The votes are in and officials have begun counting ballots cast in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections — the first in the region since Article 370 was abrogated. All eyes are on the Union…
The CBI has filed a charge sheet against the prime accused, Sanjay Roy, in the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, officials said on Monday. In…
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is facing a severe shortage as the number of aircraft has fallen to a historic low, according to a report.
Against the sanctioned strength of 42 squadrons, the IAF currently…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed 23 years at the helm of a government on Monday (October 7).
While Modi has been the Prime Minister of India since 2014, he was previously the Chief Minister of…
Ministers in England are mulling to ban vaping in playgrounds, hospital grounds, and near schools in an attempt to prevent children from taking up the habit. Wes Streeting, the health secretary, is…
How long does it take to shift the political narrative in India? Not a month, not even a week—but just one hour.
In a dramatic turn of events in Haryana, Ashok Tanwar, a prominent Dalit leader and…
Govinda, a renowned Bollywood actor and Shiv Sena leader, shared first audio message for his fans from hospital where he was admitted on Tuesday morning after sustaining leg injuries which he received…
In an exclusive interview with Firstpost Managing Editor Palki Sharma at the Chanakya Defence Dialogue in New Delhi, Indian Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi addressed a range of pressing topics…
After over four years of the ongoing military stand-off in eastern Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), the situation on India-China borders is “stable but not normal”, Indian Army chief…
When he left the Supreme Court on Monday, Atul Kumar was beaming.
A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud used its extraordinary powers to ask the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)…
The Lokayukta Police filed an FIR on Friday against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others in connection with the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) land allotment ‘scam’,…
On September 16, News18 celebrated the second season of SheShakti 2024 with its inspiring theme, ‘Breaking Barriers’. The edition showcased a remarkable line-up of women who illuminated the stage with…
At least 43 people, including 37 children, died in separate incidents by drowning while taking holy dips in rivers and ponds across Bihar during the ‘Jivitputrika’ or ‘Jitiya’ festival, a government…
Polling in the second phase of the three-phased Jammu and Kashmir election is underway as the Union Territory is voting for 26 of the 90 assembly seats. The Election Commission data shows that an…
In a major setback for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed his plea challenging the Governor’s sanction to prosecute him in the alleged Mysore Urban Development…
Akshay Shinde, the man accused of allegedly sexually assaulting two four-year-old girls in Maharashtra’s Badlapur last month, was killed in a retaliatory firing on Monday (September 23).
The incident,…
A small bike dealer from India’s capital, Delhi, suddenly came into the limelight last month. The firm listed its shares in India’s red-hot stock market. During its initial public offering (IPO), it…
Amid a row over “adulteration” in the ghee used in making Tirupati temple laddoos, a temple in Lucknow has banned ‘prasad’ procured from the market and urged devotees to either bring ‘prasad’ from…
The Supreme Court on Monday held that watching and storage of child pornographic is an offence under the POCSO Act, if the person concerned had the intention to make some gain or advantage from…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that he has set very ambitious goals in his third term to make the country a developed nation and asserted that India today is a land of…
YSR Congress Party chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to take action against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu for accusing the YSRCP…
Hangover misery can be awful.
For a long time, it has been believed that gulping down water would reduce its intensity.
New research, however, indicates that this remedy may not be as effective as you…
Each year, around 50,000 patients worldwide require a bone marrow transplant to treat various blood cancers and disorders, with 2,000 of these cases originating from the UK. These transplants are…
The government has appointed Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh, currently serving as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff, as the next Chief of the Air Staff. He will assume the rank of Air Chief Marshal on the…
It’s been a rough week for India and Indians. We saw a controversy break out over adulterated laddus, a new chief minister being crowned in Delhi and questions being asked about India’s culture of…
In one of his first comments since the Tirupati laddoo row blew over, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said that Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP government is “doing politics in the…
Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Friday said that his ministry has sought for a detailed report from Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naida on allegations of use of “beef tallow”, “lard”…
Arvind Kejriwal, the former Chief Minister of Delhi and the AAP leader, has resigned only a few days after getting bail in a corruption scandal related to the new liquor policy. At the end of the…
It’s a big day in Jammu and Kashmir. The erstwhile state is holding its first election in 10 years and the first since the
abrogation of Article 370. The voting will be held in three phases and today…
A delegation of 35 junior doctors arrived at Banerjee’s Kalighat residence at 6:20 p.m. for the crucial talks, which began around 6:50 pm. The meeting ended around 9 pm.
