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Watch: Rajasthan MLA Ravindra Bhati Pours Petrol On Himself At Barmer Collectorate
- May 19, 2026 20:39 pm IST
- Edited by: Amit Rajpurohit
The incident occurred when Ravindra Bhati, along with protesters, tried to enter the Barmer collectorate office, but police stopped them at the gate and prevented them from going inside.
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'Pushpa Has Bowed, Abhishek Banerjee Will Too': BJP Leader On Falta Repoll
- May 19, 2026 20:38 pm IST
- Edited by: Chandrajit Mitra
Jahangir Khan withdrew from the contest earlier today, leaving Trinamool out of the race in a seat that it had earlier won and in a state where it had just lost power.
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Will Reconsider Support If AIADMK Joins Alliance: CPM Warning For Vijay
- May 19, 2026 20:15 pm IST
- Edited by: Anindita Sanyal
Making any AIADMK faction part of the TVK government is against the people's mandate, which has been against the DMK and the AIADMK, the Left party said.
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Heated Clash At Karnataka's Badami Cave Temples After Tourist Objects To Staff Wearing Slippers
- May 19, 2026 20:09 pm IST
- Edited by: Ritu Singh
In the video, the tourist was seen confronting an ASI employee, questioning why she was inside the premises wearing slippers.
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Centre Urges Supreme Court To Show "Judicial Restraint" On Delhi Rent Act Plea
- May 19, 2026 20:06 pm IST
- Reported by: Nupur Dogra
The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that implementation of the 30-year-old Delhi Rent Act (DRA) of 1995 cannot be done by a judicial order.
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Bullet Train To Siliguri: Gamechanger For Chicken's Neck
- May 19, 2026 19:50 pm IST
- Reported by: Saurabh Gupta
West Bengal is set to benefit from the first high-speed rail service in eastern India linking Siliguri to Varanasi, which is expected to improve inter-regional mobility. Once completed, it would just take three hours to travel from Varanasi to Siliguri.
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2,000 Trucks Stranded On NH-2 In Manipur As Rival Groups Continue Blockades
- May 19, 2026 19:39 pm IST
- Reported by: Ratnadip Choudhury
More than 2,000 trucks are reportedly stranded, raising concerns over the movement of essential supplies and worsening hardship for drivers stuck along the route.
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New Bengal Government Clears Border Land Proposals Pending Under Trinamool
- May 19, 2026 19:22 pm IST
- Reported by: Manogya Loiwal
The move comes barely weeks after the Suvendu Adhikari-led BJP government took charge in the state, ousting Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress.
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Official Found Dead At Indian Mission In Bangladesh, Autopsy Awaited
- May 19, 2026 19:17 pm IST
- Reported by: Aditya Raj Kaul
The body was subsequently sent to the morgue at Chittagong Medical College Hospital for autopsy. The exact reason behind his death is not clear yet.
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Gujarat Cyber Cell Busts Rs-226-Crore Crypto Racket With Hamas, Houthi Links
- May 19, 2026 19:16 pm IST
- Reported by: Saurabh Vaktania
The Gujarat Cyber Centre of Excellence has dismantled a massive international financial syndicate operating a Rs 226 crore cryptocurrency network.
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Opinion | Xi Is Truly Done Falling For The Great American Bluff
- May 19, 2026 19:14 pm IST
- Kanwal Sibal
The Chinese and others have long sized up Trump. As a person, he does not inspire trust. His transactional approach, erratic behaviour, ego-driven approach, brutal pressure tactics make him an unreliable interlocutor.
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"Bastar Is Now Naxal-Free": Amit Shah Praises Historic Milestone
- May 19, 2026 18:55 pm IST
- Reported by: Aishvarya Jain
Calling it a major achievement of cooperative federalism, he said the Modi government has transformed Zonal Council meetings into a result oriented mechanism.
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Dowry's New Packaging: Experts On How Mindset Still Persists
- May 19, 2026 18:54 pm IST
- Reported by: Bismee Taskin Islam
Urban marriages today often involve detailed scrutiny of education, income, family background and even social media presence. Yet experts say financial expectations surrounding marriage frequently remain embedded in socially acceptable language.
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Question On "Brahmanical Patriarchy" Sparks Storm In BHU, Students Protest
- May 19, 2026 18:48 pm IST
- Reported by: Ranveer Singh
While some professors and students staged protests and called the question flawed, the vice-chancellor has said he would address the matter later.
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Opinion | PM Modi's Austerity Appeal And The Bitter Economics Of 'Sacrifice'
- May 19, 2026 18:38 pm IST
- Shankkar Aiyar
In 2010, Athens was turned into a lab for austerity. The tidy logic was that Greece lived beyond its means and needed discipline for recovery. What followed was a decade of devastation - GDP contracted, hospitals ran out of medicines
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Pollution Curbs Under GRAP-I Imposed In Delhi-NCR In May As AQI Turns 'Poor'
- May 19, 2026 18:09 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
Pollution Curbs Under GRAP-I Imposed In Delhi-NCR In May As AQI Turns 'Poor'
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Four Fuel Price Cuts In 4 Years: Centre After Price Hike
- May 19, 2026 18:03 pm IST
- Reported by: Akhilesh Sharma
Most nations passed the burden of these elevated prices onto consumers. But India adopted a distinct policy, striving to maintain stability and implement retail price cuts for petrol and diesel, sources said.
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Bhagwant Mann Launches Underground Power Lines Project In Native Village
- May 19, 2026 17:44 pm IST
- Press Trust India
Under the pilot project, 384 electricity poles will be removed from Satoj and underground cables will be laid without digging roads.
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25-Year-Old Odisha Man Killed In Ukranian Drone Attack In Russia
- May 19, 2026 17:44 pm IST
- NDTV News Desk
The victim had gone to Russia in March reportedly through a private firm Micon Agency. He joined the compnay in April along with seven other people from his state.
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7-Year-Old Boy Electrocuted After Live Wire Falls On Road In Karnataka
- May 19, 2026 17:41 pm IST
- Reported by: Reethu Rajpurohit
A CCTV video of the incident has surfaced, capturing the moment of the electrocution. Visuals showed the child collapsing after coming into contact with the live wire, after which people present at the spot dragged his body away.