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Nepal PM Shah to make 'meaningful' visit to India, date yet to be finalised: Foreign Minister Khanal

Kathmandu, Sept. 30 -- Prime Minister Balendra Shah will make a "meaningful" and "result-oriented" visit to India at an appropriate time, although no date has been finalised, Foreign Minister Shisir K... Read More


Won't impose complete ban, won't allow incessant fireworks either: SC

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- Observing that total ban on firecrackers will hurt sentiments, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will neither impose complete prohibition, nor allow round-the-clock firewor... Read More


SC pulls up UP Police over faulty FIR

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The Supreme Court has questioned the Uttar Pradesh Police over the handling of an FIR in which the accused section was allegedly left blank initially and filled in later, asking... Read More


Ojha gets 1 more yr as PIB principal DG

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- Senior Indian Information Service (IIS) officer Dhirendra Ojha was on Wednesday re-employed as principal director general of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) till September ne... Read More


Pilot brawl on Tel Aviv-bound flydubai jet sets off hijack SOS, Israel rules out threat

Tel Aviv(Israel), Sept. 30 -- A commercial plane travelling from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to Israel was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, briefly raising conce... Read More


Indian captain fought with co-pilot during Flydubai incident: Media report

Dubai, Sept. 30 -- An Indian national was the captain of a Flydubai flight who fought with his co-pilot during a violent cockpit confrontation that forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing in ... Read More


Netanyahu says pilot on FlyDubai flight stabbed another and apparently tried to crash plane

Tel Aviv, Sept. 30 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Saudi Arabia had arrested the pilot of a FlyDubai flight who stabbed another pilot and apparently tried to crash a p... Read More


NCERT releases new Class 9 Social Science book with focus on taxation, governance and nation-building

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has released a new Social Science textbook for Class 9, bringing together themes of Indian history, governance,... Read More


Delhi riots 2020: HC refuses bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam in UAPA case

New Delhi, Sept. 30 -- The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to grant bail to activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in a case under the anti-terror law UAPA on the "larger conspiracy" behind the... Read More


Eiffel Tower chief to step down after exclusion of female staff during Hindu delegation visit

Paris, Sept. 30 -- The head of the company that runs the Eiffel Tower will step down at the end of the year after female staff at the landmark building in Paris were excluded during a visit by a Hindu... Read More