Instances where state hesitated to share intelligence: IB Director to Parl panel

New Delhi (IANS) The Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) has pointed out that there have been instances where some state agencies had hesitated to share their intelligence inputs with this multi-agency centre (MAC), the Parliamentary Standing…

Iran to operate special flight to fly back its nationals

New Delhi (IANS) Coronavirus-hit Iran will send a special flight to India to carry back its citizens.

The flight would land in India on Friday and fly back Iranian nationals the following day.

An Iranian Embassy official has said that…

Harish Salve: CAA is necessary, not meant to send Muslims out of India

New Delhi (IANS) Former Solicitor General Harish Salve expressing his opinion in favour of the Citizenship Amendment Act said the principle of equality does not mean that every law must have universal application.

Salve in an article in a leading…

Ex-AAP Tahir Hussain accused of hand in Delhi riots surrenders

New Delhi (IANS) Absconding former Aam Aadmi Party leader Tahir Hussain on Thursday surrendered at Rouse Avenue Court here. Delhi Police Crime Branch team reached the court to arrest Hussain.

Hussain had moved an application to surrender before…

EPFO cuts interest rate on PF deposits to 8.5%

New Delhi (IANS) The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Thursday lowered the interest rate on provident fund deposits to 8.50 per cent for the financial year 2019-20, Union Minister for Labour and Employment Santosh Gangwar said…

17 Indians abroad infected with coronavirus

New Delhi (IANS) Seventeen Indians abroad have been infected with coronavirus, Parliament was told on Wednesday.

Replying to a question in Lok Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan said 16 cases were reported from…

India to set up lab in Iran for testing COVID-19

New Delhi (IANS) India will set up testing lab for COVID 19 in Iran keeping in view of novel coronavirus outbreak and Indians stranded there, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan informed media on Wednesday.

The minister said that one scientist…

Social media blockade lifted in J&K

Srinagar (IANS) After seven months, J&K residents can now access social media websites on 2G mobile internet, sources said.

There is no mention of whitelisting of websites as per the new government order issued on Wednesday. The order is applicable…

Lok Sabha passes Direct Tax 'Vivad se Vishwas' bill

New Delhi (IANS) In a move that will help the government mop up revenue before the financial year 2019-20 closes, Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed direct tax amnesty scheme Vivad se Vishwas bill.

With mounting tax disputes, the government has…

Unnao rape: Sengar convicted of victim's father murder

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday convicted expelled BJP legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar and acquitted four persons in a case pertaining to the custodial death of the father of a girl who he raped in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district three…