All 700 passengers rescued from stranded Mumbai train

All the 700 people on board an express train, which was stranded on flooded tracks in an open field in Badlapur, about 60 kilometres from Mumbai, are rescued.
27 July 2019, 07:53 AM

India army chief warns Pakistan

India’s army chief yesterday warned Pakistan that it would get a “bloodied nose” if there was a repeat of a bloody battle which took place 20 years ago.
26 July 2019, 18:14 PM

Lok Sabha passes bill to criminalise triple talaq

The Lok Sabha passes a bill to criminalise the practice of instant triple talaq among Muslims with the Indian government asserting that the law is needed as hundreds of cases of instant divorce have come to the fore despite the Supreme Court striking down the practice.
26 July 2019, 07:34 AM

India celebrates 20 years of victory in Kargil War

India celebrates the 20th anniversary of victory in the Kargil War against Pakistan.
26 July 2019, 06:48 AM

Trinamool Congress urges for steps to rename West Bengal

A delegation of West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress lawmakers met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Parliament yesterday and submitted a memorandum urging him to take steps to change the state's name to “Bangla”.
25 July 2019, 05:27 AM

Karnataka govt falls

The 14-month-old coalition government of the Congress and Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s Janata Dal (Secular) in Karnataka lost the trust vote on the floor of the state legislature yesterday, capping nearly three weeks of political turmoil triggered by the resignation of 16 ruling alliance lawmakers.
23 July 2019, 18:00 PM

India successfully launches unmanned lunar mission Chandrayaan 2

India’s most ambitious unmanned mission to the moon is successfully launched six days after the previous lift-off had to be halted due to a technical snag.
22 July 2019, 05:30 AM

Veteran Indian politician Sheila Dikshit passes away

Senior Congress leader and former chief minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit passes away at a private hospital in New Delhi aged 81.
20 July 2019, 15:38 PM

Indian Army successfully tests 3rd generation anti-tank guided missiles

The Indian Army successfully wraps up 12-day summer user trials of third generation anti-tank guided missile NAG in a desert in Rajasthan state, paving the way for production and induction of the weapon.
20 July 2019, 11:18 AM

Priyanka Gandhi meets Sonbhadra victims’ families, says she’ll return

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra meets the family members of the victims of a violent clash over a land dispute in an Uttar Pradesh village and empathises with them.
20 July 2019, 06:13 AM

Plea moved with Indian SC seeking extension of final NRC deadline

The Indian and the Assam governments move an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking extension of the July 31 deadline for coming out with the final National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam.
19 July 2019, 10:54 AM

Priyanka Gandhi detained after staging sit-in

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is detained after she is barred from visiting the victims of a firing incident in a village in Uttar Pradesh.
19 July 2019, 09:24 AM

India to give free health care to 100 FFs each year

Government of India initiates a new scheme for providing medical treatment to 100 freedom fighter patients every year under which they will be provided free medical treatment in Indian Armed Forces Hospitals.
18 July 2019, 09:13 AM

Alleged Indian spy's Death sentence in Pakistan: Rivals both claim victory as ICJ orders review

India and Pakistan declared victory after the International Court of Justice late Wednesday ordered Islamabad to review the death sentence of former Indian navy officer Kulbhushan Sudhir Jadhav.
18 July 2019, 08:42 AM

India's second mission to moon rescheduled to July 22

India’s second unmanned mission to the moon, which was halted from launch three days ago due to a technical snag, will now take off on July 22, the Indian Space Research Organization says.
18 July 2019, 06:31 AM

ICJ asks Pakistan to review death penalty for Indian accused of spying

In a significant legal and diplomatic victory for India, the International Court of Justice rules that Pakistan must review the death sentence for a former Indian navy officer who has been handed the punishment by a Pakistani military court for alleged espionage and terrorism.
18 July 2019, 04:38 AM

13 dead, 50 feared trapped as century-old building collapses in Mumbai

The death toll in a building collapse in Mumbai’s congested Dongri locality rises to 13, a disaster management authority spokesman says.
17 July 2019, 10:12 AM

7 dead, over 40 feared trapped as century-old building collapses in Mumbai

Seven persons died and eight others were injured while over 40 people are feared trapped as a century-old four-storey building collapsed in Mumbai’s Dongri locality, officials say.
16 July 2019, 09:12 AM

13 killed in India building collapse

At least seven Indian soldiers and a civilian were killed and 28 injured when a four-storey building collapsed following heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district on Sunday evening, the country's officials say.
15 July 2019, 05:41 AM

India’s second lunar mission called off due to technical glitch

India's second unmanned mission to the moon, Chandrayaan-2, has been called off due to a technical glitch, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) says.
15 July 2019, 04:50 AM