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Defence Ministry postpones warship deal under Make in India

The Rs 20,000 crore contract for landing platform docks (LPD) is witnessing a stiff corporate war between two defence manufacturing giants with allegations of favouritism and supplying insider information.

Jul 18, 2018

After 'Hindu Pakistan' comment, Shashi Tharoor attacks BJP with 'Hindu-Taliban' jibe

While addressing a public meeting in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor spoke against the vandalism of his office in the state capital.

Jul 18, 2018

Attack was pre-planned and I could have been murdered: Swami Agnivesh [VIDEO]

Agnivesh has demanded an inquiry by a retired or sitting judge of the Jharkhand High Court in the incident where he was attacked by members of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.

Jul 18, 2018

India's war on terror continues with new friends and old foes

India's much-hyped surgical strikes have also flushed out many terror organisations which have mushroomed across the Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Myanmar border

Jul 18, 2018

Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of Russia: Poll

Overall, 38 percent of registered voters agreed that Russia is an enemy of the United States. About the same percent considered Russia "a competitor" while 8 percent said it was "a friend."

Jul 18, 2018

Late fatherhood blues? Man kills newborn after neighbours taunt him for having child at 47

Owing to the high rate of female infanticide cases in India, the police are also probing whether the couple killed the baby as she was a girl.

Jul 18, 2018

Delhi HC tells JNU not to take coercive steps against Kanhaiya Kumar till July 20

Kanhaiya Kumar, the former Students Union leader of Jawaharlal Nehru University was fined in connection with a 2016 incident when anti-India slogans were allegedly raised at an event.

Jul 18, 2018

European Union's approach to Trump's trade war – quotas and tariffs

The EU will launch tariffs on steel imports from the US along with introducing a quota system in response to Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to the US from the bloc.

Jul 18, 2018

MGM Resorts faces backlash over lawsuit against victims of Las Vegas massacre that killed 58

MGM Resorts International filed the lawsuits on Friday, July 13, in Nevada and California and said that it has "no liability of any kind" to the survivors or the kin of those killed. The company said that it is not seeking money but wants those suing it to drop the case.

Jul 18, 2018

Are mob lynchings WhatsApp's problem? The government thinks so

Despite introducing several new features and a digital literacy campaign, WhatsApp is still at the receiving end of the IT ministry's ire, which is now considering a second notice to the Facebook-owned messaging service.

Jul 18, 2018

Jammu and Kashmir government orders ban on 30 Islamic, Pakistani news channels [Complete list]

The government order says that these channels might trigger violence in the valley. Banned channels include controversial Islamic preacher, Zakir Naik's Peace English and Peace Urdu Channels.

Jul 18, 2018

Opinion: BJP plays masterstroke as PM Modi rakes up Trinamool's Durga Puja transgressions in Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee had barred Durga idol immersion for 24 hours last year, and the Calcutta High Court had to intervene. This is just one of the fears Modi was playing on.

Jul 18, 2018

Monsoon session of Parliament: Lok Sabha accepts no confidence motion against government

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said Telugu Desam Party leader Kesineni Srinivas was the first to give his no-confidence notice and asked members if it can be moved. She asked him to introduce the motion that was supported by over 50 members, including Congress and other opposition MPs.

Jul 18, 2018

IAF's MiG-21 crashes in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra, pilot killed

The MiG-21 fighter jet is said to have taken off from Pathankot in Punjab and crashed in Patta Jattiyan in Jawali subdivision of the Kangra district. The pilot is missing.

Jul 18, 2018

Russian woman drugged and raped in TN: 5 other foreign tourists sexually assaulted in India

The victim, who is currently undergoing treatment at a government hospital, had arrived in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamalai district, which is located about 194 km away from Chennai, on July 12.

Jul 18, 2018