Villagers stumbled upon "ancient gold" during the renovation of a temple in Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, and it was seized by authorities and deposited with the government treasury despite the locals protesting against it, officials said
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8th Apr 2026 | Updated at 05:11am 8th 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,...
Punjab DIG (prisons) Capt Lakhminder Singh Jakhar submitted his resignation last week, saying he was doing so because he wanted to stand with the farmers...
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab met India’s Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar during his first visit to New Delhi from 14-17 December. The Foreign Secretary’s visit focuses on partnership in a range of sectors such as trade, defence,...
The govt of India said that domestic airlines will now be allowed to operate up to 80 per cent of their pre-coronavirus capacity
Going by expert opinion, India will not have to wait for a vaccine against Covid-19 for long and the first shots could be available in a matter of weeks,...
Home Minister Amit Shah met with representatives of farmers on Tuesday evening in Delhi after nationwide protests against newly enacted laws liberalising...
Non-resident Indians (NRIs), who at present must cast their vote in person in India, may soon get to vote remotely from their country of residence - perhaps...
A primary school teacher from Maharashtra Ranjitsinh Disale, 32, from Paritewadi village in Maharashtra's Solapur district, emerged the winner among 10...
Continuing with its efforts to carve a new national political front against the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, a delegation of the Shiromani Akali Dal...
BJP Lok Sabha member from Delhi and noted Punjabi singer Hansraj Hans faced the ire of farmers in Moga on Monday
