UP STF 'script' goes wrong, questions abound over 'encounter'

Lucknow (IANS) "The Special Task Force (STF) now has very bad script writers and the Vikas Dubey story proves it. Why would someone, who had surrendered on Thursday in Madhya Pradesh to escape being killed, try to escape on Friday," said a senior…

Now MP Minister faces heat over Dubey's surrender, Oppn says arrest 'stage-managed'

Lucknow/Bhopal (IANS) The war of words between the Congress and the BJP over dramatic surrender of Uttar Pradesh's most wanted gangster Vikas Dubey, has taken a turn for the worse. UP Congress, in a tweet, has named Madhya Pradesh Home Minister…

PM Modi's visit to his village Nimo, comforts 1962 war veteran

Nimo/Leh (IANS) In a quaint little village with tall poplars swinging gently in the summer bloom against the bare lofty mountains, 1962 war veteran Tsering Tashi giggles with exuberance over the thought that Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited his…

Indian Army bans 89 apps for its personnel, including FB, Insta

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Army has asked all its personnel and soldiers to remove 89 apps by July 15 owing to the national security risks.

The list not only have Chinese apps that have already been banned by the government like TikTok but…

After syllabus row erupts, CBSE comes up with clarification

New Delhi (IANS) After the controversy broke out over the CBSE's decision to drop topics like citizenship, federalism, secularism etc while reducing the syllabus for Classes 9 to 12 due to Covid-19 pandemic, the education board came up with a…

2 Vikas Dubey aides shot dead in separate encounters in UP

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) Two accomplices of gangster Vikas Dubey were shot dead by the state police in two separate encounters on Thursday morning.

Prabhat Mishra alias Kartikeya had been arrested in Faridabad on Wednesday by a team of…

Chinese PLA moves back at Patrolling Points 14, 15

New Delhi (IANS) The Chinese People's Liberation Army troops have pulled back around 2 kilometres at Patrolling Point 14 and Patrolling 15 in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh while the process of pull back has started at the Hot Springs, sources…

ED serves notice to TMC leaders in Narada probe

Kolkata (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has served a fresh notice to West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders in connection with the Narada sting operation.

The Narada sting was shot in 2014 by Mathew Samuel but was…

Govt panel to probe violations by Rajiv Gandhi Foundation

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has set up an inter-ministerial committee to probe the various violations of legal provisions by the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust and Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust.

The…

No pullback of Chinese troops, material from Pangong Lake, Depsang

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian military sees no pullback of Chinese People's Liberation Army troops and material from Pangong Lake and Depsang in eastern Ladakh, sources said on Tuesday.

The disengagement of Indian and Chinese troops has happened…