Sreenivasan Jain And Sonal Matharu

New data released by the government to the parliament on the number of workers killed or injured on construction sites may be dramatically underestimating the scale of such accidents, NDTV has found.

The delay in the announcement of dates for the Gujarat elections - close to two weeks after the Election Commission declared dates for elections in Himachal Pradesh - continues to remain controversial. Traditionally, dates for both states are announced concurrently.

As the Rohingya crisis has escalated, so has the Indian government's attempts to depict Rohingya Muslims as a security threat to India. It is an argument at the heart of the government's stand, that it cannot accept Rohingyas fleeing violence in Myanmar, and will deport those already here. But the reasons why Rohingyas, of whom an estimated 40,000 ...

Over the past three days, raids on the headquarters of Dera Sacha Sauda, the base of self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, have underscored his extravagant lifestyle - buildings shaped like the Seven Wonders, luxury interiors and a fleet of heavily modified cars.

If the government is to be believed, demonetisation has not been a failure, despite the return of 99 per cent of the banned notes. They claim it has been a success

To counter increasing evidence that demonetisation may have dented the Indian economy, the government has put out a series of statistics to show that the contentious move to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 banknotes last November has improved economic health, specifically by expanding India's tax base.

A first-of-its-kind attempt by NDTV to gather country-wide data on deaths and injuries at construction sites through RTI applications and through police sources shows that between 2013 and 2016, approximately 1,092 workers died and 377 were injured

Lawmakers of the BJP and Congress pledged to nudge the government to act on an investigation by NDTV into the deaths of India's construction workers.

NDTV sheds light on the darker side of India's $140 billion construction industry, where a pervasive lack of safety, as well as lack of government oversight places millions of workers at grave risk.

The number of workers' deaths or injuries has been grossly under-reported, adding to an absence of oversight and leading to unsafe working conditions in India's construction sector.

In Maharashtra, protests by farmers have entered their eleventh day.

The latest rules by the environment ministry banning sale of cattle for slaughter in cattle markets, which has sparked a nationwide furore, are hinged on a report that claims to have found evidence of large numbers of cattle illegally trafficked into India's neighbouring countries.

Under fire for banning the sale of cattle for slaughter, the centre has struggled to find a convincing explanation for its order.

In response to the question on the impact of demonetization, Union Minister Arun Jaitley last week cited a jump in the number of new taxpayers. The figure quoted -- 91 lakh - was widely reported by the media as a jump since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the notes ban on November 8. The finance ministry has now clarified that the figure was...

On March 28th, as security forces fought a militant of the Hizbul Mujahideen holed up in a building in Chadura, a town in north Kashmir, the gunbattle was being streamed live by 22-year-old Zahid Rashid on his Facebook page.

New data released by the government to the parliament on the number of workers killed or injured on construction sites may be dramatically underestimating the scale of such accidents, NDTV has found.

The delay in the announcement of dates for the Gujarat elections - close to two weeks after the Election Commission declared dates for elections in Himachal Pradesh - continues to remain controversial. Traditionally, dates for both states are announced concurrently.

As the Rohingya crisis has escalated, so has the Indian government's attempts to depict Rohingya Muslims as a security threat to India. It is an argument at the heart of the government's stand, that it cannot accept Rohingyas fleeing violence in Myanmar, and will deport those already here. But the reasons why Rohingyas, of whom an estimated 40,000 ...

Over the past three days, raids on the headquarters of Dera Sacha Sauda, the base of self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, have underscored his extravagant lifestyle - buildings shaped like the Seven Wonders, luxury interiors and a fleet of heavily modified cars.

If the government is to be believed, demonetisation has not been a failure, despite the return of 99 per cent of the banned notes. They claim it has been a success

To counter increasing evidence that demonetisation may have dented the Indian economy, the government has put out a series of statistics to show that the contentious move to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 banknotes last November has improved economic health, specifically by expanding India's tax base.

A first-of-its-kind attempt by NDTV to gather country-wide data on deaths and injuries at construction sites through RTI applications and through police sources shows that between 2013 and 2016, approximately 1,092 workers died and 377 were injured

Lawmakers of the BJP and Congress pledged to nudge the government to act on an investigation by NDTV into the deaths of India's construction workers.

NDTV sheds light on the darker side of India's $140 billion construction industry, where a pervasive lack of safety, as well as lack of government oversight places millions of workers at grave risk.

The number of workers' deaths or injuries has been grossly under-reported, adding to an absence of oversight and leading to unsafe working conditions in India's construction sector.

In Maharashtra, protests by farmers have entered their eleventh day.

The latest rules by the environment ministry banning sale of cattle for slaughter in cattle markets, which has sparked a nationwide furore, are hinged on a report that claims to have found evidence of large numbers of cattle illegally trafficked into India's neighbouring countries.

Under fire for banning the sale of cattle for slaughter, the centre has struggled to find a convincing explanation for its order.

In response to the question on the impact of demonetization, Union Minister Arun Jaitley last week cited a jump in the number of new taxpayers. The figure quoted -- 91 lakh - was widely reported by the media as a jump since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the notes ban on November 8. The finance ministry has now clarified that the figure was...

On March 28th, as security forces fought a militant of the Hizbul Mujahideen holed up in a building in Chadura, a town in north Kashmir, the gunbattle was being streamed live by 22-year-old Zahid Rashid on his Facebook page.