Turf war erupts between Lashkar front TRF and Hizb in Kashmir

New Delhi (IANS) A new turf war has erupted between Pakistan sponsored terror groups in Kashmir -- the newly formed �The Resistance Front' (TRF), which is a front of Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Hizbul Mujahideen -- as members of the latter have begun…

Monsoon 2020 critical to shield India Inc from rainy days

New Delhi (IANS) This year's Monsoon season more than crude oil prices will decide the economic fortune of India, industry stakeholders contended.

Accordingly, the weather phenomenon has re-attained the importance it once enjoyed, as this…

IRS officers suggest higher tax on rich, COVID-19 cess to boost revenue

New Delhi (IANS) Increasing the tax rates on the rich, levying a COVID-19 cess, increasing the surcharge on MNCs are among the measures suggested by a group of Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officers to boost revenue mobilization as a response to the…

Woman gang-raped in R'sthan school during night halt amid lockdown

Jaipur (IANS) A 40-year-old woman walking on foot from Sawai Madhopur to Jaipur during the nationwide lockdown was allegedly gang-raped by three men in a school where she had decided to spend the night, police said on Sunday.

The woman said…

Delhi's COVID-19 patient recovers after plasma therapy

New Delhi (IANS) A 49-year-old man who was administered convalescent plasma therapy at a private hospital in the national capital has fully recovered and was discharged on Sunday.

The man had tested positive on April 4 and was admitted at a…

Big bureaucratic reshuffle in Modi govt; A.K Sharma, Tarun Bajaj move out from PMO

New Delhi (IANS) In a major reshuffle in top bureaucracy of the Narendra Modi government, senior IAS officers A.K. Sharma and Tarun Bajaj were on Sunday moved out of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).

Bajaj, a 1988-batch Haryana cadre officer,…

Wheat harvesting in full swing in Punjab, Haryana, near to finish elsewhere

New Delhi (IANS) Wheat harvesting is in full swing in the major producing states of Punjab and Haryana in the ongoing rabi season while it is close to finish elsewhere. Wheat is the major rabi crop in India and the country is to harvest a record crop…

2 militants killed in Kashmir, abducted cop rescued

Srinagar (IANS) Two militants were killed in a brief encounter with the security forces and a policeman abducted by them was rescued in in South Kashmir on Friday evening.

According to the details received here, the two militants had kidnapped…

Home Ministry allows shops to open in and outside city limits except those in malls

New Delhi (IANS) The government on Friday allowed opening of shops as part of the easing of lockdown restrictions announced on April 15 with neighbourhood shops and others being allowed within the city and all shops except those in malls allowed outside…

IGIA's T3 to eventually open up for full fledged passenger ops; T-1 , T-2 may temporarily shut-down

New Delhi (IANS) As it awaits clear health safety guidelines from the Centre, the national capitals IGI Airport is preparing Terminal-3 to eventually open up for full fledged flight operations.

Accordingly, DIAL, which manages and operates…