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.
Chennai/IBNS: Tamil Nadu’s College Education Department has directed officials to take “appropriate coordinated action” to prevent students and youth from participating in protests and agitations organised by Left parties and the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), according to media reports.
Pune/IBNS: The Maharashtra Police have registered a case against eight members of a right-wing outfit for allegedly heckling and assaulting four tourists, including a woman, at Sinhagad Fort near Pune, media reports said.
A 40-year-old Indian-origin man has been arrested in Canada for allegedly sexually assaulting a female youth at a park in Surrey, British Columbia, police said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Days after resigning from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shehzad Poonawalla has sparked a debate over whether taxpayers are receiving adequate public facilities in return for their contributions.
Panaji/IBNS: The Goa government has approached the Supreme Court seeking life imprisonment for former Tehelka magazine editor Tarun Tejpal, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in a 2013 rape case, Live Law reported.
At least nine Bangladeshi nationals, including two women and a child, were killed after a massive fire broke out at a hotel in Kolkata's New Market area early Wednesday.
After assuming power on August 8, 2024, the interim administration led by Dr Muhammad Yunus concentrated its energies on ostracising, demolishing and wiping out the legacy of the ousted Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League government.
Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's memoir will be published this autumn, offering a deeply personal account of her journey from a small town in Italy to becoming one of the central figures in contemporary Indian politics.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay's plan to shift his office from Fort St George to Namakkal Kavingar Maaligai in Chennai has triggered a political controversy, with the opposition alleging irregularities in the tender process for the proposed move.
Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju over his claim that no student suffered serious injuries during the student protests in Delhi last month.
The Madras High Court has clarified that there is no restriction on singing Tamil Nadu's state song, Tamil Thai Vazhthu, first at government functions in the state, observing that a recent Union Home Ministry notification does not prescribe that the song be relegated to a later position.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Congress has taken a jibe at US President Donald Trump after he praised India's voter identification system and expressed his support for adopting a similar model in the United States.
Chennai/IBNS: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and actor Trisha Krishnan saluting each other during the state's 80th Independence Day celebrations has triggered a political controversy, with the principal Opposition DMK criticising the episode as a compromise of the dignity of the Chief Minister's office, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking to replace hanging with a less painful and more dignified method of executing the death penalty, while leaving open the possibility of revisiting the issue if compelling scientific or medical evidence emerges.
New Delhi/IBNS: In a major organisational rejig, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday removed its IT Cell head Amit Malviya, at a time when the party is facing a new mode of online political communication after the NEET paper-leak protests.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced a major organisational reshuffle, appointing former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sandeep Pathak as its national secretary, barely three months after he switched allegiance to the saffron party.
A chilling WhatsApp message, desperate calls to her parents and CCTV footage from her Bhopal home form the centrepiece of the CBI's reconstruction of the final hours of 34-year-old Twisha Sharma.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed Vadodara MP Hemang Joshi as the new national president of its youth wing, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, replacing Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya.
The Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government has cancelled all examinations and recruitment processes conducted by Lucknow-based TSR Data Processing Private Limited (TDPL) following weeks of protests by students.
Toronto/IBNS: India today believes that very little is beyond its reach, but the country's growing confidence must be matched by a continued commitment to opportunity, inclusion and compassion, India’s Consul General in Toronto Mahaveer Singhvi said at an Independence Day reception here on August 15.
The Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) to lease two MQ-9B Sea Guardian High-Altitude Long-Endurance (HALE) Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) for the Indian Navy for a period of 30 months.
The Indian Army contingent departed on Monday for Thailand to participate in the 15th edition of the India-Thailand Joint Military Exercise MAITREE-XV (2026).
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced a major organisational reshuffle, replacing its long-serving IT cell chief Amit Malviya with Chhattisgarh leader Deepak Mhaskey.
Indian security agencies have carried out a major multi-state crackdown against the ISI-backed Shahzad Bhatti Network (SBN) ahead of Independence Day, dismantling what authorities described as a terror syndicate involved in planning and executing attacks across the country.
The eighth edition of the India-USN Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Exercise 2026 concluded at the Southern Naval Command in Kochi on August 14.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced a reshuffled national team, nearly seven months after Nitin Nabin took charge as the party's 12th national president.
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Police's Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a suspected associate of Pakistani intelligence operative Rana Rauf as investigators probe a suspected espionage network in Kolkata.
Indian envoy to Dhaka Dinesh Trivedi has expressed hope that Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s proposed visit to India “should take place much sooner.”
New Delhi/IBNS: Shehzad Poonawalla has pressed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to accept his resignation weeks after he stepped down as the party's national spokesperson and from its primary membership.
