Shinde a ‘temporary guest’, Maha to get new CM soon, claims Raut

Mumbai (IANS) A day after the dust of the Maharashtra political quake hovers in the air, the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi got into a war-mode with Shiv Sena (UBT) MP and Chief Spokesperson Sanjay Raut predicting that the state will soon get a new…

Govt to take up issue of Khalistani posters displaying Indian diplomats' names with concerned nations: Jaishankar

New Delhi (IANS) External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that the issue of Indian diplomats' names appearing on posters of Khalistani elements in Canada, would be taken up with Canadian and other nations' governments as it may…

Need to keep our own interests going, says Jaishankar on economic ties with Russia

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday while referring to country's growing trade ties with Russia, said that India is more concerned about protecting its own interests rather than thinking about that country's…

Several students stranded at Vancouver airport after Air India flight to Delhi cancelled

New Delhi (IANS) Around 20 to 25 students were left stranded after the cancellation of Air India flight AI 186 from Vancouver to Delhi on July 2.

Describing their ordeal, the University of British Columbia (UBC) students mentioned that the…

Mamata-Guv honeymoon over after row over panchayat polls, univ VCs

Kolkata (IANS) The signals were there for quite some time about the honeymoon period being over.  But throughout the past week the tiff between Raj Bhavan and the state secretariat in West Bengal reached a new high.

Among the two issues in…

After Myanmar, B'desh refugees, Manipur's displaced people head to Mizoram

Aizawl/Imphal (IANS) The Manipur violence has added to Mizoram’s refugee burden as the tiny northeastern state since 2021 has become a sanctuary for Myanmarese and Bangladeshi tribals.  

Since the ethnic violence began in neighbouring Manipur…

Fire at IIT-Kharagpur, documents feared destroyed

Kolkata (IANS) Several crucial documents may have been destroyed in the Lal Bahadur Shastri Common Room of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)- Kharagpur after a fire broke out at this iconic technology institute on Sunday.

Institute sources…

Maha: Ajit Pawar 'splits' NCP, sworn-in as Deputy CM for 3rd time in 3 years

Mumbai (IANS) In a major political upset, Leader of Opposition Ajit Pawar on Sunday 'split' the Nationalist Congress Party to take oath as Deputy Chief Minister in the ruling alliance of Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party government of Chief…

Landslides threaten highway connecting 4 NE states to rest of India

Guwahati (IANS) The National Highway 6 which passes via Meghalaya crossing Shillong from Guwahati connects at least four northeastern states – Tripura, Mizoram, Manipur, and Southern Assam with the rest of India.

Although, Manipur has another…

NIA raids 5 locations in three states in 'Ghazwa-e-Hind' terror module case

New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday conducted raids at multiple locations across three states as part of its probe into the 'Ghazwa-e-Hind' terror module that was busted in Bihar last year and found to…