halls: 44 Gujarat inmates pass GSEB Board examinations
The towering prison gates and iron bars are often associated with darkness, regret, and loneliness. Yet this year, Gujarat’s correctional facilities recorded progress in education, reflected in examin...
Ahead of SIR, 75% of voters mapped with 2003 rolls in Jharkhand: CEO
Jharkhand Chief Electoral Officer K. Ravi Kumar on Saturday (May 23, 2026) said the parental mapping of 75% of voters with that of the 2003 electoral rolls has been completed in the run-up to the SIR ...
139 Indians released from Russian military service, Centre tells Supreme Court
The Union government informed the Supreme Court on Friday (May 22, 2026) that 217 Indian nationals had joined the Russian Armed Forces during the Ukraine conflict, of whom 139 have been released from ...
CBI arrests Delhi Food and Supply Department official in bribery case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an assistant commissioner of the Food and Supply Department here in connection with an alleged bribery case, officials said Friday (May 22, 2026)...
Supreme Court questions quota to children of economically, educationally advanced families in backward classes
Observing that with educational and economic empowerment, there is social mobility, the Supreme Court on Friday questioned the continued grant of reservation benefits to children of economically and e...
NEET-UG 2026 case: CBI arrests another key accused for leaking Physics questions
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Pune-based person in connection with the NEET-UG 2026 case for allegedly leaking some Physics questions. The accused has been identified as Man...
Earlier, on May 8, the country had successfully carried out a flight trial of an advanced Agni missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-Entry Vehicle off the coast of the State
India on Friday successfully test-launched the short-range ballistic missile Agni-1 from the Integrated Test Range in Balasore, Odisha. According to the Ministry of Defence, the launch, carried out un...
Debt and distress: youth caught in cricket betting trap
Cricket has been a fan-favourite sport in India for decades. However, this indulgence has undergone a dramatic transformation, with many people getting involved in betting and gambling. From cricket g...
Woman sustains injury at Kochi metro worksite
A young woman was injured in a freak accident when an iron piece from the worksite of Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) on Civil Lane Road broke the windshield of her vehicle. The accident, which took p...
Infrastructure is foundation of economic growth, says M. Jamshed
Infrastructure is not merely the bedrock of development, but development itself, said M. Jamshed during a special address at The Hindu ’s Maharashtra Infrastructure Conclave 2026 held in Mumbai on Fri...
Mumbai, Maharashtra emerging as key hubs for global investment and clean energy partnerships, say diplomats
Mumbai and Maharashtra are increasingly emerging as major destinations for global investment across infrastructure, clean energy, education and technology sectors, Consul Generals from Australia and F...
HMT revival package at final stage, says Union Minister
Union Minister for Heavy Industries H.D. Kumaraswamy has reportedly said that the revival package for Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) is in its final stage. The assurance was conveyed during the Ministe...
‘The Hindu is another name for trust,’ says Eknath Shinde
: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, speaking at The Hindu Infrastructure Conclave in Mumbai on Friday (May 22, 2026), said the newspaper has kept its dignity in an age of sensational ne...
KERC directs Escoms to give consumers 15 clear days to pay bills
The Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission has directed all electricity distribution companies in the State to provide consumers a minimum of 15 clear days to pay electricity bills from the actua...
Ahead of kharif season, Dharwad Deputy Commissioner warns traders of strict action ‘creating artificial scarcity’
In the wake of early showers and the expected onset of monsoon in the first week of June, farmers in Dharwad district have already started pre-sowing activities and on Friday, Deputy Commissioner of D...
CBI arrests key accused linked to NEET-UG 2026 physics paper leak case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday (May 22, 2026) arrested another key accused from Pune in connection with the 2026 NEET-UG paper leak case. Manisha Sanjay Havaldar, currently employ...
2025 landslide in Shimla Act of God, NHAI tells NGT, rejects compensation claim
The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has told the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it is not liable to pay compensation to owners of agricultural land as the May 2025 landslide that occur...
Indo-Pacific grouping expected to discuss U.S. President Trump’s China visit, the Iran war, and the Hormuz blockade; U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to arrive on May 23 for four-day bilateral talks
Days after U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to China, India will chair a meeting of the Quad’s Foreign Ministers on Tuesday (May 26, 2026), with talks about a “free and open Indo-Pacific” on the to...
Twisha Sharma death case: husband taken into custody from Jabalpur court premises
Jabalpur police on Friday (May 22, 2026) took into their custody Samarth Singh, an accused in the alleged dowry death case of his wife Twisha Sharma, after he reached the district court here to surren...
Are cartoons in NCERT textbooks proper?: Supreme Court asks retired judge panel to review
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 22, 2026) asked a former apex court judge-led committee to review cartoons published in National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks after ...
Bowring Hospital wall collapse: Lokayukta probe finds major safety lapses
The Karnataka Lokayukta inquiry into the tragic compound wall collapse at the government-run Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospital in Shivajinagar has revealed multiple structural and administrative lapses...
Karnataka govt. extends viability gap funding of ₹28.47 crore to resume flights from Bengaluru to Bidar, Kalaburagi
The Karnataka government is extending viability gap funding of ₹28.47 crore to support and resume flight services from Bengaluru to Bidar and Kalaburagi, the district headquarters of Kalyana Karnataka...
Karnataka designates isolation centres in Bengaluru, Mangaluru amid Ebola alert
Karnataka’s Health Department has designated specialised isolation, quarantine and treatment facilities in State-run hospitals in Bengaluru and Mangaluru as part of precautionary measures amid Ebola a...
Opposition to Bengaluru’s new international cricket stadium grows
A city-based advocate Umapathi S. has filed a complaint with the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden, State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Karnataka St...
West Bengal government notifies free bus travel for women in State-run buses from June 1
The West Bengal government has notified free bus travel for women in all State government-run buses from June 1, 2026, as part of a scheme aimed at enhancing women's empowerment and improving access t...
NCERT book row: Supreme Court modifies earlier order concerning 3 academics
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 22, 2026) recalled its “harsh” observations made on its March 11 order that had directed the Centre, States and others to disassociate from three academics, following ...
The order came after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta raised the issue and said 'textbook is not a place where you use cartoons'
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 22, 2026) asked a former apex court judge-led committee to review cartoons published in National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks after ...
Severe heatwave conditions likely to prevail over parts of India: IMD
Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions are likely to persist over the plains of Northwest India, Central and East India, and parts of Peninsular India during the next six to seven days, the India Mete...
Congress says ‘petty pilfering’ from National Sports Development Fund is discouraging sportspersons
The Congress on Friday (May 22, 2026) said "petty pilfering" from the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) is discouraging the country's sportspersons at a time when India hopes to host the Olympic...
Demand driving growth, but economic outlook ‘somewhat clouded’ by supply issues: RBI
While India’s domestic demand remains a key driver of growth, the near-term outlook for the economy is “somewhat clouded” due to supply side pressures brought on by the West Asia crisis, the Reserve B...
Govt. aims to make June 21 NEET-UG retest 100% error-free: Education Minister Pradhan
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday (May 22, 2026) said the government had to take "tough decisions" after irregularities were detected in the conduct of the NEET-UG , asserting that...
Muslim side moves Supreme Court challenging Madhya Pradesh HC order in Bhojshala complex dispute case
The Muslim side on Thursday (May 21, 2026) moved the Supreme Court challenging a Madhya Pradesh High Court order , which said the disputed Bhojshala complex in Dhar district of the State was a temple ...
NEET-UG paper leak row: Congress leader Ashok Gehlot slams NTA’s ‘irresponsible’ stand
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday (May 22, 2026) criticised the National Testing Agency (NTA) over its handling of the alleged NEET-UG paper leak issue , calling the agency's stan...
Centre extends NCB chief Anurag Garg's tenure till July 2027
“The Centre has extended the tenure of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) chief Anurag Garg till July next year,” according to a Personnel Ministry order. Mr. Garg, a 1993 batch Indian Police Service offi...
PM Modi, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides hold bilateral meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides held a bilateral meeting in New Delhi on Friday (May 22, 2026). The meeting took place at the Hyderabad House. External Affairs ...
A.P. govt. urges MSMEs to utilise ECLGS 5.0 amid West Asia crisis
Andhra Pradesh Minister for MSMEs, SERP, and NRI Empowerment Relations, Kondapalli Srinivas, has welcomed the Centre’s decision to introduce the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) 5.0 to s...
One arrested for attempting to sell Grey Francolins
The Kollegal CID Police Forest Mobile Squad has arrested a 43-year-old man for attempting to illegally sell Grey Francolins, called Goujala Hakki in Kannada, on the outskirts of Dasanapura village in ...
Jagan spreading lies on disbursal of pensions, says SERP Minister Kondapalli Srinivas
Minister for SERP and MSMEs Kondapalli Srinivas accused YSRCP president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy of spreading false information regarding the State’s pension distribution system. In a statement on Frida...
Karnataka High Court reduces car driver’s sentence for helping accident victim
Taking note of the conduct of a driver in taking the injured victim to hospital soon after the accident and not fleeing from the spot, the High Court of Karnataka has reduced his imprisonment to one d...
Centre asks States to step up Ebola preparedness after WHO-declares global health emergency
Following the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) declaration of the ongoing Ebola Disease outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern...
Shashi Tharoor slams X ban on ‘Cockroach Janata Party’
A day after the Cockroach Janata Party’s (CJP) account was withheld in India in response to a legal complaint, Congress MP Shashi Tharoo r on Friday (May 22, 2026) dubbed the move as “foolish” in his ...
Hyderabad Ponzi case: Enforcement Directorate arrests Nowhera Shaik
“The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Nowhera Shaik, prime accused in the Heera Group linked alleged investment fraud case of Hyderabad, from Gurugram,” officials said on Friday (May 22, 2026...
Supreme Court grants bail to J&K man booked under UAPA after five years in custody as undertrial
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 22, 2026) allowed bail to a young man from Jammu and Kashmir accused under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for being part of a cross-border conspiracy ...
Delhi riots 2020 case: Umar Khalid gets three-day interim bail
The Delhi High Court on Friday (May 22, 2026) granted three days’ interim bail to Umar Khalid , an accused in the 2020 Delhi riots. Editorial | Process as punishment: On the Umar Khalid case Mr. Khali...
Two Indians die while descending from Mount Everest summit, says official
Two Indian mountaineers who summited Everest have died while descending, an official said on Friday (May 22, 2026). The climbers, identified as Arun Kumar Tiwari and Sandeep Are, were exhausted while ...
Will not only stop infiltration but also deport each and every infiltrator, says Amit Shah
“Government of India has decided to not only stop infiltration but also deport each and every infiltrator. We will not allow demographic changes. BSF has to stop this conspiracy to bring demographic c...
PM, Education Minister must be held accountable for 'cover up': Congress on NTA claims on NEET exam
The Congress on Friday (May 22, 2026) said it was shocked over claims made by top NTA officials that the NEET exam paper was "not leaked", and said both the 'Pradhan Mantri' and the 'Mantri Pradhan' m...
Founder’s parents lose sleep as ‘Cockroach’ sets social media on fire
The meteoric rise of satirical digital outfit Cockroach Janta Party on social media has left the parents of its founder, Abhijeet Dipke , overwhelmed by fears that he could land in trouble or even fac...
Parents, students challenge CBSE three-language rule for Class 9
Parents and students have approached the Supreme Court on Friday (May 22, 2026) for an urgent hearing against a Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) policy which has made the study of three lan...
Karnataka State Wakf Council urges government to ensure protection during Bakrid celebrations
The Karnataka State Wakf Council has submitted a memorandum to Home Minister G. Parameshwara seeking police protection and strict legal action against individuals attempting to create fear and disturb...
As water level rises, Kerala’s Karapuzha dam shutters to be opened as precautionary measure
As the water level in the Karapuzha dam in Wayanad district in Kerala has reached 757.10 MSL, the reservoir’s spillway shutters will be opened on Saturday (May 23). District Collector D.R. Meghasree, ...
Latin Catholic Church urges Kerala govt to fast-track relief for fishers ahead of ‘rough season’
The leadership of the Latin Catholic Church has reportedly urged the UDF-led Kerala government to expedite welfare measures to help the coastal fishing community tide over the loss of livelihood durin...
Indigenous Vayu Astra-1 completes high-altitude trials in Uttarakhand, Pokhran
Pune-based defence technology firm Nibe Limited has successfully completed no-cost, no-commitment demonstrations of its indigenous loitering munition system ‘Vayu Astra-1’ during trials conducted at P...
PM’s five-nation tour delivered concrete outcomes, says Goyal; slams Rahul Gandhi’s ‘traitor’ remark
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five-nation tour brought concrete outcomes for every citizen of the country, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday (May 21, 2026). He also accused the Le...
Bangladesh-China talks underway for Tarique Rahman’s first foreign visit
Bangladesh’s new Prime Minister, Tarique Rahman , is in talks with Beijing to visit China in the coming weeks. According to a report in Prothom Alo , Beijing is keen to welcome Mr. Rahman for his firs...
Take forward reforms, PM tells Ministers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting of his full Council of Ministers in New Delhi on Thursday (May 21, 2026), stressing the reform agenda of his government in the midst of a changing geo polit...
Governor outlines new Assam Government’s vision amidst Opposition walkout in Assembly
Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on Friday (May 22, 2026) outlined the new government's vision for the State for the next five years in his first address in the 16th State Assembly amidst an opp...
Bihar districts cut school hours as temperatures cross 40°C
With Bihar continuing to reel under intense heatwave conditions and soaring temperatures, the district administrations of Patna and Arwal have announced restrictions on school operations to safeguard ...
ED raids in case against Sona Pappu, ex-Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday (May 22, 2026) conducted fresh searches at multiple premises in West Bengal as part of a money laundering probe linked to arrested Kolkata Police officer Shantanu...
Umar Khalid had sought interim bail to attend a post-death ritual (Chehlum) of his uncle and take care of his mother, who has to undergo a surgery.
The Delhi High Court on Friday (May 22, 2026) granted three days’ interim bail to Umar Khalid , an accused in the 2020 Delhi riots. Editorial | Process as punishment: On the Umar Khalid case Mr. Khali...
What else does U.S. have in store for India’s foreign policy? asks Congress
The Congress on Friday (May 22, 2026) asked the Centre what else U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has in store for Indian foreign policy after he announced the Venezuelan President's visit to India...
Constitution not a privilege of few cosmopolitans, belongs to every citizen: CJI Surya Kant
Constitution belongs to all citizens equally and is not a privilege of a few cosmopolitans who can afford cost-bearing processes and engage the best of the brains, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant ha...
Election Commission of India announces Rajya Sabha polls for 24 seats on June 18
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday (May 22, 2026) announced polls for 24 Rajya Sabha seats on June 18 following retirement of incumbents, including former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda an...
Sedition trials can go on if accused is willing: Supreme Court
Four years after putting on hold trials in sedition cases in courts across the country, the Supreme Court on Thursday (May 21, 2026) said that courts can proceed with trials and appeals involving the ...
Fire sweeps through many shops in Uttar Pradesh’s Hardoi market; causes two blasts
“A fire broke out near the Naveen Sabzi Mandi in the city's Kotwali area in Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh on Friday (May 22, 2026), engulfing around half a dozen shops and triggering cylinder explosions,” pol...
Karnataka revises liquor prices. What does it mean and why your beer might get cheaper
On May 11, the state excise department of Karnataka rolled out a new structure for the excise duty on alcohol . According to this regime, duty will now be levied on the alcohol in beverage (AIB), acro...
JSP’s T.C. Varun condemns political analyst Nageswar’s remarks against ruling NDA alliance
Jana Sena Party (JSP) district president and Anantapur Hindupur Urban Development Authority (HUDA) Chairman T.C. Varun has condemned remarks made by former MLC and political analyst Nageswar against t...
Heavy rain alert in Kerala: Orange alert in Alappuzha, yellow in 6 districts
The IMD on Friday (May 22, 2026) predicted heavy rainfall in the southern parts of Kerala, issuing an orange alert in one district and a yellow alert in six others for the day. The India Meteorologica...
Stalin urges DMK cadre to avoid harsh criticism over VCK, IUML joining TVK government
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday (May 22, 2026) extended his greetings to Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) MLA Vanni Arasu and I...
In unexpected twist, both judges on SC Bench withdraw from delivering verdict in 2011 Duraisamy-Stalin election dispute
A Supreme Court Bench of Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi have both recused themselves from a case filed by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader Saidai S. Duraisamy again...
In May 2022, the top court put on hold trials in sedition cases until the government completed its promised exercise “to re-examine and re-consider” the colonial-era provision of Section 124A
Four years after putting on hold trials in sedition cases in courts across the country, the Supreme Court on Thursday (May 21, 2026) said that courts can proceed with trials and appeals involving the ...
Wish to sign India-EU FTA soon; hope India plays role in ending Ukraine conflict: Finland PM
India’s engagement with European countries has been particularly close with Finland’s leadership this year as Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted Finnish PM Petteri Orpo during the Artificial Intellig...
Cockroach Janata Party’s X handle withheld, founder starts new account
The Cockroach Janata Party ’s (CJP) X account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand, according to founder Abhijeet Dipke. “Cockroach Janta Party’s account was started on 16th May. W...
India-Africa Forum Summit postponed in wake of Ebola virus outbreak
India and the African Union have decided to postpone the India-Africa Forum Summit scheduled to be held next week in New Delhi, due to the "evolving health situation in parts of Africa", t...
Mahila Congress seeks fresh probe into Hathras case, cites revelations in new documentary
The All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) on Thursday ( demanded a reopening of the probe into the 2020 Hathras gangrape and death case, citing revelations made in a recently released documentary, Hathras ...
Shankaracharya announces launch of ‘Go-LX’ platform to keep cows out of slaughter chain
In a move blending religious activism with digital outreach, Shankaracharya of Uttarakhand-based Jyotirmath, Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, on Thursday (May 21, 2026) announced the launch of GO-L...
India sees relations with China in a bilateral context, Beijing has never seen it that way: Vijay Gokhale
In an interview with The Hindu , author Vijay Gokhale, a former Foreign Secretary, explains his research into Chinese decision-making, how China deploys “grey zone coercion”, and the consequences for ...
Victims have long been ‘pushed into a corner’, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 21, 2026) observed that there is a pressing need for the criminal justice system to adopt a more victim-centric approach while refusing to entertain a plea seeking t...
Mirwaiz, Sajad Lone placed under house arrest on fathers’ death anniversaries
The Lieutenant Governor’s administration on Thursday (May 21, 2026) placed Kashmir chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) chief Sajad Lone under house arrest ...
Manipur Police recover weapons, including looted police weapons, from cadres of armed group
A joint team of the Manipur Police, the Assam Rifles, and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has seized 67 weapons, including looted police weapons, and arrested four cadres of the United Nationa...
Row over Vande Mataram being made mandatory in West Bengal’s madrasas
A row erupted over the mandatory singing of Vande Mataram in madrasas of West Bengal. A West Bengal government order had mandated singing of the national song in all educational institutions of State....
Manipur DGP moved to Cabinet Secretariat
Manipur Director General of Police (DGP) Rajiv Singh was appointed Secretary (Security) in the Cabinet Secretariat on Thursday (May 21, 2026). Mr. Singh, a 1993 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) offic...
Rajnath Singh, South Korean Minister Inaugurate Indian War Memorial in Seoul
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Republic of Korea’s Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Kwon Oh-eul jointly inaugurated the Indian War Memorial at Imjingak Park in Seoul on Wednesday, commemo...
RO systems should be maintained properly to be effective, says study
Installing reverse osmosis (RO) systems alone at home is not a guarantee for safe drinking water, a recent study has found. While the technology has been proven capable of removing microbes under idea...
Shrinking shared spaces in a growing cityscape
Four years ago, Halley Kalyan moved from Moti Nagar to a gated community in Manikonda for a reason that had little to do with luxury or status. In a rapidly changing Hyderabad, the 40-year-old product...
Himachal urban poll results reflect public confidence in Congress; party united with no groupism, says CM Sukhu
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday (May 21, 2026) described the majority of Congress-backed candidates’ victory in the recent urban local body elections as a mid-term s...
Bihar midday meal incident: HC asks whether NGO can continue providing meals
The Patna High Court has flagged the May 7 Baluaha midday meal incident, in which over 150 students of a government school in Saharsa district fell sick and were hospitalised after allegedly spotting ...
Three children among seven persons rescued from brick kiln near Arakkonam
Three children aged between 13 and 17 years were among seven persons from the Irular community who were rescued from a brick kiln in Minnal village near Arakkonam town in Ranipet on Thursday. Revenue ...
New govt. hospital, preventing waterlogging are among my priorities, says Katpadi MLA
Katpadi MLA and diabetologist M. Sudhakar said among his several priorities for the constituency is taking steps to relieve traffic congestion in Katpadi especially between the railway station and Gre...
BJP functionary’s request to HR&CE Minister
BJP functionary Vinoj Selvam on Thursday said that new Minister for Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments Ramesh should worship only in the temple if he visited the temple in Srirangam. In a social ...
Rajnath Singh inaugurates Indian War Memorial in South Korea, remembers war veterans
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Republic of Korea’s Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs Kwon Oh-eul jointly inaugurated the Indian War Memorial at Imjingak Park in Seoul on Wednesday, commemo...
India abstains on UNGA resolution on ICJ climate opinion
India abstained from voting on a United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution calling on countries to comply with their obligations on climate change, voicing concern that the draft "undermines" ...
Modi government has ‘run out of ideas’ on economy, says Congress, calls for a policy reset
The Congress on Thursday (May 21, 2026) said the Narendra Modi government had “run out of ideas” on economic policymaking and called for a “radical reset”, alleging that worsening economic indicators ...
IT-based skill training launched for inmates at Visakhapatnam Central Jail
The Andhra Pradesh Prisons Department, in collaboration with the Skill Development Institute (SDI), Visakhapatnam, launched an IT-based skill development course titled “Office Assistant” at the Visakh...
Public representatives discuss solid waste management issues at Jawaharnagar dump yard
The Town Hall meeting organised by Malkajgiri Municipal Corporation with public representatives from the corporation’s purview experienced heat over the management of the solid waste management facili...
Defeat of delimitation Bill is south India’s loss: Nara Lokesh
Andhra Pradesh’s 42-year-old Minister for IT, Human Resource Development and Real Time Governance, who is widely seen as the party’s future face, says giving voice to the youth has become critical to ...
U.S. shuts India-based call centre operation that defrauded elderly Americans
U.S. authorities have shut down an India-based call centre operation that allegedly defrauded hundreds of elderly Americans of millions of dollars through tech support scams , following a years-long i...
Oral remarks and institutional limits
C hief Justice Surya Kant’s remarks from the bench on May 15 and the clarification that followed the next day have revived a question Indian law has tried to settle twice. When a judge speaks from the...
How States are managing the surging summer power demand
India’s electricity demand has surged earlier than expected this year, with peak demand touching an all-time high of 256.1 gigawatts (GW) on April 25. (The country followed up with higher records on M...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi intensifies Europe engagement in May, to return in June for G-7 and Slovakia, and to Brussels for the EU FTA later this year
India’s engagement with European countries has been particularly close with Finland’s leadership this year as Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted Finnish PM Petteri Orpo during the Artificial Intellig...
Anke Gowda honoured ahead of Padma Shri ceremony in Mandya
The district administration felicitated Anke Gowda, founder of Pustaka Mane (Book House) in Haralahalli village, Pandavapura taluk, after he was selected for the prestigious Padma Shri Award in recog...
College student alleges molestation, rape bid; claims police inaction
A 20-year-old college student has filed a complaint that a realtor molested her and attempted to rape her during a party. She also alleged that despite complaining to the police, the accused threatene...
Woman dies in roof collapse in Vijayapura
A 55-year-old woman died when the roof of her old house collapsed in Nidgundi in Vijayapura district on Thursday. The house that Mahadevi Varad lived in had suffered damage in the heavy rain the town ...
Jagan flays govt. over fuel prices, Amaravati debt
YSRCP president and former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy launched a tirade against Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and the ruling coalition government, accusing it of failing to fulfil ele...
‘Barring elected representatives, TVK members not to go for inspections’: Minister Arunraj
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) general secretary (policy and propaganda) and Minister for Health and Family Welfare K.G. Arunraj on Thursday made it clear that instructions have been given from the pa...
Lokayukta books contractor, several officers, including retired engineer, for financial misappropriation
Lokayukta officers have booked cases against some officers of the Karnataka Slum Development Board and a private contractor charging them with financial misconduct and misappropriation. Investigators ...
Telangana doctors’ body raises concerns over delay, guideline changes in transfer process
The Telangana Government Doctors’ Association (TGGDA) expressed concern over the delay in the ongoing transfer process in the Medical and Health Department and objected to attempts to frame separate g...
A.P. to launch ‘Operation Clean Sweep’ in all 123 ULBs to improve sanitation
The Andhra Pradesh government has announced the launch of an intensive cleanliness campaign, titled Operation Clean Sweep, across all 123 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) from May 23 to June 20. The move aim...
CBI registers case against retired Navy Captain over alleged ‘illicit wealth’
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against a retired Navy Captain for possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. The case alleges that retired Captain Ra...
NIA arrests Kolkata resident on espionage charge
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Kolkata resident allegedly involved in passing confidential security-related information to Pakistan intelligence officers (PIOs), said the agenc...
India calls out Pakistan’s ‘long-tainted record of genocidal acts’ at UNSC
India called out Pakistan’s “long-tainted” record of genocidal acts, telling the U.N. Security Council that the country’s inhuman conduct reflects its attempts over decades to externalise internal fai...
Twisha Sharma death case: Absconding husband applies for bail in Jabalpur High Court
Samarth Singh, the absconding husband of Twisha Sharma, who was allegedly harassed for dowry and died last week , has filed a bail application in the Jabalpur High Court. A magistrate court had earlie...
India needs radical reset in economic policy-making; Modi government has run out of ideas: Congress
The Congress on Thursday (May 21, 2026) voiced concern over the State of the economy and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "managing elections through Gyanesh" but needs "new Gyan" on the e...
Over 10,000 Kedarnath pilgrims rescued after massive landslip in Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag
Joint rescue teams safely evacuated 10,450 pilgrims stranded on the Kedarnath route in Uttarakhand's Rudraprayag following a sudden landslip at Munkatiya, officials said on Thursday (May 21, 2026). Ac...
The movement became an internet sensation, garnering over 14.5 million followers on Instagram, surpassing BJP’s 8.8 million follower count
The Cockroach Janata Party ’s (CJP) X account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand, according to founder Abhijeet Dipke. “Cockroach Janta Party’s account was started on 16th May. W...
Supreme Court bats for victim-centric approach, refuses to entertain plea for consolidation of FIRs
Observing that a victim-centric approach is needed, the Supreme Court on Thursday (May 21, 2026) refused to entertain a plea seeking a direction to club 53 FIRs pending in seven States in relation to ...
PM Modi returns to India after five-nation tour
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (May 21, 2026) landed in the national capital, returning from a five-nation tour during which he signed pacts on energy, defence, and critical minerals. The pr...
Heatwave alert in 11 Telangana districts on May 22
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heatwave warning for 11 Telangana districts for Friday (May 22, 2026). The 11 districts According to the IMDs latest bulletin, heatwave condition...
Parole for Periye twin murder convicts: Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala seeks report
Kerala Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala has sought an urgent report on the circumstances in which five of the convicts in the Periye twin murder case were granted parole. Mr. Chennithala has directed ...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to start first India visit on May 23
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will pay his first visit to India between May 23 and 26 , the U.S. State Department said on Friday. The visit will be closely watched as it comes against the backdr...
Congress set to join TN’s first coalition government on Thursday
After being out of power for 59 years in Tamil Nadu, the Congress is poised to join the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led government headed by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Thursday, ushering in ...
No double standards, we condemn Russia, U.S. and Israel for international law violations: Norway’s Foreign Minister
India and Norway must engage more to ensure they aren’t “overdependent” on any one global power, said Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, pitching for more trade, technology and cooperation o...
PM busy handing out candies in Italy amid economic storm at home, says Congress
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) led a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi government over inflation, unemployment and weakening economic indicators, accusing it of purs...
Rahul Gandhi’s ‘traitor’ remark on PM Modi reflects his ‘anarchic mindset’: BJP chief
Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Nabin on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) said Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi’s “traitor” remark on Prime Minister Narendra Modi reflected his “a...
Meet the new Ministers in Tamil Nadu CM Vijay’s expanded Cabinet
The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Cabinet, led by Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, was expanded on Thursday (May 21, 2026), with the induction of 23 new members, including two Congress MLAs. The Congr...
Prevailing atmosphere of fear and business uncertainty in the investment community caused by policy flip-flops, administrative orders, tax notices, raids and threats of raids by tax authorities and investigative agencies, says Congress leader Jairam Ramesh in a statement
The Congress on Thursday (May 21, 2026) voiced concern over the State of the economy and alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "managing elections through Gyanesh" but needs "new Gyan" on the e...
West Bengal government to detect, delete and deport illegal infiltrators, says CM Adhikari
Emphasising that his government will be tough on illegal infiltrators, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) said his government will follow a new policy of “detect, ...
Newly elected MLAs sworn in as 16th Kerala Assembly convenes
The newly-elected legislators were formally sworn in as Members of Legislative Assembly (MLA) at the first session of the 16th Kerala Assembly in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday (May 21, 2026). Pro Tem...
Vizag Metro: Collector discusses Comprehensive Mobility Plan, seeks suggestions from agencies
District Collector M. Abhishikth Kishore on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) met stakeholders at the Collectorate to discuss the preparation of a Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP) for the Visakhapatnam Metrop...
Jharkhand family buries wrong body after mistaken identity; missing man returns alive
Days after Vishram Munda went missing, his family conducted the last rites only to see him return home in Jharkhand 's Khunti district after a sojourn around 70 km away in Ramgarh. Officials on Wednes...
Telangana sizzles as 17 districts cross 46℃; highest of 46.5℃ in Nirmal
Telangana continued to reel under severe heat conditions on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) with temperatures intensifying across the State as 17 districts recorded maximum temperatures above 46℃, according ...
Congress workers protest over NEET irregularities in Jaipur; police use water cannons to stop march
Hundreds of Congress workers on Thursday (May 21, 2026) marched towards the BJP State headquarters here to protest against the "irregularities" in the NEET-UG medical exam, with the police stopping th...
After State-run schools, Vande Mataram now compulsory in all Bengal madrasas
The West Bengal Directorate of Madrasa Education has made the singing of “Vande Mataram” mandatory during assembly prayers before classes in all government, aided and recognised madrasas across the St...
Rules for new rural employment scheme to be issued soon
Rules governing the new rural employment guarantee scheme, the Viksit Bharat – Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin), which is scheduled to come into force from July 1, will be released b...
Left is the only ideological alternative to the BJP, says D. Raja
The Left is the only ideological alternative to the aggressive Right-wing politics of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Communist Party of India (CPI) general secretary D. Raja told The Hindu ....
NEET(UG) re-exam: Education Minister holds meetings with Central agencies, representatives of social media platforms
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) chaired review meetings with officials of “Central security and intelligence agencies” to identify vulnerabilities and ensure ti...
Private sector powers India’s deep-strike capability with Suryastra rocket tests
In a major boost to India’s long-range rocket artillery capabilities, Pune-based private sector defence manufacturer Nibe Limited has successfully conducted firing trials of its indigenous Suryastra r...
Modi, Shah are traitors who are attacking the Constitution, says Rahul at Rae Bareli meet
Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), describ...
Supreme Court inclined to grant bail to 2020 Delhi riots accused Tasleem Ahmed and Abdul Khalid Saifi
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) indicated that it was prima facie inclined to grant bail to 2020 Delhi riots accused Tasleem Ahmed and Abdul Khalid Saifi, while adjourning the hearing at...
Naga body in Manipur petitions PM, seeking release of six Naga captives
An apex body of Naga women in Manipur petitioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday (May 20, 2026), seeking the Centre’s intervention for the release of six Naga men allegedly held hostage by K...
MSME Growth Conclave in Vijayawada on May 25
In an attempt to transform the State’s industrial ecosystem through sustainable and resource-efficient technologies, the Andhra Pradesh government is set to launch Energy and Water Efficiency programm...
CM offers ‘sarey’ on behalf of TTD to Goddess Gangamma in Kuppam
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday offered the traditional ‘sarey’ to Goddess Prasanna Tirupati Gangamma during the annual Gangamma Jatara at Kuppam in Chittoor district. Continuing the ...
Rajnath Singh holds wide-ranging defence talks in Seoul, pushes strategic cooperation
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held comprehensive bilateral discussions with South Korea Minister of National Defence Ahn Gyu-back in Seoul on Wednesday (May 20, 2026), with both sides agreeing ...
India and Italy have been in continuous contact over Ukraine and West Asia conflicts: PM Modi
India and Italy have been in continuous contact over the conflicts in Ukraine and West Asia, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, reiterating his call for “dialogue and diplomacy” to resolv...
Doctor can’t enrol as advocate without cancelling registration: HC
The Kerala High Court has dismissed the plea of a registered medical practioner to be enrolled as an advocate. “She ought to cancel her registration as a medical practitioner if she wants to enrol as ...
CM Vijay holds meeting on removal of silt from waterbodies
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay on Wednesday chaired a review meeting at the Secretariat in Chennai with Ministers and officials regarding the grant of permission to remove silt from waterbo...
No uniform definition of liquor ‘bottle’; SC seeks response from Centre, States
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) sought a response from the Centre and States on a plea that excise laws differ widely from State to State, even on the point of clearly identifying what a...
SC seeks response of Centre, States on PIL seeking 30% quota for women lawyers in Govt panels
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) sought responses from the Centre, all states and union territories on a PIL seeking 30 percent quota for women lawyers in government panels and law office...
KG-basin dispute: RIL, two firms tell SC they will write to Centre for mediation
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and two other foreign firms on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) told the Supreme Court that they would write to the Centre for mediation in the Krishna-Godavari basin gas mig...
The Chief Justice said it was not within the court’s domain to decide whether a caste enumeration should necessarily be a part or not of Census 2027
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) said there is nothing wrong in the government of the day ascertaining caste as part of the nationwide census exercise. “Any government of the day must kno...
Rajya Sabha MP receives death threat on WhatsApp, FIR lodged
Police have registered a case in connection with an alleged death threat received by Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Lal Suman through a WhatsApp call and message, officials said on Wednesday (Ma...
Constitution, voice of Gandhi, Ambedkar, under attack: Rahul in Raebareli
Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) said the Constitution is under attack and called it a document that represents the voices of Dr B.R. Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi...
Modi and Meloni outline road map for India-Italy strategic partnership
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, in a joint op-ed across several news platforms on Wednesday (May 20, 2026), outlined an expanded roadmap for cooperation between the tw...
SC inclined to grant bail to 2020 Delhi riots accused, adjourns hearing
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) indicated that it was prima facie inclined to grant bail to 2020 Delhi riots accused Tasleem Ahmed and Abdul Khalid Saifi, while adjourning the hearing at...
PIL plea filed against deposit of temple funds in State-owned non banking finance corporations
A case has been filed in the Madras High Court challenging the previous Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) government’s decision to deposit hundreds of crores of rupees of surplus temple funds in State-o...
Eviction attempt triggers high tension at Dalit settlement in Kunnathunadu
Tension prevailed at Malayidomthuruth near Kizhakkambalam in Ernakulam on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) after an attempt to evict seven Scheduled Caste families, following a Supreme Court order, triggered ...
Ponraj seeks anticipatory bail in two cases booked for derogatory speech against TVK women wing members
Political commentator V. Ponraj has filed two anticipatory bail petitions in the Madras High Court fearing arrest by the Chennai and Cuddalore police in cases registered against him for his alleged de...
Unorganised workers urged to collect smart cards immediately
The Labour Department has urged workers engaged in the unorganised sector to collect their smart cards immediately by visiting the offices of Labour Inspectors in Mandya taluk. The appeal is directed ...
Journalist K.G. Parameswaran Nair passes away
Noted journalist K.G. Parameswaran Nair passed away here on Wednesday. A journalist with the Kerala Kaumudi for 35 years, he has written several books including Kerala Niyamasabha Charithravum Dharmav...
Over 70% of medical shops remained closed in A.P. in protest against e-pharmacies
Chemists in major cities in Andhra Pradesh, including Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Nellore and Tirupati, downed shutters on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) in a one-day bandh called by the All India Organisati...
India and Italy agree to elevate ties to special strategic partnership
India and Italy decided to elevate their ties to a special strategic partnership and enhance cooperation in areas of trade, investment and new technologies following talks between Prime Minister Naren...
Supreme Court suspects Karnataka government of ‘delaying tactics’ but extends Bengaluru civic polls’ deadline to August 31
The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) said the Karnataka government seems to be deploying “delaying tactics” to postpone civic polls in Bengaluru while extending the deadline for the ...
Supreme Court refuses to entertain PIL for protection, audit of Sikh religious properties
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a slew of directions for protection, audit and regulation of Sikh religious and heritage p...
Medha Kulkarni appointed new chairperson of parliamentary panel on Science, Environment
Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan has nominated BJP member Medha Vishram Kulkarni as chairperson of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment...
Delhi HC sets aside order staying FIR registration against Abhijit Iyer Mitra
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) set aside an order staying a magisterial court direction to register an FIR against political commentator Abhijit Iyer Mitra for allegedly making abusi...
A Gooseberry and a Tear: The other crucial Straits of the Indian Ocean
Head of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security Committee, Ebrahim Azizi, on Saturday (May 16, 2026) announced on X that Iran “has prepared a professional mechanism to manage traffic in the Strait ...
Joint military exercise of 13 nations begins in Meghalaya, focus on counter-terrorism operations
A joint military exercise comprising defence personnel from 13 countries began in Meghalaya on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) with a focus on counter-terrorism operations, officials said. Defence PRO Lieute...
Philanthropy Asia Summit: Asian leaders push for digital infrastructure, strong regional ties
Developing digital infrastructure with a focus on AI-driven growth, sustainability, and strengthening regional connectivity and trust emerged as a key theme at the sixth edition of the Philanthropy As...
Cuddalore secures an overall pass percentage of 94.22 in Class 10 Board exam
Cuddalore district registered an overall pass percentage of 94.22 in the State Board Class X public examinations. A total of 32,600 students — 17,214 boys and 15,386 girls — appeared for the exam in w...
AIIMS, organ transplant institute, MCH development among Kozhikode’s wish list
Steps to set up an All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), fast-tracking of ongoing development projects at the Government Medical College Hospital (MCH), and completion of work on the Kerala...
Thiruvananthapuram City police return 67 recovered mobile phones to owners
The City police on Wednesday (May 20) handed over 67 recovered mobile phones worth nearly ₹23 lakh to their owners as part of its ongoing drive to trace and return lost and stolen devices using the Ce...
Three arrested, 1.6 kg ganja seized in Kadapa
Police arrested three persons and reportedly seized 1.6 kg of ganja from them on Wednesday. Kadapa in-charge SDPO B. Balaswamy Reddy said that special surveillance and raids were conducted on the sale...
Nothing wrong if VCK decides to join the government, says CPI (M) leader P. Shanmugam
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI (M) State secretary P. Shanmugam said on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) that there was nothing wrong if the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) decided to join the go...
People of Sagar take out padayatra opposing nuclear power plant at Besur
Hundreds of residents from Sagar taluk took out a protest march from Besur village to Sagar town on Wednesday, opposing any move to set up a nuclear power plant at Besur. Villagers from across the tal...
Telangana NRI panel studies Andhra Pradesh’s welfare model for migrant workers
A delegation from the Telangana government’s NRI Advisory Committee on Wednesday held discussions with Andhra Pradesh Minister Kondapalli Srinivas at APNRT Bhavan to study the welfare measures and bes...
Vigilance probe exposes financial irregularities in road project
The State government has initiated a formal departmental inquiry following the detection of major financial irregularities in the road construction project to Kerala Ceramics in Kundara. The Public Wo...
Great Nicobar project is purely commercial with no military infrastructure element: Congress
The Congress on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) said the Great Nicobar Island Project is a commercial venture with no military component, accusing the Narendra Modi government of trying to label those oppose...
Defamation FIR lodged over social media posts on U.P. Minister's convoy size in Bhadohi
Police have registered a case here against unidentified persons for allegedly spreading misleading information on social media, claiming that State Minister A.K. Sharma's convoy had 27 vehicles during...
Chemists strike on May 20: Reasons behind today’s all-India strike
The All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) , a prominent association representing the interests of chemists and druggists in India, has called for a nationwide 24-hour strike from Ma...
One-day nationwide chemists' strike begins on mixed note
The one-day strike called by All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD) against unregulated practice and deep discounting by online players started on a mixed note, even as the body clai...
India must be alert amid West Asia crisis, no immediate worry: Civil Aviation Minister Naidu
Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) said the country must be prepared to tackle any possible fallout of the escalating crisis in West Asia , although the...
PM Modi calls on Italian President Mattarella, reviews bilateral ties | Live
Key Updates PM Modi holds delegation-level talks with Italian President May 20, 2026 15:42 PM Modi and Italian PM Meloni hold delegation-level talks Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian PM Giorgia...
Civil rights bodies, Christian groups flay ‘murder drama’ enacted by self-styled pastor
Civil rights organisations and Christian groups have strongly condemned the alleged “murder attempt drama” staged by self‑styled pastor Abhinay Darshan in Niruthotapalem village, Chintapalli Mandal, A...
Telangana heatwave | CM urges people not to travel in afternoons
Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has requested people to remain vigilant and take necessary precautionary measures in view of the severe heatwave conditions warning issued by the India Meteor...
Kerala’s UDF government’s 100-day action plan from June 1
The Congress -led United Democratic Front (UDF ) in Kerala will begin the implementation of its 100-day action plan on June 1 with a focus on issues that can be addressed immediately. A decision to th...
K.V. Thomas quits as Kerala’s Special Representative in New Delhi after new UDF govt takes over
Close on the heels of the new UDF government assuming office in Kerala, former Congress leader and former Union Minister K.V. Thomas has resigned from his position as the Special Representative of Ker...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni joint op-ed talks about emerging “Indo-Mediterranean” corridor and pushes for €20-billion bilateral trade target by 2029.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, in a joint op-ed across several news platforms on Wednesday (May 20, 2026), outlined an expanded roadmap for cooperation between the tw...
Commitment to democracy makes India, Nordic nations natural partners: Modi
India and the Nordic countries are committed to “democracy, rule of law and multilateralism”, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Tuesday, speaking after the Third India-Nordic Summit. The summi...
Amid soaring temperatures, India successfully meets record peak power demand of 260.45 GW
Amidst rising power demand with soaring temperatures across the country, India was able to meet a peak power demand of 260.45 gigawatts during solar hours at 3:40 p.m. on Tuesday (May 19, 2026), the U...
PM Modi lands in Rome, to meet Italian PM Meloni
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) landed in Italy, where he will be meeting his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni and President Sergio Mattarella, and discuss with them ways to b...
Modi broke democratic tradition of asking, answering questions: Congress
The Congress on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not taking questions from the media during his visit to Norway. Congress general secretary in charge of communications,...
Congress alleges mismanagement, corruption in ONGC and GSPC; seeks PM’s reply on fuel output decline
The Congress on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) accused the Narendra Modi Government of corruption and mismanagement in State-run energy companies Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Gujarat State Petro...
Price mismatch may impede India’s battery storage projects: report
India’s rapid expansion of battery energy storage procurement may be hard to execute as tariffs discovered in 2025 auctions increasingly don’t appear to be economically viable, according to a report r...
Security forces carry out search operation in Manipur to trace those held hostage by armed groups
Security forces have been conducting search operations in the interior hill terrains of the Kangpokpi district in search of people still held hostage by armed groups , police said on Wednesday (May 20...
EC doubles security arrangements for Falta repoll in West Bengal
The Election Commission has nearly doubled the security arrangements for the May 21 repoll in West Bengal's Falta Assembly constituency that was countermanded last month over allegations of large-scal...
Nothing wrong in holding caste census, any govt of the day should know who is backward, SC says
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) said there is nothing wrong in the government of the day ascertaining caste as part of the nationwide census exercise. “Any government of the day must kno...
CM Suvendu begins first North Bengal tour, promises to fulfill region's developmental aspirations
In his maiden visit to North Bengal after becoming the Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) said he will work to fulfil the developmental aspirations of the people of the regio...
Kerala’s UDF govt scraps K-Rail project launched by LDF
The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) decided to scrap the K-Rail (SilverLine) semi-high-speed railway project from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod. Addressing a press conference after the Ca...
Chemists in A.P. respond to bandh call, down the shutters of medical shops
Chemists in major Andhra Pradesh cities, including Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada and Tirupati, downed shutters on Wednesday (May 20, 2026) in a one-day bandh called by the All India Organisation of Chemis...
TVK’s victory is not a tsunami or a wave: Anbumani
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) president and Rajya Sabha MP Anbumani Ramadoss on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) said he welcomed the “change” in the State, which has led to many youngsters, who were previously u...
Church leaders meet Naga group in attempt to mend fences with the Kuki-Zo
A 10-member team of church leaders representing four national and global organisations began a peace mission in Manipur by meeting leaders of an apex Naga body, as its Kuki counterpart extended its sh...
Caste slurs in Census forms: SC Commission issues notice to Punjab Census office
Noting that Census 2027 forms for Punjab list caste slurs as synonyms to the names of Scheduled Caste communities, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes has issued a notice to the Director of C...
PM Modi skips questions from press; Norwegian PM Store says ‘different traditions’
The Ministry of External Affairs defended India’s record on democracy on Monday (May 18 2026), for the second time during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s European tour, over the PM’s decision not to ta...
Supreme Court allows for euthanasia of ‘rabid and dangerous dogs’, refuses to recall directions to remove stray dogs from public institutions
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) refused to modify its November 7, 2025 order directing all States and Union Territories to ensure the removal of stray dogs from high-footfall public instit...
Finance Minister hits back at Rahul Gandhi, saying the Congress should stop being obstructionist
If the Congress and its leaders cannot “contribute positively” to the nation, they should stop being “obstructionists”, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday (May 19, 2026). In a post on...
Supreme Court chides Education Secretary over logistical lapses in audit of private universities
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) criticised the Union Education Secretary for failing to comply with its earlier order directing the Centre to provide logistical support to a committee assi...
NHRC asks Centre to review changes to trans law, ‘revisit’ community concerns on self-identification
The National Human Rights Commission of India has asked the Union government to “review” laws to “ensure gender inclusivity”, including the most recent amendments to the Transgender Persons (Protectio...
PF details to be available on WhatsApp soon
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has decided to allow the use of the WhatsApp platform for subscribers to avail various services, including viewing PF balances, the last five transact...
SC lets SpiceJet move HC for relief in time
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked SpiceJet to move the Delhi High Court for an extension of time to deposit ₹144 crore in connection with a dispute with media baron Kalanithi Maran and Kal Airways. A...
Protest is a right as long as it does not break the peace: Supreme Court
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) said peaceful and lawful protest was everybody’s right, but dissent should not break the peace or occupy public space and bother ordinary fo...
Government misleading people on inflation, fuel shortage: Ashok Gehlot
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday (May 10, 2026) accused the governments at both the Centre and the State of misleading the people on inflation amid the shortage of fuel and the ...
Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary launches Sahyog Shivir to resolve people’s grievances
The panchayat-level Sahyog Shivir started on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) to resolve people’s grievances. Following the announcement by Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, the initiative was launched for the f...
High drama in Barmer as MLA douses himself in petrol during protest
High drama prevailed outside the District Collectorate in Rajasthan’s Barmer on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) when Sheo MLA Ravindra Singh Bhati allegedly poured petrol on himself during a protest over the d...
Lack of foresight, leadership in BJP: Mallikarjun Kharge attacks PM on oil prices, Adani matter
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the fuel price hike, alleging that robbing common people and giving Adani a "free pass" fro...
Mr. Rajmohan’s comments assume significance as the Union Ministry of Education had recently sent a reminder regarding the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme in Tamil Nadu.
Tamil Nadu’s Minister for School Education, Tamil Development, and Information and Publicity Rajmohan, on Tuesday (May 19, 2026), said the TVK government will follow the existing two-language policy i...
Maoism eradicated from country before March 31 deadline due to valour of forces: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) said Maoism has been completely eradicated from the country ahead of the March 31 deadline due to the valour, courage and supreme sacrifice of t...
Rahul Gandhi takes dig at PM Modi on Norway pension fund dropping Adani shares from portfolio
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi , asking if Norway agreed to his "personal request" to remove Adani from the pension fund black list...
Delhi Police seeks larger Bench reference on UAPA bail curbs amid ‘conflicting’ coordinate Bench rulings
The Delhi Police on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) told the Supreme Court that the question of whether prolonged incarceration and trial delays can override the statutory restrictions on bail under anti-terro...
SC notice on plea that U.P. Police played ‘agent provocateur’ in Noida workers’ violence
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) decided to examine a petition alleging that the State of Uttar Pradesh weaponised its police machinery to infiltrate and crush a legitimate labour agitation...
Congress says Great Nicobar project endangers UNESCO-designated biosphere reserve
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) said the Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve now stands hugely endangered due to the "ill-conceived, commercially-driven" Great Nicobar project, whi...
India among economies driving carbon surge from construction boom
India is among the emerging economies powering an unprecedented expansion of the world’s building stock at a moment when the sector’s decarbonisation has slowed sharply, according to the 10th edition ...
India, Vietnam deepen defence cooperation with focus on maritime security
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held bilateral talks with Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister General Phan Van Giang in Hanoi on Tuesday (May 19, 2026), with both sides agreeing to fur...
Goondas Act invoked on ganja peddler in Cuddalore
The Goondas Act has been invoked against a drug peddler, who was arrested with 1.38 kg of ganja in April this year. According to the police, the detainee has been identified as D. Sasikumar, 25, of Na...
Medical shops to remain open in NTR district on May 20 during nationwide bandh
Officials in the Drugs Control Administration of NTR District stated on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) that necessary arrangements have been made to ensure the uninterrupted availability of medicines to the p...
Kozhikode native in Saudi jail to be released after legal formalities
The 20-year-jail term of Abdul Rahim, a native of Kodampuzha near Feroke in Kozhikode, who has been lodged in a prison in Saudi Arabia, will end on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) midnight. Mr. Rahim was impri...
Supreme Court asks MeitY to examine PIL seeking recovery or destruction of stolen personal data of citizens on foreign servers
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) asked the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to consider a PIL as a representation seeking a robust mechanism to recover or destroy ...
Operation Sindoor reflected ‘smart power’ in its most complete expression, says Army Chief Dwivedi
Under Operation Sindoor, Indian forces dismantled terror infrastructure, punctured a long-standing strategic assumption, and then stopped "deliberately and purposefully", and it reflected "smart power...
President Putin to attend BRICS summit in New Delhi on September 12-13: Kremlin aide
Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the BRICS summit in New Delhi on September 12-13, according to a presidential aide. India, as the chair of the BRICS, will host the annual summit of the gr...
All major pharmacy chains, hospital-based medical stores, Jan Aushadhi Kendras to remain open on May 20
All major pharmacy chains, hospital-based medical stores, Jan Aushadhi Kendras (JAKs) and Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) pharmacy outlets across the country will rema...
Supreme Court extends tenure of all retiring tribunal heads, members till September 8
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) extended till September 8, 2026 the tenure of all tribunal chairpersons, presidents and members whose terms are due to expire before that day to ensure unin...
Name a country that does not use nuke power for energy needs, asks Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) appeared wary about rocking the boat on a new nuclear law which caps liability at less than ₹4,000 crore even as the petitioner, a retired bureaucrat, remin...
USISPF welcomes settlement of Adani cases; says will boost Indo-U.S. business ties
Adani Group on Monday (May 18, 2026) agreed to pay $275 million to settle allegations of violating U.S. sanctions on Iran The U.S. Department of Justice's resolution in the case involving Adani Enterp...
Adhikari aide murder case: CBI arrests another accused from U.P.’s Muzaffarnagar
The CBI has arrested a man from Uttar Pradesh in connection with his role in the murder of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari's aide Chandrakant Rath. Raj Kumar Singh, believed to be a key ac...
Andhra University refutes caste discrimination allegations
Andhra University has denied allegations of caste discrimination and harassment levelled by Yadala Pravin Kumar, a doctoral fellow at the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Chair of the university, even as the Nationa...
CPI(M) Idukki district committee blames State leadership for poll debacle
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] Idukki district committee has raised serious criticisms against its State leadership over the party’s historic poll debacle in the district. During a di...
HAL pilot becomes first Indian to be named Fellow by Society of Experimental Test Pilots
Gp Capt. K.K. Venugopal has become the first Indian test pilot to be elected as a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP). Gp Capt. Venugopal, who is the executive director and Chief ...
Woman lawyer allegedly assaulted at family court
A woman lawyer was admitted to the Thalassery General Hospital with injuries after she was allegedly assaulted on the premises of the Thalassery Family Court on Monday afternoon (May 18). The lawyer, ...
Farmers oppose Bengaluru’s new international cricket stadium
Farmers have opposed the construction of a new international cricket stadium at Suryanagar 4th Phase in Anekal taluk, on the southeastern outskirts of Bengaluru. The stadium, with a seating capacity o...
₹5,000-cr. projects lined up for Visakhapatnam Economic Region in 3 years
District Collector M. Abhishikth Kishore on Tuesday said development projects worth ₹5,000 crore would be taken up in the Visakhapatnam Economic Region over the next three years. Addressing the media ...
Congress president’s remarks came after petrol and diesel prices were hiked by about 90 paise per litre, marking the second increase in fuel rates in less than a week
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the fuel price hike, alleging that robbing common people and giving Adani a "free pass" fro...
Supreme Court sends Dr Subbaiah murder case accused to life imprisonment
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) set aside a 2024 Madras High Court decision acquitting the nine accused persons in the 2013 sensational murder of neurosurgeon S.D. Subbiah near Billroth Ho...
Supreme Court refuses to recall directions to remove stray dogs from public institutions, warns of contempt for non-compliance
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) refused to modify its November 7, 2025 order directing all States and Union Territories to ensure the removal of stray dogs from high-footfall public instit...
India's post 2014 economic transformation an anchor point of ties with U.S.: Envoy Vinay Kwatra
“India 's economic transformation since 2014 has been the anchor point of its expanding engagement with the U.S. ,” Indian envoy to the U.S. Vinay Mohan Kwatra said in Washington. Addressing the Capit...
No plan to monetise gold held by temples: Finance Ministry
Debunking all rumours and speculations, the government on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) said it is not planning to introduce a monetisation scheme for gold held by temple trusts, or any religious institution...
IndiGo passengers left sweating in dark after power supply disruption on Vadodara-Delhi flight
Around 160 passengers on board an IndiGo Delhi-bound flight from Vadodara on Sunday night (May 17, 2026) were forced to sit in the dark, sweating profusely for half an hour, as the ground power unit s...
Survey for township near Tata semiconductor plant shelved in Assam
The Assam government has shelved the survey of a proposed satellite township near an upcoming semiconductor plant in Morigaon district following protests from two ethnic groups. The Tata Group is sett...
Modi in Norway LIVE: PM Modi holds bilateral talks with Finland PM Petteri Orpo
May 19, 2026 15:58 Rahul Gandhi takes dig at PM on Norway pension fund dropping Adani shares from portfolio Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (May 19) took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Mod...
