Category: India News

Rahul asks who benefitted from Pulwama strike, BJP calls him LeT and Jaish sympathiser

New Delhi, Feb 14: The Pulwama terror attack was at the centre of a bitter war of words between the opposition and the BJP on Friday with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asking who benefitted from the strike and the ruling party accusing him of being a “known sympathiser” of […]

Another wall goes up for Trump, this time in India

AHMEDABAD, India – U.S. President Donald Trump will be shielded from the sight of slums by a newly built wall when he visits the city of Ahmedabad during a visit to India this month. A senior government said the wall was being built for security reasons, not to […]

Economists eye silver lining in India’s rising rural inflation numbers

MUMBAI – India’s rural inflation rate surged faster than urban inflation for the first time in 19 months in January, and economists are optimistic that signals something the country desperately needs – a revival in demand in the rural economy. Around two-thirds of India’s population depends on the […]

Passenger on board Bangkok-Delhi suspected of coronavirus: SpiceJet

New Delhi, Feb 13: A passenger on board a Bangkok-Delhi flight was quarantined on Thursday after he was suspected of having contracted the novel coronavirus, SpiceJet said. The passenger was quarantined by the Airport Health Organisation after the plane landed at Delhi airport, it said. “On February 13, 2020, […]

Blame game in Cong after its rout in Delhi polls

New Delhi, Feb 12: A day after the party’s rout in the Delhi polls, the knives are out in the Congress with leaders blaming each other and raising questions on whether the grand old party has outsourced the task of defeating the BJP to others. The party has, however, […]

NSA detention: HC imposes Rs 1 lakh cost on MP govt over affidavit

Jabalpur (MP), Feb 12: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday imposed a cost of Rs one lakh on the state government for not filing the district magistrate’s affidavit along with its reply in response to a notice over detention of to a man from Seoni under the National […]

Soil test for Machilipatnam sea port begins

Machilipatnam (AP), Feb 12: Railway consultancy firm RITES on Wednesday began the soil test for the Machilipatnam deep sea port in Krishna District in Andhra Pradesh, state Transport Minister Pergi Venkataramana said. The Standard Penetration Test (SPT) that will assess the soil properties and penetration resistance was being carried […]

Go for surgical action to revive Cong:Moily after poll debacle

Bengaluru, Feb 12: Expressing concern over the Congress debacle in the Delhi Assembly elections, senior party leader M Veerappa Moily said on Wednesday the time to act is now as he called for a “surgical action” to revive the outfit. The Congress drew a blank for the second time […]

Exclusive: India readying $2.6 billion U.S. naval helicopter deal ahead of Trump trip

NEW DELHI – India is set to give final approval to a $2.6 billion deal for military helicopters from U.S. defence firm Lockheed Martin ahead of a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump this month, defence and industry sources said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is trying to […]

Bharatiya Janata Party routed in Delhi election

NEW DELHI – India’s ruling party was projected to lose a key state election on Tuesday, the vote count showed, in its first electoral test since deadly anti-government protests erupted nearly two months ago. The Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a […]

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