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

Election Commission of India (ECI) officials today said Indian passports continue to be among the 12 valid supporting documents that voters can use to establish eligibility for inclusion on the electoral rolls under the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR). Officials were responding to a quer

New Delhi, June 20: Railway passengers across the country could soon face steeper fines, court proceedings and even imprisonment for violating rules, with the Centre set to introduce a stricter penalty regime under the Jan Vishwas Act, 2026. The move is aimed at making railway travel safer,

At the National Testing Agency (NTA)’s request, the Union government is blocking the messaging app Telegram in India for a week until Monday (June 22, 2026), following what the NTA described as a “response to the organised use of the platform by cheating rackets to defraud candidates app

New Delhi, June 12: In a significant intervention aimed at preventing localised fuel shortages amid global supply disruptions, the government has imposed fresh restrictions on diesel sales, capping supply at 200 litres per vehicle per day and barring industrial, commercial and institutional con

New Delhi, Jun 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday became India's longest-serving elected Prime Minister, completing 4,399 consecutive days in office and surpassing the record held by the country's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. The milestone is expected to be form

New Delhi, Jun 7: Domestic cooking gas prices across the country have been increased by Rs 29 per cylinder starting today. This marks the second price revision in three months as state-owned oil marketing companies grapple with surging global energy costs amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia.

New Delhi, May 28: Siddaramaiah has resigned as the chief minister of Karnataka. The Congress leader visited the Lok Bhavan in Bengaluru to submit his resignation The Karnataka government held a meeting on Thursday morning. Following his meeting, it was confirmed that Siddaramaiah tendered his resig