Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has claimed that there is a 'shivling' - a cylindrical idol that represents the Hindu god Shiva - under the official residence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow. His remarks come against a backdrop of a raging controversy over the excavation of …...Read More

The work to remove 377 metric tonnes of hazardous waste from the now-defunct Union Carbide factory in Bhopal has got underway ahead of its planned disposal near Indore. The development comes weeks after the Madhya Pradesh High Court chided the authorities for not taking action despite repeated directions to clear …...Read More

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will visit the riverine island of Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district today-- a first since the sexual harassment controversy broke out ahead of the Lok Sabha election. But the Leader of Opposition, BJP's Suvendu Adhikari will not be far behind. Mr Adhikari has …...Read More

The controversy surrounding the 70th Combined Preliminary Exam of the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) is assuming critical proportions with every passing day. Students have levelled allegations of irregularities in the examination, the poor quality of the question paper, and the similarities between the questions in the exam and model …...Read More

Adani Enterprises is set to exit a joint venture with Adani Wilmar and for that, it has signed an agreement with Wilmar International. Adani Enterprises on Monday informed stock exchanges that it will sell 13 per cent of Adani Wilmar to achieve minimum public shareholding requirements and Wilmar International has …...Read More

A good year in the movies can mean multiple things. Studios sufficiently bankrolling films, independent projects finding their way to the mainstream, underdogs triumphing over tentpole projects, new faces coming up and old faces rediscovering their voice. In that sense, 2024 fulfilled most of these possibilities. Filmmaker Sriram Raghavan, known …...Read More

A man, his daughter and his niece were burnt to death after a high-tension electric cable fell on them in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur. The shocking incident, which took place yesterday in the Sonbarsa market area of Gorakhpur, was caught on CCTV which showed the man and the two girls on …...Read More

A 17-year-old boy has been detained in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut for allegedly hammering his close friend to death. The teen has confessed and told police that his friend, Abhinav, had stolen some pictures and videos of his girlfriend from his phone and was blackmailing her. Abhinav and the accused were …...Read More

A lack of safety measures during construction on the National Highway-8 in Gurugram has sparked a debate on the internet with users claiming it was a "perfect recipe for disaster". In an undated video that has now gone viral on social media platforms, two men can be seen performing welding-related …...Read More

Senior IPS officer Vitul Kumar will take charge as Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) after incumbent Anish Dayal Singh retires on Tuesday. Vitul Kumar, a 1993 batch IPS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, is currently serving as Special Director General of the CRPF. The competent …...Read More