Stay updated with the latest press-trust-of-india news, articles, and insights from trusted sources. Explore in-depth coverage and expert analysis on press-trust-of-india topics.
In one of the worst aircraft accidents in India, a total of 260 persons, including 241 passengers, died. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * Union Minister Murlidhar Mohol stated the Air India crash probe is ongoing without conclusions * An Italian newspaper claimed pilot blame in the Air India Ahmedabad crash, which Mohol denied * The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau confirmed the investigation has not been finalized Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Sw ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 16 (PTI) ReNew Energy Global Plc (ReNew) on Monday said the company's net loss has narrowed down to Rs 19.8 crore in the December 2025 quarter, supported by an increasing trend in revenues. It registered a net loss of Rs 38.79 crore in the October-December period of the preceding 2024-25 financial year, the company said in a statement. The company's total income rose to Rs 3,137.2 crore in the third quarter, from Rs 2,119.8 crore recorded in the same quarter of FY25. The revenu ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Feb 16 (PTI) The family of a 22-year-old Indian postgraduate student, who was found dead in the US days after he went missing, is still struggling to come to terms with the fact he is no more. They want to visit Berkeley personally to collect the body of Saketh Sreenivasaiah and urge the authorities to speed up the probe. Saketh Sreenivasaiah, a student at the University of California, Berkeley, hailing from Karnataka, had been missing since February 9. "They are unable to believe ...Read More >
Kolkata, Feb 16 (PTI) The Election Commission on Monday directed West Bengal authorities to ensure speedy disposal of claims and objections filed under Form 7 of the SIR exercise, a senior poll official said. The commission reiterated that the revised Special Intensive Revision (SIR) schedule had already been communicated to the state chief electoral officer's office on February 10. Form 7 applications were issued by the EC to voters whose names did not figure in the draft rolls to file object ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Feb 16 (PTI) No fresh deaths have been reported from a village in Haryana's Palwal district, where seven people died due to liver-related ailments, prompting the health department to monitor the situation round-the-clock, officials said on Monday. Seven deaths, four of them due to Hepatitis B, were reported at Chhainsa village in the Hathin sub-division over the past two weeks. Some villagers, however, claimed the number of deaths was higher. They also claimed that a lack of clean ...Read More >
Bhopal, Feb 16 (PTI) The Opposition on Monday created a ruckus in the MP legislative assembly over the Indore contaminated drinking water tragedy and objected to the "clean water" commitment mentioned in the state governor's customary address on the first day of the Budget session. Amid slogan shouting, the Speaker adjourned the proceedings for Tuesday after the listed business for the day ended. Earlier, when Governor Mangubhai Patel mentioned the state government's resolve to provide clean w ...Read More >
Jammu, Feb 16 (PTI) The General Officer Commanding of the Army's White Knight Corps, Lieutenant General P K Mishra, on Monday visited Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district and reviewed the counter-terrorism grid and operational preparedness of the troops. He urged all ranks to remain vigilant and mission-ready at all times. "The GOC, White Knight Corps, accompanied by GOC CIF (Delta), visited the general area of Kishtwar, J-K, to review the counter-terrorism grid and assess the operational pre ...Read More >
Meerut (UP), Feb 16 (PTI) The district court here received a bomb threat via email on Monday, prompting authorities to carry out a search operation in the premises after evacuating the staff and others, officials said. Normal work in the courts in Meerut has resumed after nothing suspicious was found, they said. All judicial officers gathered on the lawn in front of the district judge's court as the bomb squad and dog squad were deployed in the court premises. Court-related work was disrupted ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 16 (PTI) The country's merchandise exports rose marginally by 0.61 per cent to USD 36.56 billion in January, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said on Monday. Imports increased by 19.2 per cent to USD 71.24 billion in January this year from USD 59.77 billion recorded a year ago. The trade deficit stood at USD 34.68 billion during the month under review. Agrawal said that the country's exports "remain northwards" both in goods and services. This fiscal, exports of goods and ser ...Read More >
