Barak-8 lRSAM test-fire a success
The Indian Navy on Wednesday achieved a major milestone in boosting its anti-air warfare capability with the maiden successful firing of Barak-8 long range surface-to-air missile(lRSAM) from destroyer INS Kolkata in Arabian Sea near Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The missile, jointly developed by India and Israel, can hit an incoming...
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US clears air on Indians' deportation; honour your own visas, says India
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Cabinet clears formation of JV firms with Rlys, States
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DA: CBI searches senior IRS officer's residence
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BJP hits back as Cong terms Modi Govt a failure
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NDRF to procure rescue gadgets to bolster its ops
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States told to control pollution
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Govt unveils National Biotech Development Strategy 2015-2020
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J&K Govt to probe terror charges against Andrabi
The coalition Government in Jammu & Kashmir will investigate allegations against radical all-woman Dukhtaran-e-Millat outfit chief Asiya Andrabi that she is launching youngsters to join Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Andrabi has denied the allegations levelled by three youngsters from Hyderabad who were arrested by police at Nagpur...
BJP to exploit Patnaik's incumbency
The BJP and the BJD may share somewhat congenial relation at the Centre, but at the State level it is a different state altogether. The BJP is set to launch campaigns to exploit the prolonged incumbency of Naveen Patnaik in Odisha. The party is mobilising its cadres from booth Mandal...
Gunfight on in Kashmir, Hizbul guerrilla 'trapped'
A gunfight started on Wednesday evening between holed-up guerrillas and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, said officials. Official sources said top Hizbul commander, Burhan, is also believed to be trapped inside the cordon laid around the area. "Security forces came under automatic gunfire from militants hiding in Gusoo...
Cong retains 3 seats in Maha council polls
The Opposition Congress on Wednesday retained three of its four seats, while the ruling Shiv Sena recaptured two of its earlier seats in the biennial Maharashtra legislative Council polls held on Sunday. In the polls, held to fill eight vacancies in the Upper House of the Maharashtra legislature, the Congress retained...
Sonia launches veiled attack on BJP in Kerala
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday launched a veiled attack against the BJP for its alleged attempts to woo Hindu lower caste Ezhavas who form over 21 percent of Kerala’s population by stating that attempts were being made by “communal ideologies and individuals” to appropriate the legacy of Sree Narayana...
Cong's 'lucky 13' helps K'taka CM cement post
Just a day before the close of 2015, the ruling Congress in Karnataka led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah led a massive victory in the legislative Council polls by winning 13 seats out of 25 seats from the local authority constituencies. The results declared on Wednesday for the polls held last week...
TRS wins 4 more seats, Cong bags 2
The Congress has managed to save its face in Telangana by winning two of the six legislative Council seats from the local body constituencies, while the remaining four went to the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti. Earlier the TRS had won six other Council seats unanimously taking its total tally to...