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ALSO READ | Air India pays compensation to two-thirds of Ahmedabad crash victims The Boeing 787-8 aircraft, flying from Ahmedabad to London, had crashed minutes after take-off on June 12, 2025, slamming into a medical college hostel complex and erupting in flames. The disaster claimed 260 lives, including 241 passengers and crew members, and 19 people on the ground. Despite a preliminary report being submitted last year, families said the lack of clear answers has only deepened their grief, as ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, April 4: Families of those killed in the Air India Flight AI‑171 crash have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pressing for the immediate release of the aircraft's Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) and Flight Data Recorder (FDR) data as they seek clarity on the cause of the accident. The appeal is associated with the ongoing frustration with the pace of the investigation and the level of communication from authorities and the airline. In their letter, families described access to t ...Read More >
MUMBAI: India's telecom sector is ringing in steady growth once again adding millions of new connections every month while the race for broadband supremacy continues to heat up like a fiercely contested cricket match. According to the latest data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 1 April 2026, the total telephone subscriber base in the country reached 1,321.31 million at the end of February 2026. This marked a net addition of 7.31 million subscribers during the mont ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's total telephone subscriber base climbed to 1,321.31 million at the end of February 2026, according to the telecom subscription data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). As per TRAI, the sector recorded a net addition of 7.31 million subscribers during the month, reflecting an overall monthly growth rate of 0.56 per cent. This growth was largely underpinned by the broadband segment, which saw its user base rise from 1,052.72 million in January 2026 to ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): India's total telephone subscriber base climbed to 1,321.31 million at the end of February 2026, according to the telecom subscription data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). As per TRAI, the sector recorded a net addition of 7.31 million subscribers during the month, reflecting an overall monthly growth rate of 0.56 per cent. This growth was largely underpinned by the broadband segment, which saw its user base rise from 1,052.72 mill ...Read More >
Mumbai: Bharti Airtel led wireless mobile subscriber additions in February 2026, while Reliance Jio remained the country's largest wireless operator and continued to maintain a high proportion of active users, according to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. Vodafone Idea was nearly flat, while state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd continued to lose subscribers. India's total wireless subscriber base-including mobile users and fixed wireless access (FWA) customers-rose by 6 ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) The government has notified a set of 33 questions to be asked during the first phase of Census 2027 -- Housing Listing and Housing Operations (HLO) -- a month-long exercise to be conducted between April 1 and September 30 as per schedules finalised by states and Union Territories, a top official said on Monday. The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, Mrityunjay Kumar Narayan, said, according to a January 22 notification, enumerators will collect details s ...Read More >
New Delhi: Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) must remain central to India's artificial intelligence (AI) strategy as the country works to unlock value in manufacturing and accelerate economic growth, Gaurav Kataria, VP Digital (Manufacturing) and CDIO PSPD at ITC Ltd told ANI today. "MSME is absolutely a great focus and really, really required at this point in time," Kataria told ANI on the sidelines of "Democratizing AI Resources for Economic Growth and Social Good", organised by the ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has asked all insurance companies to adopt special 1600-series telephone numbers by February 15, to help protect consumers from fraud calls. All entities regulated by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India must use the designated numbering series for customer service and transaction-related calls, Trai said in a direction issued on Tuesday. The deadline was set in consultation with the insurance regulator. The 1600 s ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the warm and cordial welcome extended to the visiting delegation, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday stated that he has established a "close working and personal contact" with the Indian PM and together they "constantly monitor" the development of Russian-Indian cooperation in all its strategic areas. "The talks we just concluded with our Indian colleagues, as well as our conversation last night with Mr. Modi in ...Read More >
Srinagar, Oct 17: Speaker Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (LA), Abdul Raheem Rather, on Friday asked the media persons to prefer coverage of serious debates and discussions of the house rather than giving publicity to the members creating ruckus. During an interaction with the journalists of different news organisations at the Assembly Secretariat, the Speaker said the role of the media during the assembly proceedings remains delicate as well as difficult. The interaction was conducted ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought responses from the Centre and CBI in a suo motu case initiated over digital arrest scams, where cybercriminals impersonating law enforcement officials extort money from people. A bench of justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi, while sending notice to the Centre and CBI, said it was aghast that the fraudsters behind such scams often use forged court orders to trick people into parting with their money. The bench sought assistance of the attorney ge ...Read More >
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has penned a foreword for his Italian counterpart Georgia Meloni's Indian edition autobiography, describing it has her "Mann ki Baat." "It is not just an autobiography; it is her Mann ki Baat," he said in the foreword of the book titled - 'I am Giorgia -- My Roots, My Principles'. "I am delighted that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is penning her autobiography, 'I Am Giorgia...' Over the last 11 years, I have had the privilege of engaging with many world l ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has penned a foreword to Italian to the Indian edition of Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni autobiography. Prime Minister Modi describes the book, which is scheduled to be launched on October 7, 2025 as Meloni Mann Ki Baat, taking a cue from his own monthly radio broadcast of the same name. It is not just an autobiography; it is her Mann Ki Baat, PM Modi says in the foreword of the book that was published originally in Ita ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has penned a foreword to Italian to the Indian edition of Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni's autobiography. Prime Minister Modi describes the book, which is scheduled to be launched on October 7, 2025 as Meloni's 'Mann Ki Baat', taking a cue from his own monthly radio broadcast of the same name. "It is not just an autobiography; it is her Mann Ki Baat," PM Modi says in the foreword of the book that was published originall ...Read More >
