SET out on an expedition to Drass War Memorial from the last border hamlet Mana in Uttarakhand, a 9-member team of the Indian Army reached Kargil War hero Capt Vikram Batra’s hometown in Himachal Pradesh home and paid respects his parents..

GST collection of States and Union Territories (UTs) increased to Rs 5.18 lakh crore in the full financial year 2018-19, up from Rs 2.91 lakh crore collected in nine months of 2017-18, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday...

A SPECIAL judge holding daily trial in the politically sensitive 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case, involving BJP veterans L K Advani, M M Joshi, Uma Bharti and others, moved the Supreme Court on Monday seeking six more months to conclude the matter...

SENIOR BJP leader Kalraj Mishra was on Monday appointed as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, replacing Acharya Devvrat, who has been transferred and appointed as the Governor of Gujarat...

THE launch of India’s second mission to the Moon, Chandrayaan-2, was called off due to a technical snag less than an hour before blast-off on Monday, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said...

PRESIDENT Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday offered prayers at the ancient hill shrine of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamy at Tirumala near here. ..

THE Uttarakhand Government has decided to build a bridge across the Ganga in Rishikesh as an alternative to the iconic Lakshman Jhula which was closed due to safety reasons, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said on Saturday..

INDIA trails behind several countries including Brazil and China in terms of student-teacher ratio in higher education segment, a Government report has revealed...

THE Reserve Bank of India will come out with a mobile application to help visually-challenged people in identifying currency notes as cash still remains a dominant At present, banknotes in the denominations of Rs 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 2,000 are in circulation, besides Re 1 notes issued by the Centre..

INDIA on Sunday handed over a dossier to Pakistan about individuals and organisations based in the neighbouring country which might try to disrupt pilgrimage to the Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara, following which Islamabad assured that no anti-India activity would be allowed..

  Chandrayaan-2 makes India the fourth country to propose soft lunar landingThe lander ‘Vikram’, named after father of Indian space research programme Dr Vikram A Sarabhai, carrying the rover ‘Pragyan’, will be landed in a high plain between two craters. The rover can travel up to half a km leveraging solar energy and both ‘Pragyan’ and ‘Vikram’ have a mission life of one lunar day, which approximately equals 14 Earth days.AIMED at taking a ..

 BIHARSHARIF: A LOCAL leader of the ruling JD(U) in Bihar was found hanging in the toilet inside a police station, hours after being picked up for interrogation, evoking violent protests from residents of his village in Nalanda district. Three police personnel were arrested in connection with the Dalit politician’s death.  Ganesh Ravidas (45) was found hanging from the ceiling of the toilet at Nagarnausa police station in Nalanda district on late Thursday night. JD(U) national ..

 MUMBAI:  IN AN extremely rare case, a 29- year-old man, who had sought cure for infertility, was found to have non-functioning female reproductive organs including the uterus. Doctors at the government-run JJ Hospital operated on him last month and removed the un wanted organs. The condition is so rare that sofaronly 200 suchcases have been found, said Dr Venkat Gite, head of the urology department at the hospital.  The surgery was carried out on June 26 under Gite’s supervision. ..

 NEW DELHI; SC has sought Maharashtra Govt’s response on pleas challenging HC order upholding reservation to Marathas  THE Supreme Court sought the Maharashtra Government’s response on Friday on pleas challenging a Bombay High Court order that upheld the grant of reservations to the Maratha community in education and jobs. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi did not stay the Bombay High Court order upholding the constitutional validity of the Maratha quota ..

 NEW DELHI: THE Supreme Court on Friday restrained Karnataka Speaker K R Ramesh Kumar from taking any decision till next Tuesday on the resignation and disqualification of 10 rebel MLAs of the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition. Citing “weighty issues that have arisen”, the bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the matter will be considered by it on July 16 and the status quo as of Friday should be maintained. The 10 rebel MLAs moved the apex court alleging that the Speaker ..

 BAREILLY:  The Allahabad High Court has fixed July 15 for hearing of a petition filed by the couple who went into hiding, fearing threat to their lives from the BJP MLA Rajesh Misra and his henchmen  THE controversy over BJP MLAs daug..

 HYDERABAD: TRAGEDY struck two men who were taking bath in a lake and recording a video of it on mobile app TikTok on the city outskirts as one of them allegedly drowned, police said on Thursday. 24-year old Narasimhalu drowned after he moved deep into the lake even as his cousin was recording a video of their bathing on Tuesday evening, they said.  The victim did not know swimming, a police official said. He also added on seeing him struggling, his cousin rushed out of the lake and ..

