Petrol, diesel prices raised again

New Delhi (IANS) State-owned oil marketing companies (OMC) on Friday raised petrol and diesel prices for the third time this week.

These prices were revised for the very first time on Tuesday after a gap of more than four months.

Accordingly,…

500 kg heroin smuggling by Pak through Gujarat, NIA files supplementary chargesheet

New Delhi (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday said it has filed a supplementary chargesheet against an accused in connection with a 500-kg heroin smuggling case by people based in Dubai. The drug was smuggled through Pakistan-India…

Trade, border dispute in focus as Chinese Foreign Minister lands in Delhi

New Delhi (IANS) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who landed in Delhi on Thursday evening, is expected to hold bilateral talks on trade and the pending border dispute in Ladakh that is almost two years old now.

Yi is scheduled to meet Foreign…

ED to SC: Sanjay Chandra's wife involved in money laundering, has assets in Cayman Island & Mauritius

New Delhi (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday informed the Supreme Court that the wife of jailed former Unitech promoter Sanjay Chandra was actively involved in a huge money laundering operation, and she was operating from the UAE. The…

India abstains 6th, 7th time on Ukraine resolution; UNGA throttles S Africa resolution

United Nations (IANS) Keeping up its streak of abstentions on Ukraine-related resolutions at the UN, India on Thursday abstained in rapid succession for the sixth and seventh time at the General Assembly which confronted duelling resolutions.

Ban on Muslim traders in K'taka temple fairs spreads to more districts

Bengaluru (IANS) The move to ban Muslim traders from Karnataka temple fairs has spread to more districts of the state and is likely to snowball into a major crisis in the coming days.

The trend which surfaced in coastal districts and capital…

Need to promote youth of Kashmir by educating them, says SC

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday observed that it is essential to promote youth hailing from Kashmir by educating them, while observing that everybody makes mistakes in their youth.

Hearing a plea by the UT government challenging…

Could visit China after border dispute resolved: NSA Doval

New Delhi (IANS) In response to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's invite to visit Beijing, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval said on Friday that he could embark on a trip to the neighbouring nation after the border issues were resolved,…

Border disengagement happening at slower pace: Jaishankar tells Wang

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Friday that during his meeting with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, he told the latter that the disengagement of troops at the LAC in Eastern Ladakh is a "work in progress",…

Budget Session: BJP MLAs create uproar over Ramnavmi Procession in Hazaribagh

Ranchi: During the ongoing budget session of the Jharkhand Assembly MLAs of the BJP on Wednesday raised the issue of taking out the Ramnavmi Procession in Hazaribagh. As soon as the house assembled for the day Hazaribagh Sadar MLA Manish Jaiswal raised…