Amit Shah forms four-member BJP panel to look into situation in West Bengal
March 30, 2018 In the wake of violence over Ram Navami processions in West Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah today constituted a four-member committee comprising senior party leaders, who would visit the state and submit a report to him in this regard. Shah condemned the violence in Asansol in West Bengal and said […]
Nepal PM to visit India from April 6-8
March 30: Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli will visit India from April 6 to 8 on his maiden foreign trip after assuming office, in line with the tradition of a Nepali PM visiting India on his first overseas trip, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Friday. Oli’s visit comes following an invitation from […]
BJP intensifying communal polarization: CPI-M
New Delhi, Mar 30 : Referring to rising communal disturbances in Bihar, the CPI-M on Friday accused the BJP of sharpening communal polarization following its rout in the Lok Sabha by-elections in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. “Widespread communal disturbances are occurring in most districts of Bihar,” a statement by the Communist Party of India-Marxist said, at […]
VK Singh to visit Iraq on Sunday to bring back remains of 39 Indians killed
March 30, 2018 Minister of State of ministry of external affairs General V K Singh (retired) will visit Iraq on April 1 (Sunday) to bring back the mortal remains of the 39 Indians who were killed by the Islamic State in Mosul. On March 20, External Affairs Minister in a statement in Parliament that the […]
At least 8 killed, 8 wounded in suicide car bomb in eastern Libya: Security Officer
At least eight people, including civilians, were killed late Thursday in a suicide car bombing of a security barricade in the east of Libya, the second such attack in less than a month, local security and hospital sources said. A suicide attacker exploded his vehicle at a barricade manned by forces loyal to Libyan strongman […]
Geelani’s long house detention ends, leads prayers at Hydepora Mosque
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani offered the congregational Friday prayers at the Jamia Masjid Hyderpora Srinagar, first time after a period of almost eight years. Reports said that Geelani along with Mohammad Ashraf Sehrai, a newly appointed Tehreek-e-Hurriyat chairman and others aides left for the prayers around 1 pm. While addressing a […]
Parliamentary panel raps MHA; says just 22 % funds from PM’s package for Jammu and Kashmir released
NEW DELHI: Only 22 per cent of the Prime Minister’s Rs 80,000 crore development package for Jammu and Kashmir has been released to the state government so far, a parliamentary committee has said in a scathing report underlining the “little outcome achieved” under it. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, headed by senior Congress […]
Sharma visits militancy hotbed Tral, holds talks
TRAL: Centre’s special envoy for a dialogue on Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma today visited Tral, a sub-district in South Kashmir that is considered as the breeding ground for militancy, and held talks with a broad cross-section of people. Amid tight security in the wake of threats by militant groups, Sharma arrived here in a helicopter to […]
Barmer woman, converts, settles in Kashmir
SrinagarThe case of a Barmer woman, who went missing on March 16 and later the police found that she had converted to Islam and had married a Kashmiri man, took a new turn on Wednesday when her father alleged that she had been kidnapped from Ahmedabad, reports claimed. A report published in Hindustan Times said that the […]
Anganwadi workers block road to press for their demands
Srinagar,: Continuing their protest to press the government over their demands, the Anganwadi workers and helpers on Thursday blocked the M A Road Srinagar for failing to enhance their monthly honorarium. The workers and helpers who assembled at Pratap Park marched towards M A Road to press for their demands. The protesting Anganwadi workers and […]
