According to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi), a section of the crowd pelted stones at Delhi Police and Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel late on the night of July 21. The incident took place in the Connaught Place area. An RAF Vajra vehicle was also targeted during the stone-pelting. Police exercised considerable restraint...
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was on Tuesday dragged into a police bus as he led a dramatic protest by the Congress outside the high-security residence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s ouster Rahul was left with a bruised nose and injuries below his eyes and on chest...
On the directions of Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, District-Level Coordination Committees (DLCCs) have been constituted in all 13 districts to effectively address the problem of waterlogging, an official said on Tuesday. Chief Minister Gupta said that the objective of these committees is to prevent waterlogging and minimise its impact through better coordination among various...
At least 20 workers were killed and five others remained trapped for over 24 hours after a tunnel under construction collapsed in Sikkim’s Namchi district following an explosion of suspected methane gas, a police officer said on Tuesday. Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang announced Rs 4 lakh as ex-gratia for the next of kin of...
The Lord’s ODI between India and England was touted to be Rohit Sharma’s last in the Indian shirt, but the veteran opener’s valiant hundred in the match has put the retirement chatter to a halt. On Tuesday, Rohit was in the stands as The Hundred 2026 campaign kicked off with the first match between MI...
External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar today expressed confidence that the visit of Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Eduardo Martinez-Acha Vasquez will further strengthen bilateral ties across all sectors. During his opening remarks at a meeting with the Panamanian Foreign Minister in New Delhi, Dr Jaishankar said the current visit builds on the momentum of recent...
The Delhi Cabinet has cleared the implementation of the PARIVARTAN (Programme for Accelerated Renewal and Incentivization of Vehicle Assets for Reducing Transport Air Pollution and Network Emissions) scheme, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Monday. The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways’ initiative aims to reduce air pollution by incentivising the replacement of older,...
Former Manchester Mayor, Andrew Burnham, was appointed Prime Minister of the U.K. on Monday (July 20, 2026), its seventh in a decade. Mr. Burnham described the moment as a “circuit breaker”, as he promised to usher in a new political and social model for the country, taking power out of London and spreading it across...
Cockroach Janata Party’s protest in Delhi on Monday left more than 100 personnel of the Delhi Police and paramilitary forces injured after the agitators clashed with the cops after being stopped during their ‘Chalo Sansad’ march towards the Parliament, said the police on Monday. This also includes over 10 Indian Police Service (IPS) and Delhi,...
Union Information Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said that the Cabinet has expanded a key semiconductor programme by approving fresh capital of Rs 1.28 trillion (Rs 1,27,500 crore) and approved an outlay of Rs 625 billion (Rs 62,500 crore) for mobile phone manufacturing. At a media briefing following a Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister...