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Delhi Air Remains Toxic, Dense Fog Lowers Visibility, Trains Delayed

Edited by Manjiri Chitre | Tuesday November 19, 2024, New Delhi

A thick blanket of smog continued to grip Delhi and its adjoining areas on Tuesday morning, as the air quality nearly touched the 500 mark.

Watch: Coast Guard Rescues 7 Indian Fishermen From Pak Captivity

Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 19, 2024, Ahmedabad

The Coast Guard has rescued seven Indian fishermen who were apprehended by the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency in the mid-sea off the Gujarat coast and kept on their ship near the maritime boundary between the two countries, officials said.

Designate Hostage-Killers As 'Kuki Terrorists', Start Mass Operations In 7 Days: Manipur Cabinet

NDTV News Desk | Tuesday November 19, 2024, Imphal/Guwahati

The Manipur cabinet in a five-hour meeting on Monday took several decisions to rein in targeted ethnic killings in the last two weeks that have claimed nine lives. Ten Kuki militants were also shot dead by the security forces in Jiribam district.

"Lip Service": Citing Tribals, KTR Hits Out At Rahul Gandhi On Caste Census

Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday November 19, 2024

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's promises on caste census and doing away with the 50 per cent cap on reservation was challenged today by Bharat Rashtra Samithi's KT Rama Rao, who had brought a number of tribal women to Delhi to highlight their p

Looting Maharashtra: Eknath Shinde Takes On Rahul Gandhi Over Dharavi Project

NDTV News Desk | Tuesday November 19, 2024, Mumbai

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde ripped into Congress's Rahul Gandhi today for opposing the Dharavi Redevelopment Project, alleging that he is out to rob Maharashtra.

Boy Killed, Girl Critical As Speeding Car Crashes Into UP School's Wall

Edited by NDTV News Desk | Tuesday November 19, 2024, Kanpur

An eight-year-old boy was killed and a five-year-old girl was grievously injured after a speeding vehicle that went out of control struck them, before crashing into the compound wall of a school, in Kanpur on Monday.

Punjab Cyber Police Bust 'Digital Arrest' Fraud Gang Based In Assam

Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 19, 2024, Chandigarh

Punjab Police's Cybercrime Division has busted an inter-state gang involved in digital arrest cyber fraud with the arrest of two Assam-based men for their involvement in the fraud, said Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav here on Monday.

"Go Falcon. Go GSAT-20": Elon Musk's SpaceX Successfully Launches Indian Satellite

Written by Pallava Bagla | Tuesday November 19, 2024

India's most advanced communications satellite was successfully lifted off into space by Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket which launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA.

Probe Agency Questions Siddaramaiah's Brother-in-Law In Mysuru Land Scam

Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 19, 2024, Bengaluru

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's brother-in-law, B M Mallikarjuna Swamy was on Monday questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment case.

As Supreme Court Dealt With Pollution, Punjab Recorded Highest Farm Fire Count

Reported by Vishnu Som, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday November 18, 2024, New Delhi

Around 1,000 farm fires were detected in Punjab alone today -- on a day the Supreme Court ripped into the Delhi government over the pollution blanket over north India that went off charts.

Manipur Government Sets Up Committee To Probe Recent Jiribam Violence

Press Trust of India | Monday November 18, 2024, Imphal

The Manipur government on Monday said it has constituted a two-member inquiry committee to look into the causes that led to a firing in the Jiribam district, which left one person dead and another injured.

He Broke Into Homes To Hit Sleeping Women On Head. Cops Explain Why

Edited by NDTV News Desk | Monday November 18, 2024, Gorakhpur

A 30-year-old man, who was arrested for allegedly breaking into homes at night and hitting sleeping women on the head in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur, has told police that he held a grudge against women.

Meta Fined $25.4 Million By India, WhatsApp Data Sharing Blocked For 5 Years

Reuters | Monday November 18, 2024

India's competition watchdog directed WhatsApp to refrain from sharing user data for advertising purposes with other applications owned by Meta for a period of five years and fined the U.S. tech giant $25.4 million on Monday.

K Sanjay Murthy To Be The Next Comptroller And Auditor General Of India

Press Trust of India | Monday November 18, 2024, New Delhi

The government on Monday said K Sanjay Murthy will be the next Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

Autopsy Of 5 Bodies Of Missing 6 From Manipur Done, 6th Body Found Floating In Assam

Press Trust of India | Monday November 18, 2024, Silchar

The postmortem examination of five bodies of the six missing people of Manipur's Jiribam district has been completed at a state-run hospital in Assam's Silchar town, officials said on Monday.