The Hindu - News

One tonne ganja worth ₹1 crore seized in Odisha; 5 held

26 minutes ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

State-level Narco Coordination Centre constituted to review operational matters at regular interval..

NIA arrests evoke strong reactions about law and order in Bengal

an hour ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

DGP’s “ostrich stance” is “far from reality” and “cause of worry”, says Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar..

Cannot construct walls on your own: Calcutta High Court tells Visva-Bharati

3 hours ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Four-member committee appointed by judges to oversee the matter, govt. officials directed..

5 killed in Nagaland scrub typhus outbreak

4 hours ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

More than 600 have tested positive for the disease spread through bites of larval mites in Noklak district bordering Myanmar..

West Bengal Governor targets police over NIA arrests, calls approach to law and order ‘ostrich stance’

8 hours ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

The NIA on Saturday said it has arrested nine people for having links to Pakistan sponsored Al- Qaeda module from West Bengal and Kerala...

Shift to renewable energy mooted for Rajasthan

20 hours ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Report calls for ‘retiring’ thermal assets..

Coronavirus | Rajasthan sets price cap on COVID-19 treatment

21 hours ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Action would be initiated against private hospitals and labs not complying with the order, says govt...

Bengal govt., experts spar over NGT order

21 hours ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Tribunal refuses to entertain petition KMDA plea to open lake for Chhath Puja..

CBI searches properties of BJD MLA in chit fund scam

22 hours ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Raids even as Debi Prasad Mishra is under home quarantine after testing positive...

Akalis feared loss of core ‘farmer’ vote bank

23 hours ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Quitting govt is ‘nothing but a face-saving act of the party’..

Outspoken Bengal doctors’ forum office-bearer joins Trinamool Congress

yesterday

News / The Hindu/ Other States

WBDF’s plainspeaking had shown the West Bengal government’s pandemic management in poor light..

Shopian encounter: Army finds ‘prima facie’ evidence against troops, initiates proceedings under Army Act

yesterday

News / The Hindu/ Other States

On July 18, the Army claimed three militants were killed in Amshipura village in the higher reaches of south Kashmir’s Shopian district...

Pak. shelling makes villagers in Gurez flee in panic

yesterday

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Befitting response is being given, says a Srinagar-based Army spokesman..

Farm Bills fallout: outfits call for ‘Bharat bandh’ on Sept. 25

yesterday

News / The Hindu/ Other States

In Punjab, trains to be stopped from Sept. 24; roads to be blocked in Harayna on Sept. 20..

Pradhan shot dead in Jaunpur, four arrested

yesterday

News / The Hindu/ Other States

The murder led to tension in the area as locals staged a chakka jam on the Lucknow-Ballia highway demanding action against the culprits...

Over 400 youths inducted into Army’s Punjab Regiment

yesterday

News / The Hindu/ Other States

The jawans took oath on the Guru Granth Sahib and the Bhagwad Gita, after undergoing a nine-month training programme...

Odisha alerts Collectors of heavy rain from Sept. 20 to 22

yesterday

News / The Hindu/ Other States

A low pressure area brewing over Bay of Bengal likely to trigger rainfall..

Harsimrat’s resignation is ‘too little, too late’: Punjab CM

yesterday

News / The Hindu/ Other States

‘SAD forced to take the decision after farmers’ protests against agriculture Bills’..

Subcommittee for disinvestment formed

yesterday

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Punjab govt. nod for stake sale in PACL..

West Bengal COVID-19 cases increase to 2.15 lakh

yesterday

News / The Hindu/ Other States

HC allows family to perform last rites with safety and precautionary measures..

BJP can call up any Collector to win bypolls, says Madhya Pradesh Minister

yesterday

News / The Hindu/ Other States

This meant the ruling party might misuse the government machinery, says Congress...

Covid-19 | 100-year-old woman beats virus in Assam

2 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Doctors and nurses treating her held a small celebration before she was discharged...

