The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday dismissed Pakistan's diplomatic protest over US Ambassador Sergio Gor's remarks describing Jammu and Kashmir as an "important part of India", asserting that the Union Territories are an integral part of the country.
The Centre has denied political clearance to Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for his proposed visit to the United States, with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) saying the programmes planned there were not considered appropriate for the office he holds and the stated purpose of the trip.
‘Mangrol’, the third of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWCs) indigenously designed and constructed by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), Kochi, was delivered to the Indian Navy on 21 August 2026 at CSL, marking another significant milestone in India’s journey towards self-reliance in defence manufacturing and advancing the Government’s vision of ‘Aatma Nirbhar Bharat’.
New Delhi/IBNS: A month after a student protester suffered serious injuries during a march towards Parliament, the alleged use of pellet guns in Delhi has returned to the centre of a political confrontation between the Opposition and the police.
The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Friday signed a $230 million loan agreement to modernise and expand Chennai’s water supply and sanitation infrastructure.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with the CEOs and founders of 20 space startups at Seva Teerth earlier on Friday, highlighting the rapid growth of India’s private space sector and the opportunities emerging in the industry.
New Delhi/IBNS: Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday camped at the Parliament Street Police Station after police allegedly refused to register a First Information Report (FIR) over the crackdown on Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protesters during the July 20 Parliament march.
Jaipur/IBNS: Members of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), who are touring and inspecting government schools across the country, were chased away by a group of men in Jaipur on Friday, media reports said.
Washington DC/IBNS: Six months into the Iran war, US President Donald Trump has issued a fresh threat against Tehran, warning of heavy economic sanctions and further escalating tensions in the Middle East, media reports said.
The Supreme Court has held that an alleged casteist slur uttered inside a closed room, where no member of the public was present or able to hear it, cannot by itself constitute an offence committed “within public view” under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989.
A 21-year-old man, identified as Lingamaneni Sanjush, son of Rajya Sabha MP and businessman Lingamaneni Ramesh, has been booked after his Aston Martin allegedly struck and killed a 26-year-old woman in Hyderabad's Madhapur area, media reports said.
The Jharkhand High Court has stayed the state government's decision to cancel the 11th and 13th Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) examinations and the appointments made through them, providing relief to newly appointed officers who challenged the move.
A 19-year-old student from Maharashtra, who was preparing for the highly competitive National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), allegedly died by suicide at his home in Khandala village in Vaijapur taluka of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district.
A 25-year-old woman whose confrontation with security personnel during a road closure in Ladakh went viral has apologised to the Indian Army, Jammu and Kashmir Police and Ladakh Police.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday constituted a five-member High-Powered Expert Committee (HPEC) to examine allegations of excessive and disproportionate force used by police, paramilitary forces and other security personnel against protesters during demonstrations over the NEET paper leak.
Kolkata/IBNS: Supporters of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the Students' Federation of India (SFI) clashed in the Jadavpur area, escalating tensions that gripped Jadavpur University on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. #WATCH | Kolkata | ABVP members protest against SFI following a clash with them at Jadavpur University pic.twitter.com/GHoXQxUPxR — ANI (@ANI) August 20, 2026
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, who was convicted in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, died at a Delhi hospital on Thursday. He was 80.
Thrissur/IBNS: In an instance of cross-border romance, Scottish Member of Parliament Martin Day on Tuesday tied the knot with an Indian woman at the Guruvayur Temple in Kerala's Thrissur, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kangana Ranaut has hit back at yoga guru Ramdev after he criticised her controversial 'Gen Z' remark and questioned her "past deeds".
New Delhi/IBNS: In a tit-for-tat move, a section of structures outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi was demolished by authorities, who cited encroachment beyond the jurisdiction of the diplomatic mission, media reports said.
Srinagar/IBNS: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has reacted to the controversy surrounding a woman who invoked her 'Gen Z' identity while confronting a security officer over a temporary road restriction at a checkpoint in Kargil.
Kolkata/IBNS: Tension gripped Jadavpur University in Kolkata after the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and Left student unions clashed inside the campus over a general body meeting on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, media reports said.
A 23-year-old man allegedly attacked and killed his stepfather after he attempted to assault his mother while drunk in Bengaluru's Shivapura area, police said.
The alleged pressure over a Rs 20-lakh investment portfolio has emerged as a key financial angle in the CBI chargesheet into the death of Twisha Sharma, with investigators alleging that her husband, Samarth Singh, wanted her to transfer the money so it could be invested in the Chinese stock market, media reports said.
A three-decade-old corruption case involving an alleged Rs 20 bribe has finally come to an end, with the Supreme Court acquitting two Gujarat government employees and setting aside their convictions, media reports said.
Three people were killed and three others injured after a CNG cylinder of a truck exploded at a fuel station in Delhi on Wednesday afternoon, triggering panic in the area.
An Indian caregiver working for an elderly couple in Jerusalem was killed in a violent attack at their residence on July 23, 2026, prompting calls from the Indian community for justice, compensation for his family and stronger safeguards for foreign workers in Israel.
Pakistani cleric Naseer Madni has claimed that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed sent 10,000 terrorists to Kashmir, bringing renewed attention to the Pakistan-based outfit’s alleged involvement in terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Minister Agnimitra Paul has blamed the previous Trinamool Congress (TMC) government and power supplier CESC over the deadly fire that broke out at a hotel in Kolkata's New Market area.
