Jammu, An army porter was injured in an overnight firing by the guerrillas on an army post in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Sunday. Ramiz Raja, 22, was injured in militant firing on an army post along the line of control in Saujiyan sector, a police official told IANS here. “Infiltrating […]
New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday assured aid to Tamil Nadu for the widespread damage due to torrential rains and floods. “Our government assures full help to Tamil Nadu,” Modi said in his Mann Ki Baat radio address to the nation. Rains lashed four districts in Tamil Nadu – Cuddalore, Chennai, Thiruvallur […]
New Delhi, With the arrest of driver Pradeep Shukla, Delhi Police on Friday claimed to have solved within 10 hours the sensational bank van heist in which the cash van driver allegedly drove away with Rs.22.5 crore in cash. “The biggest ever case of misappropriation from a cash van in the history of Delhi Police […]
New Delhi, Keeping the 2017 Punjab assembly polls in mind, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday appointed former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh as the state party chief. Amarinder’s comeback is likely to give a fresh impetus to the beleaguered and faction-ridden Congress in Punjab. “Consequent upon the resignation of Partap Singh Bajwa from the […]
Bhubaneswar, India on Friday successfully test-fired the indigenously built nuclear-capable Agni-I missile from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast. The surface-to-surface missile, capable of hitting targets up to 700 km away, was fired from launch pad-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at 10.02 a.m. as part of Strategic Forces Command (SFC) training […]
New Delhi, Union minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot on Friday expressed regrets for saying that former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were assassinated because of Congress’ “wrong policies”. The social justice and empowerment minister’s regret came after the issue was raised by Congress members, who also gave notice over the remark made on Thursday […]
New Delhi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday took on the Congress, saying those who imposed Emergency rule in the country and “snatched” the fundamental rights of the people were now talking about constitutional principles. “Fundamental rights were snatched during the Emergency. The government convinced the Supreme Court that during Emergency people lose the right […]
Mumbai, The Indian rupee dipped in the early hours of trade on Friday to its lowest level against the US dollar in over two years, mainly on account of the gaining strength of the American currency, but recovered somewhat on likely sales by the central bank. The Indian currency was at 66.88 to a dollar […]
New Delhi, The global air transportation body on Thursday predicted that India will become the third-largest air passenger market by 2026. As per the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) updated passenger growth forecast, India will displace Britain as the third-largest market by 2026. The forecast said China is expected to overtake the United States as […]
Jammu, Ceasefire violations by Pakistan has doubled this year, and the Islamic State can help push militants into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan, a senior BSF officer said on Thursday. Speaking to the media, Border Security Force Inspector General Rakesh Gupta said violation of the 2003 truce by Pakistani troops on both the international border […]