The light combat aircraft (LAC) programme on Wednesday achieved a significant milestone when the fourth of the limited series production (LSP) aircraft flew at supersonic speed during its maiden flight in the configuration to be delivered to the Indian Air Force.

Describing the atrocities against dalits as “mental block” of the upper castes, the Supreme Court on Wednesday warned the B.S. Hooda government in Haryana against any further attack on the marginalised communities, saying it might result in a stern action.

The Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan has now decided to pay Rs 1,000 per month to each of the family members of militants, who are killed by the Indian security forces. Identical amounts would also be given to the family members of those who are fighting “jihad”.

The Director General of Civil Aviation, which has only 32 flight inspection pilots currently, is filling up hundreds of vacancies to technical positions.
As part of its warning to airlines on Wednesday, “the DGCA has asked all operators (airlines) to ensure that ‘correct’ landings are aimed (at) by pilots rather than a

After becoming the first woman to preside over the Lok Sabha, Meira Kumar has left her mark in her first year in office.
Ms Kumar, who will be completing first year in office on Thursday (June 3), has not only brought the temperatures down in the Lok Sabha but tried to create an atmosphere in which seniors and juniors, veterans and the back benchers feel comfortable.

Failing to get them together on board to work for the party in the poll-bound Bihar, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday removed both PCC chief Anil Sharma and AICC in charge Jagdish Tytler from their posts. Low profile AICC secretary Mehboob Ali Kaiser and national general secretary Mukul Wasnik have replaced Mr Sharma and Mr Tytler respectively.

Rajya Sabha elections in UP has turned out to be straight and simple, with 11 candidates in the fray for the same number of vacancies. The ruling BSP is all set to gain from the surplus votes of the BJP and Samajwadi Party, as the party is short of the support of the 12 MLAs to ensure the victory of its seventh candidate.

The CPI(M) on Wednesday accepted its defeat by the Trinamul in the West Bengal civic polls, but tried to put up a brave front by maintaining that the reverses faced by the party in the Lok Sabha polls have been “arrested” if not reversed. The reasons behind the CPI(M) led Left Front government’s defeat at the hands of the Trinamul are

Claiming that the difference between party and its Kadappa MP from Andhra Pradesh over his “Odarpu” yatra is a domestic affair, the Congress on Wednesday said that the party was capable of handling the issue.

In a new twist to the statue controversy faced by the Mayawati government, the Election Commission on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court complaining that her administration has adopted “defiant and uncooperative” stance on giving details about the installation of the statues of the chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party’s election symbol — Elephant — in memorial parks in Uttar Pradesh.