Karnataka's Food Safety and Drugs Administration (FDA) has ordered the suspension of food licences issued to Amazon, Swiggy Instamart and BigBasket until further orders, after the e-commerce platforms were found to be selling poisonous Datura (Dhatura) fruits and seeds as food products.
Around 150 Pakistani Sindhi women and their relatives have reached India through third-country air routes to marry their Indian partners, after visa restrictions and the closure of the Wagah-Attari route left their wedding plans in limbo.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Joseph Vijay on Monday announced three free LPG cylinders a year for families with an annual income below Rs 2.5 lakh, along with expanded free bus travel for women and free bus rides for transgender persons.
Barely four weeks after calling off its NEET paper leak protest, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) has announced a fresh mobilisation in Delhi, accusing the government of failing to fulfil commitments made to protesters.
New Delhi/IBNS: India’s rapidly expanding platform economy could offer women greater flexibility and access to employment, but limited financial inclusion, inadequate digital literacy, safety concerns and restrictive social norms continue to hold back their participation, according to an ILO-NCAER policy brief released on Monday.
Rahul Gandhi’s attempt to make women’s autonomy the centrepiece of his latest youth outreach has quickly turned into a wider political argument over Manusmriti, patriarchy, religious practices and the Congress leader’s approach to women’s rights.
New Delhi/IBNS: India had requested that media be allowed into Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with US President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit in France in June, but without a full-fledged press conference or questions from journalists, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor has claimed.
Amravati/IBNS: Three newborn babies died after a fire broke out in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Amravati District Women's Hospital in Maharashtra in the early hours of Monday.
A poster describing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as the “real-life Batman” was recently put up near the Congress’ Indira Bhawan headquarters and in parts of central Delhi by a party functionary, drawing strong reactions from social media users.
Nearly 15 months after India carried out precision strikes under Operation Sindoor, the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) headquarters at Markaz Subhan Allah in Pakistan’s Bahawalpur has reportedly been completely reconstructed, media reports said.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday laid the foundation for five brownfield expansion projects of Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd. (GRSE), a Navratna Defence PSU, and Yantra India Limited (YIL) at GRSE Bhavan in Kolkata.
There is no end to the persecution of religious minorities, particularly Hindus, in Bangladesh. The crisis peaked during the interim administration led by Dr Muhammad Yunus.
New Delhi: Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will lead more than 200 Indian business representatives on a four-day visit to Japan from August 24 to 27.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with chief executives of Indian space startups on Sunday, highlighting the role of policy support, investor confidence, and private-sector innovation in expanding India’s space industry.
A Panama-flagged cargo ship carrying 1,700 tonnes of iron ore sank around 240 nautical miles off the Odisha coast on Saturday, triggering a major search and rescue operation by the Indian Coast Guard and Navy.
Justice Sanjay Karol retired from the Supreme Court on Saturday, bringing to a close a distinguished judicial career marked by compassion, accessibility and a strong commitment to nurturing young members of the legal profession.
Two people were killed and five others injured after a 22-foot-tall Ganesh idol fell on devotees during the arrival ceremony of 'Bhuleshwaracha Raja' in south Mumbai late Friday night.
A Panama-flagged cargo ship carrying 1,700 tonnes of iron ore sank around 240 nautical miles off the Odisha coast on Saturday, triggering a major search and rescue operation by the Indian Coast Guard and Navy.
Delhi/IBNS: A planned protest over rising sugar prices and the Centre's E20 fuel policy turned into a confrontation at activist Tehseen Poonawalla's residence on Saturday, after he claimed Delhi Police prevented him from leaving home for Jantar Mantar.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday met representatives and stakeholders from the hill areas of West Bengal to discuss issues concerning the region’s population.
A welfare promise that helped the BJP campaign for power in West Bengal is now confronting its first major political test on the streets.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Press Club of India (PCI) has denied any involvement in the worship of a cutout of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event after videos of the incident went viral on social media.
Kolkata/IBNS: The controversy over the clash between the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the Students' Federation of India (SFI) has triggered mixed responses within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as the new ruling party in West Bengal faces fresh political condemnation over the violence.
An Indian teenager managed to buy an iPhone but failed to pay the EMI, leading to a fight with family members and eventually to their deaths in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.
New Delhi/IBNS: Within a month of the culmination of the NEET paper-leak protests, Delhi's Jantar Mantar on Friday witnessed another major demonstration, this time by protesters opposing caste-based reservations and demanding that economic status be considered the primary criterion for providing reservation benefits, media reports said.
Police have arrested four suspects in connection with the alleged gangrape and murder of a Dalit woman in Hokrani village of Karnataka’s Raichur district, media reports said.
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has suspended the food licences of several prominent Mumbai establishments following surprise inspections that uncovered serious food safety and hygiene violations.
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’.
