India

New Delhi, Jul 22: China-made parts camouflaged as 'Made in Germany' found their way to the production line of indigenised Bofors guns used by the army, prompting the CBI to file a case against a Delhi-based company. Besides Sidh Sales Syndicate, the CBI also registered a case against unidentified officials of the Guns Carriage Factory (GCF), Jabalpur, under criminal conspiracy, cheating and

New Delhi, Jul 22: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) tabled a report in Parliament on Friday and flagged critical shortage of ammunition in the Indian Army. The CAG found deficiencies in the performance of the Ordinance Factory Board (OFB) and no improvement in the functioning of its factories in comparison to what it was in 2013. "We observed no significant improvement in the availability

New Delhi, Jul 21: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked party MPs to shun the mindset of "lal batti (red beacon) culture". He made these remarks in a meeting with party MPs from western Uttar Pradesh at his residence, according to an official statement. Modi routinely meets party MPs from different states during Parliament's sessions to discuss governance and political issues. The Modi

Srinagar, Jul 21: Army shot dead an 18-year-old tailor while dealing with protestors in Beerwah area of central Kashmir'sBudgam district on Friday. While the army claims it opened fire after some stone-pelters tried to snatch weapons from the soldiers, police gave a different version while the locals belied both the versions. "An army patrol was subjected to heavy stone pelting by a mob in Kundar

Ahmedabad, Jul 21: After the jolt of 11 of its legislators voting for the opposite camp in the presidential poll, the Congress in Gujarat is set to get another jolt with the quitting of leader of the Opposition Shankarsinh Vaghela from the party along with his supporters, including several legislators. Mr Vaghela may announce on Friday the formation of a third front or return to the BJP more than

New Delhi, Jul 21: Describing his election as the "greatness of democracy", President-elect Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday could not help but remember his own days spent in a mud house in rains. Recalling his childhood days, Kovind said: "It has been raining since morning in Delhi. This weather reminds me of my childhood days when I used to live in my ancestral village." "We lived in a 'kachcha'

New Delhi, Jul 20: The government today asserted that killings in the name of cow "sentiments" was unacceptable and said the state governments should take stern action against those indulging in such violence. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who was speaking on the issue of lynchings in the Rajya Sabha on behalf of ailing Home Minister Rajnath Singh, made it clear that the central government could

New Delhi, Jul 20: The Delhi High Court today asked the city police to file a status report with regard to the ongoing probe into the death of Congress MP, Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanada Pushkar. A bench of Justices G.S. Sistani, and Chander Shekhar directed police to place within three days their report during hearing of Subramanian Swamy’s plea for a court-monitored probe by the CBI-led SIT into

Mumbai, Jul 20: Bhiku Daji Bhilare, who was claimed to have saved Mahatma Gandhi from being killed by Nathuram Godse in 1944, passed away today after a brief illness. The 98-year-old Gandhian, popularly known as ‘Bhilare Guruji’, was cremated at his village, Bhilar, in Mahabaleshwar Teshil in western Maharashtra’s Satara district, family sources said. Bhilare, born on November 28, 1919, is

New Delhi, Jul 20: Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said that as many as 11,400 farmers committed suicide in 2016. "According to National Crime Records Bureau data for 2016, which is yet to be published, 11,400 farmers committed suicide. In 2015, the number was 12,602," he said in his reply after a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the agrarian crisis. He said farmers suicides could be