ED takes over probe against Medanta, Naresh Trehan

New Delhi (IANS) Four days after the Haryana Police registered an FIR against Medanta Medcity Hospital and its chairman and promoter Dr Naresh Trehan and others, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday took over the probe into the money laundering…

2 firefighters dead, many houses damaged as Assam oil well fire rages

Guwahati (IANS) At least two firefighters of Oil India Limited (OIL) were killed near the oil well blowout site in Assam's Tinsukia district on Wednesday. Many houses in the adjoining areas were also damaged and several thousand people have shifted…

TRF claims responsibility for Kashmiri Pandit leader's killing

New Delhi/Srinagar (IANS) Pakistan's The Resistance Front (TRF), the alternative name of Lashkar-e-Taiba, has claimed responsibility for the assassination of a Kashmiri Pandit elected representative of a local body in Kashmir on Monday.

40-year-old…

India's economy to shrink by 3.2% in 2020-21, worst since 1979: World Bank

United Nations (IANS) As India reels from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank projects the country's economy to shrink by 3.2 per cent in the current fiscal year, the worst performance since 1979.

The Bank said on Monday…

Amid corona crisis, FIIs return to India as stocks get attractive

Mumbai (IANS) In the midst of the pandemic and global slump, Indian equities have turned out to be a favoured investment destination for foreign institutional investors (FII), courtesy low valuations and recent stimulus measures along with steps to…

Scindia, his mother test positive for Covid-19

New Delhi (IANS) BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia and his mother Madhavi Raje Scindia tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday, people close to the family said as well as sources in the hospital. While his mother is asymptomatic, Scindia has…

Massive fire in Assam's gas-leaking well, CM talks to Def Min

Guwahati (IANS) A massive fire has broken out at the leaking natural gas producing well of Oil India Ltd (OIL) in Assam's Tinsukia district on Tuesday even as an expert team from a Singapore-based emergency management firm is trying to plug the…

India, China start withdrawing troops from standoff positions

New Delhi (IANS) India and China have started the process of de-escalation at the Line of Actual Control with withdrawal of troops, guns and combat vehicles from three standoff positions in eastern Ladakh, sources said on Tuesday.

India's…

Tirupati Balaji temple reopens after 80 days

Tirupati (IANS) After nearly 80 days, India's famous Sri Venkateswara temple atop the Tirumala hills here reopened on Monday with new health norms in place to check the spread of coronavirus.

The famous shrine was reopened for 'darshan'…

9 terrorists killed in two days in South Kashmir

Srinagar (IANS) Four terrorists were killed in the Pinjura village in South Kashmir's Shopian district on Monday morning, officials said. With this, the total number of terrorists killed in two encounters in the past two days rose to nine.