Clear 25 percent of pending DA to govt employees within 4 weeks: Supreme Court to West Bengal
May 16, 2025, at 01:24 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the West Bengal government to clear 25 percent of the pending Dearness Allowance (DA) to its employees within four weeks, media reports said.
INDIA bloc frail, BJP formidably organised: Chidambaram embarrasses anti-Modi front
May 16, 2025, at 12:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Union Minister and Congress veteran P Chidambaram has expressed his lack of hope for the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national front, INDIA, calling it "frail".
Rajnath Singh to visit Bhuj airbase in Gujarat a day after slamming Pakistan over nukes
May 16, 2025, at 11:19 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will on Friday visit the Bhuj airbase in Gujarat, a day after giving a strong message to Pakistan over nuclear threats and Operation Sindoor.
May 16, 2025, at 09:31 am
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday spoke with Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi over the phone, marking his first conversation with a Taliban ministerial-level leader since the group came to power in the South Asian country in 2021.
May 16, 2025, at 08:50 am
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ended up exposing his country’s vulnerabilities with his visit to Sialkot airbase.
May 16, 2025, at 02:00 am
Patna/IBNS: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, courted controversy on Thursday after he met students at a hostel in Bihar's Darbhanga, despite not being granted permission by the police for the same.
Bengal SSC scam: Protesting teachers clash with police, break open education dept headquarters gate
May 16, 2025, at 12:58 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal government teachers, who lost their jobs after a Supreme Court order over allegations of irregularities in their recruitment process, clashed with police during a protest on Thursday.
Couple express willingness to get married after rape case, exchange flowers in Supreme Court
May 16, 2025, at 12:23 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a bizarre scene inside a courtroom of the Supreme Court on Thursday, a rape convict, sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, exchanged flowers with the survivor as the two expressed willingness to marry each other.
May 15, 2025, at 09:55 pm
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday clarified that his remarks in support of the BJP-led Centre during the ongoing India-Pakistan conflict were made in a personal capacity, and did not reflect the official stance of the Congress party.
'Indus Treaty will remain suspended': S Jaishankar after Pakistan's plea to Jal Shakti Ministry
May 15, 2025, at 08:57 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: After Islamabad's plea to the Jal Shakti Ministry asking India to reconsider the suspension decision of the Indus Waters Treaty, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday said the same "will continue to be kept in abeyance until cross-border terrorism by Pakistan is credibly and irrevocably stopped".
India revokes security clearance of Turkey’s Celebi Aviation citing national security concerns
May 15, 2025, at 08:03 pm
New Delhi: India on Thursday cancelled the security clearance of Celebi Aviation, a Turkish company providing passenger and cargo ground handling services at Indian airports, media reports said.
IAEA rules out radiation leak in Pakistan after Operation Sindoor
May 15, 2025, at 07:52 pm
New Delhi: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed that there was no radiation leak or release from any nuclear facility in Pakistan during its recent military conflict with India.
Jaishankar counters Trump’s ‘zero tariff’ claim, says India-US trade talks still ongoing and complex
May 15, 2025, at 07:22 pm
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday dismissed US President Donald Trump’s claim that India had offered a trade deal with “literally zero tariffs,” stating that discussions were still underway and far from final.
India to review Turkey-based Celebi Aviation’s airport contracts
May 15, 2025, at 04:24 pm
New Delhi: The Indian government has decided to review contracts awarded to Turkey-based Celebi Aviation, which operates high-security tasks like ground and cargo handling at nine major airports, including Delhi and Mumbai.
May 15, 2025, at 02:10 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has suspended a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Turkey's Inonu University amid backlash against the Middle East country, which offered support to Pakistan during India's Operation Sindoor.
