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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written letters expressing his condolences to the families of the 20 Indian Army personnel, who lost their lives in the violent face-off with Chinese troops in Ladakh's Galwan Valley.One such letter was written to deceased Havildar Thiru K Palani's family. I am...
23:19
An FIR has been filed against a journalist for allegedly misrepresenting facts in a report on the impact of the lockdown in a village adopted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, police sources said on Thursday. The First Information Report was filed against Supriya Sharma, the executive editor...
22:54
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will not celebrate his 50th birthday, which is on Friday, in view of the COVID-19 pandemic and the death of 20 Army personnel in a stand-off with China in the Galwan Valley of Ladakh, sources close to him said. The party has also asked its state...
22:35
A day after he tested positive for COVID-19, the condition of Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday improved but fever has not subsided yet, senior officials said. The 55-year-old minister is being kept on oxygen support on and off as per the requirement, they said.On...
22:23
Seventy-six soldiers of the army, who were injured during the clash with Chinese troops at Ladakh's Galwan Valley on Monday evening are at various hospitals, sources said. None of them are critical at the moment and all of them should be able to get back on duty, sources said.Of the...
21:50
The Chinese Peoples Liberation Army meticulously planned the attack on Indian troops in eastern Ladakhs Galwan for at least two days, a senior government official said.The Chinese blocked small rivulets in heightened areas, releasing water at high speed when Indian Army personnel appeared at the...
21:36
The government on Thursday lifted the export ban on anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine with immediate effect.The government on March 25 had banned the export of the drug, which was touted as a promising medicine in the treatment of COVID-19 pandemic.The export policy of Hydroxychloroquine API...
21:10
In the United Kingdom, a further 135 people have died with coronavirus, according to figures released by the Department of Health and Social Care, bringing the total number of virus deaths to 42,288.In the 24-hour period up to 09:00 on Thursday, 136,516 tests were carried out or dispatched, with...
20:57
Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi reported 28 new cases of COVID-19, taking the tally to 2,134 on Thursday, the city civic body said.A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation official said no fresh death was reported from the slum-dominated area in the past 24 hours, keeping the toll constant at...
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Notes, memoranda and letters exchanged between the governments of India and China. Read full HERE
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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday asked 'why no orders to fire at the Chinese were given' in the face of the brutal attack on Indian soldiers in Ladakh's Galwan Valley and said 'somebody failed to do his job out there'. What were they doing sitting out there while their...
19:37
The Congress on Thursday staked claim to form the government in Manipur and wrote to the Governor calling for a floor test to prove their majority in the state Assembly.This came a day after three BJP MLAs resigned and joined Congress while four National People's Party MLAs, an independent MLA...
19:25
Ahead of the sixth International Day of Yoga, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged people to observe the day from the confines of their homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Noting that this year's theme is 'Yoga at home' and 'Yoga with family', he said due to the pandemic, it...
18:46
Major General-level talks between India and China, held to resolve the issues related to the violent face-off in Ladakh's Galwan area on June 15-16, lasted for more than six hours on Thursday, sources said.The talks between the Major Generals of the two countries had remained inconclusive on...
18:29
Investor wealth surged by Rs 1,91,540.25 crore on Thursday following a rally in the broader market. The 30-share BSE Sensex closed at 34,208.05, up 700.13 points, or 2.09 per cent.The rally in the equity market helped the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies gain Rs...
18:16
JUST IN: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to participate in Russia-India-China foreign ministers meeting on June 23: MEA
18:14
India's election as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council demonstrated the goodwill New Delhi enjoys at the global body and the confidence the international community has reposed in the country's capability to contribute to the work of the council, said ministry of...
17:44
The Indian Army on Thursday clarified that there are no Indian troops missing in action after the clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Galwan valley of Ladakh on the intervening night of June 15-16.With reference to the article 'In China - India Clash, Two Nationalist Leaders with Little...
