Ordnance units set for revamp amid 'Make-in-India' push

New Delhi (IANS) Amid the government's intense push for 'Make-in-India' in the defence sector, the state-run ordnance factories of the country are set for a major revamp to make them competitive.

Defence Minister Rajnath…

Police can't seize property during investigation: SC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that police has no power to seize immovable property during an investigation.

Upholding the Bombay High Court order, the apex court, however, made it clear that its ruling would…

AICTE strategy to improve employability of engineering students

New Delhi (IANS) The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has put in place a multi-pronged approach to improve the employability of engineering students besides empowering them to become entrepreneurs and job creators.

Anil Sahasrabudhe,…

Tax bonanza for individuals could be on cards, move to boost demand

New Delhi (IANS) After a massive tax bonanza for corporates, the Modi government may soon offer windfall gains for individual taxpayers too, by tweaking the tax slabs.

The lowering of tax rates would be on the line of recommendations of the…

Mild tremors felt in north India

New Delhi (IANS) Mild tremors were felt in Delhi and NCR region on Tuesday afternoon after an earthquake measuring 6.3 magnitude on the Richter scale along the India-Pakistan border near Kashmir.

According to the Indian Meteorogical Department,…

PM Modi targets Pak over terror, Kashmir with Trump listening

Houston (IANS) With US President Donald Trump listening keenly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India had bid "farewell" to Article 370 that went against people-centric development in Jammu and Kashmir and attacked Pakistan for…

Chinmayanand shifted to Lucknow hospital, SIT submits report in HC

New Delhi (IANS) Days after he was arrested and sent to 14 days judicial custody, former Union Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chinmayanand was shifted to Lucknow's Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences…

Sonia, Manmohan reach Tihar to meet Chidambaram

New Delhi (IANS) Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday arrived at Tihar jail here to meet former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, who has been imprisoned since September 5 in INX Media related case.

Militants using clampdown to create fear in J&K: Army Chief

Chennai (IANS) Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said here on Monday that there was no clampdown in the Kashmir Valley and that the terrorists were using it as a facade to create fear among the people.

Rawat added that communication lines between…

After Houston, PM Modi reaches New York

New York (IANS) After his hugely successful Houston visit with the Howdy Modi event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New York on the second leg of his US visit that will see him address the UN General Assembly and the session on Climate Change.