National News Updates

Speaking at the 90th anniversary celebrations of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the PM said that the country’s economy has risen in the last few years from the inherited mess of 2014 when the BJP government took office, and is now poised for take-off.

The Union Minister asserted that it is important to know how the island was ‘given away’, why the public has been misled for the past decades, and who is actually accountable for the situation as this is a matter that involves national security.

He was produced before Special Judge Kaweri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Court on expiry of his previously extended Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody in connection with the money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam.

On Sunday, Prime Minister Modi said the Government of India under the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had ceded the Katchatheevu island to Sri Lanka in 1974.

“These elections are not just elections – they are a war against the corrupt. You have to decide whether you want corruption to end or not. Those who have come together in Delhi today think I will be afraid but my family is my country and nothing can deter me,” PM Modi said.

Coincidentally, the nation's highest civilian award was given to Advani at his official residence on Easter Sunday, the day the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was formed in 1980.

The police said on Saturday that a case under Sections 273 and 304-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered following a complaint lodged by the girl's family members

In a post on X, PM Modi said, "Eye opening and startling! New facts reveal how Congress callously gave away #Katchatheevu. This has angered every Indian and reaffirmed in people’s minds- we can’t ever trust Congress!

The post-mortem was conducted by a panel of five doctors on Friday, a day after Mukhtar Ansari’s death.

According to reports, a group of miscreants pelted stones at the convoy. The BJP leader, however, was safe.

The body of a 65-year-old mahant of an ashram in Hardoi district has been found in three pieces in the bushes on Siddhauli Road in Sitapur district, the police said.

The birthday celebrations of a 10-year-old girl turned tragic after she reportedly died a day after eating her birthday cake ordered online in Patiala.

Three slabs of an under-construction bridge over Ganga river in Gajraula village of Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr collapsed on Saturday.

"This festival marks the celebration of Jesus Christ's resurrection, and is a symbol of love and compassion. Easter gives the message that truth is eternal and shows us the path of sacrifice and forgiveness. The teachings of Jesus Christ guide us on the path of peace and harmony," she added.

Popular Tamil actor Daniel Balaji, known for his role in superstar Vijay Thalapathy’s ‘Bigil’ and ‘Bairavaa’, passed away due to cardiac arrest at the age of 48.