Pakistan can never be India's friend: Gen V.K. Singh

Jaipur (IANS) General V.K. Singh (retd), Union Minister of State for External Affairs, said on Saturday that Pakistan can never be a friend of India.

Addressing a press conference at the state BJP headquarters here, the former Chief…

Shatrughan stirs controversy over Jinnah remarks

Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh) (IANS) Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha has stirred a controversy by saying that Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah had the "biggest" role in India's Independence and progress, evoking sharp attack…

A-I operations to normalise by Saturday night

New Delhi/Mumbai (IANS) National carrier Air India expects operations to normalize by Saturday night after its flights were delayed due to a software glitch which hindered essential services like check-in, baggage handling, and boarding.

Claire Polosak: First woman umpire in men's ODI

Dubai (IANS) Australia's Claire Polosak will create history by becoming the first woman umpire ever to stand in a men's ODI when she takes the field in the final of the ICC World Cricket League Division 2 on Saturday.

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15 bodies recovered following raids in Sri Lanka

Colombo (IANS) Fifteen bodies were recovered after a fierce gun battle between Sri Lankan forces and an armed group near Batticaloa, police said on Saturday.

Officers acting on a tip-off had launched a raid on Friday night in Ampara Sainthamaruthu…

Air India server crashes, services hit

Mumbai (IANS) Flight operations of Air India were hit on Saturday after a reported glitch in its main server, according to sources.

At the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, thousands of passengers were stranded and…

Trump urges vaccination amid measles outbreak

Washington (IANS) US President Donald Trump has urged parents to get their children vaccination, as the country battles the highest number of measles cases since it declared in 2000 that the virus was eliminated.

"They…

For BJP, election starts now

New Delhi (IANS) For the ruling BJP, the general election of 2019 jump-starts now. This is where the BJP takes the knife to the prison yard fight, for in 2014, it won 161 of the 240 seats on view. As middle and north India goes to the polls…

‘New Ulgulan’ needed for making the future generations get rid of poverty: Raghubar

Dumka: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that a new ‘ulgulan’ (revolution) is needed to make the future generations get rid of the poverty prevailing in the state.

Addressing a public meeting here he accused the JMM, JVM(P)…

INS Vikramaditya catches fire, naval officer dies

New Delhi (IANS) An Indian Navy officer died on Friday while trying to put out a fire on INS Vikramaditya when the ship was entering the Karwar harbour in Karnataka, the government said.

Lt Cdr D.S. Chauhan, who was leading the firefighting…