Indian Railways approves ₹993-crore Arakkonam-Chengalpattu track doubling project
Indian Railways, on Tuesday (May 19, 2026), has approved the Arakkonam-Chengalpattu doubling project along a stretch of 68 kms at a cost of ₹993 crore. The project will link some of the important plac...
Collaboration with India will help counter ‘future pandemics’, says African Union as Ebola outbreak spreads
Ahead of next week’s India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi, the African Union has called for “collective international solidarity and cooperation” to deal with the Ebola virus outbreak affecting mult...
Address ‘ground level challenges’, ease regulatory frameworks: Norwegian businesses tell Modi
India can improve its ‘ease of doing business’ by streamlining regulatory frameworks and addressing “ground level challenges”, Norwegian industry leaders told Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a can...
Politicial decision must on cut-off for mid-term polls under the simultaneous election system: Joint Parliamentary Committee chairman
The decision on the definition of the ‘remainder of the term’ for Lok Sabha or State Assemblies before an election is held will be a political one to be taken in consultation with political parties, s...
Indian Railways approves ₹993 crore Arakkonam-Chengalpattu doubling project
Indian Railways has approved the Arakkonam-Chengalpattu doubling project at a cost of ₹993 crore. The stretch is about 68 kms. The Arakkonam-Chengalpattu is an important Chennai suburban circular rail...
Modi in Norway LIVE: PM Modi to meet leaders at the Nordic-India Summit
May 19, 2026 12:30 India is a 'civilizational country', said MEA in reply to Norwegian journalist's question on press freedom The Ministry of External Affairs defended India’s record on democracy on M...
After Netherlands, MEA faces questions over PM’s decision not to hold press conference in Norway
The Ministry of External Affairs defended India’s record on democracy on Monday (May 18 2026), for the second time during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s European tour, over the PM’s decision not to ta...
‘World sees compromised PM panic’: Rahul slams Modi for ‘not taking’ Norwegian journalist’s questions
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday (May 18, 2026) took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over allegations that he did not take questions from journalists in Norway, saying "when there is not...
Petrol, diesel prices hiked 90 paise per litre in second hike within a week
For the second time in a span of five days, prices of petrol and diesel were hiked again on Tuesday (May 19, 2026) by about 90 paise per litre across the country and across all variants. With the late...
Trainee IAS officers of Tamil Nadu cadre call on CM Vijay
Trainee officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) who cleared the Union Public Service Commission’s Civil Services Examination (CSE) in 2025 and have been allocated Tamil Nadu cadre called o...
Kerala cabinet 2026: Full list of ministers
Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan on Monday (May 18, 2026) announced the names of the 20 ministers who will be part of his cabinet, after the United Democratic Front alliance won the Assembly electio...
Greater Cochin Development Authority’s land pooling bid hits legal hurdle
The Greater Cochin Development Authority’s (GCDA) bid to become the first local body to serve as an appropriate authority for land pooling in a major government-funded project failed to make much head...
EU’s Ursula von der Leyen wants to seal investment agreement with India, calls it ‘missing puzzle’
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen once again called for an investment agreement between India and the European Union (EU), terming it a “missing piece of the puzzle” in the coo...
Jairam Ramesh moves privilege notice against Union Education Minister
Congress chief whip in the Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh on Monday (May 18, 2026) moved a privilege notice against Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for his “derogatory” remarks that Mr. Ramesh ...
Parliamentary Standing Committee to review the reforms of National Testing Agency
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports will seek the views of top Education Ministry officials on the alleged NEET-UG paper leak and on reforms of the Nat...
FIR against government officials for not doing Census work
The Gurugram Police in Haryana has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against 10 government employees, including school teachers, for allegedly not performing Census-related work. On May 17, ...
Supreme Court asks CBI to furnish classified documents to former R&AW officer in Official Secrets Act case
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 18, 2026) directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to furnish “typed copies” of certain “sensitive” documents to a retired Army officer facing trial under th...
The latest price hike comes less than a week after the first price rise by ₹3 on May 15
Petrol and diesel prices were increased by 90 paise per litre on Tuesday (May 19, 2026), the second increase in less than a week. Petrol price was hiked to ₹98.64 a litre from ₹97.77 per litre in the ...
Church bodies offer to broker Kuki-Naga peace in Manipur
Two church organisations have offered to broker peace between the Kukis and Nagas in ethnic conflict-scarred Manipur amid a “total shutdown” and an “economic blockade” affecting normal life across the...
India is now free from Maoism, says Amit Shah at Bastar
Hailing the sacrifices of security forces in the decades-long battle against Maoism, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday (May 18, 2026) proclaimed that the country was “free” from Maoism. “I am de...
Inquiry committee probing allegations against Justice Varma submits report to Speaker
The Judges Inquiry Committee investigating allegations against Justice Yashwant Varma — against whom impeachment proceedings were initiated over the discovery of unaccounted cash from his official res...
CAA applicants must declare passport status, surrender foreign passports: Home Ministry
Applicants seeking citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) , 2019, will have to submit an affidavit declaring whether they hold a valid or an expired passport from Pakistan, Afghanistan ...
38 million full-time jobs may fall if war in West Asia continues, warns ILO
The crisis in West Asia is increasingly affecting jobs, working conditions and incomes far beyond the region, as higher energy costs, disrupted transport routes, supply chain pressure, weaker tourism ...
Cut foreign travel, use more EVs: Finance Ministry’s ‘austerity’ steps for public sector banks & insurers
The Ministry of Finance on Monday (May 18, 2026) wrote to the heads of all public sector banks, regional rural banks, public sector insurers, and public sector small finance institutions, urging them ...
U.S. nuclear industry delegation meets Jitendra Singh, explores private investment avenues in India
A U.S. industry delegation comprising the Nuclear Energy Institute and the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum met Union Minister of State Jitendra Singh on Monday (May 18, 2026) to discuss private...
Who is Abhijeet Dipke? Inside the viral Cockroach Janta Party movement
On May 16, 30-year-old Abhijeet Dipke posted a Google form on X inviting people to register for the “ Cockroach Janta Party ” — a satirical political outfit born a day after Chief Justice of India Sur...
Citizens continue protests against proposed felling of 45,000 mangrove trees in Mumbai for Coastal Road project
Around 100 citizens gathered at the Amphitheatre at Carter Road, Bandra West, on Sunday (May 17, 2026) evening for a peaceful public awareness in response to the proposed felling of 45,000 mangrove tr...
J&K Congress leader Karra too ‘supports dialogue, not war’ with Pakistan
J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president and legislator Tariq Hameed Karra said on Monday (May 18, 2026) that dialogue and not war is the solution to India and Pakistan’s conflict prone relati...
Leaders of two church organisations meet Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh in a bid to end the conflict between the two communities in the State
Two church organisations have offered to broker peace between the Kukis and Nagas in ethnic conflict-scarred Manipur amid a “total shutdown” and an “economic blockade” affecting normal life across the...
Kochi’s new sewage treatment system awaiting govt. nod
Kerala Water Authority (KWA)’s comprehensive sewage treatment system planned for Kochi Corporation is awaiting clearance from the new government. The mega project, a major component of the Integrated ...
Printing of 2.8 crore first-volume textbooks completed: KBPS
The Kerala Books and Publications Society (KBPS) has announced that it has completed the printing of 2.8 crore first-volume textbooks required for the 2026–27 academic year for Classes I to X. This ac...
Parliamentary panel summons NTA chief; to review reforms, NEET-UG paper leak case on May 21
A parliamentary panel has decided to review the implementation of reforms in the National Testing Agency (NTA) as well as the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case and has summoned NTA Chairperson Pradeep Kuma...
Supreme Court notice to Delhi Government on lack of regular appointments to DERC
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 18, 2026) decided to examine a plea seeking the constitution of a selection committee to make regular appointments of chairperson and members to the Delhi Electricity ...
PM Modi calls for peaceful resolution of conflicts in West Asia and Ukraine
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (May 18, 2026) called for a resolution of the West Asia crisis and the Ukraine conflict through dialogue and diplomacy, asserting that military action alone cann...
PM Modi receives Norway’s highest civilian honour
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Monday (May 18, 2026) conferred with Norway’s highest civilian honour, the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, for his contribution to advancing the ...
Supreme Court restrains tree cutting in KBR national park eco-sensitive zone in Hyderabad
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 18, 2026) restrained authorities from cutting trees in the eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (KBR) national park in Hyderabad . A Bench of Justices B....
Have urged Chief Justices of all High Courts to conduct virtual hearings, affirms Chief Justice of India
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said on Monday (May 18, 2026) that he had requested the Chief Justices of all the High Courts to conduct hearings online on Mondays and Fridays for the time bei...
India is now Maoist-free, declares Shah, ‘with pride’
Hailing the sacrifices of security forces in the decades-long battle against Maoism, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday (May 18, 2026) proclaimed that the country was “free” from Maoism. “I am de...
Minister orders clearing of pending agricultural power connections
Energy Minister Gottipati Ravi Kumar has directed officials to immediately sanction all pending agricultural power connections across the State. During a teleconference with the CMDs of DISCOMs on Mon...
Library Society seeks GVMC support amid financial crisis
The Joint Visakhapatnam District Library Society, Zilla Grandhalaya Samstha (ZGS), has urged the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) to address mounting financial and infrastructural ch...
Union Minister Varma lays stone for dialysis unit in Tadepallugudem
Union Minister of State for Steel and Heavy Industries Bhupathiraju Srinivas Varma on Monday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a dialysis unit in Tadepalligudem Government Area Hospita...
Youth Congress leaders, workers fight amongst themselves at KPCC office
A meeting convened by the Karnataka Youth Congress at the KPCC office in Bengaluru on May 18 to plan for a protest against the NEET examination fiasco turned into a battle ground between two factions,...
NIA files probe report against five juvenile persons in Pakistan-linked espionage case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday (May 18, 2026) filed its probe report against five juvenile persons in conflict with law in a case of a Pakistan-linked terror conspiracy to spy on se...
Indian market remains resilient despite rising volatility, says SEBI chairperson
Indian markets have shown resilience despite rising volatility due to global uncertainties, with fluctuations remaining well within manageable limits, said Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI...
Geopolitics has changed since last India-Nordic Summit, conflicts on agenda for talks: Norwegian envoy
As Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Oslo on Monday (May 18, 2026) for a two-day visit where he will hold bilateral talks and then meet with leaders of Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Finland and Denma...
Modi government lacks foresight; did not foresee price rise: Congress
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday (May 18, 2026) accused the government of lacking foresight and keeping the state of the economy hidden from the people before Assembly elections. His re...
PM Modi lands in Norway; to hold talks on trade, technology
Prime Minister Narendra Modi , on Monday (May 18, 2026), has landed in Oslo, where he will hold talks with his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Store on trade, technology and other key sectors. Mr. Mo...
Sajjala stresses vigilance during electoral roll revision exercise
YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) State coordinator Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy on Monday called for close monitoring of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls scheduled to begin in Andhra Pra...
Hyderabad Police launch AI-powered social media surveillance platform ‘SOCEYE’
The Hyderabad City Police on Monday (May 18) launched ‘SOCEYE’ (Social Media Observation and Cyber Intelligence), an artificial intelligence-based application developed to monitor harmful online conte...
KSRTC warns employees against joining indefinite strike from May 20
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has issued a stern warning to employees and staff members against participating in the indefinite State-wide strike proposed from May 20, stating...
Palghar tempo-truck collision: 13 people die; CM Fadnavis announces compensation
At least 13 people have been killed and 20 others were injured in an accident on Monday (May 18, 2026) in Dhanivari region in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, where a container vehicle rammed into a tr...
HC order to Directorate of Mines Safety
Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of the Telangana High Court directed the Directorate General of Mines Safety-Dhanbad, Jharkhand to consider the representation of a citizen who alleged that overburden soil f...
Supreme Court grants bail to Anil Tuteja in Chhattisgarh mineral case
The Supreme Court allowed bail to former Chhattisgarh IAS officer Anil Tuteja in a corruption case involving the alleged influencing of multi-crore civil works contracts with the District Mineral Foun...
PM Modi woos Swedish companies to invest in India, says 'reform express' going at full speed
Asserting that India’s “reform express” is going at full speed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (May 17, 2026) asked Swedish companies to enhance their presence in manufacturing, green hydrogen...
Deeply concerned: India on drone strike near UAE's Barakah nuclear plant
India on Monday (May 18, 2026) voiced deep concern over a drone attack targeting the Barakah nuclear facility in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as it marked a dangerous escalation in the West Asia con...
Asia faces $200 billion annual climate adaptation financing gap: Report
Asia faces a widening climate adaptation and resilience (CA&R) financing gap that could exceed 75% of the global shortfall by 2030, according to a new report. More than $200 billion is required annual...
Philanthropy in Asia emerging as ‘risk capital’ for social innovation: Report
Philanthropy in Asia is increasingly being deployed as “risk capital” to fund high-risk social innovations that governments and private markets are often unwilling to support, according to a new repor...
The petition said the government had not made any move to even include a judicial member on the DERC
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 18, 2026) decided to examine a plea seeking the constitution of a selection committee to make regular appointments of chairperson and members to the Delhi Electricity ...
Haryana land deal case: Robert Vadra withdraws plea in Delhi High Court against trial court summons
Businessman Robert Vadra on Monday (May 18, 2026) unconditionally withdrew in the Delhi High Court his petition challenging a trial court order that summoned him in a money-laundering case linked to a...
NEET UG paper leak: CBI arrests Renukai Chemistry Classes (RCC) founder Shivraj Raghunath Motegaonkar in Latur
The CBI has arrested Shivraj Raghunath Motegaonkar who runs the Renukai Chemistry Classes (RCC) in Maharashtra's Latur city in the NEET UG paper leak case , officials said on Monday (May 18, 2026). A ...
PM Modi in Norway: PM Modi thanks Norway for standing with India on terrorism
Press statements by PM Narendra Modi and PM Jonas Gahr Støre May 18, 2026 17:16 It's our shared goal to eliminate terrorism: PM Modi in Norway To overcome global challenges in the world, the reformati...
Bail is the rule is not an empty slogan, even in UAPA and ‘terror’ cases: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 18, 2026) questioned its own judgment denying former JNU student leader Umar Khalid personal liberty while granting relief to a Jammu and Kashmir man accused in a narc...
Chandrababu Naidu seeks tax relief for FCV tobacco farmers; writes to Sitharaman, Goyal
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has written separate letters to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on the hardships being faced by Flue...
Tamil Nadu tourist dies after being caught in clash between two elephants at Dubare Elephant Camp in Karnataka
A tourist from Tamil Nadu died after being caught in a clash between two captive elephants at the popular Dubare Elephant Camp near Kushalnagar in Kodagu district on Monday (May 18, 2026), prompting t...
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Amit Shah flags off 400 emergency response vehicles, 33 mobile forensic vans in Chhattisgarh
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday (May 18, 2026) flagged off 400 new vehicles for the 'CG Dial 112' emergency response service, which will be deployed across Chhattisgarh to provide integrated e...
DMK urges Centre to hand over Anaimangalam copper plates to Tamil Nadu
Senior DMK leader and former Minister for Archaeology Thangam Thennarasu has made a strong case for bringing the Anaimangalam copper plates to Tamil Nadu , saying the State was the true home of the hi...
Rahul Gandhi to visit Raebareli for two days from May 19
“Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha and Congress MP from Raebareli Rahul Gandhi will arrive in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh on May 19, 2026 on a two-day visit,” a Congress office-bearer said ...
On May 17, the CBI conducted searches at the main office of Renukai Chemistry Classes (RCC) in Maharashtra’s Latur city
The CBI has arrested Shivraj Raghunath Motegaonkar who runs the Renukai Chemistry Classes (RCC) in Maharashtra's Latur city in the NEET UG paper leak case , officials said on Monday (May 18, 2026). A ...
Bail is the rule is not an empty slogan, even in UAPA and ‘terror' cases: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 18, 2026) questioned its own judgment denying former JNU student leader Umar Khalid personal liberty while granting relief to a Jammu and Kashmir man accused in a narc...
V.D. Satheesan sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Kerala
Senior Congress leader V.D. Satheesan was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Kerala along with 20 Ministers at a ceremony held at a packed Central Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday (May 18, 2...
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May 18, 2026 13:27 PM Modi lands in Norway; to hold talks on trade, tech Prime Minister Narendra Modi has landed in Oslo, where he will hold talks with his Norwegian counterpart Jonas Gahr Støre on tr...
NEET UG leak: CBI conducts searches at Renukai Chemistry Classes in Latur
The Central Bureau of Investigation, which is probing the alleged NEET-UG paper leak, conducted searches at the main office of Renukai Chemistry Classes (RCC) in Maharashtra’s Latur city on Sunday (Ma...
Congress leader slams Andhra Pradesh CM’s population growth incentive
A day after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu announced cash incentives to families having a third or fourth child, Congress leader Husain Dalwai slammed the strategy of seeking populati...
PM Modi receives Sweden’s prestigious award Royal Order of Polar Star
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was awarded Sweden's highest honour, the 'Royal Order of the Polar Star, Degree Commander Grand Cross,' on Sunday (May 17, 2026), in recognition of his exceptional contrib...
Trade, energy, discussions on global conflicts to top agenda for Modi’s Nordic visit
Trade and energy supplies will top the agenda as Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands here on Monday (May 18, 2026) for the first bilateral visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Norway, one of the world’...
High-level inquiry committee set up to probe fire in Rajdhani Express: Railway Board
The West Central Railway Zone has constituted a high administrative grade-level inquiry committee to investigate the fire on the Thiruvananthapuram Central-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express on Sunday...
Captagon case: NCB arrests factory owner in Dehradun
The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a factory owner in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun for allegedly allowing use of the facility for illicit manufacturing of Captagon tablets by the Syrian nationa...
Shiv Sena (UBT) stages blockade on Samruddhi Expressway to protest low onion procurement rates
Workers of the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday (May 18, 2026) staged a "chakka jam" (road blockade) agitation on the Samruddhi Expressway in Maharashtra's Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar to protest the low onion ...
Nalgonda woman returning from graduation celebrations killed in US road accident
A 25-year-old woman from Nalgonda district, Telangana, was reportedly killed in a road accident in the United States. The deceased, 25-year-old G. Navya, was a native of Cheruvugattu village in Narket...
19-year-old man succumbs to stab injuries after girlfriend’s family assaults him
A 19-year-old man from Karadikulam near Kalugumalai succumbed to stab injuries after he was allegedly attacked by his girlfriend’s relative at the new bus stand in Kovilpatti of Thoothukudi district l...
YSRCP holds protest against fuel price hike in Srikakulam, demands Centre to reduce charges
Former Minister and YSRCP leader Sidiri Appala Raju and YSRCP State Secretary Yenni Dhanunjaya Rao on Monday (May 18, 2026) said that the hike in fuel prices would have a serious impact on the common ...
Three Telangana districts cross 45℃ on May 17, Nizamabad hottest at 45.7℃
Maximum temperatures continued to soar across Telangana with three districts recording temperatures above 45℃ on Saturday, (May 17, 2026), according to data released by the Telangana Development Plann...
Calling the Afsluitdijk Dam a “symbol of excellence and innovation”, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) highlighted its role in water management, flood protection and freshwater storage
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accompanied by his Dutch counterpart Rob Jetten, toured the iconic Afsluitdijk Dam on Sunday (May 17, 2026), as India and the Netherlands explored deeper collaboration in...
Vessel carrying 20,000 tonnes of LPG reaches Gujarat after crossing Strait of Hormuz
A vessel carrying 20,000 metric tonnes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) arrived at Deendayal Port Authority in Kandla in Gujarat after crossing the Strait of Hormuz amid the West Asia crisis, official...
Why isn't PM sacking Education Minister Pradhan despite repeated paper leaks, asks Rahul
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday (May 17, 2026) asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi why he was not sacking Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan despite repeated paper leaks in his tenure. In a p...
Return of Leiden copper plates should spark efforts for further repatriations, say Indian archaeologists
The return of the Chola-era Anaimangalam copper plates charter from the Netherlands this week marks a watershed event in the history of the repatriation of India’s invaluable bronzes, stone sculptures...
Mehbooba wants Pakistan to respond ‘positively’ after Hosabale calls for talks
Former Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister, and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader, Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday (May 17, 2026) welcomed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Dattatreya Hosaba...
NEET-UG 2026 paper leak: Delhi Court sends Manisha Mandhare to 14 days CBI custody
Mandhare allegedly had conspired with other co-accused persons, including Manisha Waghmare and Prahlad Vittal Rao Kulkarni to leak questions and content to students for a substantial monetary gain The...
Throwing non-veg food waste in Ganga could hurt religious sentiments: Allahabad HC on iftar party row
The Allahabad High Court has observed that throwing non-vegetarian food waste into the river Ganga could hurt the religious sentiments of the Hindu community. While granting bail to five persons accus...
Great Nicobar project a recipe for ecological disaster: Jairam Ramesh
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday (May 17, 2026) wrote to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, objecting to the Great Nicobar Island Development Project , terming it in its current form an...
Di Giannantonio wins Catalan Grand Prix, Alex Marquez hurt in horror crash
Ducati rider Fabio Di Giannantonio triumphed in a crash-hit Catalunya MotoGP on Sunday (May 17, 2026), during which Alex Marquez was taken to hospital injured after being flipped off his bike. The rac...
India, Sweden agree to elevate ties to Strategic Partnership
India and Sweden on Sunday (May 17, 2026) agreed to elevate their relationship to a Strategic Partnership, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, foc...
Kerala swearing-in ceremony LIVE: Satheesan, along with Cabinet, to take oath today
Kerala's new Council of Ministers Kerala Ministers Single Card.jpg.jpeg May 18, 2026 08:12 Central Stadium fills up for ceremony Congress workers and the general public have filled the Central Stadium...
In Bihar, a plate of woe
Instances of contaminated food served to children under the government-mandated midday meal in Bihar no longer make the media’s big-font news. Their regularity numbs the reader into indifference. On M...
India, Sweden agree to elevate ties to Strategic Partnership as PM Modi holds talks with Swedish counterpart
India and Sweden on Sunday (May 17, 2026) agreed to elevate their relationship to a Strategic Partnership, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with his Swedish counterpart, Ulf Kristersson, foc...
With CM and three Ministers, Ernakulam gets strong representation in Cabinet
Ernakulam district has secured a significant presence in the V.D. Satheesan-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government that will be sworn in on Monday. Besides Mr. Satheesan, there will be three Min...
Prohibitory orders imposed in Dehradun industrial area following labour unrest
The Dehradun district administration imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) in Selaqui and SIDCUL industrial area on Sunday (May 17, 2026), a day...
Greater Nicobar project a recipe for ecological disaster: Jairam Ramesh
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Sunday (May 17, 2026) wrote to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, objecting to the Great Nicobar Island Development Project , terming it in its current form an...
Education Ministry dismisses concerns of ‘On Screen Marking’ affecting CBSE Class 12 results
Days after the announcement of CBSE Class 12 results, the Ministry of Education on Sunday (May 17, 2026) dismissed concerns of the ‘On-Screen Marking’ (OSM) evaluation system affecting students’ score...
NCB cracks major India-Myanmar drug syndicate, arrests kingpin
GUWAHATI : The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested the kingpin of one of the biggest transnational drug trafficking networks operating along the India-Myanmar border. In a statement on Sunday...
PM Modi lands in Sweden; to hold talks on bilateral trade, technology, defence
Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Sweden on Sunday, where he will hold talks on a range of issues including trade, technology, defence and some other key sectors. The Prime Minister’s aircraft wa...
Sweden confers Royal Order of Polar Star upon PM Modi | LIVE
May 17, 2026 20:41 Bengali beats in Gothenburg: PM Modi treated to vibrant cultural welcome by Indian diaspora Immersing the Swedish industrial landscape in the vibrant hues of Indian heritage, Prime ...
At UN, India flags concerns over targeting of vessels in Strait of Hormuz
Targeting commercial shipping, endangering civilian crew and impeding freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz is "unacceptable", India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Parvathaneni Harish ha...
INDIA bloc allies want a strong Congress to take on the BJP at the Centre but unwilling to cede space in States
The month of May has brought a summer of discontent to the Opposition camp. The defeats of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supremo M.K. Stalin and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee, toget...
Ladakh administration hikes wages of skilled, unskilled workers
Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Sunday (May 17, 2026) announced a major wage rationalisation reform for daily wagers, part-time, seasonal and need-based employees working in the Union...
Retired bank employee found dead at Moosapet apartment complex
A 66-year-old retired bank employee was found dead at an apartment complex in Moosapet early on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Pushap Kumar Tickoo, 66, a resident of Tower 2 of Marina Sky Apar...
Trinamool leaders face arrests, public anger, return extorted money
Ever since the change of regime in West Bengal, several Trinamool Congress leaders have found themselves on the wrong side of the law, facing charges ranging from corruption to involvement in violence...
Mehbooba Mufti backs Hosabale on people-to-people contact with Pakistan
Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday (May 17, 2026) endorsed RSS functionary Dattatreya Hosabale’s recent remark that people-to-people contact is key to breaking the deadlock wi...
PM Modi lands in Sweden; to hold talks on bilateral trade, technology, defence | LIVE
May 17, 2026 18:17 PM Modi lands in Sweden; to hold talks on bilateral trade, technology, defence Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Sweden, where he will hold talks on a range of issues, includin...
Fire breaks out in coach of Rajdhani Express, rail-traffic hit
A fire broke out in an AC coach of the Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district on Sunday (May 17, 2026) morning, railway officials said. No casualties...
Southwest monsoon advances into parts of Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar: IMD
The southwest monsoon has advanced into parts of the southeast Arabian Sea, southwest and southeast Bay of Bengal, the Andaman Sea, the entire Nicobar Islands and parts of the Andaman Islands, includi...
President Murmu promulgates ordinance to increase Supreme Court judge strength by four
President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday (May 17, 2026) has promulgated an ordinance increasing the number of judges in the Supreme Court to 37 — excluding the Chief Justice of India (CJI). The gazette noti...
JSP begins process to identify potential leaders
To elevate deserving cadres to leadership roles, the Jana Sena Party (JSP) is gathering details at the Lok Sabha and Assembly constituency levels, for which committees, comprising the local MLAs / MPs...
IUML to get five Cabinet posts in UDF government in Kerala
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) will get five ministerial berths in the United Democratic Front (UDF) Cabinet in Kerala. Syed Sadikali Shihab Thangal, IUML State president, identified the Minist...
India, Netherlands elevating ties to strategic partnership, says PM Modi
India and the Netherlands on Saturday (May 16, 2026) decided to elevate their relationship to the strategic partnership level following extensive talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Dut...
Why has the RSS called for dialogue with Pakistan?
The story so far: L ast week, Dattatreya Hosabale, the second in command in the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS), the ideological mothership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) , said in an interview...
Why is the Prime Minister advocating austerity?
The story so far: O ver the past week, a series of nudges, policy changes, and public messages have sought to influence the behaviour of Indian consumers, companies, and farmers. At the heart of this ...
India's aspirations ‘no longer limited to its borders’: Modi to diaspora in Netherlands
Describing India as a “land of opportunities”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (May 16, 2026) said that the country is undergoing an “unprecedented transformation” and its aspirations are “no...
Gravity of a crime must not dictate decision on premature release of a convict: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has said in a judgment that granting premature release to a convict is a “distinct Executive function”, adding that the heinousness of the crime must not dictate the decision on remi...
Chola-era Anaimangalam Plates, in possession of Leiden University since 1862, returned to India
Chola-era plates, currently in the possession of Leiden University in the Netherlands, has been returned to India. The plates were presented on Saturday (May 16, 2026) during a formal ceremony in the ...
