Two suspected militants exchanged fire with security forces on Batote-Doda highway in Ramban district on Saturday morning. Two suspicious men tried to stop a civil vehicle on NH244 in Batote. However, the driver was alert and didn’t stop the vehicle. “At about 7:30 am, two suspicious individuals tried to stop […]
Railways mulls over plan to run 50 routes for private players
Indian railways’ plans of privatization of its routes in a bid to increase its revenue may include 50 origin destination routes. A meeting was held on Friday by the Railway Board—the apex body under ministry of railways, and Chief Operating managers of zonal railways to discuss Centre’s plans of plying […]
Why are young bureaucrats struggling to complete their tenures in Kerala’s Devikulam
In the last nine years, 16 IAS officers have served Devikulam, a tourist destination in Idukki district, and none of them have completed their terms. No, it is not the cold clime, but ‘pressure’ which ejects most of them. Notorious for land-grabbers, the latest to get marching orders is young […]
Three arrested for possessing demonetised currency worth Rs 1 crore
The Maharashtra Police on Friday arrested three persons for allegedly possessing demonetised currency worth Rs one crore in Aurangabad’s Osmanpura area. Speaking to media persons, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Rahul Khade, said, “On a tip-off, we caught the three accused at a police checkpoint. They were in possession of […]
Hiding in a shadow’: NASA confirms Vikram’s hard landing
The US space agency NASA has been unable to locate or image Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander that lost contact with the ground station during its final descent, just 2.1 km above the lunar surface. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter had flown over the highlands between the craters Simpelius N and […]
Food prices forecasting system to avoid shocks?
State-run policy think-tank Niti Aayog has said India needed its own annual “agricultural outlook”, which refers to an economic forecasting system to assess demand and supply situations to avoid seasonal rise in prices of food items, such as onions. Ramesh Chand, the Niti Ayog member who oversees agriculture, said it […]
PM Modi, Iranian president Rouhani exchange views on regional global developments in New York meeting
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani discussed bilateral relations and exchanged views on regional and global developments of mutual interest during their bilateral meeting in New York. Modi met Rouhani on the sidelines of the high-level 74th Session of the General Assembly on Thursday and discussed “bilateral […]
NASA shares images of Chandrayaan 2 landing site, says Vikram had hard landing
The lander of Chandrayaan-2 had a “hard landing” earlier this month before it lost contact with the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has said. The American space agency released high-resolution images captured by its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) during its flyby of the […]
32-year-old woman kidnapped and gang-raped in Agartala, 6 suspects arrested
In the second such incident in two months, a 32-year-old woman and mother of two, was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by more than half a dozen men while returning home from a hospital in Agartala late Tuesday, Tripura Police officials said on Thursday. Police said they have arrested six people […]
How PM Modi’s hard talk on Pak at Trump meet swung Kashmir issue India’s way
Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked US President Donald Trump through the history of Pakistan’s involvement in terrorism in Jammu& Kashmir after the latter asked him why Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan kept talking about genocide in the Kashmir Valley leading to a nuclear conflagration, people familiar with details of the […]
For global terrorist Hafiz Saeed’s ‘living expenses’, Pak goes to UNSC with a request
Pakistan has approached the UN security council committee with a request to let Lashkar-e-Taiba emir Hafiz Saeed to withdraw money for what Islamabad described as “necessary basic living expenses”. Saeed, chief of UN-designated terrorist organisation Jammat–ud-Dawa was banned in December 2008 by the United Nations Security Council after the 26/11 Mumbai attacks […]
Ayodhya case:Will be a miracle to deliver verdict in 4 weeks’: SC to lawyers
The Supreme Court on Thursday once again stressed on the need to complete arguments in the Ayodhya land dispute case by October 18. “If arguments can’t get over by October 18, there won’t be extra day,” Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi told both sides arguing the case. The CJI said the […]
IAF to begin fresh hunt for mid-air refuelling aircraft
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 […]
Don’t repeat 1971 or be prepared for what will happen to PoK: Rajnath Singh
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, […]
For Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary, Govt schools in Rajasthan to remove ‘Harijan’ from their names
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’ […]