Taxation amid slowing economy killing market's 'animal spirit'

New Delhi (IANS) Recently, the former Reserve Bank of India Governor D. Subbarao said the government's attempt to squeeze out RBI reserves is a sign that it is desperate. This "desperation" could well be killing the animal spirit…

CBI searches over dozen places in UP, including Sengar's

Lucknow/New Delhi (IANS) A day after the CBI questioned expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case, the agency on Sunday said it searched over a dozen places in four districts in Uttar Pradesh including the residences of Sengar and…

Take slain soldiers' bodies: India tells Pakistan

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Army on Sunday offered its Pakistani counterparts to take the dead bodies of its soldiers who were killed in a foiled infiltration attempt in Jammu and Kashmir.

"The Pakistan Army has been offered to approach…

Shah chairs security meet with NSA, Home Secretary

New Delhi (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday presided over a high-level security meeting amid escalating tensions in Jammu and Kashmir where a major security build up has sparked fears and tensions.

The meeting was attended…

India successfully test fires Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile

Bhubaneswar (IANS) India on Sunday successfully test fired a Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) with 30 kilometre range from a test range off the Odisha coast.

Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO),…

ISRO shares Earth's images captured by Chandrayaan-2

New Delhi (IANS) The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Sunday took to micro-blogging platform Twitter and shared the first pictures of Earth captured by the LI4 camera installed in Chandrayaan-2.

In a series of tweets along with…

Mehbooba Mufti 'requested' to clarify role in J&K Bank backdoor appointments

Srinagar (IANS) Former J&K Chief Minister and President of Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti, has been asked by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to clarify her role in the backdoor appointments made in Jammu and Kashmir Bank…

Sonebhadra carnage: DM, SP shifted, revenue officials booked

Lucknow (IANS) UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday removed Sonebhadra's District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police and ordered a departmental inquiry against them in the massacre case in which ten people were killed in the district…

Constitution has provisions to re-draw J&K's boundary: Experts

New Delhi (IANS) After the government curtailed Amarnath Yatra and asked tourists to return, speculation is rife about the Centre's the next move on Jammu and Kashmir.

According to experts, trifurcation of the state, one of the proposals…

Calling off Amarnath yatra unprecedented: Karan Singh

New Delhi (IANS) Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Karan Singh on Saturday referred to his last week's interview to IANS over the issue of Article 370 and 35A in Jammu and Kashmir advising the government to tread carefully and hit…