Indian Naval Ship (INS) Trishul arrived at Toulon, France, on September 22 to participate in the 24th edition of Exercise Varuna, the annual bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and the French Navy.
Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot injured in the Flydubai cockpit incident, has been shifted to Abu Dhabi for continued medical treatment and recovery, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.
Eight teenagers from Pune died after being swept into the sea by strong currents at Maharashtra’s Diveagar beach in Raigad district, turning a weekend picnic into a devastating tragedy.
Former West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee appears to be looking beyond Bengal, with her recent moves suggesting a renewed interest in playing a larger role within the Opposition camp.
Dubai/IBNS: India’s Ambassador to the UAE, Dr. Deepak Mittal, on Thursday said he met the family of Captain Smit Machchhar and assured them of the Indian government’s full support for the pilot’s well-being and welfare.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday lauded Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his courage during a dramatic mid-air cockpit attack aboard a flydubai flight, saying his actions helped avert a tragedy similar to the 9/11 attacks.
Kolkata/IBNS: A Class 9 student was allegedly attacked by a classmate with a sharp object at a prominent school in Kolkata on Wednesday, leaving him bleeding, media reports said.
Lucknow/IBNS: In a surprise move, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav has fielded senior Reliance Group executive and sports administrator Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani as one of the party's nominees for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar as a “HERO” after his actions during a dramatic mid-air cockpit confrontation on a Flydubai flight helped avert what officials described as a potentially catastrophic incident.
Amarinder Singh Raja Warring has stepped down as Punjab Congress president, with the party expected to name his successor within the next 24–48 hours as it seeks to settle months of factional tensions ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump, with the two leaders reviewing progress in India-US cooperation across trade, defence, energy, critical technologies and other areas of mutual interest.
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Tukaram Mundhe has said Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff have responded to the show-cause notices issued to them over their Vimal Elaichi advertisement, media reports said.
Chennai/IBNS: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief C Joseph Vijay's party has denied opening any official party office in West Bengal, days after reports claimed that the outfit had established a footprint in the eastern state.
New Delhi/IBNS: More than cornering the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the Gyanesh Kumar issue, the Opposition INDIA bloc is grappling with internal differences, with multiple political parties directly or indirectly opting out of a mega meeting in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The Indian Army on Wednesday confirmed that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Mohammad Asif, alias ‘Hashim Moosa’, was killed during an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district.
Leaders of the INDIA bloc are scheduled to meet in New Delhi on Wednesday to discuss a joint strategy over the Election Commission and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
At least one terrorist was killed after security forces opened fire on him during an encounter carried out in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district late on Tuesday evening.
Killing of at least 33 civilians in airstrikes in Myanmar - ICC prosecutor urged to investigate war crimes by Junta
A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel allegedly opened fire at his colleagues following an argument at a security unit in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district on Tuesday, killing four personnel, including an officer, officials said.
Former Uttar Pradesh-cadre IAS officer Divya Mittal has announced her entry into politics, weeks after resigning from the Indian Administrative Service following a 13-year career. Mittal said she would begin her political journey in Uttar Pradesh but made it clear that she would not join any political party.
An Assam Rifles soldier was killed and four others injured after their patrol team came under attack by insurgents in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district, close to the Myanmar border, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court will next week hear the petition filed against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, who is under fire over an explosive investigative report on controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR), media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed the preventive detention of Mulla Afroz, an accused in the Sambhal violence case, under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), holding that his detention could not be based solely on a confession allegedly made while he was in police custody.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted interim bail to Congress' Nandigram bypoll candidate Milan Pradhan in six cases dating back to 2007, allowing him to campaign for the October 6 election, Live Law reported.
Hours before the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly took up discussion on the restoration of statehood, an unusual bureaucratic intervention triggered a fresh confrontation between the elected government and the administration.
The BJP is weighing national general secretaries Smriti Irani and Harish Dwivedi for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, with several other prominent names also under consideration, sources told NDTV.
An elderly priest was assaulted inside a temple in Jaipur after a dispute over the volume of devotional songs being played on speakers.
The Income Tax Department on Monday launched searches at 12 locations in Mumbai linked to actor Rakul Preet Singh, her father-in-law and film producer Vashu Bhagnani, and Panorama Studios, amid a probe into suspected financial irregularities.
A 60-member Indian Armed Forces contingent departed on Monday for Oskemen, Kazakhstan, to participate in the ninth edition of the India–Kazakhstan Joint Military Exercise KAZIND, scheduled to be conducted from September 28 to October 11.
India-France space cooperation has evolved from sounding rocket experiments in the 1960s into a broad partnership encompassing joint satellite missions, launch-vehicle technologies, human spaceflight and emerging space applications, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Monday.
