News Highlights: Modi says India and France will cooperate on energy, space and technology

India seeing France as a natural partner in resolve to build a developed nation: PM Modi

India stands ready to contribute to restoration of lasting peace: PM Modi

Defence ties have been an important pillar in the relationship between India and France

Modi says India and France will cooperate on energy, space and technology

Together we can find solutions for global crises, says Macron amid Modi's France visit

Law Commission extends deadline till July 28 for public to send views on Uniform Civil Code

Govt's sale of tomatoes at Rs 90 a kg starts in Delhi-NCR, Patna

India's forex reserves increase by $1.23 billion to $596.28 billion in the week ended July 7

PM Modi to attend lunch hosted by President of the French National Assembly

Varanasi court reserves order for July 21 on petition seeking scientific survey of Gyanvapi mosque

Delhi to restart Okhla water treatment plant as Yamuna water levels recede

NCP's Dhananjay Munde is Maharashtra's new agriculture minister

Chhagan Bhujbal got the food and civil supplies department, while Aditi Tatkare is the new women and child development minister

Maharashtra portfolios allocated: Ajit Pawar gets Finance, Dilip Walse Patil gets Cooperation

Eighth cheetah dies at the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh

Macron awards Modi grand cross of the Legion of Honour

Exports fall 22% to $32.97 billion in June from $42.28 billion in 2022

Naresh Uttam Patel on withdrawal of Y-category security of party leader Azam Khan.

“Azam Khan is a noted legislator of the country and BJP is playing with his life,” says Samajwadi party leader Naresh Uttam Patel on withdrawal of Y-category security of party leader Azam Khan.

Owaisi on Uniform Civil Code

"It is a political exercise to create an atmosphere to divert the attention of people from poverty, unemployment, inflation and other issues," says AIMIM chief@asadowaisi on Uniform Civil Code.

Breach in regulator caused the water logging in ITO and nearby areas: Kejriwal

SC seeks response of ED, CBI on Sisodia's bail plea

PM Modi attends Bastille Day Parade in Paris

Scindia inaugurates Eastern Cross Taxiways, fourth runway at Delhi airport

Ceremonial performance by a band during Bastille Day Parade in Paris

The list for ministers and portfolios have been submitted to Raj Bhavan, says Dy CM Ajit Pawar of NCP

Patra Chawl land scam case | Special PMLA court adjourned hearing till 17th August. Charge framing Sanjay Raut and others deferred

Everyone should work for tackling the current situation rather than doing politics on it: Nityanand Rai

Union MoS Home Nityanand Rai says, "Everyone should work for tackling the current situation rather than doing politics on it. We are sending the team as per requirement. 15 NDRF teams have been deployed in Delhi. 4,346 people have been rescued and shifted to safer areas. 179 animals have also been rescued."

1,100 new Primary Agriculture Credit Societies to be strengthened through FPOs: Amit Shah

WPI inflation declines to (-) 4.12 pc in June as prices of food, fuel eases

The tourist influx has been badly affected following heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh

Shimla | The tourist influx has been badly affected following heavy rainfall in Himachal Pradesh. People are facing various problems like shortage of water & more. The municipal corporation is taking all necessary steps to provide timely aid

Nadda conducts aerial survey of flood affected areas in Himachal Pradesh

Defamation case on Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai adjourned to August 24

Defamation case on Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai adjourned to August 24. Saidapet Metropolitan 17th Magistrate Anitha Anandh ordered Annamalai again to appear before the court on August 24. Case copies have been handed over to HIM. On August 24, he would be questioned on the allegations.

