2 civilians, 2 cops killed in Sopore militant attack

Srinagar (IANS) Two civilians and two policemen were killed and 7 others were injured on Saturday in a militant attack on the security forces in J&K's Sopore town.

Earlier reports had said only one civilian was injured in this incident.

Indian-origin journo wins Pulitzer for exposing China's Muslim detention camps

New York (IANS) Indian-origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan has won the US' top journalism award, the Pulitzer Prize, for innovative investigative reports harnessing satellite technology that exposed China's mass detention camps for Muslim…

No exemption to mainstream media from New IT Rules: Govt

New Delhi (IANS) All mainstream media, including print and electronic, will have to comply the provisions of IT Rules, 2021 with immediate effect without exemption as the government has refused to exempt them from the ambit of the new digital media…

Massive fire breaks out in Delhi's Lajpat Nagar Market

New Delhi (IANS) A massive fire broke out in a showroom in Lajpat Nagar market in Delhi on Saturday, a fire official said.

More than 15 fire tenders have been rushed to the spot to douse the blaze.

Officials said they received an alert…

Civilian injured in militant attack in J&K's Sopore

Srinagar (IANS) A civilian was injured on Saturday in a militant attack on the security forces at Arampora in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore town.

Police said militants hurled a grenade at a joint party of police and CRPF in main market of…

GST Council meet begins, may consider duty cuts on medical supplies

New Delhi (IANS) The 44th meeting of the GST Council, the second this year in the midst of the second wave of Covid pandemic, began on Saturday morning through video conferencing.

The meeting is being chaired by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman…

Chennai EOW arrests Ravi Parthasarathy, kingpin of Rs 1 lakh cr IL&FS scam

Chennai (IANS) The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Chennai Police said on Friday that it has arrested Ravi Parthasarathy, the former Chairman of IL&FS Group, in the Rs 1 lakh crore scam, which triggered a liquidity crisis in the financial services…

Mukul Roy returns to Trinamool, Mamata says 'more to follow'

Kolkata (IANS) In a big blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, its all-India Vice President and MLA Mukul Roy joined the Trinamool Congress on Friday along with his son Subhrangshu Roy, almost four years after deserting the Trinamool…

Sensex, Nifty climb new highs, end at record closing levels

Mumbai (IANS) The Indian stock market continued its bull run on Friday and again settled at record closing highs.

Both the BSE Sensex and Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) touched their all-time intra-day highs of 52,641.53 and 15,835.55…

Door open for Manjhi to join Mahagathbandhan: Tej Pratap

Patna (IANS) With the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) celebrating the 74th birthday of party supremo Lalu Prasad on Friday, his elder son Tej Pratap called on former Bihar Chief Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi at the latters…