New Delhi, Sep 11: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched the Fast Track Immigration-Trusted Traveller Programme (FTI-TTP), which fast-tracks the immigration process of pre-verified Indian nationals and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card holders, in five more airports. The special initiative was first rolled out at the Indira Gandhi International Airport here in July 2024 and two months later launched in seven more airports Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Cochin an

Mumbai, Sep 9: Six family members of people who died in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast have moved the Bombay High Court, challenging a special court judgment acquitting the seven accused in the case, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur and Lt Col Prasad Purohit. The appeal, filed on Monday by Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal and five others through their advocate Mateen Shaikh, sought the HC to quash the special court judgment. An explosive device strapped to a motorcycle [] The post 2008 Malegaon

New Delhi, Sep 9: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has searched 21 locations in five states and in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir as part of its probe in a terror conspiracy case linked with the ISIS and other terrorist organisations, officials said on Tuesday. The searches were conducted in the states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu as well as Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, they said. The NIA, which took [] The post NIA Conducts Multi-State Raids

New Delhi, Sep 7: Ek baar aap GST dekh lo! Prime Minister Narendra Modis gentle nudge to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in December last year sparked the beginning of a mammoth exercise to overhaul the tangled goods and services tax regime. And the final outcome is a significantly simplified system with lower tax rates and easier compliance for businesses. Sitharaman, who, along with her team, began work to identify anomalies in the present four-tier structure and compliance issues faced [

KOLKATA, Sept 6:An association of the tea industry has claimed that there is a research funding gap in India for the development of the crop, with the country spending Rs 30 crore as compared to China, the largest producer of tea, investing over Rs 110 crore annually. Tea Research Association (TRA), engaged in R&D of the sector, is facing serious funding challenges, its chairperson Nayantara Palchoudhuri said, calling for a greater industry participation to stave off the crisis. Over 50 [] The p

NEW DELHI, Sept 2:In a veiled rebuttal to the dead economy jibe, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the Indian economy grew 7.8 per cent in the first quarter, surpassing all expectations despite global uncertainties and challenges driven by economic self-interest. Speaking at the Semicon India 2025 conference here, he said GDP growth in April-June was better than every expectation, hope and estimate. Indian economic performance came amidst global uncertainties and aarthik swarth se pa

Tianjin (China), Sep 1: India and Russia stood shoulder-to-shoulder even in most difficult situations and their ties are crucial for global peace and stability, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, amid a major downturn in New Delhis ties with the US. Modi and Putin met on the sidelines of the annual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) with a focus on expanding bilateral cooperation in economic, financial, and energ

NEW DELHI, Sept 1: A new Act that regulates matters related to foreigners and immigration and has provisions for heavy punishment for carrying a forged passport or visa came into effect on Monday. The Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025, was passed by parliament during the Budget session, and President Droupadi Murmu gave her assent on April 4, 2025. In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025 (13 of [] The post New Immigratio

New Delhi, Aug 28: Terrorists chose the picturesque Baisaran meadow as the target for the dastardly attack in Jammu and Kashmirs Pahalgam due to its high tourists presence and relative isolation, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Thursday. Three terrorists were directly involved in the brutal terror attack in which 26 people were killed in cold blood on April 22, NIA officials said. The target was also chosen considering the response time from the security agencies, said a spokesma

NEW DELHI, Aug 28: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim protection for four weeks to journalist Abhisar Sharma in an FIR lodged against him in Assam over a video post allegedly criticising the states policies. A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh refused to entertain his prayer challenging the FIR lodged against him in Assam and asked him to approach the Gauhati High Court. It, however, issued notice to the Centre seeking its response on [] The post FIR in Assam: SC gra

New Delhi, Aug 27 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that two major security operations, Operation Sindoor and Operation Mahadev, have sent an unmistakable message to the architects of terrorism that there will be consequences for targeting Indian citizens. Shah said that while Operation Sindoor brought satisfaction among the people, Operation Mahadev transformed that satisfaction into confidence. The home minister said this while honouring 12 members of the Army, who successfully

NEW DELHI, Aug 23: India has certain red-lines in its trade negotiations with the US and New Delhi will not compromise on protecting the interests of farmers and small producers, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday. Jaishankar said the negotiations for a trade deal between the two sides are underway. Speaking at the Economic Times World Leaders Forum, Jaishankar also said that US President Donald Trumps way of dealing with the world is a very major departure from [] The post

New Delhi, Aug 21: Excited after a successful mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla on Thursday hoped someone would very soon travel to space from our own capsule, from our rocket, from our soil. Addressing a press conference here, Group Captain Shukla said the first-hand experience from the ISS mission was invaluable and a lot better than any training. He also said India looks saare jahaan se achcha (better than the entire world) even today [] The

Guwahati, Aug 16: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday paid tribute to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his seventh death anniversary, and said he steered the country in difficult times to make it a force to reckon with. From nuclear tests to network of highways to key connectivity plans and a push for Antyodaya, Vajpayee worked non-stop for the people of the country, Sarma said. Shraddheya Atal Ji was not just a leader, he was a [] The post Vajpayee steered India in