Category: INDIA

• NEW DELHI
• MAHARASHTRA
• GUJARAT
• PUNJAB
• UTTAR PRADESH
• Jammu and Kashmir
• WEST BENGAL
• KARNATAKA
• HARYANA
• RAJASTHAN
• MADHYA PRADESH
• HIMACHAL PRADESH
• TAMIL NADU
• ODISHA
• JHARKHAND
• ANDHRA PRADESH
• BIHAR
• KERALA
• UTTARAKHAND
• ANDAMAN
• Chhattisgarh
• Sikkim
• Goa
• Puducherry
• Telangana

Bypolls for six Assembly constituencies in West Bengal are scheduled for Wednesday with the polling to be conducted under blanket security coverage of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) deployment and 100 per cent webcasting.

A man named Mohammad Faizan Khan, who gave out death threats to Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, was arrested from  Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.  

The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 12 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu near Paruthurai on charges of crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL). 

Seven students were reported to be in the car, out of which six, including three boys and three girls, died on the spot while one student sustained serious injuries and was rushed to the hospital for treatment. All the deceased and injured are said to be students of a private college.

The Congress’ Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will arrive here this afternoon to address two rallies for the November 20 Maharashtra Assembly elections, while his sister Priyanka Gandhi and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge shall tour the state this week, party leaders said on Tuesday.

The Centre on Tuesday said it has released 15th Finance Commission grants for FY25 for rural local bodies in Kerala worth Rs 266.8 crore, along with Rs 27 crore for rural local bodies in Meghalaya (for FY22), for addressing location-specific needs.

Twenty civilian vehicles stuck due to heavy snowfall in Razdan Pass of Jammu & Kashmir’s Bandipora district were rescued on Tuesday in a night-long operation by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO).

BJP top guns including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini among others will on Tuesday criss-cross Maharashtra to hold rallies for party nominees and MahaYuti candidates for the Assembly elections slated for November 20. 

According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Delhi's AQI at 7:30 A.M. on Tuesday was 355, while surrounding NCR cities also recorded high AQI levels: Haryana's Faridabad was at 205, Gurugram at 234, while Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad was at 269, Greater Noida at 286, and Noida at 235.

With less than a week to go for campaigning to end in poll-bound Maharashtra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address three public meetings on Tuesday and campaign for MahaYuti candidates in the state.

The Union Minister Rijiju on Monday shared a post on X: नमो बुद्धाय! I'm completely at Peace, after going to sacred Trirashmi Buddha Smarak of Shantidoot Foundation at Nashik in Maharashtra."

Denis Manturov, the First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday ahead of the 25th Session of the Intergovernmental Russian-Indian Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technical and Cultural Cooperation that will be held in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday evening congratulated Navin Ramgoolam, leader of the Labour Party and former Prime Minister of Mauritius, on his victory in the country' legislative elections held on Sunday.

Underscoring the need for focused reforms on criminal case management,  newly sworn in Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sanjiv Khanna on Monday said that he aims to work on reducing trial duration. 

Civic volunteer Sanjay Roy, who is so far the ‘sole prime accused’ in the ghastly rape and murder of a lady junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, on Monday, claimed that the former Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal was the main conspirator in framing him in the case.

Congress General Secretary and Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll candidate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said on Monday that her election campaign has turned out to be the "most happiest" she has had in the past 35 years.

Amid the ongoing campaign, BJP Rajya Sabha member and former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan revealed reasons behind quitting the Congress party. 

The Bombay High Court on Monday granted bail, on medical grounds, to Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal in a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate.

The Donald Trump presidency in the US could have a significant impact on the oil market, with potential growth largely dictated by price, according to a report on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed Jharkhand BJP booth workers in an interactive session under the 'Mera Booth, Sabse Mazboot' initiative. He said that while the state is rich in resources and potential, it has suffered due to corruption, mafia influence, and poor governance under the current regime.

Although the Mahayuti comprising BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP as well as the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) consisting of Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP(SP) have succeeded in calming down most of the rebels, they now face another challenge, i.e. to weather friendly fights for the victory of official nominees.

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday blasted the Islamic cleric Tauqeer Raza over his inflammatory and provocative remarks and called for a decisive shift to bring the ‘anarchy’ surrounding the Waqf bill, within the bounds of constitutional framework.

India leads Artificial Intelligence (AI) adoption with 30 per cent of companies in the country having maximised AI’s value potential -- surpassing the global average of 26 per cent, according to a report.

According to the Indian Bullion Jewelers Association (IBJA), the prices of 24-carat gold have slipped to Rs 77,030 per 10 grams. The rate of 22-carat gold is Rs 75,180 per 10 grams and the price of 20-carat gold is Rs 68,550 per 10 grams.

Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Derek O’Brien wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday, seeking the latter’s intervention on issues pertaining to upcoming by-elections for 6 assembly constituencies in West Bengal.