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07 Mar 2024

Gurugram

Gurugram cafe receives show-cause notice for serving customers 'dry ice'

A show-cause notice has been issued to Laforestta Cafe in Gurugram after five customers fell ill from consuming dry ice instead of a mouth freshener earlier this week.

07 Mar 2024

Bengaluru

Bengaluru cafe blast: CCTV trail provides new leads

New visuals of the suspect in The Rameshwaram Cafe blast case have emerged a week after the blast in Bengaluru.

07 Mar 2024

Arvind Kejriwal

Excise policy case: Delhi court summons Kejriwal after ED's complaint

The saga surrounding the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summonses to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his denial to appear has taken a fresh turn.

07 Mar 2024

Narendra Modi

Modi in Srinagar today, 1st visit since Article 370's abrogation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address a public meeting and launch multiple development projects worth over Rs. 6,400 crore on Thursday in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).

06 Mar 2024

Bengaluru

Bengaluru cafe blast: NIA announces Rs. 10L reward for information

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday announced a cash reward of Rs. 10 lakh for any information about the bomber in the Rameshwaram Cafe blast case in Bengaluru.

06 Mar 2024

Israel

Kerala man killed in Israel 'stopped' from moving to safety

A Kerala man—Patnibin Maxwell—who was killed in a missile attack on an orchard in Margaliot, Israel, was not allowed to move to a safer zone, his family alleged.

06 Mar 2024

Mamata Banerjee

Mamata announces salary hikes for Anganwadi, Asha workers in Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced a pay raise for Anganwadi and Accredited Social Health Activist (Asha) workers in the state.

06 Mar 2024

Farmers Protest

'Delhi Chalo' march resumes today; police steps up vigil

The farmers are set to resume their "Delhi Chalo" march on Wednesday.

06 Mar 2024

Punjab

7 Indians from Punjab, Haryana 'tricked' into joining Russian Army

At least seven men from Punjab and Haryana have claimed they were deceived into enlisting in the Russian military to fight in Ukraine while visiting Russia as tourists.

06 Mar 2024

Narendra Modi

Modi inaugurates India's first underwater metro rail service in Kolkata

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday unveiled India's first underwater metro rail service in Kolkata—the Howrah Maidan-Esplanade section.

05 Mar 2024

Calcutta High Court

Sandeshkhali row: Calcutta HC gives Sheikh Shahjahan's custody to CBI

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday handed over the custody of former Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

05 Mar 2024

Jharkhand

Orchestra dancer from Chhattisgarh gang-raped in Jharkhand; 2 held

A 21-year-old orchestra dancer from Chhattisgarh was gang-raped allegedly by three fellow performers in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Saturday night.

05 Mar 2024

Bihar

Bihar: Woman mutilates boyfriend's genitals, dumps him on road

A woman allegedly mutilated her 25-year-old boyfriend's genitals and dumped his body on the road outside her home in Bihar's Buxar district on Saturday.

05 Mar 2024

Israel

Centre's advisory to Indians in Israel after Kerala man's death

Following the death of a Kerala man in an anti-tank missile attack in Israel, the Indian Embassy has advised Indians residing in the country to move to "safer locations."

05 Mar 2024

Gurugram

Customers served dry ice mouth freshener vomit blood; manager arrested 

The manager of a cafe in Gurugram was arrested on Tuesday after five people fell sick allegedly from consuming a mouth freshener with "dry ice."

Bengaluru prison radicalization case: NIA conducts searches across 7 states

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at 17 locations across seven states in connection with a case of radicalization of prisoners by a terrorist of Lashkar-e-Taiba in Karnataka.

05 Mar 2024

Bombay High Court

Maoist links case: Ex-DU professor Saibaba, 6 others acquitted

The Bombay High Court's Nagpur Bench on Tuesday acquitted former Delhi University Professor GN Saibaba and six others accused in an alleged Maoist links case.

04 Mar 2024

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu: 2 schools receive hoax bomb threats, probe underway

At least two schools in Tamil Nadu received bomb threats via email on Monday, sparking fear among students, staff, and parents.

SBI urges SC to extend electoral bonds info submission deadline

The State Bank of India (SBI) has asked the Supreme Court to extend the deadline to June 30, to submit information regarding electoral bonds to the Election Commission (EC).

04 Mar 2024

Udhayanidhi Stalin

SC pulls up Udhayanidhi Stalin for remarks against Sanatan Dharma 

The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up Tamil Nadu minister and Dravida Munnetra Kazhighan (DMK) leader Udhayanidhi Stalin for his remarks against Sanatan Dharma last year.

