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Tata Power sees retail growth as India nears electricity goal

The distribution sector is now at the cusp of transformation, says official at Tata Power

Journalists lack perspective, brief them before press conference: Minister Suresh Prabhu

Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu says move needed because journalists ‘lack perspective’ on issues, but there are fears it is an attempt to peddle govt line.  

Marriage of Muslim man & Hindu woman irregular, but child is legitimate: SC

A two-judge bench ruled that the ‘marriage of a Hindu female with a Muslim male’ is ‘neither valid nor void, but is merely an irregular (fasid) marriage’.

Mauritian PM Jugnauth’s Bhojpuri connects with crowd at Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

Delivering the keynote address, Jugnauth also announced that Mauritius will host a Bhagwad Gita Mahotsav in partnership with the Haryana govt next month.

NRIs are India’s brand ambassadors, says PM Modi

PM Modi was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas convention in Varanasi.

Pregnant Tamil Nadu woman who failed police physical test by 0.30 seconds set to join force

The Madras High Court has ruled in favour of the woman, who was eight weeks pregnant when she failed a TN police recruitment exercise.

No wreath-laying ceremony at National War Memorial as inauguration gets delayed

Monitoring committee set up by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has found that the National War Memorial needs "more work".

Modi govt to clean Ganga river with funds raised from auctioning PM’s gifts

The items that would be auctioned include paintings, sculptures, shawls, pagris, jackets and traditional musical instruments from across the country.

Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya, Mehul Choksi will be brought back just like Michel: Javadekar

Union minister Prakash Javadekar assured that the government will recover all of the "looted money", and their properties attached to ongoing cases.

Google to make details on political advertisements public

Google's decision is an effort to promote "openness to election advertising online". It is also introducing a searchable Political Ads library.

On Camera

No one should have to choose between a roof and two meals. But India’s migrants do, every day

India’s policymakers need to ensure that labourers, and milk and newspaper delivery workers, do not have to sacrifice food just to keep a roof over their heads.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.