Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at the Kedarnath temple Friday and unveiled a magnificent 12-feet statue of Adi Guru Shankaracharya weighing 35 tonnes, work on which had begun in 2019. This is Modi’s fifth visit to the temple as Prime Minister. | Read more|
A former senior Trump administration Justice Department official will testify on Friday before the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, a congressional aide familiar with the probe said. | Read more|
BJP Rajya Sabha member Ram Chander Jangra faced slogans and black flags by a group of farmers in Haryana's Hisar district today as he arrived in Narnaund city to inaugurate a dharmshala (inn). The windshield of his car was also smashed in a fight between the police and the farmers. | Read more|
Facebook's conduct revealed in leaked documents is "pretty concerning," said former Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt, who called for companies in the tech industry to show more restraint. | Read more|
Days after the death of an 11-year-old girl, her 55-year-old father Abdul Sathar, and a 30-year-old Imam Mohammad Uwaiz have been arrested by the police in Kerala's Kannur. According to the police, Mr Uwaiz convinced the family not to seek medical help on religious grounds when their daughter fell sick. | Read more|
The air quality in Delhi is set to deteriorate and reach the “upper end” of the ‘very poor’ category on Thursday, going by a morning bulletin issued by the Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi. | Read more|
The Indian Air Force has approved the rank of Group Captain for Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman who had downed an enemy jet during an aerial combat with Pakistan in February 2019 and was held captive for three days, official sources said on Wednesday. | Read more|
A 36-year-old woman was allegedly strangled to death in South Delhi’s C R Park by her driver. | Read more|
argeting previous governments in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday that earlier public money used to be spent on land for 'kabristan' but under his BJP government, funds are being used for upgrade of temples. | Read more|
Rohit Sharma’s press conference after India’s win against Afghanistan felt like an audition for the bigger responsibility that lies ahead. | Read more|
China is expanding its nuclear arsenal much more quickly than anticipated, narrowing the gap with the United States, the Pentagon said in a report published Wednesday. | Read more|
After the Centre reduced excise duty on fuel on Wednesday, several BJP-ruled states announced a further reduction of Rs 7 per litre on Value Added Tax (VAT) on both petrol and diesel. | Read more|
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC) in 2016 signifies India's army's resolve and capabilities and that he himself monitored the operation till the last soldier returned safely after conducting the surgical strike. India had conducted the surgical strike on Septe | Read more|
Gurugram administration on Tuesday withdrew permission to offer namaz at eight out of 37 designated sites. | Read more|
India reached out to Pakistan last month for sending food grains to Afghanistan via the land route. | Read more|
A four-year-old Australian girl abducted from a campsite 18 days ago was discovered "alive and well" during a raid on a locked house Wednesday, telling her shocked and elated rescuers: "My name is Cleo." | Read more|
More provinces in China are fighting Covid-19 than at any time since the deadly pathogen first emerged in Wuhan in 2019. | Read more|
The Tripura Police Wednesday morning registered five criminal cases against 71 people for allegedly posting “provocative” and “fake posts” on social media. | Read more|
Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud has termed the delay in communicating bail orders to prison authorities as a "very serious deficiency" and stressed the need to address it on "war footing" as it touches the "human liberty" of every under-trial prisoner. | Read more|
Three months after the Indian women’s hockey team showcased their best-ever Olympics outing, the man credited with the transformation, Dutch coach Sjoerd Marijne, is still waiting for the last instalment of his salary and cash incentives. | Read more|
A 14-year-old girl from India, speaking at the COP26 in Glasgow, told the world that her generation is "angry and frustrated at world leaders who've made empty promises" and made a direct call to action to save the planet. | Read more|
Assets worth over ₹ 1,000 crore - allegedly linked to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and his family members - have been seized by the Income Tax Department. | Read more|
Observing that the vice-chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is not vested with the power to appoint chairpersons of centres, the Delhi High Court has restrained the nine chairpersons appointed by Prof M Jagadesh Kumar from taking any major decisions, including those relating to the convening of selection co | Read more|
In her first public address since she leaked a trove of damaging documents about Facebook's inner workings, whistleblower Frances Haugen urged her former boss, Mark Zuckerberg, to step down and allow change rather than devoting resources to a rebrand. | Read more|
The opposition parties in Punjab dubbed Charanjit Singh Channi-led government’s decision to reduce power tariff as “a poll stunt” and a “fraud on people”. | Read more|
The American nuclear submarine damaged last month in the South China Sea hit an uncharted seamount, USNI News reported, an explanation that would ease concerns that it had collided with a foreign vessel in the contested waterway. | Read more|
Former chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had to face the ire of teerth purohits in Kedarnath on Monday as he arrived at the Himalayan temple to offer prayers. | Read more|
Maharashtra's former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate after more than 12 hours of questioning at their office in Mumbai in connection with a money laundering case. | Read more|
The winning streak of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee looks set to continue through the by-polls, where her Trinamool Congress is on track to wrest two seats won by the BJP in the April-May state polls. The party is ahead in all four seats where by-elections were held. | Read more|
Punjab's Advocate-General APS Deol on Monday handed over his resignation to the Chief Minister, barely a month after his appointment. | Read more|
Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said he would expose the “underworld links” of NCP minister Nawab Malik after Diwali with documentary evidences. | Read more|
India are struggling from 'bubble fatigue' amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the players are feeling the effects of being on the road for six months, fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah said after their second loss at the T20 World Cup. | Read more|
Giving an ultimatum to the Centre, Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday asked for a resolution against the three controversial farm laws by November 26, failing which farmers from across the nation will gather at Delhi protest sites in tractors. | Read more|
Tens of thousands of travellers are expected to arrive in Thailand today as the country reopens to tourists after 18 months of Covid restrictions. | Read more|
Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said he will not be contesting the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls early next year. | Read more|