India, Italy join hands on strategic partnership in Energy Transition

New Delhi/Rome (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Italian counterpart Mario Draghi on Saturday expressed their resolve to strengthen cooperation in the strategic sectors, including the cross-cutting issue of accelerating the clean energy…

Congress will end up making Modi very powerful: Mamata

Panaji (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to be very powerful because of the Congress' inability to decide on aligning with regional parties, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday, adding that apart from Tripura,…

Consensual sex with major not 'offence' but 'immoral': Allahadbad HC

Prayagraj (IANS) The Allahabad High Court, while rejecting the bail plea of a gang-rape accused on Saturday, held that consensual sex with a major is not an "offence" but is "unethical, immoral, and against established Indian tradition".

Dismissing…

Complaint against JNU, organisers over 'Anti-India' reference in webinar

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi-based lawyer on Saturday filed a police complaint against the JNU's Centre for Women's Development Studies and organisers of a webinar, for allegedly using the phrase "Indian Occupation in Kashmir".

Advocate…

Power company blames Maha BJP leader of flouting deal, Rs 170 Cr loss

Mumbai (IANS) In a shocking development, a private sector power major of Mumbai has accused a prominent state Bharatiya Janata Party leader and a sugar baron hailing from a well-known political clan, of allegedly violating a business agreement that…

India, US to consult on potential terror threats from Afghanistan

New York (IANS) Ramping up cooperation in fighting terrorism, India and the US have announced that they will expand sharing information on terrorist threats and will consult on potential terror threats from Afghanistan where the Taliban has wrested…

2 US Senators warn Biden against sanctioning India for buying Russian anti-missile system

New York (IANS) As the countdown nears for Russia's scheduled delivery of an anti-missile defence system to India, two influential US Senators have warned that imposing sanctions on India for buying the equipment could have a "deleterious effect…

Punjab stubble burning events fell by one-third in Sep-Oct: Centre to SC

New Delh (IANS) The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that paddy residue burning events from September 15 to October 25 this year, have been reduced by one-third in Punjab, compared to the last year.

According to the status report submitted…

BJP not going anywhere, problem is with Rahul: Prashant Kishore

New Delhi/Panaji (IANS) Poll strategist Prashant Kishor has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party 'is not going anywhere for many decades and the problem with Rahul Gandhi is that he thinks that the BJP will be overthrown by people'.

Kishor…

Pegasus spyware issue is India's internal matter: Israeli ambassador

New Delhi (IANS) Israeli Ambassador Naor Gilon on Thursday said that the Pegasus snooping issue is India's internal matter.

The NSO is a private company and it has a licence to sell its software to the government entities only, he added.