Congress MPs from Punjab burn copies of farm bills, party protests in Parliament

2 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

They also criticised the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leadership for being in the BJP-led NDA even after these bills were proposed by the government..

Army jawan injured as Pakistan shells two sectors along LoC in J&K’s Poonch

2 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Heavy exchange of fire was going on in these sectors...

Political muscle being flexed to make states agree to GST options: Amit Mitra

2 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

“...what happened in the five hours of discussion in the GST Council, no options were discussed.”..

AMU considering renaming its school after Raja Mahendra Pratap

2 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Committee to be formed to negotiate with descendants of former royal..

Gujarat HC asks political leaders to observe COVID-19 guidelines

2 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday directed all political parties and politicians to observe COVID-19 guidelines and don’t flout any rules about soc..

Farmers in Punjab and Haryana fear end of MSP regime

2 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Experts say new agri Bills could facilitate exploitation by big corporate houses..

Mahalaya revives memories of the good old radio in Kolkata

2 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

In this digital age not many people care for the good old radio. But there is that one time of the year when nostalgia for this communication device i..

7 children died of encephalitis in 2020: Yogi

2 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Seven children died due to encephalitis in Uttar Pradesh in 2020 as against over 450 four years ago, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said.In 2016, 466..

Bhupinder Singh Hooda demands special Assembly session on agri-bills

3 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Their imposition without the farmers’ consent would amount to dictatorship, says ex-Haryana CM..

Supreme Court seeks Centre’s reply on plea challenging provisions of Special Marriage Act

3 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

A Bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde agreed to hear the petition filed by a Kerala-based law student who has claimed that some provisions of the Act violates the fundamental rights of couple intending to marry...

Youth found dead after escaping from custody in Sopore: police

3 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Family of ‘over ground worker’ alleges custodial killing..

J&K govt allows PDP meeting post Aug. 5 last year

3 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Permission, however, came with a rider that no other activity will be allowed, says PDP youth president Waheed-ur-Rehman Para..

152 fresh COVID-19 cases in Noida

3 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar on Tuesday recorded 152 new COVID-19 cases, taking the district’s infection tally to 10,482, official data showed...

3,227 new cases in West Bengal, deaths in Kolkata touch 1,500

3 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

West Bengal on Tuesday recorded 3,227 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours taking the total numbers to 2,09,146. The State recorded 59 deaths in the sa..

M.P. BJP attempting to entice voters by doling out benefits during special week: Congress

3 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Why this fuss? It’s our duty to serve the poor, says ruling party..

Deliberate assault on farmers: Punjab CM

3 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Cong. to challenge commodities Act..

Punjab CM seeks apology from Union Minister Danve

3 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

‘Misleading statement about State’s stand on agri ordinances’..

Milk, not eggs, will help combat malnutrition in Madhya Pradesh: Chouhan

3 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

It is in contrast to an announcement recently by Women and Child Welfare Minister Imarti Devi...

NC MPs seek debate on J&K, Ladakh situation in Parliament

3 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

They also raise the issue of the alleged Shopian fake encounter in the Lok Sabha..

Cabinet nod for AIIMS in Bihar

4 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

The ₹1,264-crore project is likely to be completed in 48 months...

Rhea Chakraborty will tamper evidence if released on bail, court said

4 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Reasoning behind September 11 order rejecting bail made available on Tuesday...

West Bengal COVID-19 deaths cross 4,000

4 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

West Bengal on Monday recorded 3,211 COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 2,05,919. The State recorded 58 deaths in the past 24 hours taking the fatali..

Arunachal sees multiple pest attacks

4 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

At least five types of pests have affected paddy in seven districts of State, say officials..

Omar Abdullah, Lone take jibe at Kejriwal as Centre moves to grant more powers to L-G

4 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

‘Now you will hopefully be an ornamental piece of decorative item in the Delhi government,’ the National Conference vice-president tells the Delhi Chief Minister..

