NEW DELHI: Army chief General Bikram Singh, who is also the chairman of chiefs of staff committee, is beginning an official tour to China on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: NTPC lost two years of progress in developing two major captive coal mines — Kerandari and Chattibariatu — due to the government's decision to de-allot and then re-allot the blocks, the state-run generation utility said on Tuesday.

SHIMLA: Search teams on Tuesday recovered another body of an engineering student from Pandoh Dam, taking the headcount to 21, while search in on to trace the remaining four bodies.

NEW DELHI: Ahead of hearing in the Supreme Court, the Central Bureau of Investigation has closed investigations into five-six more coal block allocations for want of sufficient evidence of irregularities.

 KOLKATA: A visit to Cambodia to attract investors to Kolkata's realty business is unheard of. So is it difficult to comprehend the continuous telephone calls lasting over 10 minutes each between Saradha owner Sudipta Sen and certain unknown numbers which have been issued to aides of some top political leaders.

NEW DELHI: Congress is likely to move the high court against the trial court's summons to the top party leadership over allegations of fraud in the acquisition of defunct National Herald.

NEW DELHI: A move that was meant to roll out the red carpet for tourists from China has fallen flat on its face with Union tourism and culture minister Shripad Naik being denied permission to visit the country as part of the Incredible India promotion.

BHOPAL: Indian educational institutes will be accorded official ranking soon and a national framework is getting prepared for the purpose, Union HRD minister Smriti Irani made the announcement in Bhopal on Friday. However, the minister did not elaborate if the framework will cover both government and private educational institutes.

NEW DELHI: "Rehana and I chose this for you," Sheikh Hasina told Sushma Swaraj while gifting her an exquisite "Dhakai Jamdani" sari.

NEW DELHI: The Lokpal selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi may go ahead with the process of appointing chairperson and members of Lokpal without having the leader of opposition (LoP) as one of its members.