India

India News: Siasat.com brings you Latest News and Updates on Business, Movies, Real Estate News in all latest news on entertainment, gossip, technology, business and more

Nirmala Sitharaman offers prayers at Ram temple in Ayodhya

Ayodhya: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday offered prayers at the Ram temple in Ayodhya along with her family, officials said. Sitharaman, who arrived in Ayodhya on Wednesday for a two-day…
Nearly 8.5 lakh election personnel to be deployed for Bihar polls: EC

New Delhi: Seeking to ensure smooth conduct of assembly polls in Bihar, the Election Commission will deploy nearly 8.5 lakh election personnel, including 2.5 lakh police officials. The poll authority said on…

Blue Dart Express launches instant digital account opening platform

Mumbai: Express logistics firm Blue Dart Express Ltd on Thursday announced the launch of its instant digital account opening platform that allows businesses of all sizes to open accounts and start shipping…
Video: Woman accuses TC of harassment after being caught without ticket

A woman caught travelling without a ticket in an AC coach on a Bihar-bound train on October 7 accused the ticket collector (TC) of harassment, sparking a heated argument that escalated with…
Court rejects plea to change investigating officer in MUDA case

Bengaluru: A court here on Thursday rejected an application filed by activist and complainant Snehamayi Krishna seeking a change of Investigating Officer in a case against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The petitioner…
Mayawati negates speculations of Azam Khan joining BSP

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Thursday said she does not meet anyone on the sly and prefers meeting people openly, a remark that was ostensibly aimed at negating the…
Nashik man kills 80-year-old mother ‘out of boredom’

In a shocking incident, a 58-year-old man in Maharashtra’s Nashik district allegedly strangled his 80-year-old mother to death because “he was getting bored.” Arvind Murli Dhar Patil from Shivajinagar strangled his mother,…

MP CM alleges TN govt not cooperating with cough syrup probe

Nagpur/Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday alleged that the Tamil Nadu government was not cooperating in connection with the probe linked to the death of 22 children from his…
Jaish-e-Mohammed forms first-ever women’s wing, led by Masood Azhar’s sister

Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) has launched its first-ever women’s wing, Jamaat-ul-Mominaat. The move was announced in a letter issued under the name of JeM chief Masood Azhar, who is a UN-designated…
Puthiya Thalaimurai goes off air from state cable network; journalists condemn move

Leading Tamil news channel Puthiya Thalaimurai has reportedly gone off air since October 3 from the state-run cable network Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Limited (TACTV), prompting protests from the journalists…
IPS officer Puran Kumar’s wife seeks action against officials named in suicide note

Chandigarh: Amneet P Kumar, whose husband, IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, has allegedly shot himself dead, sought the Haryana chief minister’s intervention on Thursday to ensure the registration of an FIR against…
TVK chief Vijay’s Neelankarai residence gets bomb threat, found to be hoax

Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay received a mail on Thursday saying that a bomb had been planted at his Neelankarai residence, and it was found to be a hoax after checking the house, police…
10 held across UP for ‘I Love Muhammad’ posters, videos

As many as ten Muslims have been arrested across Uttar Pradesh for allegedly sharing ‘I Love Muhammad’ posters and videos. In Muzaffarnagar, a 30-year-old Nadeem, working as a cloth trader in Mumbai,…
PM Modi holds talks with UK counterpart Starmer

Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held wide-ranging talks with his British counterpart Keir Starmer broadly focusing on boosting the India-UK ties in areas of trade, defence and security and critical…
SIR in West Bengal: EC sets 7-day deadline for voter list mapping

Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday directed officials in West Bengal to expedite the voter list mapping process as part of preparations for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), setting…