Fire breaks out in coach of Rajdhani Express, no casualties
A fire broke out in an AC coach of the Thiruvananthapuram-Hazrat Nizamuddin Rajdhani Express in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam district on Sunday (May 17, 2026) morning, railway officials said. No casualties...
PM Modi Sweden visit LIVE: PM Modi to head to Sweden on third-leg of 5-nation tour after Netherlands
May 17, 2026 12:10 India and Netherlands ink 17 pacts, elevate ties to strategic partnership Driven by shifting global geopolitics, India and the Netherlands elevated their ties to a strategic partner...
Kerala Cabinet: Congress leadership in talks with UDF allies to seal allocation of ministerial berths
Ahead of the new government formation in Kerala, the Congress leadership on Sunday (May 17, 2026) continued its negotiations with United Democratic Front (UDF) allies over Cabinet-related decisions an...
I did not try to broker a deal between DMK and AIADMK: Rajinikanth
Tamil film superstar Rajinikanth on Sunday (May 17, 2026) dispelled speculation that he tried to broker a deal between DMK and AIADMK in the wake of the fractured mandate in the Tamil Nadu Assembly el...
OSM is an “international norm”; CBSE reduces revaluation costs to ₹100
Days after the announcement of CBSE Class 12 results, the Ministry of Education on Sunday (May 17, 2026) dismissed concerns of the ‘On-Screen Marking’ (OSM) evaluation system affecting students’ score...
Telangana health department warns of heatstroke symptoms as temperatures set to rise further
With temperatures expected to rise further over the next three days, the Telangana Health Department on Sunday (May 17, 2026) warned citizens to watch for symptoms such as confusion, seizures, rapid h...
Excess weight, stress leading to hypertension among all age groups: IMA former president Dr. V.S.Prasad
Indian Medical Association’s College of General Practitioners former President and IMA-AP State former President V.S. Prasad on Sunday asked people to adopt healthy lifestyle and do exercises regularl...
HRF alleges unchecked industrial effluent discharge in Anakapalli district
The Human Rights Forum (HRF) has alleged large-scale discharge of untreated and inadequately treated industrial effluents into water bodies in the Atchutapuram-Rambilli industrial corridor of Anakapal...
Internal deformation detected within ‘rigid’ Indian plate: New study
A new study has found evidence that the Indian tectonic plate, long considered a rigid crustal block, is undergoing “subtle” internal deformation. Using high-precision GPS data from stations across In...
Over 1,000 Telugu expats participate in Mahanadu by NRI TDP Saudi Arabia chapter in Dammam
The annual Mahanadu organised by the NRI TDP Saudi Arabia chapter witnessed an overwhelming response with over 1,000 Telugu expatriates from different parts of the Kingdom participating in the grand g...
NEET paper leak row: Rahul Gandhi demands Dharmendra Pradhan’s removal
The Congress on Saturday (May 16, 2026) demanded the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG paper leak row , with Leader o...
CBI arrests ‘mastermind’ linked to NEET-UG 2026 biology paper leak
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday (May 16, 2026) has arrested a biology lecturer from Pune in connection with the 2026 NEET-UG paper leak case . Manisha Gurunath Mandhare was appoi...
Average of 53% MPs attend meetings of 16 Parliamentary Standing Committees, PAC: data
An average of 53% of members were present in the meetings of 16 department-related Standing Committees and the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament to deliberate on various important subjects since...
India rejects Court of Arbitration’s pondage award on Indus Waters Treaty
India on Saturday (May 16, 2026) rejected an award reportedly issued by the Court of Arbitration (CoA) at The Hague on May 15, 2026, concerning maximum pondage at Indian hydroelectric projects on the ...
A retired IPS officer has been installed in violation of recruitment rules and prescribed qualifications under an Act governing India’s only such university, they say
The appointment of a retired 1990-batch Indian Police Service officer as the Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of India’s only sports university has raised hackles in Manipur. Daljit Singh Chaudhary, a former Dir...
Bengal govt. gives nod for handover of seven national highway stretches to NHAI, NHIDCL
The West Bengal government gave in-principle approval for handing over seven stretches of national highways to the NHAI and the NHIDCL, paving the way for long-pending infrastructure works on key road...
Suspend collection of payment over agricultural loans; waive off loans: Vasan urges T.N. Government
Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) president G.K. Vasan on Sunday (May 17, 2026) urged the Tamil Nadu government to suspend the collection of payments over agricultural loans from farmers until the loa...
Anagha from Tirthahalli emerges as the State topper in SSLC after revaluation
Anagha K.S., a student of Vagdevi School at Tirthahalli, who was the second topper in SSLC examination by securing 624/625, has emerged as the State topper after the revaluation. Anagha, daughter of S...
PM Modi in Netherlands LIVE: India, Netherlands elevating ties to strategic partnership, says Modi
May 17, 2026 03:20 India, Netherlands elevating ties to strategic partnership, says PM Modi India and the Netherlands on Saturday decided to elevate their relationship to the strategic partnership lev...
First-ever consignment of Captagon drug worth ₹182 crore seized: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday (May 16, 2026) announced that the Narcotics Control Bureau has seized the first-ever consignment of Captagon, the so-called "Jihadi Drug", worth ₹182 crore. I...
The plates will be handed over to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) in New Delhi; the ASI, which functions under the Union Ministry of Culture, will decide whether and where the objects will be exhibited in India.
Chola-era plates, currently in the possession of Leiden University in the Netherlands, has been returned to India. The plates were presented on Saturday (May 16, 2026) during a formal ceremony in the ...
Kamal Maula Mosque Committee to challenge Bhojshala dispute verdict in Supreme Court
The Madhya Pradesh High Court verdict on the Kamal Maula-Bhojshala dispute has left the Muslim bodies shaken and uncertain of the way ahead. While the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has ...
NEET-UG paper leak: Doctors’ body moves Supreme Court to make NTA a statutory body accountable to Parliament
The United Doctors Front on Saturday (May 16, 2026) moved the Supreme Court of India seeking the transition of the National Testing Agency (NTA) from a registered society to a statutory body establish...
Centre appoints two Joint Secretaries, Joint Directors in National Testing Agency
The Centre on Saturday appointed two each joint secretaries and joint directors in the National Testing Agency (NTA), which is under the heat over the NEET-UG paper leak. Anuja Bapat, a 1998-batch off...
INDIA bloc must align to stop the juggernaut of the BJP, says Dipankar Bhattacharya
Against the backdrop of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning the West Bengal Assembly elections with a thumping majority, Opposition leaders in Bihar gathered under one roof on Saturday (May 16, 2...
A reality check on govt.’s claim of 45 days of LPG ‘rolling stock’
A few days ago, the government assured the people that India had 45 days of “rolling stock” in LPG, implying there were enough stocks and there was no need for panic. The implication came as a puzzle ...
WHO warns nicotine pouch brands targeting youth as sales surge
Sleek, discreet packaging, added flavours, sponsorship of concerts, festivals and sports events and aspirational lifestyle branding are among the widespread industry tactics used by nicotine pouch bra...
Uttarakhand SSC exam cheating racket: Another accused arrested
The Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) has arrested another member of a racket that facilitated cheating using high-tech methods for candidates at an online examination centre in Dehradun during a S...
Marathwada floods: Relief out of reach
Nagubai Chaudhary, 52, had always believed that the land would take care of her, and it did. For as long as she can remember. But in 2025, unseasonal rains lashed parts of western and central Maharash...
PM Modi in Netherlands LIVE: Modi invites Dutch companies to design, innovate and manufacture in India
May 17, 2026 00:11 PM Modi holds talks with Dutch counterpart Jetten; discusses trade, investment Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held wide-ranging talks with his Dutch counterpart Rob Jetten...
The (Parliamentary) Committee had made recommendations but he (Dharmendra Pradhan) put it in the dustbin on the pretext that opposition people were on the committee and that it was of no use, says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
The Congress on Saturday (May 16, 2026) demanded the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET)-UG paper leak row , with Leader o...
Youth are pillars of country, remarks aimed at those with ‘fake’ degrees: CJI Surya Kant
The Chief Justice of India (CJI), Surya Kant, on Saturday (May 16, 2026) issued a statement clarifying that his oral remarks made a day earlier regarding “attacks” on institutions were not directed at...
Karjat MLA Rohit Pawar hits out at CJI comment on youngsters
Karjat-Jamkhed MLA and NCP (SP) leader Rohit Pawar criticised the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant’s remark comparing unemployed youth to parasites and cockroaches, as it was “unacceptable” and...
BNI meet begins in Jaipur with focus on long-term growth opportunities for startups
breakingA two-day national conference of Business Network International (BNI) kicked off in Jaipur on Saturday (May 16, 2026) with industry leaders, startup founders, business owners, and decision-mak...
V.D. Satheesan | The ‘Nehruvian’ revivalist
A few months before the Assembly polls, V.D. Satheesan , the then Opposition Leader of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, created a political flutter by declaring that he would opt for political exile i...
TMC sends fact-finding teams across Bengal, alleges attacks and killings after poll defeat
Trinamool Congress teams visited several areas of West Bengal to take stock of complaints related to post-poll violence and alleged election manipulations. TMC leadership claimed that at least 10 of t...
India stands at a historic juncture where it possesses a confluence youth power, diversity, scientific temperament, democratic spirit: Karnataka Governor
Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot said India currently stands at a historic juncture where it possesses a remarkable confluence of four elements: youth power, diversity, scientific temperament, a...
Odisha’s urban department advises vehicle pooling, ride-sharing practices
Odisha’s Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Department has asked its employees to adopt vehicle pooling or ride-sharing practices to reduce fuel consumption amid the chaotic situation at filling stat...
Dairy farmers ask government to hike price of Aavin milk; pass on to them as procurement price
Dairy farmers have urged the new government to increase the selling price of Aavin milk and pass on the hike to them as procurement price. This follows the recent move by Amul and Mother Dairy to incr...
Woman lawyer stabbing case: Supreme Court asks police to conclude probe quickly, ensure her protection
The Supreme Court has asked Delhi Police to conclude its probe into the brutal assault of a woman advocate allegedly by her husband at the earliest, while ensuring the protection of the victim and her...
NIA chargesheets ‘mastermind,’ four others in Cambodia-linked ‘cyber slavery’ case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a charge sheet against five persons, including absconding “mastermind” Anand Kumar Singh, in a case of human trafficking and “cyber slavery” in Cambod...
PM Modi in Netherlands LIVE: Netherlands hands back Chola dynasty copper plates to India
WATCH: PM addresses diaspora in The Hague The Prime Minister is delivering a speech to the Indian diaspora at a hall in The Hague. They greet him with chants of “Modi! Modi!” May 16, 2026 21:18 Ta...
Man arrested for murdering woman, dumping body in Tirupalya lake in Anekal taluk
A man from Assam was arrested for allegedly murdering a 47-year-old woman and dumping her body in Tirupalya Lake in Anekal taluk. According to police, a case of unnatural death was registered at the H...
Body donated for educational purposes cannot be returned: Kerala HC
The Kerala High Court has held that a woman's body that had been handed over to the Government Medical College, Kalamassery, cannot be returned merely at her children's request. Such a request cannot ...
Bidadi township: Deve Gowda announces stir against project; DKS hits back
Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda on Saturday announced that he would launch a struggle against the proposed township project in Bidadi, alleging that fertile agricultural land was being targeted ...
NCC annual training camp begins
The ten-day annual training camp, led by the 9 Kerala Girls Battalion, Kozhikode, commenced on May 13 at the NCC Group Training Centre, West Hill. The main objective of the camp is to mould a generati...
Full list of Kerala Cabinet Ministers by May 17, says Satheesan
Amid intense speculation over Cabinet formation and portfolio allocation in Kerala’s new United Democratic Front (UDF) government, Chief Minister-designate V.D. Satheesan indicated on Saturday (May 16...
Mayawati demands extensive relief for storm victims in Uttar Pradesh
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Saturday (May 16, 2026) urged the Uttar Pradesh government to provide extensive support to families affected by the recent storms and unseasonal heavy r...
Finance Ministry increases export levy on petrol, reduces that of diesel and ATF
Seeking to provide further momentum to the export of fuels, the Finance Ministry, in a late gazette notification issued Friday night, informed that it has hiked the export duty on petrol to ₹3 per lit...
PM Modi arrives in Netherlands on second leg of five-nation tour
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the Netherlands on Friday (May 15, 2026) on the second leg of his five-nation tour, during which he will hold talks with his Dutch counterpart Rob Jetten to fur...
Supreme Court closes plea of Goa Congress leader after his death from snakebite
A day after Goa Congress leader Ketan Bhatikar died following a snakebite, the Supreme Court on Friday (May 15, 2026) closed his plea challenging a Bombay High Court order cancelling the Ponda Assembl...
Rijiju raises concern over alleged undeclared foreign trips of Rahul Gandhi
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday (May 15, 2026) expressed concern over the alleged “undeclared” foreign trips of Leader of the Opposition (Lok Sabha) Rahul Gandhi and asked him to...
‘Surgeries, finances, familial pressure’: NEET retest has aspirants fighting on many fronts
National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) aspirants from across the country who prepared and appeared for the exam in Delhi reacted to Friday’s announcement of the retest date — June 21 — with app...
Shah calls for uniform global laws, coordination to end drug menace
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday (May 15, 2026) called for a unified global effort in the war against drugs and stressed the need for a unified legal framework to deal with the menace. He said ...
ED arrests two “masterminds” in SRMF properties case
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested two people who allegedly masterminded the “illegal” sale of prime properties belonging to the Spiritual Regeneration Movement Foundation of India (SRMF) by usi...
A biology lecturer from Pune was appointed by the National Testing Agency as an expert and was involved in the examination process this year, the CBI says
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday (May 16, 2026) has arrested a biology lecturer from Pune in connection with the 2026 NEET-UG paper leak case . Manisha Gurunath Mandhare was appoi...
PM Modi in Netherlands LIVE: 'India’s aspirations no longer confined to its borders,' Narendra Modi tells diaspora
WATCH: PM addresses diaspora in The Hague The Prime Minister is delivering a speech to the Indian diaspora at a hall in The Hague. They greet him with chants of “Modi! Modi!” May 16, 2026 18:06 Pr...
CJI Surya Kant clarifies ‘parasites’ remarks, says ‘pained’ over media reports
The Chief Justice of India (CJI), Surya Kant, on Saturday (May 16, 2026) issued a statement clarifying that his oral remarks made a day earlier regarding “attacks” on institutions were not directed at...
Choosing a career is not a decision to be made in a moment: NWKRTC MD Priyanga M.
“Choosing a career is not a decision to be made in a moment. It evolves over a period of time considering various aspects and is a product of your collective decisions,” said Priyanga M., managing dir...
Bank can’t freeze account of educational society by assuming role of adjudicating authority over disputes: Karnataka High Court
A bank, being a custodian of funds, cannot assume the role of an adjudicating authority and proceed to freeze accounts of an educational society merely on the basis of internal disputes between rival ...
Slash ‘excessive’ VAT on fuel, withdraw additional levy and cess, demands APCC chief Sharmila
APCC president Y.S. Sharmila on Saturday criticised the TDP-led coalition government over the high fuel prices in the State, alleging that the government was burdening people through excessive VAT and...
No question of putting such restrictions: PM Modi dismisses reports of govt mulling tax on foreign travel
Dismissing news media reports that the government is considering levying taxes on foreign travel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (May 15, 2026), said that there is “no question of putting such...
The Union Home Minister said the Modi government has resolved to make a "Drug-Free India"
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday (May 16, 2026) announced that the Narcotics Control Bureau has seized the first-ever consignment of Captagon, the so-called "Jihadi Drug", worth ₹182 crore. I...
PM Modi in Netherlands LIVE: Modi meets Indian diaspora at The Hague
WATCH: PM addresses diaspora in The Hague The Prime Minister is delivering a speech to the Indian diaspora at a hall in The Hague. They greet him with chants of “Modi! Modi!” May 16, 2026 14:34 In...
Talks on for release of those still in captivity of armed groups in Manipur
Talks are underway among civil society organisations, representatives of the Manipur government and security forces to ensure the safe release of those who are still being held hostage by armed groups...
Drones are no more eyes in the sky, they are claws in the sky, says IAF Chief
Chief of Indian Air Force (IAF) Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh on Thursday (May 14, 2026) highlighted the growing role of drones and unmanned systems in modern warfare, asserting that unmanned aerial sy...
Congress terms PM’s appeal to defer gold purchases a ‘death warrant’ for jewellery sector
The Congress on Friday (May 15, 2026) described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to defer gold purchases for a year as a “death warrant” for the jewellery sector and demanded that the Centre anno...
T.N. Governor cuts security convoy size after PM Modi’s austerity appeal
The number of security vehicles accompanying Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar has been reduced following his advice. This follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal to the public to ...
Retired judge, son booked for dowry harassment after daughter-in-law found dead
A retired judge and her son have been booked in a dowry harassment case after her 33-year-old daughter-in-law died on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) allegedly by suicide in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal, police off...
Telangana chemists to join nationwide shutdown on May 20 over online pharmacies, pricing concerns
Chemists and druggists across Telangana will join a nationwide one-day shutdown on May 20, 2026, as part of a countrywide protest called by the All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists (AIOCD)...
IDFC First Bank case: Haryana govt. gives go-ahead to CBI to probe five IAS officers' role
The Haryana government has given a green signal to the CBI to investigate the alleged role of five IAS officers in the ₹590-crore IDFC First Bank fraud case. The permission has been granted under sect...
Governor’s secretariat writes to Karnataka government on timely conduct of Bengaluru civic elections
The Governor’s secretariat has written to the Karnataka government urging it to ensure timely allocation of funds and manpower to the State Election Commission (SEC) for the conduct of local body elec...
All eyes on Congress equations in Satheesan’s home turf ahead of Cabinet formation
With V.D. Satheesan emerging as the Congress-led United Democratic Front’s chief ministerial face, the party unit in Ernakulam, his stronghold, appears to be set for a political reset. Mr. Satheesan’s...
CBI nabs alleged mastermind behind NEET-UG 2026 chemistry paper leak
In a major breakthrough, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Pune-based chemistry lecturer P.V. Kulkarni, accusing him of being the kingpin behind the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak . The ...
Mr. Modi said he would hold talks with Prime Minister Jetten and call on King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the Netherlands on Friday (May 15, 2026) on the second leg of his five-nation tour, during which he will hold talks with his Dutch counterpart Rob Jetten to fur...
CBI launches AI-powered notice verification system ‘Abhay’
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has launched an AI-based helpbot called “Abhay” for authentication of CBI notices, a system designed to protect the citizens from the growing menace of cyber ...
Fuel price hike triggers Opposition attack after Assembly polls
The fuel price hike announced by the Union government on Friday (May 15, 2026), days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured victories in Assembly elections in three of the five States, includi...
Samyukt Kisan Morcha rejects kharif MSP, to launch protests in villages
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella organisation of about 500 farmers’ outfits, has decided to hold protests in every village by burning the copies of the government order on the minimum suppo...
Fuel crisis moves Supreme Court to order austerity, Judges resolve to carpool
The Supreme Court of India embraced austerity measures by reducing physical hearings to three days a week and judges “unanimously” deciding to carpool. A circular issued by the court on Friday (May 15...
The day World War II reached Andhra Pradesh: echoes of forgotten battle still linger across Vizag
On the morning of April 6, 1942, residents of Visakhapatnam witnessed unfamiliar aircraft circling above the city before sirens shattered the stillness. Japanese warplanes launched from the Imperial J...
Fuel price hike negatively impacts economy, triggers rise in essential commodity prices: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy criticised the Union Government’s decision to increase petrol and diesel prices, stating that the move would severely impact the common man and trigger a rise ...
Mumbai water cut: BMC warns of criminal action against electric pump users
As a precautionary measure, Mumbai faces a 10% water cut amid dwindling levels in reservoirs, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has warned of stringent action, including criminal cases, aga...
MIT-Bengaluru taps CMTI facility to prepare future-focused semiconductor talent pipeline
Manipal Institute of Technology Bengaluru (MIT-Bengaluru), a constituent institution of Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), has decided to build a future-focused semiconductor talent pipeline ...
Police raid 15 locations in J&K's Baramulla; seize 'incriminating material' linked to banned outfit
Police on Saturday (May 16, 2026) conducted raids at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district in connection with a UAPA case against the banned Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), officials sai...
Supreme Court-monitored judicial probe needed over leakage of NEET examination papers: CWC member Gidugu Rudra Raju
Congress Working Committee member Gidugu Rudra Raju on Saturday (May 16, 2026) urged the Union government to initiate a high level judicial probe monitored by the Supreme Court over the leakage of Nat...
Growing ‘attacks’on the judiciary by ‘parasites’, CJI Surya Kant says
While hearing a lawyer’s plea seeking designation as a senior advocate, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Friday (May 15, 2026) came down heavily on what he described as growing and unwarrant...
Tell your ‘petty politicians’ not to blame the court for delay, CJI tells Thackeray-Shinde factions
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 15, 2026) turned livid at the “petty politicians” of warring Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions of Shiv Sena for accusing the court of delaying a final decisi...
The retest date clashes with the UPSSSC Pharmacist (Bheshajik) Mains exam, scheduled under Preliminary Eligibility Test 2025, some aspirants pointed out.
National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) aspirants from across the country who prepared and appeared for the exam in Delhi reacted to Friday’s announcement of the retest date — June 21 — with app...
28 Naga, Kuki civilians released in Manipur; slain church leaders buried
Two days after they were held captive following the killing of three church leaders, 28 people belonging to the Kuki and Naga communities were released by different groups on Friday (May 15, 2026). Th...
Jammu and Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah approves ₹93 crore power infrastructure projects
The Jammu and Kashmir Cabinet, headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, has approved ₹93 crore power infrastructure projects for the summer capital, a spokesperson said on Friday (May 16, 2026). The pr...
State's duty is to ensure ‘living wages’ for workers, not label them as ‘terrorists’: Supreme Court
The Uttar Pradesh government should not think of those who protested for higher wages in Noida on April 13 as “terrorists”, the Supreme Court said on Friday (May 15, 2026), reminding the State of its ...
Class 8 boy drowns in backwaters
A Class 8 student drowned in the Thevara-Konthuruthy backwaters here on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Asher Antony, 13, son of Martin, a native of Nettoor. The boy was reportedly sw...
Kadirur panchayat in Kannur bags Atma Nirbhar award
Kadirur grama panchayat in Kannur has secured the third position nationally in the ‘Atma Nirbhar Panchayat Special Award’ category of the National Panchayat Awards 2026 announced by the Ministry of Pa...
Madhya Pradesh HC declares disputed Bhojshala site as temple, suggests alternate land for mosque
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (May 15, 2026) declared that the long-disputed site of Bhojshala complex and Kamal Maula Mosque in Dhar is a temple of goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati), therefore al...
Southwest monsoon likely to set in over Kerala on May 26: IMD
The southwest monsoon is expected to set in early over Kerala on May 26, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its forecast on Friday (May 15, 2026). The monsoon , the primary rain-bearing...
PM dismisses speculations of government mulling proposals to tax foreign travel as “totally false.”
Dismissing news media reports that the government is considering levying taxes on foreign travel, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (May 15, 2026), said that there is “no question of putting such...
Public paying price for Modi government’s mistake: Rahul on fuel hike
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday (May 15, 2026) attacked the Centre over the petrol and diesel price hike , saying the public is paying the price for the Modi government's mistake. Follow the Pe...
Centre extends bid timeline for rare earth magnet scheme
The Ministry of Heavy Industries on Friday extended the bid timelines for its ₹7,280 crore scheme to develop rare earth magnet manufacturing in India. The bid due date has been extended from May 28 to...
Airfares need to be ‘rationalised’, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 15, 2026) urged the Union government to examine measures for the “rationalisation” of airfares, pointing to the stark disparity in ticket prices charged by different a...
Unnao rape case: Supreme Court sets aside order suspending Kuldeep Sengar’s sentence, asks Delhi HC to consider afresh
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 14, 2026) set aside a Delhi High Court order granting bail and suspending the sentence of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case. Law on ‘susp...
Aravalli row: Won't pass order in favour of mining lease holders for now, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 15, 2026) said it won't pass any order in favour of mining lease holders for now as it has been getting "quite disturbing" feedback regarding mining in the Aravalli hi...
BJP defends fuel hike, says ‘India kept price rise to 3% amid global surge’
The BJP on Friday (May 15, 2026) defended the hike in fuel prices , claiming that India managed to shield citizens from the global oil shock for more than two months while implementing only a "limited...
India ready to extend all possible support for peace in West Asia: PM Modi in UAE
India is ready to extend all possible support to bring peace in West Asia, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday (May 15) during his talks with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan....
Supreme Court allows actor Darshan to revive bail plea in a year if no ‘substantial progress’ in trial
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 15, 2026) expressed disappointment over the “slow” pace of the trial in the 2024 Renukaswamy murder case involving Kannada actor Darshan Thoogudeepa , and granted him ...
India calls for UNSC expansion, says lack of reform ‘constrains’ global body
India on Friday (May 15, 2026) strongly called for expansion of the U.N. Security Council with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar saying that the effectiveness and credibility of the global body ...
Jaishankar, Iran’s Araghchi discuss West Asia crisis, energy security and maritime stability
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Friday (May 15, 2026) held wide-ranging talks focusing on the West Asia crisis and its impact on energy supplies an...
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien hits out at Centre over fuel price hike
Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien on Friday (May 15, 2026) criticised the BJP -led Central government over the hike in petrol and diesel prices , alleging that first they "looted" people's votes...
The Rs 3 shock has already arrived, the rest of the 'vasooli (recovery)' will be done in instalments, says Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a post on X
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday (May 15, 2026) attacked the Centre over the petrol and diesel price hike , saying the public is paying the price for the Modi government's mistake. Follow the Pe...
‘Thousands in black robes with doubtful degrees,’ says CJI Surya Kant
Likening some unemployed youngsters to cockroaches, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Friday (May 15, 2026) said they go on to “become” media, social media and RTI activists and start attacki...
India can play ‘greater role’ for peace in West Asia, says Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi
India can play a "greater role" for peace in West Asia, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Friday (May 15, 2026). Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, he said there is no military ...
Shivamogga DC directs ULBs to take measures for implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules-2026
Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner Prabhulinga Kavalikatti has directed the chief officers of urban local bodies to take steps necessary for the proper management of solid waste generated in the cities. I...
First session of new Assam Assembly from May 21
The first session of the newly elected 16th Assam Assembly will commence on May 21, an official notification said. The proceedings will start from 9.30 a.m. at the Assembly Chamber in Dispur, it added...
Elgar case: NIA seeks cancellation of activists Sudha Bharadwaj and Varavara Rao's bail
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday (May 15, 2026) moved a plea before a special court in Mumbai seeking cancellation of bail granted to activists Sudha Bharadwaj and Varavara Rao , both...
The Hindu community considers Bhojshala to be a temple dedicated to Vagdevi (Goddess Saraswati), while the Muslim side calls the monument Kamal Maula Mosque. A petitioner from the Jain community claims the disputed complex is a medieval Jain temple and gurukul
The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday (May 15, 2026) declared that the disputed Bhojshala complex in Dhar is a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, adding that the Muslim community may approach th...
Major reason for economic crisis in India is Modi Government’s leadership crisis: Kharge after fuel hike
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday (May 15, 2026) slammed the Modi government over the fuel price hike, alleging an economic crisis in the country due to the Government's "leadership cris...
Compromised PM didn't sign trade deal with U.S., but a bargain for Adani's release: Rahul
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday (May 15, 2026) accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of signing a trade deal with the U.S. only to secure the "release" of billionaire businessman Gautam Adani. A...
