Shiv Sena to support Draupadi Murmu for President: Thackeray

Mumbai (IANS) As anticipated, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday announced that it will support the NDA's Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu vis-a-vis the non-BJP Opposition's nominee Yashwant Sinha.

Sena President Uddhav Thackeray made the…

Bengal BJP left red-faced as 2 MPs, 3 MLAs skip meeting with Draupadi Murmu

Kolkata (IANS) The BJP in West Bengal was left red-faced on Tuesday as a number of the party's MPs and MLAs skipped a meeting with National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) Presidential candidate Drapaudi Murmu.

Out of the 68 BJP legislators…

India logs 16,678 new Covid cases, 26 deaths

New Delhi (IANS) India on Monday reported 16,678 Covid cases, a decline against previous day's 18,257 count, as per Union Health Ministry's data.

In the same period, 26 fatalities took the nationwide death toll to 5,25,454.

Meanwhile,…

India denies reports about sending military to Sri Lanka

Colombo (IANS) India has categorically denied reports about it sending troops to Sri Lanka.

Earlier, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said in a tweet that India should send the military to Sri Lanka if Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa…

India is supportive of SL, watching developments closely: Jaishankar

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) External Affairs Minister of India S. Jaishankar said that India is watching the developments unfolding in Sri Lanka.

He was speaking to reporters here after his arrival.

Jaishankar said that the Government…

Amarnath Yatra temporarily suspended after 15 killed in cloudburst

Srinagar (IANS) Rescue operation was resumed at the Amarnath cave shrine on Saturday where 15 people were killed and over 40 injured in a cloudburst Friday evening.

Authorities have temporarily suspended the Yatra from both Baltal and Pahalgam…

CBI, I-T raid ex-NBCC official's house, Rs 2 cr recovered

New Delhi (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), as well as the Income Tax (I-T) Department are conducting raids at the house of former NBCC officer D.K. Mittal in connection with the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The CBI team reached…

Army carries out rescue ops for Amarnath Yatris at Baltal

Srinagar (IANS) The Indian Army is continously carrying out rescue operation for the Amarnath Yatris injured in the cloudburst at Baltal in Kashmir.

The Army in a statement on Saturday said the rescue team immediately rushed to the site after…

Ex-Mumbai top cop questioned by CBI in phone tapping of NSE employees

New Delhi (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has questioned former Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey for allegedly tapping phones of employees of National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE) between 2009 and 2017.

On…

Companies operating in India need to follow law of land: MEA on Vivo

New Delhi (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said the companies that operate in India need to follow the law of the land.

The remark was made by an MEA spokesperson in connection with the ongoing investigation related…