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Leh/New Delhi, May 15: An alert has been sounded along the Sino-India border after local residents, including a village head, got several telephone calls from "spies" either from Pakistan or China about army deployment along the Line of Actual Control (LAC). The caller, posing himself as either a colonel or a local official, made queries about the army presence in the area and the timings of their

Thiruvananthapuram, May 15: For the very first time in its history, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is actually growing wings as it embarks this month on a never before space flight that would make history. The Indian space agency is all set to undertake the maiden launch of its very own indigenously version of a 'space shuttle', a fully made-in-India effort. Today, a sleek winged

May 15: Seven construction workers were killed when a wall of an under-construction shopping complex collpased in Guntur on Saturday evening. The workers gace been identified as Seshu, Bhagya Rao, Moshe, Solomon, Babloo, Sudhakar, and J. Prasanth. Rescue teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Fire and Emergency Department have been rushed to the site. They rescued one

New Delhi, May 14: Former TERI chief R K Pachauri was today summoned as accused by a Delhi court which took cognizance of a charge sheet filed against him for allegedly sexually harassing and outraging the modesty of an ex-colleague. "The court is satisfied that there is sufficient material to proceed against accused R K Pachauri under sections 354-A, 354-B, 354-D, 509 and 341 of IPC. Cognizance

New Delhi, May 14: The middleman in the AgustaWestland deal, Christian Michel, has claimed that Italy may release details of a private conversation on the issue between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart Matteo Renzi if India does not release marines. Michel had earlier claimed that Modi met Renzi on the sidelines of a UN conference in New York and offered to release two Italian

Chandigarh, May 13: The Prakash Singh Committee report on Jat agitation has identified about 90 officials who indulged in "deliberate negligence" when violence hit Haryana, noting that in some areas "mayhem" was allowed for hours, with authorities turning a blind eye to the loot and damage. Detailing the situation during the height of the violence that took place in February, the Committee said in

New Delhi, May 13: Delhi High Court today asked JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar to immediately bring to an end the indefinite hunger strike by students and said it would hear their writ petitions challenging the varsity’s disciplinary action only if they end the agitation. The court also sought an undertaking from Kanhaiya that he will allow the University to function properly and there will be no

New Delhi, May 13: The Supreme Court today upheld the constitutional validity of penal provisions on defamation law, observing that the right to freedom of speech is "not an absolute right". The bench passed the judgement on a batch of petitions filed by Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and others. "We have held that penal

New Delhi, May 12: India has approached Interpol for issuance of an arrest warrant against liquor baron Vijay Mallya in connection with a money laundering case being probed by the ED. The development comes in the backdrop of Britain recently declining India's request to deport the businessman from there. Officials said CBI has forwarded a request in this regard to the global police after its

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, May 12: Amidst the fierce electoral battle in Kerala, a war of words today broke out between Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for taking credit for evacuation of 29 Indians from war-torn Libya. The political fight errupted a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his government has evacuated the families from Libya and that