Parliament panel summons Twitter over misuse of its platform

New Delhi (IANS) Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology has asked Twitter to appear before it on June 18 and put its views on prevention of misuse of its platform.

The meeting will be held in Parliament complex where…

Protest is not terror activity, HC grants bail to 3 in Delhi riots

New Delhi (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha, in a Delhi Riots case under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

A bench comprising of Justices Siddharth Mridul and…

Modi & his ministers meet twice in 4 day ahead of likely cabinet rejig

New Delhi (IANS) Though there is no official word on Union Cabinet expansion or reshuffle so far from the Centre, there is speculation as the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held two continuous meetings with party's top brass and two separate…

Army gets freight corridor for faster mobilisation of equipment

New Delhi (IANS) As barbaric military clash with China at Galwan valley at Line of Actual Control in eastern Ladakh completes a year, the Indian Army gets a dedicated freight corridor for faster mobilisation of tanks, big guns and other military equipment.

Ousted as LJP chief, Chirag convenes parallel executive to expel 5 rebel MPs

New Delhi (IANS) Hours after Chirag Paswan, son of late Union Minister and party founder Ram Vilas Paswan, was removed as LJP President in an emergency meeting on Tuesday by the five rebel MPs, he held a parallel executive committee meeting virtually…

NIA announces Rs 10L reward each for info on 2 Israel Embassy blast suspects

New Delhi (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh each for any information on the two suspects involved in the bomb blast outside the Embassy of Israel in the national capital on January 29.

The…

India logs 70K Covid cases, lowest since March 31 and 3,921 deaths

New Delhi (IANS) India's Covid cases continued to witness decline as it recorded 70,421 new Covid cases, lowest since March 31 and 3,921 deaths due to the virus in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare…

Ram temple trust slams allegations of fraud

Ayodhya (IANS) The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has strongly denied allegations of corruption levelled by opposition parties, in land purchase.

In a statement issued around midnight on Sunday, the Trust said, the current sellers…

China tests its stealth bomber H-20's capabilities opposite Ladakh

New Delhi (IANS) China is conducting the final trials of Xian H-20 strategic stealth bombers at its Hotan airbase, opposite eastern Ladakh, as the US pulls out its troops from Afghanistan and the border standoff with India continues.

Top government…

Pak, India agree to share ownership of Basmati rice

Islamabad (IANS) In a rare agreement between two arch-rivals India and Pakistan, which have a history of long-time rivalry with disputes on every front from sea to land, exporters from both sides of the border have mutually agreed to share the ownership…