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Kochi: India’s push for self-reliance in defence manufacturing gained fresh momentum with the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) delivering Mahe, the first in a series of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC), to the Indian Navy. The vessel was formally handed over at a...

New Delhi: With three weekly services, China Eastern Airlines will resume direct flights between Shanghai and Delhi from November 9. Direct air services between India and China will resume after more than five years October 26, with IndiGo set to restart flights connecting Kolkata and...

New Delhi:  Defence Acquisition Council, at a meeting Thursday under the chairmanship of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, approved various proposals of the Army, Navy and Air Force for purchasing military hardware worth a total amount of around Rs 79,000 crore. For the army, Acceptance of...

New Delhi: Glacial lakes and other water bodies in the Himalayan region have expanded by 9.24 per cent over the past 14 years, said a Central Water Commission (CWC) report, spotlighting the effects of climate change. The total inventory area of glacial lakes and water...

Thiruvananthapuram: In a rare and heartwarming moment, President Droupadi Murmu, who is on a visit to Kerala, stepped out of her convoy Thursday to personally greet a group of schoolchildren who had gathered along the roadside to catch her glimpse near the famed Sivagiri Mutt...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will represent Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 20th East Asia Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 27, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday. Prime Minister Modi will virtually attend the 22nd Association of...

Chandigarh: Punjab recorded 484 stubble burning incidents from September 15 to October 22, marking a sharp increase of 296 from the 188 cases recorded till October 16, Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) data showed. As per the data, Tarn Taran witnessed the highest number of...

New Delhi: Ahead of the auspicious occasion of Chhath, a Patna-bound SpiceJet aircraft returned to Delhi Thursday morning shortly after take-off following a technical issue. According to SpiceJet, flight SG 497, which was operating from Delhi to Patna with a Boeing 737 aircraft, made a...

Patna: With the Bihar Assembly elections set to take place in two phases November 6 and 11, just days after the Chhath Puja festival, the BJP faces a crucial challenge: convincing lakhs of migrant workers to stay back and cast their votes before returning to...

Srinagar: Heated exchanges were witnessed between the ruling National Conference and opposition BJP members during obituary references on Day 1 of the autumn session of the J-K Assembly over the role of former governor late Satya Pal Malik in the abrogation of Article 370 in...