Why fly 44-yr-old jets when old cars not on road: IAF chief

New Delhi (IANS) Indian Air Force chief B.S. Dhanoa on Tuesday questioned why India is flying aircraft that are over four decades old when no one drives even cars of that vintage.

Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa was referring to the…

IITs, IIMs in UP to include yoga in curriculum

Lucknow (IANS) Leading management and technical institutions in Uttar Pradesh will now have yoga classes for students and faculty members.

These institutes are incorporating courses on yoga, spirituality and human values to help…

INX Media case: HC rejects bail for Chidambaram

New Delhi (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in the INX Media case.

On January 25, the Delhi High Court had reserved its order on Chidambaram's bail plea…

Ghats inundated, Varanasi lanes turn into cremation grounds

Varanasi (IANS) As the waters of the Ganga river in Varanasi inundated the ghats, cremation of dead bodies is now being done in the lanes of the holy city.

The cremation ground at Harishchandra Ghat and Manikarnika Ghat are now underwater…

India's Chandrayaan-2 on course to Moon

Chennai (IANS) The Indian space agency on Tuesday completed successfully the crucial orbit manoeuvre and put the Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft into the lunar orbit.

According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the Lunar Orbit Insertion…

Chandrayaan-1 team was anxious till spacecraft entered lunar orbit

Chennai (IANS) The guiding of Indias first spacecraft to the moon --Chandrayaan-1 -- was a very big event in 2008 and about 200 officials were in tense and anxious, sending up their prayers to their 'insta devathas (favourite deities) on the day…

Trump calls up Modi, Imran, urges for lowering bilateral tensions

New Delhi/Washington/Islamabad (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with US President Donald Trump over phone during which he conveyed that "extreme rhetoric and incitement to anti-India violence by certain leaders in the region was…

50,000 soil health cards to be distributed on August 21: Secretary Agriculture

Ranchi: Secretary of the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department Pooja Singhal said on August 21 in a function to be held in the capital Chief Minister Raghubar Das will be distributing soil health cards among 50,000 farmers.

Addressing…

Liquor sale from grocery shops proposed in Jharkhand

Ranchi (IANS) The Jharkhand Excise Department has proposed to allow the sale of liquor in grocery shops in the state.

The proposal to sell liquor in grocery shops was sent to the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) for approval of the…

J&K political parties under intelligence scanner

Jammu/Srinagar (IANS) In a major breakthrough to identify rumour mongers bent upon creating trouble, Jammu and Kashmir and central intelligence agencies claim to have identified activists and sympathizers of mainstream political parties with separatist…