Jammu, 7/8: Three Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed and 15 injured when a vehicle carrying them skidded off the road and rolled down into a nallah in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Thursday, officials said. The incident took place around 10:30 am in the Kadwa area when the personnel were returning…

New Delhi, 7/8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi may attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s summit in China on August 31 and September 1, even as uncertainty looms large over President Donald Trump’s visit to India for the summit of the Quad, given the stress in ties.   Modi was expected to host Trump and other leaders…

New Delhi, 7/8: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea filed by Justice Yashwant Varma, indicted by an in-house inquiry report over the cash discovery row, questioning the validity of actions initiated against him, including the recommendation for his removal. Holding that the in-house procedure enjoyed legal sanctity and is not a parallel or…

New Delhi, 7/8: India’s largest IT services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) informed employees that it will roll-out wage hikes for about 80 per cent of workforce, covering mid to junior levels. The wage hikes comes at a time when TCS is set to lay off about 12,000 employees this year. The wage hikes will…

New Delhi, 7/8: The Election Commission issued a notification on Thursday for the September 9 election to the vice president’s post, kickstarting the nomination process. According to the notification, August 21 is the last date for filing nominations, while the documents will be scrutinised on August 22. August 25 is the last date to withdraw…

Washington DC, 6/8: United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order to impose additional 25% tariff on India, making it a total of 50%. Earlier, on Tuesday the US President had said India has not been a good trading partner and announced that he will raise the tariffs on New Delhi “very…

New Delhi, 6/8: Opposition on Wednesday cited Jagdeep Dhankhar’s ruling and previous instances of debates on electoral issues in Parliament to insist on a discussion on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls even as the government once again made it clear that it cannot take place owing to constraints put by rules as also…

Jhargram, 6/8: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission (EC) for suspending four state government officers and a data entry operator over alleged lapses in preparing the electoral rolls,questioning the legality of the move and accusing the poll panel of acting at the behest of the…