This Indian diplomat in Europe is a poet. Read his verses on the emotional price of war
May 15, 2025, at 02:06 pm
Arun Sahu is a diplomat and writer who is presently the Ambassador to Bulgaria and North Macedonia. Earlier, he was India’s High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago, India’s Deputy High Commissioner to Canada, and Deputy Director General of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). He served as a Board Member of the US-India Educational Foundation and the Canada-India Centre for Excellence in Science, Technology, Trade and Policy at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. As a diplomat, he has served in the Indian Embassy in Beijing, London and Tehran. He writes poems, fiction and non-fiction in English and Odia. His publications include “Trinidad and Tobago: A Diplomat’s Cultural Expedition”, Iguana and Other Poems
'Are nukes safe with irresponsible and rogue nation like Pakistan?': Rajnath Singh questions world
May 15, 2025, at 01:19 pm
Srinagar/IBNS: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday sought a global monitoring of Pakistan's nuclear weapons questioning how safe the nukes are with the "irresponsible" and "rogue" nation.
May 15, 2025, at 12:18 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court has asked Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah to apologise over his controversial remarks against Indian Army officer Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, who was one of the three to lead the media briefings on Operation Sindoor.
'Can timelines be imposed?': President Murmu's question to Supreme Court on Tamil Nadu verdict
May 15, 2025, at 11:43 am
New Delhi/IBNS: President Droupadi Murmu has questioned the Supreme Court whether "timelines" can be imposed on the Constitutional head of the country or any respective state in view of the Tamil Nadu verdict passed by the highest level of judiciary last month, media reports said.
Kashmir: Terrorist killed, encounter with two others underway in Awantipora
May 15, 2025, at 10:49 am
Srinagar/IBNS: One terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Awantipora on Thursday morning, media reports said.
Centre issues notices to Amazon, Flipkart over sale of Pakistani flags, merchandise
May 15, 2025, at 02:01 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has issued notices to several e-commerce companies, including Amazon India and Flipkart, for selling Pakistani flags and related merchandise, Consumer Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday.
'Gutter language': Madhya Pradesh HC slams minister's remarks on Col Sophia Qureshi, orders FIR
May 15, 2025, at 01:27 am
Bhopal/IBNS: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has slammed state minister Vijay Shah over his derogatory, communal, and sexist remarks on Colonel Sophia Qureshi and ordered a police case against him.
May 15, 2025, at 12:22 am
India’s sweeping military offensive against Pakistan, which resulted in the destruction of nine terror sites, the disabling of air defence systems, and the targeting of more than a dozen air bases, has sent geopolitical shockwaves far beyond the subcontinent, The Economic Times reported.
Amit Shah hails execution of 31 Maoists in Kurraguttalu Hill, calls it 'historic achievement'
May 14, 2025, at 09:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah lauded the killing of 31 Maoists at Karregutta Hill on the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border this week as a part of 'India's largest anti-Maoist operation', and called it a 'historic' achievement, media reports said.
May 14, 2025, at 06:42 pm
John W Spencer, a retired United States Army officer and researcher of urban warfare, has praised India's air defence while commenting on the recent conflict with Pakistan and said New Delhi achieved a 'massive victory' against its nuclear-armed neighbour Pakistan setting a precedent for other nations confronting state-sponsored terrorism.
India test fires indigenous Bhargavastra to counter drone swarms with low-cost precision
May 14, 2025, at 06:31 pm
New Delhi: India has successfully test-fired its latest counter-drone system, Bhargavastra, a domestically developed low-cost solution designed to neutralise drone swarms.
May 14, 2025, at 05:34 pm
New Delhi: India on Wednesday blocked the official X account of Turkish state broadcaster TRT World, following forensic links between Turkish-origin drones and Pakistan's recent airspace violations. The same day, the government also took down the X handles of Chinese state-run outlets Global Times and Xinhua for spreading misleading narratives about the Indian military amid heightened tensions with Pakistan.
Who is Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, India's first Buddhist CJI?
May 14, 2025, at 05:06 pm
Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, who penned about 300 verdicts, on Wednesday took oath as India's 52nd Chief Justice of India.
Pakistan hands over detained Indian BSF soldier Purnam Kumar Shaw
May 14, 2025, at 12:53 pm
An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, who was detained by Pakistani Rangers, was handed over to India on Wednesday.
Modi govt debunks Donald Trump's claim that trade incentive caused India-Pakistan ceasefire
May 14, 2025, at 12:26 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Indian government has debunked US President Donald Trump's claim that trade played a role in his brokering of a ceasefire deal between India and Pakistan, which were engaged in an intense military operation last week.