National

New Delhi: Bageshwar Dham head priest Dhirendra Shastri said Friday that the Maha Kumbh tragedy was a "planned and sponsored" conspiracy to dent Hindutva's image. Talking to IANS in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj, he said that the incident was tragic, heart-wrenching and unimaginable. While saying that...

Jaipur: Two devotees from Rajasthan lost their lives in the recent stampede that occurred in the wee hours of Wednesday at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh in which 30 people were killed and 60 were injured. The victims who had travelled to Prayagraj...

Jammu: Two heavily-armed terrorists were killed as alert troops scuttled their attempt to infiltrate from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said Friday. The incident took place in the Khari Karmara area of Poonch district Thursday and a...

New Delhi: Sixteen Bills, including the Finance Bill 2025, amendments to the Waqf and Banking Regulations Act, and the merging of the Indian Railways and Indian Railways Board Acts, will be tabled in Parliament's Budget session, which begins Friday with the Economic Survey 2025-26 Among...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu will address both Houses of Parliament Friday, marking the beginning of the Budget Session. The President will address the joint sitting at 11 a.m. After her address, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the Economic Survey 2024-25 in the...

New Delhi: Members of the Judicial Enquiry Commission that has been set up to go into the reasons behind the tragic stampede at the ongoing Maha Kumbh that resulted in 30 deaths and injuries to 60 people Wednesday, will reach Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj at around...

New Delhi:  The Economic Survey, a pre-budget document detailing the state of the economy over the last fiscal year, will be presented in Parliament at noon Friday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The presentation comes a day before the much-anticipated Union Budget 2025-26 arrival. The...

New York: ISRO astronaut and Indian Air Force (IAF) officer, Shubhanshu Shukla, will take on the role of pilot on the Axiom Mission 4, or Ax-4, that will go to the International Space Station (ISS) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than...

Mahakumbh Nagar: Millions of devotees flocked to the Triveni Sangam and other ghats at the Maha Kumbh to take a dip Thursday with the Uttar Pradesh government ramping up efforts to ensure crowd management and safety of people a day after the stampede tragedy. More...

New Delhi: Parliament's Budget Session is likely to get off to a stormy start Friday with opposition parties demanding a discussion on the alleged mismanagement of the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj where 30 pilgrims were killed in a stampede. At the all-party meeting chaired...