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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


Missing count crosses 4,000 as rescue teams race against time; over 900 dead

Kathmandu, Aug. 31 -- Nepal's rescue teams are trying to trace 933 workers and employees in various hydropower project sites in flood-hit areas who have been out of contact since August 26, with many ... Read More


US strikes Iranian rocket launchers on Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks

Washington, Aug. 31 -- US forces struck Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in their first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in fighting during an intermittent war tha... Read More


Fight against casteist mentality will be waged with full force: Cong slams FIR against Rahul

New Delhi, Aug. 31 -- The Congress on Monday lashed out at the BJP after an FIR was filed against Rahul Gandhi over his recent remarks about a 'shuddhikaran ceremony' at the venue where party chief Ma... Read More


3 killed, 23 injured as vehicle carrying family collides with truck in Kasganj

Kasganj/Etah (UP), Aug. 31 -- Three pilgrims were killed and 23 others, including women and children, sustained injuries when a pickup vehicle carrying them collided head-on with a loader truck in Kas... Read More


One militant killed in factional gunfight in Manipur's Noney

India, Aug. 30 -- At least one militant was killed and six others were injured in a gunfight between two factions of an armed group in Manipur's Noney district, officials said on Sunday. Police said t... Read More