ISI blackmailed Gorakhpur man using sex worker in Karachi

New Delhi/Lucknow (IANS) Pakistan's ISI spy agency blackmailed a middle-aged Indian Muslim widower visiting his relatives in Karachi, using a sex worker to honey trap him so that he would work for them.

The ISI, notorious for sponsoring…

Rahul personally told me he never said what was attributed to him: Sibal

New Delhi (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Union minister Kapil Sibal on Monday withdrew his angry tweets saying he was informed by Rahul Gandhi personally that the former party chief had never made the "colluding with BJP" remark attributed…

NCERT book scam: BJP suspends father of accused

Lucknow (IANS) The BJP has suspended its leader Sanjeev Gupta, whose son Sachin Gupta is absconding after being named as an accused in the printing of duplicate NCERT books worth Rs 35 crore.

While 12 people have so far been arrested by the…

CWC to meet on Monday amid talks of leadership change

New Delhi (IANS) The Congress Working Committee (CWC) would hold its meeting here on Monday amid talks of a leadership change in the party at the top, regarding which many Congress leaders have written to Sonia Gandhi even though the party has denied…

UP: 9 kgs of explosives, suicide vests seized from ISIS suspect's house

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi Police Special Cell team seized around 8 to 9 kgs of explosives apart from suicide jackets and vests following a search at arrested ISIS operative Mohammad Mustakim Khan alias Abu Yusuf Khan's house in Balrampur in Uttar…

Railways cancels tender for manufacturing 44 Vande Bharat Express rakes

New Delhi (IANS) Indian Railways on Friday cancelled the tender for the manufacturing of 44 rakes of Train 18, which has been re-christened as Vande Bharat Express, and said a fresh tender will be floated within a week's time, focusing on Make…

COVID-19 recoveries exceed active cases by more than 15 lakh

New Delhi (IANS) Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, there is some reason to cheer. India has achieved a record high of 63,631 recoveries in a day, the Health Ministry said. The daily tests on Saturday scaled a new high of more than 10 lakh, taking the cumulative…

SC declines plea seeking inquiry into ex-CJI Gogoi's conduct as judge

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday declined to entertain a plea seeking a three-judge panel to probe into the conduct of former Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who is now a Rajya Sabha MP, as a judge.

A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra…

T'gana power station fire: NDRF engaged in rescue ops

Hyderabad (IANS) Efforts are on to rescue nine employees trapped inside after a fire broke out at TS Genco's underground hydroelectric power station at Srisailam left bank canal in Telangana on Friday.

Personnel from the National Disaster…

NEET-JEE may go ahead with 'elaborate arrangements', hint govt sources

New Delhi (IANS) Government sources have claimed that there has been a rise of almost 50 per cent in NEET centres this year as compared to last year, and indicated that enough arrangements are in place to hold the competitive examinations, which many…