Jammu & Kashmir SP shunted out after cop was lynched by mob outside Jamia mosque
Srinagar: A day after a mob lynched Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohammad Ayub Pandith, the Jammu and Kashmir Police has shunted out a senior officer from the area where the incident took place. In an order late last night, Director General...
IS sypmathiser arrested in Hyderabad
Representational Pic Hyderabad: An Islamic State sympathiser, who allegedly wanted to carry out subversive activities in the country, was today arrested here by the city police. According to the police, Konakalla Subramanyam alias Omer, 22, was in touch with other IS...
C S Karnan remains in hospital, ‘not fit’ to leave
New Delhi: Former Calcutta high court judge C S Karnan, arrested for committing contempt of the Supreme Court, today remained admitted to a hospital with the doctors describing him as 'not fit' to be discharged. "He is a bit better but...
Was Mirwaiz inside mosque when cop was lynched? Separatist says, no!
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said that he was deeply disturbed by the brutal act in which Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP) Mohammed Ayub Pandith was lynched to death...
ED books Hafiz Saeed, Hurriyat, Hizb and Lashkar members under PMLA
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday registered a case against Hurriyat Lashkar-e-Toiba chief Hafiz Saeed and members of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's Hurriyat Conference, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and Dukhtaran-e-Millat under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED will investigate the flow of...
Ramdev’s Patanjali runs into troubled waters over its products’ quality
File Pic New Delhi: That Yog Guru Baba Ramdev has turned into a mega corporate brand, both in terms of spirituality and commercial viability. So when he promoted Patanjali and took the company into presenting plethora of products ranging from herbal...
Passports in Hindi too, announces Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi: All passports will be in English and Hindi languages from now on and not just English, External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj announces in Delhi. This is among the host of changes that the government has introduced recently. The new norms...
30 new smart cities announced by Modi government
File Pic New Delhi: Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala’s capital, tops the list of 30 smart cities followed by Naya Raipur in Chhattisgarh and Gujarat’s Rajkot in terms of development taking the total cities picked up so far to 90 under Smart City...
Next PSLV launch to carry replacement satellite: ISRO
Sriharikota: Indian Space Research Organisation on Friday in its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C38) launched the 712 kg Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation along with 30 co-passenger satellites. This is India's 40th mission, apart from the first mission, all 39...
Police officer lynched by mob of over 200 near Srinagar mosque
Srinagar: Family members wailed in grief this morning as police officer Mohammed Ayub Pandith's body reached his home in Srinagar's Nowpora, a short distance from the old city's Jamia Masjid. He was killed brutally by a mob of more than...
Country first, not politics, says Ram Nath Kovind after filing nomination
New Delhi: NDA Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind after filing his nomination papers said it was country first, not politics. "Ever since I became governor, I don't belong to any political party. The post of President is above party politics....
Ram Nath Kovind files his nomination papers for India’s 15th president
BJP Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind files his nomination as the 15th President of India in Parliament House. Present are Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior leaders Lk Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, BJP President Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Swaraj,...
Presidential election 2017: Meira Kumar is Opposition candidate
New Delhi: The opposition on Thursday June 22, 2017 chose former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar, a Dalit, as its candidate for president against National Democratic Alliance's nominee Ram Nath Kovind. Kumar, a former diplomat and daughter of the late Dalit...
School children taken hostage in Phillipines
Representational Pic Phillipines: Terrorists of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) group, occupied a primary school and took hostages in a southern Philippine village authorities said. Hundreds of gunmen initially attacked a lightly guarded military outpost at dawn, with many withdrawing...
Now Reliance Defence to develop Indian military hardware along with Thales
New Delhi: In a move that signifies the era of joint ventures in sector of military hardware manufacturing, Thales and Relaince Defence (subsidiary of Reliance Infrastructure) have announced a joint venture for developing skills and activity in military hardware in...
JD-U will back Ram Nath Kovind, says party leader
Patna: Breaking ranks with the Opposition, the JD-U has decided to back NDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind for President of India. A JD-U leader told a news agency that Bihar CM and JD-U chief Nitish Kumar had told them the party...
Now, Presidential nominee Kovind gets into the act
NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday joined the International Yoga Day celebrations in the national capital as he performed asanas at central Delhi's Connaught Place and urged people to take up the traditional practice. Donning a white yoga-themed t-shirt,...
PM leads Yoga Day celebrations in Lucknow, thousands join him
Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading the 3rd International Yoga Day celebrations from Ambedkar Sabha Sthal in Lucknow. Around 50,000 people are attending the event, among them Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the key ministers of his cabinet. Dressed...
Ramdev, Amit Shah join Gujarat CM at Yoga Day celebrations in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad: To celebrate the third International Yoga Day, Yoga guru Ramdev and Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani participated in a Yoga camp in Ahmedabad. Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah also graced the event. Hundreds of countries are uniting to mark the...
Virat has his way, Kumble steps down as Coach
New Delhi: Anil Kumble conveyed the decision to BCCI that he can't continue as the BCCI coach after a meeting with BCCI general secretary Amitabh Chaudhary a little while ago today. It is a sad day for Indian cricket. Worse than...
Justice CS Karnan arrested in Coimbatore
Coimbatore: Retired Calcutta high court judge CS Karnan, evading arrest since May 9, was arrested on Tuesday, days after the Supreme Court refused stay its order awarding him a six-month jail term for contempt of court. Justice Karnan’s counsel, Mathews J...
