New Delhi, Sep 23: A severe internal division has emerged within the Election Commission of India (ECI) regarding the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, with two of the three election commissioners formally objecting to decisions implemented without their knowledge. Over th

Washington, Sep 17: The US House of Representatives has passed a sweeping Russia sanctions bill that gives President Donald Trump the authority to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on countries that continue purchasing Russian oil and gas, including India and China. The Lindsey O. Graham Sanct

New Delhi, Aug 30: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has imposed a temporary ban on the sale of asafoetida (hing) manufactured by Everest Food Products and Laljee Godhoo after laboratory tests revealed the products to be of substandard quality. The food safety regulato

Dungarpur: Amid the Cockroach Janta Party's school 'inspections' to highlight poor infrastructure, the roof of a dilapidated classroom at a school in Rajasthan's Dungarpur suddenly collapsed on Tuesday giving a narrow escape to the staff and students. The incident took place

Kadaba, Aug 19: The trial run of a Vande Bharat train on the Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road railway section was inspected and the progress of various infrastructure and passenger amenity works were reviewed on Tuesday. The Sakleshpur-Subrahmanya Road section, which passes through the Western Gh

New Delhi, Aug 17: A new account calling itself the ‘Dimagi Naxal Janta Party’ (DNJP) has emerged on social media amid the political controversy surrounding prime minister Narendra Modi’s recent ‘dimagi naxal’ remark. The account, @DNJP_India, has garnered over 57,

Mumbai, Aug 6: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Wednesday clarified that there is no immediate proposal to impose charges on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) users, while also announcing that the central bank is targeting the introduction of polymer currency notes by FY28

New Delhi, July 31: Indian Railways has launched its online excess luggage booking facility, enabling passengers with confirmed reserved tickets to book excess personal luggage while reserving their train tickets through the IRCTC portal. The new digital service is designed to make rail trav

New Delhi, July 29: Amid noisy scenes and an Opposition walkout, the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Prevention of Insults to National Honour (Amendment) Bill, 2026, paving the way for penal action against those who obstruct the singing of the national song Vande Mataram. The legislation

New Delhi, Jul 27: The Centre on Monday introduced the Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Amendment Bill, 2026 in the Lok Sabha, proposing stricter measures to curb question paper leaks and expedite investigations, amid continuing political uproar over the NEET paper leak controve

New Delhi: Union minister Pralhad Joshi has been given additional charge of the Ministry of Education, following the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan amid protest over exam paper leaks. The President's office, after accepting Pradhan's resignation, confirmed Joshi's appointment in a

New Delhi, July 25: The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) on Saturday withdrew its protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar after holding talks with the Union government, stating that its demands had been accepted. The announcement came hours after Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigned

New Delhi, Jul 25: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid continuing nationwide student protests over the NEET paper leak issue. Pradhan announced his decision in a post on X just hours before the third round of talks be

Mumbai, Jul 23: A Mumbai police officer has been suspended after a video went viral showing him threatening students who were protesting for the resignation of union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET exam irregularities. The officer allegedly threatened to frame the students i

New Delhi, July 11: In a major relief for lacs of poor and middle-class families spending thousands of rupees every month on medicines, the Centre has capped the retail prices of 39 essential drug formulations used to treat chronic illnesses, including diabetes, hypertension and heart disease.

  Mumbai: The Bombay High Court strongly criticised Mumbai Police for banning a political activist from entering the city because he organised and participated in peaceful protests against the government. Setting aside the one-year ban - also known as externment order - Justice Madhav J J

Bengaluru, Jul 2: The state government has brought good news to transport workers by finally implementing a salary hike. The basic pay of employees across the four state transport corporations — KSRTC, BMTC, NWKRTC, and KKRTC — has been increased by 12.5%, and the revised salary wil

A preliminary 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan on Saturday evening, according to initial seismic reports. The quake occurred at 7:04 pm IST at a depth of 215 kilometres, with tremors felt across parts of Pakistan and northwest India. There were no immediate report