Fight against Covid: India achieves over 3 crore vaccinations

New Delhi (IANS) India has crossed an important milestone in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. In the world's largest vaccination programme, the cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed the 3 crore…

India to get dedicated infra lender, Cabinet clears proposal

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Cabinet on Tuesday cleared a budgetary proposal to set up a dedicated infrastructure lender.

To give a push to infrastructure creation a Development Financial Institution (DFI) will be set up accordingly. The DFI…

Hackers can get access to your SMSes for just Rs 1,160

New Delhi (IANS) In what could put smartphone users at a new privacy and security risk, text-messaging management services are now being misused for as little as Rs 1,160 (nearly $16) to covertly redirect text messages from users to hackers, giving…

Principal advisor in PMO PK Sinha resigns on personal grounds

New Delhi (IANS) Former Cabinet Secretary and Principal Advisor in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), P.K. Sinha, has resigned from his post on personal grounds.

Sources said the retired 1977-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre…

UPA privatised taxpayers' money, nationalised corruption: Sitharaman

New Delhi (IANS) In a strong counter to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's criticism of the government's privatisation policy, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday that the previous UPA regime was the epitome of corruption,…

NIA searches 10 locations across India in terror probe

New Delhi (IANS) In a major action against the Islamic State (IS) modules, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday carried out searches in at least 10 locations across the country, including one in Delhi.

An NIA source related to…

Right to Reject may disrupt Parl; SC seeks Centre, EC reply

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre and the Election Commission on a PIL seeking direction to give voters the right to reject a candidate in an election, if maximum votes are polled in favour of NOTA.

The…

Repatriation exercise during the lockdown shows Govt's diplomatic success: Jaishankar

New Delhi (IANS) Repatriation of more than 45 lakh people from various countries during the Covid-19 lockdown highlights the success of diplomacy of the current government, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar told Parliament on Monday.

Noting…

Batla House case: Court awards death penalty to Ariz Khan

New Delhi (IANS) Thirteen years after the Batla House encounter, a Delhi Court on Monday sentenced Ariz Khan, who was convicted of the murder of inspector Mohan Chand Sharma and other offences, to death.

Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Yadav…

Centre eyes retired officers who dealt with Punjab militancy to thwart ISI's Khalistani designs

New Delhi (IANS) A few months after the Khalistani movement reached the Red Fort in Delhi during the farmers protest on January 26, the Central government has decided to engage retired police officers who dealt with the Punjab militancy in the 1980s.