Congress cadre base in J&K is dwindling

Congress faces challenges expanding in Jammu and...

The unlikely heroes of India’s electric vehicles revolution

Ten years ago, India’s streets were filled...

Jharkhand HC asks ED to file reply to bail plea by Puja Singhal

New Delhi: The Jharkhand High Court has...

Abhinandan Mishra

Icelander sues Indian embassy for ‘racial slur’, non-payment of dues

New Delhi: The Indian embassy at Iceland has been served with a legal suit by a local citizen on allegations that the former Ambassador,...

Vijayvargiya missing in action in Bengal

‘The national leadership is not interested in the state and Vijayvargiya is just waiting to be relieved of his present responsibility’.   New Delhi: Central observer...

INTUC dispute drags on in spite of Sonia Gandhi intervention

In UP, the INTUC had a formidable presence, which has eroded due to factionalism.   New Delhi: Despite Congress president Sonia Gandhi personally intervening and setting...

Arrest of professor in New York shows extent of Chinese MSS infiltration

Shujun Wang used his position as a ‘pro-democracy’ individual to collect information on Chinese dissidents to be passed on to MSS. New Delhi: In a...

Priti Patel’s UK Home Office turns saviour for fugitive Vijay Mallya

New Delhi: United Kingdom’s Home Office, led by Secretary Priti Patel since July 2019, has emerged as the surprise saviour of absconding Indian businessman...

Are US drones using Pakistan airspace, soil?

The Tehreek-E-Taliban Pakistan, which is engaged in a fierce battle with the Pakistan army, is likely being targeted by US drones.   The Tehreek-E-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which...

Jharkhand IAS officer Pooja Singhal got plum postings, lied to DoPT

New Delhi: The annual statement of immovable property that was filed by disgraced Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer of 2000 Jharkhand batch, Pooja Singhal,  on...

India doesn’t need certificate on inclusive progress: Mukhtar Naqvi

Our work speaks louder than words, says the Minister for Minority Affairs in the Narendra Modi government; says that the Modi government is working...

Internal rift in Bihar BJP May be settled in Jaipur

Three-day gathering in Jaipur will be virtually addressed by PM Narendra Modi.   New Delhi: The three-day meet of BJP functionaries scheduled for 19-21 May in...

Will the Pakistan army witness an internal coup?

NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Army is witnessing significant divisions within its ranks, with the present Chief of Army Staff Qamar Javed Bajwa on one...

PM Kisan plan benefits 44 crore individuals, 11 crore families

NEW DELHI: In the period between De- cember 2018 and March 2019, which included the first three months of the ambitious Pradhan Mantri Kisan...

Tejashwi woos Forward castes, worry in BJP camp

‘The BJP has focused on bringing the Yadav and OBC vote banks into its fold’.   NEW DELHI: The Forward castes in Bihar, which since the...

Russia fights ‘US’ weapons in Ukraine, China puts off Taiwan takeover plans

New Delhi: On Friday, when US secretary of state Anthony Blinken announced $150 million worth of military assistance to Ukraine, it was the ninth...

Paresh Baruah’s ULFA on its last leg

NEW DELHI: On Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing a “peace, unity and development” rally in Diphu, Karbi Anglong district of Assam, said...

Nityanand Rai’s ‘insult’ of Nitish Mishra widens BJP’s fault lines in Bihar

NEW DELHI: The public insult meted out to senior Bihar BJP state vice president Nitish Mishra by his party colleague Nityanand Rai, Union minister...

BJP won’t have CM face in Chhattisgarh, Brijmohan to lead campaign

Brijmohan Agarwal is favoured by grassroots workers due to his easy accessibility.   NEW DELHI: A two-day meeting between the BJP leaders from Chhattisgarh and senior...

Kishor’s possible Congress entry generates internal dissent

New Delhi: The Congress high command may have sought the help of “political aide” Prashant Kishor in a “last ditch attempt” to ensure that...

Pak passes off as TTP cadre the women and children it killed in Afghanistan

New Delhi: At least 60 people, including women and children, died in the airstrikes carried out by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in the districts...

India-hating USCIRF seeks to poison India’s ties with US

Independent observers point to the similarity in USCIRF’s India ‘findings’ with the propaganda spread by groups and individuals known to be working for Pakistan.   New...

Arrested BrahMos scientist’s family hopes for bail

Arrested on charges of sharing sensitive information with ‘foreign handlers’, HC is set to hear his plea soon.   New Delhi: On 8 October 2018, in...

Army officers’ WhatsApp group compromised, information leaked

A group member changed the number he was using for WhatsApp, letting adversaries covertly enter the group.   New Delhi: A recent incident of leaking of...

CCI probe reveals presence of cartels in deciding railway contracts

New Delhi: On 4 April, the Competition Commission of India (CCI)—while penalising 11 companies that used to indulge in cartelisation to secure Indian Railways...

BJP looking at getting its first Bihar Chief Minister

New Delhi: Bihar is likely to have its first BJP Chief Minister, with former JDU president and present Chief Minister Nitish Kumar moving to...

