North Korea successfully tests its first hydrogen bomb as 5.1 quake detected at nuclear test site
Seoul: North Korea announced on Wednesday that it had successfully carried out its first hydrogen bomb test, a development that, if confirmed, would marking a stunning step forward in its nuclear development. "The republic's first hydrogen bomb test has been successfully...
Terrorists wrote ‘revenge for Afzal Guru’ in blood on walls of Indian Consulate in Afghanistan’s Mazar-e-Sharif
New Delhi/Nagpur: A day after it was targeted by terrorists, two messages written in blood have been found on the walls of the Indian consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif. While one message reads 'Afzal Guru ka Intekam' (revenge for Afzal Guru), the...
Pranav Dhanawade: A thousand splendid runs
Mumbai/ Nagpur: It takes an hour-and-a-half for me to reach Kolkata airport from my residence; another hour-and-a-half to the aircraft to take off; the flight to Mumbai is two-and-a-half-hours long; and it takes an hour-and-a-half to reach my workplace. That...
Pathankot terror attack: Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif calls up PM Narendra Modi
New Delhi/ Nagpur: Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif has called up PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday following the Pathankot terror attack in the Indian Air Force base. A large explosion occurred at the Pathankot air base today afternoon even as Defence Minister...
Pathankot combing ops underway, likely to end by tomorrow: Parrikar
New Delhi/ Nagpur: As many six terrorists were killed in the security operation to secure the Pathankot air base, said defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday. Parrikar said the weapons recovered at the Indian Air Force base indicate that the terrorists...
‘Do Your Cars Emit Oxygen?’ Supreme Court Ticks Off Mercedes, Toyota
File Pic New Delhi: "Are your vehicles emitting oxygen?" was the Supreme Court's withering reply to car manufacturers including Toyota and Mercedes, who want a ban on their larger diesel cars in Delhi to be revoked. Automakers like Mahindra & Mahindra...
Kejriwal, 5 others made false statements against me: Jaitley tells court
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today recorded his statement in a Delhi court in a criminal defamation complaint filed by him against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders, accusing them of making false statements against him...
Modi-Sharif tea ‘cost us 7 jawans’: Shiv Sena
MUMBAI/NAGPUR: Lashing out at the Centre in the wake of the Pathankot terror strike, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday said it had warned Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to trust Pakistan and that time has now come for him to...
India was tipped off on 25 Dec about #PathankotAttack. Even as Modi met Sharif
NewDelhi/Nagpur: According to Exclusive news report published by catch news portal, India knew of an impending terror attack even when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was clasping the hand of his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on 25 December. What's more, India even...
Lodha panel recommends separate bodies for BCCI, IPL
Mumbai/Nagpur: Observing that states function as units under the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), retired Chief Justice of India, RM Lodha on Monday said only one unit per state will represent and vote in BCCI as he...
Two dead, 35 injured after massive earthquake jolts northeastern India
Imphal/Nagpur: A 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit the country’s remote northeast region before dawn on Monday, killing at least one person, injuring 50 others and causing damage to several buildings. There were reports of damage to a popular market in Imphal, the...
Indian consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif attacked
Mazar- i-Sharif/Nagpur:Explosions and gunfire rang out on Sunday night as militants attempted to storm the Indian diplomatic mission in the Afghan city of Mazar- i-Sharif, a day after a deadly raid on an Indian air base near the Pakistan border. The...
Excise duty hiked on petrol, diesel
New Delhi/ Nagpur: Government on Saturday hiked excise duty on petrol by Rs 0.37 per litre and by Rs 2 a litre on diesel, the second increase in duties in just over two weeks, to mop up a little less...
Four terrorists, two IAF personnel killed in Pathankot attack: All you need to know
India on Saturday woke up to the news of a terror attack on the Pathankot Air Base in Punjab, where four terrorists were shot dead. Reports suggest that the intelligence agency had information about the attack because of which quick...
No visible difference between UPA-II and Modi regime on corruption: Anna Hazare
NewDelhi/Nagpur: After a hiatus, veteran social activist Anna Hazare has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reminding him of not delivering his pre-electoral promises to bring back black money in 100 days and building a corruption-free India, saying “there was...
Delhiites accepted the odd-even scheme whole-heartedly: Kejriwal
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Overwhelmed by the response of people towards the odd-even scheme in the national capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said "the scheme has been successful so far". "I would like to thank the people who came forward to...
PM Narendra Modi to cut down foreign trips in 2016
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to cut down his foreign visits in 2016, travelling abroad only when it is absolutely necessary so that he can devote more time to issues of domestic importance. He has asked the external affairs...
Dubai hotel fire under control, 1 killed, 14 injured, says police
Dubai/Nagpur: Fire engulfed a 63-storey skyscraper in downtown Dubai near the world's tallest building on Thursday night, but the block was successfully evacuated and there were only light injuries, the emirate's police chief said. Tongues of flame shot skywards from one...
Security forces gun down two militants in J&K’s Pulwama district
Pulwama/Nagpur: Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces at a village in the Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Thursday. While sources said the militants belonged to the banned militant group Lashkar-e-toiba and included a local and a...
Not just students: Indian tourists, businessmen also deported from US
More Indians, and not just students but tourists and businesspersons, have been deported by the US in recent days, the external affairs ministry said on Wednesday. The first reports about US deportations were about Indian students headed for two California universities....
Delhi govt suspends two officers; 200 colleagues threaten to go on mass leave
NewDelhi/Nagpur: Two senior civil service officers of the Home Department have been suspended by the AAP government for refusing to sign on a Cabinet decision file, following which around 200 DANICS-cadre officers have threatened to go on mass leave tomorrow...
