Maharashtra woman doctor dies by suicide after alleging rape by police officer
Oct 24, 2025, at 09:32 pm
A woman doctor working at the Phaltan sub-district hospital in Maharashtra’s Satara district died by suicide on Thursday night, leaving behind a note on her left palm accusing Police Sub-Inspector Gopal Badne of repeatedly raping and harassing her over five months, media reports said.
Building Peace through Knowledge: Uzbekistan’s Expanding Cooperation with UNESCO
Oct 24, 2025, at 06:25 pm
Today, Uzbekistan continues to steadily strengthen its cooperation with the international community in education, science, culture, and innovation. In this process, the country’s partnership with UNESCO holds a special place. Uzbekistan became a member of UNESCO in 1993 – a historic step that paved the way for integrating the national education system, scientific potential, and rich cultural heritage into the global intellectual space.
Oct 24, 2025, at 05:23 pm
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has said India remains a vital partner in advancing stability across the Indo-Pacific region.
Cochin Shipyard Limited delivers the indigenously built Mahe to Indian Navy
Oct 24, 2025, at 04:43 pm
‘Mahe’, the first of the eight ASW SWCs (AntiSubmarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft), indigenously designed and built by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), Kochi, was delivered to the Indian Navy on Thursday.
After backlash, TMC MP Mahua Moitra clarifies she ‘accidentally’ endorsed racist post mocking Diwali
Oct 24, 2025, at 04:24 pm
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has issued a clarification after coming under fire for endorsing a Canadian vlogger’s post that mocked Diwali and labelled Indians “brain dead.”
Oct 24, 2025, at 03:32 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In a setback for West Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari, the Calcutta High Court on Friday revoked the immunity which was earlier granted to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) top leader from First Information Reports (FIRs), media reports said.
Rajasthan bureaucrat suspended after viral petrol pump brawl
Oct 24, 2025, at 03:09 pm
Bhilwara (Rajasthan): Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officer Chhotu Lal Sharma was suspended on Thursday, hours after a video showing him involved in a physical altercation with petrol pump staff in Bhilwara went viral.
Piyush Goyal, Xavier Bettel review progress in India-Germany economic relations
Oct 24, 2025, at 02:57 pm
Following his high-level engagements at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the Federal Chancellery on Thursday, Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Piyush Goyal, met Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel, when they reviewed the progress in economic relations and explored further avenues to strengthen bilateral trade and business relations.
Oct 24, 2025, at 02:27 pm
Samastipur/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday claimed the NDA government will return to power in Bihar under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's leadership, a day after Mahagathbandhan claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won't let the Janata Dal (United) supremo to become the CM again.
Celebrated for Fevicol, Cadbury ads, India's advertising revolutionary Piyush Pandey dies at 70
Oct 24, 2025, at 01:32 pm
Oct 24, 2025, at 01:10 pm
Kurnool/IBNS: At least 19 people have died after a luxury bus carrying 43 people caught fire and turned into ashes after hitting a two-wheeler in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool in the wee hours on Friday, media reports said.
Is Modi avoiding Trump? Indian PM to virtually join ASEAN Summit where US Prez to be present
Oct 24, 2025, at 11:01 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A possible meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Donald Trump was speculated when the US President expressed hope to meet India's premier leader in the coming weeks, media reports said.
India donates 81 school buses to flood-affected Nepal
Oct 24, 2025, at 09:34 am
The Indian government donated 81 school buses to various educational institutions across different districts in Nepal that were affected by floods.
Andhra Pradesh: 11 die after bus catches fire following collision with two-wheeler
Oct 24, 2025, at 09:12 am
At least 11 people were charred to death after a private bus caught fire following its collision with a two-wheeler near Chinnatekur in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh on Friday, media reports said.
Congress defends timing of Bihar CM face announcement, challenges NDA to name its candidate
Oct 24, 2025, at 12:51 am
The Congress, which announced RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav as the opposition alliance’s Chief Ministerial candidate in Bihar after the filing of the second set of nominations, has maintained that the move was not delayed.
