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Kolkata/IBNS: The Alipore court in Kolkata on Friday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Akhtar Ali, the whistle-blower who had flagged alleged financial irregularities at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, media reports said.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) hosted the 24th Indo–US Joint Technical Group (JTG) Plenary Meeting in New Delhi on February 3–4, 2026, aimed at deepening bilateral cooperation in defence science and technology.
Chennai/IBNS: The Madras High Court on Friday dismissed actor-turned-politician Vijay’s plea challenging a ₹1.5 crore penalty imposed by the Income Tax department for alleged concealment of income for the assessment year 2015–16, media reports said.
Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said that the landmark India–US trade deal is in its final stage of detailing and will be completed very soon.
A 20-year-old woman in Mumbai’s Cuffe Parade area, who is unable to hear or speak, was raped and impregnated by her father, police said on Tuesday.
At least 16 labourers were killed and several others are feared trapped after an explosion at an allegedly illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday, police said.
What initially appeared to be a hit-and-run case in Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district has turned into a cold-blooded murder allegedly plotted by a newlywed woman with her former boyfriend, drawing chilling parallels with Meghalaya’s honeymoon murder case.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday, accusing the Trinamool Congress of approaching the courts to shield illegal immigrants.
Mumbai/IBNS: A deeply disturbing case from south Mumbai’s Cuffe Parade has sent shockwaves across the city, after DNA tests confirmed that a young woman’s father raped and impregnated her.
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has reacted strongly after The Washington Post included his journalist son Ishaan Tharoor among nearly 300 employees laid off by the iconic US newspaper.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal government to release 25 percent of the pending Dearness Allowance (DA) by March 31, 2026, and the remaining amount by May 15, 2026, upholding its earlier order, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: “A bad day,” wrote Ishaan Tharoor, son of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, after he was among nearly 300 employees laid off by The Washington Post in one of the sharpest rounds of job cuts in recent American media history.
Even as US President Donald Trump and his administration project the India–US trade deal as a major win for Washington, a Bloomberg report has offered a contrasting account, suggesting New Delhi adopted a far tougher stance in negotiations.
A heated verbal exchange broke out between Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu at Parliament on Tuesday, adding to the charged political atmosphere amid ongoing protests by Opposition MPs.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reply to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address in the Lok Sabha was cancelled on Tuesday amid sustained protests by Opposition parties, which led to multiple adjournments of the House.
The Indian Navy’s sail training ship INS Sudarshini arrived at the Port of Salalah in Oman on February 2 , marking the first international port call of her iconic transoceanic voyage, Lokayan 26.
India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on February 3 successfully demonstrated the Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) technology from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha, officials said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The opening weeks of 2026 have cast a stark spotlight on public safety in India’s national capital.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a two-day visit to Malaysia from February 7–8, marking his first trip to the Southeast Asian nation since India and Malaysia elevated their bilateral ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in August 2024.
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will launch India’s first cooperative-based ride-hailing platform, “Bharat Taxi,” on Thursday at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.
New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday took her political battle with the Election Commission of India (ECI) to the Supreme Court, launching a sharp attack on the poll body over the controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
An eyewitness has claimed that one of the three sisters who died after falling from a ninth-floor apartment in Ghaziabad appeared determined to jump, while the other two were trying to stop her — before all three suddenly plunged from the balcony, adding a new twist to the tragic incident.
New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached the Supreme Court on Tuesday to be present during the hearing on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Three minor sisters allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the ninth floor of their residential apartment building in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, in the early hours of Tuesday, according to media reports.
Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on Tuesday, with discussions focusing on formalising bilateral cooperation in critical minerals exploration, mining and processing.
A 36-year-old businessman, Shivam Gupta, succumbed to his injuries on January 19, two weeks after being brutally attacked by three food delivery riders in Delhi’s Connaught Place, media reports said.
The US Department of Justice has released a fresh batch of files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including nearly three million pages of documents, one of which has triggered outrage for containing a derogatory remark about Indians.
The Aviation Ministry on Tuesday said inspections of the fuel control switches on a grounded Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner found both switches to be “satisfactory,” following a pilot’s report that one switch did not remain positively latched in the ‘RUN’ position during engine start.
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Bhutan, Lyonpo Gem Tshering, met with the Union Minister of Power and Housing & Urban Affairs, Manohar Lal and the Minister of State for Power and New and Renewable Energy, Shripad Naik, in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The Rajasthan Police have served a “Leave India” notice to two British tourists after they allegedly pasted posters carrying the slogan “Free Palestine, Boycott Israel” in the popular tourist town of Pushkar, according to media reports.
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