BJP leader seeks early hearing on plea challenging Article 370
Agencies New Delhi : BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Upadhyaya on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court seeking urgent hearing on a PIL challenging Article 370 of the Constitution that gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Upadhyaya mentioned his plea before a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi. “File a memo,” the Chief Justice […]
Pak will not dare attempt Kargil-like infiltration in coming years: Army chief
Agencies Pakistan will not dare to attempt to infiltrate India like it did Kargil in 1999 because it has “seen the consequences”, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat said on Friday and asserted that the armed forces are keeping a tight watch in border areas. He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an event […]
Budget 2019:Petrol,Diesel To Be Costlier; Tax On Super-Rich,Gold Imports
Agencies NEW DELHI — Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday hiked tax on petrol and diesel, raised import duty on gold, levied additional surcharge on super rich and brought a tax on high value cash withdrawals as she sought to spur growth with reduction in corporate tax and sops to housing sector, startups and electric vehicles. Presenting […]
Rahul firm on resignation, says CWC should decide quickly on successor
Agencies New Delhi : Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he is no longer Congress president and the party’s working committee should meet immediately to decide on his successor. Gandhi told reporters he has already resigned and the Congress Working Committee should make the appointment soon. “I am no longer the Congress president. I have already resigned. […]
Protests at Congress office against Rahul Gandhi’s resignation
Agencies Congress leaders and workers staged a sit-in on Tuesday to cajole an unrelenting Rahul Gandhi to reconsider his decision to step down as party president. The day-long protest in the lawns of the Congress headquarters in Delhi also saw a party worker from Delhi climbing a tree to attempt suicide in a bid to […]
4 of 5 attackers involved in Pulwama attack killed, 1 arrested: govt
Agencies New Delhi: Four out of the five attackers involved in the Pulwama attack were killed, while one was arrested by government forces, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said on Tuesday. He said in Lok Sabha that probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has revealed the links of the Jaish-e-Mohammed […]
Govt looking into overpricing of bottled water, packaged food
New Delhi: The government is seriously looking into complaints of bottled water and packaged foods and drinks being sold at prices higher than the maximum retail price, Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Tuesday. “Some complaints of bottled water and packaged foods and drinks being sold at prices higher than the Maximum Retail Price […]
India projected to lose 5.8 per cent of working hours in 2030, equivalent to 34 million full-time jobs: UN
Agencies United Nations : India is projected to lose 5.8 per cent of working hours in 2030, a productivity loss equivalent to 34 million full-time jobs, due to global warming, particularly impacting agriculture and construction sectors, a report by the UN labour agency said. The International Labour Organization (ILO) released its report ‘Working on a […]
Third batch of 4,823 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath shrine
Agencies JAMMU:The third batch of 4,823 Amarnath pilgrims left a base camp here Tuesday for the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir. As many as 8,403 pilgrims have paid obeisance at the shrine in the Himalayas till Monday evening, officials said. Over 1.5 lakh pilgrims from across the country have so far registered for the […]
Modi condoles loss of lives in Kishtwar bus accident
Agencies New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the loss of lives in a bus accident in Kishtwar district on Monday, saying the incident in which 35 people died was “heart-wrenching”. The accident occurred when a mini bus rolled down a hilly road and fell into a deep gorge in Kishtwar district in the […]
