Navtan Kumar

India close to signing third defence pact with US

New Delhi: There is increasing movement in the Indian establishment to sign the pending third foundational military pact with the United States in order...

‘Internal security situation improved in the last five years’

16 incidents of terrorist attacks in the hinterland between 2009 and 2014.   New Delhi: Even as India continues with its massive global campaign against the...

Lok Sabha election dates in first week of March

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India is likely to announce the dates for this year’s Lok Sabha elections in the first week of...

Moody’s unlikely to upgrade Yes Bank’s ‘stable’ ratings 

Moody’s has assessed that the downside risks to the bank’s credit profile have diminished.   Moody’s investor service has affirmed Yes Bank’s rating and changed the...

BJP working on alliance with AKALIS

BJP wooing Ezhava leaders in Kerala and Pawan Kalyan in Andhra.   New Delhi: After fixing alliances in Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata...

Ex cop alleges Bengal police used criminals to implicate her in false cases

New Delhi: Former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and now Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member, Bharati Ghosh has alleged that the West Bengal Police...

Railways to float another tender to procure steel

Drive for doubling, gauge conversion, track renewal and laying new lines has pushed up the demand for steel.   NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways has set...

US supports India’s right to self-defence

New Delhi: The United States has come out in support of India’s right to self-defence against cross-border terrorism and offered all assistance to India...

Universal power plan set to achieve its goal soon

The Centre’s ambitious scheme for universal household electrification ‘Saubhagya’ is all set to achieve its goal very soon.   NEW DELHI: The ambitious Pradhan Mantri Sahaj...

BJP-AIADMK alliance in TN is ‘almost final’

AIADMK likely to contest on 23-25 seats, while BJP may get 8-10 seats.   NEW DELHI: The BJP is all set to seal a pact with...

Campaign to enact law for population control

‘Bharat4PopulationLaw’ drive, spearheaded by TAXAB, has the support of 125 MPs and several celebrities.   New Delhi: With India’s population growing exponentially, a group of people...

Saudi Crown Prince coming to India

Saudi Arabia is one of the two top suppliers of crude oil to India.   NEW DELHI: India awaits the first-ever visit of Saudi Crown Prince...

Marandi unhappy with Congress-JMM deal

He is unhappy as the announcement of the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ was made ‘unilaterally’, without his consultation.   New Delhi: Hours after the Congress announced a “Mahagathbandhan” with...

MEA acts to provide help to Indian students

So far, 30 Indian students have been contacted by consular officers and efforts are on to contact the remaining students.   NEW DELHI: The Ministry of...

Qureshi’s UK trip to remain unofficial

New Delhi: Britain may not have any official engagement with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi when he visits London next week to take...

President’s Rule stares crisis-ridden Karnataka

Congress-JDS coalition government in the state may fall under its own contradictions.   New Delhi: Karnataka, witnessing a political crisis, may be heading for President’s Rule...

Polls in three states may be held with LS 2019

Haryana, Maharashtra, and Jharkhand are likely to go to polls along with general elections in April-May this year.   NEW DELHI: The Assembly elections in three...

BJP treads gingerly on charges against Vadra

NEW DELHI: The BJP is treading cautiously on raising the land grab allegations against Robert Vadra, husband of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was recently...

Budget may have some popular schemes

NEW DELHI: Coming hardly two months before the general elections, people are expecting the Narendra Modi government to present a popular budget this time....

India set to be a global leader in solar energy products

NEW DELHI: With the government putting in major thrust on solar energy, coupled with its huge local market and strong manufacturing capabilities, India is...

Rail Board invites applications for more than 13,000 vacancies

There is no clarity on whether 10% quota for general category poor candidates will be implemented this time or not.   NEW DELHI: After setting in...

BJP to promote new leaders in MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership is planning to groom a new set of leaders in the three states of Madhya Pradesh,...

Satraps want a truncated Congress

Experience of Congress dominating UPA has forced the regional parties to chalk out a new strategy this time.   New Delhi: Regional parties do not want...

Grand alliance failed experiment: PM Modi

Parties whose origin was based on opposition to Congress, have joined its hands just for their self-interest.   New Delhi: Setting the tone for 2019 Lok...

Restive Ram devotees at Kumbh may create trouble

Restive Ram devotees at Kumbh may create trouble   New Delhi: Hindu organisations and the Sant community are worried over the likelihood of fringe elements ensuring...

