Congress Young Turks eye far pavilions
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Stonewalled and barricaded out of meatier roles in the Congress party as the Old Guard stages a comeback following the resignation of Rahul Gandhi as President, leading Young Turks of…
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PM to watch Chandrayaan-2 final descent with students at ISRO
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be at the ISRO headquarters in Bengaluru on Saturday to watch the final descent of Chandrayaan-2 on the Moon’s surface. Officials said Modi will witness…
CJI to decide on live-streaming of Ayodhya case hearing
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday referred a plea seeking live streaming and recording of the daily hearings in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute case to a bench headed by Chief…
Govt to honour Lata Mangeshkar with ‘Daughter of the Nation’ title
By Subhash K Jha Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) The Narendra Modi government has plans to honour legendary playback singer Lata Mangeshkar with the ‘Daughter Of The Nation title when she turns 90 on September 28….
New Development Bank to provide Rs 6,000 crore loan to AP
Amaravati, Sep 5 (IANS) The New Development Bank (NDB) is ready to sanction a Rs 6,000 crore loan to Andhra Pradesh. NDB Vice President N. Jong and Project Head Ninad Rajpurkar on Thursday met Chief…
PC to eat ‘dal-roti’ in plastic utensils in Tihar, spend b’day locked up
By Sanjeev Kumar Singh Chauhan New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was on Thursday lodged in the capital’s Tihar Jail where he will not find it easy to adjust to the…
SG’s team gave tough fight to Chidambaram’s lawyers in SC
By Sumit Saxena New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s legal team gave a tough fight to a battery of senior lawyers engaged by former Finance Minister and senior advocate P. Chidambaram to…
CBI to get centralised tech vertical by 2020
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The government has decided to set up a centralised technology vertical (CTV) in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to handle complex financial crimes like the 2G scam, coal block…
Game-changer JioFiber rolls out, plans start from Rs 699
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) Set to create massive ripples in the growing digital streaming and video-on-demand market, Reliance Jio on Thursday commercially rolled out its fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) service “JioFiber” across 1,600 cities in India where…
7 ways how Modi govt will bring development, jobs to J&K
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) A day after IANS reported the Modi government’s global plan to thwart any attempt to internationalize Kashmir after India abrogated Article 370, a far wider and more detailed picture on…
Chidambaram sent to Tihar amid high-pitched legal drama
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The week was quite tumultuous for former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram. On Monday, after a high-pitch legal drama, the Supreme Court refused him interim protection, asked…
India aims to build $5 trillion economy by 2024: Modi
Vladivostok, Sep 5 (IANS) Sharing the dais with Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders of other countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke of building a “new India” which aims at achieving the target…
Most Indians feel economy rigged to favour powerful: Survey
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) While 40 per cent Indians believe that our society is broken, a massive 69 per cent feel that the economy is rigged to favour the rich and powerful, a new…
Pompeo ‘declines’ to sign Afghan deal: TIME Magazine
Washington, Sep 5 (IANS) The fragile peace negotiations between the US, Afghanistan and the Taliban may have hit a snag as US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has reportedly refused to sign on to a…
Pak proxies return to combat zone, ready to sneak in
Srinagar, Sep 5 (IANS) An increasingly desperate Pakistan is trying to sneak in proxies into the Indian territory before winter sets in. While Lt Gen K.S. Dhillon of 15 Corps said this formally on Wednesday,…
Twitter turns off tweeting via SMS after CEO’s hacking
San Francisco, Sep 5 (IANS) After its CEO Jack Dorsey’s account was hacked last week, Twitter on Thursday temporarily turned off the ability to tweet via SMSes from your smartphone. The ability to tweet via…
Modi government’s multi-pronged approach for ‘Mission Kashmir’
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) India has a game plan ready with a multi-pronged approach to deal with Jammu and Kashmir post the landmark decision to revoke Article 370 on August 5. Diplomatically, economically and…
PM’s ambitious water project to cost Rs 7.88 lakh cr
By Nirbhay Kumar New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise to provide tap water to each household in the country may cost a whopping Rs 7.88 lakh crore. The estimate is based…
British MPs approve bill to prevent no-deal Brexit
London, Sep 5 (IANS) British lawmakers on Wednesday voted in favour of a bill to stop a no-deal Brexit at the end of October, a second heavy blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in two…
Does Muslim stand on Akhara mean accepting part of land was temple, asks SC
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Does allowing the Nirmohi Akhara as ‘shebait’ (caretaker of deity) at the disputed side in Ayodhya means the Muslim side accepts that part of the Babri mosque was a temple,…