Govt approves purchase of Arjun tanks, arms worth Rs 13,700 cr

New Delhi (IANS) The Defence Acquisition Council headed by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved capital acquisition proposals of various weapons and equipment including 118 Arjun tanks on Tuesday.

"Three Acceptance of Necessities (AoNs)…

Indian Navy, Coast Guard feeding stranded Rohingyas, but no rescue yet

Kolkata (IANS) The Indian Navy and Coast Guard personnel have been feeding and providing medical attention to a group of 90 Rohingya refugees and three Bangladesh crewmen on a boat that was stranded on high seas after it drifted into India's territorial…

'Being editor of Toolkit no offence': Court grants Disha bail

New Delhi (IANS) Creation of a WhatsApp group or being editor of an "innocuous Toolkit" is not an offence, a Delhi court said on Tuesday as it granted bail to 22-year-old climate activist Disha Ravi in the 'Toolkit' conspiracy case.

Ravi…

Guj local polls: BJP wins Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Vadodara

Gandhinagar (IANS) As the counting of votes for the municipal corporations in Gujarat nears the end on Tuesday, the final picture of four cities has emerged as the ruling BJP is set to form the local bodies in Vadodara, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar.

'Indian Coast Guards feeding stranded Rohingyas on high seas'

Kolkata (IANS) Indian Coast Guards vessels have reached a boat carrying 90 Rohingya refugees and three Bangladesh crewmen which drifted into India's territorial waters a day back.

Humanitarian groups monitoring the plight of the stranded…

Karnataka mine blast: Several feared dead

Chikkaballapur (Karnataka) (IANS) At least four persons are reported to have died when gelatin sticks exploded early Tuesday in a village bordering Chikkaballapur and Bengaluru.

The blast occurred in a stone quarry unit situated in Hirenagavalli…

Two held from Jammu in Red Fort violence case

New Delhi (IANS) The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested two more accused in the Red Fort violence case from Jammu.

The two accused have been identified as Mohinder Singh and Mandeep Singh and were arrested in a joint operation with the…

Toolkit case: Delhi Police seeks 5-day custody of Disha Ravi

New Delhi (IANS) The Delhi Police on Monday sought the custody of climate activist Disha Ravi for five more days in connection with the 'Toolkit' case.

The climate activist was produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma…

Puducherry CM resigns as Cong-led govt falls ahead of floor test

Puducherry (IANS) Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy on Monday resigned after his Congress-led government collapsed just before facing the floor test in the Assembly.

After the dramatic walkout by Narayanasamy and his MLAs, Speaker V.…

IED detected on Srinagar-Jammu highway, tragedy averted

Srinagar (IANS) A major tragedy was averted on Monday when the security forces detected an improvised explosive device (IED) near the railway crossing in the Nowgam area of Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway.