Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Manohar Joshi died at a Mumbai hospital today, two days after he suffered a cardiac arrest. He was 86.

Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Thursday said the protesting farmers led by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) will observe a 'Black Friday' on Friday.

Ajmer Dargah chief Syed Zainul Abedin said political parties should try to find solutions to disputes such as in Mathura and Kashi outside the courts.

Representatives of the Sikh community on Thursday called on West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose to protest against the alleged "Khalistani" remark at an IPS officer by BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari.

In a significant move, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has accorded approval for the procurement of more than 200 BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles and associated equipment for the Indian Navy at a cost of around ₹ 19,000 crore.

The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted bail to a television journalist, who was arrested on duty at the restive Sandeshkhali, observing that the press must be allowed to function freely and independently, without any fear of reprisal .

The Manipur High Court has ordered deletion of a paragraph from a March 2023 order that urged the state to consider including the Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) list, saying the paragraph was in conflict with the Supreme Court’s constitution bench stance.

The state Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Thursday approved extension of the flagship Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme by three more years .

Odisha Environmental Society (OES) Thursday hailed the Supreme Court’s order asking the states and Union Territories to act as per the definition of ‘forest’ laid down by the apex court in a 1996 judgment and directing the government to adhere to the “broad and all-encompassing” meaning of ‘forest’.

Social media platform X Thursday expressed disagreement with the Indian government’s order to block accounts and posts related to the ongoing farmers’ protests and called for extending freedom of expression to the affected posts.

A no-confidence motion brought by the Congress against the BJP-JJP government in Haryana was defeated through voice vote Thursday after the opposition party’s MLAs walked out of the Assembly.

The Minister for Information and Broadcasting (I&B), Anurag Thakur, Thursday launched four transformative portals, which have the potential to modernise the entire media landscape.

 Strong reform measures initiated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modiled government in the last ten years have laid the foundation of a solid economic growth in coming decades, Jefferies Equity Research outlook said.

The Taliban carried out a double public execution at a stadium in southeastern Afghanistan Thursday as thousands watched the killing of two convicted men as their victims' relatives fired the gunshot.

A high-tech Chinese marine research ship Thursday arrived near the Maldives after spending about a month in the Indian Ocean near the island nation, media reports said here.