Modi discusses cricket to counter-terrorism in meetings with leaders

United Nations (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with five world leaders on Monday on the sidelines of the General Assembly meeting to discuss bilateral cooperations with matters ranging from cricket to counter-terrorism cooperation.

Census 2021 exercise will begin from J&K in Sept 2020

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre is ready with a list of states and Union Territories for the first digital National Population Register (NPR) under census 2021 putting newly created Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir on top where the mammoth exercise would…

Rafale already flown by PAF: Pak media

New Delhi (IANS) Less than a fortnight before French aviation major Dassault delivers the first Rafale fighter aircraft to India, an Islamabad-based newspaper report quoted that Pakistan Air Force (PAF) pilots have already been given access to the…

Top RSS leadership meets foreign media

New Delhi (IANS) RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat met a slew of correspondents from the foreign media here on Tuesday to portray a picture of the Sangh as one whose primary role is "nation building".

Many prominent international publications…

France appreciates India being part of Christchurch Initiative

New York (IANS) French President Emmanuel Macron appreciated India's association with the Christchurch Call to Action, an initiative to combat online terrorism and extremism and secure the internet, named after the New Zealand city where 51 people…

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,…