Maharashtra terror plot: ATS arrests suspect from Mumbai

Mumbai, Aug 25 (IANS) The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested a suspect from a suburb here as part of the ongoing arrests over a terror plot unearthed after recovering an arms cache from Palghar, official sources said on Saturday.

Congress demands public debate, detailed inquiry into Rafale deal

Kolkata, Aug 25 (IANS) Firing a fresh salvo at the Modi government on the Rafale aircraft deal, the Congress on Saturday accused it of ignoring the defense procurement procedure and keeping senior ministers in the dark about the negotiations, demanding…

DAC clears procurement of 111 utility helicopters for Navy

New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) met on Saturday and approved procurement proposals worth about Rs 46,000 crore, including that of 111 utility helicopters for the Indian Navy at a cost of over Rs 21,000 crore under the…

HC rejects convicts' appeal in 2010 Dalit killing case

New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a convicts' appeal challenging a trial court order which held 15 people guilty in a 2010 Dalit killing case in Haryana's Hisar district.

A bench headed by Justice Muralidhar…

Senior journalist Kuldip Nayar dead

New Delhi, Aug 23 (IANS) Senior journalist, author and human rights activist Kuldip Nayar died at a hospital here. He was 95, his family said on Thursday.

Nayar breathed his last at the Escorts Hospital at 12.30 a.m. The cremation will take…

Modi coins slogan 'Saaf Niyat, Sahi Vikas', gifts women Rakhi homes

Valsad (Gujarat), Aug 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Thursday set rolling a new slogan, 'Saaf Niyat, Sahi Vikas', about his government as he gave away over 1 lakh houses to women under the flagship Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana…

4 killed in Mumbai highrise blaze

Mumbai, Aug 22 (IANS) At least four persons, including an elderly woman, were killed and 16 others injured on Wednesday when a massive fire ripped through a highrise building here, officials said.

The fire broke out on the 12th floor of 17-storeyed…

New Kerala has to be built, UAE to give $100 mn: Vijayan

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 21 (IANS) The UAE has pledged $100 million for flood-battered Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced on Tuesday, adding "a new Kerala" needed to be built following the widespread destruction.

The…

Rajiv Gandhi remembered on his 74th birth anniversary

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi along with his mother and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi paid homage to his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on his 74th birth anniversary on Monday.

They were accompanied…

India wants constructive engagement with Pakistan, Modi tells Imran

New Delhi, Aug 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to his Pakistan counterpart Imran Khan expressing Indias commitment to build good neighbourly relations and pursue meaningful and constructive engagement with Islamabad.

Modi…