Media reports stated that some of the topics covered in the Major General-level talks between India and China at Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) and Chushul included mutually agreeing that no new posts are built in close proximity to the Line of Actual...
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2nd Oct 2023 | Updated at 07:54am 2nd Oct 2023
Situation at LAC in eastern Ladakh very fragile, dangerous: Jaishankar
The situation along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh remains “very fragile” and “quite dangerous” in terms of military assessment, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, in a significant choice of words that underlines...
Ukraine issue splits G20 ministers, joint statement eludes meet
The G20 foreign ministers' meeting ended with a chair summary and outcome document rather than a joint communique, as foreign minister S Jaishankar put it, extremely polarised views on the Ukraine issue, even though there was significant "meeting...
Isro hits another milestone as SSLV puts 3 satellites in space
With the successful launch of the SSLV-D2, Isro's newest and smallest commercial rocket, the SSLV, joined the market for small satellite launch services globally. After failing to successfully orbit the satellites during its initial flight on...
India's defence sector ready for big leap, says PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said during the inauguration of Aero India's 14th edition that India's defence exports are on track to more than triple from the present $1. 5 billion to $5 billion by 2024–25, which is building a path from being...
TMC stands for 'terror, mafia, corruption': Nadda
Kolkata: Launching a frontal attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led regime in Bengal, BJP national president J P Nadda said that the time has come to bid farewell to the jungle raj of the TMC, which stands for ’Terror, Mafia, Corruption’.
Encroachment row: Didi gives Amartya Sen land deed
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday handed over land record documents of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s residence in Santiniketan to the celebrated economist, dismissing the claims of the current Visva-Bharati dispensation that he was illegally...
Vibrant Gujarat roadshow held in Mumbai
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani held a roadshow in Mumbai on November 26, for the ninth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019
Manchester airport delivers major boost to north with new Mumbai connection
Jet Airways’ five-times-a-week service from Manchester to Mumbai took for the first time this morning, at a celebration attended by Aviation Minister, Baroness Liz Sugg and hundreds of guests from across the region.
NCP leader Sharad Pawar made a U-turn, telling media in Satara, Maharashtra, that Ajit Pawar would not be given another chance to "correct his mistake of going against the party's policies" by allying with the BJP. This was in sharp contrast...
A powerful blast at an illegal firecracker factory - nestled in congested Duttapukur in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal - ripped through more than a dozen houses, killing seven people and injuring at least a dozen others, as the explosion...
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate said searches conducted last week in Kolkata found alleged links of Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, CM Mamata Banerjee’s nephew, with a company involved in laundering the proceeds of crime in the...
The Haryana government will reserve 20 per cent quota for SC employees in all promotions in groups A and B across state government departments, CM Manohar Lal Khattar said in the state assembly. The decision is part of a strategy aimed at enhancing...
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann accused governor Banwarilal Purohit on Saturday of “conspiring to seize power by issuing threats to oust the elected government”, a response to the governor’s threat to apprise the President of...
Nuh/Gurgaon: Heavy police presence, intense security checks and an undeclared curfew turned Nuh into a fortress and ensured peace was not disrupted on Monday, when right-wing outfits backed by the VHP had pledged to resume the Brij Mandal Jalabhishek...
In a yet another extraordinary stroke, the Madras high court has decided to conduct a suo motu revision of the discharge of two more DMK ministers - Thangam Thennarasu and KKSSR Ramachandran -from disproportionate assets cases against them.
With Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah authorising a fact-check unit in Karnataka, the IT-BT department has already begun the process of drawing up SOP to identify and label posts and reports on social and conventional media as fake.
Madurai: Ten pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh were killed and 20 others injured when a private train coach caught fire about 1km from Madurai junction in Tamil Nadu last week. Railway authorities said the fire is suspected to have originated from...
