Press Trust of India
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California Becomes Third US State To Recognise Diwali As Official Holiday
In a historic development for the Indian diaspora, California has designated Diwali as an official state holiday, becoming the third state in the US to officially recognise the Indian festival of lights as a holiday.
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PM Modi Renews Make In India Pitch, Says It's Best Time To Invest In Country
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday renewed his pitch for Make in India across sectors -- from mobiles to semiconductors and electronics, saying the government is accelerating the pace of reforms, offering the best investment opportunities.
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Thane Man Gets Rs 51 Lakh Compensation 11 Years After Wife's Death In Accident
The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) in Thane here has awarded a compensation of Rs 51.73 lakh to a man for the death of his wife in a road accident in 2014.
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Air Force Chief Takes "Professional Pride" In Performance In Operation Sindoor
The Indian Air Force's "bold and precise" attacks on enemy targets during Operation Sindoor restored the rightful place of offensive air action in the national consciousness, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh said on Wednesday.
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India Sides With Taliban, Pakistan, China, Russia Against Trump's Bagram Airbase Bid
India joined Russia, China and seven other nations to oppose efforts to deploy foreign military infrastructure in Afghanistan, against the backdrop of US President Donald Trump's calls to the Taliban regime to hand over the Bagram airbase.
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Scotch Whisky In Spotlight As UK PM Keir Starmer Begins India Visit
British PM Keir Starmer begins a two-day visit to India with Scotch whisky industry in the spotlight as a "big winner" of the India-UK Free Trade Agreement, which the UK government expects will grow the Scottish economy by 190 million pounds a year.
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Row Over Nurses Throwing Bal Thackeray's Father's Book At Official In Mumbai
A row has erupted with a video purportedly showing a group of nurses at a civic hospital hurling books written by Prabodhankar Thackeray and another social reformer at an officer who distributed them as a gift before retiring.
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Blasts On Jaipur-Ajmer Highway As Tanker Hits Truck Carrying LPG Cylinders
A truck carrying LPG cylinders caught fire following a collision with another truck on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway on Tuesday night, police said.
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Delhi To Develop 17 Urban Forests To Boost Green Cover, Combat Air Pollution
The Delhi government is set to transform 15 scattered patches of vacant land across the national capital into dense urban forests, called 'Namo Vans,' to enhance the city's green cover and combat air pollution.
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British Sikh Group Prepares For Judicial Review Of Islamophobia Definition
A British Sikh organisation opposed to a proposed definition of Islamophobia that it fears would be discriminatory to other communities and religious faiths is preparing to mount a legal challenge against the government if such a move goes ahead.
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'Kidnapped' Mumbai Builder Traced To Rehab; Admitted Forcibly By First Wife
In a bizarre twist to a kidnapping case, a Mumbai-based builder "abducted" from his home was traced to a rehabilitation centre in the neighbouring Palghar district, where he was sent on the orders of his first wife, police said on Tuesday.
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"No Manipulation Or Dirty Business" In Air India Crash Probe: Aviation Minister
Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu on Tuesday said there is "no manipulation or dirty business" happening in the investigation into the Air India plane crash that killed 260 people on June 12.
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Indian-Origin Brothers Jailed For Serious Child Sex Offences In UK
An Indian-origin man who had pleaded guilty to child rape offences was on Tuesday sentenced to 22 years' imprisonment at an east London court, where his brother was also sentenced to 15 months in jail for possession of indecent images of children.
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'Look, Speak, Pay': Smart Glasses Can Now Be Used For UPI Payments
Wearable smart glasses can now be used to make payments via UPI Lite by simply scanning a QR code and issuing a voice command.
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Probe Agency Chargesheets 8 More Accused In 2020 Narco-Terror Network Case
The NIA charge-sheeted eight more accused persons in the 2020 transnational narco-terror network case involving smuggling of drugs into Gujarat from Pakistan via sea route.
