NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted three more accused, including an absconder, in connection with the November 10, 2025, car bomb explosion that killed 11 persons near the Red Fort. In a supplementary chargesheet filed in a special NIA Court, the National Investigation Agency has named Zameer Ahmad Ahanger, Tufail Ahmad […]
NEW DELHI — Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs George Kurian has resigned from the council of ministers after his Rajya Sabha term came to an end. The BJP had decided not to renominate him in the recent Rajya Sabha polls. President Droupadi Murmu has accepted his resignation, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said on Tuesday. […]
LUCKNOW — Fifteen people were “brought dead” at a hospital here and seven injured were undergoing treatment after a massive fire gutted a three-floor commercial building housing an animation centre on Monday, according to a hospital official. Dr Anil Agrawal, Medical Superintendent, Trauma Centre, KGMU, said that “21 to 22 children were been brought in” […]
LUCKNOW — At least 12 students were killed after a massive fire blazed through a three-floor commercial building in a residential area in north Lucknow on a busy Monday afternoon, trapping several people. Eyewitnesses said several people jumped out of the building as fire engulfed the structure that houses a pet clinic as well as […]
NEW DELHI — A nationwide mock drill was underway across the country on Saturday ahead of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination as part of the efforts to ensure smooth, secure and transparent conduct of the medical entrance test, officials said. Security has also been tightened at the National Testing Agency (NTA) office in the national capital, […]
NEW DELHI — A New Delhi court on Friday rejected Telegram’s appeal against a temporary ban in India, a setback for the messaging app which had challenged the prohibition imposed to curb alleged exam-related fraud. India will conduct its national undergraduate medical entrance exam on Sunday, a month after it cancelled the results of the […]
NEW DELHI — Five personnel of the Indian Air Force were killed when a Russian-origin AN-32 transport aircraft crashed in Assam’s Jorhat on Saturday. The aircraft met with an accident during a routine sortie at around 10 am, the IAF said. “The Indian Air Force (IAF) deeply regrets the loss of five personnel in the […]
NEW DELHI — The government has restricted industrial, commercial and institutional users from buying petrol and diesel from petrol pumps and instead asked them to source their requirements from bulk sale points, according to an official order. The restrictions, which will be in place for up to 90 days, follows abnormal demand growth, particularly that […]
NEW DELHI — Three Indian sailors died in a U.S. military strike on a tanker off Oman as part of Washington’s efforts to blockade Iran-linked shipping, India said on Thursday, after summoning a U.S. diplomat to demand an end to such attacks. The deaths are the first reported since the blockade began on April 13, […]
NEW DELHI — India is working to ensure “not a single drop of water” will flow into neighbouring Pakistan, the water minister has said, after New Delhi suspended a major treaty last year. Pakistan has previously said it would consider any attempt to change the flow of cross-border waterways as an “act of war”, and […]