New Delhi, 1/3: India on Friday sealed five major defence acquisition contracts worth Rs 39,125 crore including procurement of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, radars, weapon systems and aero-engines for MiG-29 jets as part of efforts to boost the combat capabilities. The mega procurement projects were firmed up amid India’s lingering border row with China in…

Bhubaneswar, 1/3: : Youth Congress supporters hurled tomatoes and eggs at Odisha police after they were prevented from marching towards Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s residence during a protest rally against ‘unemployment’ and ‘corruption’ here on Friday. Led by their national president B V Srinivas, hundreds of youth Congress supporters participated in the Naveen Hatao, Odisha…

Mumbai, 1/3: Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) imposed Rs 5.49 crore penalty on Paytm Payments Bank for money laundering, PTI quoted the ministry of finance as saying.

Bhubaneswar ,1/3:PM Narendra Modi to arrive in Bhubaneswar on 5th March in the afternoon   Arrangements for the PM’s visit were reviewed by Chief Secy & DGP at a high-level meeting today   After landing at airport PM will proceed to Chandikhol in a helicopter where he will lay foundation stones & inaugurate various projects…

Bengaluru, 1/3: At least four people, including a woman, were injured after a minor blast was reported at Bengaluru’s popular The Rameshwaram Cafe in Whitefield’s Brookefield area on Friday. Well-placed sources in the fire and emergency department told DH that the injured included a woman customer and three cleaning staff and the blast likely occurred…

New Delhi, 1/3: To prepare its first list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, the Central Election Committee of the BJP, the party’s highest election authority, met at the party headquarters in Delhi on Thursday. PM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah party president J P Nadda and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh were…

Kolkata, 1/3:Former Congress leader Kaustav Bagchi, who had resigned from the party a day before, joined the BJP on Thursday and vowed to fight against the TMC regime in the state.”Today, we are happy to welcome Kaustav Bagchi in the BJP,” party leader Suvendu Adhikari said at a programme here. West Bengal BJP president Sukanta…

Dhaka, 1/3: A massive fire that raced through a six-storey building overnight in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka has killed at least 43 people and injured dozens, the country’s health minister said. The fire originated in a popular biryani restaurant in Dhaka’s Bailey Road late on Thursday and quickly spread to other floors, fire service officials said….

Bhopal,29/2:The BJP, which has consistently failed to win the Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat, the bastion of Congress veteran Kamal Nath in Madhya Pradesh, is making all out efforts this time to bag it, and set the target of inducting 50,000 workers from the rival party. Kamal Nath held the Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat as many…