India: News

12 Feb 2018

Iran

What does Iran President Hassan Rouhani's visit mean for India?

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will leave for India on Thursday on a three-day visit.

12 Feb 2018

YouTube

This Smartron phone offers massive battery: Leave your power-banks behind!

Smartron, after marking its presence with Srt.phone- a phone dedicated to cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, has launched another budget Android smartphone for the Indian market.

12 Feb 2018

Bhopal

Bhopal: Closeted researcher kills himself to "save" gay partner

A 27-year-old nanotechnology researcher in Bhopal jumped into a lake, believing he would save his gay partner by killing himself.

12 Feb 2018

Crime Against Women

Trafficking: Center mulls new definition of "victim", NIA as probing-agency

Reports have it that the Center is working on setting up a dedicated unit to probe trafficking cases, likely under the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

12 Feb 2018

Indian Army

Mohan Bhagwat: RSS can prepare armed force within 3 days

RSS supremo Mohan Bhagwat has made an explosive claim while addressing workers in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. He declared that his organization is ready to fight at the border, if required.

12 Feb 2018

Mumbai

India's financial capital Mumbai becomes 12th richest city globally

Mumbai, the financial capital of India, with a total wealth of $950 billion, became the 12th wealthiest city in the world, said a report by New World Wealth.

12 Feb 2018

Domestic Violence

Of abused NRI wives and their struggle to break free

Neha Rastogi worked with Apple and lived in Silicon Valley. She had a good education, an illustrious career, a four-year-old daughter and an abusive husband.

12 Feb 2018

Virat Kohli

Players who have scored most tons in team's winning causes

Scoring a hundred is an occasion every cricket player cherishes and the achievement is even sweeter when it helps one's team in winning matches.

11 Feb 2018

X

Eight tax officers to handle your GST queries online

In light of mass complaints regarding lack of information about the GST, the Finance Ministry has roped in eight tax officers, all assistant commissioners, to answer related queries on Twitter/email with immediate effect.

15 months later, RBI still processing demonetized notes

Fifteen months after demonetization, the RBI is still processing deposited bank notes in an "expedited manner" and doesn't have updated information on the number of demonetized notes.

11 Feb 2018

Narendra Modi

Modi will leave for Oman today, after completing UAE visit

After his historic visit to Palestine, PM Modi arrived in the UAE on Saturday on a two-day visit as part of his four-nation tour.

11 Feb 2018

Electric Vehicles

Top 7 electric cars showcased at Auto Expo 2018

Electric cars are in the spotlight at the ongoing Auto Expo 2018 where the electric vehicles space reportedly saw the most activity.

11 Feb 2018

WhatsApp

How to send and receive money on WhatsApp

Earlier this week, WhatsApp started testing its Unified Payment Interface-based payment service in India.

11 Feb 2018

Bollywood

How empowering is Bollywood's idea of women empowerment?

What do Chak De! India, Pink, Dangal, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha and the just-released PadMan have in common?

11 Feb 2018

Xiaomi

Xiaomi India rolls out free one-day Express Delivery service

Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi has launched a new "Express Delivery" service in the country for delivering the orders, placed on the official Mi.com website and Mi Store app, within one day.

10 Feb 2018

BCCI

India could lose Champions Trophy 2021 hosting rights

India could potentially lose the hosting rights for 2021 Champions Trophy, as ICC is on the lookout for alternative options, owing to tax issues in India.

10 Feb 2018

Karnataka

Bengaluru takes steps to become the electric-vehicle capital of India

Karnataka Energy Minister DK Shivakumar recently announced that Bengaluru will have its first electric vehicle charging station opened on February 15 at the BESCOM office in KR Circle. Further, it will get 11 such stations soon.

10 Feb 2018

Education

Applying for NEET-2018? Here's all you need to know

The CBSE announced that National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), the all-India entrance exam for medical college admissions, will be conducted on 6 May'18.

10 Feb 2018

Piyush Goyal

Indian Railways to fire 13,000 employees on 'unauthorized leaves'

According to a Press Trust of India (PTI) report, the Indian Railways said on Friday that it had identified 13,000 employees who would soon be fired.

10 Feb 2018

1993 Mumbai Blasts

Salem moves Human Rights Court to cancel his India extradition

Underworld gangster Abu Salem has moved the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to get his extradition to India canceled. He wants them to transfer him back to Portugal.

