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20th May 2026 | Updated at 06:05am 20th May 2026
CM Sharma visits UK to usher investments into ‘Rising Rajasthan’
The Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Deputy CM Diya Kumari with delegates visited London last week, to host an investor meet. The afternoon was organised by FICCI and High Commission of India at Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, and was attended...
Punjab govt to move SC against governor
Chandigarh: The two-day Punjab assembly session was cut short by a day after chief minister Bhagwant Mann informed the House that since governor Banwarilal Purohit had not given assent to the three money Bills, his government would resume the...
Gaganyaan test flight's crew module successfully recovered by Navy
Hours after the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) scientists successfully conducted the Gaganyaan failure test, the Navy’s Eastern Naval Command recovered the Crew Module (CM) from the Bay of Bengal. Isro chief S Somanath said the crew...
KCR unveils poll promises to counter Congress' guarantees
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) unveiled its own set of promises ahead of the November 30 assembly polls to counter Congress’s “six guarantees”, setting the stage for a competitive electoral race as the party led by CM K Chandrasekhar...
TMC stands for 'terror, mafia, corruption': Nadda
Kolkata: Launching a frontal attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led regime in Bengal, BJP national president J P Nadda said that the time has come to bid farewell to the jungle raj of the TMC, which stands for ’Terror, Mafia, Corruption’.
Encroachment row: Didi gives Amartya Sen land deed
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday handed over land record documents of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s residence in Santiniketan to the celebrated economist, dismissing the claims of the current Visva-Bharati dispensation that he was illegally...
West Midlands delegation visits Ahmedabad to boost ties
A 37-member West Midlands delegation, led by Mayor Richard Parker and officials including Manoj Ladwa and Neil Rami, visited Ahmedabad to strengthen economic, cultural, and educational ties, coinciding with the inaugural Commonwealth Connect...
Somnath Swabhiman Parv honours India’s spiritual resilience
The Somnath Swabhiman Parv, held at the first Jyotirlinga in Gujarat, marks one thousand years since the first attack on the Somnath Temple in 1026. This national event, instead of focusing on destruction, celebrates India’s resilience, faith,...
Amid ongoing global uncertainty, including tensions in the Middle East and rising energy prices that have prompted PM Narendra Modi to recently highlight austerity measures such as working from home, reducing gold purchases, conserving fuel,...
As vote counting across five states and a Union Territory concluded, the 2026 Assembly elections are reshaping India’s political landscape in significant...
Sun Pharma, India’s largest pharmaceutical company, has announced its biggest overseas acquisition by buying US-listed Organon & Co for $11.8 billion (around Rs 98,000 crore) in an all-cash deal.The acquisition will expand Sun Pharma’s global...
With the scorching summer heat gripping large parts of India, the election season has been at the stage of conclusion which adds further intensity to an...
The government failed to pass a bill aimed at increasing women’s representation in parliament, after being accused of using it as a cover to advance electoral redrawing.It is the first defeat in 12 years for a constitutional amendment proposed...
As the deadline for a fragile US-Iran ceasefire approaches, diplomatic uncertainty is growing over efforts to restart stalled nuclear talks.US Vice President JD Vance’s planned visit to Pakistan, aimed at advancing negotiations, has been put...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump held their first phone conversation since the US-Iran ceasefire deal, discussing developments in the Middle East and strengthening bilateral cooperation.The call lasted around 40 minutes,...
A February tip-off about suspicious activity inside a Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) BPO campus in Nashik, Maharashtra, led police to run a covert operation in which women constables posed as housekeeping staff.The operation has now uncovered...
Menaka Guruswamy, a senior Supreme Court advocate, has become India’s first openly queer Rajya Sabha MP, nominated by the Trinamool Congress (TMC).At 51, she joins five women among TMC’s 13 upper house MPs and has pledged to champion equality,...