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The word variant was synonymous with mathematics. However, in 2020, variant became associated with COVID-19 as the virus kept mutating. Since then, many variants have come and gone, infecting…
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has resigned as the Chief Minister of Delhi.
Kejriwal reached Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena’s residence on Tuesday afternoon and submitted him…
All eyes are on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. After dropping a bombshell on Sunday (September 15) that he would be resigning from his post as chief minister, he has sought an appointment with…
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has chosen senior party leader Atishi as the next Chief Minister of Delhi.
Atishi will succeed Arvind Kejriwal, who will resign as the CM of Delhi later in the day. She is…
Arvind Kejriwal is now the former chief minister of Delhi after tendered his resignation on Tuesday after the Aam Aadmi Party brass elected Atishi to take over the top post.
After Kejriwal officially…
Narendra Modi’s tenure as the chief minister of Gujarat, spanning over 12 years from 2001 to 2014, was a transformative period that significantly altered the state’s political, economic and social…
Born in a poor family, Modi has come a long way, from a modest background to first be appointed as the Gujarat chief minister and three terms later become the prime minister of the world’s larges…
Prime minister Narendra Modi is marking his 74th birthday on Tuesday (September 17). A career politician, PM Modi has already solidified his legacy as one of the rare individuals to be serving a third…
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Monday said the arrest of a member of Myanmar-based Kuki National Army (Burma), who is a Myanmarese national, clearly indicates the involvement of foreign…
Seeking to defuse tensions with employees protesting against alleged “unprofessional work culture,” Sebi has retracted its earlier statement blaming “external elements” for the unrest and committed to…
The protesting junior doctors in Kolkata laid down new conditions for meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee whose government had extended “fifth and final” invitation to them for…
Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia will meet Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday, a day after the party supremo announced to resign and not sit on the chief minister’s chair till people give…
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday took an auto rickshaw ride to pass through the narrow lanes of downtown Srinagar to address an election rally in support of party candidate…
The political turmoil in Bangladesh, which started last month with student-led protests calling for the resignation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, followed by her departure from the country,…
A day after he walked out of Tihar jail on bail, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday asserted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will continue to function like before and no work of the people of Delhi…
The door-to-door canvassing has returned to the Kashmir Valley for the first time since the 1987 Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election — described generally by political observers as heavily…
It was a politically charged week in India. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal walked out of jail after getting bail from the Supreme Court in a corruption case filed by the Central Bureau of…
Hours after the Supreme Court granted him bail in the Delhi liquor policy case, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal walked out of the Tihar jail on Friday evening.
Upon his release, Kejriwal was…
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was released from Tihar Jail on Friday after the Rouse Avenue court accepted the surety bonds and issued his release warrant. To expedite his release, the court…
Andaman and Nicobar Islands’ capital city of Port Blair has a new name, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Friday. Port Blair has been renamed as Sri Vijaya Puram.
The renaming of the city has…
Sidharth Shukla. Shreyas Talpade. Vikas Sethi. What do these three men have in common? All three suffered heart-related conditions — while Sidharth and Shreyas had a heart attack, Vikas suffered a…
The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. The Supreme Court’s ruling came after a two-judge bench heard…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited CJI DY Chandrachud’s residence for Ganesh Chaturthi Puja, an image that was not received well by the Opposition who questioned the kind of message it…
New Delhi: Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid walked out of Tihar Jail on Wednesday, a day after a court here granted him interim bail till October 2 in a terror funding case so that he can campaign in the…
The peaceful city of Shimla on Wednesday witnessed chaos after protests erupted over the alleged illegal construction inside a mosque in the Sanjauli area. Protestors clashed with police as they…
Junior doctors, who have been protesting for over a month seeking justice for the 31-year-old woman who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College, have agreed to hold talks with the…
Ford Motor has held talks with India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu to explore producing vehicles for exports, Tamil Nadu’s chief minister MK Stalin said on Wednesday.
The US automaker had stopped…
After violence, curfew has made a comeback in Manipur. Indefinite curfew were imposed in as many as three districts – Imphal East, Imphal West and Thoubal – on Tuesday after conflict escalated in…
The mother of the 31-year-old doctor, who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, has accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of ’lying’ after the latter…
The GST Council has decided to reduce the rate on cancer drugs from 12 per cent to 5 per cent.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday chaired the 54th meeting of the Goods and Services…