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Safdarjung doctor held in'cash-for-treatment' scam

The CBI has busted an alleged "cash-for-treatment" racket operating at Safdarjung Hospital and arrested a senior neurosurgeon, besides a south Delhi businessman and three middleme…

FSSAI accepts states' 'nahi' to 'dahi'

Drawing flak from the southern states, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India issued on Thursday a revised notification to say that food business operators may use the term "…

Tripura House row over BJP MLA watching porn

A video showing BJP MLA from Bagbasa (North Tripura) Jadablal Nath watching purported porn clips on a mobile phone in the assembly went viral Wednesday night. The MLA said the video started…

Why target one community with hate speech charge: SG

Citing a media report, Pasha said despite the SC's February 3 order directing the Maharashtra police to take action against a Hindu organisation indulging in hate speech and calling for…

Prices of essential drugs set to increase from April

The government is all set to allow drug companies an increase in line with the change in the annual Wholesale Price Index (WPI). The annual change in WPI, as notified by the government, wor…

Govt likely to build 37 more roads along LAC

The government is considering a proposal to build 37 more roads with a cumulative length of 875 km along the India-China border. This Rs 13,000 crore work has been proposed under the India-…

China stays away from G20 meet in Arunachal Pradesh

China skipped participation in a G20 meeting that was held Sunday at Itanagar in Arunachal Pradesh. The meeting otherwise saw a good turnout as more than 50 delegates, including from the US…

As cases rise, hospitals in Mumbai reopen Covid wards

After a year-long lull, Covid-19 wards are opening in some private hospitals with a handful of admissions trickling in daily. While some have increased their masking and testing protocols i…

BJP will win 200+ seats in Madhya Pradesh polls: Nadda

BJP president JP Nadda on Sunday said his party would win more than 200 out of 230 assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, where elections are set to be held at the end of this year. Currently, B…

Tornadoes rip through Mississippi, killing at least 25

Rescuers combed through rubble on Saturday after a powerful storm tore across Mississippi overnight, killing at least 25 people there and another in Alabama, leveling dozens of buildings an…

Bapu had just a diploma, no degree at all: J&K L-G

Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha has stoked a controversy with his comments that Mahatma Gandhi did not have a single university degree, let alone a law degree, and only h…

India must develop space capabilities: IAF chief

India needs to develop “both offensive and defensive space capabilities to safeguard our assets”, Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari said on Tuesday, in the backdrop of China furiously buildin…

Isro to launch 36 OneWeb satellites on Sunday

Isro will launch the second batch of 36 satellites belonging to OneWeb with its rocket LVM3 from Sriharikota on Sunday. If the launch is successful, the Bharti Enterprise-backed UK-based co…

UN warns of permanent 1.5°C warming in 20 years

The pace and scale of what has been done so far, as well as the current pledges of emission cuts by nations, are insufficient to tackle climate change and the world may well breach the dan…

End conflict, finalise MoP, House panel tells govt, SC

The Parliamentary standing committee on law has asked the government and the Supreme Court to “weed out their differences” and finalise the revised memorandum of procedure for appointment …

Aadhaar to soon die with holder’s death

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the Registrar General of India have begun work on rolling out a mechanism that will allow for deactivation of Aadhaar once a death c…

Police visit Rahul 's house over sexual assault remark

Delhi Police on Sunday served a fresh notice to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remark during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Srinagar that “women are still being sexually assaulted”. A tea…

Indian boxes for Nepal in World event, IBA probe on

The International Boxing Association (IBA) on Saturday launched an investigation into a suspected case of “impersonation” concerning an Indian flyweight boxer, who has been participating in…

Training plane crashes in MP, both pilots killed

A training aircraft crashed in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday afternoon, killing both pilots — captain Mohit Thakur from Himachal Pradesh and V Maheshwari, a trainee from G…

Madrassas not needed in new India: Assam CM Himanta

BJP-governed Assam intends to shut its remaining madrassas after having already converted those that used to be funded by the state into general schools because “there is no need for any su…

Death toll in UP cold storage accident 14

A day after the roof of a cold storage collapsed in Sambhal, UP, with at least two dozen labourers trapped inside, the toll rose to 14 on Friday. Rescue teams from the National Disaster Res…

Rajasthan CM announces 19 new districts, 3 divisions

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday announced his government's decision to form 19 new districts and three new divisions in the state, earmarking Rs 2,000 crore for developm…