Will lead to further inflation, growth estimates will be lowered considerably: Congress on fuel hike
The Congress on Friday (May 15, 2026) attacked the Modi government over the petrol and diesel price hike , saying it is bound to lead to further inflation and growth estimates will be lowered consider...
Farmers’ body, Opposition seek immediate rollback of sugar export ban
All India Kisan Sabha on Thursday (May 15, 2026) hit out at the government for its decision to ban sugar export , calling for an immediate rollback of the decision. Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadc...
Petrol and diesel prices hike LIVE: ‘Take votes first, then raise prices’: Congress attacks Modi
May 15, 2026 15:32 Fuel price hike unavoidable due to global energy crisis: Kishan Reddy Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy on Friday (May 15, 2026) said the fuel price hike was unavoidable due to the glo...
EC to conduct Special Intensive Revision from May 30: Odisha’s Chief Electoral Officer
“The Election Commission (EC) will conduct a month-long Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Odisha from May 30,” an official said on Friday (May 15, 2026). “The exercise will contin...
Private travels bus gutted in fire near Rajupalem, all passengers escape safely
A private bus travelling from Hyderabad to Tirupati on the Kolkata–Chennai National Highway was gutted in a fire near Rajupalem in Ulavapadu mandal of Prakasam district during the early hours of Frida...
Nellore Rural MLA surprises all with his austerity drive
In response to the call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the in line with the initiative taken up by Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu, Nellore Rural MLA Kotamreddy Sridhar Reddy became t...
Paranjpe was inducted in Shiv Sena to stop him from joining MVA; NCP was kept in loop: Samant
Maharashtra Minister Uday Samant on Friday (May 15, 2026) said former Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Anand Paranjpe was inducted into the Shiv Sena to stop him from joining any Opposition par...
CBI conducts searches in Reliance Communications case
I The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday (May 14, 2026) conducted searches at seven premises in connection with a case registered against Reliance Communications Limited (RCom). These p...
CBI arrests key accused in cyber fraud case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a key accused in connection with a transnational cyber-enabled financial fraud case involving illegal call centres that targeted U.S. nationals. ...
P. Kumaran takes charge as India’s High Commissioner in London
India’s new High Commissioner to the U.K., Periasamy Kumaran , formally stepped into his role on Thursday (May 14, 2026), presenting his credentials to Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, Scott Furs...
UDF leadership meeting to lay out the contours of the next Kerala cabinet gets underway
The United Democratic Front (UDF)’s top leadership meeting at the Cantonment House in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday (May 15, 2026) will likely lay out the contours of the next Kerala cabinet. The UDF i...
Phase 3 of SIR in 16 States, three UTs from May 30, says ECI
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday (May 14, 2026) announced the schedule for Phase 3 of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 16 States and three Union Territories...
Discussed the situation in West Asia and its implications. Also exchanged views on bilateral issues of mutual interest, says External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Friday (May 15, 2026) held wide-ranging talks focusing on the West Asia crisis and its impact on energy supplies an...
28 Naga, Kuki hostages released in Manipur
About 28 of the 38 people belonging to the Kuki and Naga communities, who were held hostage by armed groups in Manipur's Kangpokpi and Senapati districts, were released, police said on Friday (May 15,...
Petrol and diesel prices hike LIVE: ‘Very small rise, working round-the-clock to ensure no shortage’, says IOCL director
Key Updates Petrol, diesel prices hiked by ₹3 as West Asia conflict hits fuel supplies Petrol, diesel prices hiked by ₹3 as West Asia conflict hits fuel supplies May 15, 2026 12:16 Fuel price hike...
India’s labour market shows gains, but challenges persist
E very year, about 7-10 million young Indians enter the labour market. They are better educated than any generation before them — the average years of formal schooling for those aged 15 and above has ...
Vande Mataram and the challenge to multicultural nationalism
T he official oath-taking ceremony of C. Joseph Vijay, as the 13th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, on May 10 saw the playing of the national song Vande Mataram at the beginning and end of the event, bef...
PM Modi UAE visit LIVE: PM Modi embarks on six-day visit to UAE, 4 European nations
May 15, 2026 15:41 India ready to extend all possible support for peace in West Asia: PM Modi in UAE India is ready to extend all possible support to bring peace in West Asia, Prime Minister Narendra ...
Petrol, diesel prices hiked by ₹3 across all variants
In response to the price and supply pressures created by the West Asia crisis , oil-marketing companies on Friday (May 15, 2026) hiked the prices of petrol and diesel by ₹3 per litre across all varian...
Pune bomb case: Police investigate CCTV footage showing suspect
A day after the bomb-like device containing low-grade explosive was found on the premises of a private hospital in Hadapsar in Maharashtra’s Pune district, CCTV footage has surfaced capturing the susp...
CBI conducts searches in Haryana bank scam case; seizes financial records, digital evidence
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at multiple locations in Chandigarh and Panchkula in connection with a Haryana bank scam case and seized financial records and digital evid...
Rathindra Bose, a Chartered Accountant from north Bengal, elected Speaker of Bengal Assembly
Rathindra Bose, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from the Cooch Behar Dakshin Assembly seat, was on Friday (May 15, 2026) elected as the Speaker of West Bengal Legislative Assembly . Mr. Bose was elec...
Free and fair elections can happen only if there are independent Election Commissioners, SC says
The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 14, 2026) nudged the Union government to address concerns over its dominant role in the appointment of Chief Election Commissioners and Election Commissioners, obser...
NEET-UG 2026 paper leak: CBI arrests two more accused
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two more accused persons in connection with the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case and conducted searches at 14 locations to track down the suspects. T...
NTA casually ignored Supreme Court order to overhaul system after 2024 leak: FAIMA petition
The Federation of Indian Medical Association (FAIMA) has flagged the “recurring, systemic, and catastrophic” failure of the National Testing Agency (NTA) in conducting the National Eligibility cum Ent...
The Special Intensive Revision is being conducted to ensure that only eligible voters are included in the electoral rolls, says Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday (May 14, 2026) announced the schedule for Phase 3 of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 16 States and three Union Territories...
SIR is weakening democracy, say activists
As the Election Commission of India (ECI) rolled out the third phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on Thursday (May 14, 2026), civil society activists, including former El...
Arunachal Cabinet approves stricter Inner-Line Permit system
GUWAHATI The Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, has approved a decision to make the Inner-Line Permit (ILP) system more watertight. The decision followed the enforcement...
Petrol, diesel prices hiked by ₹3 per litre each
Petrol and diesel prices on Friday (May 15, 2026) were hiked by ₹3 per litre each as oil companies passed on part of the spike in global energy prices to consumers. Petrol price was hiked to ₹97.77 pe...
Clear why PM agreed to trade deal, halted Operation Sindoor: Congress on ‘U.S. to drop’ charges against Adani
The Congress on Thursday (May 14, 2026) attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over media reports claiming that U.S. authorities are moving to drop charges against billionaire Gautam Adani , saying it ...
Sabarimala reference hearing concludes; Supreme Court reserves judgment
The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 14, 2026) said courts cannot give up their duty to judicially review religious practices to examine if they violate fundamental liberties, though the primary obligat...
Allahabad HC seeks report from CBI, ED disproportionate assets complaint against Rahul Gandhi
The Allahabad High Court recently asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to examine a complaint which alleged disproportionate assets in possession of Lea...
Supreme Court summons Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh officials over ‘casual approach’ to Chambal illegal sand mining
The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 14, 2026) summoned senior bureaucrats from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh over rampant illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sanctuary and the States’ “persisten...
Congress moves Delhi High Court seeking execution of a sale deed for its former headquarters
The Delhi High Court on Thursday (May 14, 2026) asked the Centre and Delhi Government to respond to a petition by the Indian National Congress seeking the execution of a sale deed in the party’s favou...
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar hits out at ‘unilateral’ sanctions days before expiry of U.S.’ Russian oil waiver
As India awaits the United States’ decision on extending its waiver on sanctions against the import of Russian oil, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday (May 14, 2026) hit out at unilat...
PM’s appeal was for intelligent substitution of consumption of import-heavy goods: PMEAC member
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal for Indians to rationalise consumption of fuel, abstain from buying gold for a year and work from home, are “an appeal for intelligent substitution of the consump...
Ladakh’s high-altitude Changthang region gets irrigation canal at 14,000 feet
Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Thursday (May 14, 2026) inaugurated the high-altitude irrigation canal in Changthang region, constructed at an altitude of over 14,000 feet, and termed...
Rich harvest caught in procurement tangle
For weeks, farmers across Telangana have been guarding tarpaulin-covered heaps of paddy under the open sky, anxiously watching the occasional dark clouds as procurement delays stretch on. An untimely ...
Death toll in explosion at firecracker factory in M.P.'s Dewas rises to five
The death toll has risen to five after two more workers, who were severely injured in an explosion at a firecracker factory in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district on Thursday (May 14, 2026), died, while 2...
Over 38 people of Kuki, Naga communities held hostage by various groups: Manipur Home Minister
Manipur Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam on Thursday (May 14, 2026) said that “more than 38 people” belonging to the Naga and Kuki communities were held hostage by various groups in the State. Fresh ...
ECI announces schedule for Phase 3 of Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls
The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Thursday (May 14, 2026), announced the schedule for Phase III of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 16 States, 3 Union Territories. I...
The decision to make the Inner-Line Permit more watertight follows a 36-hour shutdown to demand stronger regulations and protection of the rights of the Scheduled Tribes
GUWAHATI The Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, has approved a decision to make the Inner-Line Permit (ILP) system more watertight. The decision followed the enforcement...
Congress condemns killing of three Christian leaders in Manipur
The Congress on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) condemned the killing of three Christian leaders in Manipur and accused the Centre of failing to act decisively to end the continuing violence in the State. Ad...
Chouhan pens book on his association with Modi
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has penned a book, titled Apnapan , on his 35-year-long association with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Talking to reporters here on Thursday (May 14, 2...
Trading in organs illegally in Kerala, with forged documents
Around six months ago, a shabbily dressed middle-aged man walked into the office of the Superintendent of Police (Ernakulam Rural), Aluva, on a sultry afternoon with an envelope held tight in his hand...
Setback for NDA as RJD wins MLC byelection in Bihar
The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar on Thursday suffered its first electoral setback after Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary assumed the top post as the Opposition Rashtriya Janata Da...
PM Modi meets BRICS Foreign Ministers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (May 14, 2026) hosted top diplomats from the BRICS nations as New Delhi kicked off a high-stakes conclave of the Foreign Ministers of the influential bloc. The...
ED cracks down on “illegal” sale of SRMF properties worth crores
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has launched search operations against a syndicate accused of forging documents and impersonating office-bearers to allegedly sell prime properties belonging to the Sp...
Air India’s $2.79 billion loss drags down Singapore Airlines’ profit
Air India posted a full-year loss of US$2.79 billion (₹26,798 crore), inflicting a US$743 million hit on Singapore Airlines’ bottom line in the first full year since the carrier acquired a 25.1% stake...
Officials inspect records of private investment firm in Belagavi
Officials of the district administration and the Department of Cooperation inspected on Thursday the offices of a private investment firm that operated in Belagavi without due permits from government ...
SRMIST, The Hindu to organise webinar on c
SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST), in association with The Hindu, will organise a webinar on ‘Career Beyond the Obvious: Unlocking New Pathways in Humanities and Sciences’, aimed at bro...
Jayalalithaa’s picture still remains in my pocket: Sengottaiyan
Minister and TVK chief coordinator K.A. Sengottaiyan on Thursday said he still kept a photo of AIADMK supremo and former Chief Minister the late J. Jayalalithaa in his pocket. Speaking to journalists ...
TNCC to protest against Centre on extension given to CBI director, NEET issue
Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K. Selvaperunthagai on Thursday said the party would organise a protest on Friday condemning the BJP-led Union government for granting one-year extension to Cen...
Attack on Indian-flagged ship off Oman coast ‘unacceptable’, says MEA; crew members safe
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday (May 14, 2026) said that an Indian-flagged commercial vessel had come under attack off the coast of Oman, but all its crew members are safe. The MEA ...
The Union Agriculture Minister says Apnapan offers readers an opportunity to understand Mr. Modi’s personality, leadership style, sensitivity and work ethic from a closer and more personal perspective
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has penned a book, titled Apnapan , on his 35-year-long association with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Talking to reporters here on Thursday (May 14, 2...
Air India’s $2.79 Billion loss plunges Singapore Airlines into net loss
Air India posted a full-year loss of US$2.79 billion (₹26,798 crore), inflicting a US$743 million hit on Singapore Airlines’ bottom line in the first full year since the carrier acquired a 25.1% stake...
Aaditya Thackeray slams government for austerity ‘drama’
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday (May 14, 2026) hit out at the Government for indulging in "drama of austerity with cameras perfectly placed to film it". He also attributed India's...
India no longer a country that suffers, will strike back if Pakistan provokes us again: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday (May 14, 2026) warned Pakistan against terrorism and said India would strike back decisively if provoked again. Addressing a public gathering at Merta town i...
CBI produces five NEET paper leak accused before Delhi court
A Delhi court on Thursday (May 14, 2026) sent five people arrested in a case related to the NEET-UG exam leak to seven days’ CBI custody. Special CBI judge Ajay Gupta was hearing a CBI plea to interro...
Farooq Abdullah backs RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale’s call for dialogue with Pakistan
National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday (May 14, 2026) backed Rashtriya Swayamsevek Sangh (RSS) functionary Dattatreya Hosabale's remarks advocating dialogue with Pakistan , say...
‘We all come empty-handed’: Supreme Court asks warring factions not to disrupt mediation in Sunjay Kapur family feud
The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 14, 2026) barred a key company associated with the disputed family estate of the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur from proceeding with the appointment of independent ...
Disparity between Rahul Gandhi's income, foreign trips' expenses, claims BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday (May 14, 2026) raised questions on Rahul Gandhi's foreign trips and demanded the disclosure of their source of funding, claiming that there is a clear mism...
Red Fort bomb blast case: NIA files 7,500-page charge sheet against 10 accused
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a 7,500-page charge sheet against 10 accused persons in the Red Fort area car bomb explosion case . “All 10 accused, including the main perpetrator, D...
Shivamogga District Congress Committee president demands Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation
Shivamogga District Congress Committee president R. Prasanna Kumar has demanded the resignation of Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan over the leak of NEET-UG question paper. In a press c...
Dhruva Space secures ₹105 crore RDIF backing for 500 kg satellites
Hyderabad-based Dhruva Space has secured ₹105 crore under the Research, Development & Innovation Fund (RDIF) to power ‘Project Garud’, a major step towards strengthening India’s private-sector satelli...
KMC chief orders action against negligent sanitation officials
Kurnool Municipal Corporation (KMC) Commissioner Challa Obulesu on Thursday instructed officials to issue show-cause notices to sanitation secretaries who are found negligent in discharging their duti...
KHRA urges Centre to resolve LPG crisis; warns of protest
The Kerala Hotel & Restaurant Association (KHRA) has warned of strong protests, including a march to Parliament, unless the Central government resolves the LPG crisis by June 1. The decision was taken...
Thiruvananthapuram Mayor V.V. Rajesh inspects final preparations at modern slaughterhouse at Kunnukuzhy
Thiruvananthapuram Mayor V.V. Rajesh on Thursday visited the Corporation-run modernised slaughterhouse at Kunnukuzhy, where final preparations are under way for its commissioning within the next few d...
CM sets six months deadline to do justice for AgriGold victims in Andhra Pradesh
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has directed officials to ensure justice for victims of the AgriGold scam within six months and ordered constitution of a three-member committee to oversee the proc...
Local transport, storage and human handling are the weakest links in conducting NEET, according to panel report
The K. Radhakrishnan Committee, constituted following the controversies surrounding alleged malpractice in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for undergraduates in 2024, identified loca...
Around 83% of candidates lost their deposit in Tamil Nadu polls, says ECI
Around 83% of candidates in Tamil Nadu lost their deposit in the recently concluded Assembly polls, followed by West Bengal, where 78% lost their security amount. While 3,352 candidates forfeited thei...
Congress takes a swipe at RSS leader over Pakistan remarks
The Congress on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) took a dig at senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) functionary Dattatreya Hosabale over his remarks advocating dialogue with Pakistan, claiming that his re...
Ex-Army chief Naravane backs RSS leader's remarks on dialogue with Pakistan
Former Army Chief General (retd.) Manoj Naravane has supported RSS leader Dattatreya Hosabale's stand for fostering dialogue and people-to-people connections with neighbouring Pakistan, saying that su...
India will ensure zero casualty during heat waves: Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday (May 14, 2026) said his Ministry has prepared a plan to ensure zero human casualty during heat waves in the country in the next few years, with the underlying...
NSUI holds protest outside Education Minister’s residence over NEET paper leak
Members of the NSUI on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) protested outside Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s residence in Delhi, demanding his immediate resignation following the alleged leak of th...
Iran working on Hormuz ‘protocol’ to cover ‘costs’, says Deputy Foreign Minister Gharibabadi
Iran has provided “free of charge services” to international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz for decades but is now working on a “protocol” to include a financial component covering costs it incurs t...
BRICS Foreign Ministers’ summit: Conflict in West Asia merits particular attention, says Jaishankar
Ongoing conflicts, economic uncertainties and challenges in trade, technology are shaping global landscape, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar said in his opening remarks at the BRICS Forei...
ECI said the schedule for SIR Phase 3 has been set, taking into account the common field machinery used for the ongoing house listing under the Census exercise
The Election Commission of India (ECI), on Thursday (May 14, 2026), announced the schedule for Phase III of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 16 States, 3 Union Territories. I...
‘We all come empty-handed’: Supreme Court asks warring factions to not disrupt mediation in Sunjay Kapur family feud
The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 14, 2026) barred a key company associated with the disputed family estate of the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur from proceeding with the appointment of independent ...
At least two killed, 15 injured as blast triggers blaze at firecracker factory in M.P.'s Dewas
At least two workers were killed and 15 persons injured after a fire broke out following an explosion at a firecracker factory in Madhya Pradesh’s Dewas district on Thursday (May 14, 2026), an officia...
COVID-19 linked to 22.1 million excess deaths globally between 2020 and 2023: WHO report
The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the COVID-19 pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in global health systems and was linked to an estimated 22.1 million excess deaths, including indirect deaths...
Andhra government sanctions 895 pensions for kidney, liver, heart transplant patients
“The Andhra Pradesh government has sanctioned 895 new pensions under the NTR Bharosa Pension Scheme for patients suffering from severe kidney ailments undergoing dialysis, as well as those who have un...
Four Assam Ministers allocated portfolios
The four Assam Ministers who took oath along with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were allocated their portfolios on Thursday (May 14, 2026). The gGovernor approved the list of portfolios of the Mi...
West Bengal Class 12 results declared; overall pass percentage 91.23%
The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education on Thursday announced the results of its Class 12 examination, which recorded an overall pass percentage of 91.23 per cent. The results included t...
In 2024, NTA and Govt. did not want to cancel NEET, cited student welfare in Supreme Court
A decision taken by the National Testing Agency (NTA) with the approval of the Centre to scrap NEET-UG 2026, upsetting the future of over 22 lakh students nationwide, is diametrically opposite to what...
All religious practices presumed protected unless they violate public order, health, morality: Centre in Sabarimala review hearing
The Constitution presumes that every religious practice is protected unless it violates public order, morality, and health, the Union government told the Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 13, 2026). App...
Supreme Court directs States to install panic buttons, tracking devices in public transport vehicles
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) directed all States and Union Territories to urgently implement the provisions of the Central Motor Vehicles (CMV) Rules, 1989 mandating the installation ...
Curb dissemination of pornographic content through apps, Delhi HC tells Google, Apple
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) asked Google and Apple to strictly act against the dissemination of obscene pornographic content through mobile applications hosted on their online pla...
Don't be ‘self-centred’, RTE is for the benefit of children: Supreme Court tells teachers, States in TET review
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) asked teachers not to be “self-centered” and think only about their job security, but spare a thought for children in need of quality education, a right p...
CBI Director Praveen Sood gets another one-year extension
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director, Praveen Sood, has been given another one-year extension , as approved on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC)...
BRICS Foreign Ministers and Heads of Delegation from Member and partner countries will participate in the meeting
Ongoing conflicts, economic uncertainties and challenges in trade, technology are shaping global landscape, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar said in his opening remarks at the BRICS Forei...
Uttar Pradesh secures ‘exemplar’ status in LEADS 2025 rankings
Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the top-performing landlocked state in the country by securing the prestigious “ Exemplar” status in the Logistics Ease Across Different States (LEADS) 2025 rankings, furt...
Mamata appears before Calcutta High Court to argue Bengal post-poll violence case
Former West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee arrived at the Calcutta High Court on Thursday (May 14, 2026) to “argue in a matter concerning the widespread post-poll v...
Uttarakhand govt takes key decisions to promote energy and fuel conservation
On Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, important decisions were taken to promote energy and fuel conservation in the state. During the meetin...
Three tribal church leaders killed in Manipur ambush
Suspected armed extremists ambushed a team of tribal church leaders in Kangpokpi district of Manipur on Wednesday morning (May 13, 2026), killing three of them and injuring four. The victims, members ...
Amul, Mother Dairy hike milk prices by ₹2 per litre across India from May 14
Amul and Mother Dairy — India’s largest dairy product retailers — on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) hiked milk prices by ₹2 per litre, intensifying inflationary pressures already fuelled by the war and sque...
Cabinet approves ₹20,667 crore for semi high-speed rail project connecting Ahmedabad-Dholera
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) approved a semi high-speed double line rail project linking Sarkhej in Ahmedabad to Dholera, which lies about 100 km away, for a t...
With no retest date announced yet, students endure anxiety, uncertainty and pressure; demand raised for free transportation to the examination centre for retest
With no retest date announced for the recently cancelled National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) exam, students, parents and educators have expressed anger, frustration and anxi...
Iran working on Hormuz ‘protocol’ to cover ‘costs’, says Minister Gharibabadi
Iran has provided “free of charge services” to international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz for decades but is now working on a “protocol” to include a financial component covering costs it incurs t...
Activists rue budget cut for promoting millet cultivation in Odisha
The Right to Food Campaign, a network for furthering food rights, expressed concern over “drastic” reduction in budget for promoting millet, grown primarily by tribals and a climate resilient crop, by...
Without attendance norms, law college hostels will become mere ‘lodging facilities’, says SC
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) expressed serious reservations over a November 3, 2025, ruling of the Delhi High Court, which held that law students should not be barred from appearing i...
West Bengal CM gives sanction to CBI to prosecute officials in several scams
Emphasising that his government is adopting a ‘zero tolerance’ policy on corruption, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) gave sanction to the Central Bureau of Inve...
BJP, Congress attack SP over party spokesperson’s remark on Brahmins; FIR registered
The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Wednesday faced the ire of both ruling and Opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh after a video allegedly showing party spokesperson Rajkumar Bhati making derogatory remarks a...
Annakili@50: The extraordinary journey of maestro Ilaiyaraaja
After Annakili was released, Ilaiyaraaja, who composed the music for the film but was then not known to the outside world, along with his brothers Gangai Amaran and Baskar, would visit Rajakumari Thea...
Udhayachandran to assume office as CMD of TNIICL
Senior IAS officer T. Udhayachandran is set to assume office as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Tamil Nadu Industrial Investment Corporation Limited (TNIICL). Mr. Udhayachandran was until ...
NEET paper leak case: CBI arrests five accused; conducts searches across country
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) arrested five accused persons and conducted searches at several locations across the country in connection with the alleged irregu...
Hinting at UAE, Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi says “a neighbouring country that is also a member of the BRICS” is trying to scuttle a joint statement by seeking condemnation of Iran
Iran has provided “free of charge services” to international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz for decades but is now working on a “protocol” to include a financial component covering costs it incurs t...
Nicobarese oppose proposal for three wildlife sanctuaries
Even as the Calcutta High Court is set to hear challenges to the Centre’s Great Nicobar Island (GNI) project over allegations that the Forest Rights Act was violated while obtaining locals’ consent fo...
Students, States, coaching centres say NEET-UG cancellation is unfair, stressful
With no retest date announced for the recently cancelled National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) exam, students, parents and educators have expressed anger, frustration and anxi...
Lawrence Bishnoi gang stakes claim on gunfire outside Diljit Dosanjh's manager in Karnal
A social media post allegedly linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang has claimed a firing incident outside the residence of Punjabi actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh's manager in Haryana's Karnal. The Haryana ...
Mehbooba welcomes RSS leader’s ‘support for talks with Pakistan’
Former J&K Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) that her party welcomes RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale’s remarks sugge...
What students can wear under the new uniform rules
Under the new rules related to school and college dress codes in Karnataka, announced by Minister for School Education and Literacy Madhu Bangarappa on Wednesday (May 13), students can wear turbans, s...
5,000 yoga practitioners to take part in State-level Yoga Day event in Bengaluru
Around 5,000 yoga practitioners are expected to participate in a mass yoga demonstration in front of the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on June 21 as part of the State-level celebrations for the 12th Int...
PM austerity appeal: State leaders take steps to limit their fuel use
In keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘seven appeals’ for responsible fuel consumption amid the West Asia crisis , Union Home Minister Amit Shah reduced the size of his convoy to less than ha...
NIA arrests Hizb-ul-Mujahideen linked ‘narco-terrorist’ after extradition from Portugal
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) arrested an alleged “narco-terrorist”, Iqbal Singh, after securing his extradition from Portugal following sustained diplomatic and ...
Assam feels safer with BJP in power in West Bengal: Himanta Biswa Sarma
GUWAHATI A day after taking oath as Assam’s Chief Minister for the second straight term , Himanta Biswa Sarma said that his State feels safer with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in power in the adjo...
Amul hikes milk prices by ₹2 per litre across India, effective May 14
Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets under the Amul brand, on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) announced a revision in the prices of fresh milk across major variants and packs ...
BJP strips elderly, poor of economic dignity while spending on political spectacle: Congress
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for preaching austerity to citizens despite spending huge amounts on self-promotion and said the...
CBI secures extradition of fugitive from Azerbaijan
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has secured the extradition of a fugitive from Azerbaijan to India. He was wanted by the Delhi Police for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking. The acc...
SC says Harish Rana’s family ‘selfless’ decision to donate organs will keep his legacy alive
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) expressed appreciation for the family of Harish Rana , the first person in India to be permitted withdrawal of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration...
Cabinet clears upgradation of Nagpur International Airport
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) approved the upgradation of the Nagpur International Airport through a public-private partnership. The Cabinet has cleared the extension of the lease peri...
NEET paper leak: CBI gets two-day transit remand of accused held in Nashik
A court in Mumbai on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) sent an accused, arrested in Nashik in connection with the alleged NEET paper leak , to a two-day transit remand of the Central Bureau of Investigation (C...
NEET-UG 2026: Investigation finds MBBS student in Kerala forwarded guess paper to friends in Rajasthan
The origins of a guess paper containing questions similar to those asked in NEET-UG 2026 medical exam were traced to a student from Rajasthan's Sikar pursuing MBBS in Kerala who went on to share it wi...
NEET-UG cancellation: ABVP workers protest outside NTA office in Delhi
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) staged a protest outside the NTA office in Delhi over the cancellation of the NEET-UG 2026 following allegations of pa...
SC asks Centre to consider States’ pleas for funds for CCTVs in police stations
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) urged the Union government to consider requests from States for the disbursal of funds for installing CCTV cameras and creating a centralised monitoring d...
Marijuana worth ₹4 crore, concealed in trolley bag seized at Delhi airport; two held
Customs officers at Delhi's IGI Airport have seized over four kilogrammes of suspected marijuana valued at ₹4 crore from an Indian passenger arriving from Bangkok, and arrested another person who had ...
