77.3% agree government handling Covid situation well

New Delhi (IANS) As many as 77.3 per cent of people agree that the Indian government is handling the coronavirus situation well. The reaction from people gains significance in the backdrop of the recent unprecedented daily surge in the number of Covid-19…

AQIS plans retaliation, ISIS has about 200 members in Kerala, K'taka: UN report

New Delhi (IANS) Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) is planning retaliation operations and an Indian ISIS affiliate -- Hind Wilayah -- has 180 and 200 members present in Kerala and Karnataka, as per the United Nations Security Council.

LAC: Chinese not retreating, India readies for long haul

New Delhi (IANS) The disengagement between India and China hit a roadblock in eastern Ladakh as Chinese troops have not moved back from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in line with the consensus arrived at during the disengagement talks between both…

Army starts permanent commission for women officers

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Army has started the process to grant permanent commission to short service commissioned women officers in 10 streams, the force said on Thursday.

The Ministry of Defence has issued the formal government sanction…

India begins trial transshipments to NE via B'desh's Chittagong

Dhaka (IANS) The trial transshipment of goods from India to its northeast, via the sea route, started on Tuesday after four containers bound for the region were unloaded from a merchant vessel at Bangladesh's Chittagong port, officials said on…

SC issues notice to Prashant Bhushan on remarks against judiciary

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice to advocate Prashant Bhushan on the alleged contemptuous remarks on Twitter. The top court also asked the Attorney General to assist it on the matter.

Senior advocate Sajan Poovayya,…

Backward class leaders sidelined, voices in Bihar Cong claim

Patna (IANS) Even as the question of the number of seats each Grand Alliance constituent will contest in the coming Bihar Assembly elections is yet to be settled, disgruntled voices are being heard within the Congress over the alleged sidelining of…

India may review some of its FTAs, hints Jaishankar

New Delhi (IANS) India may review some of its free trade agreements (FTAs) which have not yielded the desired results economically, the government has indicated.

During a discussion on geopolitics on a national news channel, External Affairs…

'Deserves no leniency': Sex racketeer Sonu Punjaban gets 24 years jail

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday sentenced sex racketeer Geeta Arora, alias Sonu Punjaban, to 24 years rigorous imprisonment and her associate Sandeep Bedwal to 20 years in a case of kidnapping and prostitution of a minor girl.

The…

Deoband seeks lifting of curbs on Bakrid

Deoband (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has sent a letter to the Yogi Adityanath government with five demands for the upcoming Bakrid festival.

Darul Uloom spokesman Mufti Ashraf Usmani said in the latter that, it…