Nearly seven months after the February 13 Pune German Backery blast left 17 dead and 56 injured, the Maharashtra ATS on Wednesday claimed to have cracked the case with the arrest of two LeT operatives.

With the Bharatiya Janata Party raking up a controversy over the appointment of P.J. Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC), the government on Wednesday said he was not in any way involved the 2G spectrum scam and there was no blemish on him.

Under flak from the opposition for allegedly going soft towards tackling the Maoist menace in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said only long term development could deter the poor and tribal people from the “lure of the ultra—left insurgency“.

Six months after a failed test, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted the second static testing of its liquid core stage (L110) of Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (GSLV Mk -III), according to a press release.

Facing a shortage of teaching staff in the wake of capacity augmentation, the IITs are proposing to appoint foreign nationals to faculty positions.