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New Delhi: Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has shared his thoughts on astronaut Sunita Williams' safe return to Earth and India’s growing influence in space technology.
Meerut/IBNS: A video posted online has come into the fore in the gruesome murder case of the former Merchant Navy officer in Meerut showing the accused wife-Muskaan Rastogi playing Holi with her lover Sahil Shukla just 11 days after killing her husband, chopping up his body and leaving it to rot in a cement-lined drum.
Guwahati/IBNS: An assistant professor of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Assam's Silchar was suspended on Friday for allegedly sexually harassing a female student, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday slammed Rahul Gandhi for emphasising the need for a caste census a day after the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha said the exercise will help expose the "truth of inequality and discrimination" in the country.
New Delhi/IBNS: Refuting misinformation, the Supreme Court Friday said the transfer of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma is not related to the inquiry into the alleged recovery of a huge pile of unaccounted cash at his home.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday extended India’s full backing to Brazil’s presidency for a successful and outcome-oriented COP30.
The 23rd edition of the India-France bilateral naval exercise, known as Varuna, is taking place from March 19 to March 22.
New Zealand Christopher Luxon, along with RAdm Garin Golding, Chief of Navy, Royal New Zealand Navy (CN-RNZN), visited the latest indigenously built destroyer of the Indian Navy, INS Surat, at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, on Thursday.
Indian PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka from April 4 to April 6 after attending the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation Summit in Thailand, media reports said.
Several flights, including those operated by Tata Group-owned Air India, were cancelled or diverted on Friday after an electric substation fire in London forced the city's busy Heathrow Airport to shut down till midnight.
New Delhi/IBNS: A fire at a Delhi High Court judge's residential bungalow led to the recovery of a huge pile of unaccounted cash, prompting the Supreme Court collegium to swing into action, media reports said.
Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar on Thursday said he feels India should be a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
Washington DC/IBNS: US President Donald Trump Thursday said he shares a "very good relationship" with India, but the "only problem" he has with the country is that it is "one of the highest tariffing nations in the world."
Slovak Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Juraj Blanar said on Thursday that his nation is ready to host peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.
Bengaluru/IBNS: Karnataka Minister KN Rajanna, who has been targeted with a failed honey trap, Thursday said today that not just him, but 48 MLAs have been targeted similarly over the last 20 years, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Responding to the allegations by Indian-Canadian actor Lisa Ray that Air India did not show empathy for her unwell father, the Tata Group airline said the claims were "unfounded".
Mumbai/IBNS: Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Friday refuted the demands for a police case to be filed against him and an inquiry to be conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), over the suicide of celebrity manager Disha Salian at her flat in Mumbai in June 2020.
Prayagraj/IBNS: A 50-year-old Geography professor has been arrested by the police in Prayagraj for sexually abusing his students.
Raipur/IBNS: Twenty-two Maoists were killed in two separate encounters that took place in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur and Kanker districts on Thursday, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Delhi High Court has observed that a well educated wife with job experience must not remain idle solely to get the maintenance from her husband after the marital dispute, media reports said.
Hyderabad/IBNS: Popular actors Rana Daggubati, Vijay Deverakonda, Prakash Raj are among 25 celebrities who are facing a police case in Telangana for allegedly promoting illegal betting apps, media reports said.
Mumbai/IBNS: Indian-Canadian actress Lisa Ray has slammed Air India for denying her a refund on a medical ground for a ticket which she had cancelled, media reports said.
Jaipur/IBNS: A bill to regulate the coaching centres of Rajasthan, triggered by the high rate of student suicides in Kota, was tabled in the state assembly on Wednesday.
In a heartening display of spiritual solidarity, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon visited the historic Gurudwara Rakabganj in Delhi on Monday evening.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Bank of Mauritius (BOM) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a framework to promote the use of local currencies for cross-border transactions.
Chandigarh/IBNS: The Punjab Police Wednesday detained a group of farmer leaders who were on their way to join the ongoing farmers' protest at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders.
The brutal murder of a Merchant Navy officer in Meerut, whose body was chopped up and dumped in a drum, was planned by his wife, who convinced her boyfriend that his dead mother was speaking to him - through Snapchat - from the grave, media reports quoting the police said on Wednesday.
Indian Minister Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said the country's Chandrayaan 4 mission, which will feature multiple advanced docking technology and lunar sample collection, is poised to be a major step toward India’s goal of establishing its own space station by 2040.
Iceland's envoy to India Benedikt Hoskuldsson has appreciated the Indian government's initiatives towards promoting gender parity and empowerment and said his nation is looking forward to further deepen cooperation with New Delhi in this sector.
The Indian government on Wednesday expressed 'concern' over the escalating tension in Gaza where at least 400 people died after Israel attacked the region.
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