Milind Deora quits Congress; Maha CM Shinde welcomes him to Shiv Sena

Mumbai (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Milind M. Deora quit the grand old party early on Sunday and was warmly welcomed to the ruling Shiv Sena fold by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde here.

Deora, 47, was accompanied…

100 flights, 22 trains delayed as dense fog engulfs Delhi

New Delhi (IANS) Delhi-NCR on Sunday woke up to a thick blanket of fog that led to over 100 flights and 22 trains getting delayed due to poor visibility.

The national capital recorded a minimum temperature of 3.5 degrees Celsius, four notches…

Piyush Goyal rules out lifting export curbs on wheat, rice & sugar

New Delhi (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday ruled out the lifting of the government ban on the export of wheat, rice and sugar.

"There is no proposal as of now to remove export restrictions on wheat, rice and sugar.…

India lodges strong protest over UK envoy's visit to PoK

New Delhi (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday raised strong objections to the visit of the British High Commissioner in Islamabad to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Jane Marriott, the British High Commissioner to Pakistan, had visited…

DRDO conducts flight test of new generation AKASH missile

New Delhi (IANS) Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Friday said that DRDO has successfully conducted a flight-test of the New Generation AKASH (AKASH-NG) missile.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said that during the flight test, the target was successfully…

Two arrested by Bengal Police in ED attack case

Kolkata (IANS) The West Bengal Police nabbed two men in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, the first arrests made after a week when an ED team was attacked in Sandeshkhali, said officials on Friday.

The arrests were made by the cops…

Most-wanted Maoist leader arrested in Bengal’s Purulia

Kolkata (IANS) In a significant achievement, the West Bengal Police have arrested the most-wanted CPI(Maoist) central committee member Sabyasachi Goswami a.k.a. Kishore Da, thus foiling fresh attempts to resurrect Left-wing extremism in certain pockets…

Prior to 'pran pratishtha' on Jan 22, PM Modi starts 11-day special puja, seeks people's blessings

New Delhi (IANS) For 'pran pratishtha' ceremony of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya, scheduled for January 22 , Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday began 11-day special puja from Panchvati in Nashik and sought blessings of people.

In a video…

Jaishankar, Blinken discuss 'reckless' Houthi attacks, Gaza aid

New York (IANS) The US has welcomed "increased cooperation" with India in defending freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden amid growing Houthi attacks in the region.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to External…

Sandeshkhali attack: Calcutta HC orders stay on probe against ED officials till March 31

Kolkata (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered an interim stay on any investigation by West Bengal Police against Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials based on an FIR filed at Nazat Police Station against those sleuths who were attacked…