04 Mar 2024

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

SC orders AAP to vacate Delhi headquarters by June 15

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to vacate its party headquarters in Delhi's Rouse Avenue by June 15, calling it an "encroachment."

04 Mar 2024

Narendra Modi

'Where's my son?': Missing Navy sailor's father seeks Modi's intervention

The parents of missing Indian Navy sailor Sahil Verma have sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention and a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into their son's disappearance.

04 Mar 2024

Indian Railways

Runaway freight train: Station master, 3 others terminated

Four Indian Railways employees were fired on Monday concerning an incident wherein a 53-wagon freight train traveled unattended for 84 km from Jammu to Punjab on February 25.

Was diagnosed with cancer on Aditya-L1's launch day: ISRO chief

S Somanath, the chief of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has revealed that he was diagnosed with cancer on the same day as the Aditya-L1 mission launch.

04 Mar 2024

Narendra Modi

PM Modi kicks off 10-day multi-state tour from Telangana

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday embarked on a 10-day tour spanning 12 states and union territories for 29 inauguration and foundation stone laying programs ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

NIA takes over probe into Bengaluru cafe blast 

The National Investigation Agency has taken over the probe into last week's The Rameshwaram Cafe blast in Bengaluru, following directions from the Union Home Affairs Ministry.

INLD Haryana chief murder: 2 'shooters' arrested from Goa

Two shooters, who allegedly shot Indian National Lok Dal Haryana chief Nafe Singh Rathee dead last month, were nabbed late on Sunday from a resort in Goa.

No immunity to MLAs, MPs in bribe-for-vote cases: SC

The Supreme Court on Monday said an MP or MLA cannot claim immunity from prosecution on charges of bribery in connection with casting a vote or making a speech in the legislature.

03 Mar 2024

Jharkhand

Beaten, robbed: Spanish woman, gang-raped in Jharkhand, narrates horror

The Spanish woman, who was allegedly gang-raped by a group of seven men in Jharkhand's Dumka on Friday, has narrated the horrors of the incident.

03 Mar 2024

Ashwini Vaishnaw

Andhra trains collided as driver watched cricket on phone: Minister

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday that the driver and assistant driver of one of the two trains involved in a fatal collision in Andhra Pradesh last year were watching a cricket match on their phone during the accident, PTI reported.

02 Mar 2024

Haryana

Haryana: Newborn thrown over wall, found impaled on spiked fence

A newborn boy's lifeless body was reportedly found impaled on a fencing grill in Haryana's Ajronda village on Saturday.

02 Mar 2024

Jharkhand

Spanish woman, on bike tour with husband, gang-raped in Jharkhand

A Spanish woman on a bike tour with her husband was allegedly gang-raped and beaten by seven men in Jharkhand's Dumka district, the police said on Saturday.

02 Mar 2024

India

Extreme poverty in India below 3%: World Poverty Clock

India is making significant strides in reducing extreme poverty, with less than 3% of its population living below the extreme poverty threshold of $1.9 (PPP) a day, the World Poverty Clock reported.

02 Mar 2024

Maharashtra

Maharashtra boy appears for board exam after father's last rites

A student from Maharashtra's Latur district reportedly appeared for the state Secondary School Certificate (SSC) or Class 10 board exams on Friday, just hours after performing his father's last rites.

IMD predicts more heatwaves, intense summer in India this year

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that the country will face more heatwave days in the summer of 2024.

02 Mar 2024

Nagaland

After Mizoram, Nagaland opposes fencing of India-Myanmar border. Here's why

The Nagaland Assembly passed a resolution on Friday urging the Indian government to reconsider its decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and scrap the Free Movement Regime (FMR).

02 Mar 2024

Bengaluru

Bengaluru cafe blast: Suspect ordered rava idli before planting explosives

In the latest development on the blast at the Rameshwaram Cafe in Karnataka's Bengaluru, police have reportedly revealed that the accused was captured on CCTV cameras ordering rava idli at the restaurant.

01 Mar 2024

Delhi

Rs. 50 crore-worth luxury cars seized from tobacco mogul's home

The Income Tax Department conducted raids in over 20 different locations, including Kanpur, Delhi, Mumbai, and Gujarat, linked to Banshidhar Tobacco Company, on Thursday.

01 Mar 2024

Kolkata

Kolkata woman kills live-in partner, calls police to confess

A 32-year-old woman stabbed her live-in partner to death in Kolkata and then called the police to turn herself in.

01 Mar 2024

Navi Mumbai

Ex-Intel India head's death: Driver blames sleeps for fatal crash

The driver of the cab that hit former head of Intel India Avtar Saini on Thursday told the police that he lost control over the vehicle as he dozed off due to fatigue from driving overnight.