Mumbai, July 19 — In a heart-wrenching incident, a man in Maharashtra’s Nashik district brutally assaulted his wife and seven-year-old son on Monday, before attempting to kill himself. The motive behind the deadly attack is unclear, though repeated altercations and squabbles over marital life are…
New Delhi, July 20 — The Ministry of Civil Aviation informed Parliament on Monday that the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is “transparently” conducting its investigation into the Air India Boeing crash at Ahmedabad airport on June 12 last year, and “all probable causes leading to the…
Bhopal, July 20 — Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Monday directed the School Education Department to use this year’s Guru Purnima celebrations to promote the Indian knowledge system and the guru-shishya tradition in schools in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.…
Patna, July 20 — The political atmosphere in Bihar has intensified ahead of the Bankipur Assembly by-election, with Bhojpuri actor and singer Khesari Lal Yadav’s public endorsement of the Jan Suraaj candidate, Prashant Kishor, triggering sharp reactions within the opposition camp. I.P. Gupta, MLA…
New Delhi, July 19 — In one of the biggest narcotics destruction drives, the Delhi Police on Monday destroyed 1452 kg of drugs, with its international market value standing at Rs 897 crore. The destruction of drugs, the tenth such event, was carried out jointly by Delhi Police and the Crime Branch…
New Delhi, July 20 — The Indian Army’s Fact Check unit on Monday debunked a fake and fabricated claim circulating on Pakistan-based social media propaganda handles alleging that the military has been deployed against student protesters in New Delhi. In a post on its official Fact Check handle, the…
Bengaluru, July 20 — Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Yuva Morcha President and Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya on Monday said the Karnataka High Court has stayed proceedings in an FIR registered against social media commentator Kiran Aradhya, alleging that the case was politically motivated and an…
Mumbai, July 20 — Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday directed officials to propose a new DELTA (Maharashtra Digitisation and Exchange of Land Token Assets) Act to unlock the latent value of immovable properties for public benefit. He said the proposed legislation should harness the…
Amaravati, July 20 — Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president Y. S. Sharmila on Monday demanded that the partners in the ruling coalition in the state raise the voice of farmers in Parliament. In an open letter to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, she said the MPs of Telugu Desam Party…
Ahmedabad, July 20 — A metropolitan court in Ahmedabad on Monday remanded the three accused in the firecracker factory blast case to seven days' police custody, allowing investigators to question them until July 27 as they continue probing one of the city's deadliest industrial accidents in recent…
Gangtok, July 20 — All 16 workers trapped inside the under-construction Samardung tunnel in South Sikkim were safely rescued on Monday following a massive multi-agency operation, officials said. A landslide reportedly triggered a suspected gas leak inside the tunnel. The workers were trapped at…
Shahdol, July 20 — A motorcycle rider was killed after being hit by a trailer truck in Madhya Pradesh’s Shahdol district on Monday, with the impact trapping his body between the middle wheels of the heavy vehicle, police said. The accident occurred under the jurisdiction of the Dhanpuri police…
Chandigarh, July 20 — Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Monday said the state government is implementing several effective schemes to make ‘gaushalas’ self-reliant and financially empowered. As part of these initiatives, 820 e-rickshaws will be provided to ‘gaushalas’ across the state to…
Indore, July 20 — A tractor march by Karni Sena Parivar and farmers demanding four times the compensation for land acquired for the Indore Western Ring Road project was stopped by the police and administration at Shipra Square on Monday, leading to a tense confrontation and allegations of the use…
Bhopal, July 20 — Tension flared in the state capital on Monday as OBC Mahasabha activists clashed with police while demanding the implementation of 27 per cent reservation and the immediate release of 13 per cent withheld posts. Police deployed water cannons to disperse the protesters who…
Kohima, July 20 — The death toll in the flash floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall in Nagaland's Mon district has risen to 10, even as search and rescue operations continued for the second day on Monday, officials said. Disaster management and security officials said that five…
Jammu, July 20 — Seven persons were killed after a fresh landslide triggered by heavy rainfall in J&K’s Poonch district on Monday. Officials said the landslide hit the Loran-Dumilan area of Poonch today. “The landslide was triggered by incessant rain, killing seven people. Seven bodies have…
Bharuch, July 20 — Gujarat authorities on Monday destroyed narcotics worth Rs 2,153 crore seized in 867 cases across the state, as Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi said sustained action by the police had disrupted international drug smuggling networks and that efforts would continue to…
Panaji, July 20 — The ED conducted searches at multiple premises across several states in connection with a Rs 2.60 crore "digital arrest" cyber-fraud and seized Rs 1.5 crore, foreign currency valued at Rs 2 crore, jewellery valued at Rs 1.5 crore and costly cars, said an official. During the…
Hyderabad, July 20 — Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy backed the students protesting in Delhi and demanded an immediate end to ‘police brutality’ and accountability in the NEET and other paper leaks scandal. The Chief Minister posted on social media that students from across India who…
Jaipur, July 20 — Rajasthan Education Minister Madan Dilawar has announced that applications for recognition of new private schools in the state will be invited from July 31. He said the recognition process will be made more transparent, time-bound, and streamlined, with strict adherence to…