PM Modi urges Bihar voters to remember ‘jungle raj’, calls opposition alliance ‘lathbandhan’
Oct 23, 2025, at 10:17 pm
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to BJP workers in Bihar to remind voters, especially the younger generation, of the state’s “jungle raj” years, asserting that people will not forget that period for the next hundred years.
Shashi Tharoor rebukes Donald Trump for announcing India’s oil policy decisions
Oct 23, 2025, at 09:37 pm
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday slammed Donald Trump for making statements on behalf of India, after the US President claimed that New Delhi would “significantly reduce” imports of Russian oil by the end of the year.
Tejashwi dares NDA to name CM face, calls BJP alliance a ‘thugbandhan’
Oct 23, 2025, at 08:46 pm
Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has challenged the NDA to declare its CM face for the and called the BJP-led alliance a ‘thugbandhan’ with no vision or agenda.
India clears ₹79,000 cr arms buys for three services to boost firepower and readiness
Oct 23, 2025, at 07:14 pm
New Delhi: India will acquire military equipment worth ₹79,000 crore for the three armed services to strengthen their firepower and operational capability, the Ministry of Defence said in a press release.
Bengal woman gangraped and robbed after 5 men barged into house in Bengaluru, 3 arrested
Oct 23, 2025, at 02:21 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: Three people were arrested after a woman from West Bengal was gang-raped and robbed at her house in Bengaluru, media reports said.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav named as Mahagathbandhan's CM face in Bihar polls
Oct 23, 2025, at 01:17 pm
Patna/IBNS: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has been named as the Chief Ministerial face of Mahagathbandhan in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, media reports said.
Pakistan is the worst violator of human rights: India at UN
Oct 23, 2025, at 12:04 pm
New York/IBNS: India has slammed Pakistan at the United Nations after Islamabad tried to show "cross border terrorism" as a "freedom struggle", media reports said.
Instagram influencer from Jabalpur loses ₹50 lakh to cyber extortion racket
Oct 23, 2025, at 12:47 am
In what police are calling the first cybercrime case of its kind in Jabalpur, a popular Instagram creator from Madhya Pradesh has allegedly lost ₹50 lakh to a digital extortion gang that threatened to “strike” and “ban” his social media accounts.
‘My father is in final phase of political career’: Siddaramaiah’s son sparks speculation
Oct 23, 2025, at 12:11 am
Amid ongoing speculation over a possible leadership change in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son, Yathindra Siddaramaiah, has said that his father is in the “final phase” of his political career and should play the role of a ‘margdarshak’ (mentor) to fellow Congress leader and Public Works Department Minister Satish Jarkiholi, media reports said.
Political storm in Bengal over alleged vandalism of Kali idol, BJP attacks Mamata Banerjee govt
Oct 22, 2025, at 11:50 pm
A major political controversy has erupted in West Bengal after reports of alleged vandalism of a Kali idol in Kakdwip, near the Sundarbans.
IndiGo flight from Kolkata to Srinagar makes emergency landing in Varanasi after fuel leak
Oct 22, 2025, at 10:30 pm
An IndiGo flight from Kolkata to Srinagar made an emergency landing at the Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday following reports of a fuel leak, media reports said.
India-Japan Ties: INS Sahyadri participates in sea phase of JAIMEX
Oct 22, 2025, at 06:51 pm
Indian Naval Ship (INS) Sahyadri, an indigenously built Shivalik-class Guided Missile Stealth Frigate, participated in the sea phase of JAIMEX-25 (Japan India Maritime Exercise) from October 16 to October 18 and made a port call at Yokosuka, Japan, on Tuesday for the Harbour phase.
Oct 22, 2025, at 04:53 pm
At least three people were arrested for allegedly assaulting a female doctor and threatening her with rape at a state-run hospital in West Bengal's Uluberia area, media reports said.
India upgrades Technical Mission in Kabul to Embassy, days after Muttaqi's visit to New Delhi
Oct 22, 2025, at 04:27 pm
The Indian government has upgraded the Technical Mission of the country in Kabul to an Embassy of India in Afghanistan with immediate effect.
Oct 22, 2025, at 02:24 pm
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan-based terror organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) has launched an online "Jihadi course" to recruit women and raise funds for its newly-created women's wing, Jamat-ul-Muminat, media reports said.