86 militants killed so far this year: Lt Gen Ranbir Singh
Jammu: Asserting that overall situation in Jammu and Kashmir is under control, Northern Command Army Commander, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh on Monday said that as many as 86 militants have been killed so far in 2019 and that the operations will continue. “The security situation in Jammu and Kashmir is well under control,” Gen Singh told […]
5 detained near Indo-Pak border under suspicious circumstances
Agencies Five men have been detained after allegedly being found under suspicious circumstances near the Indo-Pak border by the Border Security Force in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district, an official said Monday. The five people were spotted travelling in an SUV near the border by the BSF on Sunday night and were detained after Rs 9.88 lakh […]
Polarisation trivialises nuanced understanding of Kashmir issue: filmmaker Ashvin Kumar
Agencies New Delhi: The polarisation in the last five years has taken people further away from a nuanced understanding of the complex issue of Kashmir, which is one of the very few places in the world where beauty and dismay exist in the same moment, two-time National Award winning filmmaker Ashvin Kumar has said. The […]
Need to review Art 370 in J&K: Rajnath
Agencies Senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh says there is a need to review Article 370 and 35-A that grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir to establish whether these Constitutional provisions have benefited or done damage to the militancy-hit state.Singh’s remark comes against the backdrop of the BJP’s stand in its […]
Cong is biggest, oldest party; should run govt and be in PM chair: Azad
New Delhi: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday said that it wasn’t true that Congress would not claim or was not interested in the Prime Minister post. “Of course we are the biggest and oldest political party. If we have to run the government for five years biggest political party should be given a […]
Mayawati comes out in support of Mamata Banerjee
Agencies Lucknow: Rallying behind Mamata Banerjee, BSP supremo Mayawati Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah of targeting the West Bengal chief minister as part of a conspiracy and said it reflected a “dangerous attitude”. A day after the Election Commission curtailed campaigning in West Bengal, Mayawati charged that the poll body […]
Rahul taunts Modi over claim on cloud cover during air strikes
Agencies Neemuch : Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks that cloud cover “helped” IAF planes evade Pakistani radars during the Balakot air strikes. Addressing an election rally here ahead of the fourth and last phase of Lok Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh, Gandhi also sought […]
Mani Shankar Aiyar justifiies ‘neech’ jibe against PM, BJP takes strong note
New Delhi: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar was back in the news on Tuesday with an article justifying his “neech” jibe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi two years ago, prompting the BJP to call him “abuser-in-chief” and his party arrogant. In an article, written for Rising Kashmir, Aiyar also slammed Modi on a series of […]
Nearly 1200 IPS officers under scanner for non-performance: GoI
Agencies Nearly 1,200 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have come under the scanner of the Home Ministry for non-performance, an official said Thursday. The ministry has reviewed service records of a total of 1,181 IPS officers in the past three years to check deadwood from the government, he said, adding the numbers of officers […]
Modi second most followed politician globally: Report
Agencies New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the second most-followed politician in the world with a social media audience of 110,912,648 million on platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, a study by online visibility management and content marketing SaaS platform SEMrush said on Tuesday. The most-followed politician globally was former US President […]
