Chinese PLA carries out night battle drill at 16,000 feet height near Indian border

New Delhi (IANS) Chinese People's Liberation Army carried out a night battle exercise at over 16,000 feet on the heights of Xinjian, near the Indian border amid the two countries' border dispute in eastern Ladakh and ongoing military and diplomatic…

Kolkata safest city among metros: NCRB report

Kolkata (IANS) With the crime rate per one lakh population dipping down below 110 and recording the lowest number of serious crimes like rape and murder, Kolkata is considered to be the safest among the metropolitan cities in the country, as per the…

Punjab Cong issue: Late night strategy meet by Rahul with Ambika, Venugopal

New Delhi (IANS) After the exit of Amarinder Singh as the Punjab Chief Minister, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi held a meeting late in the night in which party leader Ambika Soni, General Secretary Organisation K.C. Venugopal were present.…

Congress leaning 'Left' to recruit young talent?

New Delhi (IANS) Speculation is rife in the Congress over the induction of CPI leader and former JNU President Kanhaiya Kumar into the party. Another leader who is expected to join is Jignesh Mevani, MLA in Gujarat, as Congress leaders indicate that…

Seven girls die while performing immersion of Karam tree in Latehar, CM expresses grief

Latehar/Ranchi: Seven girls lost their lives on Saturday as they were drowned in the water body in Manandih Tola of Seregada village located under Balumath Police Station area of this district.

Chief Minister Hemant Soren has expressed his…

BJP questions Sonia-Rahul over Captains's allegations against Sidhu

New Delhi (IANS) After Captain Amarinder Singh opened a front against his own party's state president Navjot Singh Sidhu, accusing him of having links with Pakistan, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday sought clarifications from Sonia Gandhi…

Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa likely to be new Punjab CM, announcement soon

New Delhi (IANS) Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa is likely to be appointed as the new Chief Minister of Punjab, sources said. The Congress is soon to announce the name of the chief minister.

A majority of MLAs have proposed his name and the top leaders…

US official privately criticised RBI ban on Mastercard

New Delhi (IANS) A senior US trade official privately criticised India's July decision to ban Mastercard Inc from issuing new cards, calling it a "draconian" move that caused "panic", a global news wire reported.

The documents show frustration…

Charanjit Singh Channi to be the next Punjab CM

Chandigarh (IANS) The suspense over the successor to Amarinder Singh ended on Sunday with Congress President Sonia Gandhi clearing the name of Dalit cabinet minister Charanjit Singh Channi as the next Punjab Chief Minister.

Channi, who was…

TTP is already intensifying attacks against Pak govt

New Delhi (IANS) The leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or Pakistan Taliban has rejected the idea that the power-shift in Afghanistan would affect TTP strategies and added that TTP is already intensifying attacks against the government of…