5 dead, several injured after explosion triggers house collapse in Ayodhya
Oct 09, 2025, at 11:50 pm
At least five people were killed and several others injured after a house collapsed following a loud explosion in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya on Thursday evening, media reports said.
India-UK ties 'on the move': PM Modi takes car ride with UK counterpart Keir Starmer
Oct 09, 2025, at 11:04 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that relations between India and the United Kingdom are “on the move” and “filled with great vigour,” as he shared a photo with his British counterpart Keir Starmer taking a car ride during the latter’s two-day visit to India.
Afghan Taliban foreign minister Muttaqi arrives in India amid diplomatic flag dilemma
Oct 09, 2025, at 10:48 pm
New Delhi: Afghanistan’s UN-sanctioned Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi arrived in India on Wednesday for a week-long visit, marking the first official trip by a senior Taliban leader since the group seized power in 2021 after the withdrawal of US-led forces.
PM Modi congratulates Trump on ‘historic’ Gaza peace plan, discusses India-US trade negotiations
Oct 09, 2025, at 10:35 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated US President Donald Trump for the successful rollout of the Gaza peace plan, calling it a “historic step” toward ending the devastating conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.
Oct 09, 2025, at 09:36 pm
The bitter inheritance tussle over late industrialist Sunjay Kapur’s ₹30,000-crore fortune took a dramatic turn in the Delhi High Court on Thursday, with senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, representing Kapur’s children from his marriage to actor Karisma Kapoor, likening their stepmother Priya Sachdev Kapur to “Cinderella’s stepmother," media reports said.
China seeks India’s assurance against re-export of heavy rare earth magnets to US
Oct 09, 2025, at 07:59 pm
New Delhi: Beijing has reportedly requested New Delhi’s guarantee that India will not re-export the heavy rare earth magnets, exported from China, to the United States, ensuring domestic use strictly within India, media reports said.
Karnataka cabinet approves paid menstrual leave for women employees across sectors
Oct 09, 2025, at 07:12 pm
Bengaluru: Women employees in Karnataka will now be entitled to one paid menstrual leave each month, the state cabinet announced on Wednesday.
'Terribly wrong': Chidambaram says PM Modi misquoted him on his 26/11 remark
Oct 09, 2025, at 06:01 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress veteran P Chidambaram on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wrongly quoted him to claim the Congress-led UPA government backtracked from attacking Pakistan under 26/11 Mumbai terror attack under pressure from a foreign country.
'Don't trust Amit Shah': Mamata invokes Mir Jafar to warn PM Modi
Oct 09, 2025, at 05:17 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trusting Union Home Minister and his confidante Amit Shah, whom she attacked over the impending Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.
One govt job per household: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's massive Bihar poll promise
Oct 09, 2025, at 02:49 pm
Patna/IBNS: In a massive poll promise, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday said one member of every household in Bihar will have a government job if his party-led coalition comes to power in the upcoming assembly elections, media reports said.
Oct 09, 2025, at 01:47 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the "growing partnership" of India and the United Kingdom is important for the global stability and economic progress in the era of instability across the world.
Oct 09, 2025, at 01:15 pm
Chennai/IBNS: The owner of the Tamil Nadu-based pharma company that manufactured adulterated Coldrif cough syrup, which caused the death of 20 children upon consumption, has been arrested, media reports said.
PM Modi welcomes Trump's Gaza peace plan, says truce deal reflects Netanyahu's 'strong leadership'
Oct 09, 2025, at 11:14 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has welcomed US President Donald Trump's first phase of the Gaza peace plan, saying the truce deal also reflects Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "strong leadership".
Piyush Goyal visits Qatar to reinforce Strategic Economic Partnership
Oct 09, 2025, at 12:03 am
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal paid an official visit to Doha, Qatar to co-chair the India–Qatar Joint Commission on Economic and Commercial Cooperation with Sheikh Faisal bin Thani bin Faisal Al Thani, Minister of Commerce and Industry of the State of Qatar.
