Art 35-A Hearing Adjourned To January 2019
NEW DELHI:-The Supreme Court on Friday deferred to the second week of January 2019 the hearing of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35A, which gives special rights to residents of Jammu and Kashmir and bars non-natives from buying property in the state. The Supreme Court had initially deferred hearing of the petitions during […]
Kashmir issue: India, Pakistan counters each other at UN Security Council
Srinagar:-Both India and Pakistan on Wednesday countered each other at UN Security Council over the Kashmir issue. India hoped that the new government of Prime Minister Imran Khan in Pakistan would work constructively to build the region. “Pacific settlement (of disputes) requires pacific intent in thinking and Pacific content in action,” news gatherer IANS quoted India’s Permanent […]
Union Secretary DAHDF chairs meeting on National Livestock Mission
NEW DELHI: Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, GoI, Tarun Shridhar chaired a meeting of Executive Committee (EC) for approval of project proposals under National Livestock Mission 2018-19 (NLM) at Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi on 28/08/2018. Joint Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry Dairying & Fisheries, Ministry of […]
6000 railway stations will be WiFi-enabled in next 6 months: Goyal
NEW DELHI , Around 6,000 railway stations will be WiFi-enabled in the next six-eight months, Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. Speaking at the Smart Railways Conclave organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) here, Mr. Goyal said that the railways was focusing on smarter project implementation. “We believe that […]
India, Pakistan to resume talks on Indus Waters Treaty in Lahore this week
Islamabad: India and Pakistan will resume their talks on various aspects of the crucial Indus Waters Treaty in Lahore on Wednesday, the first bilateral engagement since Prime Minister Imran Khan took office. India’s Indus Water Commissioner P K Saxena is expected to reach here today to begin the two-day discussions with his Pakistani counterpart Syed […]
Govt ignored defence procurement procedure in Rafale deal: Chidambaram
Stepping up attack on the government over the Rafale fighter jet issue, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today accused the Centre of ignoring the defence procurement procedure and “bypassing” several committees to secure the deal. The former finance minister also alleged the Cabinet Committee on Security was not taken into confidence by the government before […]
BJP-RSS dividing India: Rahul in Germany
While his party binds the people of India, the BJP-RSS divides them and spreads hatred, Congress president Rahul Gandhi has said. Addressing the Indian diaspora at a function organised by the Indian Overseas Congress in Berlin last night, he said the Congress’s thought of “unity in diversity” came from the times of Guru Nanak Dev. […]
Dalit woman dragged by hair, head smashed with stone for not withdrawing complaint
Seoni (MP): A 23-year-old Dalit student was killed in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district on Monday after she was dragged by her hair while on her way to college and her head smashed with a stone by a man who was allegedly putting pressure on her to withdraw the sexual harassment complaint against him, police said. The […]
2 men get death for raping 8-yr-old girl in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur
Bhopal: Two men held guilty for raping an eight-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh’s Mandsaur have been awarded death sentence by a local court. The court, earlier on Tuesday, held the duo — Irfan and Asif — for raping the minor in June this year. The verdict comes in less than two months after the crime took […]
Woman in 20s burnt to death by lover, his family in Odisha
Rourkela: A woman in her early 20s died of burn injuries after she was allegedly set afire in front of her boyfriend’s house in Rourkela on Friday, police said. Locals found the woman engulfed in flames outside the house of her boyfriend, Amit Yadav, in Bondhamunda locality in Rourkela on Friday morning, police said. They shifted […]
