Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a summit in New Delhi on March 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Statehood in Jammu and Kashmir will be restored as promised before, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said, without giving any timeline. Mr. Shah said at a summit on Friday (March 28, 2025) night that Assembly … Read more
The government notifies the interest rates on small savings schemes every quarter. | Photo Credit: Getty/iStock images The government on Friday left interest rates unchanged on various small savings schemes, including PPF and NSC, for the fifth straight quarter beginning April 1, 2025. “The rates of interest on various Small Savings Schemes for the first … Read more
Former celebrity manager Disha Salian’s father, Satish Salian at the Mumbai Police Commissioner’s office to request police protection in Mumbai, Maharashtra, on March 27, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI “The Mumbai police’s closure report in the Disha Salian death case had termed it a suicide and asserted she was battling depression due to various reasons, … Read more
Representational file image. | Photo Credit: PTI An encounter broke out between security personnel and Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Saturday (March 29, 2025) morning, police said. The gunfight occurred in a forest under the Kerlapal police station area, where a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Maoist operation, an official … Read more
Union Minister Arjun ram Meghwal speaks in the Lok Sabha. File | Photo Credit: ANI More than 1,800 contempt cases are pending in the Supreme Court while another 1.43 lakh cases are pending in High Courts, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal told the Lok Sabha in a written reply on Friday (March 28, 2025). As … Read more
FPV drones gained prominence during the war in Ukraine, where they demonstrated their capacity to alter battlefield dynamics. File | Photo Credit: Reuters In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Indian Army has begun inducting a First Person View (FPV) drone equipped with an anti-tank payload. This drone was developed, tested, and validated internally in collaboration with … Read more
With a view to strengthen parent-child-school partnerships across India, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has designed a parenting calendar that proposes a series of orientations and initiatives to provide holistic support to students and parents, aligning with the National Education Policy, 2020. The calendar was designed based on a survey of parents across … Read more
Muslim devotees wearing black armbands during ‘namaz’ on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramzan, outside a mosque in Kolkata on March 28, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The All India Muslim Personal Law Board’s appeal to Muslim community members to wear a black armband when they offer Jumatul Vida (last Friday of … Read more
MP says migrant workers with limited income working in Gulf countries are forced to pay high airfares. File | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj Leaders from various Opposition parties have called for a cap on airfares and the establishment of a quasi-judicial body to legally monitor them, arguing that ticket prices have become “exploitative” and … Read more
The historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday (March 28, 2025) disallowed congregational prayers at Srinagar’s Jama Masjid and lodged a First Information Report (FIR) after a Shia procession in central Kashmir observed Al-Quds Day, to express support for Palestine. Chanting pro-Palestine slogans, hundreds of … Read more