India launches low-orbit satellite

India has successfully launched its low-earth orbit satellite with 28 other nano-satellites of other countries from a spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.
1 April 2019, 05:32 AM

Rahul Gandhi will contest for 2nd constituency in Kerala

India’s main opposition party Congress has announced its President Rahul Gandhi would contest from a second constituency Wayanad in Kerala apart from his traditional bastion of Amethi in the key battleground state of Uttar Pradesh in the coming parliamentary elections.
31 March 2019, 06:47 AM

Modi’s address on state-owned media didn’t violate electoral code: EC

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on government-owned radio and TV to announce India’s successful testing of its anti-satellite missile on March 27 did not violate the electoral code of conduct, Indian Election Commission says.
30 March 2019, 10:23 AM

NDA will get more seats

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said yesterday his ruling coalition would increase its majority in India's upcoming election, despite some independent analysts suggesting it could disappear due to discontent over lack of jobs and depressed farm incomes.
29 March 2019, 18:00 PM

India claims successful test fire of ASAT missile

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced that India has successfully shot down a low-orbit satellite in space with an anti-satellite missile, becoming only the fourth space power after the US, China and Russia to possess the capacity.
27 March 2019, 08:13 AM

2 Bangladeshi ‘militants’ held in India

Two people stated to be Bangladeshi nationals with alleged links to militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen and ISIS have been arrested near Patna railway station in India’s Bihar.
27 March 2019, 06:34 AM

Bomb hoax: Singapore Airlines flight escorted to safety

A Singapore Airlines flight from Mumbai landed safely at Changi Airport, after the pilot raised a bomb threat alert.
26 March 2019, 09:59 AM

Pakistan accepts India’s proposal to open Sharda Temple Corridor

Following the Kartarpur Corridor -- a project that connects Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Narowal district with India's Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur District -- Islamabad gives a green signal to opening the Sharda Temple Corridor in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) for Hindu pilgrims.
26 March 2019, 04:20 AM

India’s first anti-corruption ombudsman sworn in

Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose, a retired judge of the Indian Supreme Court, has been sworn in as India's first anti-corruption ombudsman at the national level, nearly six years after a law for this was passed by parliament.
23 March 2019, 07:19 AM

Indian Jet Airways suspends flight to Dhaka, 12 other international routes

India’s financial crisis-hit Jet Airways has suspended flight operations to 13 more international destinations, including Dhaka, till this month-end.
23 March 2019, 06:12 AM

Advani sidelined in party rejig

Bracing for a tough parliamentary election to be held in April-May, India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party came out with its first list of 184 candidates spread across 20 states.
22 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Social media firms come up with code of ethics

Social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter, agreed on Wednesday to process any request from the Election Commission to take down content within three hours during the 48-hour period before voting days.
21 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Indian court acquits all four Hindu activists

An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted four Hindu men accused of bombing a train between India and Pakistan in 2007 that killed 68 people, mostly Pakistanis, citing a lack of evidence, defense lawyers said.
21 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Modi or Gandhi?

Transgender mystic Zoya Lobo turns over three oracle cards, studies them for a minute and looks up. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will definitely win India's general election this summer, she proclaims.
21 March 2019, 18:00 PM

Social media on ‘voluntary ethics’ ahead of Indian polls

Social media platforms have come up with a “voluntary code of ethics” in India ahead of the country’s parliamentary election beginning next month.
21 March 2019, 05:48 AM

Mayawati not contesting India’s upcoming elections

India’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati says she will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2019 effectively backing out of the race for the Prime Minister’s post.
20 March 2019, 12:51 PM

India may not have polls if Modi returns

India may not see another election if Narendra Modi is re-elected as Prime Minister, Rajasthan chief minister and senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot has claimed, suggesting that the country may go the way of China and Russia.
19 March 2019, 18:00 PM

10 arrested in India for playing PUBG

Indian police have arrested ten university students for playing PUBG, the hugely popular smartphone game described by one minister as a "demon in every house".
14 March 2019, 18:00 PM

3 dead, 34 injured as foot overbridge collapses in Mumbai

At least three people are dead and 34 others are injured as a foot overbridge collapses near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CSMT) Railway Station in Mumbai.
14 March 2019, 14:46 PM

India-Pakistan sit for talks to set up corridor linking shrine

Notwithstanding tensions in bilateral ties, senior officials of India and Pakistan today began talks to finalise the modalities for setting up of a corridor linking a holy Sikh shrine in the Pakistani town of Kartarpur with Gurdaspur district in Indian state Punjab.
14 March 2019, 07:50 AM