Over 8,000 cases of human trafficking were reported in India in 2016, with 23,000 victims, including 182 foreigners rescued in the year, as per data from the National Crime Records Bureau
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18th Mar 2026 | Updated at 10:03am 18th 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,...
Kick-starting campaign for E Madhusudhanan, AIADMK co-ordinator and deputy chief minister O Panneerselvam and party's co-ordinator and chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami accompanied the candidate in a vehicle through the streets of the constituency.
The Delhi High Court has reserved its order on an interim plea by VK Sasikala-TTV Dhinakaran group of AIADMK for using the 'hat' symbol in the upcoming...
The Mayor of London's 6-day journey from India to Pakistan has been a momentous one that will undoubtedly go down in history. On his 4th day of his 6-day...
On the fourth day of the Mayor of London's six day mission in India and Pakistan, Sadiq Khan visited the pious city of Amritsar, India.
From being called prince to Pappu, “darling” of the Congress, Rahul Gandhi is all set to take the reins of the party this month.
After Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Lakshadweep fell victim to Ockhi, the cyclonic storm is expected along the Gujarat coast around midnight of Tuesday-Wednesday.
Vijay Mallya never “intended to repay” loans from a government-owned Indian bank, lawyers representing the Indian government told a London court on Monday.
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader Bimal Gurung has claimed in the Supreme Court that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is trying to break his party...
A delegation from the Trinamool Congress reportedly met the Election Commission officials demanding holding of simultaneous by-elections in one Lok Sabha and two assembly constituencies in West Bengal in “greater public interest”
