News & Views

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin started their first bilateral meeting at Helsinki on Monday and they are expected to discuss a wide range of issues. Speaking briefly to reporters, Putin said the two…

The Indian space agency will have a busy year-end with several rocket launches planned from its rocket port at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh, said a top official. The GSAT-11 satellite, which had been recalled from Arianespace's rocket…

Popular communication app Truecaller on Monday introduced a new "Call Recording" feature for its Android users globally. This is another step towards upgrading "Premium" offerings aimed at making communication safe and efficient by…

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to seek his support for the passage of the Womens Reservation Bill in Parliament's monsoon session, claiming that the BJP appears to have had second thoughts on…

Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, who was given a 10-year jail term this month in a corruption case, challenged his conviction and sought suspension of the guilty verdict, media reports said on Monday. An anti-graft court…

An unusually long dry spell is giving sleepless nights to Awadhesh Prasad and Mahesh Yadav, paddy farmers of Lakhsimpur Arai village under Saraiya block in Muzaffarpur district. The paddy saplings are barely alive, and at stake is…

At least 20 people were injured when a canopy collapsed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally at Midnapore in West Bengal while he was addressing the crowd. "Around 20 people were injured," a BJP source told IANS. The Prime…

Petrol prices fell around 10 paise across the four metro cities on Monday after rising nearly a rupee and a half in the last 10 days. Prices of diesel also were down around 13-15 paise from the levels on Sunday. Since fuel prices started…

ONI Bureau: Brahmos, the world’s fastest and India's indigeneously developed surface-to-surace supersonic cruise missile successfully test-fired at 10:18 AM today morning from the Chandipur Test Range launch pad no -3 off the Odisha coast…

The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Centre's stand on a plea by a cleric seeking a ban on hoisting green flags with a crescent and star, terming it un-Islamic and resembling that of a Pakistani political party. A bench of…