8 AAP MLAs resign and join BJP just days before Delhi elections
Feb 01, 2025, at 08:15 pm
New Delhi: In a significant setback for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), eight of its MLAs resigned and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday, just days before the Delhi Assembly elections, media reports said.
Budget 2025 fulfills dreams of our people, drives Viksit Bharat mission: PM Modi
Feb 01, 2025, at 03:29 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the union budget presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman fulfills the dreams of people and drives the mission for Viksit Bharat (developed India).
'Schemes may seem grand-sounding but...': Congress' initial reaction to Sitharaman's Budget 2025
Feb 01, 2025, at 01:49 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Congress has treaded cautiously while reacting to union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget 2025, the first full one since the Modi government returned to power for the third term.
Point Nemo: Two Indian Navy's women officers onboard INSV Tarini cross Earth's most remote location
Feb 01, 2025, at 01:28 pm
INSV Tarini, sailed by Lt Cdr Dilna K and Lt Cdr Roopa A of the Indian Navy, successfully crossed Point Nemo, on January 30, while sailing from Lyttelton, New Zealand to Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, during the third leg of Navika Sagar Parikram II.
Maha Kumbh: Medical teams deployed for Basant Panchami bath, 23 hospitals with 360 beds inspected
Feb 01, 2025, at 11:02 am
In anticipation of the Basant Panchami bathing festival, health services in Mahakumbh Nagar have been further strengthened.
Feb 01, 2025, at 12:41 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Civil Aviation Minister K Ram Mohan Naidu on Friday announced a 50 percent reduction in airfare for passengers who travel to the Maha Kumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj.
Ex-Britain PM Rishi Sunak arrives in India to attend Jaipur Literature Festival
Feb 01, 2025, at 12:06 am
Jaipur/IBNS: Former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived in Rasjathan's Jaipur on Friday to attend the Jaipur Literature Festival, which began on Thursday.
Jan 31, 2025, at 11:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid row over Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's remarks about President Droupadi Murmu after the latter's Parliament address on Friday, her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra defended saying the comments were being misinterpreted.
Jan 31, 2025, at 09:40 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday slammed Congress leader Sonia Gandhi over her "poor thing" remark on President Droupadi Murmu's address to Parliament, hours after the Rashtrapati Bhavan called the comments "unfortunate and entirely avoidable" as well as "in poor taste".
'Lost faith in you': 7 MLAs resign from Arvind Kejriwal's AAP days before Delhi polls
Jan 31, 2025, at 09:02 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Seven Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs have resigned five days before the crucial Delhi election stating that they lost faith in party supremo Arvind Kejriwal.
Jan 31, 2025, at 04:51 pm
The Indian President's Office on Friday criticised Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi's ‘poor thing’ remark against Droupadi Murmu and said it 'hurt the dignity' of the high office.
'Poor thing': Sonia Gandhi's choice of words for Prez Droupadi Murmu stirs row, invites BJP's ire
Jan 31, 2025, at 04:07 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Sonia Gandhi's reference to president Droupadi Murmu as a "poor thing" has stirred a massive row with strong condemnation from the ruling party members heating up the political battle right on day one of parliament's budget session.
Jan 31, 2025, at 03:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court has said the legal father of a child born out of a woman's extramarital affairs continues to be her husband despite biological evidence, media reports said.
Budget 2025 will create new confidence, give energy for Viksit Bharat: PM Modi
Jan 31, 2025, at 11:47 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his government's first full budget since coming to power for the third term will "create new confidence" and provide "energy for Viksit Bharat".
Narendra Modi expresses 'sadness' over loss of lives in US aviation tragedy
Jan 31, 2025, at 10:44 am
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed sadness over the loss of lives in the collision of an American Airlines flight with an Army Black Hawk helicopter in the USA, marking one of the worst aviation mishaps recorded in the country.
