New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS) Outgoing Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday congratulated veteran leader Mallikarjun Kharge on winning the party presidential polls with a huge margin. Kharge, the first non-Gandhi president in over two decades, was declared winner after he garnered 7,897 votes against his rival Shashi Tharoor who could secure only 1,072. A total […]
Itanagar, Oct 19 (IANS) The Indian Army is celebrating the diamond jubilee of the battle of Walong, a shining example of unparalleled bravery, guts and sacrifice by the soldiers who fought the Chinese onslaught in 1962. The month-long celebration was inaugurated by General Officer Commanding (GOC), Spear Corps, in the easternmost location of India at Walong […]
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) The ongoing Diwali festival season is all set to bring cheers for the trading community of the country as it is expected that there will be fresh infusion of about Rs 2.5 lakh crore in the markets by way of shopping and sale of goods and usage of services, said the […]
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has claimed that members of Popular Front of India (PFI) had allegedly collected a large amount of cash to the tune of Rs 120 crore to carry out attacks on important personalities. ED sources claimed that Prime Minister Narender Modi was also on the radar of PFI, […]
New Delhi, Sep (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday called on Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo. He was received very warmly by El-Sisi who pointed out that relations between India and Egypt are well-established through history, and expressed appreciation that military-to-military cooperation between both countries has reached a new level and that signing […]
Chandigarh, Sep 18 (IANS) The prime accused in the Chandigarh University video leak row was arrested from the Himachal Pradesh capital on Sunday, police said. Chandigarh University in Punjab’s Mohali district has been witnessing strong student protests since Saturday night after it was reported that a woman student leaked obscene videos of several occupants of the […]
United Nations, Sep 18 India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is arriving in New York on Sunday for the high-level meeting of the General Assembly with a packed agenda of over 50 meetings at various levels. With Prime Minister Narendra Modi skipping this year’s summit, he is scheduled to deliver on Saturday India’s address to […]
Mumbai, Sep 12 The All-India Senior Selection Committee met on Monday to pick India’s squads for the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in Australia and for the T20I series against Australia and South Africa at home. India squad for ICC T20 World Cup: Rohit Sharma (Captain), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak […]
New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Many people on Sunday thronged the Kartavya Path and were seen clicking pictures. The Central Vista was opened for public after the recent inauguration of Kartavya Path, formerly known as Rajpath. On Sunday, on the occasion of holiday, tourists from far and wide along with their families visited the Kartavya Path […]
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated the Central Vista corridor, which has been renamed as Kartavya Path. He also unveiled the statue of Subhash Chandra Bose installed behind India Gate and described it as a historic occasion when the country has done away with relics of the Colonial past. Bose’s […]