On April 6 (Sunday), India will witness a sea-change. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the country’s first vertical lift sea bridge at Pamban, which will connect Rameswaram with mainl…
Lok Adalat dates
If you are unable to attend the Lok Adalat on Saturday, you may have to wait for another two months. This is because the next Lok Adalat is scheduled to be held on May 10. Furthe…
The construction of the project began in June 2020 with a budget of Rs 468.3 crore. The Uttar Pradesh State Bridge Corporation Ltd (UPSBCL) was first given a deadline of December 2022, but the proj…
Year-on-year, GDP growth has slowed from 8.6 per cent, but compared to the previous quarter, it has risen from 5.4 per cent. Looking ahead, the government projects a real GDP growth rate of 6.5 per…
India is concerned recent trade pacts signed by the Maldives will likely hurt the archipelago’s cash-strapped economy, the Indian foreign ministry said on Friday, in a reference to agreements between…
The Economic Survey 2024-25, tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday in the Lok Sabha, listed challenges that drove inflation rates in the current fiscal year. From global conflicts to…
India’s foreign exchange reserves are currently robust enough to cover approximately 90% of the nation’s external debt, which reached $711.8 billion as of September 2024, reflecting a strong buffer…
Apple CEO Tim Cook has revealed that the company’s AI platform, Apple Intelligence, will be rolling out in localised English to India in April, along with several other languages. Speaking after the…
Amid debate over striking a work-life balance and L&T chairman SN Subrahmanyan recommending a 90-hour work week, a report has revealed that 78 per cent of employees interviewed said their aim is to…
The Tamil Nadu police on Friday arrested 36 Bangladeshi nationals in Tiruppur for staying without proper documents, The New India Express reported. A total of 83 Bangladeshis have been arrested in the…
The mysterious illness continues to keep residents of Badhaal village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir under panic after the sixth child of a local man died suffering from the disease, taking…
India’s wholesale inflation (INWPI=ECI) accelerated in December to 2.37% year-on-year, from 1.89% in November, government data showed on Tuesday, but in line with market expectations.
The wholesale…
ISRO on Sunday said the two satellites launched to perform space docking experiments were brought within three metres and then moved safely back in a trial attempt.
The space agency also said the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sri Lanka within this year, the Indian High Commission announced here on Tuesday.
However, the dates are yet to be decided by the two sides.
“We are in the…
Nita Ambani, Founder and Chairperson of Reliance Foundation termed Jamnagar is the “soul of Reliance” during the celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the Jamnagar Refinery.
Speaking to…
Security has been beefed up along the 510-km long Mizoram-Myanmar border and movement of people living within 10 kilometres on either side of the unfenced international border has been regulated…
Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), a respiratory virus causing flu-like symptoms, has garnered attention after a surge in cases in China.
Identified in 2001, HMPV is known to cause mild to severe…
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Thursday announced that he was commencing a fast unto death to press the demand for cancellation of the recently held Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC)…
The Indian benchmark indices started the New Year 2025 on a positive note and extended their upward trend on Thursday with BSE Sensex surging past 1,500 points and Nifty 50 surpassing 24,000-mark.
On…
India’s manufacturing activity logged its weakest growth of 2024 in December with the Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index, or PMI, declining to a 12-month low of 56.4, down from 56.5 in…
On the intervening night of December 2-3, 1984, at least 5,479 people were killed and thousand others were left with serious and long-lasting health issues after highly toxic methyl isocyanate (MIC)…
India has joined an exclusive group of nations on Monday night after the country’s space agency Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) confirmed that its Space Docking Experiment (SpaDeX) on board…
Normalcy has been largely affected across Punjab on Monday as farmers blocked road and rail tracks, as part of their state-wide strike, crippling commuters and freight movement.
The Punjab bandh has…
Tension gripped eastern India state of Bihar where thousands of Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) aspirants who congregated to protest and seek the cancellation and re-test of 70th BPSC…
Former Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh, passed away on Thursday (December 26). He was 92 years old.
Dr Manmohan Singh had been hospitalised at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences…
Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was been admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, on Thursday (December 26).
According to a report by the Press Trust of India,…
Muhammad Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh said it will wait for the response for a “certain time” from the Indian government on its formal request to extradite former prime minister Sheikh…
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will be on a six-day visit to the United States from December 24 to discuss bilateral, regional and global issues with his counterparts and also chair a…
Om Prakash Chautala, Former Haryana Chief Minister and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) supremo passed away in Gurugram on Friday, December 20. He was 89.
The Haryana government has declared a…
The Indian Air Force, in a recent report tabled in the Lok Sabha, has confirmed that the helicopter crash that resulted in the deaths of former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat, his…
The Maha Kumbh Mela is scheduled to take place in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj from January 13 (Paush Poornima) to February 26 (Maha Shivratri) next year.
