India recognises priorities, needs of Pacific Island nations: Jaishankar

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar, on Monday, highlighted the strengthening partnership between India and the Marshall Islands during the signing ceremony of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to fund Four Community Development…

Trump shot at in assassination attempt

Washington (IANS) Former US President Donald Trump was shot at an election rally in a possible assassination attempt just a day before the Republican Party is scheduled to begin its convention to formally declare him its nominee for the White House. 

Manipur: CRPF trooper killed, 3 cops injured after militants ambush joint patrol party

Imphal (IANS) A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan was killed and three other security personnel got injured when suspected militants ambushed a joint patrol party with the state police in Manipur’s Jiribam district on Sunday, police said. 

3 terrorists killed as Army foils infiltration bid in J&K's Kupwara, firing on

Srinagar (IANS) Three terrorists were killed as the Army foiled an infiltration bid by a group of heavily armed terrorists across the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K's Kupwara district on Sunday, officials said, adding that firing exchanges were…

Prohibitory orders in Tripura district after unrest following tribal student’s death, 4 held

Agartala (IANS) As ethnic tensions continued at tribal-dominated Ganda Twisa in Tripura’s Dhalai District on Saturday, authorities imposed prohibitory orders and deployed a huge contingent of security forces. 

The unrest is the result of the…

BJP assails Cong on 'Samvidhaan hatya', cites dismissal of state govts in 1980

New Delhi (IANS) Amid the heated war of words between the Opposition and government over the remembrance of June 25 as ‘Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas’, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a fresh broadside at the grand old party and enumerated many…

SC orders CM Kejriwal to be released on interim bail in ED case

New Delhi (IANS) In a big relief to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court on Friday ordered him to be released on interim bail in connection with the money laundering case linked to the excise policy case. 

Pronouncing its…

Markets at new all-time high, Nifty trades above 24,500 for first time

Mumbai (IANS) India equity benchmarks are trading at record highs on Friday following buying in the IT stocks. 

Sensex and Nifty both made new all-time highs of 80,893 and 24,592 respectively.

At 12.50 a.m., Sensex was at 80,482, up…

25 dead, 39 injured in 24 hours in Bihar lightning strikes

Patna (IANS) As many as 25 people lost their lives and 39 others were injured in lightning strikes across several districts of Bihar in the last 24 hours. 

Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar, on Friday expressed condolences and directed officials…

NEET-UG paper leak row: SC posts hearing on July 18

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday fixed July 18 for hearing on a batch of petitions alleging irregularities in the conduct of NEET-UG examination.  

Rising early for the day, a Bench presided over by CJI, DY Chandrachud, suggested…