More than 80 people, including women and children, died in a stampede incident during a religious event in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras city on Tuesday.
A woman allegedly committed suicide in West Bengal's Siliguri region after she was assaulted during a 'kangaroo court'.
At least 27 people, including three children, died in a stampede during a religious event in Hathras region of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday addressed the Lok Sabha during the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address when he targeted the Congress and said it could not even cross the 100-seat mark in the Lok Sabha polls for the third straight time.
Top Indian and Belarus officials met in Minsk for the Consular Dialogue on June 28 when they discussed issues ranging from the welfare of Indian students in Belarus to enhancing tourism between the two countries.
Days after a video went viral where a woman was seen mercilessly beaten up by an alleged Trinamool Congress strongman in North Dinajpur district, another video has now emerged where a teenager and his mother were seen assaulted in West Bengal's Ariadaha region.
New Delhi/IBNS: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav reiterated his lack of faith in the Electronic Voting Machines or EVMs during the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
New Delhi/IBNS: Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi remained firm on his address to the Lok Sabha, a day after his speech created a furore in the lower house of Parliament.
Allahabad/IBNS: The Allahabad High Court has flagged the concern over religious congregations which it said turning into a site for conversions and added the country's majority population will turn into a minority if such gatherings continue to take place, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Jabbing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over its Lok Sabha poll defeat in Uttar Pradesh's Faizabad, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday called the INDIA alliance's victory "the will of Lord Ram".
New Delhi/IBNS: Amid heated ongoing Lok Sabha session that witnessed a fierce faceoff between Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and the government a day ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday guided the parliamentarians from the ruling coalition, NDA, drawing their attention to the desired "behaviour" and "conduct" when the House is in business.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday address the Lok Sabha during the Motion of Thanks to the President's Address, a day after Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi slammed the ruling dispensation over "Hinduism" leading a furore in the lower house of Parliament.
Indian-American entrepreneur Rishi Shah, a co-founder and former CEO of Outcome, was sentenced on June 26 to seven years and six months in prison for his role in a fraud scheme that targeted the company’s clients, lenders, and investors and involved approximately $1 billion in fraudulently obtained funds.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah described the 3 new criminal laws that came into effect across the country from Monday as justice-oriented rather than punishment, and victim-centric.
New Delhi/IBNS: India has completely overhauled its criminal justice system with the introduction of three new criminal laws that came into effect on Monday.
Kolkata/IBNS: As the recent incident of mob lynching surfaced, where a woman was beaten up by a man in full public view, it has come to the fore that 12 such incidents took place in West Bengal in a span of just a week, media reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: Chaos erupted at National Medical College Hospital in Kolkata after a patient's family started to protest over charges of negligence. Police resorted to lathi charge on the agitators.
New Delhi/IBNS: The brother of a Congress leader was shot dead in Haryana's Faridabad on Sunday night over an alleged land dispute, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Two days after Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar said he was pained when Leader of the Opposition and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge entered the well of the House to protest, the two leaders shared several light moments on Monday morning.
Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's "Hindu" remark on Monday led to a ruckus and even invited sharp criticism from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who called his comment a 'serious matter'.
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited Qatar on Sunday when he met Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and reviewed the bilateral relationship between the two countries.
Indian PM Narendra Modi on Sunday thanked the Kuwait government for launching a radio programme in Hindi and described the move as a 'wonderful initiative'.
New Delhi/IBNS: Training his guns at the Modi government over the alleged paperleak in NEET, Leader of Opposition and Congress MP, Rahul Gandhi, on Monday called the examination "commercial" saying it has been "designed for rich people".
India and Pakistan on Monday exchanged, through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad, the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in each other’s custody.
New Delhi/IBNS: In a fierce faceoff with the ruling party in Parliament, Leader of Opposition and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Monday called Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its parental organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) not an "entire Hindu community".
New Delhi/IBNS: A street vendor in Delhi is the first person to get a case under the new criminal law code, dubbed as Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, which came into force on Monday.
New Delhi/IBNS: In his reply to the Motion of Thanks to the President's address, Congress president and Rajya Sabha floor leader Mallikarjun Kharge targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling him "an expert in giving slogans" amid strong rebuttal from the treasury bench.
U.S. Consulate General in Kolkata Melinda Pavek, whose warm, often informal, socio-cultural engagement endeared her to a cross section of people in the eastern region, is set to depart from this part of India soon. Ahead of her departure, IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh speaks to Pavek on her stay in India, the shared goals of the two biggest democracies, the Indian students' pursuit of higher education in the US and her magical connect with the City of Joy
New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee citing the alleged collapse of law and order in the state after a video showing a woman and a man were assaulted publicly by one close to the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) went viral on social media creating a massive uproar.
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has opposed the three new criminal laws that have replaced the colonial-era Indian Penal Code (IPC) calling them "bulldozer justice".
