PM inaugurates Defence Office Complexes, lashes out at Central Vista critics

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at critics of Central Vista project on Thursday during inauguration of the Defence Offices Complexes in Delhi.

The Prime Minister said that the people who are against the Central Vista…

Govt seeks Rs 8-10 lakh crore valuation for LIC

New Delhi (IANS) India is seeking a valuation of between Rs 8 trillion ($109 billion) and Rs 10 trillion for the state-backed Life Insurance Corporation in what's slated to be the nation's biggest initial public offering, Bloomberg reported.

Pan-India raids to nab suspected terror module mastermind Humaid

New Delhi (IANS) Pan-India raids are being carried out by anti-terror units of the states and Delhi Special Cell sleuths on Thursday to nab suspected mastermind of the terror module Humaid.

It is alleged that Humaid, a relative of arrested…

Delhi terror module busted, 14-day police remand for 6 suspects

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi Court has sent six suspects, accused of planning terrorist attacks in Maharashtra, Delhi, and Uttar Pradesh during the forthcoming festival season, to a fourteen-day police custody, an official said here on Wednesday.

Very unhappy: SC on Centre's cherry-picking tribunals' appointments

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the sanctity of recommendations by panel headed by sitting top court judges for various tribunals, as the government has the last say on the matter.

The bench emphasized that it is…

11 days after pirate attack, no info still of kidnapped Indian sailor

Chennai (IANS) It is more than 10 days since an Indian sailor, Pankaj Kumar, believed to be kidnapped by sea pirates from the ship MV Tampen anchored in West African nation Gabon and there has been no information about his whereabouts, said a family…

Sputnik's single-dose vax gets DCGI nod for Phase-III trials in India

New Delhi (IANS) The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has granted permission for the conducting of the Phase III bridging trials of Sputnik Light on the Indian population. The Sputnik Light is a single-dose Covid-19 vaccine of the Russian…

Six students from Rajasthan top JEE main exams

Jaipur (IANS) Rajasthan has produced six toppers who ranked all India first in the coveted JEE Main exams after taking coaching from Kota.

The topper of the latest session whose results were announced on Tuesday night is Pulkit Goyal.

He…

Bharat series registration of vehicles starts in Odisha

Bhubaneswar (IANS) From Wednesday, any government or private employee can apply for Bharat (BH) series of centralised registration numbers in Odisha, officials said.

The central government by amending Rule 47 of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules,…

Pak based terror module busted in Delhi, six arrested

New Delhi (IANS) The Special Cell of Delhi Police said on Tuesday that it has busted a Pakistan-based terror module and arrested six persons, including two people who were trained in Pakistan.

Furnishing details of the multi-state operation,…