Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Police have booked the wife of an Army officer for allegedly "collecting and sharing" sensitive information with foreign intelligence operatives, including individuals linked to China, official sources said Sunday. According to the sources, she was pursuing certain research-related activities, which are...
New Delhi: State-run oil marketing companies have barred ethanol made from sugarcane juice, sugar syrup and B-heavy molasses from their latest procurement tender for the 2026-27 supply year for blending in petrol, as the government seeks to protect domestic sugar supplies while sustaining its nationwide...
Islamabad: Pakistan has extended its airspace ban on Indian-registered aircraft and planes owned, operated or leased by Indian airlines for another month, until November 24, according to the country's airports authority. The restriction, initially imposed April 23, 2025, has been extended periodically since then amid...
Kolkata: Kolkata Police have arrested seven people, including organisers of Chorbagan Durga Puja, for the pandal stampede that killed at least 19 people, a senior officer said Sunday. Police have also registered a suo motu case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. At least...
New Delhi: With the Election Commission deciding to provide "readable" electoral rolls to parties, the Congress Sunday said it was the result of the whole nation being on the streets against the "vote chors" and pushed for its demands that the Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh...
Gwalior: Families of those killed in a tragic road accident near the Shitla Mata Temple in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district gathered outside the post-mortem house Sunday and expressed outrage over what they alleged was the administration's failure to ensure proper traffic management during the heavy...
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the waiver from sanctions on Russia and tariffs on other countries, including India, was a 60-day pause to analyse the global impact of the measure. Rubio was responding to questions Saturday evening at Joint Base Andrews...
Kolkata: The police have detained 12 people, including organisers, volunteers and others, for questioning in connection with the stampede at the Chorebagan Sarbojanin Durga Puja Pandal in Kolkata, which claimed 19 lives. A forensic team arrived at the site of the stampede -- Muktarambabu Street...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the stampede in Kolkata is extremely distressing and announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured. At least 10 people are feared...
New Delhi: Drug pricing regulator NPPA Saturday capped trade margins on 137 non-scheduled anti-cancer formulations at 30 per cent, according to an official statement. The move, effective November 9, is expected to slash retail prices of these critical life-saving medicines by up to 70 per...
More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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By Dilip Cherian The litany of extensions continues. The latest is Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, whose tenure the Modi...
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