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400+ Indian-origin students, alumni abroad sign 'Spare India from Anarchy' appeal

India, Oct. 20 -- More than 400 Indian-origin students, researchers and alumni of universities across 27 countries have signed a statement condemning what they describe as attempts to erode public con... Read More


CISF scraps territorial commands, puts sectors under specialist control

India, Oct. 19 -- The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will end the regional model that has governed most of its installations and move to a "functional" command structure from 1 November, wit... Read More


JNU hunger strike: CPI(M) lawmaker John Brittas writes to President Murmu

India, Oct. 19 -- Communist Party of India (Marxist) Rajya Sabha member John Brittas has written to President Droupadi Murmu, seeking urgent intervention over the indefinite hunger strike of Jawaharla... Read More


'Har galli Jantar Mantar': Farmers, women, youth form joint platform against SIR

India, Oct. 15 -- A new joint platform comprising farmers, workers, women, youth among others, named People Against SIR, on Wednesday demanded an "outright rejection" of the Special Intensive Revision... Read More


Rahul slams Govt over 4am detention of Ankita Bhandari's parents at India Gate

India, Oct. 15 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the Narendra Modi government of trying to "silence" the parents of Ankita Bhandari, saying they were taken into custody at 4 am from ... Read More


Murugan's resignation letter: Praise for Modi's Tamil outreach, from Sitharaman and Jaishankar to Thirukkural and Sengol

India, Oct. 14 -- When Union minister of state L Murugan resigned from the Cabinet and Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, he did so with an unusually long, five-page emotional letter to Prime Minister Narendra M... Read More


'Cannot be at the cost of public trust': Prominent citizens seek independent probe into police entry at Bangla Sahib during anti-EC stir in Delhi

India, Oct. 12 -- Seventeen former officials and public figures, including ex-Delhi lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung and former chief election commissioner S Y Quraishi, have expressed "serious concern... Read More


'Govt is scared': Leaders criticise curbs in Capital

New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- Union minister Chirag Paswan and Opposition leaders on Friday criticised the cancellation of trains and closure of metro stations in Delhi ahead of a student protest at Jantar Ma... Read More


Sikkim's prayer wheel to a silver Ram idol from Karnataka: PM Modi's gifts go under the hammer for the Ganga

India, Oct. 7 -- A brass Buddha and a Tibetan prayer wheel from Sikkim now sit in the same online catalogue as a silver Lord Ram from Karnataka, as the eighth PM Mementoes e-auction gives citizens a c... Read More


IRDAI's proposed commission curbs well-intentioned but flawed: Rajya Sabha MP to regulator

India, Oct. 7 -- Rajya Sabha MP Praveen Chakravarty has urged the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) to revisit its proposed rules for insurance intermediaries, saying the... Read More