Ranchi,, 25/2: In a relief to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, the Supreme Court stayed the trail in money laundering case registered against the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supremo. A bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate on the plea of Soren…
Islamabad, 8/8: Pakistan will buy more electricity from neighbouring Iran, a finance ministry statement said on Tuesday. The decision was taken at an Economic Coordination Committee chaired by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. Energy-starved Pakistan already has contracts to purchase electricity from Tehran for its border regions, especially for China-backed development .
Kashmir, 1/11: Three Army personnel were injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Wednesday, officials said. The soldiers were patrolling Phagwari Gali area in Mendhar sector when the landmine got activated, the officials said quoting preliminary information. The injured were evacuated to a nearby…
Bhopal, 25/12: BJP leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya, Prahlad Patel, Vishwas Sarang and other party MLAs took oath on Monday amid Madhya Pradesh cabinet expansion in capital Bhopal. A total of 28 BJP leaders are taking oath as ministers.
Kolkata, 5/1: In West Bengal, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may get another setback. Recently, Union Minister Shantanu Thakur has left the WhatsApp group of Bengal BJP. Since his move, different political speculations have started being made. However, he has clarified that soon he will share information about his ‘future’ with the media. Some time…
London, 9/1: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh arrived in London on Monday for a three-day visit focusing on all aspects of the India-UK Defence Partnership and to hold high-level discussions covering a wide range of defence, security and industrial cooperation issues. Singh is accompanied by a Ministry of Defence delegation comprised of senior officials from the…
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Phase 1 of Navi Mumbai International Airport (NMIA) on Wednesday, which will be one of India’s most modern and eco-friendly airports. A new greenfield airport, spread over 1,160 hectares, is being developed at a cost of Rs 19,650 crore. The domestic flight operations are expected to commence in the…
Colombo, 15/7: Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Friday barred former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa from leaving the country till July 28. The order was passed by the apex court during the hearing of a petition filed by global civil society organisation Transparency International on the economic crisis…
Srinagar: Sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday started searches at 22 locations in five states including the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).The NIA conducted searches in Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh apart from J&K early in the morning. Officials said that the NIA has started searches at Budgam, Kulgam,…
New Delhi, 7/1: A video of former India skipper M S Dhoni smoking hookah has gone viral. Dhoni was attending a social gathering when the video was shot. Needless to say, it has caught the attention of ‘thalaiva’ fans and raised a few eyebrows.
