NEW DELHI — India said on Thursday that its deputy foreign minister and a state governor would represent the country at the state funeral of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Governor of Bihar, Syed Ata Hasnain, and deputy foreign minister Pabitra Margherita will visit Iran on July 03, the Indian foreign ministry said […]
NEW DELHI — Prices of commercial LPG, the one used in hotels and restaurants, were cut by Rs 183.50 per 19-kg cylinder on Wednesday — the first reduction in rates this year. Commercial LPG now costs Rs 2,930 per 19-kg cylinder, oil companies said. Commercial LPG rates hit an all-time high of Rs 3,113 per […]
NEW DELHI — Nayara Energy, India’s largest private fuel retailer, on Wednesday cut petrol prices by Rs 5 per litre and diesel by Rs 3 a litre across its nationwide network, marking the first reduction in retail fuel prices by any company in more than two years as easing tensions in West Asia pulled down […]
NEW DELHI — General Dhiraj Seth, an accomplished military officer with the rare distinction of heading two operational Army commands along the western front, took charge as the new Chief of the Army Staff on Tuesday, officials said. Gen Seth assumed the reins of the 1.3 million-strong force at a time when it is forging […]
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 […]