Mumbai/IBNS: A Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) worker has justified his assault on a shopkeeper, named Babulal Khimji Chaudhary, for not speaking Marathi saying "it was his attitude that led us to slap him".
Washington DC: India is engaging with American lawmakers over a proposed Russia sanctions bill introduced in the US Congress that seeks to impose steep tariffs on countries continuing trade ties with Moscow, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday.
New Delhi: Brazil has formally expressed interest in acquiring India-made defence platforms, including the Akash missile system and support for its Scorpene-class submarines, just as Prime Minister Narendra Modi prepares to visit the country later this week, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: In less than a year to go for the next West Bengal assembly elections, Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya was on Thursday elected as the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president unopposed.
Pune/IBNS: A woman in a posh society in Pune was allegedly raped by a man who posed as a courier delivery boy, media reports said.
Mumbai/IBNS: Junior Maharashtra Home Minister Yogesh Kadam has backed Marathi as the language to be spoken in the state in response to the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers' assault on a shopkeeper for not speaking in the dialect, media reports said.
Pune/IBNS: A woman in a posh society in Pune was allegedly raped by a man who posed as a courier delivery boy, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bar Council of West Bengal on Wednesday removed 31-year-old Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the gangrape of a law student at a Kolkata college, from its membership, media reports said.
Accra/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Wednesday (local time) conferred with 'The Officer of the Order of the Star of Ghana' during his historic visit to the country.
New Delhi/IBNS: Three Indian nationals have been abducted in an Al-Qaeda-linked extremist group's attack on several Malian Army positions, media reports said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Accra on Wednesday on a historic state visit to Ghana as a part of his five-nation tour.
An IT professional working with Infosys in Bengaluru has been arrested for allegedly recording videos of a woman inside the office toilet, media reports said.
Jammu/IBNS: An encounter broke out between the Army and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Chatroo area on Wednesday, media reports said.
Following the crash of the London-bound AI-171 flight in Ahmedabad on June 12, at least three Air India training pilots on the airline's Boeing 787 fleet tried to recreate likely scenarios in Mumbai that may have resulted in the accident, which killed 260 people, media reports said.
The UAE's envoy to India has said the expanded visa-on-arrival policy for Indian nationals is a key milestone in advancing bilateral cooperation and people-to-people engagement between the two nations.
A school teacher in Mumbai was arrested for allegedly repeatedly raping her student over the course of a year, media reports said.
Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama has cleared that his institution will continue and his successor will be recognised solely by members of the Gaden Phodrang Trust.
Mumbai/IBNS: In an ugly face of the language row, some workers from Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) have thrashed a shopkeeper in Maharashtra's capital city Mumbai for not speaking in regional language Marathi, media reports said.
Washington DC/IBNS: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday (US local time) spoke about India's right to defend its people against terrorism in reference to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the QUAD foreign minister's meeting in Washignton when they discussed bilateral partnership between the two nations.
Indian PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India and Brazil will discuss ways to advance the priorities of the Global South.
The QUAD foreign ministers on Tuesday condemned the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam town on April 22, which left 26 people, mostly tourists, killed.
At least 20-30 bullets were fired at a Hindu temple in northern Utah over several nights last month, sparking serious concerns over a possible hate crime against ISKCON's Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Spanish Fork, Utah.
The Kolkata rape survivor was given an inhaler when she suffered a panic attack during the assult so that she could recover and be brutalised, the public prosecutor has informed a court in the city.
New Delhi: Dr Apathukatha Sivathanu Pillai, widely recognised as the “father of BrahMos”, shared a sharp-witted anecdote about a Pakistani general’s inquiry into India’s prized supersonic cruise missile during a podcast conversation.
Legal teams from the US and the UK are preparing to file lawsuits against aircraft manufacturer Boeing in the two countries over the Air India crash in Ahmedabad on June12, which killed all but one of the 242 on board, NDTV reported, quoting sources.
The preliminary probe report on the Air India crash, in which 270 people were killed, including 241 on board the flight, is expected to be released by July 11, media reports said.
An Air India flight, en route to Vienna from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport on June 14, dropped 900 feet mid-air soon after takeoff. Both pilots have now been off-rostered pending the outcome of the investigation, the airline said.
India organised a five-day 'Jaipur Foot' camp recently as part of the humanitarian assistance to provide free prosthetic limbs to Afghan amputees, media reports said.
India is eyeing to speed up the launch of its 52 defence surveillance satellites to enhance space-based observation, particularly on borders with China, Pakistan and in the Indian Ocean Region, media reports said.