Scooter explosion in Kanpur market injures 6, forensic probe underway
Oct 08, 2025, at 11:56 pm
Six people, including a woman, were injured on Wednesday evening when an explosion rocked a busy market in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, media reports said.
Oct 08, 2025, at 11:52 pm
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has stirred controversy with a new statement claiming that India “was never truly united” except during the rule of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
Oct 08, 2025, at 11:23 pm
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, and Peter Kyle, UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade, held a bilateral meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday to chart a renewed course for the India–UK trade and investment partnership.
DGCA fines IndiGo ₹20 lakh for lapses in pilot training; airline to appeal order
Oct 08, 2025, at 10:32 pm
New Delhi: India’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has imposed a penalty of ₹20 lakh on IndiGo for alleged deficiencies in pilot training at Category C aerodromes, InterGlobe Aviation said on Wednesday.
Chhattisgarh IT student suspended for using AI to morph women’s photos, over 1,000 images found
Oct 08, 2025, at 09:38 pm
A third-year engineering student at a leading IT institute in Chhattisgarh has been suspended after over 30 women students accused him of using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to create obscene, morphed versions of their photographs.
Senior Haryana IPS officer who died by suicide alleges 'mental harassment' by seniors in 8-page note
Oct 08, 2025, at 09:07 pm
Senior IPS officer from Haryana, Y Puran Kumar, who died by suicide at his Sector 11 residence in Chandigarh after allegedly shooting himself with his service revolver, has left an eight-page note accusing 10 senior officers of “mental harassment” and conspiring to destroy his professional career, media reports said.
PM Modi targets Congress over 26/11 response, says party 'kneeled before terrorism'
Oct 08, 2025, at 08:50 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress, accusing the party of “succumbing to international pressure” and “kneeling before terrorism” by not taking retaliatory action against Pakistan after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Narendra Modi inaugurates Navi Mumbai International Airport
Oct 08, 2025, at 06:52 pm
Indian PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Navi Mumbai International Airport and also launched and dedicated various developmental projects in Mumbai, Maharashtra on Wednesday.
Oct 08, 2025, at 02:24 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday denied permission to Shilpa Shetty to travel abroad in view of the fraud charges levelled against the Bollywood actress and her businessman husband Raj Kundra, media reports said.
Zubeen Garg death probe: Singer's cop cousin who accompanied him to Singapore arrested
Oct 08, 2025, at 01:56 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: Zubeen Garg's cop cousin, who travelled with him to Singapore, has been arrested as the probe into the death of the iconic Assamese singer intensified, media reports said.
Oct 08, 2025, at 01:34 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated the 9th edition of the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2025, Asia’s largest telecom, media, and technology event, at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi.
Oct 08, 2025, at 12:13 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued summons to Red Chillies Entertainment and Netflix in the defamation suit filed by Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sameer Wankhede over a scene in Aryan Khan's web series The Ba***ds of Bollywood.
Oct 08, 2025, at 11:34 am
New Delhi/IBNS: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has ruled out any discussions on visa deal with India as he aims at bolsteringbilateral trade ties during his crucial two-day visit to the South Asian country, media reports said.
UK PM Keir Starmer arrives in India with high-level delegation of over 100 members
Oct 08, 2025, at 09:37 am
British PM Keir Starmer, joined by a delegation of over 100 people from the business, culture and other sectors, arrived in India on Wednesday on his first visit to the South Asian nation.
Ukraine claims it captured Indian student fighting for Russian Army in ongoing war
Oct 08, 2025, at 09:15 am
Ukraine has claimed that its forces have captured an Indian national fighting alongside Russian troops in the ongoing war, according to Ukrainian media reports.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra meets ‘Alia Bhatt’, a cow in Kerala dairy farm
Oct 07, 2025, at 11:56 pm
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday shared a lighthearted post on social media after meeting a cow named “Alia Bhatt” during her visit to a dairy farm in Thiruvambady, Kerala’s Wayanad district.