Defence minister Rajnath Singh will leave for Russia on Wednesday to attend a crucial meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which is taking place under the shadow of an escalating border row between India and China, two of the bloc’s key members. Besides attending the SCO defence ministers’ meetingRead More

New Delhi Fresh tensions have erupted between India and China. This time at the South Bank of Pangong Tso, a 135 km glacial melt lake, along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh. The incident occurred on the night intervening August 29 and August 30, the Ministry of DefenceRead More

New Delhi President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leaders across the political spectrum on Monday condoled the demise of former president Pranab Mukherjee, hailing him as a scholar par excellence who served the nation with diligence. Mukherjee died on Monday in an armyRead More

New Delhi Students can’t be promoted without holding final-year examinations by September 30 as fixed by the University Grants Commission (UGC), the Supreme Court ruled on Friday. However, a Bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan said if a state felt it could not conduct examinations by September 30, it mustRead More

New Delhi The effectiveness of the Centre’s ‘test, track and treat’ approach is reflected in the progress on the COVID-19 recovery front and the reduction in fatality rate, the government said on Friday, highlighting that recoveries exceed active cases by over 18 lakh as on date. The Union health ministryRead More

New Delhi Battlelines have been drawn for Thursday’s special GST council meeting after seven opposition chief ministers decided to press the Centre to borrow from the markets to pay four months of revenue collection dues. Representatives of Kerala and Delhi are likely to join forces with them at the meeting.Read More

New Delhi, August 26 Seven Chief Ministers representing Opposition parties on Wednesday called for unity and fearlessness to take on the Centre and said they would mull moving the Supreme Court for postponement of JEE Mains, NEET UG and university exams. At a virtual meeting of seven CMs called byRead More

New Delhi The Centre has sought to tighten the screws on Chinese imports by releasing a registration format for bidders which includes a provision for security clearance from nations sharing a land border with India for their participation in the Government’s procurement process. The evolution of a different investment regimeRead More

The defence ministry has suspended all business dealings with Vectra Advanced Engineering Private Ltd for one year in view of a probe by the CBI into the allegations of wrongdoings against it in the Tatra Truck deal, officials said on Tuesday. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh approved the suspension of businessRead More

New Delhi The first high-level Indo-US interaction, involving Cabinet Ministers and industry captains, to be held virtually later this week will set the framework for bilateral cooperation in the post-Galwan Valley environment. The deliberations, expected later next month, would feed into a joint meeting of the Foreign and Defence MinistersRead More