Mumbai, Oct 22: In a ground-breaking move set to transform India’s digital financial ecosystem, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched the offline Digi Rupee system, enabling money transfers even without an internet connection. The initiative, announced at the FinTech Fest 2025 held

New Delhi, October 19, 2025 : As you are all aware, the most critical and sensitive issue the Muslims of India are facing presently is the protection of their auqaf and its properties such as mosques, madrasas, khanqahs, graveyards, dargahs,imambaras, and other waqf properties. T

New Delhi, Oct 14: In an effort to promote hygiene and cleanliness along national highways, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has launched a special incentive scheme that rewards commuters for reporting unclean toilets at toll plazas. Under the initiative, users can earn Rs 1,000,

New Delhi, Oct 8: In a major passenger-friendly move, Indian Railways will soon allow travellers to change the date of travel on confirmed tickets online without paying any fee, union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced on Tuesday. The new system, set to roll out from January 2026, is aimed

New Delhi, Sept 22: In a move aimed at benefiting passengers, Indian Railways has announced a reduction in the price of its packaged drinking water brand Rail Neer, following a recent cut in GST rates. The revised prices see a 1-litre Rail Neer bottle now selling at Rs 14 (down from Rs 15) a

New Delhi, Sep 15: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025 in its entirety but suspended some of its contentious provisions. A bench led by Chief Justice Bhushan R Gavai, with Justice A G Masih, put on hold the powers granted to district collectors to decide whe

Manipur, Sep 13: Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first visit to violence-hit Manipur since ethnic clashes broke out in May 2023, inaugurating and laying the foundation stones for projects worth over Rs 7,300 crore in Churachandpur and additional projects in Imphal, part of a larger develo

New Delhi, Aug 27: In a landmark step towards sustainable infrastructure, Indian Railways has rolled out India’s first solar-powered railway tracks at Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW) in Varanasi. A 70-metre stretch has been fitted with 28 high-strength photovoltaic panels capable of produc

New Delhi, Aug 21: The ministry of road transport and highways on Thursday, confirmed that two-wheelers are exempt from paying toll fees on all national highways and expressways across the country. The clarification follows rumours on social media suggesting that the National Highways Author

The “vote theft” revelations making headlines across India have now found their foothold in Goa too, where opposition leaders claim the state’s electoral rolls are being manipulated on a worrying scale. What began as a local probe has added heft to the national debate on elector

New Delhi: India and Oman are poised to sign a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) covering goods, services, investments, and labour mobility with a formal announcement expected this month. The India-Oman CEPA is more than a tariff deal as it will open up a strategic economic brid

New Delhi, Aug 10: India Post has officially discontinued its registered post service for letters, bringing the curtain down on a communication era that spanned nearly half a century. However, the service will be merged with Speed Post, as per clarification by the union government.  Introduc

Bengaluru, Aug 9: In a stunning revelation, the chief of the Indian Air Force, Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh, announced on Saturday that six Pakistani fighter jets were shot down mid-air, and a high-value surveillance aircraft was destroyed during the IAF’s precision strikes under Op

New Delhi, Aug 4: Shibu Soren, the veteran leader of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and former chief minister of Jharkhand, passed away on the morning of August 4, in Delhi. He was 81 years old. Soren had been receiving treatment at Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital for over a month. Hi

New Delhi, Aug 2: Starting August 1, 2025, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has rolled out a set of new UPI (Unified Payments Interface) regulations aimed at improving user experience and reducing fraud across digital payment platforms like Google Pay, PhonePe, and Paytm. Th

Seventeen years after the blast, a special NIA court in Mumbai has acquitted all the seven accused, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt. Col. Prasad Purohit, in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. Special Judge A.K. Lahoti delivered the verdict. The NIA court, in its judgment, said th

The Supreme Court today(July 28) took suo motu cognisance of a news item titled "City hounded by strays and kids pay price" published in today's Delhi edition of Times of India. It has registered a writ petition taking cognisance of how infants, children and the aged are falling prey t

New Delhi, Jul 22: With nearly 7 crore children's Aadhaar cards pending biometric updates, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is planning to facilitate biometric updates within schools. Bhuvanesh Kumar, CEO of UIDAI, stated that a project is being formulated in this reg