NEW DELHI: India on Thursday successfully conducted a test launch of the intermediate-range Agni-Prime missile from a rail-based mobile launcher system. This marks the first time such a launch has been carried out using a specially designed platform integrated with the national railway network.Defence minister Rajnath Singh confirmed the successful test in a statement on…
NEW DELHI: Ladakh witnessed its worst violence in decades on Wednesday as a protest over statehood and Sixth Schedule safeguards spiralled into clashes that left four people dead and more than 80 injured, including police personnel. Curfew was imposed in Leh, vehicles were set ablaze, and security forces fired teargas and live rounds to quell…
Super Typhoon Ragasa unleashed its fury, sweeping away humans, cars, roads, and even bridges in its path in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines & south China.One of the strongest in years, it has killed 14 people in Taiwan and 4 in Philippines, as it halted life on the southern Chinese coast. A terrifying video showed a…
Accused Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati NEW DELHI: Allegations of sexual harassment against Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, director of a reputed institute in Vasant Kunj, have snowballed into a full-blown police case after over 15 girl students came forward with detailed complaints. Delhi Police confirmed on Tuesday that the accused is absconding but has been traced near Agra.Sleazy…
A US official confirmed that a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump was on the cards, ANI reported on Thursday. However, no further details were provided about the probable meet. “I’m sure you’ll see the two meet. They have a very, very positive relationship,” ANI quoted the official saying.Despite trade…
New Delhi: Delhi University’s Ramanujan College has suspended a male student for 88 days for allegedly body shaming girl students and rusticated two first-year students for their reported attack on each other on the campus.Colleges are rarely known to act against students for serious insults or verbal abuse. Ramanujan College said that such behaviour amounted…
KUALA LUMPUR: Amidst an unsettling global scenario, India is panning its economic heft to resolve the Asean trade disputes. The Asean bloc, after a rather lackluster round of AITIGA (Asean India Trade in Goods Agreement) review in Delhi last month, has offered a new package that will create a “landing zone” for India to address…
NEW DELHI: After half a century and several rounds of litigation, Supreme Court approved on Wednesday an April 30, 1974, decision of the collector of Dadra and Nagar Haveli to rescind the erstwhile Portuguese govt’s grant of possession rights over land to Indians for cultivation.What rankled a bench of Justices Surya Kant, Dipankar Datta and…
Texas ICE shooter Joshua Jahn’s mother’s anti-gun post goes viral after son shoots at ICE office, kills self. The family of Joshua Jahn, the alleged shooter who opened fire at an ICE office in Texas from a nearby rooftop, killing at least 2 detainees, has come under fire as MAGA claimed it’s a Democrat family….
NEW DELHI: In a strong message to state regulatory bodies to act responsibly while dealing with complaints against advocates, SC Wednesday imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 each in two cases on Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa (BCMG) for entertaining frivolous complaints against two lawyers and ordering inquiries.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and…
