No Indo-Pak bilateral meeting at SCO summit: MEA

New Delhi (IANS) India on Thursday said that no bilateral meeting has been planned between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to be held in Bishkek,…

Rate cut hat-trick: RBI turns accommodative to boost growth

Mumbai (IANS) Home and auto loans are set to become cheaper as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) went for a hat-trick of rate cut on Thursday as it lowered its key lending rate for commercial banks by 25 basis points (bps) to 5.75 per cent.

This…

Article 35A inserted by Presidential Order, can be struck down

New Delhi (IANS) Even as the new BJP government explores all options to bring an end to the brutal cage match taking place in Kashmir, with the setting up of a Delimitation Commission as one of the prongs available on the table to correct the regional…

Pro-Khalistan slogans to mark Operation Bluestar anniversary

Amritsar (IANS) Tension prevailed in this Sikh holy city of Punjab on Thursday as hardliners, brandishing swords, raised pro-Khalistan slogans inside the Golden Temple complex on the culmination of special prayers to mark the 35th anniversary…

Government forms two cabinet panels to check falling growth, employment

New Delhi (IANS) Hit hard by the 5-year low GDP growth and a 45-year high unemployment rate of 6.1 per cent, the newly formed Modi government swung into action and on Wednesday, as it formed two new cabinet committees to check the declining trend…

Air India letter surfaces to haunt UPA

New Delhi (IANS) Amid enquiry into alleged role of a middleman in higher bilateral seat quota with Gulf countries during UPA era, it has now emerged that national carrier Air India had repeatedly warned against such move.

Letters written by…

MHA ready with fresh list of top 10 militants active in J&K

New Delhi (IANS) With eradication of terrorism from Jammu and Kashmir being the focus of new Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Centre has issued a list of top 10 terrorists operating in the state who need to be eliminated.

The list includes…

Water riots begin in UP's Bundelkhand

Banda (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) Wells and hand-pumps have dried up, ponds have disappeared, the water table has receded and Bundelkhand in Uttar Pradesh is now fighting for water.

The few water sources that remain are becoming the proverbial bone…

Woman killed by gunmen in J&K's Pulwama

Srinagar (IANS) Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a woman and injured a minor boy on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police sources said.

The woman identified as Nigeena was critically wouded in the shooting in Narbal…

Kovind, Naidu, Modi greet people on Eid-ul-Fitr

New Delhi (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among the several leaders who greeted the people on Eid-ul-Fitr on Wednesday.

The President, on his official Twitter handle,…