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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.
US President Donald Trump on Monday shared an image of New Delhi’s iconic India Gate — a British-era war memorial — on his Truth Social platform, as he moves ahead with plans to construct what he calls the world’s “greatest” triumphal arch in Washington, DC.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed strong reservations over Meta Platforms and WhatsApp LLC’s data-sharing practices, observing that it would not permit any misuse of users’ personal information, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Congress on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “surrendering” to US President Donald Trump after the latter unilaterally announced the long-delayed India–US trade deal.
Leading advocacy groups in India and the United States have welcomed the breakthrough in bilateral trade ties following months of tariff tensions between the two countries.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today thanked US President Donald Trump “on behalf of the 1.4 billion people of India” for reducing tariffs on Indian goods from 25 per cent to 18 per cent.
US President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United States and India have agreed to a new trade deal following a phone call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
India has firmly rejected ongoing arbitration proceedings in The Hague under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), making it clear that it does not recognise the legitimacy of the Court of Arbitration (CoA) and will not participate in its hearings.
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