Sitanshu Kar

The search for the missing Coast Guard Dornier aircraft and its three member crew continued for the seventh consecutive day today with the involvement of multiple government agencies, even as an NIOT research vessel began work to profile sea-bed to zero in on the location of the disappeared plane.

Another Indian Air Force plane brought 237 Indians back to New Delhi from Kathmandu this afternoon, taking the number of passengers evacuated to 783 from earthquake-hit Nepal since the first plane landed late Saturday night.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meeting following fresh tremors across large parts of north India, caused by a strong 6.7 magnitude aftershock in Nepal. Over 2,200 people were killed in Nepal after a devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake on Saturday. More than 60 people died in India.

The government today deferred a decision on a deal to buy 197 light-utility helicopters pending completion of an investigation into kickback allegations, the latest setback to efforts to upgrade the country's ageing arsenal. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the highest decision-making body chaired by Def...

The search for the missing Coast Guard Dornier aircraft and its three member crew continued for the seventh consecutive day today with the involvement of multiple government agencies, even as an NIOT research vessel began work to profile sea-bed to zero in on the location of the disappeared plane.

Another Indian Air Force plane brought 237 Indians back to New Delhi from Kathmandu this afternoon, taking the number of passengers evacuated to 783 from earthquake-hit Nepal since the first plane landed late Saturday night.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a meeting following fresh tremors across large parts of north India, caused by a strong 6.7 magnitude aftershock in Nepal. Over 2,200 people were killed in Nepal after a devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake on Saturday. More than 60 people died in India.

The government today deferred a decision on a deal to buy 197 light-utility helicopters pending completion of an investigation into kickback allegations, the latest setback to efforts to upgrade the country's ageing arsenal. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the highest decision-making body chaired by Def...