After Pakistan & Nepal, China's another ally Bhutan hassles India

New Delhi (IANS) After China, Pakistan and Nepal, now Bhutan has also started hassling India. Thimphu has stopped releasing channel water for irrigation along its border with India near Assam, affecting thousands of farmers in 25 villages of the region.

SC accepts CBSE notification cancelling Class 10, 12 Boards

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday accepted the draft notification issued by CBSE in connection with the assessment scheme for the Board examination cancelled for Class 10 and Class 12.

The Central Board of Secondary Education filed…

Water supply from Bhutan was blocked naturally: Govt

New Delhi (IANS) The government on Friday said that the water supply from Bhutan to India for irrigation purposes in Assam, had been blocked naturally and not out of any tension between the two countries.

On Thursday, IANS had reported that…

RGF got Rs 100 cr funds from Union Budget when Manmohan was FM

New Delhi (IANS) The Congress government while in power was doling out largesse to the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) and Manmohan Singh as Finance Minister in 1991 allocated Rs 100 crore over 5 years.

The disclosures came to light as the RGF…

Pompeo cites China's Ladakh attack as factor in US reprioritising defence

New York (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has cited Chinese Peoples Liberation Army's (PLA) "deadly" confrontation with India as one of the reasons for Washington recalibrating its defence commitments in Europe and looking at countering…

US lists 20 companies controlled by Chinese regime

New Delhi/Washington (IANS) The US has identified and listed 20 Chinese companies, including Huawei Technologies, which are controlled by the military regime in Beijing.

The listed companies are now prone to potential sanctions as part of the…

Pompeo ramps up global pressure on Huawei, calls Jio 'clean' for spurning it

New York (IANS) While ramping up the international campaign against Chinese telecommunications manufacturer Huawei, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has declared Reliance Jio a "clean" network for not using Huawei's equipment, keeping it safe…

Gold prices hit Rs 50,000 per 10 gm, markets in a tizzy

New Delhi (IANS) As gold prices in Delhi crossed the Rs 50,000 mark for 10 grams, driving this surge is the frenzy in the gold trading markets in London, New York and Switzerland as record demands for delivery of gold are coming, unprecedented in…

Terror module busted in Kashmir, 5 LeT associates arrested

Srinagar (IANS) Acting on a specific input, a joint team of Jammu and Kashmir police and the Army arrested five terror associates from the Narbal area of central Kashmir's Budgam district during a search operation.

The terror associates…

Greed of one family led to imposition of Emergency: Shah

New Delhi (IANS) Union Home Minister and former BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday criticised former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi saying one family's "greed for power" led to the imposition of Emergency 45 years ago and the country was turned…