'Why govt was not showing 'laal ankh?' Cong seeks white paper on China

New Delhi (IANS) The Congress on Thursday demanded a white paper on China, including the recent transgressions, and taunted the Central government by saying "why it was not showing 'laal ankh' (angry eyes) to the neighbouring country".

Mukhtar Ansari convicted, gets 10-year jail in Gangsters Act case

Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) The MP/MLA court in Ghazipur on Thursday convicted and sentenced Mukhtar Ansari to ten-year imprisonment in a 1996 case under the Gangsters Act.

His aide Bhim Singh has also been awarded a ten-year sentence by…

The pack is complete, says IAF as last of 36 Rafale jets land in India

New Delhi (IANS) With the landing of the 36th and the final fighter jet, the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Thursday received the delivery of all the aircraft for which it had entered into a Rs 58,000-crore deal with France's Dassault Aviation in 2016.

NCP legislator, wife booked for casteist slur

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) NCP legislator Thomas K.Thomas and his wife were on Thursday booked after a woman worker of the party filed a complaint against them under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in Kerala.

Iran expelled from UN panel on women; India abstains on vote

United Nations (IANS) In an unprecedented move, Iran has been expelled from the UN's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in a vote on which India abstained.

The US proposal at the UN Economic and Social Council to remove Iran from the…

Jaishankar discusses India's G20 leadership with Guterres

United Nations (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has discussed with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres working together on G20, which is being led by India.

Jaishankar tweeted after their meeting here on Wednesday that they…

UNSC reform: Jaishankar cites Covid vaccine source as example of changed world order

United Nations (IANS) India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar cited on Wednesday India's role in becoming the world's vaccinator in the Covid pandemic to demonstrate how the world order has changed requiring Security Council reforms.

CM writes to Railways Minister, claims big involvement of railway officials in illegal mining & transportation

Ranchi: Chief Minister Hemant Soren has written a letter to Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnav stating that there seems to be involvement of railways and their officials in promoting illegal mining in Sahibganj and other districts of Jharkhand.

Cabinet nod to set up three more private universities in Jharkhand

Ranchi: The state cabinet has approved three bills for the establishment of three private universities in the state. The State has already 15 private universities. The bills include Babu Dinesh Singh University Bill 2022, Jain University Bill 2022…

For the first time Musahar families have started getting benefits of the schemes

Ranchi: The Sarkar Aapke Dwar program started on the instructions of Chief Minister Hemant Soren is playing an important role in strengthening the link of connecting the people of the deprived society with the schemes. In the process of connecting…