India enters elite hypersonic missile club

New Delhi (IANS) India has successfully flight tested hypersonic technology that will pave the way towards development of missiles travelling at six times the speed of sound.

with this successful demonstration, the country enters an elite club…

Govt drops plan to provide choice of electricity suppliers to consumers

New Delhi (IANS) Consumers waiting for the big bang distribution sector reforms that would have allowed them to choose electricity suppliers offering the lowest tariff, are in for a big disappointment.

The government has dropped the plan to…

BJP's Ram Madhav attends Tibetan hero's funeral, but deletes tweet

Leh (IANS) Sending mixed signals, senior BJP leader Ram Madhav, who is in Ladakh for the party's first ever state executive meeting in the newly created Union Territory, attended Subedar Nyima Tenzin, Special Frontier Force, hero's funeral…

Legal opinion to be considered as due diligence for brand endorsements

New Delhi (IANS) The Central Consumer Protection Authority has issued draft guidelines for the prevention of false or misleading advertisements and the due diligence to be carried out for endorsements.

These guidelines will be called the Central…

Another letter 'bomb' in Cong, this time from UP

Lucknow (IANS) The Congress is all set to be bombarded with another 'letter bomb', this time it comes from Uttar Pradesh.

Nine senior Congress leaders, expelled from the party last year, have sent a letter to Congress interim president…

'IOC chartered oil tanker fire to be put out first'

Chennai (IANS) With the fire on board New Diamond, the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) chartered near fully loaded oil tanker reduced and the vessel towed away to safe waters, the next course of action will start after the fire is put out and ensured…

NIA files chargesheet against 2 for stealing hard disk from INS Vikrant

New Delhi (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday said it has filed chargesheet against two people, arrested in connection with stealing computer devices from under construction INS Vikrant in the Cochin Shipyard Ltd.

An…

Intense shelling by Pak along LoC in J&K's Poonch district

Jammu (IANS) Pakistan used small arms and mortars on Saturday to violate ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) in three sectors of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district.

Colonel Devender Anand, spokesman of the Defence Ministry said, "At…

US talking to India, China on 'very nasty situation': Trump

New York (IANS) US President Donald Trump has asserted that Washington was talking to India and China on resolving "a very nasty situation" in the Ladakh region, but equivocated on whether Beijing was a bully.

He said on Friday at a Washington…

Amid talks, Chinese mouthpiece tells India it has no chance of winning war

New Delhi (IANS) Terming Friday's meeting between Indian and Chinese Defence Ministers as a positive step, the Chinese media said on Saturday that in case of a border war, India will have no chance of winning.

In an editorial on Saturday,…