India ranks with Eithopia, Chad and Pakistan in world’s maximum hungry people, Figures go up for Maharashtra too

New Delhi/Nagpur: "Shining India" which our Government claims is the "fastest grwoing economy in the world" continues to have serious levels of widespread hunger. It has been ranked a lowly 97 among 118 developing countries for which the Global Hunger...

Uniform Civil Code not good for India: Muslim Law Board

New Delhi/Nagpur: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board holds a press conference on the Uniform Civil Code. Highlights.

• Uniform Civil Code is not good for this nation. There are so many cultures in this nation; all have to be...

PM Modi likely to visit Jayalalithaa in hospital on Oct 15

File Pic   New Delhi/Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to make a detour to Chennai to visit ailing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at Apollo Hospital. Modi is likely to make a stopover at Chennai on his way to...

Give us channels to act against India – time to sieze Kashmir, says Jaish chief Masood Azhar

File Pic   New Delhi/Nagpur: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, they say. So to match our politicians' rhetoric on 'surgical strikes' in POK come the reactions from the 'other side'. Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Masood Azhar has called for jihadist groups...

Start building Ram temple to avoid losing UP: Sena to BJP

File Pic Mumbai/Nagpur: Raking up the Ram temple politics again, the Shiv Sena said that the Bharatiya Janata Party will lose the upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls if Ram temple is not built. Asking its ally to start work on building a...

Helpless BJP had to disclose surgical strikes: Khurshid

Former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday said that the National Democratic Alliance government had to disclose details of the surgical strike across the Line of Control, as it was in a helpless position. "Surgical strikes just mean a target,...

Pampore encounter ends after 3 days, 2 terrorists dead

Pampore/Nagpur: The Pampore encounter ends after three days with the death of two terrorists. On Monday, three terrorists stormed the Entrepreneurship Development Institute in Pampore. Two terrorists were killed inside the building today with the third terrorist believed to have escaped....

Credit for decision, timing goes to PM, success to Army: Parrikar on surgical strikes

Mumbai/Nagpur: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar speaking at the MET 2016 (Materials Engineering Technology) conference in Mumbai. Parrikar uses the platform to claim and dole out credit for the September 29 surgical strikes in Pakistan. "Credit of success goes to the army,...

Olympian Dipa Karmakar to return BMW

Hyderabad/Nagpur: Dipa Karmakar's pathbreaking performance in the Rio Olympics was lauded by many, including former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who was picked to present her, along with PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, a BMW car in September. However, owing to maintenance...

It’s official: Video evidence of surgical strikes won’t be released

New Delhi/Nagpur: The government has decided for now it will NOT release any evidence of the surgical strikes and the damage caused to the terror launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, arguing that doing so would push the Pakistan Army into...

Narendra Modi targets terrorism & Pakistan at Lucknow Dussehra rally

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday invoked Ramayana and asked his countrymen to keep a vigil against terror and fight it the way Jatayu fought Ravana to try rescue Sita from the demon. "Who was the first to stand against...

Modi government asks arms suppliers to be prepared amid tensions with Pakistan

New Delhi/Nagpur: With tensions between India and Pakistan escalating, the government has asked arms suppliers and the industry to be prepared to scale up production and supply contracts at short notice. Government officials and top company executives said that feelers had...

BJP trying to take credit for Army’s work: Lalu Yadav

Bihar/Nagpur: Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Yadav on Monday hailed the Army for its 'successful' surgical strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir but mocked the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government for 'trying to take credit' for it. "The BJP is falsely trying to...

Sasikala fears someone may forge Jaya’s sign to run govt

Tamil Nadu: Expelled All Indian Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam member of Parliament Sasikala Pushpa has written a letter to Governor Ch Vidyasagr Rao, saying she fears that some people might forge Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's signature to run the party and...

Cops file culpable homicide case in death of girl fasting for 68 days

A case of culpable homicide notamounting to murder has been registered in connection with thedeath of a 13-year-old girl two days after she broke her68-day fast as part of a community ritual, police said. "Based on a complaint lodged...

Army foils infiltration bid in Naugam, four terrorists killed

File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Four terrorists were eliminated by Army on the Line of Control while trying to infiltrate in Naugam sector on October 6, Army's Northern Command said on Saturday. Four AK 47 rifles with 16 magazines, 349 rounds of...

Online Poll: 82% people think BJP and not Congress or AAP politicised surgical strikes

A whopping 82% respondents, who took part in our online poll, have felt that the BJP was responsible for politicising the surgical strikes carried out across the LoC on 29 September. The purpose behind launching this online poll by jantakareporter.com was...

Complaint filed against Rahul Gandhi in UP for ‘khoon ki dalali’ remark

File Pic   Uttar Pradesh/Nagpur: A complaint has been filed against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in Chandauli Court in Uttar Pradesh over his 'Khoon ki dalali' comment for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the youth wing of Bharatiya...

Surgical strike fallout: Pakistan’s ISI chief likely to be replaced

New Delhi: According to reports, Chief of Pakistan's powerful spy agency Inter- Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar is expected to be replaced within the next few weeks. Akhtar replaced the retiring Lt Gen Zaheer-ul-Islam as the director general in...

Sanjay Nirupam’s wife says family receiving threats

Mumbai/Nagpur: Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam's wife Geeta Nirupam has claimed that her family is receiving threats after her husband's remarks on surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army last month. In an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she wrote,...