MANDI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday likened the army’s anti-terror surgical strikes to Israel’s exploits and said the Indian forces have shown they are no less than anybody “Our army’s valour is being discussed across the country these days. We used to hear earlier that Israel has done this. The nation has seen that […]
GOA: India on Saturday announced that it will buy the S-400 ‘Triumf’ air defence systems from Russia, worth over $5 billion, and collaborate in making four state of art frigates besides setting up a joint production facility for making Kamov helicopters. The deals were announced following talks held between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian […]
GOA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks in which India is expected to raise concerns over growing Russia-Pakistan military ties besides looking at ways of ramping up their privileged partnership in areas of defence and nuclear energy. Putin, who arrived in Goa after a delay of nine hours due to […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The barely four-month-old Left Democratic Front government in Kerala faces, Industries Minister E P Jayarajan resigns following allegations of nepotism charges. When Minister E P Jayarajan was caught in the controversy over nepotism the Vigilance started preliminary investigation against him. The relative of Minister E P Jayarajan resigned due to the appointment row. Deepthi […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Industries Minister E.P. Jayarajan appears to be on his way out of the Pinarayi Vijayan Cabinet with the CPM Central leadership taking a stern stand on the allegations of nepotism against him and the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) deciding to initiate a Quick Verification (QV) of the charges. CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury […]
WASHINGTON: Eight Indian men along with three others have been arrested by officials of the US Customs department for allegedly trying to illegally enter American territory of Puerto Rico. The arrests were made yesterday by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) along with local law enforcement agencies from Dominican Republic. These 11 undocumented migrants […]
MUMBAI: Amid allegations that the government is trying to appropriate undue credit for the surgical strikes across the Line of Control, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that while the armed forces deserve 100 percent credit, the government “must be cheered for the decision it took boldly.” “No one thought India could do something like this,” […]
SRINAGAR: Security forces on Wednesday killed one more terrorist as the operation to flush out holed up ultras inside the building of Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) in Pampore on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway entered third day today. The bodies of the two terrorists killed in the operation, which has now been going on for over […]
SWEDEN: British-born Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom of Finland won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their contributions to contract theory , shedding light on how contracts help people deal with conflicting interests. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said their theories “are valuable to the understanding of real—life contracts and institutions, as […]
KOCHI: Kerala-based Peace Educational Foundation was under scanner after it came to light that some of the 21 missing persons from the state who were believed to have joined the Islamic State, worked in schools run by the foundation. The Kerala Police on Saturday filed a case against Peace Educational Foundation that runs a chain […]