Director, IMD Mumbai, Sunil Kamble on the rain situation in Maharashtra

Mumbai | If you see, for the past 3-4 days, it has been raining in all the districts. In some places, the intensity is more and in others, it is less. But in the coming 3-4 days, there is a possibility of heavy rainfall in South Konkan and North Konkan. When it comes to North Maharashtra and Vidarbha, there is a possibility of moderate rain: Director, IMD Mumbai, Sunil Kamble on the rain situation in Maharashtra

Meenakashi Lekhi speaks on Delhi flood situation

Delhi | ''There is a sense of helplessness among people...the elected government has failed Delhi...the flood control department gets huge budget...nothing has been done...they could have built embankments, schools should have been used as relief camps...CM Kejriwal keeps on blaming the Centre and does not take any responsibility", says Meenakashi Lekhi, Union Minister & BJP leader on the flood situation in Delhi

ED has arrested three people in connection with 265 crores TDS scam case

TDS refund case | ED has arrested three people in connection with 265 crores TDS scam case. Among the arrested, one of them is a former Income Tax officer, Tanaji Adhikari: ED

Nadda along with other politicals leaders visit the flood-affected areas in Mandi

Himachal Pradesh: BJP National President JP Nadda along with Former Himachal Pradesh CM and LoP Jairam Thakur and other political leaders visit the flood-affected areas in Mandi including the Panchvaktatra Temple.

Delhi L-G VK Saxena and Kejriwal brief the media after inspecting drain regulator is damage

Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena and CM Arvind Kejriwal brief the media after inspecting the spot at Vikas Bhawan, ITO where a drain regulator is damaged. Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj tells the Lt Governor that he made several requests to different officers last night to call NDRF but to no avail and the NDRF reached here only now. "Thank you but had NDRF reached at night, it would have been better," he says. LG says, "I would like to tell you that this is not the time to blame someone or make comments. Right now, we need to do teamwork. I too can say a lot of things but this is not needed right now..."

Macron gifted a framed facsimile of the photograph to PM Modi

Ahead of the commencement of the Bastille Day parade, contingents begin gathering in Paris

Sanjay Raut arrives at Sessions Court in Mumbai in connection with Patra Chawl land scam case

Maharashtra: Uddhav Thackeray faction MP Sanjay Raut arrives at Sessions Court in Mumbai in connection with Patra Chawl land scam case.

SC issues notice to respondents on Manish Sisodia bail pleas in connection with liquor policy case

Supreme Court issues notice to respondents on Manish Sisodia bail pleas in connection with liquor policy irregularities case SC lists the July 28 for hearing relating to interim relief

Indian Army's Punjab Regiment all set to march in the Bastille Day parade in Paris

SC issues notice on a plea of Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of Shiv Sena

Supreme Court issues notice on a plea of Uddhav Thackeray-led faction of Shiv Sena seeking direction to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker to take expeditious decision on the disqualification petitions pending against rebel MLAs led by Eknath Shinde. Supreme Court seeks a response on the plea in two weeks.

NIA pronounced a life sentence for 3 of the 6 PFI cadres convicted in the 2010 murder case

The NIA Special Trial Court in Ernakulam, Kerala pronounced a life sentence for three of the six Popular Front of India (PFI) cadres convicted in the 2010 case of attempted murder of a professor by chopping off his palm: National Investigation Agency (NIA)
Sajil, Najeeb and MK Nazar have been awarded a life sentence, along with a fine of Rs 50,000 each. The other three convicts MK Nausha, PP Moideenkunu and P.M. Ayoob, have been sentenced to three years imprisonment.

UP: Sultanpur jail's jailer Virendra Kumar, accused of helping gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, suspended

Uttar Pradesh | Sultanpur jail's jailer Virendra Kumar, accused of helping gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, suspended. He is accused of helping Ansari during his posting at Banda jail.

