The Supreme Court on Monday imposed a cost of Rs 25,000 on Delhi government Health Minister Satyendra Jain for failing to file an affidavit naming the officials allegedly not co-operating in the efforts to contain the chikungunya and dengue virus. Apparently unhappy over the plea by Delhi government's lawyer seeking time to file the affidavit, a...
The Pakistan army violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday by resorting to indiscriminate firing and mortar shelling at Indian positions in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. Police said the Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked firing and mortar shelling at Indian positions on the LoC in Shahpur area of Poonch district. ...
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the Indian Army is giving a "befitting reply" to the terrorists as well as to continuous ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC). "Our soldiers and army are giving a befitting reply," Singh said in reaction to Sunday night's attack on a Border Security Force (BSF) camp in Baramull...
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday met the three Service chiefs in the wake of a terror attack at a Rashtriya Rifle camp in Baramulla town of Jammu and Kashmir. Army chief General Dalbir Singh, Air Force chief Marshal Arup Raha and Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba met the minister as tension continues between India and Pakistan along th...
The over six-hour long search operation against militants was called off on Monday morning as the security forces said the attackers had failed to breach the security parameters of the army camp in north Kashmir's Baramulla town. One Border Security Force (BSF) trooper was killed and another injured late Sunday night when a gro...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed India formally joining the Paris climate change agreement. "India now joins the 61 other parties that have deposited their instruments of ratification, which, including India, together account for close to 52 per cent of total global greenhouse emissions," Xinhua news agency cited a statement release...
The Border Security Force troopers, according to sources, repulsed an intrusion bid by 8-10 people in the counter offensive at Chakri border out post (BoP)....
An Indian Army camp in Jammu and Kashmirs Baramulla district came under attack by fidayeen militants on Sunday night and heavy firing was witnessed. One BSF trooper was killed while another was injured in the gunfight....
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, who has been in hospital since September 22, is responding well to the treatment given to her and has been advised a few more days' stay in hospital, said Apollo Hospitals on Sunday....
Vice President Hamid Ansari on Sunday said St. Teresa responded to critics by continuing with her work of mercy and never used "pithy aphorisms" or "admonitions."...
