India

Renowned saxophonist and Padma Shri awardee Kadri Gopalnath passed away here on Friday morning. The 70-year-old is survived by his wife and three children. He was suffering from age-related issues. He died at a hospital after being reportedly admitted on Thursday following his illness. He was a recipient of Padma […]

The UK government has decided to issue a commemorative coin to mark the 150th birthday anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, said Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid. The Pakistani-origin British finance minister said he had asked the UK’s Royal Mint to work on the coin so that the world never […]

The government on Thursday appointed a committee to recommend measures to augment Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections, check evasion and make the new regime simpler for ease of compliance that would eventually help in expanding the tax base. “With the approval of the competent authority, it has been decided that […]

It has been four days of excruciating wait for 23-year-old Manoj Balmiki whose father Prempal Balmiki, a sweeper at the state-run NEEPCO’s Kopili hydel project, got trapped with three others in the powerhouse which got flooded as the penstock (pipe) punctured early morning on Monday. Prempal Balmiki (54) who arrived in Assam […]

The Jammu and Kashmir administration will release three politicians detained since August 5 after the Centre abrogated special status granted to the state under the Constitution, officials said on Wednesday night. Yawar Mir, Noor Mohammed and Shoiab Lone will be released on various grounds which includes signing of a bond, […]

Jammu and Kashmir will open for tourists from Thursday two months after an advisory was issued asking tourists to leave the Valley due to “terror threat”. The decision to lift the curb was announced by the governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday following a “situation-cum-security review” meeting with the advisers and the […]

Six months after her entry into mainstream politics, former JNU student leader Shehla Rashid on Wednesday announced her decision to quit ‘electoral mainstream’ in protest against Centre’s “current actions” in Kashmir, saying she cannot be a “party to legitimising the brutal suppression of people”. Rashid, who became a prominent face […]

Coal dust is everywhere in Dipka – it turns the air hazy, the river water black and settles in a film on an any surface left exposed for a couple of hours. “You can see the water in the river. Sometimes it turns black. Even cattle avoid entering in Lilagar,” […]

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday defended the Union government against criticism of its economic policy, but underscored the need for protecting domestic interests, firming up trade agreements on India’s terms, and insulating the economy from global turbulence. Bhagwat also stressed that belief in a “Hindu Rashtra” […]

India’s acquisition of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft from France is not a sign of aggression against anyone, but is part of the country’s self defence strategy, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday. “By February 2021, we will get delivery of 18 Rafale aircraft and by April-May 2022, we will get all […]

Police in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj have recovered broken bangles and bloodstained shirt of a tribal couple on Monday, a day after they went missing, in what officials suspect to be a case of witchcraft-related murder. Officials said Sitaram Singh, 62, and his wife Led Singh, 55, had left their home in […]

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to take a public stand welcoming dissent and assure the country of his commitment to upholding freedom of expression. Shashi Tharoor wrote to Modi protesting the case filed against 49 eminent people for their open letter to […]

The IAF is marking its 87th Air Force Day on Tuesday with a grand flypast by the force’s transport planes, helicopters and fighter jets at the Hindon Air Force Station in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, near Delhi. The day is also significant for the air force as defence minister Rajnath Singh […]