Indian Army Commanders’ Conference kicked off in New Delhi on Wednesday wherein discussion over China frontier in Sikkim, Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh would be done at great length. The conference was planned much before the tension with China in eastern Ladakh region. Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane is presiding over the conference. The top […]
The abetment to suicide case registered against Arnab Goswami and two others in 2018 that had been closed by Raigad police last year will now be re-investigated by the state CID, the Maharashtra government announced on Tuesday. State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said the CID will re-investigate the case based on a request by the […]
In the midst of escalating border tension between Indian and Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held a meeting with National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and the three service chiefs with a focus on bolstering India’s military preparedness to deal with external security […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday directed China’s armed forces to strengthen training of troops and to be ready for war amid coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic’s visible impact on the world’s most populous country’s national security. State media reports quoted the Chinese premier as saying that it was important to “comprehensively strengthen the training of […]
New Delhi: After nearly two months of political hibernation, young leader Kanhaiya Kumar held a press conference Tuesday along with Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani and some student leaders against the arrests made in connection with the Delhi riots that took place in February. Kumar raised questions over why the Delhi Police has been arresting activists […]
There are close to 10,000 soldiers of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on Indian territory, Business Standard quoting sources reported. The report noted that dialogue is frozen, with the Chinese rebuffing Indian calls for flag meetings to resolve the situation. “The most worrying situation is in the Galwan valley, where the PLA has crossed China’s own claim […]
The rate of infection of the coronavirus disease has been increasing in the country, an analysis of the infection data by Hindustan Times’ Hindi language publication Hindustan shows. Nearly 7,000 cases were reported on Monday, taking the overall tally to 1,38,845. The infection has been steadily rising in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi due to […]
Indian and Chinese troops remained engaged in an eyeball-to-eyeball situation in several disputed areas along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh, signalling that the confrontation could become the biggest military face-off after the Doklam episode in 2017. Top military sources said India has further increased its strength in Pangong Tso and Galwan Valley […]
OLDER children of Classes 9, 10, 11, and 12 are expected to be back in schools first as they are better able to comply with rules on masks and social distancing, The Indian Express has learned. The HRD Ministry is working with the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on devising basic guidelines for reopening of […]
The pending class 10 and 12 board exams will be conducted by CBSE at 15,000 centres across the country instead of 3,000 centres planned earlier, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ said on Monday. The exams, which were postponed due to a nationwide lockdown imposed on March 25 to contain the spread of COVID-19, will […]