China welcomes Modi, Khan exchanging greetings

Beijing (IANS) China on Monday welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan exchanging greetings amid heightened tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.

Beijing also said that it…

Chandrayaan 2 to carry NASA science instrument

Washington (IANS) India's second moon mission Chandrayaan 2, scheduled for launch in April, would be carrying a NASA science probe, the media reported.

Chandrayaan 2 will carry NASA-owned laser retroreflector arrays that allow scientists…

Jet Airways' Chairman Naresh Goyal resigns

Mumbai (IANS) Jet Airways promoter and founder Naresh Goyal on Monday resigned from the company's board.

The resignation followed the airline board's meeting in Mumbai on the day to decide on ways to procure interim funding as well…

Rajiv Saxena turns approver in AgustaWestland case

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday allowed Dubai-based businessman and alleged middleman Rajiv Saxena to become an approver in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case.

Special Judge Arvind Kumar allowed Saxena's plea…

RJD's Jharkhand chief joins BJP, may get LS ticket

Ranchi/New Delhi (IANS) The Rashtriya Janata Dal's Jharkhand unit President Annapurna Devi on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party and is likely to be fielded in the Lok Sabha polls in the state.

Annapurna Devi, a four-time legislator,…

BJP ally AJSU fields Chandraprakash Chaudhary from Giridih

Ranchi (IANS) The BJP alliance partner All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) on Monday fielded Water Resources Minister Chandra Prakash Chaudhary from the Giridih Lok Sabha seat.

Under the seat-sharing pact between the Bharatiya Janata Party…

87,000 groups on WhatsApp targeting voters

New Delhi (IANS) The first phase of voting begins from April 11 and WhatsApp - and not its parent company Facebook - has turned out to be the biggest social media platform for more than 87,000 groups to target millions with political messaging.

Tata Motors to hike car prices by up to Rs 25,000

Mumbai (IANS) Automobile major Tata Motors will increase prices of its passenger vehicles range by up to Rs 25,000 starting April 2019.

The company said in a statement on Saturday that the prices will be hiked due to rising…

Congress, JMM, JVM-P announce seat sharing in Jharkhand, RJD unhappy

Ranchi (IANS) The Congress, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P) on Sunday announced an alliance in the state for the Lok Sabha battle but the RJD boycotted the deal after it was given only one seat…

BJP veteran Kariya Munda denied ticket to return to farming

Ranchi (IANS) Former Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker and eight-time Lok Sabha member, Kariya Munda, said on Sunday that he will return to farming after the BJP denied him ticket to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Jharkhand.

In the list of BJP…