TMC rejig: Mamata appoints Abhishek Banerjee as LS floor leader, Kalyan steps down as chief whip
Aug 05, 2025, at 12:14 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: In a major rejig, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appointed her nephew Abhishek Banerjee as the Trinamool Congress' Lok Sabha floor leader replacing veteran Sudip Bandyopadhyay.
'Unjustified and unreasonable': India counters Trump's tariff threat over Russian oil import
Aug 05, 2025, at 11:23 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a strong response to the Trump administration, India on Monday said the United States' tariff threats to the South Asian country over its Russian oil import are "unjustified and unreasonable".
Go back to your own country: Indian-origin taxi driver assaulted in Ireland
Aug 05, 2025, at 09:28 am
An Indian-origin taxi driver, who has been staying in the country for the past 23 years, was assaulted in Ireland's Dublin city, media reports said.
Aug 05, 2025, at 01:44 am
The internal rift in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) was out in the open on Monday with MP Kalyan Banerjee resigning from the post of chief whip in the Lok Sabha, a move seemingly triggered by his party colleague Mahua Moitra calling him a “pig”.
'BJP crossed all limits in insulting Bengalis': Trinamool slams Amit Malviya amid language row
Aug 05, 2025, at 01:13 am
The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) has launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after its IT Cell Chief Amit Malviya allegedly made a claim that "there is, in fact, no language called Bengali" while defending the Delhi Police's blatant action of dismissing Bengali as a "Bangladeshi language".
'Very nations criticizing India indulge in trade with Russia': MEA counters Trump's tariff threat
Aug 04, 2025, at 11:55 pm
In a strongly worded statement, India has hit back at the US after Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on goods from India over its purchase of Russian oil and said targeting it "is unjustified and unreasonable" when the criticising countries themselves "indulge in trade" with Moscow.
Donald Trump threatens to 'substantially' raise tariffs on India over Russian oil purchase
Aug 04, 2025, at 10:09 pm
US President Donald Trump has threatened India yet again over its purchase of Russian oil stating that the South Asian country doesn't care for the lives lost in Ukraine.
My son may have been murdered: Sunjay Kapur's mother Rani claims
Aug 04, 2025, at 09:31 pm
The battle to control the Rs 30,000 crore Sona Group has taken a dramatic turn with it getting shifted to the United Kingdom this week after Rani Kapur, mother of late Chairman Sunjay Kapur's, hinted at a "transnational conspiracy" that led to the "murder" of her son, media reports said.
Cockroaches found on Air India's San Francisco-Mumbai flight, airline issues apology
Aug 04, 2025, at 04:22 pm
Tata Group-owned Air India on Monday said two of its passengers, who were travelling in a San Francisco-Mumbai flight, were relocated after they complained about the presence of 'a few small cockroaches on board'.
Complaint filed against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav over 'two voter cards' amid SIR row
Aug 04, 2025, at 02:30 pm
New Delhi/Patna/IBNS: A complaint has been filed against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav for allegedly possessing two voter cards with different numbers, media reports said.
Aug 04, 2025, at 01:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has attacked Congress MP Rahul Gandhi after his claim that China occupied 2,000 sq. km of Indian land drew sharp rebuke from the Supreme Court on Monday.
Aug 04, 2025, at 12:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday lashed out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his claims that China had occupied 2,000 square kilometers of Indian land and asked for a reason behind such an assertion, media reports said.
Aug 04, 2025, at 11:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Shibu Soren worked towards the empowerment of "tribal communities, the poor and downtrodden", said Prime Minister Narendra Modi mourning the former Jharkhand Chief Minister's demise.
Former Jharkhand CM Shibu Soren dies at 81
Aug 04, 2025, at 10:20 am
Ranchi/IBNS: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren died at the age of 81 on Monday.
Gurugram woman stabs live-in partner to death after fight over visits to his wife, children
Aug 03, 2025, at 11:45 pm
Gurugram: A woman in Gurugram allegedly stabbed her live-in partner amid an ongoing conflict over his visits to his wife and children.
