Aircraft Carrier Vikrant successfully completes maiden sea trial

New Delhi (IANS) Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Vikrant successfully accomplished its maiden sea voyage on Sunday. The aircraft carrier had sailed on August 4, from Kochi.

"Trials progressed as planned and system parameters proved satisfactory,"…

North Indian ex-CM likely to be Congress working president

New Delhi (IANS) As the Congress is contemplating a change in its setup, a serious churning within it is happening about an impending reshuffle at the General Secretary and state in-charges level. The party is also mulling the appointment of a working…

NIA raids 40 locations of banned Jamaat-e-Islami in J&K

Srinagar (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out raids at several places on Sunday in Jammu and Kashmir following registration of an FIR against prominent members of the banned J&K Jamaat-e-Islami.

NIA sources said 40 locations…

Yediyurappa given cabinet rank status by CM Bommai

Bengaluru (IANS) Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has accorded cabinet rank facilities to his predecessor B.S. Yediyurappa.

The order was issued by the Under Secretary, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) on Saturday.

Neeraj Chopra wins India's first-ever athletics gold in Olympics

Tokyo (IANS) Neeraj Chopra on Saturday made history by becoming the first Indian to win gold medal in athletics at Olympic Games when he clinched first position at Tokyo 2020 with a throw of 87.58 metres in the javelin competition.

Chopra has…

India offers Cairn Energy $1bn refund

New Delhi (IANS) India expects to refund $1 billion to UK-based Cairn Energy after it moved to scrap a retrospective tax law that unleashed bitter fights with prominent foreign investors, Financial Times reported.

The lower house of parliament…

Mumbai cops chase hoax bomb calls at Bachchan home, 3 stations

Mumbai (IANS) The Mumbai Police and other agencies spent anxious hours after they chased bombs allegedly planted at Amitabh Bachchan's bungalow and three railway stations, which finally turned out to be hoaxes, an official said here on Saturday.

Terrorist who escaped from encounter site in Kashmir arrested

Srinagar (IANS) A terrorist who had escaped from an encounter site in Kashmir's Budgam district on Saturday, has been arrested, police said.

Earlier in the morning, another terrorist was killed in the encounter that took place in Mochwa.

India, China pull out troops from friction point Gogra in Ladakh

New Delhi (IANS) In a major breakthrough, India and China have withdrawn troops from the friction Patrolling Point (PP) 17A in Gogra along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army said on Friday.

The Indian Army said…

PM names Khel Ratna Award after hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted on Friday that he was naming the nation's highest award for sports in response to "many requests from citizens across India". It will now be called Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award after…