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The latest Free Trade Agreement to come into force has several advantages for India in terms of trade, investment, and the mobility of students, while protecting India’s sensitive sectors

Deputy Secretary Barkha Tamrakar told the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee that India opposes turning “unverified allegations” into a negative characterisation, amid concerns raised by UN experts over Delhi’s youth-led protests

Special officers are administering rural local bodies in several districts since January 2025

Of 4.5 lakh applications for inclusion, about 2.39 lakh were filed by those seeking re-inclusion or applying for the first time after the draft roll was published

The UN experts said in a statement that “this crackdown reflects a broader, troubling pattern”, adding that they alerted the Indian authorities on the “undue restrictions on peaceful assembly, excessive use of force, arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, and the targeting of student activists, amongst others”

From idol immersions to Ravana effigy burnings, visuals from across the country as communities mark the end of Navratri with Dasara, Vijayadashami and Durga Puja festivities

The coming launch of India’s largest-ever initial public offering (IPO) will test investor confidence in the country’s leading telecoms operator, Jio Platforms, the digital arm of billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries. Jio’s public share offer on Wednesday comes close on the heels of an escalating row between Ambani and Elon Musk. The SpaceX founder has accused the Indian industrialist of using monopolistic influence to block Starlink’s entry into India – a charge Reliance has denied,...

At Kangeyanur Panchayat Union Middle School near Villupuram, science teacher Maria Joseph has spent nearly two decades creating opportunities for students to kindle their interest in science.

Demand increase from ₹12,300 to ₹30,000; refuse to call off agitation without official order 

As per the Delhi Traffic Police advisory, restrictions may be imposed on six roads in Dwarka on October 20 evening

Impact sends water gushing over 20 feet into the air, flooding roads near Nagole Metro Station; HMWSSB officials repair damaged air valve and restore drinking water supply across affected areas

After landing in Mumbai, Marco Rubio and his wife visited the Gateway of India with with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas holds that without any extension of the time granted by the Supreme Court, it was not proper for the High Court to direct a delayed registration or even to direct the consideration of an application for time extension

The protest came after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asked Govind Singh Dotasra to pursue legal action over the alleged assault on Ritu Barala, who hails from Rajasthan

It will include separate documents for women, youth and a manifesto on law and order, highlighting party’s commitment on these issues apart from focus on social justice and PDA plank 

Society for the Protection of the Environment, Kerala (SPEK) says though the govt decision has been presented as a flood mitigation step, no environmental impact assessment appears to have been conducted. Activists also point out that this may serve as a pretext for indiscriminate extraction of sand from all rivers and streams

Students have begun a “Justice Corner 2.0” sit-in near the Ambedkar statue in the institute’s building, a day after police dismantled a protest site near the gate that had stood for a month

PM Al Nahyan, who is also the UAE's Foreign Minister, will hold wide-ranging talks with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on October 20

The incident took place on Sunday night when the bus was passing through Doraha in Khanna

The AAP government has left no stone unturned in pushing Punjab into the pit of drugs, which caused many families to lose their children, said Amit Shah

MNRE Secretary Santosh Sarangi was addressing reporters ahead of the 7th Agrivoltaics World Conference to be held in New Delhi October 21-23

The platform will serve as a single-window gateway to major government initiatives, including PM-KISAN, AgriStack and the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana

John Brittas said the hunger strike, which began on October 3, followed the university administration's alleged failure to address the student community's genuine and longstanding concerns

Terming the ‘leave India notice’ issued to him by the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) in Mumbai as arbitrary, illegal, and unconstitutional, actor Imran Khan on Saturday (October 17, 2026) moved the Bombay HC seeking its quash

Devendra Fadnavis said that either suspects or handlers are operating from Maharashtra

As the centenary of his martyrdom is being observed this year, the BJP’s top leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, have frequently invoked Samundri’s legacy at public rallies

India has a soaring ambition to modernise its air force, built around a fleet of domestically developed fighter jets. Yet production of these aircraft has been hampered by engine delays and other bottlenecks that defence analysts say could limit its ability to fight future air wars. On October 11 at an airbase in Jodhpur, Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh strapped into a Tejas jet for the last time. It was his final fighter sortie before retiring later this month and he flew it in an Indian-built jet...

Kerala Muslim Jamaath claims that justice has been denied to their Sunni faction, which manages a significant portion of Waqf properties across Keralam