Author: Rohan Dua

New Delhi: Manipur state government has dispatched its own state commandos and mega search-and-comb team to assist Assam Rifles to hunt down the perpetrators of Saturday’s ambush attack that killed a 44-year-old Colonel, his wife eight-year-old son, and four soldiers near the border with Myanmar. CM Biren Singh shared the details while speaking exclusively to […]

HYDERABAD/DELHI: Bharat Biotech on Friday announced the Phase 3 trial results of COVAXIN that has placed the vaccine to be 77.8% effective against symptomatic COVID. The study also said that Covaxin Phase 3 trials demonstrates a 70.8% overall protection against all variants of Covid. Also Read & Watch: Diwali Gift: WHO Grants Approval To Covaxin; […]

NEW DELHI: In what spells out more trouble for Sushen Mohan Gupta, the alleged middleman in the French aviation company Dassault’s alleged agreement with a Chandigarh based software firm IDS Infotech, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has found bills for his vacation in Thailand in December 2010 on New Year eve. The CBI chargesheet, […]

NEW DELHI: Maa Annapurna is finally home. As the country celebrates the homecoming of an ancient statue of the goddess of food and the queen of the ancient city of Kashi (now Varanasi/Benaras), at the behest of Indian Prime minister, Narendra Modi, not many are aware that the person who first figured out that this […]

NEW DELHI: Eight-year-long investigation into the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam has opened a can of worms and given fresh fodder on how Dassault Aviation had allegedly paid approximately 10 million euros (Rs 100 crore) to a middleman– close to son of then UPA-era minister Santosh Bagrodia’s brother — in India from two Mauritius […]

NEW DELHI: In line with the Government of India initiative “Dekho Apna Desh” to promote domestic tourism, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has launched a special tourist train called Shri Ramayana Yatra Tours. The train, that was flagged off from Delhi’s Safdarjung Railway Station on Sunday evening, is slated to cover all prominent […]

CHANDIGARH: A day after Punjab’s advocate-general APS Deol attacked Navjot Singh Sidhu in the ‘drugs matter’ and the ‘sacrilege cases’, the cricketer turned politician on Sunday hit back at him, alleging that the lawyer had appeared before the High Court for main conspirators and accused in the case. The Punjab Congress chief, Sidhu also accused […]

NEW DELHI: Ongoing investigation into the illegal conversion racket being run by Maulana Umar Gautam and Maulana Kaleem Siddique has led to the arrest of Maulana Umar’s son, Abdullah by the Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh Police. It is said that Abdullah was allegedly a part of a well-heeled conversion racket, being funded […]

KEDARNATH (UTTARAKHAND): A day after Diwali celebrations in Nowshera with jawans and Army officials near the Line of Control (LoC) of Rajouri Army Division, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday reached Kedarnath early morning to offer prayers inside the shrine and inaugurate development projects in Uttarakhand. Also Read: Like In Past, Siachen To Jaisalmer, PM […]

JAMMU: Keeping in line with his decision to spend Diwali with soldiers on border since he became the Prime Minister in 2014, PM Narendra Modi on Thursday again visited the forward areas of Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera in Jammu and Kashmir. Earlier, PM had visited Siachen in 2014, Amritsar in 2015, Lahaul Spiti […]