New Delhi Congress veteran and former three-term chief minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit passed away this evening at Escorts Heart Institute here. Family sources said Dikshit was suffering from a major heart ailment and had a valvular complication. She was 81. The hospital said in a statement: “Congress leader SheilaRead More

New Delhi A day after the International Court of Justice ordered review of the death penalty to Kulbhushan Jadhav, India today asked Pakistan to release the former Navy officer forthwith. Subsequently, in a late night statement, the Pakistan foreign ministry said it would grant consular access to Jadhav according toRead More

New Delhi The Lok Sabha today passed the Finance Bill 2019 to give effect to the tax proposals for 2019-2020 with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman saying the proposals would boost “Make in India”, less-cash economy and ease the pain of the common person. Sitharaman, while replying to the debate onRead More

New Delhi, July 19 Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Vivek Kumar was appointed private secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, according to an official order. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, headed by the Prime Minister, cleared the new assignment for Kumar, who is currently working as DirectorRead More

Lahore Mumbai terror attack mastermind and JuD chief Hafiz Saeed was arrested on Wednesday on terror financing charges by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab province, just days ahead of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s maiden visit to the US. Saeed, who has several cases pending against him, was travellingRead More

United Nations India has reduced its population growth rate by improving the conditions for women, according to Paulomi Tripathi, a first secretary in India’s UN Mission. “Better health and education facilities for women, greater participation of women in governance at grassroots level coupled with enhanced access to family planning servicesRead More

Bengaluru India’s ambitious second mission to the Moon Chandrayaan-2 will now lift off at 2.43 pm on July 22, space agency ISRO said on Thursday, three days after the launch was aborted due to a technical snag in its GSLV-Mk-III rocket. Chandrayaan-2, which will be launched on board the mostRead More

Washington America’s defence partnership with India is strong and is looking to make it ever stronger, the Pentagon has said as it warned nations against purchasing military hardware from other countries that are designed to counter its sophisticated fifth-generation aircraft. The comments come a day after President Donald Trump hasRead More

New Delhi Indian company Tata will soon start making the wings of the fighter jet F-16, said a senior executive of US manufacturing giant Lockheed Martin, which makes the jet. The contract has been awarded to Tata and is not dependent on us winning the fighter jet contract here, saidRead More

Mumbai The death toll in the building collapse incident in south Mumbai’s congested Dongri area has gone up to 14, the NDRF said on Wednesday, even as the rescue and search operation is under way for those trapped under the debris. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced a compensationRead More