Meeting with Rajnath satisfactory, seven demands accepted: Farmer leader

New Delhi (IANS): BKU leaders on Tuesday said that their meeting with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh over farmers' demands was "satisfactory" and that seven of their nine demands were accepted, while the Centre was non-committal on…

Major IAF reshuffle in the top positions

New Delhi (IANS): The government has effected a major reshuffle in the top Indian Air Force (IAF) positions with Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar taking over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Eastern Air Command.

Air Marshal V.R.…

IAF embarks on relief mission to tsunami-hit Indonesia

New Delhi (IANS): The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday embarked on a humanitarian relief mission to help Indonesia that has been hit by an earthquake and tsunami in which more than 1,200 lives were lost.

IAF's C-130J and C-17 aircraft…

Audrey House will now be known as Mahatma Gandhi Smriti Bhavan

Ranchi (IANS): Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Tuesday said the state will be Open Defecation Free (ODF) by November 15.

"Jharkhand will be ODF by November 15. We have achieved 99 percent in making the state ODF," Das said…

No truth in Congress charge Rafale deal snatched HAL jobs: Nirmala

Bengaluru (IANS): Terming the Congress charges false and based on half-truths, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has denied that the Rafale deal had snatched jobs from the Indian aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL).

"There…

Facebook faces $1.63 bn in EU fine over fresh data breach

Washington (IANS): Embroiled in another massive data breach, Facebook may face $1.63 billion in fine from the European Union (EU) privacy watchdog, the media reported.

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Sunday, Ireland's…

SPO who decamped with weapons joins Hizbul Mujahideen

Srinagar (IANS): An Special Police Officer (SPO) who decamped with eight firearms last week, has joined the Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfit, police said on Monday

Pictures of SPO Adil Bashir posing with an AK-47 rifle alongside Hizbul commander…

Ray of hope for Apple executive's widow after meeting UP CM

Lucknow (IANS) After a meeting with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday, Apple executive Vivek Tiwari's widow Kalpana Tiwari said she sees a ray of hope as Adityanath had assured of all help and justice in the case.

ED attaches Nirav Modi's foreign assets worth Rs 637 cr

New Delhi (IANS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Monday it has attached foreign properties of fugitive diamond jeweller Nirav Modi worth Rs 637 crore, including two apartments in New Yorks Central Park, in its ongoing investigation into…

Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to cancer researchers from US, Japan

Stockholm (IANS): James Allison of the US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan have jointly won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for developing a pioneering therapeutic approach for cancer treatment.

The pair "revolutionised cancer treatment,"…