Priyanka makes first tweets, recalls words of Gandhi

New Delhi (IANS) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who made her debut speech on Tuesday in Gandhinagar after becoming a party general secretary, also made her first tweets hours later.

The tweets related to her first visit to Mahatma Gandhi's…

Six months of service can be considered to become DGP

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that IPS officers with a minimum of six months of service before the date of their superannuation can be considered for appointment as Director Generals of Police.

A bench of Chief…

Indian, Pakistani armies trade fire on LoC in Poonch

Jammu (IANS) Indian and Pakistani armies traded heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, police said.

The firing exchanges started in Chakan Da Bagh area.

"Mortar shelling…

India grounded all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft

New Delhi/Mumbai (IANS) India grounded all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on Wednesday evening, affecting hundreds in airports, but the US aviation regulator questioned the global grounding of the fleet after an Ethiopian Airlines crash.

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Gokhale, Pompeo discuss 'urgency' of Pakistan acting against terrorist groups

New York (IANS) In the first high-level face-to-face India-US meeting after the Pulwama terrorist attack, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale discussed on Monday "the importance of bringing those responsible for…

EVMs can't be hacked or manipulated: Ex-CEC

Kolkata (IANS) Former Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla has given a thumbs up to the EVMs to be used in the upcoming general elections, arguing that the equipment cannot be hacked or manipulated as they are not accessible through…

Singapore suspends Boeing 737 MAX following China, Ethiopia & Indonesia after Ethiopian plane crash

Singapore(IANS) Following China, Indonesia, Ethiopia, now Singapore's aviation regulator on Tuesday temporarily suspended Boeing 737 MAX 8 flights in its airspace after an Ethiopian Airlines crashed minutes after take-off killing all 157…

Gandhi wanted Congress disbanded in 1947: Modi

New Delhi (IANS) On the very day when the Congress is to kick-off its 2019 Lok Sabha campaign from the Prime Minister's home turf with its Working Committee meeting in Ahmedabad, Narendra Modi took to his blog to tell the nation that it was Mahatma…

CWC resolves to defeat saffron ideology

Ahmedabad (IANS) The Congress on Tuesday held a meeting of its working committee here and resolved to defeat the "RSS and BJPs ideology of fascism, hatred, anger and divisiveness".

Briefing reporters after the CWC meeting, Congress…

Cheaper food prices lower retail inflation in February

New Delhi (IANS) Lower food prices halved India's retail inflation in February 2019 to 2.57 per cent, from 4.44 per cent during the corresponding month of last year, official data showed on Tuesday.

Accordingly, the Consumer Food Price…