The incident took place on the Vaiduwadi flyover in Pune. The video of a driverless vehicle of the Pune civic body moving in reverse at a high speed has gone viral on social media. The video, recorded from a car on the opposite side of the road, shows the pick-up …...Read More

The flight brought back 205 people -- 199 adults and six infants -- from Dhaka. (File) A special Air India flight brought 205 people, including six infants, from Dhaka to New Delhi on Wednesday morning, an official said. The chartered flight, which took off for the Bangladesh capital late Tuesday, …...Read More

Senior IAS officer Amit Singh Negi has been appointed additional secretary in the PMO as part of a major top-level reshuffle effected by the Centre. A 1999-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Uttarakhand cadre, Mr Negi is currently joint secretary in the Department of Expenditure under the Union …...Read More

File photo Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to the lieutenant governor saying cabinet minister Atishi will hoist the national flag in his place at the city government's Independence Day function on August 15, the AAP said on Wednesday. Mr Kejriwal is currently lodged in Tihar jail in connection …...Read More

Burnt Awami League party office as anti-government protestors set fire in Dhaka Non-essential staff and their families at the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka are returning to India via commercial flights, sources said today. They are returning voluntarily, sources said. All diplomats including the High Commissioner have stayed …...Read More

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat's heartbreaking disqualification from the Paris Olympics - for being 100 grams overweight - means a political battle is brewing between the BJP and the Congress-led opposition, particularly in light of sexual assault allegations against ex-wrestling body chief Brij Bhushan. Phogat's disqualification was followed by a flood of …...Read More

Vinesh Phogat was assured of winning at least a silver medal before she was disqualified Vinesh Phogat is not one to give and will surely make a strong comeback, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in a social media post, as 1.4 billion Indians tried to come to terms with …...Read More

Representational Image Anticipating an influx of people from violence-hit Bangladesh, the Manipur government on Tuesday evening directed the Deputy Commissioners of two districts -- Pherzawl and Jiribam -- to clamp night curfew and further strengthen security and vigilance. In his directive, the Home Department's Joint Secretary said that due to …...Read More

The move comes after massive protests over job quotas forced Sheikh Hasina to quit. India has evacuated all non-essential staff and their families from its embassy and consulates in Bangladesh, sources have confirmed. The move comes after massive protests over job quotas forced Sheikh Hasina to quit as Bangladesh's prime …...Read More

The attempt was made in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district. Even as the political turmoil and violence continues in Bangladesh, a group of nearly 600 people from the country were stopped from entering India at a border point in West Bengal by the Border Security Force, which has been on high …...Read More