Navy deploys Guided Missile Destroyers in Arabian sea

New Delhi (IANS) Considering the recent spate of attacks in the Arabian sea, Indian Navy has deployed Guided Missile Destroyers INS Mormugao, INS Kochi and INS Kolkata (Guided Missile Destroyers) in various areas to maintain a deterrent presence.

Stealth guided missile destroyer INS Imphal commissioned into Indian Navy

New Delhi (IANS) INS Imphal, a stealth guided missile destroyer, was commissioned into Indian Navy on Tuesday. The ship is equipped to fight under nuclear, biological and chemical warfare conditions, the ministry of defence (MoD) said.

It is…

Vivo India remitted over Rs 70,000 cr of total funds accumulated through sale of goods since 2014: ED

New Delhi (IANS) Vivo Mobile India Private Limited since its inception in India in 2014 remitted funds to the tune of over Rs 70,000 crores out of the total funds accumulated by them through sale of goods, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe in…

RBI, two private banks receive terror threats at 11 sites, turn out to be hoaxes

Mumbai (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India and two private banks on Tuesday got threats of bombs allegedly planted at 11 of their locations in the city to demand the resignations of the central bank's Governor and the Union Finance Minister.

Two killed, six fall sick after gas leak at storeroom in Bengal’s Durgapur

Kolkata (IANS) Two persons died while six other were rescued in critical conditions inside a storeroom of a popular sweetmeat outlet at Durgapur in West Bengal’s Burdwan district on Monday.

The deaths occurred due to the gas leak from a cooking…

K'taka hijab politics back on frontburner; Cong to lift ban, BJP warns of strife

Bengaluru (IANS) Hijab politics in Karnataka, which threatened to divide the student community on communal lines and law and order situation in the state during the BJP rule last year has come to the forefront yet again.

Karnataka Chief Minister…

Terrorists kill retired J&K Police officer while calling 'azan' in mosque

Srinagar (IANS) Terrorists shot and killed a retired senior police officer on Sunday when he was calling the ‘Azan’ from the mosque in J&K’s Baramulla district.

Police said that terrorists fired at and injured retired senior police officer,…

Odisha: Two SOG personnel injured in IED blast

Bhubaneswar (IANS) Two personnel of the Special Operations Group (SOG), the elite commando force of Odisha Police, Sunday sustained serious injuries in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast during a combing operation against Left Wing Extremists…

Siddaramaiah's announcement to lift hijab ban to appease PFI 'goondas': K'taka BJP

Bengaluru (IANS) Karnataka BJP has come down heavily on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for announcing the decision to withdraw hijab ban imposed by the previous BJP government.

Taking to social media on Friday, the BJP charged that Siddaramaiah…

India gets consular access after plane carrying its nationals grounded in France over human trafficking suspicion

New Delhi (IANS) After a Nicaragua-bound plane carrying 303 Indian passengers was grounded in France over suspected "human trafficking", the Indian Embassy in France said its team has obtained consular access and was looking into the situation.