The Union Home Ministry is scheduled to brief a 31-member Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on September 18 on the proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026. The meeting will mark the beginning of the committee’s detailed examination of the proposed changes to the law governing foreign contributions received by organisations in India. The JPC is...
Four people, including a couple and their daughter, were killed after a car collided with a dumper in Rajasthan’s Didwana-Kuchaman district early Wednesday morning, police said. The accident took place in the Nawa area at around 5 am when the family was travelling from Jaipur towards Nawa. The crash was reportedly severe, leaving the front...
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday conducted searches at seven locations across Chhattisgarh as part of its investigation into alleged irregularities in the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission (CGPSC) recruitment process. The premises of K K Chandrakar, who served as a personal assistant to former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, were among the locations searched by the...
An IndiGo flight travelling from Goa to Delhi was forced to make an emergency landing on Tuesday morning after the aircraft experienced an engine-related problem shortly after take-off. The flight returned safely to Goa, and all passengers and crew members were reported to be safe. The incident involved IndiGo flight 6E 2102, which was operating...
Six people were killed and 14 others injured after a pickup van carrying a group of pilgrims collided with a truck parked along the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway in Haryana’s Palwal district early Tuesday morning. The fatal accident occurred near Maheshpur village at around 5:30 am, when the van, carrying pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh, reportedly crashed...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ongoing diplomatic visit to Central Asia, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks on India’s diversity, the death of Punjab-based social media influencer Manjeet Kaur, controversy surrounding actor Kriti Sanon’s jewellery advertisement and developments in the Indian Premier League’s governing body were among the major stories making headlines on August 30....
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has stressed that allegations made against a sitting judge cannot, by themselves, be treated as established findings, as the Supreme Court examines a controversy surrounding Rajasthan High Court Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma. The CJI’s remarks came after Supreme Court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta wrote three letters to...
Seven people were killed and eight others, including four children, were injured after a private bus collided with an auto-rickshaw in Andhra Pradesh’s Palnadu district on Thursday, police said. The accident occurred near Adda Road in Chilakaluripet mandal, triggering an emergency response as rescue teams and local authorities rushed to assist the victims. According to...
A fresh controversy over religious freedom and school dress codes has emerged after AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi strongly criticised an Allahabad High Court decision rejecting a minor student’s plea to wear a hijab along with her prescribed school uniform. Owaisi described the ruling as an “attack on Islam” and questioned the court’s approach to determining...
Rajasthan Agriculture Minister Kirori Lal Meena has tested positive for swine flu and has been admitted to the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) of Sawai Man Singh Hospital in Jaipur. Doctors and hospital authorities are closely monitoring his health following the diagnosis. Meena was admitted to the hospital late Tuesday night after developing health-related symptoms....