India on Friday successfully test-fired nuclear-capable 'Dhanush' ballistic missile from a naval ship off Odisha. The surface-to-surface missile, with a strike range of 350 km, was test-fired from the ship positioned near Paradip in the Bay of Bengal, said a defence official. The trial was carried out by the Strategic Force Command (SFC). Dhanush, a ...
The Centre on Friday informed the Supreme Court that a meeting of the Selection Committee is scheduled to take place on March 1 to deliberate on the steps to be taken for the appointment of a Lokpal. The committee would comprise of the Prime Minister, Chief Justice of India, Lok Sabha Speaker, the leader of the largest opposition party and ...
Delhi Police, which searched Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence on Friday for CCTV footages in connection with the alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash, said no cameras were installed in the room where the incident reportedly took place. A senior police officer said they would go about the investigation based on th...
The Kerala Police on Friday arrested two of the seven suspects in the killing of a "mentally unfit" tribal youth a day ago, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. The 27-year-old Adivasi youth, who was said to be "not of sound mind", was beaten to death here by a lynch mob which had accused him of theft, according to the victim's mother. The...
Targeting of civilian facilities by the Pakistani Army near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri sector has forced some 500 people to abandon their homes and migrate elsewhere, a top officer said on Friday. Director General of Police S.P.Vaid said: "Due to firing, shelling from across the border areas of Uri about 500 people mig...
In a move that is likely to hit Indian IT firms and their employees, the Trump administration has announced a new measure that makes it tougher to issue H-1B visas to those to be employed at one or more third-party worksites. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a policy memorandum on Thursday saying it may requ...
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj here on Friday called on visiting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and discussed ways to deepen the bilateral relationship. "Picture speaks for itself!" External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted along with a picture of the leaders smiling warmly as they shook hands. Kumar said Sushma Swaraj had a "war...
Delhi Police on Friday visited Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence to look for evidence in connection with an alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash there by two AAP legislators just days back. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Harendra Kumar Singh told IANS that the "raid" was underway and police would b...
Delhi Police on Friday visited Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence to look for evidence in connection with an alleged assault on Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash there by two AAP legislators just days back. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Harendra Kumar Singh told IANS that "the raid has just begun" and police would be...
Eric Greiten, the Governor of US' Missouri state, has been indicted amid looming allegations of sexual misconduct and blackmail following an admission of an affair last month, the media reported. He was charged in St. Louis on Thursday with a first-degree felony invasion of privacy, according to the Missouri court system. In a statement,...
