77 kg of heroin worth Rs 400 cr seized from Pakistani boat off Gujarat coast

Gandhinagar (IANS) In a joint operation, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the Gujarat-Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) have seized 77 kg of heroin worth around Rs 400 crore from a Pakistani fishing boat off the Gujarat coast, officials said on Monday.

No new engineering colleges to open in India till 2024

New Delhi (IANS) India will see no new engineering college till 2024, All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE) chairman Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe has said.

For its teacher's training programme, AICTE's name has been registered…

Top LeT commander killed in Kashmir gunfight

Srinagar (IANS) Saifullah alias Abu Khalid of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit was killed on Sunday in an encounter with the security forces in the outskirts of Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar district.

Vijay Kumar, Inspector General…

India cannot depend on others for defence technologies amid security challenges: Rajnath

New Delhi (IANS) India cannot depend on other countries for defence technologies due to its stature, its geographical location as well as the security challenges it faces, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh underscoring the importance of achieving

Sajad Lone slams NC over 'U-turn' on delimitation commission

Srinagar (IANS) Reminding Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) of its own statement wherein they asserted that participation in the delimitation commission would tantamount to accepting the events of August 5, Peoples Conference President Sajad…

Forces to remain at LAC, complete disengagement yet to take place: IAF chief

Hyderabad/New Delhi (IANS) Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari said on Saturday that complete disengagement at the Line of Actual Control with China has not taken place so the force continues to remain deployed at forward locations.

PM meets venture capital, private equity funds to gather inputs ahead of Budget

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hosted a roundtable interaction with representatives of venture capital and private equity funds.

According to the Prime Minister's Office, this is a part of the constant endeavour…

Tension prevails in K'taka border town as protest turns violent

Belagavi IANS) Tension prevailed in Karnataka's border town of Belagavi after a protest condemning the desecration of a Shivaji statue turned violent, with demonstrators resorting to stone pelting at police personnel.

As many as 20 vehicles,…

'How can there be parallel probe', SC stays Bengal panel inquiry into Pegasus snooping case

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the state appointed commission led by former top court judge Madan B. Lokur, to conduct an inquiry into the Pegasus snooping allegations.

A bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana also issued…

'Let him suffer': SC declines relief to journalist jailed for defamatory articles

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant any relief to an editor of a Kannada weekly, jailed for a month for publishing defamatory articles against a lawyer, noting that considering the language used by the journalist, one month…