Jharkhand Assembly Speaker Dinesh Oraon inaugurated the statue of Pulwama martyr Vijay Soreng here. The statue was inaugurated at Kumharia High School located under Basia Police Station area of this district. Speaking on the Mr Oraon said that it was a good initiative which has been taken by the CRPF. On the occasion … read more
Residents of Ranchi celebrating release of IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman. read more
Attari (Punjab) (IANS) IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, captured by Pakistanis two days ago after his MiG-21 crashed in Pakistani territory, returned to India on Friday night. Dressed in a blue coat, grey trousers and white shirt, he was … read more
New Delhi (IANS) An MiG-21 shooting down an F-16 in a dogfight over Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday is being hailed as some sort of a military aviation feat, but experts said IAF aircraft might have … read more
Attari (Punjab) (IANS) IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was on Friday evening handed over to Indian High Commission officials at Pakistan’s Wagah border, Indian officials said here. read more
New York (IANS) The US had launched diplomatic efforts to tamp down the rising New Delhi-Islamabad tensions before Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s announcement that he was going to free the Indian pilot captured by his country and there were signs … read more
Mumbai (IANS) Sensex and Nifty opened on a firm note on Friday as the benchmark Sensex jumped 200 points and the Nifty traded at 10,850. Healthy buying was seen in all the sectors with the metal index leading the pack, closely … read more
Chandigarh (IANS) The BSF on Friday detained a youth from the border belt of Ferozepur in Punjab on suspicion of spying, police sources said. The youth, said to be around 21-years-old, was being questioned by the Border Security Force (BSF) and … read more
Agartala (IANS) Poverty has not stopped nonagenarian Thanga Darlong — all of 91 years — from playing the rosem, a flute-like tribal musical instrument made of bamboo. This labour of love saw him nominated for the Padma Shri, India’s fourth … read more
New Delhi (IANS) Banking Secretary Rajeev Kumar on Thursday said the PSU banks have recovered Rs 98,000 crore in the first three quarters of the current financial year. The provision coverage ratio (PCR) of the banks for bad loans have … read more