Sushant Singh Rajput death case | NCB arrests 2 more persons in drug probe

4 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is separately probing a case against Rhea Chakraborty and others...

How can Mughals be our heroes, asks Yogi Adityanath

4 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

The Uttar Pradesh CM renames upcoming Agra Mughal Museum after Chatrapati Shivaji..

RJD raises questions over letters written by Raghuvansh Prasad

4 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

‘RJD leaders seem to have no shame. Raghuvansh babu has only raised issues related to development,’ says JD(U) leader Neeraj Kumar..

Punjab sees 70 covid deaths; Haryana 25

4 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Punjab recorded 2,496 fresh COVID-19 cases on September 14 and reported 70 more deaths taking the tally to 2,424, according to an official statement...

Assam students’ unions float new political party

4 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Similar experiment tried 35 years ago..

Slain U.P. man’s family seeks arrest of accused

4 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

The businessman was shot last week..

Parliament proceedings | 43 sewage treatment plants sanctioned in three States, one Union Territory since 2018: Centre

4 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Thirty-seven sewage plants have been sanctioned in Gujarat, three in Jammu and Kashmir, two in Manipur and one in Sikkim..

Supreme Court reserves orders on Medha’s plea on bail or parole to undertrials, prisoners

5 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Court indicates it may direct MHPC to examine merits of every individual case for emergency parole or bail of prisoners in overcrowded jails...

Ex-JNU student Umar Khalid’s arrest a ‘conspiracy’, says Prashant Bhushan

5 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

‘Umar Khalid’s arrest by Delhi police after naming Yechury, Yogendra Yadav, Jayati Ghosh & Apoorvanand leaves no doubt at all about the mala fide nature of its investigation into Delhi riots,’ says the advocate..

10 senior IPS officers transferred in Uttar Pradesh

5 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

The Uttar Pradesh government late Sunday night transferred 10 IPS officers, including police chiefs of some districts, a senior official said in a st..

Tripura Cong. calls for strike to highlight poor law and order

5 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

The party says the State government failed to check the spread of coronavirus..

Coronavirus lockdown | Death and hunger stalk village in Agra

5 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Loss of livelihood due to the lockdown has devastated a group of artisans in Nagla Vidhichand, located barely 7 km from the Taj Mahal...

Six Ministers, 20 MLAs so far infected with novel coronavirus in Odisha

5 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

State has recorded 50,000 cases in the past two weeks and the last one lakh cases have been reported in just 32 days..

Close shave for Meghalaya Minister as convoy meets with accident in Assam

6 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

The accident occurred when a car in P. K. Sangma’s convoy hit a stationary truck in front of a petrol depot on National Highway 36, police said...

Nine Naxals arrested in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada

6 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

They are booked under the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act, 2005, says an official..

Former Union Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh passes away at 74

6 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

He was Minister of State for Energy in Karpoori Thakur’s government in 1977 and remained active in the Bihar Assembly till he fought his first Lok Sabha poll in 1996 when he was made Minister of State in the Union government..

Ahead of slum relocation, Manoj Tiwari calls for joint meeting of stakeholders

6 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

BJP MP writes letters to Union Railway Minister and Delhi CM to ensure coordinated efforts while implementing the Supreme Court order...

Court issues arrest warrant for former DGP

6 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

A Mohali court on Saturday issued an arrest warrant against former Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini in the case of the abduc..

Final year exams for Rajasthan universities to be conducted offline

6 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Detailed guidelines will be issued soon, says Chief Minister Gehlot..

Lok Janshakti Party MPs to meet in Delhi on Wednesday

6 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

To discuss decisions taken by the State Parliamentary Board..

Sushant case co-accused Zaid Vilantra files for bail

7 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

He was sent to judicial custody on September 9 along with Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik..

Mohali Court issues arrest warrant against former Punjab DGP

7 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

It has directed police to arrest Sumedh Singh Saini and produce him before the court by September 25, according to an order...

