President, PM, Rahul remember Gandhi on his birth anniversary

New Delhi (IANS): Launching a two-year-long celebration marking the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday shared their messages on social media.

Farmers' protest turns violent; police use water canons, tear gas

New Delhi (IANS): The protest by thousands of farmers at the Uttar Pradesh-Delhi border turned violent on Tuesday as they tried to break barricades and run them over with tractors to enter the national capital, forcing police to use water cannons…

Terror funding: NIA raids Srinagar businessman's residence

Srinagar/New Delhi (IANS): A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday searched the residence of a businessman in Srinagar in connection with a terror funding case, officials said.

The central anti-terror agency carried out…

Nobel Prize for Physics goes to scientists from US, Canada

Stockholm (IANS): Arthur Ashkin and Gerard Mourou from the US and Donna Strickland from Canada were awarded Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday "for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics".

"The Royal Swedish Academy…

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…