PATANA, JUL 19 : In a major breakthrough in the high-profile murder of gangster Chandan Kumar alias Chandan Mishra inside a Patna hospital, five persons were arrested from New Town near Kolkata on Saturday morning, reported news agency PTI. The arrests followed joint raids by the Patna Police and the West Bengal STF, which tracked […]Continue Reading
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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, JUL 19 : In a fresh claim, US President Donald Trump said “five jets were shot down” during the conflict between India and Pakistan in May and repeated his assertion that the fighting ended following his intervention. The US president did not specify whether the jets were lost by either of the two […]Continue Reading
New Ddelhi,Jul 18 : Fresh intelligence inputs seen by India Today suggest that India’s most wanted terrorist, Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, has been spotted in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s Gilgit-Baltistan region, more than 1,000 km away from his Bahawalpur stronghold. Azhar was recently seen in Skardu, specifically around the Sadpara Road locality. The Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUL 18 : The government on Friday welcomed the US administration’s decision to designate the Pakistan-based outfit, The Resistance Front, which was behind the Pahalgam terror attack, as a terrorist group. The Centre noted that the move underscores the strong counter-terrorism cooperation between India and the United States. “India has consistently Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUL 16 : Akbar’s regime was a blend of “brutality” and “tolerance”, Babur a “ruthless conqueror” while Aurangzeb was a “military ruler” who reimposed taxes on non-muslims, says the NCERT’s new Class 8 textbook while describing the reign of Mughal emperors. The book, “Exploring Society: India and Continue Reading
NEW DELHI\LUCKNOW, JUL 15 : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla has not just touched space, but also “lifted India’s aspirations to new heights,” after the first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station (ISS) returned to Earth following a 20-day space sojourn. Singh, a Lok Sabha member from […]Continue Reading
KOZHIKODE, JUL 14 : Influential Sunni Muslim cleric Kanthapuram A P Aboobacker Musliyar has stepped in and is making “all possible efforts” to save an Indian nurse facing execution in Yemen, as her scheduled execution draws near, informed sources said here on Monday. They said the 94-year-old Musliyar, who is officially known as Sheikh Abubakr […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: After an 18-day stay at the International Space Station (ISS), astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla and three others of the commercial Axiom-4 mission are setting off on a return journey to Earth on Monday. Shukla, who became the second Indian astronaut to travel to space after Rakesh Sharma’s 1984 odyssey, will board Dragon spacecraft at […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUL 14 : Star badminton player Saina Nehwal announced her decision to separate from long-time partner Parupalli Kashyap on Sunday, July 13. Saina took to Instagram to announce her decision via a brief statement. Saina and Parupalli are set to separate after nearly 7 years of marriage. Saina and Parupalli grew up together […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, JUL 13: Booth Level Officers (BLOs) of the Election Commission of India (ECI) conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar have found a number of individuals from Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar possessing Indian documents like Aadhaar, domicile certificates and ration cards, sources said on Sunday. According to officials in […]Continue Reading