Aug 03, 2025, at 06:45 pm
India launched a new collaborative initiative with the support of the UN World Food Programme to strengthen Rice Fortification and Supply Chain Management in Nepal.
Aug 03, 2025, at 05:57 pm
Patna: The Election Commission has asked Tejashwi Yadav, the RJD leader, to substantiate his claim that his name was removed from Bihar's electoral roll, media reports said.
Bengaluru man rapes woman staying at his paying guest; arrested
Aug 03, 2025, at 05:12 pm
Bengaluru: A college student in Bengaluru has accused the owner of the paying guest (PG) accommodation where she recently moved in of raping her after threatening to deny her food and shelter unless she “cooperated.”
Army officer assaults SpiceJet staff over excess cabin baggage; 4 injured
Aug 03, 2025, at 04:17 pm
New Delhi: An altercation over excess cabin luggage led to a violent outburst by a senior Army officer at Srinagar airport, leaving four SpiceJet employees seriously injured, media reports said, citing the airline's statement.
Mumbai cop arrested for allegedly misbehaving with woman passengers in drunken state on local train
Aug 03, 2025, at 01:16 pm
A police constable has been arrested for allegedly misbehaving with women passengers while being drunk in the ladies' compartment of a local train in Mumbai, media reports said.
Man, who went missing after being slapped mid-flight, found at Assam's Barpeta railway station
Aug 03, 2025, at 01:04 pm
The man, who was slapped by a fellow passenger after suffering a panic attack while being on an IndiGo flight and then went missing, has been found at a railway station in Assam's Barpeta, nearly 800 km from Kolkata, where the plane had landed, media reports said.
'He has his reasons': Shashi Tharoor on Rahul Gandhi's support for Trump's 'dead economy' remark
Aug 03, 2025, at 10:34 am
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday refused to comment on party leader Rahul Gandhi's support for US President Donald Trump's 'dead economy' remark about India and said the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha may have had his "own reasons" for saying so.
Andhra looks to shield aqua farmers from US tariff blow, CM Naidu assures action plan soon
Aug 02, 2025, at 11:53 pm
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh is weighing its options to safeguard the interests of the state's aqua farmers following the US decision to impose a 25% tariff on Indian imports, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said on Saturday.
Aug 02, 2025, at 10:46 pm
Patna: RJD leader and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday alleged that his name was missing from the revised draft electoral rolls published a day earlier in poll-bound Bihar, media reports said.
IndiGo bans passenger who slapped man during panic attack; victim missing after landing in Kolkata
Aug 02, 2025, at 10:12 pm
Kolkata: The man seen on video slapping a fellow passenger experiencing a panic attack on IndiGo flight 6E-2387 on Thursday from Mumbai to Kolkata has been placed on the airline's No Fly List, the carrier said in a statement on Saturday.
Aug 02, 2025, at 09:02 pm
New Delhi: Days after a special NIA court acquitted all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, including her, former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur made explosive allegations, claiming she was tortured and coerced into naming Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, and others during the investigation, according to media reports.
ISRO launches HOPE station in Ladakh's Tso Kar valley to simulate Mars missions
Aug 02, 2025, at 08:48 pm
Leh: In a major step forward for India’s planetary exploration ambitions, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has established the Himalayan Outpost for Planetary Exploration (HOPE) in Ladakh’s Tso Kar Valley, media reports said.
Former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna gets life term for raping domestic worker
Aug 02, 2025, at 06:13 pm
Former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna has been sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Rs 11 lakh for raping a 47-year-old domestic worker in Mysuru and recording it.
India denounces 'baseless allegations' in UK report on transnational repression
Aug 02, 2025, at 05:43 pm
The Indian government has rejected a British parliamentary report that named it among countries engaged in “transnational repression” in the UK.
Aug 02, 2025, at 04:19 pm
As many as 600 participants joined the National Cybersecurity Exercise 2025, marking a major event in the paradigm.