Don’t disclose names, identities of rape victims: SC
New Delhi : The Supreme Court Tuesday directed that names and identities of victims of rape and sexual assault should not be disclosed or revealed. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur directed the print and electronic media not to reveal identity of victims of rape and sexual assault “even in a remote manner”. The […]
India test fires Agni-V missile
Bhubaneshwar : India successfully test fired its indigenously developed nuclear-capable ballistic missile Agni-V off the Odisha coast on Monday. The surface-to-surface missile having a strike range of 5,000 km was launched at 1.30 p.m. from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Abdul Kalam Island in Bhadrak district, said Defence Ministry sources. The sources said […]
India’s heaviest satellite GSAT-11 successfully launched from French Guiana
India’s heaviest satellite GSAT-11, that would boost broadband services, was successfully launched by an Arianespace rocket from the French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday. Blasting off from the Ariane Launch Complex in Kourou, a French territory located along the northeastern coast of South America at 02:07 am (IST), the Ariane-5 vehicle injected the […]
Kartarpur in Pak today because of then Cong leaders’ lack of vision: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi used the Kartarpur corridor linking Pakistan to India to hit out at the Congress on Tuesday and said the party will have to answer why this was not done 70 years ago. Addressing an election rally here ahead of the elections in the state on December 7, he said Kartarpur went […]
Jammu and Kashmir Governor feels democracy is outdated: Chidambaram
New Delhi : Taking umbrage to the sudden dissolution of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly, former Union Minister and Congress veteran P. Chidambaram on Thursday claimed that for BJP-appointed Governor Satya Pal Malik, parliamentary democracy was “outdated”. A day after Malik’s dramatic move dissolving the House shortly after the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), National Conference […]
Chilli Powder Thrown At Arvind Kejriwal, AAP Blames Police Lapses
A man threw chilli powder at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal outside his office at the secretariat on Tuesday, provoking outrage from his party. The attacker, identified as Anil Kumar, has been taken into custody, officials said. Arvind Kejriwal was leaving for lunch after finishing up meetings when the attack took place outside the chief […]
PM Narendra Modi admits to theft in Rafale deal before SC, says Congress chief Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has admitted to “theft” in the Rafale deal before the Supreme Court and changes in the contract without asking the Indian Air Force. On Monday, the Centre submitted a 14-page document titled “Details of the steps in the decision making process leading […]
Temple will be built in Ayodhya when Lord Ram wants it: UP Dy CM
Uttar Pradesh deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma has said that the Ram temple in Ayodhya will be built “when Lord Ram wants it”. Sharma was in Bahraich on Sunday to attend a programme at the residence of UP co-operative minister Mukut Bihari Verma. “The BJP has explained its stand on Ram temple in its Sankalp […]
Modi lookalike switches over to Congress, says ‘achche din’ won’t come
He looks like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dresses and speaks like him and begins his speech with ‘Mitron’, but their similarities end there — He is Abhinandan Pathak, a Congress campaigner in the Naxal-affected Bastar region of Chhattisgarh who says “achche din nahin ayenge”. A new entrant to the grand old party, Pathak was with […]
India has no extra-territorial ambitions, says Army chief
New Delhi: India has no extra-territorial ambitions, but its aim is to ensure a conducive external and internal security environment for unhindered economic progress and socio-political development, Army chief General Bipin Rawat said Thursday. The contested sovereignty of maritime territories pose a major challenge in East Asia and the South China Sea and these disputed […]
