2 civilians, 2 cops killed in Sopore militant attack

Srinagar (IANS) Two civilians and two policemen were killed and 7 others were injured on Saturday in a militant attack on the security forces in J&K's Sopore town.

Earlier reports had said only one civilian was injured in this incident.

GST rates on Covid items slashed; vaccine still taxed at 5%

New Delhi (IANS) Amid calls for lower levies on items and medicines required in Covid-19 treatment, the GST Council on Saturday decided to slash rates of several Covid-relief items to 5 per cent from existing 12-18 per cent levels, although it kept…

One who lives in glass houses, shouldn't throw stones at others: SC to Ex-Mumbai CP

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday expressed shock and declined to entertain a plea by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh seeking transfer of all inquiries against him outside Maharashtra and also for transferring of all investigations…

BJP most popular party among Indian diaspora in US: Survey

New York (IANS) While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the most popular Indian political party among the Indian diaspora in the US, a majority is critical of government policies despite showing overall strong support for the country, according…

Door open for Manjhi to join Mahagathbandhan: Tej Pratap

Patna (IANS) With the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) celebrating the 74th birthday of party supremo Lalu Prasad on Friday, his elder son Tej Pratap called on former Bihar Chief Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi at the latters…

Mukul Roy returns to Trinamool, Mamata says 'more to follow'

Kolkata (IANS) In a big blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, its all-India Vice President and MLA Mukul Roy joined the Trinamool Congress on Friday along with his son Subhrangshu Roy, almost four years after deserting the Trinamool…

Chennai EOW arrests Ravi Parthasarathy, kingpin of Rs 1 lakh cr IL&FS scam

Chennai (IANS) The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Chennai Police said on Friday that it has arrested Ravi Parthasarathy, the former Chairman of IL&FS Group, in the Rs 1 lakh crore scam, which triggered a liquidity crisis in the financial services…

Efforts on to comply with new norms, details in a week: Twitter to govt

New Delhi (IANS) Days after the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) sent its final notice to Twitter over the microblogging platforms compliance to the new IT norms, the US-headquartered company has told the government…

Illegal telephone exchange used for spying unearthed in B'luru

Bengaluru (IANS) Karnataka Police, and Military Intelligence (Southern Command), have together busted an illegal network, comprising six telephone exchanges, that were converting international calls to local calls, and also ferreting out information…

Dominica declares Mehul Choksi as 'prohibited immigrant'

New Delhi (IANS) In a massive setback for the Indian fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, wanted in India in Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, the Dominican government declared him as a "prohibited immigrant" in their country.