New Delhi, 14/10: The I.N.D.I.A. bloc on Monday struggled to bridge the divide over seat sharing in Bihar with RJD and Congress refusing to find a common ground despite a couple of rounds of negotiations involving top leaders from both sides. RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav held meetings with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in the evening…
Stockholm, 13/10: Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the 2025 Nobel economics prize for “having explained innovation-driven economic growth”, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. The prestigious award, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is the final prize to be given…
Chennai, 13/10: The manufacturing licence of Tamil Nadu based Sresan Pharmaceutical company that allegedly produced the now banned adulterated cough syrup Coldrif has completely been revoked, and the company has been ordered to shut down, the state government said on Monday. The state Drug Control Department officials had during an inspection found the cough syrup…
Kolkata, 13/10: A fresh political slugfest erupted on Monday after the alleged gang rape of a medical student in Durgapur, as the TMC and BJP locked horns over the fate of the stalled Aparajita Bill, the Mamata Banerjee government’s proposed law to toughen punishment for crime against women. While the opposition BJP accused her government…
Delhi, 13/10: India need 121 runs to win the Delhi Test and a make a 2-0 cleansweep after bowling out West Indies for 390 in the second innings on the fourth day of the second cricket Test at Arun Jaitley Stadium. The only consolation from this match for the West Indies would be two centuries…
New Delhi, 13/10: The Rouse Avenue court in Delhi on Monday framed corruption, criminal conspiracy and cheating charges against former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in the IRCTC Scam case, Bar and Bench reported. The case pertains to alleged corruption in the tender of two IRCTC hotels in Ranchi and Puri. Along with Lalu,…
New Delhi, 13/10: The Supreme Court on Monday directed for probe into the September 27, 2025 Karur stampede, which claimed lives of 41 people and left scores others injured. A bench of J K Maheshwari and N V Anjaria nominated former SC judge Justice Ajay Rastogi as head of a committee, comprising two IPS officers…
Bengaluru, 13/10: Crimes on social media, such as sending hate messages, threatening people and disturbing communal harmony, are on the rise,shows data In just nine months of 2025, police have booked 953 cases, a 51% increase compared to 2023 and a 21% increase compared to 2024, data shows. In 2025, police brought down over 300…
New Delhi, 12/10: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is learnt to have offered the option of closing a FEMA violation case against e-commerce major Flipkart if the Walmart group firm admits its mistake and pays a penalty, sources aware of the development said. The option was given by the Enforcement Directorate to Flipkart last week under…
Islamabad/Peshawar, 12/10: At least 23 Pakistani soldiers and over 200 Taliban and affiliated terrorists were killed in intense overnight clashes along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the Pakistani Army said on Sunday, as tensions escalated between the two neighbours amid mutual accusations of cross-border aggression. The statement comes amid Pakistan seizing 19 Afghan military posts and “terrorist…