South Delhi lab introduces 'groundbreaking' early detection Hepatitis C diagnostic tool

CM Yogi Adityanath at the Uttar Pradesh Health Technology Summit 2023 in Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh | If you look at the numbers, India's population is four times that of the US. However, the number of deaths (due to Covid) in India was half of that of the US. This is a great example of how if we bring skill and scale together, we can produce better results for the world: CM Yogi Adityanath at the Uttar Pradesh Health Technology Summit 2023 in Lucknow

Nitish Kumar wants to do 'Gundaraj', says BJP's Samrat Choudhary

"Nitish Kumar wants to do 'Gundaraj'...can send us to jail or shoot & kill but the agitation will continue", says Samrat Choudhary, Bihar LoP and state BJP chief

Flooding situation in Yamuna Bazar area of Delhi continues to remain grim.

Macron tweets in Hindi as he welcomes PM Narendra Modi to Paris

Patna: BJP workers hold protest outside Bihar Legislative Assembly and observe black day

CPI(M) leader Hannan Mollah on BJP leader's alleged death due to lathi charge in Bjhar

Delhi | This is happening every day in some state where the Opposition is holding demonstrations and police are lathi-charging them. Nothing new in our country. Governmnet should be reasonable. Government should see that no wrong things are done to the people. Bihar govt I thing will consider this...what is right and wrong and behave in the right way so that their efforts to build up Opposition unity can succeed: CPI(M) leader Hannan Mollah after a BJP worker Vijay Singh died allegedly during the lathi charge by Bihar Police

BJP's fact-finding committee on West Bengal panchayat election violence reaches Cooch Behar

Party's MP Ravi Shankar Prasad says, "We are on a 3-day visit to Bengal...We investigated for two days and today we will visit the areas in Cooch Behar wherever people were subjected to violence and murders occurred. We always see one pattern - don't let them file a nomination and if they file a nomination, beat them up. Secondly, don't let them campaign otherwise children will be kidnapped. If you win, you will not be given a certificate...What is happening under your rule, Mamata ji? You are shaming democracy..."

4,500 police deployments have been done in all areas of Delhi

Surender Singh Yadav, Special CP, Traffic, Delhi speaks on the flood situation in the city and details the further steps being taken by the management for tackling the situation. "4,500 police deployments have been done in all areas of Delhi. The movements of the Kawariyas are also being monitored. A decrease in water level in areas like Kashmiri Gate is witnessed. But the Ring road area towards Wazirabad is still flooded. We are trying to open the Bhairon Marg till evening. Traffic can be witnessed on NH 44."

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice SV Bhatti take oath as judges of the Supreme Court.

Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice SV Bhatti take oath as judges of the Supreme Court. Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud administers the oath to Justices Bhuyan and Bhatti. (Pics: Supreme Court of India's YouTube)

Massive traffic in Delhi due to waterlogging and flooding

Massive traffic snarl at NH-24 near Sarai Kale Khan T-Junction in Delhi. Traffic diversions have been made in different areas of the city due to waterlogging and flooding.

I have never seen this level of water logging, says in Delhi's ITO area

I have never seen this level of water logging. We are facing a lot of difficulties in going to the office," says a commuter in Delhi's ITO area which is flooded due to rise in water level of Yamuna River

Sensex opens in green, currently up by 300 points and trading at 65,819.38

UK parliamentary panel report warns of national security threats from China; calls govt’s approach “inadequate”

The water level of Yamuna River at Old Railway Bridge (ORB) has crossed the danger mark and is at 208.40 meters, recorded around 9 am

Fire breaks out in a godown in Yewalewadi area of Pune

Fire breaks out in a godown in Yewalewadi area of Pune, Maharashtra. Fire tenders at the spot. More details awaited.

Total of 70 tourists evacuated from Sangla to Choling (Kinnour) in four sorties. The fifth sortie is ready: Himachal Pradesh Police

Drain regulator damaged at Vikas Bhawan, ITO in Delhi. CM Arvind Kejriwal will visit the spot today at 11 am to inspect it

I think it will take 10-12 hours for the situation to be normal again, says Atishi over monsoon mayhem in Delhi

Delhi Minister Atishi says, "The water is not accumulating due to rain. The areas that saw this situation yesterday have all their drains full. Water from ITO flows into the drains of Old Delhi but due to flooding around Red Fort all the drains of Old Delhi are full. Secondly, large amounts of water reached Delhi from Hathnikund - in a way, Delhi became a reservoir. Delhi's capabilities & of its embankments are being tested. Our team is working 24/7, and there is full support of NDRF & Army's Engineering Wing but I think it will take 10-12 hours for the situation to be normal again..."