10 Feb 2018

Bharti Airtel

These Indian stocks are going strong despite global market turmoil

Stock markets around the world plunged earlier this week, suffering losses following a 4.6% drop in US Dow Jones.

09 Feb 2018

Mumbai

Angel Investor Mahesh Murthy arrested in stalking and harassment case

Mumbai Police have arrested VC and Pinstorm Founder-CEO Mahesh Murthy acting on a sexual harassment complaint by a Delhi-based woman. Notably, Murthy had helped in launching MTV in India.

ICC appoints Indra Nooyi as its first independent female director

In one of the biggest developments in the world of cricket, the ICC has announced that Indra Nooyi, the current chairman of PepsiCo, has been appointed as the first independent female director of the board.

09 Feb 2018

Goa

Kerala tops states in overall health performance, UP worst

Kerala performed the best among India's large states on health index as determined by the NITI Aayog. It was followed by Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.

09 Feb 2018

Indian Railways

Railways' new luxurious Uday Express to roll out soon

The Indian Railways is all set to launch the Uday Express with state-of-the-art amenities on three routes.

09 Feb 2018

Prakash Javadekar

Govt offers tech scholarships of Rs. 80,000/month to fight brain-drain

To stop India's top brains from leaving the country in search of better opportunities, the Narendra Modi Cabinet has approved hundreds of lavish scholarships.

09 Feb 2018

Jammu And Kashmir

Kashmir shuts down on Afzal Guru's 5th death anniversary

Security agencies across J&K are on high alert due to the fifth death anniversary of the Parliament attack convict, Afzal Guru today.

09 Feb 2018

South Korea

Reliance JioTV to exclusively stream Winter Olympic Games in India

Reliance Jio has bagged the digital content streaming rights to broadcast the Winter Olympic Games 2018 in India.

09 Feb 2018

BMW

Auto Expo 2018: BMW launches new M3 sedan, M4 coupe

In the ongoing Auto Expo, BMW has launched the 2018 editions of its M3 sedan for Rs. 1.30 cr (ex-showroom) and M4 coupe for Rs. 1.33cr (ex-showroom).

09 Feb 2018

Akshay Kumar

#WeekendWatch: Should you watch PadMan?

Based on the life of social entrepreneur Arunachalam Muruganantham, R Balki directorial 'PadMan' starring Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte, and Sonam Kapoor released today.

09 Feb 2018

Haryana

Haryana win Khelo India Games

Haryana have been the sports hotbed of India for years now and the youth of the state have proved it, yet again, by winning 102 medals in the Khelo India School Games.

09 Feb 2018

Afghanistan

Trump, Modi discuss Maldives, Afghanistan, Myanmar, N.Korea over a phone-call

In unheralded moves, US President Donald Trump has been tilting away from Pakistan. He has also been deepening ties with his other South Asian ally, India to counter an aggressive China in the sub-continent.

09 Feb 2018

Google

Google penalized with Rs. 136cr fine for abusing market position

National antitrust watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a fine of Rs. 136 crore on tech giant Google for indulging in "search bias" and abusing its dominant position in online web search and online search advertising markets.

09 Feb 2018

Hollywood

Fifty Shades Freed: Sex or sex-comedy? Viewers weigh in

The final film of the Fifty Shades franchisee, 'Fifty Shades Freed' has left early viewers laughing, when it was supposed to make them feel sensual (maybe?).

08 Feb 2018

Narendra Modi

7th Pay Commission: 50L govt-employees expect pay-hike

About 50L government employees are waiting for official confirmation about the increase in the minimum pay hike and increased fitment factor as per the 7th Pay Commission.

08 Feb 2018

Mercedes-Benz

Auto Expo 2018: Mercedes-Benz launches Maybach S650 in India

Mercedes-Benz India has launched its Maybach S650 car in the country at the ongoing Auto Expo 2018.

08 Feb 2018

Bharti Airtel

4G smartphones for Rs. 500, Rs. 60 monthly-plans coming soon

You can soon get 4G smartphones for only Rs. 500 and enjoy Rs. 60-70 monthly plans.

08 Feb 2018

Leander Paes

Meet Shiva Keshavan, India's Winter Olympics Legend

Meet India's only five-time Winter Olympian, 36-year-old Shiva Keshavan.

08 Feb 2018

Zomato

WhatsApp to allow users to send money through the app

WhatsApp has started testing out its Payment feature in India which will allow users to send and receive money through the chat app.