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Successful Flight Test of Prahar

open view web desk Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the indigenously developed surface-to-surface tactical missile ‘Prahar’, from Launch Complex-III, ITR, Balasore, today. Range stations and electro optical systems tracked the missile throughout its flight. ‘Prahar’ is a contemporary weapon system capable of carrying multiple […]

Indian flight returns after passengers ill by pressure loss

open view web desk NEW DELHI— A Jet Airways flight returned to Mumbai, India’s financial capital, on Thursday after dozens of passengers complained of ear pain and nose bleeding due to the loss in cabin pressure. An airline statement said Flight 9W697 with 166 passengers and five crew […]

Imran Khan writes to Modi; seeks to re-start bilateral talks

er open view web desk Islamabad, Sep 20: Pakistan’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan has written a letter to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, the Foreign Office said here Thursday, seeking to re-start the bilateral talks on key issues “challenging the relationship” including on terrorism and Kashmir. In the […]

Attack on Cong workers in Chhattisgarh is political persecution: Rahul Gandhi

open view web desk New Delhi, Sep 19: Declaring that “dictatorship has become a vocation” in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said people in Chhattisgarh will remember the attack on his party’s workers in Bilaspur as an act of “political persecution”. Taking to Twitter […]

Police break up Muslim gatherings in Indian-held Kashmir

open view web desk SRINAGAR, India— Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir have fired tear gas and used batons to break up religious processions marking the Muslim month of Muharram. Authorities imposed a curfew in Lalchowk, the commercial hub of disputed Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar, fearing the religious processions […]

India to merge three state-owned banks to tackle sour debt

open view web desk NEW DELHI  – India plans to merge three state-run banks, Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank, the financial services secretary said on Monday, as part of efforts to clean up the country’s banking system. The government will continue to provide capital support […]

India appoints new chief justice critical of incumbent’s record

open view web desk NEW DELHI:- India’s Department of Justice said Supreme Court judge Ranjan Gogoi will become chief justice on Oct. 3, to succeed retiring Dipak Misra who has been the target of unprecedented criticism this year from politicians and judges, including Gogoi. The appointment is in […]

Petrol, diesel rates scale new highs

open view web desk New Delhi: Petrol and diesel prices Friday scaled new highs as rates were increased on account of rupee depreciation and rise in international oil rates. While petrol price was increased by 28 paise a litre, diesel rates went up by 22 paise, according to a […]

Rahul Gandhi seeks Arun Jaitley’s resignation over Mallya case

open view web desk NEW DELHI – The leader of India’s opposition Congress Party has called for the resignation of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over what he termed an act of “collusion” in the case of Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya – an accusation Jaitley denies. India wants to […]

Extradition case of Indian tycoon Vijay Mallya in UK court

  open view web desk LONDON— Indian entrepreneur Vijay Mallya, once a leading figure among India’s business elite, has resumed his long-running fight against extradition to India on money laundering allegations. Mallya’s lawyer, Clare Montgomery, said in Westminster Magistrates Court Wednesday that the charges presented by the Indian […]

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