India

After two failed attempts to induct new tankers during the last 12 years, the Indian Air Force is (IAF) preparing to begin a fresh hunt for new-generation mid-air refuelling planes to extend the reach of its fighter jets, two senior IAF officers said on condition of anonymity on Wednesday. The […]

Union defence minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday said if Pakistan did not end support to terrorism then India would not show restraint. Referring to the Balakot airstrikes, he said that India upheld the sovereignty of the neighbouring country. Speaking at an event in Dhankya on the outskirts of Jaipur, the Singh said, […]

Rajasthan’s education department has ordered government schools to remove the word ‘Harijan’ from their addresses, saying the use of the word is “unconstitutional”. “Many government secondary and higher secondary schools in the state run in Harijan Basti or Harijan Mohalla and have these words in their names. The word ‘Harijan’ […]

In an outreach to Muslim women, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday announced a government benefit for all women handed out triple talaq, an act now criminalised, or abandoned by their husbands. “A new scheme should be introduced under which victims of triple talaq as well as women […]

After power, water tariff sops for Delhiites, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced a scheme for house tenants in the city just months ahead of the assembly elections scheduled early next year. “Government has come up with a scheme for tenants ‘Mukhyamantri Kirayedaar Bijli Meter Yojna’ under which prepaid […]

     At least eight drone sorties, carrying a total of 80 kg of weapons (arms and ammunition), were sent across the border into Punjab by Pakistan-based Khalistani terror groups between September 9 and 16, officials in security agencies and the Punjab Police have confirmed on condition of anonymity. The entire […]

US President Donald Trump “encouraged” Prime Minister Narendra Modi to improve relations with Pakistan and fulfill his promise to better the lives of the Kashmiri people, according to a readout issued by the White House of the bilateral meeting between the two leaders. Prime Minister Modi and President Trump met on Tuesday on […]

An Indian Air Force MiG-21 aircraft crashed on Wednesday morning soon after take-off from the Gwalior air base, an IAF official has said. Both the pilots ejected safely from the fighter aircraft. They are safe. An IAF official said the MiG-21 was on a routine training mission. The aircraft is […]

External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that China had “misread” India’s decision to nullify Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir. The government had divided the state to two union territories—J&K and Ladakh. China had said that the decision to make Ladakh a union territory […]

British intelligence service MI5 closely tracked Gopal Mukund Huddar, a journalist from Nagpur studying in London in the 1930s, intercepting and transcribing his letters back home and recording his activities in London, Spain and colonial India. Born in 1902 in Mandla in today’s Madhya Pradesh, Huddar made the transformation of […]

The Reserve Bank of India imposed a number of restrictions on the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank (PMC Bank) on Tuesday, leading to chaotic scenes outside most of its branches in Mumbai. The regulatory restrictions imposed on the bank will be in place for the next six months with effect from September […]

For the first time in its history, Kolkata is watching a team of detectives visiting hotels, resorts and government offices to track down Rajeev Kumar, a former commissioner of the city police. As the unique manhunt entered its twelfth day on Tuesday, some officers whom 53-year-old Rajeev Kumar led till a few months […]

As US President Donald Trump again spoke about his willingness to mediate between India and Pakistan, India on Tuesday asserted that New Delhi’s position on third party mediation was well known and had been underlined in the past. “Well, I think there is a meeting tomorrow between the Prime Minister […]