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Update: The Indian Army on Thursday clarified that there are no Indian troops missing in action after the clash between Indian and Chinese troops in Galwan valley of Ladakh on the intervening night of June 15-16.With reference to the article 'In China - India Clash, Two Nationalist Leaders with...
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Parrying questions about the brutal attack carried out by its troops on the Indian soldiers with iron rods and spikes on June 15, China on Thursday also declined to respond to queries on reports of it building a dam on the Galwan river at the Sino-Indian border to obstruct its flow. Foreign...
17:22
In view of poor progress, it has been decided by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India to terminate the signalling and telecommunication work-based contract with Beijing National Railway Research and Design Institute of Signal and Communication Group Co Limited.The scope of work of...
17:17
Equity benchmarks notched up robust gains on Thursday as investors piled into banking and finance stocks despite weak global cues and geopolitical volatility. After starting on a tepid note, the 30-share BSE Sensex gained momentum in late-afternoon trade to close at 34,208.05, up 700.13...
17:14
Unseasonal showers in central Maharashtra and 'Cyclone Nisarga' that lashed coastal areas have put the state in the largely excess rainfall category as on Thursday, an IMD official said. As per the India Meteorological Department's data, Mumbai and MMR region has so far received largely excess...
17:10
All Indian troops guarding the border with China carry arms, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday, replying to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's poser that why army personnel in Galwan Valley were sent unarmed to martyrdom. The minister said armies of the two sides do not use...
17:04
In Kerala, teachers of St. John Bosco's UP School teach their students under the Bolgatty-Vallarpadam bridge in Kochi on every working day as schools remain closed in the city.
16:58
Uttar Pradesh recorded its highest single-day spike in COVID-19 cases on Thursday, with 604 people testing positive for the disease in the last 24 hours, officials said as the total number of coronavirus cases rose to 15,785 in the state. The death toll from the novel coronavirus also...
16:41
FM Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the media in Delhi ahead of the launch of 'Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan' by PM Modi on 20th June.-- Workers from all over the country wanted to go back to villages a little while after the lockdown began and central and state govts made some arrangements and they...
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The India Army clarifies that there are no Indian troops missing in action.
16:21
In a joint operation, security forces apprehended terrorist Imran Nabi Dar late last night near Janglat Mandi, Anantnag. 1 pistol recovered. He had joined terrorism on 10th May this year: Chinar Corps, Indian Army.
16:14
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday directed officials to increase the bed strength in COVID-19 hospitals from nearly one lakh at present to 1.50 lakh by the end of June. He also asked them to increase the testing capacity to 20,000 per day by June 20, an official release...
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BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav on Thursday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi 's comments help inimical countries and these countries don't have to do anything and can just use opposition statements against India.Opposition's behaviour is very unfortunate. When the entire nation should stand...
15:56
Several areas close to Line of Actual Control (LAC) including Changtang, Durbuk and Nyoma are completely cut off from communication, said Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) Chairperson Gyal P Wangyal.He said that they are unable to contact their councillors in these areas. Several...
15:50
WB CM Mamata Banerjee distributes masks in a slum
At least 16 slum dwellers in the city's Bagbazar area here have tested positive for COVID-19, following which they were sent to a quarantine centre on the outskirts of the metropolis, sources in the state health department said on Thursday. Those that came in contact with the COVID-19 patients,...
15:40
The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the Delhi Police to file status report on a plea by Jamia Coordination Committee member Safoora Zargar, who was arrested under the anti-terror law -- UAPA -- seeking bail in a case related to communal violence in northeast Delhi during protests against the...
15:34
The family of actor Sushant Singh Rajput immersed his ashes in the Ganges in Patna today. He died by suicide at his residence in Mumbai's Bandra on June 14.
15:24
Terming Rahul Gandhi as the most irresponsible politician India has seen, the BJP on Thursday asked the Congress leader to deescalate his politics of misinformation and propaganda in targeting the government over the death of Indian soldiers in a clash with Chinese troops in Ladakh.BJP...