 Madhvi Abhay Singh NEW DELHI: Madhvi Abhay Singh has posted a clarification on her Facebook wall saying that CBI has registered a false case against her husband and allegedly recovered cash worth Rs 47 lakh from DM’s official residence.   IN AN unusual move, wife of controversial District Magistrate (DM) of Bulandshahr, Abhay Singh has taken help of social media claiming that CBI is framing her husband in a mining scam, which involves a former minister of the Akhilesh ..

 NEW DELHI: GOA Chief Minister Pramod Sawant held deliberations with BJP President Amit Shah and other senior leaders on Thursday over the likely reshuffle of his Cabinet as 10 Congress MLAs formally took BJP’s membership here. The 10 MLAs had crossed over to the BJP on Wednesday. Sawant arrived in the national capital with these MLAs and met Shah and BJP working President J P Nadda. There was no official word over what transpired in his meeting with the top party brass but sources ..

 CHENNAI: INDIA’S heavy lift rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle - Mark III (GSLV Mk III), nicknamed as ‘Bahubali’, and its passenger Chandrayaan-2 were being readied up for their historic flight to the Moon on July 15, said space agency officials. “Preparations are going at a hectic pace at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota for the July 15 early morning launch at 2.51 am.  Everything is progressing normally,” said an official of ..

 NEW DELHI/BERNE: INDIA’S fight against suspected black money stashed abroad will get a major boost this September in the form of first set of detailed financial information about all Indians having Swiss bank accounts, including those closed since last year. The details that Switzerland would share with Indian tax authorities under the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) framework would include account numbers, credit balance and all kinds of financial income for each Indian ..

 NEW DELHI: PARTS of Northern and Eastern India received heavy showers on Wednesday while in the North-Eastern State of Assam three persons were killed in rain and flood related incidents and over two lakh people across 11 districts have been affected by the deluge.  The national capital had overcast conditions and the weather department has predicted only very light rains during the next two to three days. On Wednesday morning, Delhi recorded a low of 28.2 degrees Celsius, a notch ..

 NEW DELHI: All V-Cs were asked to nominate one senior faculty as Social Media Champion (SMC). The SMC through 3 prominent social platforms will connect with each student and will upload at least one positive story/event every week of their institution  EVEN before a new session begins, all leading universities and other higher education institutions in the country are busy setting up social media cells to connect all students and staff with the Union Ministry of Human Resource ..

  PANAJI: The Congress, which had emerged as single-largest party after 2017 Assembly polls in the coastal State, is now reduced to five legislators  A GROUP of ten Congress MLAs in Goa led by Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Chandrakant Kavlekar on Wednesday merged with the ruling BJP, increasing the BJP’s strength to 27 in the 40-seat House. The Congress, which had emerged as single-largest party after 2017 Assembly polls in the coastal State, is now reduced to ..

 Our Correspondent: RAIGARH Yashi Jain, a resident of Raigarh, has become the first woman from Chhattisgarh to climb Mount Elbrus, the highest mountain in Europe and one of the major mountains in the world. She had recently completed climbing at Mount Elbrus and brought laurel to the state by becoming first woman from the state to climb the 5,642 ft high mountain and hoisted the Indian tricolor on top to mark her success.  Chhattisgarh State Congress Sports Cell President Praveen ..

 Knife, pistol, circuits and other incriminating material which were recovered from the location after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) busted a bomb manufacturing unit in Bengaluru on Tuesday. Three persons from Bangladesh were also detained by the NIA. (PTI) NEW DELHI: THE National Investigation Agency (NIA) has seized five fabricated hand grenades, one timer device, three electric circuits, suspected explosive substance, components used for making IEDs and rockets and several ..

 NEW DELHI: PRIME Minister Narendra Modi asked Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs to embark on a 150-km-long ‘padayatra’ in their constituencies between October 2 and 31 period, to mark the birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said on Tuesday. Addressing a BJP Parliamentary party meeting, Modi also asked Rajya Sabha members to visit constituencies where the BJP organisation was weak.  “Modi told MPs ..

 NEW DELHI: THE Rajya Sabha on Tuesday witnessed uproar over the Karnataka crisis with Opposition Congress members storming the well of the House and raising slogans, leading to adjournment of proceedings for the day. The Upper House witnessed protests by members of Congress, TMC, CPI and CPI(M) as soon as it reconvened at 2 PM following two adjournments earlier in the day. The House was adjourned within three minutes as ruckus prevailed. Deputy Chairman Harivansh, who was chairing the proceeding..