ASHA workers protest, seeking release of dues, ₹10,000 monthly honorarium
Demanding immediate release of pending honorarium and incentives, and implementation of a fixed monthly pay of ₹10,000, hundreds of ASHA workers from Bengaluru Urban, Rural and GBA regions staged a pr...
Telangana heatwave intensifies as three districts cross 44C-mark
Maximum temperatures continued to rise across Telangana on Tuesday, with three districts recording temperatures above 44C amid intensifying summer conditions across the State. According to data from t...
Three killed in separate road accidents
Three people lost their lives in separate road accidents reported in different parts of Bengaluru and nearby areas on Tuesday night and early Wednesday. In the first incident, a speeding car allegedly...
Head constable among three policemen suspended in Vellore as undertrial prisoner escapes
A head constable and two junior constables from Armed Reserve (AR) wing of the district police in Vellore were suspended for the escape of an undertrial prisoner on their return from Chennai after att...
Kerala’s environmental history now in encyclopaedia form
Long before the Madhav Gadgil report on the Western Ghats, there was the Balfour report. Through his 1878 report ‘The Influence Exercised by Trees on the Climate and Productiveness of the Peninsular I...
Parents association calls for shift to computer-based test for all exams
The Parents Association of Andhra Pradesh (PAAP) has demanded the Central and State governments to completely shift from the ‘pen and paper’ mode to ‘computer-based test (CBT)’ for all future examinat...
Foundation stone laid for 100-bed Kidwai Peripheral Cancer Centre in Bidar
Forest, Ecology and Environment Minister and Bidar district in-charge Eshwar B. Khandre has emphasised the importance of early diagnosis of cancer saying that the disease is fully curable if detected ...
Sonia Gandhi admitted to Gurugram hospital for minor medical procedure
Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi (79) has been admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, sources reported. It added that she has been admitted for a minor medical procedure. The hospita...
Plea in Supreme Court to replace or restructure NTA after NEET-UG paper leak
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 13, 2025) seeking a direction to the Centre to “replace or fundamentally restructure” the National Testing Agency (NTA) following the cancel...
Extremely saddening: Akhilesh on step-brother Prateek's death
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) described the death of his step-brother Prateek Yadav as "extremely saddening" and said he was a hardworking and health-conscious p...
Top Ministers from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar, in addition to numerous BJP leaders, were among those who announced measures to reduce convoy sizes and fuel consumption
In keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘seven appeals’ for responsible fuel consumption amid the West Asia crisis , Union Home Minister Amit Shah reduced the size of his convoy to less than ha...
Kejriwal calls on Gen-Z to demand accountability on NEET-UG paper leak, cites Nepal uprising
AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) urged Gen-Z to ensure that those behind the alleged NEET paper leak are brought to justice, saying that if the youth in Bangladesh and...
Six died, 12 injured due to strong winds in Sangli
Six devotees died, and 12 others were injured after a wall collapsed due to strong winds near the Shri Margubai Devi temple in Jat taluka in Maharashtra’s Sangli district, police said on Wednesday (Ma...
ATS raids over 40 places in Maharashtra, questions suspects linked to Pakistan-based gangster
The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) carried out raids at more than 40 locations across the State, including Mumbai, targeting persons who were in contact with Pakist...
CBSE Class 12 results declared, pass percentage drops to 85.20%
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 results were declared on Wednesday (May 13, 2026). The overall pass percentage has dipped by over three percentage points compared to last year...
Supreme Court stays Madras High Court order on TVK MLA Sethupathi, terms it ‘atrocious’
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (May 13, 2026) found a Madras High Court intervention barring Tamil Nadu’s ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party MLA R. Sreenivasa Sethupathi from casting his vote...
U.S. to impose visa curbs on 13 people linked to Indian firm over fentanyl
The United States has said it was imposing visa restrictions on 13 people linked to Indian online pharmacy K.S. International Traders for selling counterfeit prescription pills laced with fentanyl. ...
INCOIS expands coastal flood monitoring to tackle ‘Kallakkadal’ surges
The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), headquartered in Hyderabad, has installed a second Coastal Flood Monitoring System (CFMS) near Kollam Harbour in Kerala to enhance t...
PM Modi reduces convoy size: Sources
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has significantly reduced his convoy size, sources said on Wednesday (May 13, 2026). This change was implemented during his recent domestic visit. The reduction in vehicle...
BJP targets DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin over Sanatana Dharma remarks
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) condemned DMK leader and former Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin for his remarks on Sanatana Dharma in the State Assembly....
Trinamool’s land policy delayed West Bengal border fencing: MHA’s 2023 affidavit in Supreme Court
One of the key reasons behind the delay in land acquisition to erect fences along the Bangladesh border in West Bengal was the policy followed by the former Trinamool Congress government, according to...
Baltimore ship crash: U.S. slaps criminal cases against Singapore, Chennai firms and Indian national
The U.S. Justice Department has slapped criminal cases against Synergy Marine of Singapore and Synergy Maritime of Chennai, as well as Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, the Indian technical superintendent o...
A society at large under question: rebuild a culture where safety of children is collective responsibility
T here was a time when social trust formed the invisible foundation of everyday life. Children moved freely within neighbourhoods, and parents could rely on relatives and neighbours without hesitation...
Madras High Court stays Tamil Nadu police’s notice to block 18 X posts critical of TVK
The Madras High Court, on Wednesday (May 13, 2026), stayed the operation of a notice issued by the Cyber Crime Wing of the Tamil Nadu Police on May 8, 2026 , asking X Corp to immediately remove or dis...
Pinarayi Vijayan calls for scrapping NTA, demands time-bound probe into NEET leak allegations
CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Pinarayi Vijayan has demanded that the National Testing Agency (NTA) be dissolved in light of the NEET-UG 2026 cancellation . He also called for handing back the responsibil...
Andhra Pradesh: New system for vehicle registration in 24 hours; auto-approved if officials delay
Andhra Pradesh Transport Minister M. Ramprasad Reddy said the government had approved a new system under which the permanent registration of new vehicles would be completed within 24 hours. In a state...
53,318 tonne maize exported from Nellore to Vietnam
The SPSR Nellore district administration has facilitated the export of 53,318 metric tonnes of maize to Vietnam to ensure better market opportunities for farmers. District Collector Himanshu Shukla, a...
Sub-registrars suspended after dead man signs not one but two land deals in Belagavi district
Belagavi’s Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Roshan has issued an order staying the registration of a land deal in the district following allegations of irregularities. The DC has recommended the suspensio...
PM Modi must call all-party meet to discuss impact of West Asia conflict: Pawar
Nationalist Congress Party (SP) leader Sharad Pawar warned on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) that Prime Minister Modi’s austerity appeal indicates a long-term impact on the Indian economy and demanded an all-...
Opposition accuses Modi government of jeopardising students’ future over recurrent NEET paper leaks
The cancellation of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (Undergraduate) 2026 amid allegations of paper leak and examination irregularities triggered a political storm on Tuesday, with Lok Sabha...
Opposition parties are spreading panic over PM’s voluntary, precautionary appeal: BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) accused the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and the Samajwadi Party (SP) of spreading panic and misinformation, stating that Prime Minis...
A nearly 40-year-old pending case spurs Supreme Court to declare speedy trial a ‘human right’
A nearly four-decade-old pending case about five police constables in Uttar Pradesh who brawled over the favours of their canteen cook has led the Supreme Court to uphold the right to speedy trial as ...
CBI registers case to probe alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, forms special teams
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case to probe the alleged NEET-UG 2026 paper leak, following a reference from the Department of Higher Education under the Ministry of Educat...
Religions must reform or civilisation risks stagnancy, senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy
Senior advocate Menaka Guruswamy submitted in the Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) that religions must reform or civilisations in which they exist risk stagnation. In oral submissions made befo...
Supreme Court to hear ED plea against bail granted to accused in West Bengal coal scam case
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) agreed to hear the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s plea challenging the grant of anticipatory bail to Anup Majee, the alleged “mastermind” behind the illegal...
A woman’s assertion of independence must not be termed ‘defiance’ in marriage: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court, in a judgment on Tuesday (May 12, 2026), observed that a woman’s assertion of independence in marriage and pursuit of professional excellence cannot be termed “defiance” by her husb...
Women wrestlers sexual harassment case: Court records statement of SIT members
A Delhi court on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) recorded the testimony of Special Investigation Team (SIT) members while examining the allegations of sexual harassment levelled by women wrestlers against form...
The hospital authorities have not released any details about the leader’s health status or the treatment/ procedure she is to undergo.
Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi (79) has been admitted to Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, sources reported. It added that she has been admitted for a minor medical procedure. The hospita...
West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya says new government will adopt new land policy to bring industries
The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party State president, Samik Bhattacharya, on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) said that their new government will adopt new land policies to bring industries to the State. Addr...
Seventy police personnel felicitated for successful anti-terror operation in Jammu & Kashmir's Kathua
“Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) felicitated 70 personnel for their role in the successful 17-day-long anti-terror operation carried out in Kathua district earlier this year,” offic...
Industries Minister Bharath holds door-to-door campaign in Kurnool; warns Secretariat staff over lapses
Industries and Commerce Minister T.G. Bharath warned Secretariat employees in Kurnool of disciplinary action for failing to resolve public grievances, after a door-to-door campaign in Ward No. 8 on Tu...
India-Oman FTA on track for June 1 start even as deal with Chile hits hurdles, says Commerce Minister
The India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) will “probably” be implemented on June 1, 2026, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday (May 12, 2026), following a meeting wi...
Infiltrator killed by Army near the LoC in Poonch
An infiltrator was killed on Tuesday as the Army foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in the Poonch district of the Pir Panjal Valley. An Army spokesman said soldiers detected “susp...
Chinese claims of ‘on site support’ to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor ‘corroborates’ what was known earlier: MEA
Days after a Chinese engineer told state broadcaster CCTV that Beijing had provided “on-site” technical support to the Pakistan Air Force during Operation Sindoor, the Ministry of External Affairs on ...
RSS’s Hosabale hits out at Udhayanidhi Stalin over Sanatan remarks, bats for dialogue with Pakistan
Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) hit out at DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin’s remarks on Sanatan Dharma and said just because Mr. Stalin ...
U.P. BJP announces State-wide protest over Samajwadi Party MP’s comment against PM Modi
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP), Uttar Pradesh unit on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) announced that they will organise protests at all the district headquarters in U.P. against the alleged objectionable c...
Dharmendra Pradhan’s mind in Odisha while his body in Delhi, BJD charges over NEET paper leak
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) took a swipe at Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, alleging that recurring NEET paper leaks reflect a lack of focus, with “his mind in Odi...
FIR filed after videos show Bajrang Dal workers assaulting man over ‘love jihad’
The Madhya Pradesh Police on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) registered a case against various people, a day after videos showed a man being assaulted on allegations of ‘love jihad’ after being dragged out of ...
Education Ministry gives fresh push for implementation of PM-SHRI in Bengal, Kerala, and T.N. post elections
The Union Ministry of Education has issued a fresh reminder regarding the pending implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme to West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu a...
LoP Rahul Gandhi said that despite repeated written requests, he was not provided with the self-appraisal reports or 360-degree reports of the eligible candidates.
A high-powered committee chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) evening to decide on the appointment of the next Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in...
Two persons arrested for burglary in Tirupattur
Two persons were arrested for stealing 45 sovereigns of gold jewellery, two kg of silver objects, and ₹15,000 in cash from the house of a retired government school teacher in Tirupattur on Tuesday. Po...
WRD stops release of water from Sathanur dam in Tiruvannamalai for irrigation
The Water Resources Department (WRD) has stopped the release of water from the Sathanur dam to irrigate around 50,000 acres of farmland downstream, covering Tiruvannamalai, Kallakuruchi and Villupuram...
West Godavari district of A.P. bets big on green silica industry
Rice husk, once treated as a low-value byproduct of paddy milling, is emerging as a key raw material in the paddy-rich West Godavari district for a fast-growing green silica industry, attracting polic...
SP MP Ajendra Singh Lodhi booked over ‘anti-national’ remark on PM Modi
Samajwadi Party Lok Sabha MP Ajendra Singh Lodhi has been booked in Mahoba under charges of assault on a public official and promoting hate after he called Prime Minister Narendra Modi "anti-national,...
AICC begins consultations with Kerala leaders in New Delhi to decide on Congress’ Chief Minister candidate
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi , and All India Congress Committee (AICC) national president, Mallikarjun Kharge, opened consultations with top leaders from Kerala in New Delhi...
TMC MLA Madan Mitra hospitalised
TMC MLA Madan Mitra was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata, officials said on Tuesday (May 12, 2026). Mr. Mitra, who was elected to the Assembly from the Kamarhati seat in North 24 Parganas dis...
Oil Minister Puri dispels any fuel supply concerns; LPG production ramped up to 54,000 tonnes/day
Though reassuring about the adequacy of retail fuels, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, placing his concerns about oil-marketing companies’ losses from the sale of petrol, diesel and liquif...
PM Modi welcomes move to implement Ayushman Bharat scheme in West Bengal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) welcomed the decision of the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal to implement Ayushman Bharat and said the double-engine g...
All India strike by MGNREGA workers on May 15
NREGA Sangharsh Morcha and All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) have called for an all-India strike by Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) workers on May 15, against the governmen...
IMD unveils weather model to provide ‘block level’ forecast of monsoon journey
Ahead of the monsoon this year, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday unveiled a new forecast system that will, for the first time ever, generate ‘block’ level forecasts of the monsoon’...
‘Don’t want to be part of biased exercise’: Rahul Gandhi records dissent on CBI director’s selection
A high-powered committee chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi met on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) evening to decide on the appointment of the next Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in...
Left parties slam NEET paper leak, demand scrapping of NTA
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India on Tuesday condemned the alleged leak of the NEET-UG 2026 examination paper and the subsequent decision to scrap the May 3 exam ...
BrahMos deal in focus as Rajnath gets ready to visit Vietnam
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will embark on a four-day visit to Vietnam and South Korea from May 18 to strengthen defence and strategic ties with the two key Indo-Pacific partners. According to sour...
Supreme Court to hear TVK MLA Sethupathi’s plea over trust vote on May 13
Tamil Nadu’s ruling Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party MLA R. Sreenivasa Sethupathi moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday (May 12, 2026), within hours of the Madras High Court restricting him from part...
Rani Kapur alleges ‘forced takeover’ bid in fresh plea before Supreme Court
Amid an ongoing court-monitored mediation process in the inheritance dispute involving late industrialist Sunjay Kapur’s estate, his 80-year-old mother, Ms. Rani Kapur, has moved the Supreme Court, ac...
Special Aadhaar biometric update camps begin across Visakhapatnam district
Visakhapatnam district administration will conduct special Aadhaar Mandatory Biometric Update (MBU) camps across village and ward secretariats from May 12 to 15 and May 19 to 22 to facilitate biometri...
Intermediate supplementary exam fee payment deadline extended to May 13
The last date for payment of fees for the Intermediate Public Advanced Supplementary Examination (IPASE) 2026 has been extended to May 13, 2026. In a statement on Tuesday (May 12, 2026), Secretary, Bo...
Will hear Trinamool pleas on victory margins being less than deleted votes in SIR, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court assured Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee on Monday (May 11, 2026) that it would examine her claims that the lakhs of deletions made during the Special Intensive Revision (SI...
How a bid to make Thirumavalavan CM failed
A last-minute attempt to make Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) leader Thol. Thirumavalvan the first Chief Minister hailing from the Scheduled Caste in Tamil Nadu, with support from the DMK and the...
CPI(M) defends Vijayan, says leadership is collective after Kerala defeat
Pinarayi Vijayan alone need not take “moral responsibility” for the Left Democratic Front’s (LDF) defeat in Kerala, CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby said, emphasising that the party functions as a c...
PM Modi to meet Iran FM, other BRICS Ministers before UAE visit
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will travel to New Delhi this week to attend the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting on May 14 to 15 and is expected to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi before ...
PM repeats call for saving fuel, cutting gold buy; bats for work from home
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (May 11, 2026) reiterated his call for reduced fuel consumption , greater use of public transport and electric vehicles by citizens, and urged people to defer go...
In BJP-ECI's 'chor bazaar', bigger the theft, bigger the reward: Rahul's on WB Government appointments
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) took a swipe at the appointments of erstwhile Chief Election Officer Manoj Agarwal as the new West Bengal Chief Secretary and Subrata Gupta as th...
Malaysia, Tamil Nadu share deep ties, says PM Anwar Ibrahim; congratulates new Tamil Nadu CM Joseph Vijay
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) hailed the "deep" ties between his country and Tamil Nadu , as he congratulated actor-turned-politician Chandrasekar Joseph Vijay on be...
Prosthetic foot centre set up in Trinidad; Jaishankar terms it gift of mobility
A permanent centre to provide artificial limbs to below knee amputees was inaugurated in Trinidad and Tobago, a move that could transform the lives of differently-abled persons in the Caribbean region...
Federalism in the bin: Why India’s waste crisis cannot be solved by central decree
India’s waste crisis is no longer a localised urban nuisance but a national ecological emergency. Our cities are choking on waste; plastic-clogged drains worsen monsoon flooding; landfills have become...
ECI set to roll out phase III of SIR in ‘coming days’ to cover 22 States, UTs
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to roll out phase three of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters' list in the next “coming days”, officials said on Monday (May 11, 2026), ad...
Indian Ocean more contested, and important than ever before: Vice Admiral Swaminathan
The Indian Ocean is more contested, more watched, and more consequential than ever before, the Flag Officer Commanding in Chief of the Western Naval Command, Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, stated o...
Deve Gowda criticises CM Siddaramaiah for his comments on PM
Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda has come down heavily on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for his comments regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s austerity measures. Speaking to presspersons in Has...
Palakkad sexual assault case: Bail plea hearing on May 19
The Kerala High Court (HC) has adjourned to May 19 the hearing on an anticipatory bail plea by Prasobh Valsan, a councillor of Palakkad Municipality, in a sexual assault case that was registered on t...
C-CAMP announces expansion of tie-up with Agilent
The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) on Tuesday announced the expansion and augmentation of its collaboration with Agilent Technologies, which specialises in cutting-edge bio-analy...
Police arrest habitual offender targeting temples
The police on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) arrested a habitual offender involved in a series of temple thefts in Ramagiri, Chennekothapalli, and Kanaganapalli areas. Addressing the media, Superintendent of ...
TCS Nashik case: NCW flags ‘toxic work culture’, ‘zero POSH compliance’
The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday (May 11, 2026) slammed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for its alleged failure to comply with the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act, observin...
Rani Kapur alleges “forced takeover” bid in fresh plea before Supreme Court
Amid an ongoing court-monitored mediation process in the inheritance dispute involving late industrialist Sunjay Kapur’s estate, his 80-year-old mother, Ms. Rani Kapur, has moved the Supreme Court, ac...
Suvendu Adhikari aide murder case: Accused's counsel hails CBI probe; mother says son framed
The counsel of the man arrested in connection with the murder of the aide of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has welcomed the CBI probe into the matter . Advocate Harivansh Singh also accu...
Two drivers killed in truck-lorry collision on Khammam-Warangal highway
A coal-laden truck and a lorry collided head-on at Mekalathanda village in Khammam district on Tuesday (May 12, 2026), killing the drivers of both vehicles on the spot. The truck went up in flames soo...
Allahabad HC blames State government, police for pendency of cases
Referring to the famous Bollywood film dialogue “ Tarikh pe Tarikh ” (date after date), the Allahabad High Court recently observed that while delayed justice had shaped public perception of courts, th...
Tourism industry urges govt. to boost inbound travel, not just curb overseas trips
Instead of merely urging Indians to avoid foreign travel, the government must also focus on attracting more foreign tourists to the country to boost foreign exchange earnings as inbound tourism is sti...
India secure, no fuel shortage amid West Asia crisis: Rajnath Singh
Reviewing the evolving West Asia conflict, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday (May 11, 2026) chaired the fifth meeting of the Informal Group of Ministers (IGoM) at Kartavya Bhawan-2 in New Delhi...
AIADMK faction led by C.Ve. Shanmugam declares support to TVK; says EPS wanted to be CM with DMK backing
A rebel group of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), led by former Ministers C.Ve. Shanmugam and S.P. Velumani on Tuesday (May 12, 2026), declared its support to the newly formed Ta...
Under the Centre's flagship programme, health insurance of up to ₹5 lakh is provided to each eligible household annually
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (May 12, 2026) welcomed the decision of the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal to implement Ayushman Bharat and said the double-engine g...
CBI raids vigilance office in Punjab’s Mohali over alleged bribery racket; suspected 'middlemen' held
“In a late-night raid at the Punjab Vigilance office in Mohali, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a number of “middlemen” who were allegedly collecting bribes on behalf of a senior of...
Gelatin sticks on PM convoy route: Timer circuit recovered by Bengaluru police
After suspicious explosive materials were allegedly found near Kaggalipura on the outskirts of Bengaluru, close to the route of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy, investigators have now reportedly...
Bangladeshi national sentenced to three-year imprisonment by U.P. court for forging Indian passport
A court here has sentenced a Bangladeshi national to three years of imprisonment for travelling on a forged Indian passport and illegally registering land, a police official said on Tuesday (May 12, 2...
National Federation of Churches in India formed; Cardinal Anthony Poola named as chairperson
In a significant development, 45 senior Church leaders across the country announced the formation of the National Federation of Churches in India (NFCI). Cardinal Anthony Poola, chairman of the Cathol...
NEET-UG 2026 under scanner as Rajasthan SOG probes ‘guess paper’ leak
Following allegations that the question paper for the NEET-UG 2026 entrance examination held on May 3 was leaked, the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducted the test, said it was aware of repo...
VB-G RAM G Act to come into force from July 1, MGNREGA to be repealed, says Government
Sounding the final bugle on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act passed in 2005, the Union government on Monday (May 11, 2026) notified that from July 1, all “rules, notification...
Labour codes ‘greatest setback’ for workers, says Kharge, slams Centre
The Congress on Monday criticised the Centre over the full operationalisation of the four labour codes, alleging that they marked the “greatest setback for workers’ rights since Independence” and woul...
General secretary M.A. Baby rules out ‘moral responsibility’ argument; no decision yet on Leader of Opposition post, as Left begins internal review
Pinarayi Vijayan alone need not take “moral responsibility” for the Left Democratic Front’s (LDF) defeat in Kerala, CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby said, emphasising that the party functions as a c...
Former Bengal Minister Sujit Bose arrested by ED
Former West Bengal Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Sujit Bose was on Monday (May 11, 2026) arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in the municipal recruitment scam case. Mr. Bose, who served a...
Himachal to link DC, SP performance ratings to drug control efforts
In its battle against the drug menace, the Congress government has made anti-Chitta (heroin) testing compulsory for recruitment across all departments, including students seeking admission in professi...
Iltija Mufti’s X account blocked
The X account of Iltija Mufti, daughter of former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti, was blocked in J&K on Monday (May 11, 2026). It comes days after the J&K lodged a Fi...
Supreme Court launches ‘One Case One Data’ and ‘Su Sahay’
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Monday (May 11, 2026) announced in open court the launch of a major digital initiative — ‘One Case One Data’ — to integrate the judicial administration at every le...
The Ministry of Rural Development assured that the transition from MGNREGA to the new framework would be seamless and without disruption to workers
The Centre on Monday (May 11, 2026) announced that the new Viksit Bharat — Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Act will come into force across the country from July 1, repl...
Supreme Court refuses to interfere with Madras High Court order on CBI probe in purchase of transformers in Tamil Nadu
In a setback to former Tamil Nadu Minister V. Senthil Balaji, the Supreme Court on Monday (May 11, 2026) refused to interfere with a Madras High Court order directing a CBI probe into an alleged ₹397-...
Invaders couldn't break India's soul; Sanatan prevails in its consciousness: Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday (May 11, 2026) said attempts made by foreign invaders to destroy India's spiritual and cultural identity had failed, asserting that "Sanatan resi...
BJP wades into power struggle in Congress for Kerala’s Chief Minister post
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday (May 11, 2026) sought to further muddy the alleged “cloak-and-dagger power struggle” in the Congress for the post of Kerala Chief Minister . BJP State presid...
India expects the U.S. team to visit India for next round of trade talks, say officials
India expects the U.S. team to visit the country for the next round of trade talks, though no dates have been finalised yet, an official said on Monday (May 11, 2026). The Indian side visited Washingt...
Government revises BOT guidelines; allows big funds to bid for Highway projects
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has allowed big funds and large investors to bid for build-operate-transfer (BOT) projects after some projects failed to attract private investments...
ECI set to roll out phase III of SIR in ‘coming days’; to cover 22 States, UTs
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to roll out phase three of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters' list in the next “coming days”, officials said on Monday (May 11, 2026), ad...
Telangana BIE re-releases admission schedule; classes for Inter first year to begin from June 1
Phase-I admissions to Intermediate first year will begin on Tuesday, and classes will commence from June 1, the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) said while releasing the admissions schedule for 2...
Education Budget will grow every year, says Telangana CM Revanth Reddy
The education sector would remain a priority in every annual Budget under the present government, with allocations to be gradually increased to 15%, said Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday. “Al...
TCS forced conversion case: Nida Khan remanded in judicial custody till May 24
A court in Maharashtra’s Nashik on Monday (May 11, 2026) remanded the accused in the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) sexual exploitation and forced conversion case, Nida Khan, in judicial custody till...
Sexual assault case: child rights commission visits victim in Eluru
Andhra Pradesh State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (APSCPCR) chairperson Vetukuri A.V.S. Suryanarayana Raju and member V. Gandhi Babu visited the minor girl, who was allegedly sexually abu...
Visual media industry is shaping the world and can offer many career opportunties: experts
Visual media is not only an exciting profession but also one of the most powerful industries shaping the world today, experts said at a webinar titled ‘Visual Media Careers: Where to Start and How to ...
How a bid to make Thirumavalavan Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister failed
A last-minute attempt to make VCK leader Thol. Thirumavalvan as the first Chief Minister hailing from the Scheduled Caste in Tamil Nadu, with support from the DMK and the AIADMK, is learnt to have fai...
Canara Bank posts a 10% decline in Q4 net profit
Bengaluru-based lender Canara Bank on Monday reported a 9.9% decline in its fourth quarter net profit to ₹4,506 crore, as against ₹5,004 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago. This was mostly ...
West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer appointed State Chief Secretary
Manoj Kumar Agarwal, who saw the conduct of West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026 as State’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), was on Monday (May 11, 2026) appointed Chief Secretary of West Bengal. Mr. Aga...
PM austerity appeal row: BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi; cites Jawaharlal Nehru speech
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday (May 11, 2026) hit back at Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his criticism of the Prime Minister's austerity appeal amid the West Asi...
Greatest setback for workers' rights since Independence: Congress on new labour codes
The Congress on Monday (May 11, 2026) lashed out at the Central government which has fully operationalised the four labour codes by notifying the final rules, alleging that these codes are the greates...
Nitin Gadkari inaugurates barrier less Mundka-Bakkarwala toll plaza on Urban Extension Road-II
Union Minister for Road, Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday (May 11, 2026) inaugurated Multi-Lane Free Flow (MLFF) barrier-less tolling system at the Mundka-Bakkarwala Toll Plaza on Urban ...
Andhra High Court judge-young advocate incident ‘amicably resolved’: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India on Friday (May 11, 2026) said a verbal exchange between a young advocate and a judge of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, widely circulated on social media, was amicably resolv...
Government to decide whether schools teaching religion are charitable or religious bodies: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India on Monday (May 11, 2026) left it to the government to consider whether schools which impart religious instruction should be brought under the ambit of constitutional provisi...
Supreme Court dismisses PIL challenging women’s right to divorce over non-cohabitation under Hindu law
The Supreme Court on Monday (May 11, 2026) refused to entertain a plea challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of the Hindu Marriage Act that grants only the wife the right to seek divo...