Bangalore Gold Rate Today: Shattering all hopes of retail jewellery buyers of some relief amid the ongoing Navratri festival, gold rates in Bangalore, and other Indian cities broke another record on Monday, September 29. The price of gold in Bangalore, aka Bengaluru, witnessed a sharp surge bringing 24 karat gold Rs 16,000 above the historic Rs 1 lakh mark. The gold price rally in Karnataka capital mirrored the surge in gold rate in India and across the world. The sharp rally in precious metal ...Read More >
A Delhi court has granted Tahawwur Hussain Rana, accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attack, permission for three phone calls with his brother this month to discuss engaging private counsel. His judicial custody has been extended until September 8. The phone calls will be recorded and must be in English or Hindi. A Delhi court on Wednesday allowed 26/11 Mumbai attack accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana to have three phone calls this month with his brother to discuss engaging a private counsel, court sources ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Isro has successfully completed the development of the Service Module Propulsion System (SMPS) for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight mission, marking a milestone in the programme's progress. The qualification test programme concluded with a full-duration hot test of the SMPS that lasted 350 seconds. "The test, conducted on July 11, validated the propulsion system's integrated performance for an off-nominal mission profile involving a service module-based mission abort. The system perfor ...Read More >
India pays digitally: 2025 marks the third year of the 'Har payment digital' initiative by Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Indeed, it is huge leap: India crossed 20 billion payments (approximating ₹250 trillion) through digital modes (Sanjay Malhotra, Governor, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai, March 10, 2025). However, while there is no denying the convenience and time-saving brought in by the quantum leap in digital payments, do digital payments actually contribute to GDP growth? Are payments leadi ...Read More >
Kolkata: Guru Dutt was not born in Kolkata but the city had lived in him since he shifted here and grew up as a Bhowanipore resident. Fluent in Bengali and an avid reader of Bengali literature, Dutt married iconic Bengali singer, Geeta Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri, and filmed at least two of his cult movies in Kolkata. To commemorate his centenary, film enthusiasts from across India will gather for a day-long event at the Kolkata Centre for Creativity on Friday. Richa Agarwal, chairperson of the centre, ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 8 (ANI): India's broadband subscriber base expanded steadily over the past year, adding 2 crore 5 lakh new users by the end of March 2025, reflecting an annual growth rate of 2.17 per cent, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) yearly data released on Tuesday. The TRAI data shows that out of a total of 969.10 million internet subscribers, the number of broadband subscribers is 944.12 million and the number of narrowband subscribers is 2 ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Telephone tapping constitutes a violation of the right to privacy unless justified by a procedure established by law, held the Madras High Court on Wednesday. Justice N Anand Venkatesh also observed that the right to privacy is now an integral part of the right to life and personal liberty guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution. The judge said section 5(2) of the Telegraph Act authorises interception of telephones on the occurrence of a public emergency or in the interests of ...Read More >
Bengaluru, July 2: Close on the heels of five tigers, including a mother and her four cubs, were poisoned in the Malai Mahadeshwara Hills wildlife reserve, the bodies of about 20 bonnet monkeys have been found dumped in the buffer zone of neighbouring Bandipur Tiger Reserve. While 18 of the 20 monkeys were found dead, two of them were still breathing and the forest officials have shifted them to Gundlupet and are treated at the local veterinary hospital. The forest officials suspect that the m ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: More than 30 years after it mandated a 200-point-roster system for earmarking posts for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates in direct recruitments, the Supreme Court has now identified staff posts reserved for SC and ST candidates but provided no quota for OBC candidates.The judgment in R K Sabharwal case was delivered by a five-judge bench on Feb 10, 1995, during the tenure of 26th CJI A M Ahmadi, but it will be implemented now during the tenure of 52nd CJI in Justice B R ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri visited the Republic of Mauritius on Tuesday where he called on Mauritus Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam and reaffirmed the continued commitment to deepen the multi-dimensional bilateral partnership. The visit followed the telephone conversation between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Mauritius, Navinchandra Ramgoolam, on June 24, during which the two leaders discussed the ongoing cooperation across a b ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that the country has made several achievements in the digital payments system, led by collective efforts of all citizens. "India has made many strides in digital payments, powered by the collective resolve of 140 crore Indians. Sectors like health and education have also benefited from this initiative," Modi said, on X. The comments come following the completion of a decade of ambitious Digital India initiative, originally launched on Jul ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said that the country has made several achievements in the digital payments system, led by collective efforts of all citizens. 'India has made many strides in digital payments, powered by the collective resolve of 140 crore Indians. Sectors like health and education have also benefited from this initiative,' Modi said on social media platform X. The comments come following the completion of a decade of the ambitious Digital India initiative, orig ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,203.84 million at the end of April to 1,207.08 million at the end of May 2025, showing a monthly growth of 0.27 per cent, official data released by the Ministry of Communications showed Friday. In absolute terms, the total number of subscribers rose by 3.24 million during the month. Also Read | Big Relief for Commuters! Government To Slash Toll on Elevated Highways, Flyovers and Tunnels to Half; Check Details. U ...Read More >
The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell on Friday officially announced that an additional CET will be held for admission to undergraduate programmes including Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS), and Bachelor of Business Management (BBM) for the academic year 2025-26. The decision comes in response to numerous requests from students, parents, and educational institutions who reached out via email, ...Read More >
Mumbai: An atmosphere of tension gripped Parbhani city on Wednesday as the district administration imposed Section 163 of the Indian Civil Security Code 2023. The order, issued by District Magistrate Raghunath Gawde, restricted gatherings of more than five persons in public places and suspended internet and communication services to maintain peace. The decision came after an unidentified person on Tuesday damaged a replica of the Constitution held by the statue of B R Ambedkar outside Parbhani ...Read More >
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