Ties with AAP govt intact despite issues, says Delhi LG

Amid an ongoing tussle with the AAP government, lieutenant governor V K Saxena on Friday said that the “dignity of speech” had been shattered in the last few days but asserted that relation…

Vacate houses by March 21, PWD tells Sisodia, Jain

The Public Works Department (PWD) has asked former Delhi ministers Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain to vacate their official residences for their replacements in the government — Atishi an…

'China-brokered Saudi peace deal will help India'

Iran said on Friday that its peace agreement with Saudi Arabia, which was brokered by China, shouldn’t be of concern to India as peace and stability in the Gulf will benefit Indian diaspor…

Waiting period at immigration counters to be cut

Travellers flying in and out of India may soon get relief from long immigration queues at many airports, with India’s busiest airports at Delhi and Mumbai being the worst affected hubs. The…

Designer held for bid to bribe Fadnavis wife

A 26-year-old woman was arrested on Thursday from Ulhasnagar on charges of offering deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis’ wife Amruta Rs 1 crore bribe to help her father, an accused in several crimi…

Army’s Cheetah crashes in Arunachal, 2 pilots killed

The Army’s aviation wing lost two pilots, Lt Col VVB Reddy and Major Jayanth A, when their Cheetah helicopter crashed in Arunachal on Thursday. The obsolete single-engine Cheetah and Chetak…

Age no bar, Bengaluru professor gets his PhD at 79

Bengaluru resident and a professor of four decades, Prabhakar Kuppahalli, imagined big in his pursuit of knowledge and on Wednesday received his PhD in material science. He is 79. “It was a…

Parliament paralysed for third day over Rahul, Adani

Parliament remained paralysed for the third consecutive day since reconvening after the post-Budget recess as BJP persisted with its demand for an apology from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi …

ED summons Lulu Group boss in Kerala Life Mission case

The ED has summoned Malayali businessman MA Yusuffali, managing director and chairman of Lulu Group, to record his statement in connection with its investigation of the Life Mission case. T…

Anurag Thakur uses FATF report to attack Congress

A former CEO of an Indian bank being asked by a close relative of a then ruling party politician to buy a “mediocre” painting for Rs 2 crore in exchange for the Padma Bhushan, the country’s…

Same­sex marriage will‘cause havoc’: Govt in SC

The Centre's affidavit filed in the SC firmly opposing legal recognition for same-sex marriages states there are a slew of legislations pertaining to adoption, maintenance, rape, dowry …

MSY, PM Modi's mother among 100 in RSS homage list

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Sunday began its three-day annual general body meeting at Samalkha near Panipat in Haryana by paying tribute to late Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh …

Jyotiraditya Scindia 'pauses' MP BJP chief's speech

Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia stopped state BJP president VD Sharma from giving his speech at a function in Shivpuri town to mark the translocation of tigers to Madhav National Park o…

With eye on China,India, US ink pact on semiconductors

Following talks between US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo and commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Friday, there are also indications that the US may act as the testbed for home…

MLA Kadu gets two years for assault on public servant

A Nashik court Wednesday convicted and sentenced Achalpur MLA Omprakash alias Bachchu Kadu to one-year imprisonment each on two charges of assault on a public servant and intentional insult…

Adani pledges shares of two companies

A day after getting Rs 7,374-crore of pledged shares released, the Adani group pledged shares of Adani Transmission and Adani Green Energy worth Rs 1,670 crore to support loans taken by fla…

Aus PM in India, to watch 4th Test with Modi today

Australian PM Anthony Albanese paid rich tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, saying his values and philosophy continue to inspire the world and a lot can be learnt from his life, as he visited the …

Govt brings crypto under money laundering law

The Centre's move to bring the cryptocurrency sector under the ambit of PMLA is in line with the global trend of requiring digital-asset platforms to follow anti-money laundering standa…

Nagaland, Meghalaya CMs sworn in

For Nagaland, there was the added significance of getting its first-ever woman minister in Salhoutuonuo Krusem (56), who along with US-educated lawyer and social entrepreneur Hekani Jakhalu…

‘Gods will be angry’: No Holi in these villages

While Holi is celebrated with much fanfare across Kumaon and Garhwal regions of Uttarakhand, there are over 100 villages in Pithoragarh district's Dharchula and Munsiyari that stay away…

Court sends Manish Sisodia to Tihar Jail for two weeks

A special court on Monday sent Delhi former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia to 14 days in judicial custody. The court also remarked that it will not stop the media from reporting the m…

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