Category: India News

With flowers and salutes, last respects paid to India’s defence chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 9 – The bodies of India’s defence chief and 12 others who died in a helicopter crash laid draped in the Indian flag at a defence cantonment on Thursday, before being flown to New Delhi, where the general will be laid to rest with full […]

India’s top syringe maker asks PM Modi to lift factory shutdown order

MUMBAI, Dec 11 – India’s largest syringe and needle manufacturer has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to revoke an order to suspend production, part of a broader factory shutdown imposed by a state regulator to curb heavy pollution in the region. Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices (HMD) has […]

Apeksha Films & Music Releases Guzaarish, The Love Anthem of the Year

Mumbai, 10 December 2021: Apeksha Films & Music in collaboration with Jazzzup Entertainment releases the heart-wrenching track Guzaarish featuring exceptionally stylish Vikas Verma and breathtakingly beautiful Flora Saini. The song with spectacular visuals is packed with intense lyrics by Sanjeev Chaturvedi. The music is designed by the lyricist […]

India’s Omicron cases mild, vaccine boosters not a priority -government

NEW DELHI, Dec 10 – India has detected 25 cases of the emergent Omicron variant of the coronavirus and all have shown mild symptoms, the health ministry said on Friday, adding that there was no immediate plan to authorise vaccine boosters. Vaccine supplies have surged in India in […]

India’s top general laid to rest with full military honours

NEW DELHI, Dec 10 – India’s top general, Bipin Rawat, was cremated in New Delhi on Friday with full military honours, including a 17-gun salute, two days after he and 12 others died in a helicopter crash in southern India. Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), […]

With flowers and salutes, last respects paid to India’s defence chief

NEW DELHI, Dec 9 – The bodies of India’s defence chief and 12 others who died in a helicopter crash laid draped in the Indian flag at a defence cantonment on Thursday, before being flown to New Delhi, where the general will be laid to rest with full […]

Indian farmers receive new government offer, may call off protest

NEW DELHI, Dec 8 – India’s protesting farmers have received a revised proposal from the government addressing some of their pending demands such as a new law to secure government prices for crops beyond rice and wheat, farm union leaders said on Wednesday. Tens of thousands of farmers […]

CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, wife and 11 others killed in helicopter crash near Coonoor

New Delhi, Dec 8: Gen Bipin Rawat, India’s first Chief of Defence Staff, his wife and 11 other armed forces personnel died on Wednesday after the military helicopter they were travelling in crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu, the Indian Air Force said. The lone survivor, Group Captain […]

India’s military chief, 12 others killed in helicopter crash

NEW DELHI — India’s military chief, Gen. Bipin Rawat, and 12 others were killed Wednesday in a helicopter crash in southern Tamil Nadu state, the air force said. It said in a tweet that the helicopter “met with a tragic accident.” The dead included Rawat’s wife. The air […]

India’s defence chief, 12 others killed in chopper crash

NEW DELHI, Dec 8 – India’s Defence Chief Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other people were killed after a military helicopter they were travelling in crashed in southern India on Wednesday, the Indian Air Force said. Rawat, 63, was appointed as India’s first Chief of Defence Staff […]

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