New Delhi, July 28 — India has emerged as the world's second-largest supplier of seafarers, contributing as many as 311,936 maritime professionals to the global shipping industry, according to the BIMCO-ICS Seafarer Workforce Report 2026. The report estimates that India now accounts for 12.16 per…
New Delhi, July 28 — NCP-SP MP Supriya Sule urged the Centre to form a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), including members from the Opposition, in order to frame an anti-paper leak Bill and also appealed for an enquiry over alleged police brutality on youth agitators across the country during…
Guwahati, July 28 — Assam Police seized 31,800 bottles of suspected contraband cough syrup valued at around Rs 3.18 crore in two separate anti-narcotics operations in Sribhumi district, leading to the arrest of two alleged drug traffickers, officials said on Tuesday. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa…
New Delhi, July 28 — The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday reiterated that fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi will be extradited from the United Kingdom (UK) to India once all the legal proceedings are concluded."As far as Nirav Modi is concerned, as we have informed you earlier,…
New Delhi, July 28 — India's Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) have clocked their highest ever consolidated net profit of Rs 10,177 crore during FY 2025-26, reflecting a marked improvement in their performance in recent years, the Centre told the Parliament on Tuesday. The RRBs have also shown…
New Delhi, July 28 — The Lok Sabha on Tuesday began deliberations on the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, amid renewed concerns over examination paper leaks and their impact on students and young aspirants. The proposed legislation is part of the government’s…
Kolkata, July 28 — The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday extended the stay on the demolition of the party office of Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee at Amtala in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district till August 6.The order was given by the single-judge bench of Justice Suvar…
Datia, July 28 — As campaigning for Madhya Pradesh's Datia Assembly bypoll ended on Tuesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claimed the Congress had already conceded defeat and would blame electronic voting machines (EVMs) after the poll results, while asserting that the party would return to…
New Delhi, July 28 — India on Tuesday slammed the attempts being made by Pakistan to invoke the Indus Valley Civilisation, making it clear that a country promoting cross-border terrorism and religious fundamentalism cannot make any claim to any pluralistic cultural legacy. Addressing a bi-weekly…
New Delhi, July 28 — The history of Pakistan's fractures within is marked with crises, where there is a recurring pattern in which a central power dominated by political and military elites extracts resources and authority from peripheral regions while treating local populace as "second‑class…
Chandigarh, July 28 — Haryana Chief Minister, Nayab Singh Saini, on Tuesday accused the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of compromising with the future of the youth.He also said that the government of India has treated the issue of paper leaks with utmost seriousness.“Prime Minister Narendra…
New Delhi, July 28 — The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an Assistant Engineer (AE) of the Public Works Department (PWD), Delhi, along with a representative of a private construction firm and one of the firm's employees, in connection with a bribery racket involving the execution…
New Delhi, July 28 — India registered a record gross FDI inflow of $94.84 billion in FY 2025-26 as compared to $80.61 billion in FY 2024-25, the Parliament was informed on Tuesday.The decline in net FDI in recent years recovered to $6.95 billion in FY 2025–26 from $0.96 billion in FY 2024–25. The…
New Delhi, July 28 — Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tejasvi Surya on Tuesday used a 'Gen Z' term to attack the Opposition over the exam paper leak, saying that it there is no greater "delulu" than to think that the youth is with the opposition parties, while participating in a debate on the Public…
Imphal, July 28 — Security forces have arrested six hardcore militants belonging to different banned insurgent outfits, recovered a large cache of arms, ammunition and explosives, and apprehended a drug peddler during separate operations conducted across different districts of Manipur in the past…
New Delhi, July 28 — Emphasising that cooperation requires goodwill, India on Tuesday reiterated its support for strong regional cooperation, while asserting that everyone in South Asia knows which country and its activities have hindered the functioning of SAARC. The remarks came after Maldivian…
Bengaluru, July 28 — Preparations are underway at the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru ahead of a high-level bilateral meeting between the Karnataka and Tamil Nadu governments on the long-standing Cauvery water dispute, scheduled to be held at 2 p.m. on August 3, top sources confirmed on Tuesday.…
New Delhi, July 28 — A delegation of Congress MPs on Tuesday submitted a memorandum to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), seeking its intervention into the alleged police excesses against sanitation workers belonging to the Scheduled Caste community during a protest in Barnala in…
New Delhi, July 28 — The Delhi Police's Crime Branch has arrested two more key operatives linked to transnational arms trafficking and a terror network with suspected links to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), officials said on Tuesday. The arrests were made as part of an ongoing…
New Delhi, July 28 — Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's description of a member of the government's education reform panel as a "Gaumutra expert" during her speech on The Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026, in Lok Sabha has triggered a political debate. Critics…
New Delhi, July 28 — The financial health of public sector banks has shown significant improvement with healthy balance sheets, historically high profits and multi-decadal low levels of gross non-performing assets (GNPAs), the Parliament was informed on Tuesday.Gross Non-Performing Assets (GNPA) of…