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  Pakistan floods: Shehbaz Sharif thanks PM Modi for concern over human and material losses

  India | Dec 15, 2022, 04:02 PM

  Pakistan flood: On Wednesday, Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for his concern over the human and material losses caused by the devastating floods. The leader also said that the country will overcome the adverse effects of the natural calamity.

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  Coal smuggling scam: ED summons Bengal Law Minister to Delhi

  India | Aug 31, 2022, 09:58 PM

  Coal smuggling scam: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has now summoned West Bengal Law Minister, Malay Ghatak in connection with the coal smuggling scam in the state, to its New Delhi office on September 14.

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  AAP MLAs hold dharna outside CBI office, demand probe into BJP's alleged 'Operation Lotus'

  India | Dec 15, 2022, 04:05 PM

  AAP MLAs protest against "Operation Lotus": The AAP had earlier said it would meet Jaiswal to demand a probe into the alleged attempts to unseat non-BJP governments in various states by the saffron party by poaching legislators under 'Operation Lotus'.

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  US Fed rate hike: Rupee to remain under pressure, may test new levels

  Business | Aug 31, 2022, 06:03 PM

  US fed rate hike: The aggressive rate hikes will dampen demand and increase the possibility of a recession in the US. This could accelerate the pace of capital outflows, weaken the rupee and raise the threat of imported inflation.

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  Ganesh puja can be performed at Hubballi Idgah, rules Karnataka HC, dismissing Muslim side's plea

  India | Aug 31, 2022, 12:01 AM

  Ganesh Puja row: While dismissing the plea, the court said that it is clear from the earlier judgments that the property is owned by the government and "the petitioner has taken the property on lease to be used only on two occasions. The government has the right over the said property," said the HC.

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  Himachal Pradesh: 278 killed in rain-related incidents in 2 months

  India | Aug 30, 2022, 10:33 PM

  Himachal Pradesh rain-related deaths: According to State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) Director Sudesh Mokhta, 994 houses were damaged and 587 animals killed in the same period as the state incurred losses to the tune of about Rs 2,000 crores due to rain-related incidents.

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  AAP to launch stir against BJP in Bengal; mulls contesting rural polls, LS elections

  India | Aug 30, 2022, 10:10 PM

  AAP presence in Bengal: The AAP and the BJP have locked horns for the last few days, with the Arvind Kejriwal-led party accusing the saffron camp of trying to topple the elected government in Delhi.

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  UK PM race: Rishi Sunak camp accuses Liz Truss of avoiding scrutiny

  World | Aug 30, 2022, 09:45 PM

  UK PM Race: Foreign Secretary Truss, who is the current frontrunner according to pre-poll surveys and bookie’s odds, was due to face tough questions from veteran BBC political journalist Nick Robinson in a one-on-one interview – already done by Sunak earlier this month.

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  Congress claims G-23 never existed, it's a creation of media

  India | Aug 30, 2022, 08:46 PM

  Congress Presidential polls: During his interaction with media along with party's senior leader Digvijaya Singh and AICC general secretary Tariq Anwar and attended by Kerala leaders, including Shashi Tharoor, Ramesh said, "There is no G-23."

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  BJP 'using' Anna Hazare as CBI found nothing against Sisodia: Kejriwal

  India | Aug 30, 2022, 07:47 PM

  Delhi excise policy: Arvind Kejriwal claimed the CBI has given an "informal clean chit" to the Delhi deputy chief minister but may arrest him within a week or 10 days under political pressure. Kejriwal also claimed "people don't believe the BJP".

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  PM Modi to unveil new ensign of Indian Navy during commissioning of INS Vikrant

  India | Aug 30, 2022, 07:07 PM

  PM to unveil new Navy ensign: The Prime Minister will commission INS Vikrant at Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kochi and during the event, he will also "unveil the new Naval Ensign (Nishaan), doing away with the colonial past," the PMO said in a statement.

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  J&K encounter: Three LeT militants killed in Shopian

  India | Aug 30, 2022, 07:20 PM

  Jammu and Kashmir encounter: Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Nagbal area of Shopian, following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said.

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  Delhi tops human trafficking cases among all UTs: NCRB 2021 data

  India | Aug 30, 2022, 05:29 PM

  Delhi human trafficking: Delhi human trafficking: According to the NCRB data, most of the trafficked people were for forced labour, while a few were for sexual exploitation, domestic servitude and petty crimes.

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  Noida twin tower demolition: Noise peaked at 101.2 decibels in close vicinity: Data

  India | Aug 28, 2022, 11:04 PM

  Noida twin tower demolition: The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) had installed six machines to measure the ambient noise and the figures of the three places closest to the twin towers were taken for this measurement, officials said.

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  India aims to be self-reliant in energy sector in 25 years: PM Modi

  India | Aug 28, 2022, 09:24 PM

  PM Modi in Gujarat: With a major part of energy consumption being in the transport sector, the prime minister said innovation in this sector should be a priority.

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  Noida twin towers: It took 12 seconds to raze Noida twin towers, says Jet Demolitions

  India | Aug 28, 2022, 08:37 PM

  Noida twin towers: A series of controlled explosions reduced the illegally built twin towers to a massive pile of rubble. Apex (32 storeys) and Ceyane (29 storeys) were gone in seconds, in the carefully choreographed and meticulously executed plan — the biggest such exercise in the country so far.

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  Assam CM Himanta reminds Kejriwal of Delhi's London makeover promise

  India | Aug 28, 2022, 07:07 PM

  Himanta takes on Kejriwal: Himanta Sarma, taking a swipe at Kejriwal, also pointed out that Delhi CM has "expressed his desire to visit Assam" only now, not when the state going through crises such as floods.

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  Noida twin towers demolition: Hundreds cheer, clap as 'structures of corruption' come crashing down

  India | Aug 28, 2022, 05:12 PM

  Noida twin tower demolition: Ahead of the demolition, authorities had created an 'exclusion zone' in a radius of up to 500 metres around the twin towers where no human or animal was allowed except for the team of Indian and foreign blasters engaged in the demolition.

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  Noida Twin tower demolition: Exact moment when the tower crumbled to the ground | Watch

  India | Aug 28, 2022, 04:36 PM

  Noida twin-tower demolition: The nearly 100-metre-high structures – taller than Delhi's iconic Qutub Minar (73 metres) – were brought to the ground in seconds literally like a house of cards by the 'waterfall implosion' technique, in a breathtaking spectacle of modern-day engineering.

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  Noida twin towers demolished: No damage to societies around Ground Zero

  India | Aug 29, 2022, 09:45 AM

  Noida twin towers demolition: Over 3,700 kg explosives has been used to bring down the structures in pursuance of a Supreme Court order that found their construction within the Emerald Court society premises in violation of norms.