New Delhi, July 23 — India reaffirmed its commitment to an open, transparent and WTO‑consistent multilateral trade regime at the country’s Eighth Trade Policy Review (TPR), which concluded on Thursday at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. In his closing statement to the WTO Membership,…
Jaipur, July 23 — A 29‑year‑old woman died nearly 34 hours after undergoing a Caesarean delivery at the Government Zanana Hospital in Sikar, prompting her family to allege medical negligence and stage a protest outside the mortuary of Shri Kalyan Government Hospital. The deceased, Deepa Nayak, had…
Kolkata, July 23 — In an operation against trans‑border maritime crime, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has intercepted and apprehended a fishing boat along with its four Indian crew for their alleged involvement in the illegal trans‑border trafficking of arms and ammunition near the Indo‑Bangladesh…
Jaipur, July 23 — Rajasthan has emerged as the leading state in the country in the construction of high‑speed corridors and greenfield expressways, with 1,192 kilometres of expressways completed so far, according to information shared by the Central Government in the Rajya Sabha. Union Minister…
New Delhi, July 23 — The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an Enforcement Officer of Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) District Office in Patiala for taking Rs 2.5 lakh bribe from a person facing an inquiry, an official said on Thursday. The CBI registered the case…
New Delhi, July 23 — The country's largest airline IndiGo has proposed measures such as setting up a crisis management group, not to overcharge passengers and temporarily hand over slots to airport authorities in case of large-scale flight disruptions as part of commitments to address the alleged…
Dehradun, July 23 — In a major crackdown on examination malpractice, Dehradun Police have arrested an assistant professor of Shivalik College of Engineering in Jhajhra for allegedly leaking the question paper of Uttarakhand Technical University (UTU) semester examination. The accused, identified…
New Delhi, July 23 — The Delhi Police on Thursday asked Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal to refrain from spreading unverified information and rumours about an "impending crackdown" on Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protesters at Jantar Mantar here past-midnight. In a message on its…
New Delhi/Ahmedabad, July 23 — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a chargesheet against the prime accused in a Gujarat-based online terror radicalisation case, alleging that he conspired to promote violent jihad, planned targeted killings and worked towards the secession of Jammu and…
New Delhi, July 23 — Eskandar Momeni, Minister of Interior of Iran, arrived in New Delhi on Thursday evening to participate in the BRICS Ministerial Meeting on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) that will be held in New Delhi on Friday. "H.E. Dr. Eskandar Momeni, Minister of Interior of the Islamic…
New Delhi, July 23 — Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta provided the long-pending Rs 1 crore assistance each to the families of frontline workers who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty during the Covid-19 pandemic, an official said on Thursday. The contribution of frontline workers who…
Kolkata, July 23 — The maiden flight‑test of ‘Kusha’ Long‑Range Surface‑to‑Air Missile (LR‑SAM) was successfully conducted by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on Thursday. According to the DRDO, the test was conducted…
New Delhi, July 23 — The Opposition’s protests against the alleged NEET exam paper leak escalated in the capital on Thursday as Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and MPs from the INDIA bloc staged a symbolic demonstration at Gandhi Smriti on Tees January…
New Delhi, July 23 — Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister, Murli Manohar Joshi, on Thursday took to social media to express concern over the ongoing protests against NEET exam-paper leak, urging that it not be "treated merely as a…
Indore, July 23 — The Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Indore Sub-Zonal Office has arrested three persons in connection with a major drug trafficking and money laundering racket involving 70 kg of Mephedrone (MDMA), valued at nearly Rs 70 crore, probe agency officials said on Thursday. The arrested…
New Delhi, July 23 — The Centre on Thursday approved the appointment of Bihar cadre IAS officer Prashanth Kumar as the Private Secretary to the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav. The order issued by the Centre's Department of Personnel said that the…
New Delhi, July 23 — The Union Home Ministry ordered the suspension of mobile internet services for eight hours starting 4 p.m. on Thursday around Jantar Mantar – the venue of students’ protest against exam irregularities – to maintain public order, an official said. The Ministry issued the order…
Gandhinagar, July 23 — Gujarat's Health Department has intensified its preparedness to prevent outbreaks of water-borne and seasonal diseases in South Gujarat as heavy rainfall continues and a red alert remains in force for Navsari, Valsad, Surat and adjoining districts. At a high-level review…
Bengaluru, July 23 — Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State President B.Y. Vijayendra on Thursday alleged that anti‑social elements had exploited the ongoing protests over the NEET controversy to create unrest in the national capital, claiming there was a conspiracy to unleash goons and…
New Delhi, July 23 — The government’s Gati Shakti Multi‑Modal Cargo Terminal (GCT) policy has mobilised private investment of approximately Rs 10,000 crore. So far, 142 GCTs have been commissioned with a rail freight handling capacity of 224 million tonnes per annum, Railway Minister Ashwini…
Hyderabad, July 23 — Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president N. Ramchander Rao on Thursday alleged that the Congress Party, anti‑India forces and ultra‑Left groups are sponsoring protests to create Nepal‑like chaos and anarchy in India. He stated that such efforts will never succeed and…