Nehru committed original mistake on China: Jaitley

New Delhi (IANS) Under attack from the Congress for its failure to yet again designate JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist, the government fielded Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for its defence who alleged that the original mistake, not only…

India-Pakistan Kartarpur meet underway

Attari (Punjab) (IANS) Exactly a month after the Pulwama terror attack killed 40 CRPF troopers, Indian and Pakistani officials met for the first time at Attari border near Amritsar on Thursday to finalise modalities of the corridor to the Kartarpur…

US affirms plan for 6 nuclear plants in India

New York (IANS) The slow-moving US plans to set up six nuclear power plants in India have received a boost as the two nations reiterated their commitment to strengthen security and civil nuclear cooperation during the 9th India-US Strategic Security…

India grounded all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft

New Delhi/Mumbai (IANS) India grounded all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on Wednesday evening, affecting hundreds in airports, but the US aviation regulator questioned the global grounding of the fleet after an Ethiopian Airlines crash.

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Indian, Pakistani armies trade fire on LoC in Poonch

Jammu (IANS) Indian and Pakistani armies traded heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, police said.

The firing exchanges started in Chakan Da Bagh area.

"Mortar shelling…

Six months of service can be considered to become DGP

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that IPS officers with a minimum of six months of service before the date of their superannuation can be considered for appointment as Director Generals of Police.

A bench of Chief…

Priyanka makes first tweets, recalls words of Gandhi

New Delhi (IANS) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who made her debut speech on Tuesday in Gandhinagar after becoming a party general secretary, also made her first tweets hours later.

The tweets related to her first visit to Mahatma Gandhi's…

CWC resolves to defeat saffron ideology

Ahmedabad (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday held a meeting of its working committee here and resolved to defeat the "RSS and BJPs ideology of fascism, hatred, anger and divisiveness".

Briefing reporters after the CWC meeting, Congress…

Red faces as Congress leader's son joins BJP

Mumbai (IANS) In an embarrassment to the Congress, Sujay Vikhe-Patil, son of the Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra Assembly, Radhakrishna Vikhe-Patil, on Tuesday joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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Gandhi wanted Congress disbanded in 1947: Modi

New Delhi (IANS) On the very day when the Congress is to kick-off its 2019 Lok Sabha campaign from the Prime Minister's home turf with its Working Committee meeting in Ahmedabad, Narendra Modi took to his blog to tell the nation that it was Mahatma…