Farmers' protest turns violent; police use water canons, tear gas

New Delhi (IANS): The protest by thousands of farmers at the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border turned violent on Tuesday as they tried to break barricades and run them over with tractors to enter the national capital, forcing police to use water cannons…

Terror funding: NIA raids Srinagar businessman's residence

Srinagar/New Delhi (IANS): A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday searched the residence of a businessman in Srinagar in connection with a terror funding case, officials said.

The central anti-terror agency carried out…

Explosion in Bengal's Dumdum, 5 injured

Kolkata (IANS) At least five persons, including a child, were injured in a high-intensity blast in Dumdum in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday, police said.

The blast ripped through adjacent shops and damaged…

Meeting with Rajnath satisfactory, seven demands accepted: Farmer leader

New Delhi (IANS): BKU leaders on Tuesday said that their meeting with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh over farmers' demands was "satisfactory" and that seven of their nine demands were accepted, while the Centre was non-committal on…

Major IAF reshuffle in the top positions

New Delhi (IANS): The government has effected a major reshuffle in the top Indian Air Force (IAF) positions with Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar taking over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Eastern Air Command.

Air Marshal V.R.…

No truth in Congress charge Rafale deal snatched HAL jobs: Nirmala

Bengaluru (IANS): Terming the Congress charges false and based on half-truths, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has denied that the Rafale deal had snatched jobs from the Indian aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).

"There…

SPO who decamped with weapons joins Hizbul Mujahideen

Srinagar (IANS): An Special Police Officer (SPO) who decamped with eight firearms last week, has joined the Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfit, police said on Monday

Pictures of SPO Adil Bashir posing with an AK-47 rifle alongside Hizbul commander…

Ray of hope for Apple executive's widow after meeting UP CM

Lucknow (IANS) After a meeting with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday, Apple executive Vivek Tiwari's widow Kalpana Tiwari said she sees a ray of hope as Adityanath had assured of all help and justice in the case.

Delhi HC frees Navlakha from house arrest

New Delhi (IANS): The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered the release of human rights activist Gautam Navlakha from house arrest, saying his detention was "untenable" under law.

A bench of justices S. Muralidhar and Vinod Goel…

Policeman killed in J&K militant attack

Srinagar (IANS) A policeman was killed on Sunday during a militant attack on a police station in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district, authorities said.

The station came under attack early Sunday morning after the militants hurled…