New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday condoled the loss of lives in a road accident in Madhya Pradesh and announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh for the kin of those killed and Rs 50,000 for those injured. Eight people died after their...
New Delhi: More than 180 scientists and ecologists in India have signed an appeal to fellow researchers and field practitioners to prepare for an upcoming "super" El Nino event, which is likely to have devastating impacts on the country's natural systems. El Nino is marked...
Mumbai: Actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, welcomed their second child 19 September 2026. The duo has become parents to a baby girl for the second time. They took to their official Instagram handles and shared a joint post featuring a tiny footprint, along with...
New Delhi: The RSS-affiliated ABVP won three of the four central panel posts in the high-profile Delhi University Students' Union election, while independent candidate Deepanshu Shokeen, who was denied an NSUI ticket, won the vice-president's post. Congress' National Students Union of India (NSUI) drew a...
Moscow: Chief of Army Staff General Dhiraj Seth has concluded his three-day official visit to Russia, during which he interacted with senior military leadership of the country and visited key military institutions, Indian military officials said Saturday. The visit, which concluded Friday, provided fresh impetus...
New Delhi: The new US law empowering President Donald Trump to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on Indian goods is a major concern as it is creating uncertainty over the otherwise healthy trade relations between the two countries, and such duties, if...
Nagoya: The 20th Asian Games officially got underway here Saturday with a colourful, high-tech opening ceremony at the Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium after days of organisational chaos. Japan's Emperor Naruhito declared the Games open in the presence of Empress Masako, members of the Japanese imperial...
Kolkata: High drama continued ahead of the upcoming bypoll of the Rejinagar Assembly constituency in West Bengal's minority-dominated Murshidabad district, with Rabiul Alam Chowdhury, the candidate of the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress, withdrawing his earlier decision to pull out of the contest....
Mumbai: A second-year student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay died by suicide after he was found using a mobile phone during an examination, triggering protests by students on the institute's Powai campus. The incident took place Friday evening and marks the third...
Washington: Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are among the business leaders due to attend a White House state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, as Washington prepares for talks with Beijing on artificial intelligence, trade and export controls. The guest list...
After remaining deafeningly silent on a media report casting serious doubts about the fairness and functioning of the Election Commission...
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By Aakar Patel Corruption and bribery are two words that are interchangeable. Or are they? Bribery, in the way that...
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By Dilip Cherian The next big change in India’s babudom may not come through another cadre reform or a new...
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The alleged suicide by a second-year B. Tech student of the prestigious IIT Bombay, one of India’s most premier institutes,...
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