Atleast three people were killed after police opened fire to quell a mob that went on a rampage irked over a social media post allegedly put out by a Congress legislator’s relative, as a city locality witnessed arson and violence. Scores of persons, including around 50 policemen, were injured in the violence that erupted on […]
Two light combat helicopters, produced by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, have been deployed in the Ladakh sector to support the Indian Air Force at short notice amid the border row with China along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), HAL said in a statement on Wednesday. “It is the lightest attack helicopter in the world designed […]
We will (hopefully) have GDP statistics for the April-June quarter by the end of this month. There is complete unanimity that the June quarter will see an economic contraction vis-a-vis last year. India was under a strict lockdown for most of this period (two of the three months, with lockdowns continuing for longer in some […]
BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj has given a written complaint to the police claiming that he has received calls from a Pakistan number threatening to kill him in a bomb blast. In the complaint to inspector in-charge of Sadar Kotwali, Dinesh Chandra Mishra, the MP from Unnao said that he got two phone calls from some […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday is holding consultations with chief ministers of around 10 states on the coronavirus situation. Chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Punjab, Bihar, Gujarat, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh have been invited for the virtual meet. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is also present in the […]
Several Congress leaders “welcomed back” Sachin Pilot on Tuesday after the former Rajasthan deputy chief minister’s meeting with Rahul Gandhi that signalled an “amicable resolution” of nearly a month-long political crisis in the state. Soon after his patch-up talks with senior Congress leaders, Pilot on Monday night said he has never hankered after posts and his was […]
New Delhi: COVID-19 cases in India dipped below 55,000 in a single day on Tuesday after the country recorded over 60,000 cases daily for four days on the trot, according to the Union Health Ministry data. With the fresh cases, India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 22.68 lakh, while the recoveries have surged to 15,83,489, pushing the […]
A day after DMK MP Kanimozhi said that a CISF officer questioned her nationality when she asked the woman official to speak in Tamil or English at the Chennai airport, Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram claimed he had also experienced similar taunts from government officers. Taking to Twitter, Chidambaram said whatever happened […]
Ahead of the crucial Rajasthan assembly session from August 14, rebel Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday met party leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the former’s residence in New Delhi, amidst indications of a possible breakthrough. Although there is no confirmation regarding what was discussed in the meeting between the three leaders, Rahul […]
India has decided to upgrade its diplomatic presence at the United Nations in preparation for taking over as a non-permanent member of the Security Council in January 2021 with an additional deputy permanent representative (DPR) and a counsellor appointed to handle the UNSC matters. External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will personally review India’s stint at […]