Bifurcate Valley to house Pandits, nationalist forces: Panun Kashmir
Srinagar: An organisation of Kashmiri Pandits has demanded the "bifurcation" of Kashmir to carve out a separate homeland for displaced "Pandits and nationalist forces" as it termed the Valley as an "ungoverned region". "Kashmir Valley has virtually become an ungoverned area....
Lahore lawyers warned from defending Kulbhushan Jadhav
New Delhi: The Lahore High Court Bar Association said on Friday that it will take action against any lawyer who extends his services to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court. "The LHBA...
‘No Modi-bashing’: AAP’s new strategy post-poll drubbing
New Delhi: Stung by its poor performances in Punjab and Goa assembly polls, the AAP has changed its strategy of directly attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has decided to focus on "positive campaign" as it faces litmus test in...
Omar Abdullah posts video of Kashmiri youth tied to Indian Army jeep as human shield against stone pelters
New Delhi: Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah posted a video and a picture of Indian Army personnel allegedly using youth as human shield on their vehicles to protect themselves from stone pelters, a development that can...
Jadhav’s sentence: Indian envoy to meet Pak’s Foreign Secretary
New Delhi: Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad Gautam Bambawale will be meeting Pakistan Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua in connection with the case of retired Indian navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been given death sentence by an army court there. According...
Being targetted so that I stop speaking about EVM tampering by BJP: Maya
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati today said she has no reservations in shaking hands with other parties in her struggle against the Bharatiya Janata Party on the issue of EVM tampering in the recent assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh...
‘Mother Of All Bombs’ kills youth from Kerala who joined IS
One of the 21 missing Kerala youth, who was later found to have joined the Islamic State, was killed in the mega airstrike conducted by the United States in the Achin district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province. The US military had dropped...
Rs 9,334 cr undisclosed income detected post note ban
The Income Tax department will investigate over 60,000 individuals under the second phase of the 'Operation Clean Money' which was launched today with an aim to detect black money generation post demonetisation. The Central Board of Direct Taxes, policy-making body of...
Jadhav is an innocent Indian: MEA
New Delhi: Press briefing by the ministry of external affairs on former naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who is on death row in Pakistan. MEA spokesperson Gopal Baglay, first lays out the facts. The MEA says Kulbhushan Jadhav is a kidnapped, innocent Indian....
President Mukherjee clears GST Bill, it’s now a law
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee gives nod to four supporting legislation related to Goods and Services Tax. On March 29, the Lok Sabha passed the four (supplementary) GST Bills that were tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. It came in the...
1 slap on a jawan=100 jihadi lives: Gambhir warns Kashmir’s stone pelters
New Delhi: Known for his aggression on field, Kolkata Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir lashes out at stone pelters in Kashmir. Referring to the video clips of security personnel being roughed up, abused and jeered by mobs in Kashmir, which went...
AAP’s Delhi candidate loses deposit, MCD polls just 10 days away
New Delhi: Celebrations outside the counting centre at Rajouri as the BJP scored a massive win in the bypoll in west Delhi defeating its nearest rival Congress. BJP candidate Manjinder Singh Sirsa won by a margin of over 51 per...
Cracks appear in Congress over EVM tampering issue
Chandigarh: Even as the Opposition has presented a united front over the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) tampering issue in the past few days, there seems to be infighting and disunity amongst the Congress party members with some being against their...
2002 Gujarat riots probe: SC relieves SIT chief R K Raghavan
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today allowed R K Raghavan, who was heading the apex-court appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe 2002 Gujarat riots cases, to be relieved from the duty of heading the team. A bench comprising Chief...
Delhi bye-election result 2017: BJP wins Rajouri Garden seat, Congress second, AAP a dismal third
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party registered a victory in the Rajouri Garden bye-election in Delhi as counting of votes ended on Thursday. BJP candidate Manjinder Singh Sirsa won the Rajouri Garden bypoll by 14652 votes, defeating Congress candidate Meenakshi...
8-state bypolls: BJP leads in Delhi seat vacated by AAP, poor voting in J-K
New Delhi: Counting of votes for bypolls in 10 constituencies in eight states began at 8 am this morning. Delhi, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh results will be announced by noon. So far, the BJP is...
Re-polling begins in 38 booths of Srinagar
Srinagar: The re-polling ordered by Election Commission of India in 38 polling stations of Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, where the bypoll on April 9 was marred by violence, began today amidst tight security arrangements. The polling began at 7 am and...
India’s retail inflation jumps to 3.65% in March
New Delhi: India's retail inflation rate rose to 3.81 per cent in March from February's 3.65 per cent, mirroring a revival in household spending after months of waning demand triggered by a demonetisation-induced cash crunch. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI),...
BJP’s ally in Goa wants complete ban on animal slaughter in the state
Goa: Headed to Goa for some beef bafad and a rave party? Heads up. The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, a part of the BJP-led coalition govt in Goa, seeks complete ban on cow slaughter in the state. MGP leader and State Minister Sudin...
Dainik Bhaskar Group Chairman Ramesh Agarwal passes away
Ahmedabad: Ramesh Agarwal, Chairman of Dainik Bhaskar Group, passed away earlier today. He was 77 and passed away following a cardiac arrest. He breathed his last in Apollo Hospital, Ahmedabad. Agarwal is survived by three sons. Agarwal led the Dainik Bhaskar...
Open-ended warrant issued against Mallya
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday issued an open-ended non-bailable warrant against beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya in a case of allegedly evading summons in a FERA violation matter. Chief metropolitan magistrate Sumit Dass passed the order after the Enforcement Directorate...
