NewDelhi, 16/1:Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday that India has advised its citizens to avoid travel to Iran and asked those currently in the country to leave at the earliest, as protests against the regime intensify and the security situation continues to deteriorate. Around 9,000 Indian nationals are currently residing…
Today i.e on 16.01.2026, a short while ago, Dr. Sumanta Kumar Patel, Medical Officer, CHC Kaniha, Dist-Angul has been apprehended by Odisha Vigilance inside CHC campus, Kaniha while demanding and taking bribe of Rs.49,000/- in lieu of grant of incentive to CHOs (Community Health Officers). The entire tainted bribe money has been recovered from the…
Bangalore, 16/1:The Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) on Friday announced that it had proposed to install 300 to 350 Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled cameras at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru in a formal communication. The franchise committed to bearing the entire one time cost of this initiative, estimated at approximately Rs…
Mumbai, 16/1: The Bharatiya Janata Party ended decades of Thackeray-family dominance in BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), India’s richest municipal corporation, by emerging as the single largest party in the urban local body, and looks all set to have its Mayor for the first time with support from its ally Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena
Mumbai, 16/1: In a surprising development, Shrikant Pangarkar, an accused in the murder of journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh and Nalasopara arms-ammunition haul case, has won the elections to the Jalna Municipal Corporation (JMC) as an independent candidate. Pangarkar contested from Ward 13 of the JMC, where he faced the BJP, however, the Shiv Sena, led by…
United Nations/1: India called out Pakistan for misusing UN platforms to drive its “divisive agenda” after Islamabad’s envoy raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in the General Assembly. Counsellor in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN Eldos Mathew Punnoose on Thursday said that the right to self-determination must not be abused to…
Washington, 16/1:Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump during her White House meeting on Thursday. This comes amid Machado seeking support from Washington following the capture of President Nicolas Maduro by the US forces. According to Reuters, a White House official confirmed that Trump intends…
New Delhi, 15/1: India is set to start evacuating its citizens from Iran, where a crackdown on protesters agitating over the ailing economy, and against the theocratic regime led by ‘Supreme Leader’ Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, led to the deaths of thousands. In view of the evolving situation in Iran, the Ministry of External Affairs is…
Ahmedabad, 15/1: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has seized a Pakistani fishing boat with nine crew members inside Indian waters near the International Maritime Boundary Line, officials said on Thursday. The boat is being brought to Porbandar, they said. “In a swift and precise night operation, an Indian Coast Guard ship, while on patrol in…
Mumbai, 15/1: Will the ruling state government be able to pull off a clean sweep in India’s financial capital Mumbai? The Thackerays may lose control of the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which it has controlled for over quarter of a century, ifone goes by the exit poll results on Thursday. This is the key question…
