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Prime minister Narendra Modi (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Start-up culture takes root: Modi

India created 100 unicorns with $300b wealth

30 May 2022 2:02 AM IST

Prime minister Narendra Modi (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Indian startups created value, wealth even during pandemic: PM Modi

Modi also pointed out that the average annual growth rate of Indian unicorns is more than those of the USA, UK and many...

29 May 2022 2:00 PM IST

The trains have a capacity of around 450 passengers and have air-conditioned chair car and executive class categories. (Wikipedia)

India-Bangladesh train services resume after two years

While Bandhan Express between Kolkata and Khulna runs two days a week, Maitree Express connecting Kolkata with Dhaka is...

29 May 2022 1:45 PM IST

Bommai said agriculture universities must successfully grow the plant variety, which are researched in the agriculture fields. (PTI)

Dravidian or Aryan? Karnataka CM Bommai asks Cong leader Siddaramaiah

Siddaramaiah had earlier said that RSS is not an outfit of native Indians and Davidians are the real natives of this...

29 May 2022 11:25 AM IST

Union Minister of Mines Pralhad Joshi had last year informed the Lok Sabha that Bihar holds the highest share of Indias gold reserves. (Representational Image/ Union Minister of Mines Pralhad Joshi had last year informed the Lok Sabha that Bihar holds the highest share of Indias gold reserves. (Representational Image/ Shutterstock) )

Bihar government gives permission for exploration of 'country's...

As per a GSI survey, around 222.88 million tonnes of gold reserve, including 37.6 tonnes of mineral-rich ore, are...

29 May 2022 5:24 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (ANI)

Over 60,000 PACS to be computerised, says Shah

Shah thanked prime minister Modi for the formation of the Ministry of Cooperation last year

29 May 2022 2:01 AM IST

Sub Lieutenant Brahmjot Kaur of the Indian Navy with her family at INA, Ezhimala on Saturday. (Photo by arrangement)

Young woman enters Navy, becomes third generation officer from her...

Brahmjot has always been keen to join the military service but the 'attraction of the white uniform has been...

28 May 2022 8:49 PM IST

A generation of Indians from all over the country from last 50 years have visited Amar Jawan Jyoti to pay their respect to fallen Indian soldiers and it has etched strongly in the emotional psyche of Indians. (Twitter)

Inverted Rifle, helmet shifted from India Gate to War Memorial

In January, the eternal flame at the Amar Jawan Jyoti was extinguished

28 May 2022 11:12 AM IST

In January 2021, Bollywoods big banners arrived in Kashmir Valley, giving a major shot in the arm to the tourism sector which was facing huge losses . (Representational image: PTI)

Filmmakers throng scenic Kashmir for outdoor shooting

Bollywood directors have chosen Kashmir as the filming ground for many of their movies due to its picturesque landscapes

28 May 2022 10:39 AM IST

Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik is escorted by police officers to a court in New Delhi. (AP Photo/Dinesh Joshi)

India slams OIC for remarks on sentencing Yasin Malik

India urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation not to justify terrorism in any manner, saying the world seeks...

28 May 2022 10:24 AM IST

Rubaiya Sayeed (Facebook)

Rubaiya Sayeed summoned as witness in 1989 abduction case

Though the trial has been going on for the past many years, it is for the first time that Rubaiya has received witness...

28 May 2022 7:39 AM IST

Indian Army personnel gather at the site after a vehicle carrying 26 jawans fell in the Shyok river, at the Turtuk area in Ladakh. At least 7 jawans were killed while 19 others sustained injuries in the accident, according to officials. (PTI)

Seven Army jawans killed, 19 injured in road mishap

The soldiers were moving from a transit camp in Partapur to a forward location in sub-sector Hanif in the Turtuk forward...

28 May 2022 7:24 AM IST