Rai introduces Bill on foreigners’ entry amid objections by Oppn members

 New Delhi (IANS) Union Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai on Tuesday introduced the Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025, in the Lok Sabha, aiming to modernise and consolidate India’s immigration laws and replacing four different laws with…

Telangana tunnel tragedy: Intense efforts on to trace remaining 7 missing men

Hyderabad (IANS) Day after recovering one body from the debris, rescue teams continued intense efforts to search for the remaining seven people in the SLBC tunnel in Telangana’s Nagarkurnool district on Monday. 

Rescue teams from various agencies…

Manipur looted weapons issue: Army, security forces recover INSAS rifles, guns, pistols, mortars, IEDs

Imphal (IANS) The Army and other Central and state forces, in a series of joint operations in six districts, comprising mountainous areas and valleys, recovered 25 weapons, Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), several grenades, a large cache of ammunition…

Manipur: Joint ops by Army, other forces lead to recovery of 114 arms, explosives

Imphal (IANS) The security forces after the expiry of the 15-day deadline to surrender looted and illegally-held arms and ammunition, further stepped up their search operations in 10 of the 16 Manipur districts and recovered 114 weapons, IEDs, grenades,…

Tourist from Israel, homestay owner gang raped in K'taka; man from Odisha killed after being pushed into canal by rapists

Koppal (Karnataka) (IANS) A horrific incident of three persons committing gang rape on two women, a tourist from Israel, and a female local homestay owner and killing a male Indian tourist who was with them, came to light on Saturday in Karnataka. 

Three civilians go missing in J&K’s Kathua, security forces launch search operation

Jammu (IANS) The Army and police on Friday started a major search operation to trace three civilians who went missing while they were on their way to attend a marriage in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district. 

Officials said that a massive…

Jaguar fighter aircraft crashes in Panchkula, pilot safe

Chandigarh (IANS) A Jaguar fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed near Morni in Haryana’s Panchkula district on Friday but the pilot managed to eject safely, officials said. 

The fighter had taken off from the Ambala airbase…

India’s social security coverage doubles to 48.8 pc: Minister

New Delhi (IANS) Social security coverage in India has doubled from 24.4 per cent to 48.8 per cent, said Union Minister for Labour and Employment and Youth Affairs and Sports Mansukh Mandaviya. Addressing the post-budget webinar on the theme ‘Investing…

MP: Three WCL coal miners killed as slab collapses

Bhopal (IANS) In a tragic incident, three coal miners lost their lives due to a slab collapse at the Chhatarpur-I coal mines operated by Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) – a subsidiary of Coal India Limited on Thursday.

Nishchal Jharia, Superintendent…

Suspected grenade attack on police post in J&K’s Baramulla

Srinagar (IANS) J&K Police said on Wednesday that a suspected grenade attack took place during the night intervening March 4 and 5 on a police post in Baramulla town. 

A police statement said that at approximately 9.20 p.m., a blast-like sound…