Air Force denied the access to the details of supply of 36 Rafale aircraft as they said it is confidential in nature. An Inter-Governmental Agreement was signed between the governments of India and France on September 23, 2016, for the supply of the Rafale aircraft, initial consignment of weapons, long-term maintenance[Read More…]
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School principal held for sexual assault Bengaluru
Man kills partner, buries her in the same house
India’s gold demand dropped by 21 % in 2016
Bastar top cop on ‘medical leave’
Sitaram Yechury questions PM on Nagaland conflict
Jat quota protest extends to Delhi
AAP is giving platform to ‘Radical Sikh diaspora’ says KPS Gill
In an interview with The Indian Express, KPS Gill, who had a key but controversial role in ending terrorism in Punjab, said AAP may not be aware of what it is doing. Gill said, “Actually, I had predicted that because of the activities of certain political parties there will be[Read More…]
Spies arrested for passing info to Pakistani intelligence
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of UP police arrested three persons from Punjabi Bagh as they were alleged ‘spies’ working from a coaching centre in Delhi. They are alleged of giving out information about the strength, deployments and movement of troops in the Valley to Pakistan and of having suspicious links[Read More…]
Italian railways to ensure Indian rail safety
The Italian railway will assist Indian railways to keep ensure that their safety measures are strong. The Italian railway will conduct a safety audit of the Indian Railways besides supervising the passenger safety measures to be undertaken by the railway ministry. The concerns develop as, the recent rail accidents in[Read More…]
Landlords in Delhi booked over tenant verification
South Delhi Police are checking on landlords who do not comply with tenant verification rules. As per reports over 174 FIRs have been registered against such landlords under section 188 IPC so far and the drive is likely to continue in the coming weeks. The maximum offenders were booked from[Read More…]
TMC MPs walk-out of Rajya Sabha
Varun Gandhi in BJP’s UP ‘star campaigners’ list
Rupee strengthens to 67.42 against dollar
Indian rupee advances 5 paise to 67.42 against the dollar in early trade on Thursday as there was no let-up in the selling of the American currency by exporters and banks. The dollar, in turn, became weak globally, causing a hike in the Rupee value. But this was offset by fresh[Read More…]
Nagaland dispute: Two killed after protesters clash with police
Two persons lost their lives due to police firing in Dimapur on Wednesday as a repercussion of the violent protests by tribal groups. Hundreds of protesters opposing the government’s decision to hold elections to urban local bodies in the state; marched on the streets of Dimapur and marched towards the[Read More…]
Corporates welcome the new and ‘positive’ Union budget
The corporate and industries sectors embraced the new Union budget. They perceive it as a positive decision and booster to the rural economy as well as housing and infrastructure. The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) president Pankaj Patel described the budget as “directionally correct and fiscally[Read More…]
Supreme court lawyer ‘manhandled’ in Delhi
An apex court lawyer, Aman Pawar, and legal affairs in-charge of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee was allegedly “manhandled” in south Delhi’s Shahpur Jat after he tried to stop five youths, who were drinking in public and eve teasing women. Police said the accused were sitting in two cars at[Read More…]
3 killed in a blast in Bhatinda at a Congress poll rally
Two persons and a minor girl were killed while 15 others injured in an explosion in a car at the site of an election meeting Tuesday in Bathinda district of Punjab. Police said a pressure cooker had been recovered from the site which had been cordoned off by BSF personnel. There[Read More…]
Woman raped in a moving car in Delhi
A 21-year-old woman has been allegedly raped her “friend” and “molested by two others”, on Monday night inside a moving car in southeast Delhi’s Amar Colony. The victim is a resident of Jharkhand and had lodged a case was and all the accused were arrested from their residences. They were[Read More…]
Expect a 7% rise in train fares in the coming fiscal year
The railways might hike their passenger fares to around seven in order to be effective in the next fiscal year, as per the statements of financial projections in the Rail Budget, now merged with the General Budget to be presented on Wednesday. The announcement of an increase of fares is[Read More…]
RSS-BJP alliance dim over UP elections
There is an undercurrent of conflict between BJP and the RSS over the allocation of tickets in Uttar Pradesh. Effigies of party national president Amit Shah and state chief Keshav Prasad Maurya have been burned in Lucknow where he recently visited. As per inside stories, this is the first time that there[Read More…]
Need a credible crackdown on Hafiz Saeed: India to Pakistan
A day after Pakistan said Hafiz Saeed, mastermind of 26/11 attacks in Mumbai, has been placed under house arrest, the government has said that more needs to be done by Islamabad if it wants to prove its commitment to fighting terrorism. “Exercises such as yesterday’s orders against Hafiz Saeed and[Read More…]
