A 26-year-old merchant navy officer from Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra, who is among three Indians detained after a Russian-flagged oil tanker was seized by the US in the North Atlantic, is expected to marry on February 19, his family said. Rakshit Chauhan, who joined the merchant navy on August 1 last year, was on his first...

NEW DELHI: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday successfully flight tested third generation Fire & Forget Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM), which has a top attack capability against a moving target.A video released from a desert test range shows a successful missile firing during a weapons trial conducted in the KK Ranges...

A BSF jawan died in a fire that broke out in a building inside a camp of the border guarding force in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday (January 12, 2026). “The deceased jawan was identified as Constable Ramesh Kumar, who was working as a washerman,” they said. According to the...

The Enforcement Directorate has sought a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged obstruction of its last week’s search operations on I-PAC in Kolkata by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and others, saying it is “not a solitary incident where such illegal actions and offences have been committed by her...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz inaugurated the International Kite Festival 2026 at the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, marking a significant moment in India-Germany relations. The visit focuses on strengthening the 25-year strategic partnership between the two nations. According to India Today’s Pranay Upadhyay, this is a meeting between the world’s third...

Rupee began the week in red, falling 5 paise to 90.23 against the US dollar in early Monday trade, weighed down by rising crude oil prices and persistent outflows from foreign investors. Traders said that ongoing geopolitical tensions and worries over potential US tariffs on Indian exports led foreign institutional investors to offload domestic equities....

Four major banks including RBL Bank, have approached the Central Information Commission (CIC) objecting to the disclosure of information such as the list of defaulters and non-performing assets, penalties and inspection reports even as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) termed the records “liable to be disclosed” under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. |...

Seven months after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) flagged the underutilisation of treated sewage water in Noida, the Noida Authority’s projections to enhance the usage has failed to impress the Tribunal. Despite treating all the wastewater generated in the city, the Authority is reusing only one-third of it and continues to discharge the rest into...

TVK chief Vijay is set to be questioned by the CBI in Delhi as a witness in the Karur stampede case, where 41 lives were lost. According to the report, Vijay has departed from Chennai for the hearing scheduled for 11 am. The probe is focusing on procedural lapses, with the DMK-led government alleging failures...