 NEW DELHI: EXTERNAL Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday held talks with his United Arab Emirates counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed and discussed ways to boost cooperation in key fields such as counterterrorism, security and energy.  The UAE Minister, who arrived here late on Sunday night, will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and participate in a business roundtable on Tuesday. “Welcoming a special friend! EAM @Dr S Jaishankar welcomes UAE Foreign Minister H H @ABZayed ..

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi wearing traditional Gujarati headgear gifted by Gujarati folk singer Geeta Rabri during their meeting in New Delhi on Monday. (ANI) NEW DELHI: AUTHOR Amish Tripathi and Gujarati folk singer Geeta Rabari met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. Tripathi, who was recently named as the Director of London’s Nehru Centre, presented Modi copies of his works. The cultural centre works under the Indian Council of Cultural Relations. “Received copies ..

 BENGALURU: Independent MLA H Nagesh withdraws support to the Karnataka coalition Government led by Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy  As the JD(S)-Congress coalition Government in Karnataka teetered on the brink of collapse, all the Ministers quit on Monday to give a free hand to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy to reshuffle his Cabinet to include rebel MLAs while two Independent legislators also withdrew their support. There was no immediate word from the rebel camp on the move to ..

By Prashant Sood NEW DELHI: THE first session of the 17th Lok Sabha is set to create a record with all the first-time members likely to raise their issues in the House before conclusion of its sitting later this month. It is among the initiatives of Speaker Om Birla, who is encouraging members to speak in the House and providing the opportunity. In his own unique way, the new Speaker of the new Lok Sabha has been nudging the members to use the House time more effectively to boost productivity ..

 MOGA: TWO girls from Punjab’s Moga city have written a letter with their blood to President Ram Nath Kovind seeking his help in the “false cases” filed against them. In the letter, the duo Nisha and Aman Jot Kaur has claimed that complainants have been threatening them on the pretext of the Kabutarbaazi and cheating cases registered against them and said that they have been living in fear for so long.  They also demanded euthanasia for the whole family if they do ..

 NEW DELHI: Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has issued ‘Guidelines for Urban Water Conservation’, saying ‘Rainwater Harvesting Cell’ of municipal corporations will monitor the extent of groundwater extraction and groundwater aquifer recharge THE Centre has asked all urban local bodies to set up a cell for effective monitoring of rainwater harvesting and revive at least one water body in their respective areas. The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry ..

 NEW DELHI: Modi tweeted messages of some people who had shared their reading experiences and current books they were reading  A WEEK after his Mann Ki Baat monthly radio programme in which he stressed on the importance of book reading, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday again urged people to keep reading books and to share their experiences on the NaMo App.  “During #MannKiBaat last week, I had talked about a book I read and urged you all to share what is on your ..

 By Neelabh Srivastava  NEW DELHI: A MEGA exercise to fortify the ‘anti-infiltration grid’ along the Pakistan border in Punjab and Jammu has been launched by the BSF, which has mobilised its entire senior field brass, thousands of troops and machinery deployed in these forward areas. The operation, code named ‘Sudarshan’, was launched on July 1 and will cover the entire over 1,000 kms length of the India-Pakistan International Border. While Jammu shares about ..

 BENGALURU: A DAY after the resignation of over a dozen ruling Congress-JD(S) MLAs rocked the ruling coalition in Karnataka and plunged the State into a political crisis, both parties have gone into a huddle to discuss the next course of action to save the Government. This comes even as Opposition BJP said that it is keeping a watch on the ongoing developments and indicated that the party was looking at options to form the Government. Rocked by the resignations of 10 of its MLAs, Congress ..

 CHENNAI: THE ruling AIADMK on Saturday named Former Minister A Mohammedjan and N Chandrasekaran as its candidates for the July 18 Rajya Sabha polls from Tamil Nadu. Mohammedjan served as minister for Backward Classes and Minorities Welfare in the Cabinet of late J Jayalalithaa from 2011 to 2013. He is also the AIADMK’s minority welfare wing joint secretary from Vellore (East) party district and was elected to the Assembly from Ranipet constituency in 2011.  Chandrasekaran, a ..

 BALTAL , (J&K) INDO-TIBETAN Border Police (ITBP) personnel were seen helping Amarnath Yatra pilgrims cross a rocky bridge at the foot of a waterfall in Baltal with shields in their hands. A videoofthesamewas shared by the ITBP on Twitter, wherein the personnel can be seen guarding yatris against shootings tones on a footbridge from a high altitude waterfall point on Baltal route of Amarnath Yatra. The yatriswereheardcheeringforthe ITBP personnel and raising slogans of Jai Hind, Jai ..

