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World launders enough money to buy a laptop for every person on earth: CJI Surya Kant

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has highlighted the enormous scale of global money laundering, saying that if estimates are even broadly accurate, the amount of money laundered... Read More


Delhi's draft electoral roll published, 47.7 lakh of 1.45 crore voters dropped

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- Delhi's draft electoral roll was published Monday, with 47.7 lakh electors out of 1.45 crore of the city's voters excluded. Delhi chief electoral officer said those excluded can ... Read More


Nepal sought more warning data from China before devastating floods

Kathmandu, Aug. 31 -- Nepal had sought greater access to information from China on glacier movements, water levels and other hazards in the Himalayan region months before a devastating flood struck th... Read More


How the Nepal disaster unfolded: From a glacier collapse to a devastating flood

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- Devastating flash floods and landslides struck the Nepal-Tibet border region on August 26 after a massive chunk of glacier broke away from an altitude of around 5,200 metres and ... Read More


PM Modi in Bishkek for SCO summit, set to meet Putin; talks with Iran president also on cards

Bishkek, Aug. 31 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Sunday to attend the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit and hold a series of bilateral meetings on ... Read More


Sukesh Chandrasekar gets 8-year jail term for posing as Supreme Court judge

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- A Delhi court has sentenced Sukesh Chandrasekar to eight years in prison for impersonating a Supreme Court judge and attempting to influence the outcome of his bail hearing in a ... Read More


Tata Advanced Systems to co-produce Javelin missiles in India under new agreement

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- Tata Advanced Systems Limited (TASL) and the Javelin Joint Venture (JJV), a partnership between Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to c... Read More


SC refuses to hear PIL for mandatory disclosure of ethanol content in petrol at fuel pumps

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a directive to the Centre and others to ensure mandatory and uniform labelling on every dispensing nozzle at petrol... Read More


Demolition, encroachment removal drive around Jama Masjid begins following HC order

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Monday launched a demolition and encroachment removal drive in the Jama Masjid area, following directions from the Delhi High Court to... Read More


Nepal floods triggered by ice-rock avalanche: Nepalese scientists

Kathmandu, Aug. 31 -- The devastating floods in Nepal that swept through the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli corridor were triggered by a massive ice-rock avalanche in the high Himalayas, not by conventional rain... Read More