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Union defence minister Rajnath Singh (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday urged Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists to complete the indigenous aero-engine project within five years, instead of taking decades as is conventionally expected.Stressing India’s strategic autonomy and the significance of mastering critical technologies at speed, the Union minister…

BHUBANESWAR: What began as a suspected bomb-making operation on a rooftop in the Airfield area ended in flames, panic and two deaths, with a horrific video of the explosion now surfacing.Sehnawaz Malik (26), a history-sheeter, who suffered critical burn injuries in the Jan 27 crude bomb explosion, succumbed during treatment on February 4. Days later,…

The India-US tariff deal is a humiliating cave-in. This is not just a ‘trade deal’. India has been arm-twisted into giving up its sovereign right to buy oil from wherever it chooses, Russia in this case. Some analysts say realpolitik obliges India to submit until Trump’s term ends and the US hopefully gets a better…

NEW DELHI: Leader of the opposition Rahul Gandhi accused the govt Wednesday of “completely surrendering” India’s core data, food and energy interests in the trade deal, in a sharp attack in Lok Sabha on PM Modi who, he alleged, had caved in to pressure due to the leverage that country has over him.Participating in the…

Accused Shivam Mishra (centre) NEW DELHI: A local court in Kanpur criticised the police for procedural lapses as it granted bail to VVIP brat Shivam Mishra just hours after his arrest on Thursday, four days after a high-end Lamborghini, allegedly driven by Mishra, crashed into pedestrians, injuring six.Also Read | Kanpur Lamborghini crash: Arrested after…

Chandan Kumar shot dead in Toronto BENGALURU: A 37-year-old Indian-origin tech professional from Karnataka was shot dead by unidentified assailants in a brazen daylight attack at the parking lot of a busy shopping mall in Toronto Saturday.The victim has been identified as Chandan Kumar Raja Nandakumar, a resident of Brampton in the Greater Toronto Area…

Unpublished book of ex-Army chief MM Naravane NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Monday registered an FIR over the circulation of an unpublished book of ex-Chief of Army Staff General Naravane on social media, cops told news agency PTI.A row erupted over General Naravane’s book after Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi cited…

Labourer who spotted biker in pit arrested NEW DELHI: A labourer who first spotted 25-year-old biker Kamal Dhyani lying injured in a 14-foot-deep pipeline pit and allegedly failed to alert authorities has been arrested from Firozabad in UP.Yogesh (23) was present at the Janakpuri site when Dhyani fell into the pit late Thursday and informed…

BENGALURU: A 26-year-old gym trainer and bodybuilder allegedly died by suicide at his home in north Bengaluru on Saturday evening after learning that the woman he loved was engaged to marry someone else. The deceased has been identified as Kiran, a resident of Geleyara Balaga Layout in Mahalakshmi Layout. PM Malaysia Visit Key Outcomes, T20…

NEW DELHI: A day after a 25-year-old biker plunged to his death in a 14-foot-deep pit in Janakpuri, police have arrested the sub-contractor who dug the pit for water works. As biker Kamal Dhyani lay in the open pit, the sub-contractor came to the site at night after being alerted to the accident by his…