Chemical factory blast in Telangana kills 6, injures 20
Hyderabad/IBNS: A blast at a chemical factory in Telangana killed six people and injured 20 others in Hyderabad on Monday, media reports said.
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Maharashtra govt cancels 3-language policy resolution amid Opposition's protests
Mumbai/IBNS: The Maharashtra government has cancelled the three-language policy resolution facing the Opposition protests and charge of Hindi-imposition in the western state of India, media reports said.
Odisha CM Mohan Majhi issues apology for deadly Puri stampede, suspends two officials
Puri/IBNS: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has sought an apology from the devotees of Lord Jagannath for the deadly stampede that occurred near a temple in Puri and suspended two officials for "negligence".
Five-storey building collapses in Shimla, no death reported
Shimla/IBNS: In what could have been a major accident, a five-storey building collapsed amid heavy rains at Mathu Colony in Shimla's Bhattakufer area on Monday, media reports said.
S Jaishankar to visit US tomorrow, attend Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting on July 1
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit the USA on Monday to participate in the next edition of the Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting (QFMM).
7 engineers suspended over Bhopal rail over bridge with unusual 90-degree turn
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has suspended seven engineers, including two chief engineers from the Public Works Department (PWD), over the controversial design of the newly constructed Rail Over Bridge (ROB) in the Aishbagh area of Bhopal, which features an unusually sharp 90-degree turn, media reports said.
BJP workers participate in a torch rally to protest Kolkata gangrape
The Bharatiya Janata Party workers on Sunday participated in a torch rally in South Kolkata to protest against the gangrape of a law student on a college campus last week.
BJP workers participate in a torch rally to protest Kolkata gangrape case
The Bharatiya Janata Party workers on Sunday participated in a torch rally in South Kolkata to protest against the gangrape of a law student on a college campus last week.
Kolkata rape horror: NCW member Archana Majumdar visits South Kolkata Law College, says police not letting her meet the victim
National Commission for Women (NCW) member Archana Majumdar on Sunday visited the South Kolkata Law College in the eastern Indian city, the institute where a student was gangraped last week.
Air India crash in Ahmedabad being probed for sabotage, says Civil Aviation MoS
Pune: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is investigating all possible causes, including sabotage, behind last month’s Air India crash in Ahmedabad that killed 274 people on board and on the ground, Minister of State for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohol has said.
Mahua Moitra returned from her honeymoon, started fighting with me: Kalyan Banerjee on 'misogyny' barb
The rape incident of a female law student in Kolkata has once again created a rift between two Trinamool Congress leaders with party MP Kalyan Banerjee now responding to colleague Mahua Moitra's 'misogyny' barb at him.
Indian woman missing after arriving in US' New Jersey for arranged marriage: Report
A 24-year-old Indian woman who arrived in the United States for an arranged marriage has gone missing, media reports quoting authorities said.
Misogyny in India cuts across party lines: Mahua Moitra on TMC leaders' rape case remarks
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Saturday said the probe in the rape incident of a female law student in Kolkata is going on "war footing" and assured that her party condemns misogynistic comments no matter who makes them, referring to the remarks by TMC leaders Kalyan Banerjee and Madan Mitra.
Jagannath Rath Yatra: 3 dead, several others injured in stampede outside Puri’s Gundicha Temple
At least three people were killed and more than 50 others injured in a stampede-like situation outside the Gundicha Temple in Odisha's Puri early on Sunday morning.
Pakistan blames India for Waziristan suicide bomb attack, MEA rejects claim
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Sunday strongly rejected the Pakistani Army's claim that it was behind the Waziristan suicide bomb attack, which killed 13 soldiers a day before.
TMC distances itself from controversial remarks by Madan Mitra, Kalyan Banerjee on Kolkata gang-rape case
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday disassociated itself from the victim-blaming remarks made by its MP Kalyan Banerjee and MLA Madan Mitra in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a first-year law student at South Calcutta Law College.
Shubhanshu Shukla shares ‘gajar ka halwa’, ‘aamras’ with International Space Station crew, PM Modi calls his mission a ‘shubharambh’
New Delhi: Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to visit the International Space Station (ISS), told Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a live interaction that he had carried traditional Indian dishes like gajar ka halwa and aamras to space and shared them with fellow astronauts.
Air India Mumbai-Chennai flight returns mid-air after burning smell in cabin
Mumbai: An Air India flight en route from Mumbai to Chennai was forced to return shortly after takeoff late Friday night due to a burning smell detected inside the cabin, according to a report by news agency ANI.
Parag Jain appointed RAW chief, played key intel role in Operation Sindoor
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Parag Jain, known for his pivotal role in intelligence gathering during Operation Sindoor, has been appointed as the next chief of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India’s external intelligence agency, NDTV reported.
Narendra Modi interacts with Shubhanshu Shukla abroad the International Space Station via video conference
Indian PM Narendra Modi on Saturday interacted with Indian Air Force Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, who is currently present in the International Space Station, via video conference. The astronaut said India looks grand and bigger from space than it is on the map.
India withholds endorsement of SCO declaration over the omission of Pahalgam terror strike
In a significant diplomatic development, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh declined to endorse a joint declaration on terrorism at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ meeting on Tuesday, objecting to the omission of the recent terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir.
IBC to celebrate Dalai Lama's 90th birthday next month
The International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) will celebrate the 90th birth anniversary of the 14th Dalai Lama.
PM Modi to embark on five-nation tour on July 2, attend BRICS Summit in Brazil
PM Narendra Modi will undertake a visit to Ghana from July 2-3, 2025, his first bilateral trip to the nation, officials said.
Election Commission trying to bring NRC through backdoor: TMC MP Derek O'Brien
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O'Brien on Saturday slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI) for allegedly trying to enforce National Register of Citizens (NRC) through a voter verification drive in poll-bound Bihar and West Bengal.
'If classmates become rapists, then whom are to be blamed?': TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee's bizarre remark on Kolkata rape case
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee has passed a bizarre remark while responding to the alleged rape of a 24-year-old law student by a ruling party functionary on the campus of a law college in Kolkata.
Security guard of Kolkata law college, where TMC functionary raped student, nabbed in fourth arrest so far
Kolkata/IBNS: The security guard of the South Kolkata Law College was on Saturday nabbed marking the fourth arrest in connection with the alleged rape of a 24-year-old law student on the campus, media reports said.
She went to fill out form, Trinamool functionary raped her in union room: Law college victim's FIR
Kolkata/IBNS: The First Information Report (FIR) in the South Kolkata Law College gangrape revealed shocking details of the victim student being brutalised in the union room by alumni and Trinamool Congress functionary Monojit Mishra when she went to fill out her form.
Middle East conflict: Centre says 4415 Indians evacuated from Iran, Israel
The Indian government on Friday said 4415 Indian nationals have been evacuated using 19 special evacuation flights, including 3 IAF C-17 aircraft, from conflict-hit Iran and Israel as part of Operation Sindhu.
India rejects 'supplemental award' by 'illegal' Court of Arbitration on Indus Waters Treaty, calls it unlawful
New Delhi/IBNS: India has "categorically" rejected a "supplemental award" by an "illegal" Court of Arbitration, which has been supposedly set up over the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.
Over 500 devotees injured as massive crowd surged to pull chariots during Puri's Rath Yatra festival
Puri/IBNS: Over 500 devotees were injured and several others were critical during the annual Rath Yatra festival in Odisha’s Puri as a sea of crowds flocked to pull the chariot in the city, media reports said.