No fuel shortage, say oil firms; urge public to avoid panic buying
NEW DELHI, 25 Mar: State-owned oil companies on Wednesday said there is no shortage of petrol, diesel or LPG in the country, urging citizens...
Govt writes to states to reserve 20% jobs for Agniveers
HAMIRPUR (HP), 25 Mar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has written to all states to reserve 20 per cent jobs for Agniveers for their...
India’s sustained efforts driving sharp decline in child mortality: UN Report
NEW DELHI, 18 Mar: India has emerged as a key contributor to global progress in reducing child mortality, according to the latest United Nations...
SC strikes down ‘discriminatory’ law limiting adoption maternity leave
NEW DELHI, 17 Mar: Observing that adoption is part of the right to reproductive autonomy, the Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a law...
Protests in several parts of India over killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei
SRINAGAR/LUCKNOW, 1 Mar: From Kashmir to Karnataka, Shia mourners took to the streets in various parts of India to express outrage and grief over...
NCERT pulls chapter on ‘judicial corruption’ after CJI rebuke
NEW DELHI, 25 Feb: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Wednesday strongly objected to a chapter on judicial corruption in the NCERT's Class...
PIL against racial violence: SC asks attorney general to consider plea
NEW DELHI, 18 Feb: Identifying persons on grounds of race, region, sex and caste would amount to treading a regressive path, the Supreme Court...
SC expresses concern over growing trend of lawyers using AI to file pleas
NEW DELHI, 17 Feb: As India hosts the world's largest artificial intelligence (AI) conclave, the AI Impact Summit-2026, to make a big pitch for...
Witnessing betrayal of Indian farmers in name of US trade deal: Gandhi
NEW DELHI, 15 Feb: Upping the ante against the government over the India-US interim trade deal, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday posed a...
‘Carefully scripted, desperate PR exercise’: Congress slams PM Modi’s PTI interview
NEW DELHI, 15 Feb: The Congress on Sunday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi's interview with PTI was "no interview," and claimed that it was...
Cabinet clears India’s first underwater road-cum-rail tunnel project
NEW DELHI, 14 Feb: The union cabinet has approved a Rs 18,662-crore project to construct a four-lane access-controlled greenfield corridor between Gohpur and Numaligarh,...
Cong neglected NE, promoted insurgency in Assam during its rule: PM
GUWAHATI, 14 Feb: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an all-out attack on the Congress, accusing it of neglecting the Northeast and promoting...
Govt cheating farmers, exporters over tariffs in India-US trade deal: Gandhi
NEW DELHI, 14 Feb: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the government of cheating cotton farmers and textile exporters in the country over...
466 daycare cancer centres functional across country: Govt
NEW DELHI, 14 Feb: More than 450 daycare cancer centres are functional across the country, reflecting a steady expansion and strengthening of district-level chemotherapy...
Women’s security top priority for government: Devi
NEW DELHI, 14 Feb: Women's security is the first step towards national development and remains a top priority for the government, union Women and...
Sharda University’s Cultural Fest ‘Chorus 2K26’ concludes
GREATER NOIDA, 13 Feb: Three-day annual fest, 'Chorus 2K26', of Sharda University, located at Knowledge Park, Greater Noida, concluded recently with a bang with...
Violence under control after Wangchuk’s arrest: Centre to SC
NEW DELHI, 12 Feb: The Centre told the Supreme Court on Thursday that climate activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is under detention in Rajasthan's Jodhpur...
Former Doordarshan news reader Sarla Maheshwari dies at 71
NEW DELHI, 12 Feb: Former Doordarshan news reader Sarla Maheshwari, one of the most recognised faces of TV news in the 1980s and 1990s,...
Trade unions to observe nationwide strike
NEW DELHI, 11 Feb: A joint forum of central trade unions has given a nationwide strike call on Thursday to protest against the 'anti-worker'...
Oppn MPs protest in Parl, accuse govt of selling country
NEW DELHI, 11 Feb: Soon after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's reply to the discussion on the Budget in the Lok Sabha, some opposition MPs...