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The bitter inheritance tussle over late industrialist Sunjay Kapur’s ₹30,000-crore fortune took a dramatic turn in the Delhi High Court on Thursday, with senior advocate Mahesh Jethmalani, representing Kapur’s children from his marriage to actor Karisma Kapoor, likening their stepmother Priya Sachdev Kapur to “Cinderella’s stepmother," media reports said.
New Delhi: Beijing has reportedly requested New Delhi’s guarantee that India will not re-export the heavy rare earth magnets, exported from China, to the United States, ensuring domestic use strictly within India, media reports said.
Bengaluru: Women employees in Karnataka will now be entitled to one paid menstrual leave each month, the state cabinet announced on Wednesday.
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress veteran P Chidambaram on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wrongly quoted him to claim the Congress-led UPA government backtracked from attacking Pakistan under 26/11 Mumbai terror attack under pressure from a foreign country.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trusting Union Home Minister and his confidante Amit Shah, whom she attacked over the impending Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state.
Patna/IBNS: In a massive poll promise, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday said one member of every household in Bihar will have a government job if his party-led coalition comes to power in the upcoming assembly elections, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the "growing partnership" of India and the United Kingdom is important for the global stability and economic progress in the era of instability across the world.
Chennai/IBNS: The owner of the Tamil Nadu-based pharma company that manufactured adulterated Coldrif cough syrup, which caused the death of 20 children upon consumption, has been arrested, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has welcomed US President Donald Trump's first phase of the Gaza peace plan, saying the truce deal also reflects Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "strong leadership".
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has stirred controversy with a new statement claiming that India “was never truly united” except during the rule of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb.
Six people, including a woman, were injured on Wednesday evening when an explosion rocked a busy market in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, media reports said.
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal paid an official visit to Doha, Qatar to co-chair the India–Qatar Joint Commission on Economic and Commercial Cooperation with Sheikh Faisal bin Thani bin Faisal Al Thani, Minister of Commerce and Industry of the State of Qatar.
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal, and Peter Kyle, UK Secretary of State for Business and Trade, held a bilateral meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday to chart a renewed course for the India–UK trade and investment partnership.
New Delhi: India’s aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), has imposed a penalty of ₹20 lakh on IndiGo for alleged deficiencies in pilot training at Category C aerodromes, InterGlobe Aviation said on Wednesday.
A third-year engineering student at a leading IT institute in Chhattisgarh has been suspended after over 30 women students accused him of using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to create obscene, morphed versions of their photographs.
Senior IPS officer from Haryana, Y Puran Kumar, who died by suicide at his Sector 11 residence in Chandigarh after allegedly shooting himself with his service revolver, has left an eight-page note accusing 10 senior officers of “mental harassment” and conspiring to destroy his professional career, media reports said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress, accusing the party of “succumbing to international pressure” and “kneeling before terrorism” by not taking retaliatory action against Pakistan after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
New Delhi/IBNS: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has ruled out any discussions on visa deal with India as he aims at bolsteringbilateral trade ties during his crucial two-day visit to the South Asian country, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued summons to Red Chillies Entertainment and Netflix in the defamation suit filed by Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Sameer Wankhede over a scene in Aryan Khan's web series The Ba***ds of Bollywood.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated the 9th edition of the India Mobile Congress (IMC) 2025, Asia’s largest telecom, media, and technology event, at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi.
Mumbai/IBNS: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday denied permission to Shilpa Shetty to travel abroad in view of the fraud charges levelled against the Bollywood actress and her businessman husband Raj Kundra, media reports said.
Indian PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Navi Mumbai International Airport and also launched and dedicated various developmental projects in Mumbai, Maharashtra on Wednesday.
Ukraine has claimed that its forces have captured an Indian national fighting alongside Russian troops in the ongoing war, according to Ukrainian media reports.
British PM Keir Starmer, joined by a delegation of over 100 people from the business, culture and other sectors, arrived in India on Wednesday on his first visit to the South Asian nation.
Supreme Court seeks proof of wrongful voter deletions in Bihar; asks petitioners for 100–200 examples
Siliguri/Kolkata/IBNS: The death toll in the flood and landslide caused by heavy rains last weekend in Darjeeling hills and other areas of the northern part of West Bengal touched 36 on Tuesday, media reports said.
Modi slammed TMC after two BJP leaders attacked during visit to Bengal flood-hit areas
Death toll in West Bengal flood caused by heavy rain touched 36
EC announces new reforms in Bihar polls, model will be implemented across India
'Diwali is incomplete without fireworks': Delhi CM urges Supreme Court to allow green firecrackers
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