Avalanche in HP kills five ITBP troopers, one missing

Shimla (IANS) A snow avalanche killed five Indo-Tibetan Border Force (ITBP) troopers while one trooper was missing near the Tibet border in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district on Wednesday, officials said.

The avalanche, triggered with…

NIA takes over Pulwama terror attack probe

New Delhi (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case and is launching a fresh probe into the terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama in which 40 troopers were killed on February 14.

"We…

Jharkhand speaker dismisses disqualification plea against six MLAs

Ranchi (IANS) The Jharkhand Assembly speaker here on Wednesday dismissed the petition seeking disqualification of six legislators who had defected to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P).

9 lakh classrooms to have digital blackboards by 2022: Javadekar

New Delhi (IANS) The Human Resource Development Ministry on Wednesday launched Operation Digital Blackboard, under which nine lakh classrooms in schools and colleges across the country will be equipped with digital facilities for teaching by…

Saudi Crown Prince receives ceremonial welcome

New Delhi (IANS) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is on his first state visit to India, on Wednesday received a ceremonial welcome by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here.

The Crown Prince arrived here on Monday…

Renowned Hindi author Namwar Singh dead

New Delhi (IANS) Renowned Hindi author and critic Namwar Singh, a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award, has died here, his family members said on Wednesday. He was 92.

He died on Tuesday night at the All India Institute of Medical…

Curfew relaxed in Jammu district for 3 hours

Jammu (IANS) Curfew was relaxed in Jammu district for three hours on Wednesday, District Magistrate Ramesh Kumar said.

All educational institutes though would continue to remain shut and examinations scheduled for the day were…

Jharkhand to be developed as textile hub: Raghubar Das

Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that the state would be developed as a textile hub as the sector has lots of employment generating opportunities which would help to check migration from the state and the youth would be getting a…

PF funds' investment in IL&FS bonds have no government guarantee: FinMin

New Delhi (IANS) The provident and pension fund trusts that invested in the IL&FS bonds now fear loss of money as the debt-ridden company's bonds are unsecured debt, and the Finance Ministry says superannuated bonds do not carry any government…

Cabinet approves 3% DA hike for government employees

New Delhi (IANS) Union cabinet on Tuesday approved a three per cent hike in dearness allowance (DA) for central government employees and pensioners which will cost the exchequer Rs 9,168.12 crore.

According to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley,…