2 firefighters dead, many houses damaged as Assam oil well fire rages

Guwahati (IANS) At least two firefighters of Oil India Limited (OIL) were killed near the oil well blowout site in Assam's Tinsukia district on Wednesday. Many houses in the adjoining areas were also damaged and several thousand people have shifted…

ED takes over probe against Medanta, Naresh Trehan

New Delhi (IANS) Four days after the Haryana Police registered an FIR against Medanta Medcity Hospital and its chairman and promoter Dr Naresh Trehan and others, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday took over the probe into the money laundering…

'Where does he roam around, his party doesn't know': Nitish responds to Tejashwi

Patna (IANS) Verbal sparring has started among leaders in Bihar ahead of the Assembly election to be held later this year as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday retaliated after RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav accused him of not stepping outside his…

Londoners to taste royal Bihar litchi as farmers go 'global'

Patna (IANS) Famous for its sweet and succulent royal litchi, Muzaffarpur in Bihar is now on the gourmets charts in Europe. For the first time, a litchi farmer from Muzaffarpur has sold his litchi crop to a London buyer via Common Service Centres…

3 Hizbul, LeT militants killed in J&K

Srinagar (IANS) Three more terrorists were killed in a gun battle with the security forces in South Kashmir's Shopian district on Wednesday. The police said they belonged to the Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Taiba.

This is the third major…

Motor vehicle papers' validity extended till Sept 30

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre has further extended the validity of the soon-to-expire motor vehicle documents, such as driving licence, till September.

It was announced by Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari on…

India, China start withdrawing troops from standoff positions

New Delhi (IANS) India and China have started the process of de-escalation at the Line of Actual Control with withdrawal of troops, guns and combat vehicles from three standoff positions in eastern Ladakh, sources said on Tuesday.

India's…

Massive fire in Assam's gas-leaking well, CM talks to Def Min

Guwahati (IANS) A massive fire has broken out at the leaking natural gas producing well of Oil India Ltd (OIL) in Assam's Tinsukia district on Tuesday even as an expert team from a Singapore-based emergency management firm is trying to plug the…

Scindia, his mother test positive for Covid-19

New Delhi (IANS) BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia and his mother Madhavi Raje Scindia tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday, people close to the family said as well as sources in the hospital. While his mother is asymptomatic, Scindia has…

India's economy to shrink by 3.2% in 2020-21, worst since 1979: World Bank

United Nations (IANS) As India reels from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank projects the country's economy to shrink by 3.2 per cent in the current fiscal year, the worst performance since 1979.

The Bank said on Monday…