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1 Killed, 20 Rescued As Tourist Boat Capsizes Off Calangute Beach In Goa
- Dec 25, 2024 19:37 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
One person died and 20 others were rescued after a tourist boat capsized in the Arabian Sea off Calangute beach in North Goa on Wednesday, police said.
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3 Workers Killed As Crane Falls On Them At Construction Site In Gujarat Port
- Dec 25, 2024 19:27 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Three workers were killed after a crane fell on them at a jetty construction site at the Okha port in Gujarat's Devbhumi Dwarka district on Wednesday, police said.
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'BJP May Make Ex MP Parvesh Verma Its Chief Minister Face': Arvind Kejriwal
- Dec 25, 2024 19:02 pm IST
- Asian News International
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is planning to declare Parvesh Verma as its chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections.
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Police Lathi Charge Students Protesting Bihar Public Service Exam Chaos
- Dec 25, 2024 19:01 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Police in Patna lathi-charged a group of student protestors late Wednesday evening as they tried to occupy the offices of the Bihar Public Service Commission.
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'Nitish Kumar, Naveen Patnaik Should Get Bharat Ratna': Union Minister Giriraj Singh
- Dec 25, 2024 18:48 pm IST
- Asian News International
Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday said that Bharat Ratna should be conferred upon Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and former Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik.
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Death Count Rises To 18 In Jaipur Tanker Blast Accident
- Dec 25, 2024 18:35 pm IST
- Indo-Asian News Service
Three more individuals, including a severely burnt woman, succumbed to their injuries on Wednesday at Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital, taking the death in the Jaipur LPG tanker blast to 18.
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'Jingle Bellwa' To 'Yeshu Di Balle Balle': Christmas Carols Get Regional Spin
- Dec 25, 2024 18:32 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Santa Claus grooving to a bhangra beat or lip-syncing to a Bhojpuri rendition of "Jingle Bells", adding in some ha-ha-ha to the classic ho-ho-ho this festive season, are the many amusing, desi versions of Christmas carols.
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2 More Bangladesh-Linked Terrorists Arrested In Assam, Investigators Find...
- Dec 25, 2024 18:14 pm IST
- Written by: Ratnadip Choudhury
The Special Task Force (STF) of the Assam Police arrested two more members of the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), a Bangladesh-based terror group affiliated with al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), a senior police officer said.
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He Took Voluntary Retirement To Care For Ailing Wife. She Died At His Farewell
- Dec 25, 2024 18:10 pm IST
- Edited by: Ashutosh Tripathi
Smiling for the cameras, a marigold garland around her neck, she is holding a bunch of flowers. There are happy scenes all around at her husband's farewell party. But then the event turned tragic with the death of the woman.
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Opinion | Indian Test Cricket Is On The Cusp Of Change. Don't Fear It
- Dec 25, 2024 16:57 pm IST
- Akaash Dasgupta
We stand on the cusp of another tectonic shift in Indian Test cricket today. The team has moved on from Test veterans like Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane, Ishant Sharma and Wriddhiman Saha. Ashwin, too, has brought the curtain down on his career.
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DMK vs Opposition After Student Sexually Assaulted At Chennai University
- Dec 25, 2024 16:37 pm IST
- Posted by: Shatabdi Chowdhury
A massive political row has erupted in Tamil Nadu after a second-year engineering student of Chennai's Anna University was sexually assaulted and her male friend thrashed on campus Monday night
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Fresh Gunfight In Manipur's Foothill Village, More Forces Sent: Sources
- Dec 25, 2024 16:23 pm IST
- Written by: Debanish Achom, Ratnadip Choudhury
Firing has been reported from inter-district border villages in Manipur's Imphal East and Kangpokpi districts, sources said.
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"Congress Ignored BR Ambedkar's Contributions": PM Steps Up Attack
- Dec 25, 2024 16:20 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
- (with inputs from PTI)
Stepping up the attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused the party of ignoring BR Ambedkar's contribution to the country and always giving the credit to one family.
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Allu Arjun's Father Says Rs 2 Crore For Boy Injured In 'Pushpa 2' Stampede
- Dec 25, 2024 16:17 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
A sum of Rs 2 crore will be given to family of the 35-year-old woman who died in the stampede at Hyderabad's Sandhya Theatre this month, where a special screening of Telugu actor Allu Arjun's movie, 'Pushpa 2' was to be held.
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Opinion: Why Crowning Bangladesh 'Country Of The Year' Is Dishonest Narrative Building
- Dec 25, 2024 15:52 pm IST
- Kanwal Sibal
In the article lauding the regime change in Bangladesh, The Economist welcomes the overthrow of an autocrat. This convenient narrative disregards the fact that Bangladesh has had long spells of military rule.
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Woman Married 6 Men, Fled With Cash, Jewels, Arrested In 7th Attempt
- Dec 25, 2024 15:52 pm IST
- Edited by: Saikat Kumar Bose
Two women and as many men have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh's Banda for running a racket of duping single men into marriage and then stealing cash and ornaments from their homes
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Salman Rushdie's 'The Satanic Verses' Returns To India After 36-Year Ban
- Dec 25, 2024 15:22 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
British-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie's controversial book "The Satanic Verses" has quietly returned to India 36 years after it was banned by the Rajiv Gandhi government.
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NDA Allies Meet At BJP Chief's Home On Atal Bihari Vajpayee's Birth Anniversary
- Dec 25, 2024 15:02 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) met at BJP president JP Nadda's residence on Wednesday on the birth centenary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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Gujarat's Sakkarbaug Zoo Welcomes A Pair Of White Tigers
- Dec 25, 2024 14:50 pm IST
- Edited by: Aastha Ahuja
The animals at Sakkarbaug Zoo in Gujarat's Junagadh are thrilled to welcome two new zoo-mates - a pair of white tigers.
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Alliance With AAP Was A "Mistake": Congress' Ajay Maken
- Dec 25, 2024 14:25 pm IST
- Press Trust of India
Delhi Congress on Wednesday released a 12-point "white paper" targeting the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP over their alleged unkept promises and mismanagement on various issues like pollution, civic facilities and law and order.