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Delhi HC rejects pleas seeking removal of Afzal Guru and Mohammad Maqbool Bhat's graves from Tihar Jail | Self-styled godman Swami Chaitanyananda accused of sexually harassing over dozen students, case filed | Ladakh statehood agitation turns violent as protesters resort to stone-pelting, BJP office torched | Kolkata battered by heavy rain: 7 die of electrocution, normal lives disrupted; schools and colleges shut | 'Unfortunate': Supreme Court on selective reveal of Air India crash probe report implying pilot's probable fault | Amit Shah calls GST 2.0 'trust-based tax system' | PM Modi gives fresh 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' push after Trump announces H-1B visa fee hike impacting Indian techies | 'Weak PM': Rahul Gandhi jibes at Modi after Trump announces new H-1B visa rule impacting Indian techies | Soldier killed in encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur | 'Stay in the US, return within 24 hours if away': Tech firms tell H-1B visa holders after Trump's major crackdown on immigration

Rajnath Singh visits strategic naval facility HMAS Kuttabul in Sydney

Oct 10, 2025, at 06:21 pm

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited the naval facility HMAS Kuttabul in Sydney, Australia, on Friday when he was accompanied by Australia’s Assistant Minister of Defence Peter Khalil.

Rajnath Singh welcomes Australian companies to co-develop & co-produce high-end systems

Oct 10, 2025, at 04:28 pm

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the maiden India-Australia Defence Industry Business Round Table in Sydney on October 10, reaffirming the growing synergy between the two nations across multiple domains.

This visit marks an important step in advancing our ties: Jaishankar on Taliban leader Muttaqi's India tour

Oct 10, 2025, at 03:40 pm

Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday met Afghan counterpart Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi and said his visit marked an important step in advancing our ties and affirming the enduring India-Afghanistan friendship.

Jaishankar-Muttaqi meeting: India reopens Kabul embassy, restores full diplomatic ties with Taliban-led Afghanistan

Oct 10, 2025, at 01:50 pm

India has upgraded its technical mission in Kabul to a full-fledged embassy, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar announced on Friday, following a meeting with Afghanistan’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi.

Mamata escalates attack on ECI over SIR, accuses state CEO of threatening officers

Oct 10, 2025, at 12:28 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday escalated her attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Election Commission of India (ECI), state poll body CEO as the controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR) is set to be rolled out in the state soon.

West Bengal minister Sujit Bose raided by ED in civic body recruitment scam

Oct 10, 2025, at 11:20 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal top minister Sujit Bose was on Friday raided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the alleged recruitment scam in a civic body, media reports said.

PM Modi congratulates Benjamin Netanyahu on progress made under Trump’s Gaza peace plan

Oct 09, 2025, at 11:59 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and congratulated him on the progress made under US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan.

5 dead, several injured after explosion triggers house collapse in Ayodhya

Oct 09, 2025, at 11:50 pm

At least five people were killed and several others injured after a house collapsed following a loud explosion in a village in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya on Thursday evening, media reports said.  

India-UK ties 'on the move': PM Modi takes car ride with UK counterpart Keir Starmer

Oct 09, 2025, at 11:04 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that relations between India and the United Kingdom are “on the move” and “filled with great vigour,” as he shared a photo with his British counterpart Keir Starmer taking a car ride during the latter’s two-day visit to India.

Afghan Taliban foreign minister Muttaqi arrives in India amid diplomatic flag dilemma

Oct 09, 2025, at 10:48 pm

New Delhi: Afghanistan’s UN-sanctioned Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi arrived in India on Wednesday for a week-long visit, marking the first official trip by a senior Taliban leader since the group seized power in 2021 after the withdrawal of US-led forces.

PM Modi congratulates Trump on ‘historic’ Gaza peace plan, discusses India-US trade negotiations

Oct 09, 2025, at 10:35 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated US President Donald Trump for the successful rollout of the Gaza peace plan, calling it a “historic step” toward ending the devastating conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

Sunjay Kapur’s estate row: Karisma Kapoor’s children cry forgery, Priya Sachdev called 'Cinderella’s stepmother'

Oct 09, 2025, at 09:36 pm

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.  

China seeks India’s assurance against re-export of heavy rare earth magnets to US

Oct 09, 2025, at 07:59 pm

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.

Karnataka cabinet approves paid menstrual leave for women employees across sectors

Oct 09, 2025, at 07:12 pm

Bengaluru: Women employees in Karnataka will now be entitled to one paid menstrual leave each month, the state cabinet announced on Wednesday.

'Terribly wrong': Chidambaram says PM Modi misquoted him on his 26/11 remark

Oct 09, 2025, at 06:01 pm

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.

'Don't trust Amit Shah': Mamata invokes Mir Jafar to warn PM Modi

Oct 09, 2025, at 05:17 pm

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.

One govt job per household: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's massive Bihar poll promise

Oct 09, 2025, at 02:49 pm

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.

India-UK's growing partnership is important for global stability: PM Modi in joint statement with Keir Starmer

Oct 09, 2025, at 01:47 pm

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.

Coldrif scandal: Owner of pharma company that manufactured adulterated cough syrup arrested after 20 children died

Oct 09, 2025, at 01:15 pm

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.

PM Modi welcomes Trump's Gaza peace plan, says truce deal reflects Netanyahu's 'strong leadership'

Oct 09, 2025, at 11:14 am

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".

Piyush Goyal visits Qatar to reinforce Strategic Economic Partnership

Oct 09, 2025, at 12:03 am

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.

Scooter explosion in Kanpur market injures 6, forensic probe underway

Oct 08, 2025, at 11:56 pm

Six people, including a woman, were injured on Wednesday evening when an explosion rocked a busy market in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, media reports said.

'India was only united under Aurangzeb': Pak Minister Khawaja Asif sparks row with provocative remark

Oct 08, 2025, at 11:52 pm

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.

India-UK Trade Ministers hold bilateral meeting in Mumbai, set out vision for Joint Economic and Trade Committee

Oct 08, 2025, at 11:23 pm

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.

DGCA fines IndiGo ₹20 lakh for lapses in pilot training; airline to appeal order

Oct 08, 2025, at 10:32 pm

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.

Chhattisgarh IT student suspended for using AI to morph women’s photos, over 1,000 images found

Oct 08, 2025, at 09:38 pm

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 Haryana IPS officer who died by suicide alleges 'mental harassment' by seniors in 8-page note

Oct 08, 2025, at 09:07 pm

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.

PM Modi targets Congress over 26/11 response, says party 'kneeled before terrorism'

Oct 08, 2025, at 08:50 pm

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.

Narendra Modi inaugurates Navi Mumbai International Airport

Oct 08, 2025, at 06:52 pm

Indian PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Navi Mumbai International Airport and also launched and dedicated various developmental projects in Mumbai, Maharashtra on Wednesday.

'First pay Rs. 60 cr': Shilpa Shetty not allowed to travel abroad by court in view of lookout circular over fraud charges

Oct 08, 2025, at 02:24 pm

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.