15:23
China and India have agreed to deal with the serious matter caused by the conflict at the Galwan Valley in a just manner and both sides are in communication and coordination through diplomatic and military channels to de-escalate the tensions as soon as possible, a top Chinese official said on...
14:36
20 Indian soldiers, including the commanding officer of 16 Bihar Regiment, were killed on Monday night in clashes with the Chinese troops in the Galwan valley of Ladakh. The Indian Express puts a name and face to each of the 20 martyrs, and tells their stories, here.
14:32
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will brief the media at 4 pm today, which will be followed by a briefing by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.
14:14
Indian and Chinese militaries held Major General-level dialogue on Thursday for the third consecutive day on disengagement of troops as well as restoration of normalcy in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, official sources said. Galwan Valley was the site of a violent clash between...
13:49
Nepal's National Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed the Constitution Amendment Bill to update the country's political and administrative map incorporating the Indian territories.India has termed as untenable the artificial enlargement of territorial claims by Nepal after its lower house of...
13:28
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed this year's historic Puri rath yatra starting from June 23 and related activities due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices Dineesh Maheshwari and A S Bopanna said that in the interest of public health and safety of...
12:55
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said business activity in India is returning to normal levels with consumption and demand fast approaching pre-COVID levels. A protracted lockdown imposed to curb spread of coronavirus has resulted in severe disruption of industrial production and...
12:45
The Shiv Sena on Thursday said it is shocking that a detailed account of the standoff in Galwan Valley has not been public and if it is true that the Chinese intruded into the Indian territory, then it is an attack on the country's sovereignty. An editorial in Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana'...
12:36
Delhi government has decided to cap the rates for Covid RT-PCR test at Rs 2400 inclusive of all charges: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
12:31
With approximately 18,000 thousand tests being carried out per day, the number of COVID-19 tests conducted in Uttar Pradesh have crossed the five lakh mark, according to the Chief Minister's Office.A tweet by the official handle of the Chief Minister's Office, UP added that the government is...
12:27
China has not released details of the deaths and injuries on its side, in an attempt to avoid any notion of winners or losers and prevent any escalation of tensions, but with casualties on both sides and tensions having been simmering for a while before boiling over, the incident cannot but raise...
12:22
Columnist Ajai Shukla, also a contributor for Rediff.com, tweets this image saying, The nail-studded rods -- captured by Indian soldiers from the Galwan Valley encounter site --with which Chinese soldiers attacked an Indian Army patrol and killed 20 Indian soldiers. Such barbarism must be...
12:11
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched the auction process for 41 coal blocks for commercial mining, a move that opens India's coal sector for private players, and termed it a major step in the direction of India achieving self-reliance. Launching the auction of mines for commercial...
12:03
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a meeting with senior administrative officers of the Delhi-NCR region on Thursday, in view of COVID-19 management and the situation in the national capital.The meeting is scheduled to be held at 12 noon today.As per the Union Health Ministry on Thursday,...
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Actor and Sushant Singh Rajput's friend Rhea Chakraborty arrives at the Bandra Police Station; she has been called for questioning by the police, in connection with Sushant's suicide case. Rajput on Monday was cremated at the Pawan Hans crematorium in Mumbai in the presence of family members...
11:25
The Pakistan Army has said that at least four civilians were killed in alleged firing by the Indian security forces along the LoC. Spokesperson of the Pakistan Armed Forces. Major General Babar Iftikhar, said that the firing targeted the civilian population in Nikial and Bagsar sectors along the...
11:17
Mourners at the funeral of Havaldar Sunil Kumar in Patna
Major General level talks between India and China will be held today to resolve the issues related to the violent face-off in Galwan area on June 15-16, according to sources in the Army.Earlier yesterday the talks between Major Generals of India and China in the Galwan valley in Ladakh remained...
