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'Unfortunate': Supreme Court on selective reveal of Air India crash probe report implying pilot's probable fault

Sep 22, 2025, at 02:16 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday called the selective reveal of the Air India plane crash probe report suggesting one of the pilots could be at fault "unfortunate", media reports said.

Pak cricketers Sahibzada Farhan and Haris Rauf's gestures in Asia Cup match against India sparks fresh boycott calls

Sep 22, 2025, at 01:23 pm

Dubai/IBNS: Pakistani cricketers Sahibzada Farhan and Haris Rauf's gestures on field in the Super Four match have sparked the "boycott" debate in India.

Amit Shah calls GST 2.0 'trust-based tax system'

Sep 22, 2025, at 11:41 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has called the GST 2.0 "a trust-based tax system in the country" as the new simplified slabs of taxes came into effect on Monday in much relief for people.

Himanta Biswa Sarma confirms Zubeen Garg’s cremation with full state honours on Sept 23

Sep 21, 2025, at 10:12 pm

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced that the late musical icon Zubeen Garg will be cremated with full state honours on September 23 near Guwahati. 

New GST reforms will accelerate India's growth story: Modi

Sep 21, 2025, at 05:19 pm

Indian PM Narendra Modi on Sunday addressed the nation when he said the new GST rate cuts will come into effect from Monday, and the measure will help in accelerating India's growth story.

Global Affairs expert Ian Bremmer feels India is better positioned than EU in current geopolitics

Sep 21, 2025, at 01:04 pm

Global Affairs expert Ian Bremmer feels that India is better positioned in the world order than the European Union in the absence of global leadership and the multipolarity likely to be created due to US President Donald Trump's tariff decisions.

Narendra Modi will address nation at 5 pm today

Sep 21, 2025, at 11:58 am

Indian PM Narendra Modi will address the nation at 5 pm on Sunday, media reports said.

Likely to have humanitarian consequences: India on Trump administration hiking H-1B visa fee

Sep 21, 2025, at 12:20 am

India on Saturday said the full implications of the United States’ decision to impose a $100,000 annual fee on H-1B visas are currently being studied, but added that the measure taken by the President Donald Trump-led administration is likely to have 'humanitarian consequences'.

Resetting ties: Indian NSA Ajit Doval meets Canadian counterpart Nathalie G. Drouin, discusses security cooperation

Sep 20, 2025, at 06:04 pm

National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met his Canadian counterpart Nathalie G. Drouin, National Security and Intelligence Adviser of Canada, recently in New Delhi, when they tried to strengthen security cooperation and further reinforce existing mechanisms of engagement.

Vote Chori row: MP Supriya Sule says there is a need to clean up the system if there is any gap

Sep 20, 2025, at 04:33 pm

Nationalist Congress Party (SP) MP Supriya Sule has said there is a need to 'clean up the system' if a gap is present amid repeated vote manipulation claims by the opposition.

PM Modi gives fresh 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' push after Trump announces H-1B visa fee hike impacting Indian techies

Sep 20, 2025, at 04:31 pm

Bhavnagar/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday gave fresh "Aatmanirbhar Bharat" push in a veiled response to US President Donald Trump's shocking hike of H-1B visa fee impacting a large section of Indian techies, who aspire to work for major IT firms in the West.

India's first overseas defence factory to be inaugurated in Morocco during Rajnath Singh's visit next week

Sep 20, 2025, at 04:11 pm

Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will undertake a two-day official visit to Morocco from September 22-23, when the Tata Advanced Systems Maroc’s new manufacturing facility for the Wheeled Armoured Platform (WhAP) 8x8 at Berrechid will be inaugurated, officials said.

'Weak PM': Rahul Gandhi jibes at Modi after Trump announces new H-1B visa rule impacting Indian techies

Sep 20, 2025, at 03:31 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has taken a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling him "weak" after US President Donald Trump announced a dramatic raise of annual fee for H-1B visa to $100,000 impacting a large number of Indian tech workers, who constitute a major portion of the beneficiaries.

Soldier killed in encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur

Sep 20, 2025, at 03:00 pm

Srinagar/IBNS: A soldier was killed in an encounter with terrorists in the Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said.

Calcutta HC div. bench rejects Mamata's sister-in-law's plea against stay on top college principal removal order

Sep 20, 2025, at 12:26 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the single bench order that had issued an interim stay on the show-cause notice and suspension order to Rani Birla Girls' College principal passed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's sister-in-law Kajari Banerjee, who holds a post in the institution.

