CBI said the job aspirants were given fake appointment letters and directed to report for a three-month training session in a fake DRDO office in Rajasthan. File. | Photo Credit: PTI The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against unknown accused persons on the charge that they ran a fraudulent recruitment racket … Read more
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inspects the Guard of Honour during the Investiture Ceremony of Indian Coast Guard, at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on February 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has grown into a formidable, trustworthy and one of the world’s most efficient marine forces, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh … Read more
Amidst a growing number of reports that India will accept a Taliban-appointed diplomat to head the Afghanistan Embassy in Delhi, speakers at a conference of prominent Afghan exiles here urged New Delhi to not “normalise” its engagement with the regime in Kabul. The reports carried by Afghan media, citing Taliban Foreign Ministry officials as well … Read more
File picture of Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday (February 24, 2025) virtually addressed the closing ceremony of Asia’s first Global Hyperloop Competition 2025 organized in Chennai by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Mr. Vaishnaw highlighted the Modi government’s resolve to take the country ahead … Read more
A view of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Assam government on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) strongly objected to a public interest petition accusing it of violating a 2014 Supreme Court judgment for a scientific, well-documented and decisive investigation by an independent agency into 171 … Read more
File image. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) quashed a chargesheet against a former Army officer in an alleged rape case saying it was an “abuse of process of law”. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K. Vinod Chandran granted the relief to Capt. Rakesh Walia … Read more
File picture of Bollywood actor and Punjab Kings’ co-owner Preity Zinta during an IPL match | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar Actor Preity Zinta on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) termed “vile gossip” an X post by Congress’ Kerala unit alleging that she had handed her social media accounts to the BJP and got a ₹18 … Read more
Representational image of Indian fishermen behind bars after being detained in Pakistani waters | Photo Credit: Reuters Twenty-two Indian fishermen released from Pakistan’s Karachi jail reached Gir Somnath in Gujarat on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) and expressed happiness on being able to return to their country. They also urged the government to expedite the release … Read more
Representational image of an F-16 fighter jet landing in Malacky, Slovakia | Photo Credit: Reuters In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly allocating $397 million for Pakistan’s F-16 fleet maintenance, the Congress on Tuesday (February 25, 2025) questioned the Modi government’s diplomatic strategy and called for a reassessment of India’s foreign policy priorities … Read more
Former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar appears at the Rouse Avenue Court, in New Delhi, on Feb. 12, 2025. The Delhi court awarded lifer to Sajjan Kumar in a case related to the murders of two persons in Saraswati Vihar area during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. | Photo Credit: PTI A Delhi court on Tuesday (February … Read more