New Delhi, The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has blamed the Indian Army for delaying the induction of Arjun tanks developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and blamed the Ministry of Defence for playing along by allowing costly imports.A comparative trial between the Arjun and the imported RussianRead More

Panaji, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the ‘one rank, one pension’ policy would be implemented in the defence forces before the next Budget.“One rank, one pension policy will be implemented. We are right now working on its detailing,” Parrikar said. The implementation has lot of financial implications which are beingRead More

Jaipur, As many as 16 ministers in Rajasthan have received threatening messages on their official email IDs purportedly sent by terrorist group Indian Mujahideen prompting the police to further strengthen the security arrangements in the state. Home Minister Gulabchand Kataria and Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Arun Chaturvedi are among theRead More

Ranchi: The BJP’s legislature party on Friday held a meeting and elected Raghubar Das as the party’s new leader before staking claim to form its fifth and the 10th government of Jharkhand. The party will make an official announcement in this regard soon. It is the first time that aRead More

New Delhi: Veteran BJP leader L K Advani on Thursday said it would have been an honour for the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had the erstwhile UPA government conferred Bharat Ratna on Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He termed Vajpayee’s tenure as “most outstanding” if one makes the balance sheet ofRead More

New Delhi, The much-awaited helpline for tourists and ‘Welcome Card’ for foreign visitors will be launched by the Tourism Ministry tomorrow along with various other initiatives.The bi-lingual helpline number 1800-111-363 will be made operational by Tourism Minister Mahesh Sharma, as part of Good Governance Day celebrations. The helpline service will beRead More

New Delhi, A Bill seeking to amend Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act to include leader of the largest opposition party in Lok Sabha in a panel which will select chairperson and members of the anti-corruption body was today referred to the Standing Committee of Parliament. Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu expressedRead More

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has dismissed a PIL seeking an order to bring back to India Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s ashes, currently lying in a museum in Germany.A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice P.S. Teji Wednesday refused to entertain the plea, saying the court hadRead More

Bengaluru, The Congress government’s move to celebrate the birth anniversary of the 18th century legendary king Tipu Sultan has stirred a controversy in Karnataka with the BJP alleging that it was an attempt by the ruling party to strengthen its vote bank. On December 22, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced that theRead More

New Delhi, Facing difficulty in guarding riverine sections of Indo-Pak border, the BSF has started installing laser walls to fill the gaps which saw several breach by militants from across the border.The BSF, which guards the 3,323-km border, excluding the Line of Control, has developed its own technical solutions like FarheenRead More