Mumbai Traffic advisory: In a significant development for the commuters who regularly travel on the Western Express Highway, the commute on the road will be limited for a specified time on February 17. As Mumbai prepares to welcome French President Emmanuel Macron for an official India visit, the Mumbai Traffic Police has issued a traffic advisory announcing that Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) will not be permitted on both northbound and southbound lanes of the highway from 8 AM to 9 PM. Here are a ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on e-commerce platform Snapdeal for selling toys that do not comply with mandatory Bureau of Indian Standards certification, violating the Toys (Quality Control) Order, 2020. A final order against Snapdeal (Ace Vector Limited) has been issued after taking suo-motu cognisance of the matter, CCPA Chief Commissioner Nidhi Khare told PTI. The CCPA has also issued notices to other e-commerce entities, incl ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 16 (PTI) Realty firm Ashiana Housing's net profit jumped five times to Rs 56.65 crore in the third quarter of this fiscal on better income. Its net profit stood at Rs 10.89 crore in the year-ago period. Total income rose to Rs 373.35 crore in the October-December period of this fiscal from Rs 139.93 crore a year ago, according to a regulatory filing. During the first nine months of this fiscal, Ashiana Housing posted a net profit of Rs 96.91 crore as against a net loss of Rs 2. ...Read More >
Mumbai, Feb 16 (PTI) The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday said Maharashtra Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal, by equating Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Tipu Sultan, has unnecessarily provided the BJP an issue. In an editorial in Shiv Sena (UBT) mouthpiece Saamana, the party said the BJP, as always, has given a Hindu-Muslim colour to the Tipu Sultan controversy. Tipu Sultan is considered a hero in Pakistan, but the Bharatiya Janata Party does not find it condemnable to allow an India-Pakistan ...Read More >
Mumbai, Feb 16 (PTI) Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded sharply by nearly 1 per cent on Monday, driven by strong buying in power, banking, and financial stocks. Snapping its three-day decline, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 650.39 points, or 0.79 per cent, to close at 83,277.15. The 50-share NSE Nifty advanced 211.65 points, or 0.83 per cent, to settle at 25,682.75. PowerGrid emerged as the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising 4.45 per cent, followed by HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ...Read More >
Jaipur, Feb 16 (PTI) Seven people were burnt alive in an illegal firecracker-manufacturing factory in the Bhiwadi town of Rajasthan's Khairthal-Tijara district on Monday, officials said. "Seven persons have died in the incident. It was a garment factory but firecrackers were being manufactured inside it illegally," Sumitra Pareek, Additional District Magistrate, said. She said that two people trapped in the factory were rescued. They were admitted to Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital in a critical co ...Read More >
Kolkata, Feb 16 (PTI) Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari alleged on Monday that the Election Commission's decision to suspend seven AEROs was the first time that the poll panel exercised its statutory authority to directly penalise officers found guilty of SIR-related misconduct, after being prodded by the Mamata Banerjee government to commit such acts. The Commission reserved the right to move a step ahead and register FIRs against these officials if disciplinary proceedings against them were ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The simmering debate over power sharing in Tamil Nadu has triggered not just friction between the Congress and its ally, the DMK, but also exposed sharp internal rift within the Congress itself, with the state leadership moving swiftly to rein in dissenting voices as CM MK Stalin drew a firm red line on power sharing.Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K Selvaperunthagai on Monday publicly rebuked party MP Manickam Tagore for raising the issue of power sharing with the ruli ...Read More >
Lucknow, Feb 16 (PTI) Lucknow Metro on Monday launched QR-based tickets, which can be booked from anywhere to enjoy a hassle-free metro travel experience. The QR-based ticketing system was formally inaugurated at the Hazratganj Metro Station here by Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC), Sushil Kumar. Under the new system, passengers can book QR tickets through the official Lucknow Metro mobile application - Lucknow Metro Official (available on Play Store and iOS St ...Read More >
New Delhi, Feb 16 (PTI) In-Solutions Global Ltd (ISG) on Monday announced that it has received regulatory authorisation from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) across all three Payment Aggregator categories - online, physical or offline and cross-border. The approval was granted under the latest RBI Master Directions for 2025-26. With these approvals, ISG joins a select group of non-bank ecosystem players enabled to support merchant payments across domestic and international channels through a un ...Read More >
