The U.N. envoy to Afghanistan on Wednesday delivered a bleak assessment of the situation following the Taliban takeover, saying that an affiliate of the Islamic State group has grown and now appears present in nearly all 34 provinces. | Read more|
Paytm's shares plunged as much as 26 per cent in a weak stock market debut on Thursday, a week after the country's biggest-ever initial public offering. The stock opened for trading at ₹ 1,950 on the NSE, marking a decline of 9.3 per cent or ₹ 200 from its issue price of ₹ 2,150. Paytm shares extended losses afte | Read more|
Some of the suspects who attacked senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid's house in this district of Uttarakhand were identified on Wednesday, following which raids were intensified to apprehend them, a senior police officer said. Eight shells and a live cartridge of 32 bore gun, which is used primarily to scare away a | Read more|
The government must pursue farmers against stubble burning, the Supreme Court said today as it stressed that it does not want to punish them while Delhi and neighbouring cities see an escalating air quality crisis. | Read more|
India will continue to take firm and decisive action against cross-border terrorism emanating from Pakistan, New Delhi’s representation said here on Tuesday, asserting that the onus is on Islamabad to create a conducive atmosphere for any meaningful dialogue which can be held only in an atmosphere free of terror, hos | Read more|
Australia will spend A$100 million ($73 million) to develop quantum technology, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday, as Canberra identifies nine areas of technology it believes critical for national interests. | Read more|
Paris: In a counter-terrorism meeting in Paris, India and France on Tuesday shared their assessment of the evolution of the terrorist threat on their respective territories and in their regional environment. They also underlined the need to ensure that Afghan territory does not become a source of radicalization and ter | Read more|
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that importance and priority to duty should be the new mantra for legislators, lawmakers and the public servants for the next 25 years. Emphasising on the quality and decency of debates in the houses, Modi further said the spirit of the debates should be “Indianness”. | Read more|
IndiGo, one of Asia's biggest budget carriers, is mulling charging passengers for checked-in luggage as the airline prepares for a potentially fierce price war in India's cutthroat air travel market, which is showing signs of recovery following the worst of Covid. | Read more|
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Saumitra Khan on Wednesday sought the arrest of Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislator Udayan Guha for making derogatory remarks on Border Security Force (BSF). | Read more|
Special judge HS Satbhai, who was hearing the applications of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for remand of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering case and other cases pertaining to MPs and MLAs, has been transferred to Yavatmal district by the Bombay High Court with immediate effect. | Read more|
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday arrested Lalit Goyal, vice chairman and managing director of the Ireo Group, in connection with a money laundering case. Goyal was arrested after four days of questioning. | Read more|
The 341-km Purvanchal Expressway at Karwal Kheri in Sultanpur district, set to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, is one of the biggest completed infrastructure projects by the Yogi Adityanath government. | Read more|
The two women journalists arrested over their posts on communal incidents in Tripura were "instigating the people against the government", alleged Tripura's Information Minister Susanta Chowdhury. | Read more|
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik on Tuesday shared a screenshot of a purported Whatsapp chat between the witness in drugs on cruise case KP Gosavi and an informer that contains the name of Kashiff Khan, on his official Twitter handle and questioned the connection between Khan and Narcotics Control Bu | Read more|
Myanmar's junta has charged ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi with electoral fraud during 2020 polls that her party won in a landslide, state media reported on Tuesday. | Read more|
US President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping traded strong warnings on the future of Taiwan at a virtual summit meant to establish "guardrails" against conflict between their rival superpowers. | Read more|
On stubble burning, the refrain from Punjab’s farm fields can be summed up in one word: “Majboori (helplessness)”. Here, fields go from yellow to a scorched black in a few minutes — a quick burning that takes its toll on the air overhead and further away, in the national capital where the contentious practice i | Read more|
Cricketer Hardik Pandya on Tuesday refuted reports that claimed two wrist watches worth ₹ 5 crore were seized from him at the Mumbai airport on his return from Dubai, saying that only one watch worth ₹ 1.5 crore had been taken for "proper valuation". | Read more|
The Amravati police on Monday arrested former Maharashtra minister and BJP leader Dr Anil Bonde along with a few other party members in connection with the violence over the weekend. The police are also on the lookout for another BJP leader Praveen Pote, who has been missing from Amravati. | Read more|
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to call an emergency meeting on Tuesday to take measures like stopping non-essential construction transport, power plants and implementing work from home. | Read more|
The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday agreed to the Supreme Court’s suggestion for appointing a retired judge to monitor the state SIT probe into the Lakhimpur Kheri incident that took eight lives, including those of four farmers, who were allegedly mowed down by an SUV of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishr | Read more|
In a major push for a hands-on approach to governance, the Modi government is planning to rope in young professionals, seek suggestions from retiring officials and make the best use of technology for project monitoring, besides various other steps to be overseen by eight different groups comprising of members from the | Read more|
The United States has not made a determination on a potential waiver of sanctions against India for its purchase of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia, a state department spokesperson said, noting that the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) does not have a blanket or country-speci | Read more|
Two women journalists, who had written about the recent communal incidents in Tripura and were detained by Assam police, were on Monday arrested by Tripura police, their employer said. Samriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha, journalists with HW News Network, were named in an FIR at Fatikroy Police Station in Tripura on Sunda | Read more|
Former Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh -- arrested in a corruption case earlier this month -- was sent to judicial custody for 14 days today. The special court, however, turned down his request for home-cooked meals. "You eat jail food first. If not, then I will consider," the judge said. | Read more|
A 35-year-old man was found dead in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district, police said on Monday. The body of Bhaskar Bera was found on the side of a road in Bhagabanpur area of the district on Sunday morning, they said. | Read more|
Delhi Police have filed a charge sheet against Sukesh Chandrashekhar and Leena Paul for allegedly cheating the family of ex Fortis Healthcare and Ranbaxy Lab promoters Shivinder and Malvinder Singh of over ₹ 200 crore. | Read more|
The government has brought an ordinance to extend the tenure of the CBI and Enforcement Directorate chiefs to up to five years. The chiefs of the central agencies currently have a two-year tenure. | Read more|
Ahead of the 2022 assembly polls, Punjab Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 11 am in Delhi on Sunday, informed the party sources. | Read more|
The United States has warned China over its pressure on Taiwan, the State Department said Saturday as the two powers gird for a hotly awaited summit. | Read more|
The US military covered up 2019 airstrikes in Syria that killed up to 64 women and children, a possible war crime, during the battle against Islamic State, the New York Times reported on Saturday. | Read more|
The Congress was hugely upset today, with its leaders pointing out that no senior minister was present at the traditional function in parliament to mark the birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru. Even Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu had skipped the function, the party said. | Read more|
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today met Mayawati and offered condolences to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president on the death of her mother. The Congress General Secretary met the BSP leader at her residence at 3 Tyagaraj Marg this morning. | Read more|
Two women journalists in Tripura have been named in an FIR (first information report) after a complaint by a supporter of the right-wing group Vishva Hindu Parishad. The journalists - Sammriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha - alleged that the cops came to their hotel early this morning and "intimidated" them; they said they | Read more|