Jan 31, 2025, at 12:03 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A female professor in West Bengal landed into deep trouble after several videos purportedly showing her getting married to a college student inside a classroom went viral putting the university officials on alert.
ED names Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, family in Rs 56 cr MUDA land scam probe
Jan 30, 2025, at 09:23 pm
Bengaluru: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has named Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, members of his family, and senior officials of the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) in an investigation into alleged irregularities in site allotments worth approximately Rs 56 crore, media reports said.
Jan 30, 2025, at 09:14 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The government has shared the details of a 10-hour daring operation by the Indian forces to rescue 17 crew of a merchant ship near the Somalian coast and honoured the pilot who flew a C-17 military transport aircraft to carry out the high-risk mission.
UP Congress MP Rakesh Rathore arrested in Sitapur on rape charges after bail plea rejection
Jan 30, 2025, at 03:53 pm
Sitapur (UP): Congress MP Rakesh Rathore was arrested on Thursday in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur in connection with a rape case filed by a woman, media reports said.
Setback for AAP-Congress as BJP wins Chandigarh mayoral elections
Jan 30, 2025, at 02:19 pm
Chandigarh/IBNS: In a setback for the Aam Aadmi Party and Congress alliance, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured a victory in the Chandigarh mayoral elections, media reports said.
Jan 30, 2025, at 01:29 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered a judicial probe into the deadly stampede which took place at the Hindu religious festival Maha Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh in the early hours on Wednesday.
30-year-old woman raped, acid poured in front of her two children in Assam
Jan 30, 2025, at 02:07 am
Assam/IBNS: A 30-year-old woman was allegedly raped and poured acid on in front of her two children in Assam's Cachar district, media reports said on Wednesday.
Jan 30, 2025, at 01:06 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Receiving massive flak for his claims, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Wednesday responded to the Election Commission with data about pollution of the Yamuna River that flows through the heart of Delhi.
Jan 29, 2025, at 11:58 pm
Amid a major diplomatic crisis with India, a Canadian commission, probing into alleged foreign interference in its electoral processes and democratic institutions, in its report stated that "no definitive link" with a "foreign state" in connection with the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar was "proven".
Amid Yamuna row, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Saini drinks 'poisoned' water
Jan 29, 2025, at 09:45 pm
Amid a row over the Yamuna being "poisoned", Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Saini took a sip of water "without hesitation" directly from the river at Delhi's Palla village.
Thirty dead, 90 injured in Maha Kumbh stampede, confirm police
Jan 29, 2025, at 07:12 pm
At least 30 people died and 90 others were injured in a pre-dawn stampede at the Maha Kumbh Festival in north Indian city of Prayagraj on Wednesday where thousands of pilgrims had assembled to take a dip in the sacred water on an occasion considered to be holy by Hindus, police said.
AAP worried due to fear of defeat: PM Modi slams Kejriwal's 'Haryana poisoned Yamuna river' charge
Jan 29, 2025, at 03:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday ripped apart former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for his claims that Haryana poisoned the Yamuna river in the run-up to the February 5 assembly elections in the national capital.
Dozens feared dead in stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela, Yogi asks devotees to take dip at nearest ghats
Jan 29, 2025, at 02:23 pm
Prayagraj/IBNS: Dozens are feared to have been dead and almost 50 injured in a stampede which broke out at the religious congregation of Maha Kumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj city in the early hours on Wednesday, media reports said.
PM Modi grieves deaths caused by stampede in Maha Kumbh Mela
Jan 29, 2025, at 12:21 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime minister Narendra Modi has grieved the loss of lives caused by the stampede which broke out during the mega Hindu religious event Maha Kumbh Mela in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj in the wee hours on Wednesday.
Yogi Adityanath gives message after Maha Kumbh stampede that killed several
Jan 29, 2025, at 10:58 am
Prayagraj/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has sent out a message for the devotees at Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj after a stampede in the religious event led to multiple casualties in the wee hours on Saturday.