News at 2

On News@2 this June 3, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. At least 21 people were killed and 37 others rescued after a major fire broke out at the Lemon Green Hotel in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar area on Wednesday morning. The blaze, which started at a restaurant operating within the Bed and Breakfast property, triggered panic among guests, with dramatic visuals showing t...

On News@2 this June 2, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. The Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission temporarily halted a proposed 10 per cent surcharge on electricity bills for June, offering relief to consumers across the state. The surcharge, introduced by the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited under the fuel adjustment charge mechanism, was challen...

On News@2 this June 1, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. Commercial LPG prices have been increased across India, with the price of a 19-kilogram commercial cylinder in Delhi rising by 42 rupees to 3,113 rupees and 50 paise. Rates have also gone up in other cities, including Kolkata, while 5-kilogram non-domestic LPG cylinders have become costlier. Domestic LPG cyli...

On News at 2, Taniya Dutta brings you the day’s top stories: IndiGo, Air India and Air India Express to cut nearly 250 daily domestic flights from June; Asaram surrenders at Jodhpur jail after Rajasthan High Court upholds his life sentence in a rape case; and WHO recommends testing experimental Ebola treatments amid outbreaks in Congo and Uganda. Tune in! Produced by Taniya Dutta Sound mixed by Ro...

On News@2 this May 27, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, saying the exercise supports free and fair elections and does not determine citizenship. The court directed that doubtful citizenship cases be referred to the Home Ministry under the Citizenship Act...

On News@2 this May 26, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. India and the US on Tuesday signed a new framework agreement on critical minerals and rare earth cooperation after the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the partnership would strengthen resilient supply chains for s...

On News@2 this May 25, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. Petrol and diesel prices were increased across India on Monday for the fourth time in two weeks, with petrol becoming costlier by rupees 2.61 per litre and diesel by rupees 2.71 per litre. State-run oil companies Indian Oil Corporation, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum linked the hike to rising global...

On News@2 this May 22, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. The Delhi High Court on Friday granted three-day interim bail to activist and former Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Umar Khalid in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case. Khalid will be released from June 1 to 3 to attend to his mother, who is undergoing surgery, and has been directed to remain with...

On News@2 this May 21, Areeb Raza brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Chandrasekaran Joseph Vijay on Thursday expanded his Cabinet by inducting twenty-three new ministers, including Congress leaders S Rajesh Kumar and P Viswanathan, marking the party’s return to the state government after nearly sixty years. Meanwhile, in West Bengal, the Falta Assembly...

On News@2 this May 20, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. India is set to host the two-day BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12 and 13, with Russian President Vladimir Putin confirming his participation and Chinese President Xi Jinping also expected to attend amid growing global tensions. Meanwhile, newly elected Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan has announced...

On News@2 this May 19, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. The Supreme Court has refused to modify its 2025 order directing the removal of stray dogs from crowded public spaces and said that authorities could legally euthanise rabid, incurably ill or dangerously aggressive dogs. The court stressed that public safety cannot be ignored amid rising dog attack incidents...

On News@2 this May 18, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. Vadasseri Damodara Menon Satheesan on Monday took oath as the Chief Minister of Kerala after leading the Congress-led United Democratic Front back to power after a decade. Twenty ministers, including leaders from Congress allies, were also sworn in at the ceremony attended by senior party leaders Rahul Gandhi...

On News@2 this May 15, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has announced that the cancelled NEET-UG 2026 examination will be held again on June 21 after the government confirmed that the paper had been leaked through so-called 'guess papers.' The government has admitted a breach in the examination system, while investiga...

On News@2 this May 14, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. Senior Congress leader Vadassery Damodaran Satheesan was named as the next Chief Minister of Kerala after the United Democratic Front’s sweeping victory in the Assembly elections. The six-time legislator and former Leader of the Opposition was chosen after nearly ten days of consultations within the Congress...

On News at 2, Taniya Dutta brings to you the day's crucial headlines. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s stepbrother Prateek Yadav passed away in Lucknow at the age of 38 after a prolonged illness. In Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Vijay won the trust vote in the 234-member Assembly with comfortable support. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump is set to visit China after eight years for crucial t...

On News at 2 this Tuesday, May 12, Taniya Dutta brings to you the day's top stories. NEET-UG 2026 examination conducted on May 3 has been cancelled after a major paper leak controversy triggering a CBI probe and re-exam announcement; In Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma took oath for a second consecutive term as state Chief Minister after the BJP-led NDA’s historic win in recently held legislative electi...

On this episode of News at 2, Taniya Dutta brings day's top headlines. Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs 'Maha Pooja' at Somnath temple; NEET 2026 probe begins over “guess paper” matching questions worth 600 marks and US President Donald Trump dismisses Iran’s proposal on ending the conflict “totally unacceptable.” Tune in! Produced by Taniya Dutta Sound mixed by Suraj Singh

On News@2 this May 8, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. A US trade court has ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority by imposing temporary 10 percent global tariffs under the Trade Act of 1974, with the administration expected to appeal the decision. Meanwhile, political uncertainty continues in Tamil Nadu, where Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arleka...

On News@2 this May 7, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. Actor and politician Vijay on Thursday again met Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Arlekar to stake claim to form the government after the Assembly elections, but was asked to return only after securing written support from 118 legislators. Meanwhile, the Centre extended five state laws to Chandigarh covering prope...

On News@2 this May 6, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met and held bilateral talks with Vietnamese President To Lam at Hyderabad House in New Delhi during the leader’s first State Visit to India, as both countries marked ten years of their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Meanwhile, in Tamil Nadu, Vijay intensified efforts to form...

On News@2 this May 5, Areeb Raza brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. Actor turned politician Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam has emerged as the single largest party in Tamil Nadu with 108 seats and is seeking to form the government through alliances. Meanwhile, India has condemned Iran’s missile and drone strike on the UAE’s Fujairah oil facility, with Prime Minister Narendra Mo...

On News@2 this May 4, Taniya Dutta brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. Early trends in Assembly elections across key states indicate major political shifts. In West Bengal, the BJP has taken a commanding lead, crossing the halfway mark and leading in over 190 seats, ahead of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress. In Kerala, the Congress-led UDF has surged past 100 seats, wit...

On News@2 this May 1, Areeb Raza brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. The Supreme Court has granted anticipatory bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera in a defamation and forgery case filed by Assam Police on a complaint by Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife, citing the importance of personal liberty. Meanwhile, the death toll in the Bargi Dam boat tragedy has risen to seven, with...

On News@2 this April 30, Areeb Raza brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. A court in New Delhi granted bail to Vinesh Chandel in a money laundering case after the Enforcement Directorate did not oppose his plea, citing cooperation. He has been directed not to influence witnesses and remain available for questioning. Meanwhile, Vietnam’s President To Lam will visit India from May 5...

On News@2 this April 29, Areeb Raza brings to you the afternoon’s most crucial headlines. Nearly 40 per cent voting was recorded by 11 am in the second phase of the West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026, with the Election Commission of India reporting largely peaceful polling despite sporadic incidents of violence and disruption. A brief face-off between Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari in Bhaba...