Shimla, Feb 16 (PTI) In an unusual move, Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla on Monday concluded his address to the state Legislative Assembly within two minutes, skipping a portion of the speech over what he termed as "comments on a constitutional institution". Speaking at the start of the Budget Session of the Assembly, the governor said he would not read paragraph 3 to 16 of the prepared speech. "I think there are comments on the constitutional institution from paragraph 3 to 16 an ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 16 (PTI) The Left government in Kerala on Monday said the Sabarimala women entry issue is a matter involving several constitutional complications, and so an appropriate stand would be taken through discussions. Clarifying the government's stand, state Law Minister P Rajeev said it was not a matter to be reduced to a "yes or no" answer and even the Supreme Court made it clear that it would take the review petitions only after addressing seven constitutional questions. "T ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of Rs 5 lakh on e-commerce platform Snapdeal for selling toys that do not comply with mandatory Bureau of Indian Standards certification, violating the Toys (Quality Control) Order, 2020. A final order against Snapdeal (Ace Vector Limited) has been issued after taking suo-motu cognizance of the matter, CCPA Chief Commissioner Nidhi Khare told PTI. The CCPA has also issued notices to other e-commerce entities incl ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Jan 27 (PTI) An Ahmedabad resident, who escaped a Nepalese prison during the 'Gen Z' protests while facing drug charges, was arrested by Gujarat Police, officials said on Tuesday. The Special Operations Group (SOG) of the crime branch tracked down the accused, Dharmesh Chunara, following a coordinated effort involving technical surveillance and human intelligence. Chunara, a resident of Thakkarbapa Nagar Road, had been on the run since fleeing the Bhadra Jail in Kathmandu during a v ...Read More >
Hyderabad, Jan 27 (PTI) Begumpet Airport here is all set to host Wings India 2026, Asia's largest biennial civil aviation event, which will be inaugurated by Union Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on January 28, sources said on Tuesday. The launch will mark the start of a four-day global aviation gathering, scheduled to continue until January 31. Anchored around the theme 'Indian Aviation: Paving the Future-From Design to Deployment, Manufacturing to Maintenance, Inclusivity to Innovation and Safety t ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Jan 27 (PTI) The Gujarat ATS has foiled a terror conspiracy to target individuals in Uttar Pradesh and arrested a person alleged to be operating as a "lone wolf" after being influenced by extremist ideologies linked to the banned terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed, officials said on Tuesday. The accused, Faizan Shaikh, was in the final stages of planning targeted killings across Uttar Pradesh for 'insulting' Prophet Mohammed, according to officials. The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) recove ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Jan 27 (PTI) Odisha Deputy Chief Minister Pravati Parida on Tuesday announced a hike in uniform, footwear and winter wear allowance provided to children going to anganwadi centres. Parida said the hike will benefit over 14.76 lakh children across 74,224 anganwadi centres, with the additional costs being fully funded by the state government. The allowances provided to the preschool children (ages 3-6) of the anganwadi centres under the Malati Devi Prak Vidyalaya Paridhan Yojana hav ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Jan 27 (PTI) The ruling Congress in Karnataka on Tuesday decided to name the Gram Panchayat offices after Mahatma Gandhi. The decision was taken on the suggestion of Congress general secretary and Karnataka in charge Randeep Singh Surjewala during a protest rally at the Freedom Park here. The party had organised the protest against replacing Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act with the new rural employment scheme 'Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajivika M ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: An Indian national from Gujarat, who escaped from a jail during last year's "Gen Z" protests in Nepal, has been apprehended by Ahmedabad Police, officials said on Tuesday.Dharmesh Chunara, a resident of Thakkarbapa Nagar Road in Ahmedabad, was arrested by the Special Operation Group (SOG) Crime Branch, according to a police release.He had fled Bhadra Jail in Kathmandu, the capital of the neighbouring Himalayan country, during last year's protests.Chunara, who had arrived in Kathmandu ...Read More >
Sinha, who was addressing the strategic management forum conference on policy making and strategic planning for achieving Viksit Bharat by 2047 at IIM Jammu, said the nature of terrorism, however, has changed, with educated and well-informed people getting involved in it. "In Karnataka, a small part of Kerala, and Jammu and Kashmir, I believe that the task of eliminating terrorism cannot be carried out by the security forces alone. Along with the security forces, society and certain wings of the ...Read More >
Delhi Air Pollution: Workers affected by the restricted activity during the period will be compensated. New Delhi: Delhi Labour Minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday announced Rs 10,000 in compensation for construction workers rendered unemployed due to the pollution-battling GRAP III and GRAP IV measures. The minister also said all government and private institutions must mandatorily switch to work from home for 50 per cent of the staff from Thursday, or face action. Addressing a press confere ...Read More >
Stay updated with the latest None news, articles, and insights from trusted sources. Explore in-depth coverage and expert analysis on None topics.