‘Draw global talent pool’: PM Modi meets space startup CEOs, promises unwavering support

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has interacted with the CEOs of 20 space startups, including Skyroot Aerospace, ahead of National Space Day (August 23) to mark the historic Chandrayaan-3 lunar landing. Urging young…

Phone theft claim sparks clash at Andhra nursing hostel; Northeast students shifted

A minor dispute over a missing mobile phone at a nursing college’s hostel in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, escalated into a clash between local Telugu students and students from Nagaland and Manipur Saturday.…

India News Live Updates, 23 August 2026: Three rescued from Chenab river in Jammu & Kashmir amid heavy rain

Delhi-Dhaka chill: Jaishankar flags mutual interests, common ground

Amid the ongoing diplomatic tug-of-war between India and Bangladesh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday that they have to look at “mutual interests” and meet at a “common ground”. His…

‘Tremendous, largely untapped potential in India-Turkiye ties across every pillar’: Ali Murat Ersoy, Turkiye’s Ambassador to India

ALMOST A year after he took over as Turkiye’s Ambassador to India, steering bilateral ties through the most difficult phase in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor, where Ankara was seen to be…

ED books Jammu and Kashmir Deputy CM’s brother in PMLA case

The Enforcement Directorate has booked Inspector Vijay Choudhary on charges of money laundering, prompting Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary to slam the action as “selective targeting”. The police officer,…

No bail to woman accused in 2019 Pulwama attack

A special NIA court on Wednesday denied bail to Insha Jan, one of the accused in the 2019 Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed. The court observed that sufficient…

Goa court discharges man accused of rape — ‘Law does not recognise marital rape’

Discharging a 30-year-old man accused of raping a woman, a Sessions Court in Goa said the allegation that the accused had sex with the victim without her consent during their civil marriage…

From asteroid hunts to school breakfasts: The teachers changing the way India learns

From a Rajasthan government teacher who helped students hunt asteroids and a Chhattisgarh educator who introduced nutritional intervention to prevent school absences, to a Jharkhand educator who pushed for an image makeover…

Professor used endoscope camera, needle to leak agriculture exam paper in Chhattisgarh

Raipur police Saturday arrested six people, including a professor identified as the alleged mastermind, in connection with the leak of the B.Sc. (Agriculture) second-year, second-semester Entomology examination paper of Indira Gandhi Agricultural…