At least 14 people were killed and 16 others injured in an explosion at Kazwali Chak, in Bihar’s Bhagalpur town. DIG (Bhagalpur) Sujit Kumar said a large amount of explosives stored in a house for the manufacture of illegal firecrackers caused...
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2nd Apr 2026 | Updated at 08:19am 2nd Apr 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,...
The Supreme Court has quashed the appointment of Sardar Patel University vice-chancellor Shirish Kulkarni after he was found to have inadequate teaching experience to hold the crucial post.
Two Naxal-hit constituencies of Uttar Pradesh which had been given two hours less polling time, recorded a jump in voting percentage as 54 seats of nine districts recorded over 57.5% turnout in the seventh and last phase on Monday. Chakia (SC)...
Exit polls on Monday predict that BJP is set to again form the government in UP, while AAP is storming into office in Punjab. They also gave BJP the edge...
New Delhi: Expressing concern over the “steadily worsening humanitarian situation” in Ukraine, India called for respect and protection of human rights...
Gamit Ramilaben Raysingbhai, the tribal social worker from Gujarat’s Tapi district, has been recently recognised by the Modi led Indian government for...
Strengthening its efforts to evacuate around 12,000 Indian citizens - largely medical students - who are stuck in war-hit Ukraine, the government has decided to rope in the Indian Air Force (IAF) along with commercial flights for its “Operation...
Ramping up diplomatic efforts to evacuate Indian nationals stuck in cities and border points of Ukraine, the government decided to send four Union Ministers...
A turnout of just over 55% in Round 5 of the UP elections on Sunday maintained the trend of declining voter presence compared to 2017, when the same 61 assembly seats straddling 12 districts of Purvanchal and parts of Bundelkhand had clocked...
A metropolitan magistrate court in Mumbai has found former tennis player Leander Paes guilty of domestic violence in a case filed by model-actor Rhea Pillai against her former partner. In the case Reha alleged that he committed various acts...
