The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has approached the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for approval of twin-engine advanced medium combat aircraft (AMCA) after the design of the fifth-generation stealth fighter has been frozen by the Aeronautical Development Authority. The first prototype of GE-414 powered AMCA is expected […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday quashed the Centre’s telecast ban on Malayalam news channel MediaOne and pulled up the Ministry of Home Affairs for raising national security claims in “thin air” without facts.Observing that the State can’t impose unreasonable restrictions on press as it would have a chilling effect on press freedom, a bench headed […]
India said on Tuesday it rejected attempts by China to rename places in its eastern state of Arunachal Pradesh. “Arunachal Pradesh is, has been and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India,” said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi in response to media reports on the Chinese Civil Aviation Ministry releasing the third […]
After clashes between two groups during the Ram Navami celebrations in parts of Bihar, the state police on Sunday said the situation in Nalanda’s Biharsharif was completely normal.The state police also advised people not to believe in rumours. Clashes were reported on March 31 in Nalanda’s Biharsharif and Sasaram in Rohtas district where Union Home […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today will address the Combined Commanders Conference at Bhopal even as the military posture of India’s principal adversaries—China and Pakistan—has recorded no positive change on the borders. The meeting will be attended by all tri-service commanders of the rank of commander-in-chiefs with Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan leading the […]
Ahead of Navjot Singh Sidhu’s release from Patiala Central Jail, his wifeNavjot Kaur Sidhu shared an emotional message on Twitter.Congress leader’s wife, who recently broke the news that she was battling cancer, in her tweet said ‘she asked for death’ to ‘teach Sidhu a lesson’. She also wrote profoundly about her husband’s love for Punjab. […]
India logged 2,151 new Covid-19 cases within 24 hours amid conern cover a fresh spike in infections in the country, according to Union health ministry data updated Wednesday. A total of 2,208 cases were recorded on October 28 last year. The Covid-related death toll has increased to 5,30,848 – three reported by Maharashtra, one by […]
Punjab AG on Tuesday said the state was close to arresting fugitive Amritpal, even as habeas corpus petition seeking his release says he was in ‘illegal’ custody at Shahkot Police Station in Jalandhar.AG submitted in Punjab and Haryana High Court that Khalistan sympathiser was not arrested and state was trying its best to nab him. […]
An MP/MLA court in Prayagraj has pronounced gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and three others guilty in the 2006 kidnapping of lawyer Umesh Pal, the main witness in the killing of Bahujan Samaj Party lawmaker Raju Pal. Umesh Pal was shot dead in Prayagraj on February 24. Atiq and former corporator Dinesh Pasi have been convicted of […]