Jammu, 2/4: Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire by resorting to unprovoked firing after a mine exploded along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said on Wednesday. He said the Indian army responded “effectively” to the ceasefire violation and continues to dominate the LoC where the situation…
Deesa, 2/4: A forensic investigation has confirmed that the presence of aluminium powder, one of the ingredients to make firecrackers, caused the huge explosion and blaze which ripped through the warehouse near Deesa town in Gujarat killing 21 persons a day ago. Apart from aluminium powder, a team from the forensic science laboratory (FSL) also…
New Delhi, 2/4: In mid-March, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had raided eight locations linked to three Bengaluru-based companies that received funds from the US nonprofit Open Society Foundations (OSF), which is backed by US billionaire George Soros, in alleged contravention of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) rules. The raids in March came after OSF transferred…
Washington, 2/4: The White House confirmed on Tuesday that President Donald Trump will impose new tariffs on Wednesday, though it provided no details about the size and scope of trade barriers that have businesses, consumers and investors fretting about an intensifying global trade war. Trump has for weeks trumpeted April 2 as a “Liberation Day”…
Bengaluru, 1/4: The diesel prices in Karnataka is set to go up by Rs 2 per litre after the state government hiked the sales tax on diesel by 3 per cent. The increase in price will come into effect immediately
New Delhi, 1/4: Podcaster Ranveer Allahbadia on Tuesday filed an undertaking in the Supreme Court saying he would maintain decency in his shows. Senior advocate Abhinav Chandrachud informed a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh that his client had filed an undertaking and joined the case’s investigation. Chandrachud sought a modification of…
Mumbai, 1/4: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday clarified that there is no rule in the party mandating that a person must retire after attaining the age of 75 even as Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut continues to raise the issue post the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh…
New Delhi, 1/4:In a major development,the reworked Waqf (Amendment) Bill is all set to be brought in the Lok Sabha for passage on Wednesday with a Parliamentary committee allocating eight hours for its discussion in a meeting that saw the Opposition walking out in protest. Sources said the government would prefer to get the Bill…
New Delhi, 29/3: For the first time, India and Sri Lanka are set to sign an ambitious defence cooperation pact during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Colombo next week, in a significant move that comes nearly four decades after the IPKF’s intervention in the island nation. The two sides are also likely to firm…
Sukma, 29/1: At least 16 Naxalites were killed, and two security personnel sustained injuries in an encounter in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on SaturdaThe gunfight broke out in the morning hours in a forest under the Kerlapal police station area where a joint team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, an official said….
