New Delhi, Aug 18 — The Department of Defence Production has notified the sixth 'Positive Indigenisation List' comprising 405 strategically important items with an estimated business potential of Rs 3,070 crore, aimed at strengthening local manufacturing and reducing dependence on imports,…
New Delhi, Aug 18 — A political standoff appears to be intensifying between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Delhi Police following the brutal murder of an MCD sanitation worker while he was on duty in the national Capital. Twenty-four-year-old Anil Kumar, an MCD sanitation worker, was stabbed to…
New Delhi, Aug 18 — Union Health and Family Welfare Minister J.P. Nadda underwent an angioplasty at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital and is currently in stable condition, said the medical officials on Tuesday. The Union Health Minister is currently under…
Kozhikode, Aug 18 — The Enforcement Directorate’s renewed searches in the controversial ‘monthly payment’ case have once again put the family of former Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan under the political spotlight, with the agency on Tuesday searching the residence of two close aides of his…
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 18 — Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious maritime vision for Kerala, declaring that the commencement of full-fledged EXIM operations at Vizhinjam International Seaport marks the opening of the country’s new maritime gateway through this port, which…
Gwalior/Lucknow, Aug 18 — Eight people from Uttar Pradesh were killed, and several others were injured after a truck collided with the vehicle carrying labourers in the Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday morning. The accident occurred around 1:00 a.m. near Chhimaka village in the Gohad…
Gorakhpur, Aug 18 — Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday directed senior administrative officials to timely resolution of land disputes and also strict action against revenue officials if they are found negligent in resolving the public issues, warning that officials who fail to…
Kolkata, Aug 18 — A sudden fire incident in the early hours of Tuesday caused widespread panic at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport, Kolkata. It is learnt that the fire broke out on the second floor of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) building at Kolkata Airport. However,…
Kolkata, Aug 18 — With the death toll in the devastating fire at Tarapith in Birbhum district of West Bengal on Monday morning rising to nine by Monday night, the police on Tuesday started a massive manhunt to track Tapas Paul, the main owner of hotel Bideshini, who went absconding since the mishap…
Surat, Aug 18 — Gujarat’s Surat Cyber Crime Police have arrested a 32-year-old man from Khambhalia in Devbhumi Dwarka district in connection with an alleged Rs 1.52 crore online investment fraud, after tracing his location during a technical investigation. Police identified the arrested accused as…
Bengaluru, Aug 18 — Karnataka Chief Minister, D.K. Shivakumar, on Tuesday hit out at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, over his remarks condemning the killing of three alleged poachers in Chamarajanagar reserve forest by Forest Department officials, asserting that no state should interfere…
Chennai, Aug 18 — Tamil Nadu Congress Committee President, Manickam Tagore, has attacked AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami over the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, accusing him of attempting to conceal his party’s “historic betrayal” of Tamil Nadu students by blaming the…
Amaravati, Aug 18 — Eight fishermen from Andhra Pradesh’s B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district went missing at sea, officials said on Tuesday. The fishermen, who had set out on a boat in the Bay of Bengal for fishing on August 3, were scheduled to return on August 12.The families of the fishermen…
New Delhi, Aug 18 — Israel expects two more rounds of negotiations with India on the proposed free trade agreement, with the two sides likely to have greater clarity on the pact by February 2027, Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar said.In an interaction with IANS, Azar said the second round of…
Patna, Aug 18 — The political temperature in Bihar has risen amid growing concerns among students and young people over paper leaks, unemployment, recruitment irregularities and the education system. The controversy surrounding the use of an AK-47 by a cop during a student protest in Siwan has now…
New Delhi, Aug 18 — As Jharkhand student leader Devendra Nath Mahato called off his hunger strike after the Hemant Soren government cancelled examinations and recruitment processes for government jobs following weeks of student protests, the BJP on Tuesday congratulated the students and said the…
New Delhi, Aug 18 — A day after announcing a major reshuffle of the national office-bearers, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday appointed new state in-charges for Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat, with the appointments coming into effect immediately. According to a press note, the BJP…
Chennai, Aug 18 — The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has begun the process of transforming an area of the Omandurar Government Estate into a modern public plaza featuring recreational, exhibition and public viewing facilities.The civic body proposes to develop the underutilised land surrounding…
Jammu, Aug 18 — A teenager was killed and 17 others injured on Tuesday, in two separate road accidents in Jammu and Kashmir.According to officials, a teenage boy was killed and 12 people were injured after multiple vehicles collided with each other in a road accident in Rajouri district.The…
Chennai, Aug 18 — Members across party lines in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Tuesday condemned the shooting of three Tamil men by Karnataka Forest Department personnel and demanded an impartial investigation.AIADMK MLA and former Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami said Anthonysamy, John Rose…
New Delhi, Aug 18 — The government has proposed extending the permissible age of battery-operated, hydrogen fuel-based and natural gas-driven vehicles covered under the national permit system by five years.According to a recently issued notification by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways…