Agencies

New Delhi: An Air Force Group Captain was killed in an accident involving a MiG-21 Bison aircraft this morning, the Air Force said in a statement Wednesday.The accident took place when the aircraft was taking off for a combat...

Washington: The United States sees an upcoming meeting with top Chinese officials as a stand-alone event rather than the beginning of the negotiating process and one that was important to hold on American soil, a senior administration official told...

Guwahati: A piece of paper with a bomb threat message was found on a SpiceJet plane at Assam's Silchar airport on Tuesday, the Airport Authority of India said in a statement.The flight had landed at the airport from Guwahati...

Guwahati: The nomination papers of the 28 of the total 408 candidates for the second phase of Assam assembly polls have been rejected during scrutiny, a spokesperson of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer said on Tuesday.Altogether 408...

New Delhi: Taking a dig at the government, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that selling public sector banks to "cronies" will compromise the country's financial security.He also accused the government of "privatising profit" and "nationalising loss"."Government of...

New Delhi: Columnist Swapan Dasgupta, a BJP candidate for the Bengal election, has resigned from the Rajya Sabha a day after the Trinamool Congress cited constitutional rules to say a nominated member of the upper house could not join...

New Delhi: Five Lieutenant Colonels, a Major and a Lieutenant of the Indian Army were among 23 people named by the CBI in an investigation into corruption involving recruitment to the force on Monday following searches in 30 places...

New Delhi: Rs 2,000 currency notes have not been printed in the last two years even as the quantum of India's highest denomination currency note has come down, the Lok Sabha was informed Monday.In a written reply, Minister of...

Beijing: China's capital and a wide swath of the country's north were enveloped Monday in the worst sandstorm in a decade, leading to the cancelation of hundreds of flights.Skyscrapers in the center of Beijing appeared to drop from sight...

Baghpat: Siding with farmers protesting the Centre's new agriculture laws, Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik here on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah not to offend them.Speaking at an event in his home district,...