Election Commsiion of India (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday directed to register an FIR against Trinamool Congress MLA Monirul Islam for alleged vandalism at the Farakka Block Development Office (BDO) in West Bengal last week. The poll body asked the district administration to file the FIR by 5 pm, after observing … Read more
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday condemned an incident of “trespassing and vandalism” at its embassy in Croatia’s capital, Zagreb, and said it had raised the matter strongly with the Croatian authorities.The ministry of external affairs said it had taken up the issue both in New Delhi and in Zagreb and asked the authorities to hold … Read more
The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Thursday revoked Stage-III restrictions under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Delhi-NCR after a sustained improvement in air quality, with the city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) moving out of the ‘severe’ zone.In an order issued by the CAQM, it said Delhi’s AQI stood at 322 on … Read more
– In Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, 10 Army personnel were killed and 11 injured after their vehicle skidded off the Bhaderwah-Chamba road into a 200-foot-deep gorge. Noida police arrested two more builders were arrested over the death of 27-year-old software engineer Yuvraj Mehta, whose SUV fell into an unbarricaded construction pit, bringing the total … Read more
AI-generated image (For representative purposes only) The Bihar Assembly elections were widely celebrated as a democratic milestone. With an overall voter turnout of 66.91%, the highest since 1951, and women turning out in unprecedented numbers, the state appeared to signal a quiet transformation.Female voter turnout stood at an impressive 71.6%, far surpassing male turnout at … Read more
PTI photo NEW DELHI: Outside a Delhi court on Thursday, families affected by the 1984 anti-Sikh riots stood waiting, their faces carrying years of loss and anger. The court had just acquitted former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar in a case linked to alleged incitement of violence in the Janakpuri and Vikaspuri areas, a decision that … Read more
NEW DELHI: As US President Donald Trump unveiled his “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday (local time), India was not present on the stage. New Delhi had received an invitation to join the initiative on Sunday, but has not issued any official rejection.Trump had invited India to join his … Read more
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday took suo motu cognisance of the death of a 27-year-old software engineer who drowned after his SUV fell into a waterlogged trench at a commercial site in Greater Noida. The tribunal observed that the incident indicates serious environmental violations and regulatory lapses.The tribunal also highlighted that … Read more
NEW DELHI: For millions of Indians, healthcare still means long queues, distant hospitals, repeated tests, and paying out of pocket for medicines and diagnostics—even when they are officially “covered”. Families drain savings to manage chronic illness, elderly patients struggle across multiple providers, and those in rural or marginalised communities face delays or poor-quality care. Universal … Read more
NEW DELHI: Four army personnel were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district after their vehicle plunged into a gorge after skidding off the road on Thursday. Nine others were also injured in the incident.The vehicle was carrying 17 personnel, at Khanni top along Bhaderwah-Chamba interstate road, moving towards a high altitude when its driver … Read more