NIA files UAPA case against Dawood, D-company

New Delhi (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a case against underworld don Dwaood Ibrahim and others under various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.

Now the elite probe agency will look into the…

CBI seeks sanction to probe Union power secretary, agriculture secretary in UP PF scam

New Delhi (IANS) The Union power secretary Alok Kumar and agriculture secretary Sanjay Agarwal may soon be repatriated to their cadre state Uttar Pradesh where the CBI has sought sanction to investigate them in a Rs 2,268 crore PF scam, as per media…

As Bengal's debt piles up, state govt applies brakes on spending

Kolkata (IANS) Recently West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee directed all the departments to cut down unnecessary expenditure beyond the approved budget and not to take any new project without the approval of the Chief Secretary or the finance…

PM leads nation in mourning the passing of 'Lata Didi'

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation in mourning the death of the Nightingale of India, Lata Mangeshkar, who succumbed to multiple organ failure after 28 days of hospitalisation at Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai, on Sunday.

3 Pak smugglers killed by BSF at border in Jammu's Samba sector

Jammu (IANS) Three Pakistani smugglers have been neutralised on the International Border (IB) in the Samba sector of Jammu and 36 packets of narcotics were recovered from them, BSF said on Sunday.

"In the early hours of 6 Feb, the alert troops…

ISI-funded mosques, madarsas on India-Nepal border raise serious security concerns

New Delhi (IANS) The rising number of mosques and madarsas in the last three years along the Indo-Nepal border adjoining Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal is a matter of serious security concerns, intelligence agencies have warned in a latest report.

2 LeT terrorists killed in Srinagar gunfight

Srinagar (IANS) Two LeT terrorists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Srinagar's Zakura area, officials said on Saturday.

"Two terrorists of terror outfit LeT/TRF neutralised by Srinagar Police. One of the killed terrorists…

Minaret of famous Kashmir shrine tilted by earthquake

Srinagar (IANS) A moderate intensity earthquake that jolted Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday led to the tilting of a minaret of the famous Sufi saint's shrine at Chrar-e-Sharief in Budgam district.

Management of the Sheikh Nuruddin Wali's…

Blinken to meet Jaishankar, reaffirm vitally important strategic partnership: US official

New York (IANS) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to "reaffirm our vitally important strategic partnership" when they are in Australia for a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Quad bloc…

Heavy snowfall thaws frozen memories of Simla

Shimla (IANS) Heavy snowfall thawed the frozen memories of Simla -- the erstwhile capital of British India, as a thick quilt, and not blanket, of white covered the Queen of Hills, now called Shimla, in the past two days -- the highest spell in one…