Jammu, Sep 18 (IANS) Seventeen soldiers were killed in an audacious militant attack on army camp in Uri in Jammu and Kashmir early on Sunday that also left four terrorists dead, military officials said. Over…
Chennai, Sep 18 (IANS) The iconic 2.1-km Pambam railway bridge connecting the Indian mainland and Rameswaram island will soon get a complete make-over, a senior railway official said. The 1914-built cantilever railway bridge that opens…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Army chief General Dalbir Singh will on Sunday visit the army camp in Jammu and Kashmir where an audacious militant attack left 17 soldiers dead….
By Sahana Ghosh Kolkata, Sep 18 (IANS) Wastage of mangoes cultivated in India, the world’s top producer, due to flawed post-harvest practices can be countered by tweaking certain genes in the “King of Fruits”, say…
Srinagar, Sep 18 (IANS) Seventeen soldiers and four militants were killed on Sunday during an attack on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri town, defence officials said. According to the officials, the gunfight…
By Vikas Datta Title: Network18 – The Audacious Story of a Start-up that Became a Media Empire; Author: Indira Kannan; Publisher: Portfolio Penguin; Pages: 352; Price: Rs 699 It was a start-up, even before the…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Without naming Pakistan, India used the foremost South-South cooperation forum to take action against terrorism and called for support to New Delhi’s initiative of the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism…
Srinagar, Sep 18 (IANS) Two soldiers and four militants were killed on Sunday during an attack in an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri town, said defence sources. Colonel S.D. Goswami, spokesman of the…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy Sunday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 26 degrees Celsius, one notch above the season’s average, the weather office said. The maximum temperature…
New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday postponed his visit to the US and Russia over the present unrest in Jammu and Kashmir and asked officials to closely monitor the…
By Vikas Datta There is one country that has militarily defeated the US — and that too on its own soil — stolen a march on both the US and USSR in space travel, severely…
Srinagar, Sep 18 (IANS) Two soldiers were killed and six others injured when militants attacked an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri town on Sunday morning, said defence sources. The sources said the six…
Srinagar, Sep 18 (IANS) Militants attacked army’s brigade headquarters in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri town on Sunday morning. Police said militants, whom number and identity was yet unknown, attacked the headquarters of the 12 Brigade…
Panaji, Sep 17 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s tongue may have stretched because of his constant criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Saturday. “In Delhi, 36 or 40…
Kolkata, Sep 17 (IANS) Former West Bengal Pradesh Congress chief Manas Bhunia, now a dissident leader, is likely to join the ruling Trinamool Congress on Monday, a senior ruling party leader said. Bhunia, who has…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) A complaint was filed against AAP legislator Sarita Singh for taking a bribe of Rs 9 lakh from party workers on the pretext of providing them government jobs, police said…
Kolkata, Sep 17 (IANS) Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar will be conferred the “Bangabibhushan” award by the West Bengal government in recognition of her contribution to Bengali songs, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here on Saturday….
Bhubaneswar, Sep 17 (IANS) The Odisha government is mulling to approach the Supreme Court for setting up of a tribunal under the law on inter-state water disputes to resolve the Mahanadi dispute with Chhattisgarh, an…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) It was a partly cloudy day here on Saturday with the maximum temperature settling at 35.6 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, the Met Office said and forecast…
New Delhi, Sep 17 (IANS) The BJP and the Congress on Saturday attacked Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal government for violating the Supreme Court guidelines and spending taxpayers’ money on advertisements after a panel set up by…