BJP will target Kashmiris ahead of Lok Sabha polls: CPI-M
New Delhi : After bringing down the PDP-led government in Jammu and Kashmir, the BJP will target Kashmiris as anti-national and harbourers of terrorists, the CPI-M has said. “The BJP decision to bring down the government is a conscious political move keeping in mind the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in 2019,” said an editorial in the CPI-M journal “People’s […]
Cong accuses Modi govt of politicising ‘surgical strikes’
New Delhi: The Congress today accused the Modi government and the BJP of politicising the September 2016 ‘surgical strikes’ after a video of the same was released and said “the blood and sacrifice of the country’s brave soldiers cannot be a political vote garnering tool for them”. Addressing a press conference, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep […]
Maoists kill six security personnel in Jharkhand
Ranchi, : Maoist guerrillas exploded a landmine in Jharkhand’s Latehar district, killing six security personnel, officials said on Wednesday. The attack took place at Budha Pahad area when the six were engaged in security operations late on Tuesday. Due to bad weather, the injured security personnel were not airlifted by helicopter for treatment. On Wednesday, […]
Here to make India-US relations stronger, says Nikki Haley on three day visit to India
United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley said the major focus of her visit to India is to strengthen the relation between Washington and New Delhi. The 45-year-old Nikki Haley, begins a three-day visit to India on Tuesday. Haley, who is the Permanent Representative to the UN with cabinet rank, is to meet senior Indian government […]
PM Modi to address rally in UP tomorrow, 1st since security threat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a public rally and lay the foundation stone of a research institute at Maghar in Uttar Pradesh tomorrow to mark the 500th death anniversary of Kabir Das, the mystic poet and saint. This is the PM’s first rally since the home ministry said the security threat against the PM […]
Sukhoi jet crashes near Nashik, pilots safe
A Sukhoi aircraft crashed near Nashik this morning, police said. There were no casualties, police said, adding both the pilots ejected safely before the plane hit ground. The under-production Sukhoi Su-30MKI twin-jet multirole air superiority fighter of HAL crashed at Wavi-Tushi village near Pimpalgaon Baswant town, around 25 km from Nashik, police said. The aircraft […]
UN report on Kashmir is ‘motivated’ : says Gen Rawat
Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat today slammed the UN report on alleged human rights violations in Kashmir, dubbing it as “motivated”. The human rights record of the Indian Army, he said, was well known to the people of Kashmir and to the international community. “I don’t need to speak about the human rights record of […]
If GST ‘celebration of honesty’, why did BJP oppose it for 5 yrs: Chidambaram
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram today slammed the government for terming the Goods and Services Tax as a “celebration of honesty”, saying if that was the case, why did the BJP oppose it for five years prior to coming to power in 2014. In a series of tweets, the senior Congress leader asked the government […]
Army Major arrested in murder case sent to 4-day police custody
An Army Major, arrested for allegedly killing another officer’s wife, was today sent to four-day police custody by a Delhi court. Metropolitan Magistrate Manisha Tripathy granted custody of Major Nikhil Handa to the police after it said he has to be taken to Meerut in Uttar Pradesh to make certain recoveries including his clothes and […]
7-yr-old Tamil Nadu boy ‘sold’ off by alcoholic father for Rs 20,000; rescued
Krishnagiri (Tamil Nadu): A seven-year-old boy from Tamil Nadu who was reportedly given away as security by his father for Rs 20,000 loan six months ago was rescued from a cattle farmer on Wednesday in Krishnagiri district of the state. Though the locals alleged that the boy was “sold” off, S Priya, chief of the Child […]