 NEW DELHI: DELHI Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday claimed that a Delhi school has become the first in the world where parents can access live CCTV feeds of their child studying in the class. The Chief Minister also said that all the city Government schools will have CCTVs inside the class rooms by November this year. Kejriwal, along with his Deputy Manish Sisodia, kicked off the Delhi Government’s CCTV project in the class rooms by inaugurating the scheme at Shaheed Hemu ..

 VARANASI: PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday dismissed as “professional pessimists” the critics of the Centre’s target to achieve a USD 5-trillion economy within the next five years and asserted that the “new India” is on the threshold of sprinting forward. A day after the Union Budget was presented by Finance Minister Niramala Sitharaman, the Prime Minister shared his views on the Budget at the launch of the BJP’s membership drive here on the occasion ..

 BENGALURU:  The JD(S)-Congress coalition’s total strength, including those who have put in their papers, is 118 (Congress-78, JD(S)-37, BSP-1 and Independents-2), besides the Speaker. The BJP has 105 MLAs in the House, where half-way mark is 113.  THE JD(S)-Congress Government plunged into a crisis on Saturday with 13 MLAs of the alliance submitting their resignation to the Speaker. The ruling coalition, which has 118 members, faces the risk of losing majority ..

NEW DELHIFINANCE Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said PAN and Aadhaar have been made interchangeable, allowing those who do not have PAN to file income tax returns. Presenting the first budget of the Modi Government in its second term, Sitharaman said Aadhaar card for NRIs with Indian passports will be issued after their arrival in India, without waiting for the mandatory 180 days. Sitharaman said with a view to incentivising investment in GIFT City, the Government proposes several tax benefits. ..

Court ordered Nalini not to give any interviews and not to meet any political person while out on paroleCHENNAITHE Madras High Court on Friday granted one month parole to Nalini Sriharan, serving life sentence in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, after she argued her plea in person for seeking the relief to make arrangements for her daughter’s wedding.    A division bench of Justice M M Sundaresh and Justice M Nirmal Kumar also directed the Tamil Nadu Government to finalise ..

NEW DELHIAFTER resigning as Congress President, Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday watched a movie in a Delhi multiplex like a common citizen. A video of Rahul Gandhi watching Hindi movie Article 15 on Wednesday evening at PVR Chanakya went viral on social media platform Instagram, where he was praised for not behaving as a VIP. In the video, Rahul Gandhi was seen interacting with a person sitting next to him and also having some popcorn.  On Wednesday he ended weeks of speculation by stepping down ..

NEW DELHIDESCRIBING the Union Budget as citizen friendly, development friendly and future oriented, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said it will empower the poor and provide the youth with a better future.   Terming the Budget as one that extends “hope” and boosts “self confidence”, he said the policies of the Government will empower the downtrodden and turn them into a “power house” for the development of the country. In a televised address ..

 HYDERABAD: IN a unique move the traffic police here have installed LED strip lights at signals to curb signal jumping and help pedestrians cross the roads with ease. Anil Kumar, Additional Commissioner of Police, Traffic, told ANI on Wednesday, “We could see many commuters jumping signals in the city.  To curb this, we have installed LED strip lights on the stop line at traffic junctions on a pilot basis.” “When the red light is seen on the signals, the commuters ..

 MUMBAI: CONGRESS MLA Nitesh Rane and his 16 supporters were on Thursday arrested for attacking a deputy engineer with mud in Maharashtra. Nitesh Rane, the son of BJP Rajya Sabha MP and former Chief Minister Narayan Rane, and his supporters were held for the mud attack on deputy engineer Prakash Shedekar of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) at Kankavli in coastal Sindhudurg district, Dikshit Gedam, Superintendent of Police, told PTI.  Narayan Rane has apologised for his ..

 NEW DELHI: THE Government on Thursday projected the country’s GDP growth for 2019-20 at 7 per cent, up from five-year low of 6.8 per cent, on the back of anticipated pickup in investment and consumption. According to the Economic Survey 2018-19, tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament, India continues to remain the fastest-growing major economy in the world in 2018-19, despite a slight moderation in its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth from 7.2 per cent in 2017-18 ..

 PURI (Odisha): PREPARATIONS are in full swing for the holy Jagannath Rath Yatra, also known as Gundicha Yatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings. Lakhs of devotees thronged the streets of Puri to celebrate the day with religious fervour and devotion. As per the rituals, three garlands of consent from the three deities were placed on the three grand chariots thereby officially permitting the conduct of preparatory rituals for reading the chariots for pulling. The three chariots look just ..