New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS): India has ranked 111th out of the 125 countries on the 2023 Global Hunger Index (GHI), slipping four places since last year. However, the government has rejected the report calling it "flawed" and "erroneous". "With a score of 28.7 in the 20

Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on pleas challenging the premature release of convicts in Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. The Supreme Court directed the Centre, Gujarat government to submit by October 16 original records related to remission of sentence of convicts in Bilkis Bano case. A

Bengaluru, Oct 12 (IANS): The BJP high command is planning to organise a massive convention in Karnataka to bring together the leaders of the party and JD(S) on a single platform. The convention will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi or Union Home Minister Amit Shah, according to sour

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting raids at around 12 premises of the banned organization Popular Front of India (PFI) in Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. The searches began at 5.00 am on Wednesday morning. In Uttar Pradesh, NIA raids are underwa

  Bengaluru, Oct 10: Barring green firecrackers, no other fireworks will be permitted during Deepavali as per the Supreme Court’s orders. This has been clarified by the chief minister’s office (CMO) following reports in a section of the media that sale of firecrackers during t

NEW DELHI: The stage is set for assembly elections in five states with the Election Commission announcing the dates for the electoral battle. Voting will happen between November 7 and November 30 while the counting of votes will be held on December 3. While Chhattisgarh will vote in two phases, the

Air India has cancelled its flights to and from Tel Aviv till October 14, and around 14 airline staff have returned from the Israeli city. Israel came under attack by Hamas terrorists on Saturday and since then, both sides have been engaged in fighting in which scores of people have died. An A

New Delhi, Oct 5 (IANS): The Supreme Court has said that it is not permissible for the High Court to review its own order granting bail unless there are valid grounds available for cancellation of bail. A bench comprising Justices Abhay S. Oka and Pankaj Mithal on Wednesday set aside an orde

Modi government has given a big gift to crores of beneficiaries under the Ujjwala scheme. The government has increased the subsidy on gas cylinder to Rs 300 instead of Rs 200. This means that people coming under Ujjwala scheme will now get a gas cylinder worth only Rs 600. The government has reduced

The Delhi Police has sealed the office of news portal NewsClick in connection with its probe into a case filed under the anti-terror law UAPA following allegations that it received money for pro-China propaganda. The Delhi Police's Special Cell searched 30 locations connected with the news po

New Delhi: 3 October 2023 (Agencies) As several parts of North India experienced strong tremors, people took to social media to share videos of objects shaking inside their homes. Delhi and its surrounding areas experienced strong tremors after a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. Videos captured

Nanded: In a shocking development, at least 24 persons, including 12 infants, have died in the past 24 hours at a government hospital Nanded, Maharashtra, triggering strong reactions from the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), here on Monday. According to officials, among the dead are at least 12 i

Bengaluru, Oct 02 (IANS): Gandhi is the only Mahatma and ‘Father of the Nation’, said Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday and added that the Mahatma reached every nook and corner of the world with just the mantra of non-violence. “He reached out to people through the simp

RBI had announced the withdrawal of ₹2000 banknotes from circulation on May 19. It had asked the masses to exchange their notes by September 30, 2023. The extension of the deadline appears to be aimed at providing more time to the masses to deposit the notes without last-minute hassles. The ap

New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS): President Droupadi Murmu has given her assent to the Women's Reservation Bill, a week after it was passed by both Houses of Parliament, thus making it a law. The bill was passed in Parliament on September 21. The new law provides 33 percent reservation for women i

The women's reservation bill is a  'jumla' (empty promise) as the BJP thinks people vote for it and then forget the party's promises after some time, said Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on September 28. The bill, which earmarks 33 per cent seats in Lok Sabha and state

  The largest workers’ union in the banking sector, the All India Bank Employees’ Association, has called for a series of strikes across the nation between 4 December and 20 January 2024 demanding staff recruitment. “There is a deliberate attempt on the part of the Gover

New Delhi: Stating that if the allegations are true, it should shock the state's conscience, the Supreme Court today ordered that a senior IPS officer be appointed to monitor the investigation in the case where a seven-year-old was slapped repeatedly by his classmates on the instruction of their