(A File Photo) India has terminated the Rs. 3,600 crore deal for VIP choppers with AgustaWestland after bribery allegations tainted the deal, on Jan.1, 2014. (Photo: IANS) Panaji, May 11 (IANS) Admiral R.K. Dhowan on…
Dehradun: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat during his first cabinet meeting after Uttarakhand High Court set aside President’s Rule in the state, restoring him as the chief minister, nearly a month after he was ousted,…
Ranchi, May 11 (IANS) It’s an all-out battle between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition in Jharkhand over the domicile policy announced by the Raghubar Das government. With the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha…
Kolkata: Actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan during inauguration of a jewellery store in Kolkata, on May 8, 2016. (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS) New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) In a setback to Amitabh Bachchan, the Supreme…
Srinagar, May 11 (IANS) Separatist guerrillas shot dead a soldier on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said. Lance Naik Om Vir Singh of Rashtriya Rifles died during an anti-militancy operation at the…
Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) Key Indian indices plunged on Wednesday as an amended tax treaty between India and Mauritius spooked investors amid fears of a massive outflow of foreign capital from the equity markets. Consequently,…
Jammu, May 11 (IANS) A police officer was on Wednesday arrested here in Jammu and Kashmir on charges of raping a girl inside a police station. Muhammad Iqbal Chagatta, then station house officer of Khour…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said it favoured holding a general common medical entrance test for admissions in MBBS and BDS courses but the test should be conducted from next year….
Hyderabad, May 11 (IANS) A court on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment seven members of a “snake gang” involved in dacoity, extortion and other crimes by threatening the victims with snakes. The main accused, Faisal…
Visakhapatnam: The Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral R.K. Dhowan addresses a press conference in Visakhapatnam on Feb 6, 2016. (Photo: IANS) Panaji, May 11 (IANS) Naval aviation is on the “threshold of transformation”, Indian Navy…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Launching an attack on Delhi University over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree, the AAP on Wednesday sought to know if the university had computers in 1978. Again highlighting the “discrepancies”…
Chandigarh, May 11 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) has recovered nearly four kg of heroin along the border with Pakistan in Punjab’s Amritsar sector, a BSF officer said on Wednesday. The seizure is valued…
Baghdad, May 11 (IANS) At least 64 people were killed and 87 others injured on Wednesday when a parked car packed with explosives went off in a Shia area in the Iraqi capital, authorities said….
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A fire broke out at the Times of India building in central Delhi’s ITO area on Wednesday, and 21 fire tenders were sent to douse the flames, fire officials said….
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommeen Chandy says the ruling Congress-led UDF will win the May 16 assembly elections and the BJP will not be able to open its account in the…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) BJP MP Bhola Singh on Wednesday questioned the government’s decision to launch ‘smart cities’ and said that while western India had development, it lacked brains. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a…
Baghdad, May 11 (IANS) At least 37 people were killed and 54 others injured when a car bomb exploded at a busy marketplace in Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Wednesday. “Our latest report say 37 people…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) As telecom operators heaved a sigh of relief after the Supreme Court struck down the watchdog’s order on call drops on Wednesday, Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government…
Pune, May 11 (IANS) Defying all odds, including religious discrimination that forced him to adopt a Hindu identity, a 21-year old Muslim boy from Maharashtra has cracked the prestigious UPSC examinations, the results of which…
Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) Key Indian indices plunged on Wednesday as an amended tax treaty with Mauritius spooked investors at the prospects of a massive outflow of foreign capital from the equity markets. Consequently, the…