61 lakh Indians among over 53 cr users suffer FB data leak

New Delhi (IANS) A hacker has posted the phone numbers and sensitive account details of nearly 533 million (53.3 crore) Facebook users -- about a fifth of the social networking platform's entire user base -- including over 61 lakh Indian users…

Bijapur gunfight: 7 CRPF troops missing, search on

Raipur (IANS) The CRPF has launched a massive search operation from early Sunday as seven of its troops went missing during more than nine hours of gunbattle with Maoists in their core area in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur, a day ago resulting in loss…

PM Modi chairs high-level meet to review Covid situation

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held a high-level meeting to review Covid-19 related situation in the country as India recorded 93,249 new cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike since September 2020, taking…

Maoist attack: Shah cuts short Assam visit, returns to Delhi

Guwahati (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah cut short his campaigning in Assam and returned to Delhi in wake of the Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh that left at least 22 security personnel dead, BJP sources .

Ahead of the third and final phase…

EC rubbishes Mamata's claim of voting discrepancies in Nandigram

Kolkata (IANS) Days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged discrepancies during voting at the Boyal polling booth in Nandigram, the Election Commission on Sunday issued a point-by-point response refuting all the allegations.

Massive fire engulfs 700 huts in Gurugram

Gurugram (IANS) Some 700 huts were gutted in a massive blaze that broke out at in Gurugram's Nathupur village.

The cause of the fire, which erupted in the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, is suspected to be electrical short-circuit.

China reacts to India, says shared all data with WHO to probe Covid origin

New Delhi (IANS) China said on Thursday that it has shared all data and analyses with the experts of the World Health Organization (WHO) tracing the origin of Covid-19, and it is ready to continue working with global experts to jointly study and analyse…

BJP has captured India's entire institutional framework: Rahul

New Delhi (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday claimed that the ruling BJP has made a "wholesale capture" of the entire "institutional framework" of the country, and this was preventing a "fair political fight".

"There is a wholesale…

Centre's new initiative to promote tribal craft, culture

New Delhi (IANS) As tribes are among the disadvantaged sections of the society, a quiz has been started by the Centre at promoting and preserving their craft, culture and lifestyle to improve their income. Tribes constitute over 8 per cent of our…

3 terrorists killed in Pulwama encounter

Srinagar (IANS) Three unidentified terrorists were killed in an ongoing encounter between the terrorists and security forces at Kakpora in South Kashmir's Pulwama district on Friday morning, officials said.

"Three unidentified terrorists…