New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Union Minister for Power and Housing & Urban Affairs Manohar Lal on Saturday said that India is likely to overtake the United States in terms of metro rail network length in the next two years.
Jagdalpur/Raipur, Sep 5 (IANS) A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region has convicted 10 people in connection with the 2013 Jhiram Valley Maoist attack, one of the deadliest instances of left-wing extremist violence in the state's recent history.
Saharanpur, Sep 5 (IANS) A mosque demolished by the Uttar Pradesh administration at the Saharanpur Collectorate on Saturday has triggered a political confrontation. While the Opposition leaders are questioning the legality and timing of the action, the BJP maintained that the demolition was carried out strictly in accordance with law after the courts rejected the Muslim side’s appeal.
Amaravati, Sep 5 (IANS) YSRCP Chief and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Saturday accused current Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu of "censoring" the questions being raised over the alleged District Selection Committee (DSC) 2025 recruitment scam and other "failures" of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP)-led state government, by "blocking social media accounts" and "deleting posts".
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Exercise Veer Guardian, being conducted between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Japanese Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) in Jodhpur, will further enhance interoperability and operational synergy between Indian and Japanese forces, the IAF said on Saturday.
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Alleging the use of inflated net worth certificates for loans, the CBI booked businessman Subhash Chandra and seven others for cheating and criminal conspiracy that led to an alleged wrongful loss of over Rs 1,322 crore to LIC Housing Finance (LICHF), an official said on Saturday.
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) On the occasion of Teachers' Day, President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Teachers Awards on 48 educators at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday, honouring their exemplary contributions to education and their students.
Srinagar, Sep 5 (IANS) The terrorist killed in Operation Ashdar by the joint forces on Friday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district was on Saturday identified as a Pakistani national and a member of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).
Lucknow, September 5 (IANS) Upon arriving in Lucknow for the first time on Saturday after being appointed as BJP's Uttar Pradesh in-charge, Vinod Tawde, who is also the party's National General Secretary, hit out at Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, remarking that the SP's ‘PDA’ slogan stands for ‘Paraya Dhan Apna’ (appropriating others' wealth as one’s own).
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Adani Defence & Aerospace has signed a five-year agreement with Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL), the India-Russia joint venture manufacturing AK-203 assault rifles in India, to supply indigenous 7.62x39 mm small-calibre ammunition for the programme, it was announced on Saturday.
