Rain cripples Mumbai's normal lives with early monsoon onset in Maharashtra
May 26, 2025, at 12:52 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Heavy rain battered Mumbai and paralysed normal lives as monsoon arrived in Maharashtra 12 days early, media reports said.
PM Modi holds roadshow in Vadodara in first visit to Gujarat after Operation Sindoor
May 26, 2025, at 11:07 am
Vadodara/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a mega roadshow in Vadodara in his first visit to his home state Gujarat since the Indian Armed Forces conducted Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack.
S Jaishankar discusses Indo-Canada ties with Anita Anand
May 26, 2025, at 09:37 am
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday interacted with his Canadian counterpart Anita Anand over the telephone when they discussed prospects of strengthening the relationship shared between the two countries.
Modi to inaugurate multiple development projects worth around Rs 24,000 crore in Gujarat
May 25, 2025, at 10:03 pm
PM Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on May 26 and 27 when he will travel to Dahod and dedicate to the nation a Locomotive manufacturing plant and also flag off an Electric Locomotive.
Modi pulls up NDA leaders over ‘lose talk’ after recent controversies
May 25, 2025, at 08:57 pm
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a meeting of NDA leaders in Delhi on Sunday, is learnt to have cautioned party functionaries against making reckless public statements, according to sources.
Liberian container vessel sinks close to Kochi coast, 24 crew members rescued
May 25, 2025, at 07:33 pm
Liberian vessel MSC ELSA 3, with 640 containers, including 13 with hazardous cargo and 12 containing calcium carbide, sank off the Kochi coast on Sunday due to flooding, the India Ministry of Defence confirmed.
Lalu expels son Tej Pratap from RJD, says he ‘ignored moral values’
May 25, 2025, at 04:57 pm
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) founder Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday expelled his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav from the party for six years, citing repeated indiscipline and behaviour that he said undermines the family’s values and the broader fight for social justice.
May 25, 2025, at 04:56 pm
Pakistan regards India as an existential threat and will continue to pursue its military modernisation effort, including the development of battlefield nuclear weapons, to offset New Delhi’s conventional military advantage, says the US Defence Intelligence Agency in its threat assessment report for 2025.
May 25, 2025, at 04:31 pm
Manama: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) MP Asaduddin Owaisi, who is part of the multi-party delegation led by BJP MP Baijayant Panda, described Pakistan as a "failed state" during a discussion with influential personalities in Bahrain, news agency ANI reported..
'Operation Sindoor lent new enthusiasm to the fight against terrorism': PM Modi in Mann Ki baat
May 25, 2025, at 01:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the nation through his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' for the first time since Operation Sindoor and showed the pictures of the terror sites that were destroyed by the Indian armed forces in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) while stating that the action infused new enthusiasm to the fight against terrorism.
Jharkhand court issues non-bailable warrant against Rahul Gandhi in defamation case
May 25, 2025, at 12:14 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a fresh trouble for Rahul Gandhi, an MP-MLA court in Jharkhand's Chaibasa has issued a non-bailable warrant against the Congress MP in a defamation case, ordering him to appear in person before the court on June 26.
May 25, 2025, at 12:37 am
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the 10th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog in New Delhi on Saturday, where key Opposition chief ministers—Tamil Nadu’s M.K. Stalin, Punjab’s Bhagwant Mann, Telangana’s Revanth Reddy, and Jharkhand’s Hemant Soren—returned to the table after having boycotted the previous meeting in July 2024.
Andhra Pradesh: Tribal woman’s son kept as ‘collateral’ for Rs 25,000 loan; found in grave
May 24, 2025, at 11:43 pm
Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh): A duck-rearer in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati and his family members were arrested for keeping a tribal woman and her three children as bonded labourers for a loan of Rs 25,000, making her keep her nine-year-old son as “collateral” and secretly burying the boy’s body claiming that he died of jaundice, media reports said.
May 24, 2025, at 10:25 pm
New Delhi: Indian Air Force (IAF) strikes on May 10 penetrated deep into Pakistani territory, destroying several key military assets, including a high-value SAAB-2000 airborne early warning aircraft located 315 kilometres inside Pakistan, according to a Hindustan Times report quoting Indian officials.
