New Delhi, Amidst the standoff in Chumar area of Ladakh, India on Monday decided to withdraw clearances for Chinese editors who were scheduled to arrive here this week for a media exchange with Indian journalists. The tough decision taken by the government led by Narendra Modi comes a day afterRead More

Bangalore, In a crucial manoeuvre ahead of India’s Mars orbiter’s entry into the final destination on September 24, the main liquid engine on the spacecraft was on Monday successfully test fired and its trajectory corrected. The 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor (LAM) engine, idling for the last 300 days onRead More

New Delhi, The CBI Monday told the special 2G court hearing the Aircel-Maxis case that the FIPB approval given by former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the deal was a “mistake”. “The investment was of 800 million USD which is Rs 3,500 crore (approx). The FIPB approval (by the thenRead More

New Delhi, The insistence on protection of the whistleblower in the 2G case and the demand of CBI director Ranjit Sinha for disclosure of his name took a new turn today when the Supreme Court appointed special public prosecutor Anand Grover to examine the whole issue and come back toRead More

Patna, A dead lizard was found in the meal served to patients in a government-run hospital in Bihar Monday and the condition of at least six patients deteriorated after eating the meal, officials said. The incident occurred at Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital. “After the incident came to light, people staged a protest andRead More

New Delhi/ Washington, Narendra Modi will be the first Indian Prime Minister in over a decade to stay at the US President’s guest house – the 190-year-old Blair House- when he travels to Washington on September 29. Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the last one to stay atRead More

Mumbai, The Centre will start identifying urban areas which can be transformed into “smart cities”, before the Budget, Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said here today. The government is currently holding consultations with all stakeholders including state governments, local bodies and those keen on developing smart cities. “I haveRead More

Srinagar, The flood has left behind a trail of destruction in city centre and Valley’s business hub Lal Chowk, where all shops are filled with mud and sewage and goods and items in the business establishments have turned into mound of debris. Lal Chowk was under 14 fts of waterRead More

Kolkata, Two days after thousands walked in solidarity with Jadavpur University student protestors, West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress’s students wing Monday took out a large counter-rally decrying “hooliganism in educational institutes in the name of agitation”. The Trinamool march came on the day state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee announced aRead More

New Delhi, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s open admission of Tibet playing an important role in China’s culture is refelctive of the change in the country’s attitude, the Dalai Lama said here Monday. “Recently, President Xi Jinping in Paris publicly expressed the position that Buddhists have a very important role (toRead More