India

Authorities at the Archaeological Survey of India had “advanced the dates” for mud-pack treatment for the graves of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and wife Mumtaz Mahal at Taj Mahal in view of US President Donald Trump’s planned visit to the famed mausoleum on Monday, an official said. The 17th-century monument […]

BJP National General Secretary Ram Madhav on Sunday said that all the people in his party want the situation in Jammu and Kashmir to become conducive for normal political activity to resume. “Keeping the situation of J-K in mind, the government has invoked certain Sections for detention of some leaders […]

One of the six bids received for the design interface of the Prime Ministers’ Museum at New Delhi’s Teen Murti Bhavan is as low as ~1 crore, leaving officials wondering if the idea was feasible at all, said an official involved in the process.All the other bids were in the […]

India’s first coronavirus patient, who was discharged from Kerala’s Thrissur Medical College Hospital on Thursday, has said she never expected to be infected when she left China in January. But once she was tested positive, she was confident about her recovery even as she was concerned about her family and […]

The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board is likely to take a decision in its meeting on Monday regarding the land given by the state government for construction of a mosque. “We have already said about honouring the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya issue,” board chairman Zufar Farooqui told […]

Describing the biodiversity of India as a “unique treasure” for humankind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio address on Sunday, urged people to preserve and conserve it. “The more you know, the more you realise the magnitude of what you do not know. Our biodiversity […]

The Indian Air Force (IAF) may review its promotion policy to allow group captains to become air commodores faster as part of an overarching plan to improve their career prospects and keep pilots from quitting service, two senior government officials said on condition of anonymity. A troubling trend of pilots […]

An uncle of Dr Kafeel Khan was shot dead by unidentified men outside his house in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur late on Saturday when he was returning after playing carrom at a neighbour’s house, police said. Dr Khan, a paediatrician, had hit the headlines after the death of 60 children in […]

Congress leader Randeep Surjewala raised a number of “relevant questions on national interest” for Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, a day ahead of US president Donald Trump’s two-day visit to India. India and the US are expected to finalise at least five memoranda of understanding (MoUs) on issues ranging […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to visit Hunar Haat, which celebrates the legacy of India’s arts and crafts, during his monthly radio address ‘Mann Ki Baat’. The Prime Minister talked about his memorable visit to Hunar Haat and said it showcases India’s diversity and dynamism, in his […]

Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has proposed that inflammatory speeches made to instigate inter-regional clashes be included in the definition of “hate speech” to maintain the honour and dignity of Indian citizens, two government officials, who refused to be named. The PM sought an expansion of the definition of hate […]