The most propitious of these days occur in…
The Narendra Modi government on Tuesday (December 17) tabled the ‘One Nation, One Election’ (ONOE) bill in the Lok Sabha.
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal introduced a constitutional amendment…
Political leaders in Bangladesh, including those from Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, reacted strongly to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s message on Vijay Diwas or victory day, claiming…
The Winter Session of parliament will end on December 20 and with just five sessions left, there has been a curiosity as to when the BJP-led NDA government will table the two Bills related to the One…
The Indian rupee declined to its all-time low on Thursday, pressured by dollar bids in the non-deliverable forwards (NDF) market and from importers while intervention by the central bank kept a lid on…
Shaktikanta Das on Tuesday (December 10) addressed his press conference as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor on his last day in office. Das, twice ranked as the world’s top central banker by…
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri arrived in Dhaka on Monday morning to discuss bilateral relations between India and Bangladesh, officials said. This is the first high-level official visit after the…
Parts of Delhi-NCR experienced rainfall on Sunday evening (December 8, 2024). Some areas of West Delhi, Outer North Delhi and Gurugram received rain.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said…
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan assured on Friday in Rajya Sabha that the Narendra Modi government is committed to purchasing all farm produce at minimum support price (MSP).
The…
Polo, often referred to as the “Sport of Kings,” is deeply embedded in India’s cultural and historical fabric. From its origins in Manipur to its elevation as a sport of prestige by the British and…
The Mahayuti alliance on Wednesday (December 4) staked claim to form the government in Maharashtra.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena, and Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) Ajit Pawar…
On Wednesday, gunfire erupted at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, where leaders of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), including party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal, were engaged in a religious penance…
The stalemate in Maharashtra politics continues ahead of the oath-taking ceremony slated for December 5. Amid this, caretaker Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was rushed to the hospital on Tuesday as his…
Seven people have been arrested and action has been taken against four police officers, including the suspension of three police sub-inspectors, on Tuesday, hours after the security breach at the…
India’s factory growth cooled in November yet maintained a strong pace, leading to significantly improved optimism despite demand easing a bit due to higher price pressures, a business survey…
The Winter Session of Parliament begins today (November 25) and will continue till December 20, 2024, with 19 sittings scheduled. During this period, 11 pending Bills are up for consideration and…
India’s retail inflation rose to 6.21 per cent on an annual basis in October, according to government data released on Tuesday (November 12). The price hike digits are now up from a nine-month high of…
Lawrence Bishnoi, a notorious gangster, has been linked to a resurgence of gang wars, particularly following his claim of responsibility for the killing of NCP leader Baba Siddique in Mumbai. Despite…
The new monetary policy committee of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), led by Governor Shaktikanta Das, will announce the new repo rate on Wednesday (October 9) which is currently at 6.5 per…
The festival season in India has kicked off, with people indulging in festive spending. However, as the celebrations wind down, many turn their attention back to their bank accounts, hoping for better…
Growth in India’s manufacturing industry cooled to an eight-month low in September as solid demand and output eased slightly, according to a business survey that also showed weaker price increases…
In December last year, three Indian men in their early 20s were convinced by agents into working for the Russian army as security guards with a monthly salary of Rs 70,000 and upon reaching there,…
Four Indian men who were ‘duped’ into joining the Russian Army and fight the war in Ukraine received a rousing homecoming welcome as they finally flew back to India. These men were the ones who made a…
India could soon overtake China as the most influential in a key emerging markets index, pulling in more foreign funds and adding fuel to a stock market rally that, though already among the best…
The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea of Kavitha Lankesh against a Karnataka High Court order that granted bail to an accused in the murder case of her elder sister and journalist Gauri Lankesh.
A…
A group of Indian port workers’ unions has called for a strike from Aug. 28 to demand immediate settlement of pay revisions and pension benefits, according to a note signed by its members.
A strike by…
India, the world’s third largest oil consuming and importing nation, in July bought USD 2.8 billion worth of crude oil from Russia, second only to China which remains the largest importer of Russian…
Indian prisons are grappling with severe overcrowding. The latest prisons record shows that the country housed 573,220 prisoners in facilities designed for only 436,266 inmates, as of December 2022. …
A group of friends who were struggling with depression and uncertainty during the pandemic derived the biggest idea of their lives from a Netflix marathon. Their fledgling startup had failed, and they…
The Venezuelan presidential elections are scheduled for Sunday (July 28). Incumbent President Nicolás Maduro, who has been in power since 2013, is seeking re-election amidst a backdrop of economic…