Gas leak scare at Mumbai hospital

Mumbai (IANS) A serious incident of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) leak from a tanker at the Kasturba Hospital here sent the BMC in a tizzy, officials said here on Saturday.

The smell of the leak from a tanker with around 10K tonnes gas, was noticed…

3 held on charges of attempt to murder of Tripura CM

Agartala (IANS) The Police arrested three youths belonging to affluent families on the charge of attempt to murder Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, officials said on Saturday.

West Tripura district police chief Manik Lal Das told IANS,…

Terrorist who escaped from encounter site in Kashmir arrested

Srinagar (IANS) A terrorist who had escaped from an encounter site in Kashmir's Budgam district on Saturday, has been arrested, police said.

Earlier in the morning, another terrorist was killed in the encounter that took place in Mochwa.

India, China pull out troops from friction point Gogra in Ladakh

New Delhi (IANS) In a major breakthrough, India and China have withdrawn troops from the friction Patrolling Point (PP) 17A in Gogra along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army said on Friday.

The Indian Army said…

PM names Khel Ratna Award after hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on Friday that he was naming the nation's highest award for sports in response to "many requests from citizens across India". It will now be called Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award after…

Majority feel India is opening up too fast, too soon: Survey

New Delhi (IANS) India is opening up too fast and too soon is the majority view as the government expresses concern over crowds at hill stations, as per the IANS CVoter Live Tracker.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently said that crowds at…

UK to move India from red to amber list on Sunday

New Delhi/London (IANS) The UK government on Thursday announced that it will move India from the red to the amber list on Sunday, in the country's latest update to the 'Red-Amber-Green' traffic light ratings for arrivals into England amid…

Why come after 2 yrs, why no FIR when phone was hacked: SC on Pegasus row

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday posed a pointed query to a battery of senior advocates, appearing for various petitioners seeking court-monitored probe into Pegasus snooping allegations. The court said, the surveillance issue came into…

INS Vikrant sails out from Kochi for 4-day training

Kochi (IANS) INS Vikrant, also known as Indigenous Aircraft Carrier 1 (IAC-1), sailed out on Wednesday for its maiden trial into the Arabian Sea which will go on for four days.

The aircraft carrier has been constructed by the Cochin Shipyard…

Afghan Minister calls Jaishankar, seeks special UN Security session

New Delhi (IANS) Afghanistan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar, during a telephone conversation with the External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, talked about the escalation of violence, widespread human rights violations by the Taliban, and…