ABG scam: SBI refuses to give details of its officers ‘involved’

New Delhi: India’s largest public bank, the State Bank of India (SBI), which is in the eye of a storm due to the Rs...

New R&AW, IB chiefs to be announced soon

New Delhi: India’s external and internal intelligence gathering agencies, the Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) respectively, are going to...

BJP’s parliamentary board to see new inductions after 8 years

Out of the total stipulated 11-member parliamentary board, four seats are vacant.   New Delhi: The BJP’s Parliamentary Board, the highest body of the organization and...

Former TTP commander, who led a GHQ death squad, critically injured

New Delhi: A former high-ranking commander of Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) Pakistan, who is the younger brother of former TTP chief, Hakimullah Mehsud and was working...

Imran’s 43-month tenure a story of colossal disappointment

None of the issues Imran invested heavily in was able to attain either the stated strategic objective or establish Khan’s credentials as a ‘naya...

Xi stares at write-off of PRC’s investments in Pak, Lanka

New Delhi: The ongoing economic and political turmoil in Pakistan and Sri Lanka is going to hurt severely the $150 billion investment made by...

Raje to lead BJP’s campaign in Rajasthan

‘While PM Modi will be the face of the party’s campaign in the state, it will be Raje who will be the undeclared CM...

Global sports firm reports ex-BCCI board member for ‘FEMA violations’

New Delhi: A California-based sports management company, which has Elon Musk as one of its directors, in its latest filing with US Securities and...

Pak GHQ, China, US turn against Imran Khan

If Khan had continued as Pak PM, Gen Bajwa might have been removed before his term ended to facilitate the appointment of Faiz Hameed...

Strategic China-Kathmandu rail line to gather speed post Wang Yi’s visit

The project is strategically important for the Chinese and has slowed down in recent times. New Delhi: The recent meeting between Chinese foreign minister Wang...

War in Ukraine delays Russian projects in India

Not just defence manufacturing and procurement, but other sectors like nuclear and thermal power plants and fertilizers have been hit.   New Delhi: The ongoing war...

Taliban shows it is unchanged, bans girls from schools

New Delhi: The Taliban administration’s decision to ban girl students from class VII onwards from attending classes in Afghanistan has raised serious concerns not...

Pakistan’s OIC narrative ‘succeeds’ on paper but fails on ground

New Delhi: The joint declaration of the 48th session of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), a two-day affair that concluded in Islamabad, Pakistan,...

High courts grapple with fewer judges, rising pending cases

High Courts across India are functioning with a massive 37% of the total posts of sanctioned HC judges lying vacant.   New Delhi: Despite the Government...

AAP emerges as alternative to Congress in Hindi belt

Many Congress leaders are weighing the option of moving to AAP and emerge as regional satraps in their respective states.   New Delhi: The Congress is...

How BJP overcame challenges to sweep UP

New Delhi: Strategists of the Bharatiya Janata Party had realised by May 2021 that they were fighting a strong anti-incumbency in Uttar Pradesh. This...

CISF’s annual media meet not held for three years in a row

New Delhi: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) had held its last annual press conference in March 2019 on the occasion of its 50th...

‘50% of BJP tickets in UP were given to OBCs, SCs’

‘Party gave tickets to 102 OBC candidates spread across 19 castes, and 83 Schedule Caste candidates spread across 14 castes’.   New Delhi: The BJP, which...

US lawmakers want Pak designated as state sponsor of terror

New Delhi: The United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs will deliberate on a bill that seeks to designate Pakistan as a state sponsor...

Nadda emerges stronger after BJP’s win in four states

New Delhi: The four-one election results declared on Thursday in favour of the BJP—the first significant electoral exercise that the BJP fought under its...

Pak fails to intercept India’s missile, unease in GHQ

New Delhi: The “accidental firing” of an unarmed BrahMos supersonic missile by India that was caused by a “technical malfunction” in “course of a...

RLD fails to breach its vote share ceiling

The party has not crossed the 4% vote share mark since its inception.   New Delhi: The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), which was widely expected to...

‘Preserving Ganga is a continuous exercise, Yamuna next focus’

Director, Namami Gange, says that to ensure Ganga remains clean is a collective responsibility of the people.   NEW DELHI: G. Asok Kumar, the Director General...

Congress will move new MLAs to Chhattisgarh, Punjab post 10 March

New Delhi: The Indian National Congress will be moving its winning Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) from Uttarakhand and Punjab to Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan...

‘India urgently needs a body to counter Sino-Pak information warfare’

New Delhi: Defence, strategic experts and intelligence agencies have called for the establishment of a specialised body to take offensive and defensive steps in...

‘Future’ Pak COAS pushes for talks with TTP without any result

TTP has refused to announce a ceasefire and is pushing for the talks at an international or a larger national platform New Delhi: Former chief...

CBI setting up specialised unit to track bank crimes, criminals

New Delhi: In the wake of large-scale bank frauds that the country has seen in the last few years, the Central Bureau of Investigation...

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