Heavy rains, thunderstorm lash Mumbai
MUMBAI: Diwali shopping of several Mumbaikars went for a toss as heavy rains lashed many parts of the city on Sunday. The rains were accompanied with loud thunder and lightning as well. Earlier in the day, Thane had also witnessed showers for a couple of minutes. However, by the evening, dark clouds had developed with rains […]
China delays ambitious high-speed train project in India, Doklam standoff cited as possible reason
An ambitious high-speed train project in south India has been delayed after Chinese railways, that completed a feasibility study a year ago, did not respond, railway officials have said, suggesting that the “lack of response” may be due to the Dokalam standoff. An internal brief of the Mobility Directorate on the status of nine high-speed […]
Narendra Modi pitches development, GST in poll-bound Gujarat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his two day visit to poll bound Gujarat on Saturday and inaugurated a series of projects while underlining the Bharatiya Janata Party’s agenda of development that has become a major campaign issue in the PM’s home state. Speaking at a function in Chotila in Surendranagar district where he laid the […]
Govt revokes 36-year-old protocol to end VIP culture in Indian Railways
The railway ministry has asked its senior staff to slug it out – at home and at work – as part of steps to end the VIP culture in India’s national transporter. In an unprecedented move, the ministry has brought to an end a 36-year-old protocol where it was mandatory for general managers to present […]
‘I’ve been removed repeatedly but you keep bringing me back,’ says re-elected PML-N head Nawaz
Ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif was elected the president of PML-N unopposed on Tuesday, reclaiming his position as the head of his namesake party. Addressing a gathering of charged party members at the Convention Centre in Islamabad, Nawaz Sharif said his supporters kept reelecting him to power despite his ousters from the office. Click here […]
Lalu Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav to appear before CBI on 5, 6 October
New Delhi: The CBI on Tuesday asked Rashtraiya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad Yadav and his son Tejashwi Yadav to appear before it for questioning on 5 and 6 October in an alleged corruption case after both leaders expressed their inability to appear on given dates, people in the agency said. They said Yadav and […]
Gujarat elections 2017: Clear path for the BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got 60% of votes and won all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat in the 2014 general elections. Things have not been smooth for the party in the post-2014 phase though. Patidars, an influential social group, started an agitation demanding reservation in government jobs and education in mid-2015. A […]
37 Indian scientists co-authors of gravitational waves discovery paper
PUNE: As many as 37 Indian scientists from nine institutes, including Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) here, were co-authors of the gravitational waves discovery paper — awarded the Nobel prize in Physics on Tuesday. Rainer Weiss, Barry C Barish and Kip S Thorne were named for the award for their decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation […]
Ambala, Hasimara IAF bases being readied for Rafale jets
The Indian Air Force has initiated major infrastructure upgrade at its frontline base here for deployment of the first squadron of the Rafale jets which will give India greater “potency” over Pakistan as these will be capable of carrying nuclear weapons and other missiles. The government has already sanctioned Rs 220 crore to set up 14 […]
Fresh floods hit Assam- more than 78,000 people affected
A fresh wave of floods has hit Assam, submerging five districts and affecting 78,275 people, an official said today. The north-eastern state, which was recuperating after several rounds of floods this year, again saw 306 acres of land submerged in the fresh wave. Nearly 16,000 animals and poultry had also been affected, added the Assam […]
Army inflicts ‘heavy casualties’ on Naga militants along Indo-Myanmar border, denies it was surgical strike
Several militants believed to be of the Khaplang faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-K) were killed in an early morning gunfight along the Indo-Myanmar border, the Indian Army said on Wednesday. The firefight that began around 4:45am lasted few hours and as per an army statement “a large number of casualties were […]
Narendra Modi promotes khadi as ‘Mann ki Baat’ completes three years
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to support the growth of the khadi sector, which would help the poor of the country. In his 36th monthly radio address, Modi said people have come forward to promote khadi and strengthen the Swachh Bharat initiative. Click here to read more… Credit: .livemint.com
Pak nukes hidden at nine places, at risk of being stolen by terrorists
NEW DELHI: Pakistan PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi last week yet again flaunted+ his country’s tactical or nonstrategic nuclear weapons, saying they were meant to deter the Indian Army’s ‘cold start’ doctrine. While Abbasi declared that Pakistan’s nuclear assets, including the tactical nukes, were under a robust command-and-control system, the short-range weapons meant to be used early in a conventional conflict with […]
Pak left red-faced at UN as envoy goofs up on picture
NEW DELHI: In its zeal to rebuff India’s scathing indictment of Islamabad’s terror policy, Pakistan only managed to embarrass itself at the UN as it displayed a wrong picture of a purported Kashmiri pellet gun victim. The photograph flashed by Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN, Maleeha Lodhi, turned out to be that of a 17-year-old Palestinian girl, […]
Torrential rain batters Kerala; educational institutions to remain shut tomorrow
Torrential rainfall lashed Kerala on Sunday, resulting in widespread damage, landslides and waterlogging in various parts of the state. Very heavy rainfall has been predicted in few places of Kerala and heavy showers in Lakshadweep for two days, according to officials of India Meteorological department. High range Idukki and coastal Alappuzha district also witnessed relentless downpour, […]
Medha Patkar suspends Jal Satyagrah as water level stops rising
Hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modiinaugurated the Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat, Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar on Sunday suspended the Jal Satyagrah she had started with women affected by the project here on Friday. The NBA had called for an indefinite Jal Satyagrah, announcing that Patkar and the other women would prefer to […]
The bullet train route, mostly overhead, a stretch undersea
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe set to lay the foundation stone Thursday for the bullet train project, whose deadline has been advanced by a year to 2022, the High Speed Rail Corporation of India (HSRC) is waiting for the final nod to its detailed project report on the route, which will include […]
Can’t litter our country and say Vande Mataram: Narendra Modi
India isn’t the kind of place where people should be told what to eat and what not to, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday. Modi was channelling Swami Vivekananda, who once spoke of “religion getting into the kitchen”, only apt since he was addressing a students’ convention on the occasion of Deendayal Upadhyay centenary […]
Situation in violence-hit areas of Jaipur tense but under control
The situation today remained tense but under control even as curfew was extended till Monday 4 am in the areas here that were affected by violence on Friday night. No relaxation in curfew was provided considering the law and order situation in Ramganj and its adjoining areas, a police official said. Curfew was clamped in […]
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman flags-off all-women crew of Navika Sagar Parikrama from Panaji
Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday flagged off the all-women team of the ‘Navika Sagar Parikrama’ in Panaji, Goa, just a week after she stepped into her new role. At the ceremony, she said, “Great honour to flag off an all women Sagar Parikrama crew just 8 days after swearing in.” The crew of […]
