UNSC, WTO need urgent reforms to make them inclusive: Om Birla at BRICS forum

Saint Petersburg (Russia) (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, who is leading the Indian delegation at BRICS Parliamentary Forum in Russia, has hailed the grouping's expansion and, at the same time, reiterated India's stance of reforming the…

3 transgenders become Sub-Inspectors in Bihar

Patna (IANS) After the Bihar Police Subordinate Services Commission (BPSSC) announced the results for the Sub-Inspector examination on Tuesday, three transgender candidates passed the test and are set to don the police uniform in the state. 

This…

18 killed as double-decker bus crashes into milk tanker in UP’s Unnao

Unnao (IANS) At least 18 people were killed and more than 30 injured when a double-decker bus rammed into a milk tanker on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district, early on Wednesday. 

The bus was travelling from Sitamarhi…

BSF recovers 126 drones, 150 kg heroin along India-Pak border in Punjab

Chandigarh (IANS) With the recovery of 126 drones and 150 kg heroin, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday said its troops have significantly outperformed the previous year’s record in the first six months this year. 

The BSF mans the…

Bengal Assembly bypolls: Complaints of violence flood CEO’s office

Kolkata (IANS) Polling for bye-elections for four Assembly constituencies in West Bengal continued on Wednesday amid reports of violence reaching the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO).  

Till 3 P.M. the CEO’s office had received 91…

India, Austria to work together in areas like AI, blueprint for coming decades prepared: PM Modi

Vienna (IANS) India and Austria will work together in areas such as infrastructure development, innovation, renewable energy, hydrogen, water and waste management, artificial intelligence (AI), and quantum technology, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

India will defeat evil forces: Defence Secy on Kathua terror attack

Jammu, (IANS) The killing of five Army men in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district will not go unavenged, said Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane on Tuesday, adding that India will defeat the evil forces behind the attack. 

While expressing…

Hit-and-run cases: No one will have immunity as long as I am CM, says Eknath Shinde

Mumbai (IANS) Amid rising hit-and-run cases in Maharashtra, the latest being at Worli in which a BMW car rammed into a couple on a scooter killing a woman, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Monday that he has zero tolerance for injustice and those…

NEET-UG paper leak: SC asks Centre, NTA to initiate action against wrong beneficiaries, next hearing on July 11

New Delhi (IANS) Asking the Centre and National Testing Agency (NTA) about the action initiated against the wrong beneficiaries in the NEET-UG examination held on May 5, the Supreme Court on Monday remarked that denial to the allegations of paper…

Surat building collapse: Death toll rises to 7

New Delhi (IANS) At least seven bodies were recovered from the rubble a day after a six-storey building collapsed in Gujarat's Surat, officials said on Sunday. 

The incident happened on Saturday afternoon in Sachin Pali village amid incessant…