India's external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, 66, has decided not to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha polls due to health reasons
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16th Jun 2026 | Updated at 09:37pm 16th Jun 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,...
Two masked men brandishing a pistol forced their way into a weekly congregation of the Nirankari sect and lobbed a grenade into the prayer hall, killing...
With the death toll rising to 40 and more than 80,000 people stranded at relief camps facing a paucity of food and drinking water and other amenities,...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 13th East Asia Summit in Singapore, last week, where leaders of the group discussed global and regional issues,...
The internecine battle within the CBI reached the doorsteps of the Prime Minister’s Office when agency DIG Manish Kumar Sinha, moving a petition in the...
In a gesture signaling India's solidarity with the newly formed government in Maldives, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the swearing-in of President Ibrahim Solih, on Saturday
Uganda business tycoon Dr Sudhir Ruparelia has refuted claims of criminal activity against him and his family
Police have stepped up security and began an inquiry after sheets of paper carrying messages like “We want Subhendu Adhikari’s head,” found in West Midnapore’s Lalkali area.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has deferred its proposed "rath yatra" in West Bengal next month again owing to poll campaigns in other states, a party official said.
At least 13 people have lost their lives and over 81,000 others were affected after Cyclone Gaja hit TN coast early last week. Six Tamil Nadu districts...