Gujarat man held for spying for Pakistani agent via WhatsApp
May 24, 2025, at 09:42 pm
New Delhi: A 28-year-old health worker from Gujarat has been arrested for allegedly passing sensitive information about Indian defence establishments to a Pakistani agent, the state's Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) said on Saturday.
May 24, 2025, at 08:10 pm
New Delhi: A Delhi court has dismissed a petition seeking CCTV footage from a hotel in an alleged extramarital affair case involving an Indian Army Major and the wife of another officer, upholding the right to privacy of the individuals concerned.
May 24, 2025, at 06:18 pm
An Indian all-party delegation, led by MP Sanjay Kumar Jha, recently visited Japan and informed political leadership and diplomatic officials of the country that the recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam was a deliberate attempt to disrupt peace and development in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in India.
Fight against terrorism: Kanimozhi-led all-party delegation meets Russian Parliament, think tanks
May 24, 2025, at 05:03 pm
In continuation of India's sustained fight against terrorism, an all-party delegation led by Lok Sabha MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi met the two Houses of the Russian Parliament and think tanks.
Pakistan violated Indus Waters Treaty spirit with wars and terror attacks for decades: India at UN
May 24, 2025, at 01:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Saturday accused Pakistan of violating the Indus Waters Treaty with wars and terror attacks for decades, slamming the hostile neighbour over the controversy regarding the suspension of the agreement.
Rahul Gandhi meets families affected by Pakistan shelling in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch
May 24, 2025, at 01:32 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday visited Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district where he met the families who were affected by the unprovoked shelling of Pakistan during the three-day military conflict earlier this month.
PM Modi's NITI Aayog meeting with CMs in Delhi today
May 24, 2025, at 12:23 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chaired the 10th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog with Chief Ministers from across the country at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi.
India has zero tolerance for terrorism, won't give in to nuclear blackmail: Jaishankar
May 24, 2025, at 11:58 am
Berlin/IBNS: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday reiterated India's firm stance against terrorism and cleared the country will not bow down before nuclear blackmail, media reports said.
Operation Sindoor: Shashi Tharoor-led all-party delegation heads to US for global outreach
May 24, 2025, at 11:53 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor-led all-party delegation left New Delhi early Saturday for the United States for India government's attempt to brief "key partner nations" on Operation Sindoor.
'No mediation conducted by any third party': Shashi Tharoor on Donald Trump's ceasefire claim
May 24, 2025, at 01:49 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who will lead an all-party delegation to the US, took a dig at President Donald Trump for claiming credit to have brokered peace between India and Pakistan during the escalation earlier this month.
IAF's 47th Flight Test Course concludes with ceremonial valedictory function in Bengaluru
May 24, 2025, at 12:46 am
The 47th Flight Test Course of the Indian Air Force Test Pilot School concluded recently with a ceremonial valedictory function, "Suranjan Das Dinner" at Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) in Bengaluru.
'India has every right to defend itself against terrorism': Germany on Operation Sindoor
May 23, 2025, at 10:08 pm
Berlin/IBNS: Germany on Friday expressed strong support for India over the deadly Pahalgam terror attack and Operation Sindoor and said that the country has every right to defend itself against terrorism.
Operation Sindoor: Indian all-party delegation meets UAE's leadership
May 23, 2025, at 05:17 pm
A high-level all-party delegation led by Shiv Sena's Dr.Shrikant Eknath Shinde visited the UAE recently when they met the leadership in the Middle East nation to apprise them of the Operation Sindoor's significance and reaffirm India’s firmstance against cross-border terrorism.
‘We first declined IndiGo’s request to enter Pak airspace’: DGCA
May 23, 2025, at 05:09 pm
New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday confirmed that the crew of an IndiGo flight en route from Delhi to Srinagar had first sought its permission to enter Pakistan’s airspace to steer clear of severe weather. However, the request was denied, forcing the aircraft to fly through a hailstorm and intense turbulence.
May 23, 2025, at 04:48 pm
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said he held a constructive meeting with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to reach a mutually beneficial trade agreement.
May 23, 2025, at 04:15 pm
The Kerala University Laws (Amendment) Bill has triggered a controversy with its key provision prohibiting university and college teachers from engaging in activities that would criticise state laws.