Nation

Siliguri: In a major crackdown on a human trafficking racket, authorities rescued 56 young women being taken to Bihar from various locations in north Bengal with the promise of decent jobs in Bengaluru. Two persons have been arrested in…
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New Delhi: Parliamentarians have set the ball rolling for removal of Justice Yashwant Varma, accused of possessing unaccounted for cash during his tenure in the Delhi High Court. The judge has been transferred to the Allahabad High Court…
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Dhaka: A trainer aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force crashed into a college in the Uttara area in the capital city of Dhaka on Monday afternoon, killing at least one and injuring several others. The aircraft involved has been identified…
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Beijing/New Delhi: China has officially begun work on a colossal hydroelectric project on the Yarlung Tsangpo River—known as the Brahmaputra in India—in the strategically sensitive Tibet region near the Arunachal Pradesh border, sparking…
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Bengaluru/Mumbai: Narcotics worth Rs 76 crore – hidden inside comic books and cornflake packets – were seized in separate raids on a train and at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on Friday. Two persons, including a…
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New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued notices to Google and Meta in connection with its investigation in online betting app cases. The tech giants have been summoned for questioning on July 21, as per the notices served on…
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Motihari: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the Centre provided more houses under the PM Awas Yojana in Bihar than the entire populations of Norway, New Zealand, and Singapore. Modi was addressing a rally in Motihari,…
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New Delhi: A key technical snag recorded just hours before the Air India Flight AI-171 crash is now under intense scrutiny as investigators probe whether a cockpit switch—central to the engine shutdown—could have been triggered without…
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Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday announced that domestic electricity consumers across the poll-bound state will be provided up to 125 units of power free of cost every month starting August 1. The scheme will benefit…
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New Delhi: Prisoners, including those with disabilities, are not entitled to ‘preferred or costly food items’ in jail, the Supreme Court held on Tuesday. The bench of Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan observed that not…
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