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…

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…

Now, India grounds Boeing 737-MAX aircraft

New Delhi/Mumbai (IANS) India's civil aviation regulator late on Tuesday suspended the operations of Boeing 737-800 MAX aircraft, after several other countries restrained their airlines from operating the aircraft type.

In a late night…

Pakistan assures US it will deal 'firmly' with terrorists

New York (IANS) Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has given the US an assurance that his country would deal firmly with all terrorists, according to US National Security Adviser John Bolton.

"Spoke with Pakistani…

Chef pays tribute to Abhinandan with carved watermelon

New Delhi (IANS) Amidst an array of Indian cuisines and food enthusiasts, chef Jitender Singh had his concentration set on a watermelon as he carved out the face of Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman as a tribute to his heroism.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…