India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised on the Sufi-syncretic values of Islam. While some Muslim researchers hail his speech, others discourage the comparison of Islam in India with Sufism.

The third-generation fire-and-forget ATGM has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

With the BJP recently losing all the three by-polls in Rajasthan, these elections were being closely observed and the neck-and-neck fight till the very end did not make it a dull affair.

On February 13, the defence ministry had approved capital acquisition proposals worth Rs 15,935 crore which included purchase of 7.40 lakh assault rifles, 5,719 sniper rifles and light machine guns.

Minister Satyapal Singh had to face a lot of flak from scientists, opposition leaders and even social media trolls for saying that no one ever "saw an ape turning into a man".

On February 24, a speeding SUV rammed children of Dharampur Middle School when they were crossing the road after the school got over. Nine students died on the spot while 20 others were injured.

The new Elphinstone Road FOB, spanning over the Central and Western Railway tracks, connects Central Railway's Parel station on the east side and Phoolwali lane outside the Elphinstone Road station on the west side.

Surprisingly, production of meat which stood at 59 lakh metric tonnes in 2015-16 surged to 79 metric tonnes in 2016-17. The production of eggs too went up in the financial year 2016-17.

In his order as the First Appellate Authority, Beck directed the then CPIO Yogesh Singhal to provide information. The new CPIO also did not provide satisfactory response and referred the matter to FAA again.

According to highly placed sources, Akbar had arrived in Hyderabad from Australia, and was scheduled to board a flight to Doha on Monday. However, he was held from Telangana’s capital before fleeing the country.

Om Prakash Rajbhar, the minister for Divyang and OBC welfare, said this while addressing a meeting of his Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP).

The bodies of Nandini (5) and Akansha (six months) were found on Tuesday morning. The autopsy report pointed at smothering as the cause of the deaths, a senior police officer said.

SSB Commandant Deepak Kumar Singh, Havildar Amitabha Pramanik and Mozammal Mondal, a cable TV business owner from Sarisha Haat in South 24 Parganas district, were arrested on Thursday in connection with the killing of a cable TV company worker.

Fifty eight members of the Upper House are slated to complete their term in April 2018. At least 10 members have to be elected from the Hindi heartland of Uttar Pradesh.

India and Canada agreed on a ‘Framework for Cooperation on Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism’ and issued a joint statement after bilateral talks at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Friday afternoon.

A "deeply dismayed" India had, on Wednesday, reacted strongly over the extension of Emergency in Maldives saying the manner in which the 30-day extension was approved by the Majlis in contravention of the Maldivian Constitution is a "matter of concern".