Around 22 coaches of Sabarmati Express en route from Varanasi to Ahmedabad derailed near Govindpuri station in Kanpur last week after the engine hit an “object placed on the track”, triggering suspicions of sabotage and an intensive investigation....
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24th Mar 2026 | Updated at 09:30am 24th Mar 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 Election Commission announced assembly polls in Jammu & Kashmir, ending a 10 year-wait for political parties since the last state elections and honouring Supreme Court’s Sept 30 deadline. This will be the first assembly poll in J&K since...
As the world continues to grow increasingly hostile and unsafe for women, a recent tragedy in India has once again highlighted this grim reality.
The Indian Navy's frontline frigate, INS Tabar, made a grand entry into London Harbour on August 7, 2024, for a four-day visit, further strengthening the...
In 1890, Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan, a lecturer in naval history and the president of the United States Naval War College, published ‘The Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783’. Mahan argued that British control of the seas, combined...
The British High Commissioner to India, Lindy Cameron, met Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and held talks to bridge the gap between the two countries. Cameron was on her first visit to Gujarat after assuming office. She was welcomed to...
India needs to give more business to domestic private companies in defence procurement currently dominated by state-owned companies and imports, according to the chief financial officer of one of the country’s largest engineering and construction...
Amid signs of a thaw in India-Maldives ties for past few months, President Mohamed Muizzu met visiting Indian foreign minister S Jaishankar and, as they presided over ceremony for inauguration of water and sanitation projects spread over 28...
The tense Indo-Bangla Petrapole border in North 24-Parganas, where both Bangladeshi and Indian citizens have gathered due to the current turmoil in the neighbouring country, was scene of an unusual event recently.
While India has so far, unlike the US, not welcomed the formation of an interim govt in Bangladesh, New Delhi showed the first clear sign of reaching out to the new regime in Dhaka as it said the interests of the people of the country are foremost...
