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NEW DELHI: Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath’s son Bakul had dashed to Las Vegas on a private chopper in June 2011 with the help of tainted nephew of the top Congress leader for a vacation, the sensational files from the credit card statement found in the probe into Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper […]

NEW DELHI: The defence ministry has set a target of producing defence equipment worth Rs 1.75 lakh crores by 2025, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday adding that equipment worth Rs 35,000 crores would be exported. Addressing chief managing directors (CMDs) and non-official directors (NODs) of DPSUs at a first-of-its-kind workshop here, Singh said, […]

CHENNAI: Amid country-wide unrest and sheer public pressure for his resignation, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on Wednesday morning, a move experts said is on the expected lines. Speaking to The New Indian on Rajapaksa’s exit, Col. Hariharan, a noted Chennai-based Sri Lankan expert said, “It was expected. Yesterday, he also […]

SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said that terrorism will not end in Kashmir unless the central government wins the hearts of the people of Kashmir and engages in dialogue with the neighbouring country. “I tell them it will never end unless you win the […]

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand state forest department has deployed quick reaction, rescue teams (QRTs) to check human-wildlife conflict as the devotees pass through areas where confrontation with wild animals is likely. “The quick reaction teams have been deployed on the routes adjacent to the forest areas keeping in mind the possibility of wild animals straying into areas […]