Minister lays foundation stone for ₹6 crore expansion works of Kurnool Rythu Bazar
Minister for Food Processing and Industries, T.G. Bharat Gupta, on Monday laid the foundation stone for the expansion of C-Camp Rythu Bazaar here at a cost of ₹6 crore. The project is expected to bene...
Stakeholders dialogue on Kerala’s monsoon preparedness on May 21
The Institute for Climate Change Studies (ICCS), an institution of the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment (KSCSTE), will hold a stakeholders dialogue on seasonal forecast prepa...
Karnataka HC spares septuagenarian from year-long jail term in accident death case due to health status
In a rare instance, the High Court of Karnataka spared a septuagenarian from serving a one-year jail term for causing a person’s death by rash driving during a test drive in Mysuru 14 years ago, conve...
Rain spell to continue in Kerala
Isolated rain will continue in the State powered by multiple weather systems over the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea. A low-pressure area has formed over southwest Bay of Bengal off the north Sri Lanka...
Kerala govt. absolves two forest officials in Aralam LPG distribution case following Vigilance probe
The Kerala government has exonerated two suspended forest officials who had been accused of procedural lapses in a 2017 gas connection distribution scheme for 195 tribal families in Aralam, Kannur. A ...
Two decades on, promises made to farmers who gave land for Jindal Alumina project not fulfilled
YSRCP MLC, Indukuri Raghu Raju, on Monday urged the State government to do justice for the farmers who had given 1,166 acres of land for the construction of Jindal Alumina project over two decades ago...
Suvendu Adhikari Cabinet approves BSF land transfer for border fencing, initiates Census exercise in Bengal
After taking oath as West Bengal Chief Minister on May 9, 2026, Suvendu Adhikari chaired his first Cabinet meeting on Monday (May 11, 2026) and said his government has granted transfer of land to the ...
Ground-level economic situation far removed from government’s propaganda: Congress on PM’s appeal
The Congress on Monday (May 11, 2026) said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's “unexpected pleas” to the people from Hyderabad could mean that tough austerity measures may well be on their way, and claimed...
‘Compromised PM’ no longer capable of running country: Rahul slams Modi
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday (May 11, 2026) attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks calling for measures to be taken by citizens to overcome the challenges posed by t he West ...
Somnath Amrut Mahotsav: PM Modi performs ‘Maha Pooja’, witnesses air show
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (May 11, 2026) performed ‘Maha Pooja’ and other rituals at the Somnath Temple as part of the Somnath Amrut Mahotsav marking 75 years of the inauguration of the r...
With several files ‘awaiting nod from Centre’, J&K CM Omar meets Home Minister Amit Shah
J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday (May 11, 2026) met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, with “Statehood status still a part of the process”. Earlier in the day, Mr. Abdullah backed t...
CJI Surya Kant announces 'One Case One Data' initiative, launches AI chatbot ‘Su Sahay’
CJI Surya Kant said the judiciary is commencing the "One Case One Data" initiative, which will integrate multi-level information from all the high courts, district courts, and taluka courts into a uni...
Railway utilised 98% capex by February end; trains to dominate flights in new corridors, says Ashwini Vaishnaw
“Indian Railways utilised 98% of its budget for financial year 2026 (FY26), reflecting the pace of execution of projects, and in the days to come, trains will dominate flights on several upcoming corr...
PM Modi's appeal on fuel savings an admission of failure, will rattle markets: Akhilesh
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's appeal regarding an austerity drive amid the West Asia conflict , SP chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday (May 11, 2026) alleged that the BJP government had faile...
Increasing strength of Parliament to 850 a ‘joke’, says Tharoor
Increasing the strength of Parliament's lower house to 850 is a “joke”, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said, contending that it would turn it into a ‘desi’ version of the Chinese People’s Consulta...
Woman dies by suicide after fiancé’s death in bike accident
A young woman was found dead at her house at Kidur Kundankeradukka in Kumbala in Kasaragod district, reportedly while grieving the death death of her fiancé in a bike accident. The deceased was identi...
Former Bengal Minister Sujit Bose appears before ED in municipality recruitment scam
Former West Bengal Minister and TMC leader Sujit Bose appeared before the ED on Monday (May 11, 2026) in connection with the alleged municipality recruitment scam , an official said. Mr. Bose reached ...
NEET-UG 2026: NTA says committed to fair, credible exams amid Rajasthan SOG probe
The National Testing Agency has said the NEET (UG) 2026 was conducted under a "full security protocol" and that it is working closely with investigating agencies amid reports of alleged irregularities...
47 cases from Shivamogga district in Supreme Court eligible for settlement through mediation
The Supreme Court will hold Samadhan Samaroh 2026, a special Lok Adalat, over three days from August 21 to 23, to amicably settle pending cases, including those from Shivamogga, said Santhosh M.S., Me...
Not wrong to give telecom powers to L-G as he is in charge of security: Jammu and Kashmir CM
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday (May 11, 2026) said there is nothing wrong in giving telecom powers to the lieutenant governor during public safety events, as he holds the cha...
The Prime Minister is scheduled to address a public gathering at Sadbhavana Ground later in the day
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday (May 11, 2026) performed ‘Maha Pooja’ and other rituals at the Somnath Temple as part of the Somnath Amrut Mahotsav marking 75 years of the inauguration of the r...
Two Indians aboard cruise ship with hantavirus cases evacuated to Netherlands
Two Indian nationals aboard the Dutch vessel MV Hondius, which reported a hantavirus outbreak, were evacuated to the Netherlands and are healthy and asymptomatic, the Embassy of India in Spain said on...
Biogas association calls for blending of organic manure with fertilizers
The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) has called for 10% mandatory blending of fermented organic manure with chemical fertilizers by 2030, saying it can save $2 billion in imports annually. The IBA rece...
Maritime safety and security is of primordial importance to Indian Ocean Region: Secretary-General
Navigating maritime security in the wake of the war in West Asia will be at the top of the agenda as India chairs the 23-nation Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), with a leaders’ summit expected nex...
Congress claims Instagram blocked Rahul Gandhi's reel and photo post featuring Vijay due to MeitY rules
The Congress on Sunday (May 10, 2026) claimed that Instagram has “blocked” Rahul Gandhi ’s reel and photo post featuring him and actor-politician Vijay due to the rules of the Ministry of Electronics ...
India-Trinidad archival pact to help diaspora trace ancestral roots: Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said an archival cooperation agreement between India and Trinidad and Tobago would help members of the Indian diaspora trace their ancestral roots and reconnect...
Governor’s role in government formation | Explained
The story so far: The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) secured 108 seats, 10 short of a majority, in the recently concluded Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. After hectic parleys with smaller parties, lett...
PIL in SC for reviewing wages of priests, sevadars and temple staff in govt.-controlled temples
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to the Centre and State governments to constitute a judicial commission or an expert committee to review the wages and other benefits given...
Why a ministerial vacancy nearly delayed Class 12 Board exam results in T.N.
One of the things that students, teachers, and parents could consistently rely on in Tamil Nadu was the timely announcement of the Class 12 State Board exam results. So this year, when the School Educ...
Dalit rights group seeks NHRC inquiry into temple demolition in West Godavari
Kula Vivaksha Vyatireka Porata Sangham (KVPS) has sought an independent and comprehensive inquiry into the alleged violation of Dalits’ human rights in Pedapeta village under Akiveedu of West Godavari...
Minister launches work on 110 kV power station in Belagavi
Laxmi Hebbalkar, Minister for Women and Child Development, Karnataka, presided over the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a 110 kV power station at Sahyadri Nagar in Belagavi on May 9. ...
NDA leaders meet Assam Governor at Lok Bhavan, stake claim to form government
Leaders of the NDA on Sunday (May 10, 2026) met Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya and staked a claim to form the government in the state led by Chief Minister-elect Himanta Biswa Sarma. It will b...
Mizoram police bust racket using fake court papers to release prisoners
GUWAHATI The police in Mizoram arrested two people, including an ambulance driver, for allegedly masterminding an operation to release prisoners from a district jail using fake court documents. Accord...
Uncertainty continues over Congress’ Kerala CM pick
Uncertainty continued to loom over the Congress’s Chief Minister pick for Kerala, with the party’s high command yet to take a final call following marathon discussions with the State leadership in New...
PM attacks Congress on alliance
Attacking the Congress for “betraying” the DMK in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the “power-hungry’ Congress in the greed for power has backstabbed the DMK for power”. “Congre...
The civil society groups said that the use of drones, rocket launchers, and other military-grade weapons, along with reports that armed cadres crossed the India-Myanmar border, pointed to a well-coordinated foreign-backed assault
GUWAHATI Three Naga civil society organisations in Manipur have petitioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his “personal and urgent intervention” to check a “sustained campaign of violence and t...
ED probing alleged scams worth nearly ₹4,000 crore across the education sector
The Enforcement Directorate is currently investigating alleged scams of nearly ₹4,000 crore in the education sector. The cases involve paper leaks, alleged fake admissions, scholarship frauds, fake de...
Marandi seeks NIA probe into gangster Prince Khan’s allegation against Dhanbad SSP
The Leader of the Opposition in the Jharkhand Assembly, Babulal Marandi, on Sunday (May 10, 2026) wrote a letter to Chief Minister Hemant Soren, seeking a probe by the National Investigation Agency (N...
PM Modi urges citizens to cut fuel use, avoid foreign travel
Amid elevated global crude oil prices and an energy crisis triggered by the U.S.-Iran war, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (May 10, 2026) called for a collective participation to help the count...
Solicitor General launches two tomes on humour in court
At the launch of two books authored by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta about humour in the courtroom, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant on Sunday (May 10, 2026) said the top law officer must now ...
India, Trinidad and Tobago sign eight MoUs during Jaishankar visit
India and Trinidad and Tobago have signed eight agreements in sectors including tourism, healthcare, infrastructure and Ayurveda during External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s two-day visit to the C...
Gelatin sticks found along PM Modi’s convoy, half hour before he passed by
In what could be dubbed as a security breach during Prime Minister Narendra Modi ’s visit to Bengaluru on Sunday (May 10, 2026), the police recovered a packet with two gelatin sticks abandoned along t...
Young environmental enthusiast transforms floor into canvas to spread message of conservation of traditional seeds
Transforming the floor into a canvas, young environmental enthusiast Blessi from Suddala village in Rajanna Sircilla district created an artwork welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Telangana. Bl...
Rupali Chakankar appears before SIT in 'godman' Kharat case
NCP leader Rupali Chakankar on Sunday (May 10, 2026) appeared before the special investigation team (SIT) for questioning over her alleged association with self-styled godman Ashok Kharat , who is cur...
PM Modi congratulates TVK chief Vijay on taking oath as Tamil Nadu CM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday (May 10, 2026), congratulated TVK chief C. Joseph Vijay on taking oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, and said the Central Government will keep working with the ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacks Congress on ‘betrayal of allies’
Attacking the Congress for ‘betraying’ the DMK in Tamil Nadu , Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (May 10, 2026) said the ‘power hungry’ Congress in the greed for power has backstabbed the DMK for...
EAM Jaishankar hands over India-assisted agro-processing facility in South Trinidad
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Saturday (May 9, 2026) handed over an agro-processing facility, built with India’s assistance in South Trinidad, in the presence of Prime Minister Kamla Pers...
India may not sign FTAs, to opt for deeper ties with customs unions in Africa, say officials
India will not attempt signing free trade agreements (FTA) with the African continent ‘as of now’, and will instead prioritise commercial ties with the trading blocs and customs unions in the continen...
The latest case involves entities linked to Al-Falah Group, in which the agency recently re-arrested Group chief Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui for his alleged role in the use of forged papers to acquire land in Delhi.
The Enforcement Directorate is currently investigating alleged scams of nearly ₹4,000 crore in the education sector. The cases involve paper leaks, alleged fake admissions, scholarship frauds, fake de...
Dravidian parties got trapped in vicious cycle of cash-for-votes and corruption, says T.N. Minister Arunraj
K.G. Arunraj, a former IRS officer who took charge as a Minister in Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay ’s Cabinet on Sunday (May 10, 2026), said the DMK and the AIADMK had lost their initial idealism. In ...
Muslim population in India may match that of Indonesia after Census: Kiren Rijiju
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday (May 9, 2026) said that the Muslim population in India is likely to be nearly the same as that of Indonesia after the Census. “The Muslim population in the coun...
What is the Governor’s role in a hung Assembly?
The story so far: F or days after the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) emerged as the single largest party in the 2026 Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Governor Rajendra Arlekar refused to swear in par...
Mythos | Double-edged sword
In cybersecurity, speed is everything. The faster a vulnerability is found and rectified, the safer the data is. For years, human expertise was needed to do this. Now, Artificial Intelligence can iden...
Ministers, ambassadors, artists to join The Hindu’s Huddle in June
This year’s The Hindu Huddle theme, ‘A World in Transition,’ reflects the rapid changes unfolding around us — from geopolitical shifts and Artificial Intelligence-driven disruptions to evolving ways o...
Sheikh Hasina, Awami League congratulate Suvendu Adhikari
Deposed Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has congratulated the new Chief Minister of West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari . In a message issued via Awami League officials, Ms. Hasina said on Saturd...
Ramchander Rao says public response to Modi rally points to party’s rise in Telangana
BJP State president N. Ramchander Rao on Sunday described the massive turnout at the party’s public meeting at the Parade Grounds in Secunderabad as a clear indication of a political shift in Telangan...
From flight journey to land gifts, SSC toppers receive unique rewards in A.P.
Students who excelled in the SSC Public Examinations-2026 are being rewarded in unique and encouraging ways across Andhra Pradesh, with teachers, public representatives and community leaders coming fo...
Opposition leaders caution against granting L-G enhanced powers over telecom in J&K
J&K Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra on Sunday (May 10, 2026) termed the recent move to enhance Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha’s powers in the Union Territory’s telecommunications sector as “another...
Transparency, safety of women, no power centres: Vijay on his new government in Tamil Nadu
Transparency, no compromise in the safety of women, cracking down on drug-related offences, maintenance of law and order, ensuring basic amenities, accountability over public funds, no power centres w...
Karnataka’s Planning Minister D. Sudhakar passes away
Karnataka ’s Minister for Planning and Statistics D. Sudhakar died in a private hospital in Bengaluru on Sunday (May 10, 2026). He was 66. The Minister was on life support system for over two weeks fo...
CBI facilitates return of fugitive from Portugal
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has facilitated the extradition from Portugal of an accused wanted in multiple cases by the Haryana police. In coordination with the Ministry of External Affa...
The Hindu’s campaigns shine at the INMA Global Media Awards
The Hindu ’s media campaigns earned global recognition at the prestigious INMA Global Media Awards 2026, with ‘ The Hindu Written By Journalists’, a brand campaign, winning first place in the Best Bra...
Prime Minister Modi to visit Karnataka, Telangana, Gujarat on May 10-11
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka, Telangana and Gujarat on May 10 and 11, during which he will inaugurate and dedicate projects worth around ₹9,400 crore in Hyderabad and also partic...
ED arrests three accused in DJW-SEPL case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested three accused in a case alleging that DJW Electric Power Projects Private Limited fraudulently took loans from various entities. Those arrested have been ...
Kharge attacks Modi govt for ending MGNREGA, 'finishing off right to work'
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday (May 9, 2026) accused the Modi Government of wiping out the rights of the poor as he slammed it for doing away with the MGNREGA and “finishing off the...
Two arrested for refilling premium liquor bottles with cheaper alcohol in Hyderabad
Two members of an Odisha-based gang were arrested for allegedly refilling premium liquor bottles with lower-priced alcohol and selling them as high-end brands to customers at private parties and socia...
Six injured in bus–mini bus collision on Erattupetta–Vagamon route
Six people were injured after a KSRTC bus and a mini-bus collided near Vellikulam on the Erattupetta–Vagamon route. The incident occurred in the afternoon when the mini-bus, which was descending, cras...
Recovery agent found dead in Balapur
A 24-year-old recovery agent was found dead after he was allegedly murdered by unidentified persons in Balapur early on Sunday, with police suspecting a dispute over territorial rivalry in recovery op...
Ganesh Kumar alleges UDF-BJP deal in Pathanapuram
Following a surprising electoral upset in Pathanapuram, outgoing Transport Minister K.B. Ganesh Kumar has launched a scathing attack on the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party...
Telangana hotel association seek LPG relief, urge PM Modi for rationalisation
Food business operators in Hyderabad and across Telangana, represented by the Telangana State Hotels Association, have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for urgent intervention over the steep r...
Punjab Minister Sanjeev Arora sent to seven-day ED custody
A court in Gurugram has sent Punjab's Industries Minister Sanjeev Arora to seven days of ED custody in a money laundering case, officials said on Sunday (May 10, 2026). Mr. Arora, 62, was arrested on ...
Eluru pastor arrested under POCSO Act for sexual assault of minor
The Tadikalapudi police have arrested Chavatapalli Rambabu alias Hosanna on charges of raping a minor girl in Eluru district and impregnating her. The accused, who was running a prayer house in the di...
Senthil Kumar, Laxmi Priya named CM Vijay’s Secretaries I and II
The Tamil Nadu government on Sunday (May 10, 2026) posted senior IAS officer P. Senthil Kumar as the Secretary-I to the Chief Minister. He was hitherto the Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare D...
Prohibitory orders clamped in Kadapa after clashes over Almaspet junction naming
Prohibitory orders were clamped here following an agitation and stone pelting at Almaspet junction over naming of a centre, police said on Sunday (May 10, 2026) According to police, members of a commu...
AAP holds protests against BJP over ED action against Punjab Minister Sanjeev Arora
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP ) on Sunday (May 10, 2026) held protests across Punjab against the BJP over the ED action against Cabinet Minister Sanjeev Arora, accusing the Centre of misusing central agenc...
Stalin reacts to Tamil Nadu CM Vijay speech: ‘Money is there; what is required is efficient administration’
Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin, on Sunday (May 10, 2026), responded sharply to Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay ’s remarks that the previous government had left the State...
CEC Gyanesh Kumar prays at Tirumala temple
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India Gyanesh Kumar , accompanied by his family members, offered prayers at the Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirumala on Saturday (May 9, 2026). He had darshan duri...
Obituary | D. Sudhakar turned political adversities into advantages
Karnataka’s Planning Minister Dasharathaiah Sudhakar , who died on Sunday (May 10, 2026), was a fourth-time MLA who turned political adversities into advantages. Mr. Sudhakar, who used to maintain a l...
Five arrested for stealing power cables from residential layouts near Mysuru
The Mysuru district police have arrested five persons in connection with the theft of power cables installed in residential layouts near Beerihundi village on the outskirts of the city. After receivin...
India conducts flight trial of advanced variant of Agni missile
India has successfully carried out a flight trial of an Advanced Agni missile with Multiple Independently Targetable Re-Entry Vehicle (MIRV) off the coast of Odisha. The MIRV feature ensures that a si...
Trinamool nominates Sobhandeb as Opposition leader, Firhad as Chief Whip
The Trinamool Congress on Saturday (May 9, 2026) nominated senior party leader and Ballygunge MLA Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay as the Leader of Opposition in the 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Mr. ...
Subrata Gupta, ECI's special observer for SIR, appointed West Bengal CM's advisor
Retired IAS officer Subrata Gupta was on Saturday (May 9, 2026) appointed the advisor to West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, according to a notification. Mr. Gupta, an officer of the 1990 bat...
TVK chief and its Legislature Party Leader Vijay was sworn in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister on May 10, 2026
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (May 10, 2026) congratulated TVK chief C. Joseph Vijay on taking oath as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, and said the Central Government will keep working with the St...
Aadhav Arjuna, ‘Bussy’ Anand, Sengottaiyan among 9 TVK Ministers to be sworn in with Vijay on May 10
Nine Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) Ministers are expected to be sworn in on Sunday (May 10, 2026) , along with the party president and Chief Minister-designate C. Joseph Vijay in Chennai. Also read: ...
Masthan Rao Yadav seeks logistics corridor along Buckingham Canal in Andhra Pradesh
Rajya Sabha MP from Andhra Pradesh Mastan Rao Yadav has appealed to the Centre to develop an integrated multi-modal logistics corridor along the Buckingham Canal in SPSR Nellore district. The Buckingh...
Pawan Kalyan welcomes PM Modi on Telangana visit, thanks NDA government for ₹9,400-crore projects
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan on Sunday (May 10, 2026) welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his visit to Telangana for the foundation-laying of development projects worth ₹9...
Joseph Vijay sworn-in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president C. Joseph Vijay was sworn-in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister in Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on Sunday (May 10, 2026) morning — a moment long awaite...
Congress seeks discussion in Parliament on China's 'support' to Pakistan in Operation Sindoor
The Congress on Saturday (May 9, 2026) demanded a discussion in Parliament on claims made by China that it provided on-site technical support to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor last year. Congress g...
Beyond the textbook
I n the quiet corners of many Indian classrooms, the laws of physics and the logic of mathematics are often reduced to ink on paper. Students can recite the speed of sound or the coordinates of a map,...
TCS case | Nida Khan subjected to a trial by media, says Owaisi
Nida Khan, an accused in the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) rape, sexual exploitation and forced conversion case, is being subjected to a trial by media, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM...
‘Awful experience’, Supriya Sule says after her car dashed by another vehicle on Expressway
NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule on Saturday (May 9, 2026) said her car was dashed by another vehicle on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway but she and those travelling with her were safe. "While trave...
Amit Shah hails BSY’s contribution to party’s growth in South India
Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa's name deserves to be written in golden letters while narrating the history of the BJP in South India, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah, adding that the vetera...
Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy brings libraries to houses and communities
As reading habits continue to decline in the digital age, the Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy has launched a unique initiative aimed at reviving library culture by bringing books directly into houses...
Belagavi man is all-India topper in Indian Forest Service examination
Basavaraj Dhareppa Kempawad, from Athani in Belagavi, has secured the all-India first rank in the UPSC Indian Forest Service examination, whose results were declared on Saturday. This was his second a...
Champaran challenger | Nishant Kumar begins political journey as JD(U) leader in Bihar
As Nishant Kumar moves through Bihar ’s West Champaran district, stopping at villages to greet crowds, workers from his political party have positioned earthmovers to shower him with marigolds. MLAs g...
Supreme Court to hear on May 11, PIL to regulate all institutions imparting education to children below 14 years
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on May 11 a PIL seeking directions to regulate all institutions imparting education or religious instructions to children below the age of 14 years. A bench of J...
PM Modi, leaders pays homage to Tagore on Rabindra Jayanti
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (May 9, 2026) paid rich tributes to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary and said he made a mark as an exceptional philosopher, educatio...
The new BJP government also appointed IAS officer Shantanu Bala as the chief minister's private secretary, according to another notification
Retired IAS officer Subrata Gupta was on Saturday (May 9, 2026) appointed the advisor to West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, according to a notification. Mr. Gupta, an officer of the 1990 bat...
ED arrests Punjab Minister Sanjeev Arora
The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday (May 9, 2026) arrested Sanjeev Arora, the Punjab Industries Minister in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government in Punjab, in an alleged money-laundering case invo...
Second plea filed in Supreme Court challenging Governor's delay in inviting Vijay to form govt. in Tamil Nadu
A writ petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Saturday (May 9, 2026) to declare a May 7 press release by Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar , denying the claim made by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (...
West Bengal Cabinet 2026: From Dilip Ghosh to Agnimitra Paul, Ministers who were sworn in along with Suvendu Adhikari
With Suvendu Adhikari being sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a sweeping victory with 207 seats in the 294-member Assembly, the newly formed ...
Water conservation a challenge in Ernakulam
A study conducted by the Haritha Keralam Mission as part of preparing a water budget for local bodies in Ernakulam found that water availability in the Kochi Corporation remains surplus for most of th...
NHA recognises innovators for developing AI systems for healthcare claims processing and fraud detection
The National Health Authority (NHA) on Saturday concluded the Auto-Adjudication Hackathon Showcase 2026 at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, with winning teams recognised for developi...
Government appoints Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan as next Chief of Naval Staff
The government appoints Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, as the next Chief of the Naval Staff. He is Currently serving as FOC-in-C (Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief), Western Naval C...
Cricket gives special dimension to India-Trinidad and Tobago ties: Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said cricket gives a “special dimension” to India’s ties with Trinidad and Tobago, as he highlighted the deep cultural and historical bonds shared by the two co...
India, IOM discuss expanding, diversifying regular migration pathways
India and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) discussed expanding and diversifying regular migration pathways. Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh met with IOM Di...
RBI officers seek Governor's intervention to correct promotion policy
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) officers' union has written a letter to RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra, seeking his intervention to correct the promotion policy and restore a time-bound system. RBI offi...
Lt. Gen. N.S. Raja Subramani to take over as CDS; Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan appointed Navy Chief
The Union government on Saturday (May 9, 2026) announced two major appointments, naming Lieutenant General N.S. Raja Subramani (Retd.) as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and Vice Admiral Krishna...
Tamil Nadu heading for a coalition government
Tamil Nadu is set to witness its first coalition government in decades, with the Congress party, an ally of Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam, expected to join the government to be headed by C. Joseph Vijay. “I...
Grant EL to teachers handling SSC remedial classes: FAPTO
Members of the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Teachers’ Organisations (FAPTO) have urged the School Education Department authorities to sanction Earned Leave (EL) to teachers conducting special and reme...
A young IAS officer’s reform wish list for new government
Young IAS officer and Tirur Sub Collector Dilip K. Kainikkara has outlined a reform wish list for the newly elected United Democratic Front (UDF) government in Kerala. Among his key recommendations ar...
Arrests rise to 11 in Odisha mob lynching case
The number of arrests in Odisha’s alleged mob-lynching case has risen to 11, even as a key eyewitness has levelled serious allegations, claiming that the assault took place in the presence of police. ...
Man arrested on charge of assaulting minor on train
Punalur police on Saturday arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl onboard the Palaruvi Express. The accused, identified as Sanish, a native of Kollam, was app...
Government appoints Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani (Retd) as next Chief of Defence Staff
The government appoints Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani PVSM, AVSM, SM, VSM (Retd.) as the next Chief of Defence Staff, who will also serve as Secretary, Department of Military Affairs. He will assume office...
ED raids Punjab Minister Sanjeev Arora, linked persons again
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Saturday (May 9, 2026) raided the premises of Punjab Industries Minister Sanjeev Arora and his associates on suspicion of ‘large scale’ money laundering. The ED ...
Bangladesh failed to give ‘actionable response’ to diplomatic notes: India
India has sent over a 1,000 diplomatic notes (notes verbale) and 456 “consolidated reminders” to Dhaka since September 2020 regarding the repatriation of suspected illegal Bangladeshi immigrants but h...
SC takes cognisance of resolution about HC judge sending advocate to custody
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 8, 2026) took cognisance of a representation made by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) about a video footage showing an Andhra Pradesh High Court judge sending ...
Census enumerators ID can be verified through QR code
Census enumerators have been given identity cards with QR codes to enable residents to verify authenticity, said Lalit Jain, Director of Census Operations (DCO), Haryana, amid resistance from several ...
MGNREGS coverage and workdays fell sharply in 2025–26: LibTech India
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) witnessed a sharp contraction in its scale and reach in 2025–26, according to a report on the final operational year of the sche...
The questions by Congress came after China, for the first time, confirmed that it provided on-site technical support to Pakistan during the four-day conflict with India last year.
The Congress on Saturday (May 9, 2026) demanded a discussion in Parliament on claims made by China that it provided on-site technical support to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor last year. Congress g...
Govt. using police to curb dissent and free speech in Andhra Pradesh, alleges Jagan
YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday accused Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu of using the police “to curb dissent, suppress opposition voices and curtail free spee...