Mukul Roy, Partha Chatterjee pressured me in recruitments: Ex-SSC chairman makes explosive claim

Sep 20, 2025, at 10:46 am

Kolkata/IBNS: In an explosive claim, former West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) chairman Chittaranjan Mondal has said he was pressured by Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s erstwhile heavyweight Mukul Roy and now jailed ex-Education Minister Partha Chatterjee in the recruitment process.

Reviving ties: India, Canada review bilateral ties during New Delhi meeting

Sep 20, 2025, at 10:39 am

Indian and Canadian officials met on Friday when they reviewed the state of bilateral ties between the two countries, marking an improvement in the strained relationship over the killing of Khalistani leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

Exercise strict vigilance: MEA cautions Indians against travelling to Iran amid spike in false promises of employment

Sep 20, 2025, at 09:46 am

The Ministry of External Affairs has cautioned Indian nationals to exercise strict vigilance amid a spike in 'false promises of employment' in Iran.

PM Modi to visit Gujarat on Sept 20, to participate in ‘Samudra se Samriddhi’ event

Sep 19, 2025, at 11:37 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on Saturday. He will participate in ‘Samudra se Samriddhi’ event and inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over Rs 34,200 crore, at around 10:30 AM, at Bhavnagar.

Sam Pitroda issues clarification after 'at home in neighbouring countries' remark sparks row

Sep 19, 2025, at 10:36 pm

Senior Congress leader and Indian Overseas Congress chief Sam Pitroda has issued a clarification after triggering a political row with his statement that he felt “at home” in neighbouring countries, including Pakistan.

Two Assam rifles jawans killed in ambush near Imphal, Governor condemns attack

Sep 19, 2025, at 09:31 pm

Two jawans of the Assam Rifles were killed in action after their truck was ambushed by a group of unidentified gunmen on the outskirts of Manipur's Imphal on Thursday evening, media reports said.

Modi plants Kadamb sapling presented by King Charles III on his birthday

Sep 19, 2025, at 06:10 pm

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday planted a Kadamb sapling at his official residence in New Delhi, which was gifted by British King Charles III.

Universal Postal Congress in Dubai: India re-elected to UPU’s Council of Administration, POC

Sep 19, 2025, at 05:54 pm

India has been re-elected to the Council of Administration (CA) and the Postal Operations Council (POC) of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) during the 28th UPU Congress held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

India, UAE leaders meet for high-level Joint Task Force on Investments in Abu Dhabi, discuss trade, investment

Sep 19, 2025, at 04:55 pm

Sheikh Hamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, and Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, Co-Chaired the latest meeting of the India-UAE High Level Joint Task Force on Investments in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, when they discussed a wide range of trade and investment topics.

Modi discusses development in bilateral relations across multiple sectors during telephone conversations with Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Sep 19, 2025, at 04:28 pm

Indian PM Narendra Modi held a telephone conversation with his Greek counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis when they welcomed developments in bilateral relations across multiple sectors, including technology.

Manmohan Singh thanked me for meeting Hafiz Saeed: Yasin Malik's explosive claim; BJP irked

Sep 19, 2025, at 03:03 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: In an explosive claim, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) terrorist Yasin Malik said he was thanked by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh personally for meeting Pakistan-based terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba head Hafiz Saeed as a part of India's peace talks with Pakistan, media reports said.

Wake up at 4 am, delete two voters: Rahul Gandhi's fresh 'vote chori' jibe at ECI

Sep 19, 2025, at 01:55 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has taken a fresh dig at the Election Commission of India (ECI) doubling down his allegation of "voter deletion" against the poll body.

CBI chargesheets Anil Ambani, former Yes Bank CEO Rana Kapoor and his family in corruption case

Sep 19, 2025, at 11:46 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday chargesheeted Anil Ambani and others in connection with fraudulent transactions between the industrialist's group companies, Yes Bank and firms owned by former bank CEO Rana Kapoor's kin, media reports said.

Kangana Ranaut should be slapped, Congress leader KS Alagiri stirs row; actress-BJP MP responds

Sep 19, 2025, at 11:05 am

Chennai/IBNS: Former Tamil Nadu Congress chief KS Alagiri has sparked a row provoking agricultural workers to slap actress-turned-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kangana Ranaut, media reports said.

New Scheme: UK deports first migrant, an Indian national, to France

Sep 19, 2025, at 10:35 am

An Indian national became the first person to be deported from the UK to France under the new treaty reached between the two countries to reduce illegal English Channel crossings on small boats.