CBI calls Abhishek's sister-in-law's kin, TMC leader for questioning

Kolkata (IANS) Moving ahead with its probe into the illegal coal smuggling case and the ICore chit fund case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee's sister-in-law Menka Gambhir's father-in-law…

India's startup ecosystem is today a world attraction: PM Modi

Gandhinagar (IANS) The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that India's startup ecosystem has become an attraction in the world and is a matter of discussion everywhere. The PM said that India's personality was getting echoed globally…

To keep China out, DoT mandates trusted sources for telecom networks

New Delhi (IANS) Spelling the end of Chinese equipment in Indian telecom networks, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has mandated that from June 15 this year telecom operators will only use "trusted products" in their networks.

In…

2 terrorists killed in Kashmir encounter

Srinagar (IANS) Two unidentified terrorists were killed in an ongoing encounter between the terrorists and security forces at Bijbehara in South Kashmir's Anantnag district, officials said on Thursday.

The gunfight took place after the…

CFI national gen secy Rauf Sherif received over Rs 1.36 cr from foreign nationals: ED

New Delhi (IANS) K.A. Rauf Sherif, the national general secretary of the Campus Front of India (PFI), the student wing of Popular Front of India (PFI), received more than Rs 1.36 crore from the members of the group residing abroad, an Enforcement…

BJP releases list of star campaigner for Bengal, Assam

New Delhi (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released a list of 'Star Campaigners' for West Bengal and Assam Assembly polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the party's campaign in both the states.

Actor Mithun Chakraborty,…

Tirath Singh Rawat to be next Uttarakhand CM

New Delhi (IANS) Tirath Singh Rawat, the BJP MP from Pauri Garhwal, has been appointed next Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.

His name was announced by outgoing Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat after the BJP's Legislative Party meeting…

Khattar govt faces no-confidence motion on farm issue

Chandigarh (IANS) In less than one-and-a-half-year Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP-JJP coalition government on Wednesday put on test on the issue of three Central farm laws with the main opposition Congress moved a no-confidence motion in the Assembly.

2 terror modules busted in J&K, IED blasts averted

Srinagar (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Police have busted two terror modules and prevented IED blasts after arresting seven persons who were mostly radicalised and drawn to militancy through social media, police said on Wednesday.

Vijay Kumar,…

BJP-JJP govt wins trust vote in Hry on farm laws

Chandigarh (IANS) The Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP-JJP government on Wednesday won a trust vote that was moved by the main opposition Congress on the issue of the three central farm laws, less than one-and-a-half-years after the coalition came to power.