Thunderstorm forecast in four Telangana districts today
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a thunderstorm forecast in four Telangana districts for Sunday (May 10). According to the IMD’s latest bulletin, thunderstorms accompanied with lightni...
Congress to hold mega show in Tumakuru on May 20 to mark completion of three years of Karnataka government
To mark the completion of three years of the Congress government in Karnataka, the party has decided to hold a mega convention in Tumakuru on May 20. The event, to be organised as a government functio...
Govt. wants Markfed to speed up maize procurement
HYDERABAD Minister for Agriculture Tummala Nageswara Rao asked Markfed authorities carrying out the procurement exercise of maize and jowar under the price support scheme to speed up purchase of maize...
Tagore's birth anniversary is celebrated on 'Pochishe Boishakh' or the 25th of the Bengali month of Boishak, known as Rabindra Jayanti
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (May 9, 2026) paid rich tributes to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary and said he made a mark as an exceptional philosopher, educatio...
Congress slams Modi Government over women’s safety citing NCRB data
The Congress on Thursday (May 8, 2026) sharpened its attack on the Narendra Modi Government over women’s safety and rising crime against vulnerable sections, with party president Mallikarjun Kharge al...
Niti Aayog flags poor student retention, learning outcomes in report
A decadal analysis of India’s school education system by Niti Aayog reveals that while India has achieved a near-universal access to school at the primary level, it faces challenges in retaining stude...
Operation Sindoor is a symbol of India’s new military ethos: Rajnath Singh
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday (May 8, 2026) described Operation Sindoor as a defining example of India’s swift, precise, and joint military response capability, asserting that the operation...
Same family, different politics
Story so far: ‘Lottery King’ Santiago Martin’s wife, son, and son-in-law created history on May 4, 2026 after being elected from three different parties in the recently concluded Tamil Nadu and Puduch...
‘Jhalmuri’ turns victory flavour at BJP government's maiden oath ceremony in West Bengal
Jhalmuri, the quintessential Bengali street snack that became an unlikely symbol in the bitter All India Trinamool Congress (AITC/TMC)-BJP fight for over a month, found pride of place at the swearing-...
Maharashtra records highest number of 24,171 cases in crimes against children: NCRB report
National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report reveals that Maharashtra had the highest number — 24,171 cases — of cases registered related to crimes against children in 2024, and in crimes against women...
Two workers killed, one injured in compressor blast at Ghaziabad factory
Two workers were killed and another seriously injured after a compressor exploded during routine testing at a factory in the Sahibabad industrial area of Ghaziabad, police said on Saturday (May 9, 202...
Tagore's birth anniversary is celebrated on 'Pochishe Boishakh' or the 25th of the Bengali month of Boishak, known as Rabindra Jayanti
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (May 9, 2026) paid rich tributes to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary and said he made a mark as an exceptional philosopher, educatio...
Census 2027: Sindhudurg village becomes first in Maharashtra to complete self-enumeration
In a major boost to Maharashtra's census drive, Muth village in Sindhudurg district has become the first in the State to complete self-enumeration , achieving the feat through a coordinated effort bet...
CBI files charge sheet against Shubhkamna Buildtech and others
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet against Shubhkamna Buildtech Private Limited and its directors in connection with the alleged fraudulent activities relating to a hou...
Three-way CM tussle in Kerala fuels meme storm
The ongoing tussle among three Congress Chief Minister aspirants after the United Democratic Front’s (UDF) historic Assembly mandate has unleashed a tsunami of trolls and memes across social media. Fr...
BJP calls Sanjay Raut 'joker of Indian politics' over Donald Trump’s post on West Bengal polls
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday (May 8, 2026) called Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut the “joker of Indian politics" over his post addressed to the U.S. President Donald Trump on the West...
Akhilesh reaffirms support to TMC, DMK; takes dig at Congress
Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday (May 8, 2026) threw his weight behind the TMC and DMK, which faced rout in the Assembly polls, and took a jibe at the Congress, saying "we are not t...
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar arrived in Port of Spain from Paramaribo on May 8, 2026 on the concluding leg of his three-nation tour of Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said cricket gives a “special dimension” to India’s ties with Trinidad and Tobago, as he highlighted the deep cultural and historical bonds shared by the two co...
Bihar Government offers ‘One Time Traffic Challan Settlement Scheme’ for violators
People having pending traffic challans can avail the benefit of “One Time Traffic Challan Settlement Scheme” under which they can get 50% of relaxation in depositing the challan fee. The fine amount f...
Health activists demand stringent action on death of two women in Kota
Health activists in Rajasthan on Friday (May 8, 2026) demanded stringent action on the death of two women after caesarean deliveries at New Medical College Hospital in Kota, saying the incident had ex...
Supreme Court asks West Bengal Governor to appoint VCs to three state-aided universities
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 8, 2026) asked the West Bengal governor, R.N. Ravi, to appoint vice chancellors to three state universities from the names shortlisted by a search-cum-selection commit...
'Bar has much to offer': CJI Kant shares anecdote as he dismisses lawyer's plea for revaluation
In a rare moment of candour, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant shared an anecdote when as a young lawyer he was rebuked by a high court judge for aspiring to become a judicial officer, and was told, "...
Minister wanted to ‘praise’ Col. Sofiya Qureshi, but could not articulate, M.P. tells Supreme Court
The State of Madhya Pradesh on Friday (May 8, 2026) told the Supreme Court that State Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah had intended to “praise” Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, but could not articulate himself prope...
Plea in Supreme Court says Governor is ‘duty-bound’ to invite TVK to form government in Tamil Nadu
A writ petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday (May 8, 2026), submitting that the Tamil Nadu Governor is duty-bound to invite Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) party president C. Joseph Vijay, ...
DMK requests separate seating in Lok Sabha after ties with Congress end
DMK Parliamentary Party leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking suitable changes in the seating arrangement of DMK MPs in the House in view of the changed politi...
Despite a rise in registered households, employment generation dropped across most States, leading to an average income loss of ₹1,221 for each household; 40% fewer households completed 100 days of work
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) witnessed a sharp contraction in its scale and reach in 2025–26, according to a report on the final operational year of the sche...
Odisha Police arrests five for lynching GRP constable
Five people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of a Government Railway Police (GRP) constable, who was accused of molesting two women on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, the police said o...
U.P. Minister: prepaid smart meters tobe discontinued with immediate effect
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to discontinue the smart prepaid electricity meter system across the State and convert the already-installed devices to postpaid with immediate effect, Energy ...
Only Congress party can defeat BJP in the battle of ideologies, says Rahul Gandhi
The Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday (May 8, 2026) said only the Congress could defeat the BJP, calling the contest a clash between the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) “i...
3,352 candidates forfeit deposit in T.N. Assembly polls
Of the 4,032 candidates who contested in the Assembly elections held in Tamil Nadu on April 23, 3,352 lost their deposit amount as they failed to secure one-sixth of the total number of votes polled i...
Supreme Court asks student arrested for violence during Noida workers’ protest to approach HC
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 8, 2026) refused to grant bail to a student accused of inciting violence during the industrial workers' protest in Noida on April 13. A Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarath...
Supreme Court seeks Centre’s response on AAP plea about blocking of its Meta accounts
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 8, 2026) sought a response from the Union Government on a petition filed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) challenging an “illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional” order to...
CBI files chargesheet against Shubhkamna Buildtech and others
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against Shubhkamna Buildtech Private Limited and its directors in connection with the alleged fraudulent activities relating to a hous...
HC dismisses Centre’s claim that petitioner has no locus standi, noting that she is espousing the cause of vulnerable tribals; says project of “national importance” and high cost must still follow the law
The Calcutta High Court has overruled the Union government’s preliminary objections to a batch of petitions alleging that it violated the Forest Rights Act while obtaining consent for its ₹92,000 cror...
DRDO, IAF successfully conduct maiden trial of indigenous TARA glide weapon
Defence Research and Development Organisation and the Indian Air Force have successfully conducted the maiden flight-trial of the Tactical Advanced Range Augmentation (TARA) weapon system off the coas...
KSLSA and Dhare Foundation to create ‘Green Ring’ around Bengaluru by planting two crore saplings
Karnataka State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA), in collaboration with Dhare Foundation, has launched an ambitious environmental mission to plant five crore saplings across Karnataka, combining affor...
National Lok Adalat in Koppal on July 11
Senior Civil Judge and Member Secretary of the Koppal District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Mahantesh S. Daragada has urged the litigant public to make use of the upcoming National Lok Adalat and t...
Prosecution failed to establish ‘conspiracy’ to kill Sohrabuddin Sheikh: Bombay HC
The Bombay High Court, which on Thursday (May 7, 2026) upheld the acquittal of 22 accused persons in the 2005 case of alleged fake encounter of Gujarat gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, has stated that the...
Eluru district SP receives ‘Best Recovery’ award
Director General of Police (DGP) Harish Kumar Gupta presented the “Best Recovery” award to Superintendent of Police K. Pratap Shiva Kishore for achieving the highest recovery of lost mobile phones in ...
BWSSB’s ‘Blue Force’ drive nets ₹55 crore, disconnects over 11,000 illegal water links
The Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has intensified its crackdown on illegal water and sewerage connections across the city, disconnecting 11,217 unauthorised links and generating ₹5...
Lakhimpur Kheri case: Supreme Court expresses disappointment over non-production of witnesses
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 8, 2026) recorded disappointment at the non-production of witnesses in the trial of Ashish Mishra, son of former Union minister Ajay Mishra, and others in the 2021 La...
Bharat is sacred, bound together by a sense of oneness: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday (May 8, 2026) that every part of Bharat is sacred, bound together by a sense of oneness that transcends geography, and in a world often marked by divisions,...
India pushes for inclusive migration, stronger anti-trafficking laws at United Nations General Assembly
“India endeavours to build an inclusive, humane, and future-ready framework for migration while addressing the challenges of irregular migration and trafficking,” Union Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh ha...
India carries out maiden flight-trial of new weapon system TARA
India has successfully carried out the maiden flight-trial of an indigenously developed glide weapon system off the coast of Odisha. The Tactical Advanced Range Augmentation (TARA) system, developed t...
NCRB’s Crime in India 2024 report: a comprehensive coverage
The National Crime Records Bureau released the Crime in India 2024 report on Wednesday (May 6, 2026), in which it noted that 58.86 lakh cognisable crimes were recorded across the country in 2024, mark...
MoS for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh meets U.N. Chief Antonio Guterres
Union Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh has held a "productive meeting" with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Mr. Singh, who is in New York for the second In...
Scope of legal fiction in party mergers
The law has a long-standing habit of pretending: that an adopted child is the natural child of the adoptive parents, that a registered company is a person capable of suing and being sued. Sir Henry Ma...
Gulbarga University librarian invited to All Russian Library Congress
University Librarian Suresh Jange, who is also Director of Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) and Head Coordinator of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication of Gulbarga University, ha...
Preparations complete for Abhimanotsava in Chitradurga; organisers expect huge turnout
Preparations for the BSY Abhimanotsava — a mega event celebrating former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s 50 years in public life — are complete, with the event scheduled to take place in Chitradurga...
Faced harassment from a group of men onboard Delhi-bound flight, alleges MP Mahua Moitra
Trinamool Congress's Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday alleged that she faced harassment from a group of men on board an IndiGo flight while travelling to Delhi to attend a meeting of the Parliame...
Canada urged to act against ‘anti-India extremist elements’: MEA
India on Thursday (May 7, 2026) called upon Canada to act against "anti-India extremist elements" operating from Canadian soil against the backdrop of a Canadian intelligence report highlighting the n...
Gurugram gated societies not letting in enumerators; FIRs recommended against enumerators obstructing Census work
In one of the first such instances, the Haryana administration has recommended the registration of a first information report (FIR) against two government school staff for alleged negligence in Census...
J&K Lieutenant Governor given telecom control powers during public safety events
The Centre has authorised the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor to exercise powers, such as interception of signals, suspension of service and decryption of messages, related to telecom services i...
The AAP said it was not informed of any specific content alleged to be objectionable or the statutory provision which was relied upon for blocking the accounts
The Supreme Court on Friday (May 8, 2026) sought a response from the Union Government on a petition filed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) challenging an “illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional” order to...
Minister wanted to ‘praise’ Col. Sofiya Qureshi, but could not articulate, MP tells SC
The State of Madhya Pradesh on Friday (May 8, 2026) told the Supreme Court that State Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah had intended to “praise” Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, but could not articulate himself prope...
Writer T. Padmanabhan backs K.C. Venugopal for Kerala Chief Minister’s post
Noted writer T. Padmanabhan has openly supported senior Congress leader K C Venugopal in the debate over who should become the next Chief Minister of Kerala. Mr. Padmanabhan on Friday said he has “clo...
Srikakulam pushes Badi Pilustondi drive to lift admissions in government schools
The Srikakulam district administration has stepped up admissions in government schools under the Badi Pilustondi (school-calling) programme, which will continue till the second week of June 2026. Agai...
India will shape the battlefield if challenged again: armed forces on Operation Sindoor
On the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor , senior military officials asserted that India’s response to cross-border terrorism has fundamentally altered the security landscape, with Lieutenant-Gen...
Supreme Court asks if there was a 'proper debate' in Parliament before enacting CEC/EC appointments law
The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 7, 2026) asked if there had been a “proper debate” in the Parliament about the "ethos” of its 2023 judgment that took the appointment of members of the Election Comm...
Maharashtra Dy CM Eknath Shinde unhurt after mid-air scare aboard helicopter
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde experienced a mid-air scare on Thursday (May 7, 2026) afternoon when his helicopter was forced to return to Mumbai due to bad weather. Mr. Shinde and ot...
SC asks Centre to vest District Collectors with powers to enforce waste management rules
The Supreme Court has directed the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) to issue a notification under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 delegating its powers to District Co...
A year after Operation Sindoor, two schools bear the cost of conflict in Pulwama and Poonch
A year on, two schools in Jammu & Kashmir , which bore the brunt of the four-day conflict between India and Pakistan in May last year, stand testimony to the cost of war, tragedy, and trauma, staring ...
Centre launches scheme for free health check-ups for workers
The Union Labour Ministry on Thursday (May 7, 2026) launched a scheme for free health check-ups for all workers above 40 years, which will be conducted across the country every year. Inaugurating the ...
Repatriation of illegal Bangladeshis is a ‘core issue’: MEA response to Dhaka’s remarks on ‘push-in’ from India
The repatriation of Bangladeshi citizens who are illegally staying in India is a “core issue” in the Delhi-Dhaka relationship, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday (May 7, 2026). Respondi...
Environment Ministry’s expert panel clears Varanasi to Kolkata expressway
An expert panel of the Environment Ministry has recommended the grant of environment clearance (EC) to a 235-km greenfield expressway connecting Varanasi and Kolkata, which requires the diversion of m...
Court’s interference in religious matters may break religions: SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 7, 2026) said a deluge of petitions complaining about religious practices and religion would follow if the courts start interfering in matters of faith. “If everybod...
Operation Sindoor a defining testament to India’s unwavering resolve against terrorism: President
President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday (May 7, 2026) said that Operation Sindoor is a defining testament to India’s unwavering resolve against terrorism and that the country stands vigilant, united and ...
The Prime Minister, in a signed article marking 75 years since the restored Somnath Temple was reopened to devotees, said the struggles and sacrifices of those who laid down their lives to protect the temple in Gujarat and those who rebuilt it time and again will never be forgotten
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday (May 8, 2026) that every part of Bharat is sacred, bound together by a sense of oneness that transcends geography, and in a world often marked by divisions,...
Despite outreach by India, Pakistan hasn’t been isolated, says Congress
The Congress on Thursday (May 7, 2026) took a swipe at the Centre on the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor , alleging that despite India’s extensive diplomatic outreach after the military operati...
APGDA urges Health Minister to appoint DME from six eligible candidates
The Andhra Pradesh Government Doctors’ Association (APGDA) has submitted a representation to Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav, urging him to appoint one of the six eligible candidates as Director of ...
Dead foetus kept in womb ‘for 22 hours’ in Maharashtra’s Beed; health dept. forms committee to probe
A case of alleged medical negligence has come to light in Maharashtra’s Beed district, where a pregnant woman from Parli taluka reportedly carried a dead foetus in her womb for 22 hours. The incident ...
ED raids in Punjab in land 'fraud' case
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday (May 7, 2026) conducted searches at multiple locations in Punjab and Chandigarh as part of a money laundering investigation against certain builders and real es...
Governor’s remit is to invite TVK chief Vijay and ask for a floor test: former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar
The correct course of action for the Tamil Nadu Governor would be to invite C. Joseph Vijay -led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) to form the government and prove his majority on the floor of the State ...
Using the powers, the Lieutenant Governor can block the transmission, allow interception, order decryption of messages, and suspend telecom services in the event of any public emergency or in the interest of public safety
The Centre has authorised the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor to exercise powers, such as interception of signals, suspension of service and decryption of messages, related to telecom services i...
Kerala’s Samridhi@Kochi budget eatery eyes price hike as LPG costs surge
In what could prove to be a body blow to commoners dependent on it for affordable meals, Samridhi@Kochi – the budget eatery run by the Kochi Corporation in association with the district Kudumbashree M...
On the contrary, Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir has been embraced with extraordinary warmth by U.S. President Donald Trump from June 2025 onwards, says Congress leader Jairam Ramesh
The Congress on Thursday (May 7, 2026) took a swipe at the Centre on the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor , alleging that despite India’s extensive diplomatic outreach after the military operati...
Telangana’s 2BHK dreams caught between delays, distance and vacancies
Spotlight The scorching summer heat seeps through the fragile walls of T. Komuramma’s makeshift hut in Vedurugatta village of Choppadandi mandal, nearly 18 km from Karimnagar town in Telangana. But fo...
Caste-iron control: The threat of Rajasthan’s caste panchayats
Rinku Chauhan was four and her sister Jayashree all of two months when they were married to two brothers in their village of Sukarlai in Rohat tehsil of Rajasthan by their grandmother and the elders o...
How does Kerala plan to tackle oil spill hazards?
The story so far: Kerala had witnessed two shipwrecks off its coast involving two separate vessels – MSC Elsa 3 and MV Wan Hai 503 – on May 25, 2025 and June 9, 2025 respectively. The incidents had ra...
In Maharashtra, three-language policy creates another flashpoint, avoided temporarily
The three-language policy recently created another flashpoint in Maharashtra after the government’s decision to hold a Hindi exam for its employees came under criticism. Adding to the discussion aroun...
West Bengal tops States in crimes by foreigners; Bangladeshis top accused: NCRB
Bangladeshi nationals accounted for the highest number of foreign nationals arrested in connection with criminal cases across the country at 3,091 in 2024, followed by Nigerians at 509, Nepalis at 476...
Governor’s remit is to invite TVK chief Vijay and ask for a floor test: former Law Minister Ashwani Kumar
The correct course of action for the Tamil Nadu Governor would be to invite C. Joseph Vijay -led Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) to form the government and prove his majority on the floor of the State ...
Facing opposition, Ladakh administration says ‘stakeholders will be onboard on setting up a power corporation’
With local socio-political-religious groups up in arms against privatisation of electricity in Ladakh, the Union Territory (UT) administration on Thursday (May 7, 2026) said local stakeholders will be...
Ally Cong. seeks ‘better coordination over crucial public issues’ with ruling NC
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Congress blocks Agra-Mumbai highway in Indore over farmers’ issues
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Several drugs consignments recovered along Gujarat coast
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Twin blasts: Opposition accuses CM of ‘sedition’; BJP plotting unrest in State, says AAP
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Health authorities sound caution over mosquito-borne diseases
The health authorities have sounded caution on the prevalence of mosquito-borne diseases during the summer months. Ernakulam has reported a total of 239 dengue cases, of which 78 were confirmed cases ...
SC asks if there was a 'proper debate' in Parliament before enacting CEC/EC appointments law
The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 7, 2026) asked if there had been a “proper debate” in the Parliament about the "ethos” of its 2023 judgment that took the appointment of members of the Election Comm...
Over 150 children fall ill after consuming 'mid-day meal' in Bihar’s Saharsa
More than 150 children were taken ill after allegedly consuming food that was part of the mid-day meal in a school in Bihar’s Saharsa district, a senior official said on Thursday (May 7, 2026). The in...
One-year of Operation Sindoor: IAF releases 88-second footage of attack terror infra in Pak
Marking the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor , the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday (May 7, 2026) released exclusive footage from the military operation targeting terrorist infrastructure link...
Residents apprehend vehicle dumping of sludge in open plots in Ranipet
Residents of Edakuppam village, near Walajah town in Ranipet, blocked a tractor that carried loads of sludge to illegally dump in open plots on Edakuppam Main Road in the village, posing health hazard...
Two persons killed in road accidents in Vellore
Two persons were killed in separate road accidents in Vellore on Thursday. Police said that the deceased were identified as S. Madan, 40, who runs a travel agent office in Vellore, and Mohammed Kareem...
Two persons arrested for stealing at temple in Tirupattur
Two persons were arrested for stealing 10 sovereigns of gold jewellery, silver and brass objects, and cash from a local temple at Parsanapalli village near Ambur town in Tirupattur on Thursday. Police...
GCC carries out cattle raid in Arumbakkam
A cattle raid was conducted in Arumbakkam after locals complained of stray cow menace, dung accumulation, waste dumping and mosquito menace near Chennai Middle School in in Jai Nagar there. Residents ...
Stage erected for polls removed after days in M.G.R Nagar
Following a public complaint on Thursday, civic authorities removed an election-related structure that had remained in front of a hardware shop in M.G.R Nagar despite the polls having concluded. Resid...
Operation Sindoor reflects India’s uncompromising stand against terrorism: PM Modi
To mark the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor , Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (May 7, 2026) lauded the armed forces for their bravery and dedication in attacking terrorist camps and mi...
Tamil Nadu seeks postponement of DGP empanelment committee meeting
The appointment of a regular Director General of Police and Head of the Police Force in the Tamil Nadu police is set to be delayed further. The State government has written to the Union Public Service...
Yogi Adityanath launches first phase of Census 2027 in Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday launched the first phase of Census-2027 under the theme “Hamari Janaganana, Hamara Vikas”, formally beginning house listing and housing census ...
Centre calls for steps to safeguard shelter residents from heat
As heatwave conditions intensify, the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has issued an advisory to the States and Union Territories to protect vulnerable people staying in shelters under the ...
State-run Trauma and Emergency Care Centre on Victoria Hospital campus records second organ donation in last three months
An act of generosity by the family of a brain-dead 43-year-old woman from Bengaluru, who consented to donate her organs, has enabled multiple patients to receive a new lease of life. The organ retriev...
Nida Khan, key accused in Nashik TCS case, arrested in Maharashtra
Over 40 days after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against her in a rape and sexual exploitation case, suspended TCS employee Nida Khan was taken into police custody in Chhatrapati Sam...
Gadkari praises Telangana for transport reforms and road safety
Telangana government received appreciation from the Central government for its innovative initiatives and pro-active measures in transport reforms and road safety. In a letter addressed to the Telanga...
Over 42,000 registrations received so far for TNEA 2026
As many as 42,156 applications have been received till Thursday from students seeking admission under the Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions 2026. A press release from the Directorate of Technical Educ...
Demand to streamline traffic, ensure commuter safety on Ernakulam Junction, Town station premises
Even as the ₹450-crore redevelopment works at Ernakulam Junction and Ernakulam Town railway stations are in different stages of completion, commuters are encountering difficulties in accessing the fac...
Women’s organisations seek immediate implementation of reservations
A large-scale 2K walk organised by the Joint Forum of Women’s Organisations echoed with demands for the immediate implementation of women’s reservations without linking them to the Census and delimita...
APPSC releases ranking lists on its website
The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) released the general ranking list pertaining to the written OMR-based examination held in offline mode for the post of Junior Office Assistant in A...
Student stabbed to death in Chilkalguda
A 25-year-old man succumbed to injuries after he was allegedly stabbed by unidentified persons in Chilkalguda on Thursday night. The deceased has been identified as Yavanna, a resident of Jawahar Naga...
City police hold awareness session to tackle mobile addiction among personnel
In a bid to improve work efficiency and address growing concerns over mobile phone addiction among police personnel, a batch of officers and staff from the North East Division of Bengaluru City Police...
One year of Operation Sindoor | PM Modi says Indian forces gave fitting response to terrorism
To mark the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor , Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (May 7, 2026) lauded the armed forces for their bravery and dedication in attacking terrorist camps and mi...
According to the ACB, former Minister Mahesh Joshi is accused of misusing his position as the then PHED Minister and accepting bribes in exchange for tenders
Rajasthan’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday (May 7, 2026) arrested Congress leader and former Minister Mahesh Joshi in connection with the alleged Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) scam involving irre...
India calls for Dhaka’s cooperation over repatriation of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants
The repatriation of Bangladeshi citizens who are illegally staying in India is a “core issue” in the Delhi-Dhaka relationship, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday (May 7, 2026). Respondi...
Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya rolls out nationwide free annual health check-up initiative for workers
The Union Labour Ministry on Thursday (May 7, 2026) launched a scheme for free health check-ups for all workers above 40 years, which will be conducted across the country every year. Inaugurating the ...
Akhilesh meets Mamata after Trinamool Congress poll debacle
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday (May 7, 2026) called on Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, in Kolkata. The SP leader reached ...
Operation Sindoor signalled no terror sanctuary is safe: Indian Army
On the first anniversary of Operation Sindoor , senior military officials asserted that India’s response to cross-border terrorism has fundamentally altered the security landscape, with Lieutenant-Gen...
Questioning religious practices will break religion and civilisation: Supreme Court in Dawoodi Bohras case
The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 7, 2026) said a deluge of petitions complaining about religious practices and religion would follow if the courts start interfering in matters of faith. “If everybod...
What is Karnataka’s new gig worker grievance system? | Explained
The story so far: On May 1, 2026 — International Workers’ Day — the Karnataka government announced the operationalisation of a specialised grievance redressal mechanism for platform-based gig workers ...
Rise in cybercrime but overall crime rate dropped in 2024, says latest NCRB report
The overall crime rate in India declined in 2024 compared with 2023 but there was an increase of over 17% in cybercrime cases, according to the Crime in India 2024 report released by the National Crim...
Dutch frigate arrives in Kochi as part of efforts to strengthen maritime cooperation
The Royal Netherlands Navy ship HNLMS De Ruyter (F804), a De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate, arrived at Kochi on May 4 as part of an Indo-Pacific deployment, marking a significant step in strengthenin...
School fitness: district-level plans to be prepared in Kerala
District-level plans will be prepared to expedite inspections and issue no-objection certificates (NOCs) to schools on the fitness of their buildings before schools reopen in Kerala next month. Direct...
NCRB report: Crime against elders spikes, Bengaluru has second highest crimes against women
Karnataka recorded a decline in overall crime in 2024 after a spike the previous year, but the latest “Crime in India – 2024” report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has flagged a sharp ris...
Tension in Diggi Tanda after student drowns in water pond
Tension gripped Konchur Diggi Tanda near Laadalapur village in Chittapur taluk of Kalaburagi district after Ritesh, a class 5 student, drowned while swimming in a water pond near the railway track on ...
NCRB: Bengaluru has country’s highest suicide rate
Bengaluru has recorded the country’s highest suicide rate among major metros According to the National Crime Records Bureau’s Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India (ADSI) reports, Bengaluru recorded...
VIT Chennai, The Hindu Education Plus to organise webinar on visual media careers
VIT Chennai, in collaboration with The Hindu Education Plus, will organise a webinar on ‘Visual media careers: Where to start and how to succeed’ as part of its career counselling series. The visual i...
GEMS Hospital earns Royal College of Surgeons of England accreditation
The Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital in Srikakulam has received recognition from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, said the hospital’s chief patron B. Bhaskara Rao on Thursday. The ac...