The Congress on Friday expelled Barkha Singh from the party, a day after she resigned from all party posts raising questions over the leadership of Vice President Rahul Gandhi and Delhi unit chief Ajay Maken. The action was taken by state unit’s Disciplinary Committee headed by former Minister Narendra Nath. The committee found Singh undertaking […]
Indian Navy has rescued four crew members of a tugboat off the Mumbai coast, after the boat ran aground on rocks during low tide, a statement said. The tugboat Sonika, with four on board had run aground on rocks in the waters off Raj Bhavan during low tide late on Monday night and had begun […]
An Indian Army soldier was killed in Pakistan firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, police said on Tuesday. The soldier was killed in Mendhar sector of the LoC in a sniper fire from the Pakistani side late on Monday evening, police sources told IANS here. Pakistan Army had […]
The Telangana government will train Tripura government officials to improve its ranking in the Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) index, official said here on Tuesday. “A group of officials from Telangana government’s Industries Department would soon arrive here to teach the officials of Tripura Industries and Commerce Department and other industry related department,” an official […]
Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari was accorded a ceremonial welcome on Tuesday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Bhandari. She was then accorded a ceremonial guard of honour at forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan. “Special honours for a close neighbour,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay tweeted while […]
Pakistan Army on Monday resorted to firing and mortar shelling at Indian positions along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. “Pakistan Army initiated indiscriminate firing and shelling on our positions on the LoC in the Naushera sector,” Defence Ministry spokesman Manish Mehta told IANS. They are using small arms, automatics […]
China’s economy grew 6.9 per cent in the first quarter, a tenth more than in the last quarter of 2016, according to data released on Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). From January to March 2017, China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the total value of goods and services produced, amounted to $2.62 trillion, […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan narrowly won a referendum on Sunday to expand presidential powers. With 99.97 per cent of ballots counted, the “Yes” campaign had won 51.41 per cent and “No” 48.59 per cent, and the electoral board called victory for “Yes”, BBC reported. Final referendum results will be released within 11-12 days. The […]
With 54 per cent of the total votes counted on Monday Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) legislator P.K. Kunhalikutty increased his lead to over a lakh votes in the Malappuram by-poll in Kerala. From the time the counting of votes statrted at 8 a.m. the IUML strongman was far ahead of his nearest rival — […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged all citizens to serve the nation with their hard work and said that India cannot be run by the government without the support of its people. “Our nation was neither built, nor can it be run by governments, kings and politicians, but only by the service and hard […]