May 2017

IN AN unprecedented move, Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa, the Chief of Air Staff, has written a personal letter to each officer of the Indian Air Force (IAF), asking them “to be prepared for operations with our present holdings, at a very short notice”. The letter, signed March 30, also covers a range of…

Patna: Facing a barrage of allegations of anonymity property and later being raided by the Income Tax Department, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav lashed out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Central Government asserting that the saffron party and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) are holding grudges against him and his party…

A severe fire broke out in Patna’s GV Mall on Saturday morning. In which many shops and many coaching institutes were also burnt down. Around 4:30 a.m. on the ground floor of the mall there was a fire that spread to the entire 5-storey building later. There were many big shops in this mall and…

Centre today issued a notice to Bihar government, directing them to stop the construction work of an upcoming mall in Patna that belongs to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s family. The controversial mall came into light last month, when BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi in a sensational expose alleged that the land and the upcoming…

New Delhi: The Election Commission will on Saturday hold a demonstration on the working of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and voter-verifiable paper audit trails (VVPATs) to calm down voices which doubt that these can be tampered with in favour of a particular candidate/party. The Commission will also announce dates for an EVM-hacking challenge in the…

New Delhi: After a breather from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Kulbhushan Jadhav’s death sentence case, India said on Friday that it is not aware of former naval officer ‘s location or health condition in Pakistan. “Jadhav’s well-being still remains a matter of concern as the Pakistan government has provided no information…

President Donald Trump decried the appointment of a special counsel to lead the Russia probe as “the single greatest witch hunt” in US history on Thursday, hours after he said he looked forward to a thorough investigation. In the face of rising pressure from Capitol Hill, the US Justice Department named former FBI Director Robert…

Apparently unhappy with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s remarks on the allegations of corruption against his family, RJD chief Lalu Prasad took to Twitter to take a jibe at the BJP’s “new alliance partners”.  Nitish had on Monday broken his silence on the BJP’s allegations of corruption against Lalu’s family. The CM had said that…

Rising Pune Supergiant bowler Jaydev Unadkat has been in impressive form this season and ahead of their first finals, the left-arm pacer has stated that he has got a lot of confidence form his performances so far. “I have grown in confidence from doing well. The first game was important and I kept going well…

Mumbai Indians beat Kolkata Knight Riders by six wickets in the second qualifier of the IPL season 10, for the fourth time in the IPL final. Batting first, the Kolkata Knight Riders team gave the target of 108 runs to Mumbai Indians. In reply, the Mumbai Indians, chasing the target of 108 runs, scored 111…