Cost-cutting: It’s curtains for AIR’s National Channel

New Delhi: The National Channel of All India Radio (AIR), which ruled the hearts of millions of radio listeners, especially from the young generation,...

Power plants no longer critical because of higher coal stock

New Delhi: Coal stock in thermal power plants has increased by 25% due to synergy between Railway and Coal ministries. According to information provided...

Tata Steel eyes big increase in production capacity

Company plans to ramp up its production to 25 million tonnes per annum by 2025, and increase the Kalainganagar plant capacity to 8 million...

‘Roads, bridges in border areas are our priority’

N.N. Sinha, Managing Director of NHIDCL, says in the next financial year, the idea to build 1,613 km road will be proposed and he...

Railways providing free Wi-Fi at 715 stations

As many as 1.3 million passengers have already used RailWire connectivity.   NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways has provided free Wi-Fi connectivity (RailWire) at more than...

Now, retail traders demand loan waiver

Of 7 crore small businesses in India, who have taken loans should be given a waiver in tax collection, says CAIT.   NEW DELHI: After loan...

MMR, NCR led realty sector growth this year

Bengaluru, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Vishakhapatnam, Lucknow and Gorakhpur also experience good growth in the sector.   New Delhi: Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR), Bengaluru...

India, China take people’s route to improve relations

The neighbours have set in motion steps to enhance cultural and people-to-people exchanges in 10 different sectors.   NEW DELHI: Taking forward the spirit of Wuhan...

JPC probes ineffective, futile

Six JPCs either constituted or announced in the past to investigate various cases came a cropper.   NEW DELHI: The Congress, along with other Opposition parties,...

Boeing seesa rise in demand for commercial planes

According to Boeing, India’s commercial aviation industry has achieved double-digit growth for 51 consecutive months.   New Delhi: Aircraft manufacturing major Boeing anticipates a steep rise...

More than 4,000 criminal cases pending against sitting, former lawmakers

New Delhi: As many as 4,122 criminal cases are pending against sitting and former MPs and MLAs in the country, of which 430 are...

BJP allies are looking for a larger share of seats ahead of 2019 polls

Many NDA partners have already deserted the alliance since formation of the government at the Centre after the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.   New Delhi: The...

BJP hopes defeats won’t affect LS poll chances

Party thinks it can take advantage of possible anti-incumbency in the three states where Congress won, by the time of LS polls.   New Delhi: The...

Mayawati keeps opposition guessing ahead of key meet

New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati is keeping Opposition parties on tenterhooks over her participation in their crucial meeting in the national capital...

Petrol pump owners not keen on more outlets

They fear that their sales volume may come down drastically if 65,000 new petrol pumps are set up.   New Delhi: Existing petrol pump owners are...

Plant will convert used cooking oil into bio-diesel

The Haryana plant will be operational from January. It will have the capacity to produce 100-tonne of bio-diesel per day.   New Delhi: A Delhi-based firm is...

Nitish dials Chandrababu, keeps options open

New delhi: In an apparent attempt to keep his options open, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has spoken to his Andhra Pradesh counterpart N....

Number of ATMs may get halved

The operators of automated teller machines (ATMs) are finding it difficult to cope with the new regulatory requirements as a result of which the...

India to become world’s ‘sugar bowl’

India’s sugar production is likely to rise to a record 35.9 MT in 2018-19, surpassing that of Brazil’s 30.1 MT.   India is all set to...

Number of US-bound Indian students peaks

Around 1.96 lakh students went to the US in 2017-18, registering a rise of more than five times in the last 20 years.   The number...

Atal-Advani era leaders start taking a back seat in BJP

Advani, Joshi, Shanta Kumar, Karia Munda unlikely to be given tickets in 2019.   The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to see a major transformation...

Worried over shrinking NDA, BJP to expand base after polls

If it fares well in the ongoing Assembly elections, the party plans to enhance its efforts to consolidate the alliance in order to blunt...

Railways to run 3 more Ramayana trains soon

Indian Railways is planning to start three more ‘Ramayana Express’ trains from different parts of the country which will cover all the important destinations...

Centre’s fight against black money yet to see breakthrough

The Centre’s fight against black money, though well-intentioned, seems to be lacking teeth as only 112 persons have been convicted under the Income Tax...

Ram temple: Private members’ bills face uncertain future

Rakesh Sinha announced his decision to move the Bill soon after the RSS said that the Centre should bring a law for the construction...

- A word from our sponsors -

spot_img

Follow us