US President Trump and North Korean leader Kim hold talks
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met for the first time and shook hands here today, kicking off their history-making summit aimed at normalising bilateral ties and complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula. Trump and Kim met at Capella Singapore hotel in Singapore’s Sentosa island after months of diplomatic twists and […]
5.1-magnitude earthquake rocks Assam
Guwahati: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale today rocked Assam, according to the Regional Seismological Centre. There was no immediate report of any damage or casualty, officials said. According to the report of the Regional Seismological Centre at Shillong, the epicentre of the medium intensity earthquake, was at a place 22 kilometres from […]
Modi calls council of ministers meeting on June 13
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will review the progress of his government’s flagship schemes and the agenda for the last year of the current NDA rule at a meeting of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday. According to sources, the meeting will be held in Parliament House. All ministers have been asked to attend […]
10 killed in Maharashtra road accident
At least 10 pilgrims returning from a pilgrimage in Madhya Pradesh were killed in a road accident on the Mumbai-Agra national highway in Maharashtra’s Nashik on Thursday, police said. The pilgrims were travelling from Ujjain to Ulhasnagar in Thane when the accident occurred near Chandwad around 7.15 a.m., Inspector A.R. Mohite said. At least 10 […]
Stone pelting cases against J-K children to be withdrawn: Rajnath
Srinagar : The Centre had decided to withdraw cases against those “misled into stone pelting” as it was concerned about the future of Jammu and Kashmir’s youth, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today. Singh, who arrived at the state’s summer capital today, is on a two-day visit to review the security situation in Jammu […]
Will fight all elections solo, says Sena before meeting with Amit Shah
The Shiv Sena today questioned the BJP’s outreach programme after suffering defeats in bypolls and asserted it will fight all upcoming elections solo, attacking the party on a day its president Amit Shah meets Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray. Shah is in Mumbai today to meet Thackeray as part an effort to reach out to NDA […]
RBI hikes repo rate to 6.25%
Reserve Bank of India hikes Repo Rate by 25 bps to 6.25%. Reverse Repo rate at 6%. The central bank announced its bimonthly monetary policy on Wednesday amid expanding economic growth and the recent increase in crude oil prices. The RBI projects inflation for 2018-19 at 4.8- 4.9% in first half and 4.7% in the […]
Rajnath Singh to decide on Ramzan ceasefire tomorrow
New Delhi: A decision on whether the Central Government will extend the time period of Ramzan unilateral ceasefire in J&K, is expected to be taken by Rajnath Singh, when he visits the state on Thursday. The home minister will personally review the situation and get first hand feedback from the forces operating at ground zero. Acoording […]
IAF pilot dies after fighter jet crashes near Gujarat’s Jamnagar
An Indian Air Force Jaguar fighter jet on Tuesday crashed in Gujarat’s Kutch district soon after it took off from the Jamnagar air base, killing a senior officer who was piloting the aircraft, a defence spokesperson said. Air Commodore Sanjai Chauhan, the Air Officer Commanding Air Force Station Jamnagar, who was flying the deep penetration […]
Nitish should be ‘face’ of NDA in Bihar, JD-U tells BJP after bypoll loss
In a message to the Bharatiya Janata Party, Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal-United has said that Kumar should be the “face” of NDA in Bihar during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The message comes with a sting just days after the BJP — and its allies — lost big in bypolls across 10 states, including Uttar […]
