2 CRPF jawans injured in Chhattisgarh IED blast

Bhopal (IANS) Two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawans were injured in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast on Monday in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district, police said.

The police said the attack near the Tekameta hill was planed…

India, US discuss ways to enhance defence cooperation

New Delhi (IANS) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and visiting US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin held bilateral talks here during which they discussed ways to enhance defence cooperation in several areas, including "convergence of strategic…

Mukhtar Ansari gets life term in 1991 murder case

Varanasi (IANS) Jailed gangster Mukhtar Ansari was on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment in the 32-year-old Avadesh Rai murder case.

Earlier in the day, the MP/MLA court in Varanasi had convicted Ansari in the case.

A five-time MLA,…

Rajnath Singh to hold bilateral talks with US Defence Secy today

New Delhi (IANS) Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will hold a bilateral meeting with visiting US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin here on Monday.

Austin, who flew into New Delhi on Sunday from Singapore, inspected the Tri-Service Guard…

After Balasore tragedy, goods train derails in Odisha's Bargarh

Bhubaneswar (IANS) Just three days after the triple train tragedy in Balasore, a goods train of a private company derailed in Odisha's Bargarh district, officials said on Monday.

As per initial reports, five wagons of a goods train of a…

Oppn unity meet in Patna likely to be rescheduled to June 23

Patna (IANS) The Opposition unity meeting originally scheduled for June 12 is likely to be deferred to June 23 owing to the unavailability of senior party leaders -- Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge.

According to sources, the consensus of…

Railway recommends CBI probe into Odisha train tragedy

Balasore (IANS) Under fire from the opposition over the horrific Odisha train tragedy, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that the Railway Board has recommended for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the accident.

'Unpreventable accident': Railways plays down absence of 'Kavach' System on accident route

New Delhi (IANS) Indian Railways on Sunday said that the indigenously-developed automatic train protection system "Kavach," which was not installed on the route where the accident in Odisha's Balasore occurred on Friday evening, could not have…

Plea in SC seeks panel headed by retired judge to probe Odisha 3-train accident

New Delhi (IANS) A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to set up an expert commission, headed by a retired judge of the apex court, to probe the triple train accident in Odisha.

The Balasore train accident, where two…

Mehbooba Mufti gets passport after 3 years

Srinagar (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti was issued a passport after three years.

Mehbooba confirmed to reporters that she has got the passport from the passport…