New Delhi: China on Monday promised to address the issue of its massive trade surplus with India and work towards a more balanced trade relationship, while urging greater focus on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) negotiations at a time of increasing protectionist trends globally. This was stated in an Indian Commerce Ministry release following … Read more
A day after pointing to a massive security breach on the official mobile app of the Congress party, French hacker Elliot Alderson has now targeted the app of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a series of tweets, he has alleged that the app sends the IP address of users to US-based website api.narendramodi.in without their … Read more
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is jailed after conviction in fodder scam cases, has been given permission to go to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi for treatment. The court granted the permission to the RJD leader after the recommendations of medical board. He is currently undergoing … Read more
New Delhi: A tanker caught fire while transferring petrol at a Madhya Pradesh pump on Sunday night. A massive disaster was averted though when the brave driver of the tanker quickly steered away from the pump and into a vacant area where the fire was eventually doused by the fire department. The incident took place in … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram: Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology K J Alphons on Sunday hit at the activists questioning the validity of Aadhaar, saying people did not have a problem while “getting naked” before the white man for a visa. He added that the people only have a problem when their own government asks for … Read more
New Delhi: In yet another incident of animal attack in Uttarakhand, a leopard pounced upon a three-year-old child in the state’s Bageshwar district on Friday night, dragging him into the heavily-forested area in the region. Karan, the toddler, was playing in the garden outside his house after dinner. His mother was only a few meters away where … Read more
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday reserved its order on the pleas of Karti Chidambaram seeking protection from arrest in the Aircel-Maxis matter arising out of the 2G spectrum cases. Special Judge O P Saini reserved the order for later in the day after hearing a battery of senior advocates appearing for Karti, son … Read more
NEW DELHI: Social activist Anna Hazare on Saturday sternly said that he will not tolerate involvement of any political party or group in the hunger strike which he started a day ago at Delhi’s Ram Lila Maidan. “I will not let any political party or group to come on this stage,” he said. The social … Read more
NEW DELHI: Even as the government tries to sell underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s properties, his empire across the world has diversified and become consolidated. According to latest reports, D-company – Dawood’s terrorist outfit based out of Pakistan – has diversified in multiple fields and built a “powerful transnational crime-terror organisation in part from drug proceeds”. “Pakistan-based … Read more
NEW DELHI: Cracking the whip on alleged misuse of user data on Facebook, the government today issued a notice to UK-based Cambridge Analytica, asking it to give a list of clients and the source of data it had collected. The notice came after reports that political parties had used the data analytics firm during elections. … Read more
Mumbai: Bravery is not always about rescuing damsels in distress and bringing down bad guys. Real life courage has many forms and facets, and it is one such form and facet that Mumbai Police honoured on Friday when they fulfilled the dream of a seven-year-old cancer patient by making him inspector for a day. Arpit … Read more
New Delhi: Unruly scenes of violence broke out on Friday afternoon when a protest march of JNU students and members of JNU Teachers’Association (JNUTU) to Parliament was brought to a halt by Delhi Police. The protestors were demanding suspension of Professor Atul Johri – accused of sexually harassing students. Students and Delhi Police officials clashed … Read more
New Delhi: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the biometric and demographic information of people who have enrolled for Aadhaar was secure, while no one will suffer the loss of benefits for its lack. In a first-ever power point presentation in the open court, the constitution bench … Read more
New Delhi: Every year, on March 23, Martyr’s Day or Shaheed Diwas is observed in memory of three freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives for the country. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, and Sukhdev were hanged till death on March 23, 1931, in Lahore jail by the colonial British. Born on September 28, 1907 in Punjab in … Read more
Ludhiana: India is committed to peace but will defend its borders with full might, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Thursday. He was addressing a gathering at the presentation of President’s Standard to the 51 Squadron and President’s Colours to the 230 Signal Unit of the Indian Air Force (IAF) at Halwara about 30 kms … Read more
The government on Thursday continued its attack on Congress president Rahul Gandhi over Facebook data leak scandal involving British consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica. In fresh allegations against the Congress chief, Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that the Gandhi scion used the services of Cambridge Analytics in Gujarat Assembly elections in 2017. Addressing a … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force has lodged an against unknown persons for duping job seekers by creating a fake website of the force. The FIR was lodged on 16 March. Police said that they acted on the complaint from the Indian Air Force and filed the FIR saying that these unidentified persons are recruiting … Read more
PORBANDAR: A Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) of the Indian Navy crashed on Thursday soon after taking off from Porbandar in Gujarat. The crash took place close to the air base at around 10 am on Thursday. There have been no injuries. As per preliminary inputs, the aircraft had an engine failure.
The Union government has decided to remove the cap of Rs 10,000 per month on education allowance for children of armed forces personnel who got killed, went missing or suffered disability in the line of action. An official memorandum was issued by the Department of Expenditure of the Ministry of Finance in this regard on … Read more
Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has initiated the process to withdraw as many as 131 cases in connection with the Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013, which had claimed more than 60 lives officially and rendered over 50,000 people homeless. The cases that the Adityanath government wants to withdraw include 13 murder and 11 attempt to … Read more