Building collapse in Gaza kills at least 21 people, and other Mideast developments
New Indian Expressby Associated Press·29d ago
A building used by displaced Palestinian families collapsed in Gaza City, killing at least 21 people, while Saudi Arabia was reported to be reaching out to allies for help with defenses as it deals...
Delayed birth, death registrations to face stricter scrutiny as new law takes effect from October 1
New Indian Expressby PTI·29d ago
NEW DELHI: The provisions of a newly enacted law that tightens regulations for delayed registration of births and deaths will come into force on October 1, Registrar General of India Mrityunjay...
Non-heterosexual partners can be medical representatives during medical treatment: Centre tells Delhi HC
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·29d ago
NEW DELHI: The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that a competent adult can nominate a partner, including one in a non-heterosexual or queer relationship, to take medical decisions on their...
Delhi man strangles wife to death after marital dispute, held from UP
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·29d ago
NEW DELHI: A 24-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his wife following frequent quarrels and strained marital relations in central Delhi’s Anand Parbat area.
Over 117 million Indians exposed to dangerous heat conditions by 2026, says report
New Indian Expressby Jitendra Choubey·29d ago
India had the world’s highest number of people — 117 million — exposed to risky heat for more than 30 days due to climate change between June and August 2026, according to an analysis by US-based...
With the US weaponising the final frontier, space treaty needs an update
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·29d ago
In a move that could trigger a perilous space-based arms race, the US on Monday admitted to deploying “on-orbit space control weapons”.
Strengthen global net to catch animal smugglers
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·29d ago
More than a week after the rescue of five baby orangutans from Odisha’s Balasore district, the whodunit continues to baffle the nation.
Madhya Pradesh tightens crackdown on illegal ahatas, liquor overpricing
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·29d ago
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Excise Minister Jagdish Devda has directed officials to intensify the crackdown on illegal drinking ahatas, illicit liquor and overcharging at...
India can bring to the table East, West and South
New Indian Expressby Ajay Bisaria·29d ago
The BRICS summit in New Delhi last weekend and the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek, which Prime Minister Modi attended a fortnight earlier, suggest a ‘non-Western’ push to the...
Why Kerala doctor took car seat belt issue to SC; plea disposed with direction to Centre
New Indian Expressby Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty·29d ago
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday has disposed of a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) -- filed by internationally acclaimed diabetic specialist and researcher - seeking effective...
Supreme Court orders status quo in Sridevi family’s Chennai property dispute
New Indian Expressby Suchitra Kalyan Mohanty·29d ago
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered status quo in a dispute over a Chennai property linked to late Bollywood actor Sridevi’s family and issued notice to her husband, film producer and...
Pakistan lodges counter-protest after India summons its envoy over Arabian Sea naval collision
New Indian Expressby TNIE online desk·29d ago
Pakistan on Wednesday summoned India’s Charge d’Affaires and lodged a protest over a collision involving a Pakistani Navy vessel and a frontline warship of the Indian Navy in the Arabian Sea...
Brokers feel the pinch of MDR calls for rethink
New Indian Expressby Benn Kochuveedan·29d ago
The new 0.02% MDR on UPI payments for investing in stocks and mutual funds is unlikely to hurt long-term investors or SIP flows, but analysts and industry players see some pressure building for...
FM asks industry to offer quantified tax alternatives, not just grievances
New Indian Expressby ENS Economic Bureau·29d ago
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday urged the industry and tax professionals to submit concrete tax policy alternatives instead of general grievances, and also to quantify compliance...
CM Omar Abdullah urges Ladakh leaders to seek written commitments from Centre
New Indian Expressby Fayaz Wani·29d ago
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday advised Ladakh leaders not to rely on verbal assurances from the Centre and urged them to seek written and signed commitments...
Who teaches our teachers?
New Indian Expressby Kajal Basu·29d ago
The ongoing metacritique of the Indian education system—and it comprises an avalanche of aphoristic and brocardic critiques that will, in time, exceed Edward Gibbon’s magnum opus in length, breadth...
Your own MPs backed it: Govt hits back at Rahul Gandhi over UPI fee criticism
New Indian Expressby TNIE online desk·29d ago
The government on Wednesday questioned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the decision to levy a Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on UPI payments above Rs 2,000 made to merchants, citing a...
CBI assigns Seema Pahuja to probe Disha Salian death case
New Indian Expressby Sudhir Suryawanshi·29d ago
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has entrusted IPS officer Seema Pahuja with probing the 2020 death of Disha Salian, former manager of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput...
Two TMC factions file nominations in Bengal bypolls, await EC call on party name and symbol
New Indian Expressby TNIE online desk·29d ago
Two rival factions of the Trinamool Congress on Wednesday filed nominations for the Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly bypolls, each claiming to be the “real” TMC and laying claim to the party’s name...
'When will you launch it’: Owaisi dares BJP MLA over ‘missile’ remark on Bhopal’s Qazi Camp
New Indian Expressby Express News Service·29d ago
BHOPAL: A war of words broke out between AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma in Madhya Pradesh over Sharma’s controversial “missile” remark linked to Qazi Camp in Bhopal.
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