West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee called out opposition BJP for "engaging in politics" at a time when the state is dealing with the pandemic and devastation caused by Cyclone Amphan on June 5. Bengal BJP unit earlier alleged that state government's claim of suffering losses worth Rs 1 lakh crore because of Cyclone Amphan was a ruse to "make money".
The scrappage policy to be launched by the Union Transport ministry is likely to include commercial vehicles in the first stage. The Ministry plans to cap the life of commercial vehicles at 15 years and private vehicles at 20 years. Reportedly,… read-more
TAGS: Scrappage policy, Nirmala Sitharaman, Union government, Road & Transport ministry
In a first, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is eyeing to participate in a multilateral exercise that is slated to take place in the strategic Persian Gulf Region. Touted as 'Desert Flag' exercise, the IAF will ship Sukhoi-30MKI fighters, two C-17… read-more
TAGS: IAF, Indian Air force, India, Persian Gulf, BrahMos
Tamil Nadu's Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and Congress have been unsuccessful at finalizing seat-sharing agreement for the Assembly Elections commencing from April 6. While Congress demands to contest in 30 among the state's 234 assembly seats… read-more
TAGS: DMK, MK Stalin, Congress, Tamil Nadu Assembly Elections, rajya sabha
A day after reports of 'Jaish-ul-Hind' claiming the responsibility of threatening Mukesh Ambani surfaced, the lesser-known terror group has come forward to call the reports and the letter "fake". The Mumbai Police have shared a new message,… read-more
TAGS: Terrorism, Mukesh Ambani, Jaish-ul-Hind, Mumbai Police
Gujarat Home Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja has affirmed that the state will introduce a bill to counter 'love jihad' in its month-long budget session that started on March 1. Jadeja said, "The (Dharma Swatantrata) bill will prohibit and provision… read-more
TAGS: Gujarat, Home Minister, Pradipsinh Jadeja, Love Jihad, UP, Madhya Pradesh
Reports revealed that Chinese hackers’ groups attempted to attack the Telangana State Load Dispatch Centre to cause the October 2020 power outage. However, upon receiving alert, the situation was quickly averted by the officials. Reportedly, the… read-more
TAGS: Chinese Hackers, Telangana Power Outage, TS Transco, TS Genco, CERT-In, Central Electricity Authority