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Defence manufacturing to get a boost as Russia mulls making of S-400 missiles in India

India has inked a $5.43 billion deal with Russia for the purchase of five S-400 air defence systems.

Sep 16, 2019

Navy traces Chinese nuclear warship Xian operating in southern Indian Ocean

The successful tracking down of the Chinese warship comes amid an increase in Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean, which has raised concerns in the government and the security establishment.

Sep 16, 2019

Trump blames Iran for Saudi oil attack, says US defence 'locked and loaded'

Evidence from the attack, which hit the world's biggest oil-processing facility has indicated Iran's role, instead of the Yemeni Houthi group that had claimed responsibility.

Sep 16, 2019

Former J&K CM Farooq Abdullah detained under PSA; SC issues notice to Centre over Vaiko's plea

The former CM and Rajya Sabha member Abdullah was detained on Monday under the Public Safety Act (ACT).

Sep 16, 2019

Trump confirms attendance at 'historic' Indian-American 'Howdy, Modi' address in Texas

The event is stated to garner the largest live audience ever in North America for an Indian Prime Minister and the largest crowd for a foreign leader in the US apart from Pope Francis.

Sep 16, 2019

Uttar Pradesh may implement NRC if need be, says state CM Yogi Adityanath

CM Adityanath's remark came a day after his Haryana counterpart Manohar Lal Khattar announced that the NRC will be implemented in the state.

Sep 16, 2019

Global crude prices jump 12% after drone attack on Saudi Arabia's Aramco oil facilities

Following the attack, Aramco oil facilities curtailed production of crude oil and gas of the world's top exporter by half.

Sep 16, 2019

Complain against establishments creating nuisance: BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar to Bengaluru residents

Chandrasekhar said that, if the BBMP does not act on such complaints then he along with BJP MP from Bengaluru Central, PC Mohan and other party MLAs will take up the complaints with BBMP

Sep 15, 2019

IMA Scam: Mansoor Khan claims Congress leader RV Deshpande took Rs 5 crore bribe

In his 19-page statement, Khan has given the details of the amount paid to various people, including RV Deshpande. He said that he met Deshpande through R Roshan Baig.

Sep 15, 2019

Meet Indian American Dr Kiran Patel who is redefining contours of future healthcare

As a child he saved his pocket money instead of spending it on snacks and the corpus grew eventually to be sufficient for the entire family to migrate to India when things went wrong in Zambia

Sep 15, 2019

Saudi Arabia curtails half of its crude oil production after drone attack

Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abulaziz bin Salman said the attacks on Abqaib and Khurais facilities cut the company's overall crude oil supply by around 5.7 million barrels per day (bpd).

Sep 15, 2019

Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa announces metro expansion till Bengaluru airport

The KIA metro line work is expected to be completed by 2023.

Sep 15, 2019

Will Trump drop in at Modi's Houston event upstaging Pakistan's Kashmir agenda?

Reports suggest Trump Campaign may not want to miss the opportunity Modi's presence gives for influencing Indian diaspora votes ahead of the 2020 election.

Sep 15, 2019

Amelia Earhart's mysterious disappearance solved? UFO hunter spots doomed plane

The self-proclaimed UFO hunter strongly believes that he has spotted Amelia Earhart's missing Lockheed Model 10-E Electra aircraft.

Sep 15, 2019

SIT finds crucial files relating to 1984 riots cases in Kanpur missing

In some cases, the SIT could not find even the FIR and case dairies, which raises serious questions on the investigation into the killings of Sikhs here.

Sep 15, 2019