11:10
In Bihar, last rites of Havaldar Sunil Kumar, who lost his life in the violent face-off with China in the Galwan Valley, are being performed in Maner.
11:04
In the wake of the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in a violent clash with Chinese troops in Ladakh, Maharashtra NCP minister Jitendra Awhad has asked the Centre to scrap the Delhi-Meerut Metro work contract bagged by a Chinese firm. After the talk of Atmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India), the...
11:00
The Meghalaya government has decided to allow restaurants, beauty parlours, salons and barbershops to re-open from next week, Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said.The health department and the district authorities will issue guidelines regarding this, he said on Wednesday. During the...
10:30
Fighting with dandas, batons and spikes is going back to medieval warfare. Mature nations with professional armies do not act this way, former Ladakh Corps Commander Lieutenant General Rakesh Sharma (retd) tells Rediff.com's Archana Masih in the concluding part of a...
10:26
Yet more bad news for India.Fitch Ratings on Thursday revised India's outlook to 'negative' from 'stable', stating that the coronavirus pandemic has significantly weakened the country's growth prospects for the year and exposed the challenges associated with a high public-debt burden. The...
10:15
Equity benchmark Sensex dropped over 100 points in early trade on Thursday tracking weakness in index-heavyweights ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and TCS amid muted cues from global markets and unabated foreign fund outflows. After opening at 33,371.52, the 30-share index turned choppy to trade 52.46...
10:08
A record single-day spike of 12,881 COVID-19 cases took India's total tally to 3,66,946 while the death toll climbed to 12,237 with 334 new fatalities on Thursday, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active cases stands at 1,60,384 while 1,94,324 people have recovered...
09:55
India has been overwhelmingly elected as a non-permanent member of the powerful UN Security Council for a two-year term. Prime Minister Narendra Modi reacts: Deeply grateful for the overwhelming support shown by the global community for India's membership of the United Nations Security...
09:47
And meanwhile, the Coronavirus tally is here and yet another 'highest single day spike' report. There are 12,881 new COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours with 334 deaths reported. The total number of positive cases now stands at 3,66,946 including 16,0384 active cases, 1,94,325...
09:42
A Guard of honour was given to Colonel Santosh Babu, Commanding Officer of the 16 Bihar regiment, who lost his life in action during the Galwan Valley clash. Last respects were also paid to the Colonel. A pall of gloom descended over the family and relatives of Colonel Bikkumalla...
09:34
Petrol price on Thursday was hiked by 53 paise per litre and diesel by 64 paise a litre, the 12th straight day of increase in rates that now totals to Rs 6.55 for petrol and Rs 7.04 for diesel. Petrol price in Delhi was hiked to Rs 77.81 per litre from Rs 77.28, while diesel rates were...
08:54
An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. A cordon-and-search operation was launched in the morning by the forces at Meej in the Pampori area of south Kashmir's Pulwama after receiving specific information...
08:30
India was elected as non-permanent member of the powerful UN Security Council for a two-year term on Wednesday, winning 184 votes in the 193-member General Assembly.Along with India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway also won the Security Council elections held on Wednesday.India was a candidate for a...
08:28
India on Wednesday took strong exception to China claiming sovereignty over the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, saying its exaggerated and untenable claims are contrary to the understanding reached on the issue between the two sides. Ministry of external affairs spokesperson Anurag...
08:08
United States President Donald Trump virtually pleaded with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at a G-20 summit for help in his re-election, former US national security adviser John Bolton has claimed in a new book.The White House has said the forthcoming book by Bolton is full of classified...
00:50
Delhi recorded 2,414 fresh coronavirus cases, the highest single-day spike, taking the tally in the city to over 47,000 on Wednesday, while the death toll from the disease climbed to 1,904, according to a health bulletin released by the Delhi government.The death toll from COVID-19 in Delhi was...
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