Severe waterlogging in Delhi's Yamuna Bazar due to rise in water level of Yamuna River

Chandrayaan-2 is set to lift off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 2:30pm

Andhra Pradesh | The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to launch the Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission, the successor to Chandrayaan-2. It is set to lift off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota at 2:30pm. Chandrayaan-3 is equipped with a lander, a rover and a propulsion module. It weighs around 3,900 kilograms.

Waterlogging in various parts of Mumbai due to rainfall

Rising water level in Yamuna threatens to flood Mathura

Himachal Pradesh: Tourists stranded in Chandratal rescued after heavy snow blocks road

Delhi Police launches operation to rescue animals trapped in flood

Union Minister and RLJP chief Pashupati Kumar Paras condemns BJP leader's death by lathi charge

Delhi: "This is a very sad incident...dictatorship should not happen in a democratic system…People have the right to keep their demands & protest peacefully. The government should have listened to them. I condemn the Bihar government. Action should be taken against the police officer who ordered the lathi charge: Union Minister and RLJP chief Pashupati Kumar Paras

Himachal Pradesh Flood: Relief materials were delivered to the flood-affected areas of the state by the Air Force helicopter

Rescue and relief work continues in Himachal

Ashutosh Garg, Deputy Commissioner, Kullu says, "Our relief and rescue work is being done on war footing in the entire district...Around 1800 plus transformers were affected by the floods out of which 50% have been restored by the Electricity Department...road connectivity of the Manali-Chandigarh national highway stretch via Kandi-Kataula road has been restored..."

"Main Sankalp Lekar Nikla Hun...": PM Modi expresses resolve to create bright future for India, its upcoming generation

WHO assessments of health impacts of non-sugar sweetener aspartame

The World Health Organisation (WHO) classified aspartame as safe to consume within a daily limit of 40 milligrams per kilogram of a person’s body weight.

Dr Francesco Branca, Director of the Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, WHO: "The assessments of aspartame have indicated that, while safety is not a major concern at the doses which are commonly used, potential effects have been described that need to be investigated by more and better studies...Cancer is one of the leading causes of death globally. Every year, 1 in 6 people die from cancer. Science is continuously expanding to assess the possible initiating or facilitating factors of cancer, in the hope of reducing these numbers and the human toll."

PM Modi conferred with France's highest award, 'Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour'

French President Emmanuel Macron bestowed the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor on PM Narendra Modi. It is the highest French honour in military or civilian orders. PM Modi will become the first Indian PM to receive this honour. In the past, the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor has been received by select prominent leaders and eminent personalities from across the world. These include the Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela, King Charles - the then Prince of Wales, Former Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and former Secretary General of the United Nations, among others.

People face problems due to water-logging situation in Delhi

Muslim World League Secretary General Sheikh Dr Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa speaks about his India visit

Of course, this visit to India is a visit to our friends here in the Republic of India, and I am very delighted about this visit. During this visit, of course, we had very important meetings and I was delighted to meet leadership from the political field, and also religious leadership, and all these meetings were very enriching. We discussed many important issues that concern the harmony of the national societies and the peace of our world:

J&K : Terrorists fired upon three labourers in Shopian district

J&K | Terrorists fired upon three outside labourers in Shopian district late Thursday evening. All the injured are admitted to SMSH Hospital, Srinagar. The injured persons are Anmol Kumar, Pintu Kumar Thakur and Heralal Yadav, all residents of District Supaul, Bihar.