The Indian Army on Monday evening killed two Pakistani troopers in a counter offensive strike on the LoC in Kashmir’s Uri sector to foil a Border Action Team (BAT) attack from the Pakistani side. Defence sources said in Srinagar on Tuesday: “Special forces of the army targetted the Pakistani troopers along the Uri LoC (Line […]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday evening sought an explanation from a woman minister in his government after her pictures inaugurating a beer bar in the state capital went viral in the social media. Pictures show Minister of State for Women Welfare Swati Singh — accompanied by two senior IPS officers Gaurav Pandey […]
India’s first three cases of Zika virus infection were reported from Ahmedabad between February 2016 and January 2017, but the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), which takes preventive and curative measures in the city, was unaware of this till a World Health Organisation (WHO) report became public on May 26. What is more, as it has […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attended a private dinner hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel soon after he arrived in Berlin on a two-day visit to Germany. “The bonds of a fruitful partnership. Chancellor Merkel receives PM @narendramodi at Schloss Meseberg before a private dinner,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay tweeted along […]
Search and rescue teams on Tuesday found a blood stained shoe, half-burnt PAN card and a wallet of one of the two pilots of the IAF’s Sukhoi-30 fighter jet that crashed near the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border last week, officials said. The teams comprising Indian Army, Indian Air Force and civil administration personnel had recovered the […]
Senior BJP leaders L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Union Minister Uma Bharati will appear before a special CBI court on Tuesday where charges will be framed against them for their alleged role in the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992. Charges would also be framed against Sadhwi Ritambhara, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Vinay Katiyar and […]
The Indian equity markets traded on a flat-to-positive note during the early morning trade session on Tuesday, as gains were capped by broadly negative Asian markets, along with a weak rupee. However, market observers pointed out that healthy buying was witnessed by the banking, auto and FMCG stocks. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex), was trading […]
HP India, in collaboration with KPMG, on Monday launched a secure and affordable invoicing platform called “GST Solution” to help millions of traders and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) move seamlessly to the new GST regime. “GST Solution” has the capability to support users to file all their transactions as per the new tax […]
The Bahujan Samaj Party’s problems were further compounded the Uttar Pradesh Vigilance Department filing a chargesheet against its state unit chief Ram Achal Rajbhar, in a Rs 4 crore disproportionate assets (DA) case, an official said on Monday. The final chargesheet report is with the Yogi Adityanath government, the official added. Once the state government […]
Light rain and cold winds brought relief from the heat in the national capital on Monday morning. The minimum temperature settled at 24 degrees Celsius, four notches below the season’s average. The city received 7.8 mm rain in the last 24 hours, the Met office said. An official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said […]