Coronavirus | Union Minister Shripad Naik discharged from Goa hospital

7 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

He was admitted to a private hospital in Panaji on August 12...

BSF recovers cache of arms near Indo-Pak border in Ferozepur

7 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Six magazines of AK-47 and 91 rounds, four magazines of M-16 rifles and 57 rounds, two pistols with four magazines and 20 rounds were found...

Assam aid for cremating COVID-19 victims

7 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Up to ₹5,000 will be paid for last rites if kin refuse to take the body or cannot bear cremation expenses..

Congress announces candidates for reserved seats ahead of bypolls in M.P.

7 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Two of the nominees for 15 seats were earlier in the BJP..

Two held in Kolkata for smuggling narcotics to Hong Kong

7 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

11.8 kg charas was being sent by a courier service..

Withdraw cases against farmers: Cong.

7 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

A day after farmers-police clash in Haryana’s Kurukshetra, the Congress party on Friday asked the State government to withdraw cases filed against pro..

PLA may hand over five Arunachal youths on September 12, says Rijiju

7 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

The five from Upper Subansiri district strayed beyond the LAC while hunting on September 2...

PLA may hand over five Arunachal youths today, says Rijiju

7 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

The five from Upper Subansiri district strayed beyond the LAC while hunting on September 2...

Tripura High Court takes suo motu cognisance of COVID-19 in State

7 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Govt. given 7 days to reply to 15 questions related to the State’s response to the pandemic..

Urban Affairs Ministry launches ‘Streets for People Challenge’

8 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

‘Cities need to be built in a way to deal with any future pandemics’..

Bengal doctors’ body wants compensation for all healthcare workers dying of COVID-19

8 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

‘Many patients seeing doctors for non-COVID-19 treatment turn out to be asymptomatic carriers’..

BJD issues whip to its Rajya Sabha MPs to be present in House on September 14

8 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

“All Members of Biju Janata Dal in Rajya Sabha are therefore requested to be positively present in the House throughout the day on September 14, 2020,” said BJD Chief Whip...

Uttar Pradesh govt. reduces cost of COVID-19 test to ₹1,600

8 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

This is the second time that the price of COVID-19 test had been reduced...

Medium-intensity quakes hit Palghar district in Maharashtra

8 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

A district adjoining Gujarat and Mumbai, Palghar also houses the Tarapur Atomic Power Station units 1-4...

COVID-19 misinformation: Punjab approaches Centre to block social media sites

8 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

88 more die of pandemic in Punjab in 24 hours, say officials..

Premature baby overcomes COVID-19 after 30-day fight

8 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Mother had delivered twins, one did not survive..

Most calls on M.P. mental health helpline relate to COVID-19: NHM

8 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

‘People finding it difficult to come to terms with the upheaval’..

Haryana farmers protest against farm ordinance

8 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Police use mild force to disperse them..

SIT to probe ‘expensive’ COVID-19 kit purchases in Uttar Pradesh districts

8 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Certain gram panchayats allegedly purchased pulse oximeters and infra-red thermometers at a cost higher than market price...

Bombay HC asks govt to assess e-learning for specially-abled students

9 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

The bench was hearing a public interest litigation filed by an NGO, through advocate Uday Warunjikar..

Complaint filed against actor Kangana Ranaut

9 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Advocate complainant says she has defamed Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray..

HP assembly: LoP seeks expunging of CM’s remarks; CM says intention was not to hurt Opposition

9 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

The Leader of Opposition (LoP) also alleged that Mr. Thakur used besharam, behaya (shameless) words for the opposition while replying to the adjournment motion...

MP asks NHRC to give update on 5 anti-CAA protest deaths

9 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

People do not accept Act because it makes NRC toothless: Gaurav Gogoi..

Arjuna ‘snub’ to Mizoram footballer resented

9 days ago

News / The Hindu/ Other States

Soccer body says the striker has been ignored despite having been nominated thrice for the award since 2017..