New Delhi/IBNS: A fresh confrontation has emerged within the Trinamool Congress (TMC), with a group of rebel MPs reportedly preparing legal action against party colleague Mahua Moitra over her allegations that parliamentarians who left the party were paid large sums of money to switch sides.
The Indian government is in discussions with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the possible export of some of its major defence systems, including the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile and the Akashteer air defence command-and-control system, according to media reports.
Kolkata/IBNS: State government employees, including teaching and non-teaching staff, received a major boost in the first budget presented by West Bengal's inaugural Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government as Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta announced a 20 percent hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) on Monday.
Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah will launch NAFED's auction portal, NAFEX.in, on June 23 at Atal Akshay Urja Bhawan in New Delhi.
Over a month since the lotus bloomed in West Bengal, the state finally has the eggs in place — but the omelette that a long-suffering public was promised is still awaited.
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday described the Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s decision to rename Suhrawardy Avenue as Gopal Mukherjee Road as a “historic” move, saying it would help correct a long-standing historical wrong.
At least seven workers died, and several others were hospitalised after an ammonia gas leak at a seafood export unit in Tamil Nadu's Thiruvallur district on Sunday, media reports said.
The Indian Railways has announced that passengers travelling without a valid ticket will now face a minimum fine of ₹500, effective June 20. Previously, the penalty stood at ₹250.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday commissioned three indigenously designed and built naval platforms — INS Dunagiri, an advanced stealth frigate; INS Sanshodhak, a large hydrographic survey vessel; and INS Agray, an anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft — at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata.
A public spat between US President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni intensified on Saturday after the two leaders exchanged sharp remarks over an alleged request for a photograph during the recent G7 Summit in France.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday led the nation in celebrating the 12th International Day of Yoga at Kolkata's iconic Red Road, joining thousands of yoga enthusiasts in a mass demonstration of the Common Yoga Protocol.
India has strongly rejected comments made by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari regarding alleged threats to Muslim religious sites in the country, describing them as "unwarranted", "absurd" and a politically motivated attack.
India has strongly rejected comments made by Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari regarding alleged threats to Muslim religious sites in the country, describing them as "unwarranted", "absurd" and a politically motivated attack.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) landmark victory in West Bengal, saying the new government led by Suvendu Adhikari had infused fresh energy into the state and accelerated efforts to overcome long-standing challenges.
Mumbai/IBNS: At least four people lost their lives, and several others were injured or trapped after a portion of an under-construction assembly hall at a prominent Hanuman temple collapsed in Maharashtra’s Parbhani district on Saturday.
The Palestinian Embassy in India has appealed to the international community, including India, to provide urgent medical aid, stating that Gaza’s healthcare system has collapsed amid the ongoing conflict with Israel.
A NEET UG 2026 re-test candidate from Nagpur was left stunned after discovering that his admit card listed an examination centre in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), instead of a location in India.
New Delhi/IBNS: In Indian politics, the most effective attack on the Congress often comes from within. This week, Shashi Tharoor handed the BJP its sharpest ammunition — not through a slip, but through a considered, calibrated endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's diplomacy at the G7 Summit in Evian, France.
India will hold the position of Vice-President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) for the first time since joining the global anti-money laundering watchdog in 2010.
A year can dramatically alter political relationships, and the evolution of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin's birthday greetings to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appears to capture the changing dynamics between the DMK and the Congress.
The Trinamool Congress on Friday stepped up its battle against rebel Lok Sabha MPs, with party leader Abhishek Banerjee informing that Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has received 20 separate petitions seeking their disqualification under the anti-defection law.
As India moves towards its ambition of becoming a $5 trillion economy, the southern state of Andhra Pradesh has set itself an ambitious target of growing into a $2.4 trillion economy in the coming years.
New Delhi/IBNS: In a setback for Telegram, the Delhi High Court on Friday upheld the Centre's temporary ban on the messaging platform and one of its key features, imposed ahead of the NEET-UG re-examination to prevent potential paper leak incidents, media reports said.
A woman in Bihar's Begusarai has alleged that she was gang-raped by five men who forcibly entered her home, locked her husband inside a room and subjected her to brutal sexual violence.
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-backed independent candidate won one of the two Rajya Sabha seats from Jharkhand on Wednesday, with media reports attributing the outcome to cross-voting by MLAs from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the CPI(ML).
Mumbai/IBNS: A fresh political crisis has emerged within Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) after six Lok Sabha MPs from the party met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and formally sought recognition of their move towards the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction.
A man who claims to have spent nearly two decades facilitating the "illegal" movement of Bangladeshi nationals across the India-Bangladesh border has alleged that a vast infiltration network operating in West Bengal generated hundreds of crores of rupees every year before recently coming to a standstill.
Raipur/IBNS: Three people, including two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, were killed after a long-running dispute over sand mining allegedly spiralled into a deadly clash in Chhattisgarh's Koriya district, media reports said.
Paris/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Paris on Wednesday following the conclusion of the G7 Summit in Évian-les-Bains, where he held a series of high-level bilateral meetings and discussions on global issues.
