Prez awards Garud commando killed in Kashmir with Ashok Chakra
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind Friday awarded India’s highest peacetime military decoration Ashok Chakra posthumously to IAF Garud commando Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, who was killed during a gunfight with militants in Kashmir. The award was received by Corporal Nirala’s wife Sushmanand and his mother Malti Devi at the majestic Rajpath. After presenting the […]
BJP using hatred to set country on fire: Rahul Gandhi
As school children became target of ‘anti-Padmaavat’ protests, Congress President Rahul Gandhi lashed out at the BJP saying its use of “hatred and violence” is setting the country on fire. Most Congress leaders avoided speaking on the content of the movie but targeted the “complicity” of BJP-ruled states in the “failure” to implement the Supreme […]
LoC shelling: BSF, Rangers meet, India says will not tolerate
Jammu, Jan 26 :The BSF and Pak Rangers today held a flag meeting along the International Border (IB) here during which the Indian side registered its “strong” protest on the recent spate of unprovoked firing incidents, asserting that such acts were unacceptable and would “not be tolerated”. The Border Security Force said the sector commander-level […]
Padmaavat row: 18 men who attacked school bus sent to 14-day custody
January 25, 2018 The 18 men, suspected to be from the Karni Sena, who attacked a school bus full of children in Gurugram on Wednesday have been sent to 14-day judicial custody by the Sohna court. On Wednesday, a frenzied mob protesting the release Padmaavat attacked a bus in Gurugram. The G D Goenka World […]
Draw lessons to avoid another Doklam: PLA to India
January 25, 2018 The Chinese military today criticised Army Chief General Bipin Rawat’s recent remarks that Doklam is a disputed territory, asserting that it is very much part of China, and India should draw lessons from the 73-day standoff to avoid similar incidents in the future. Reacting for the first time to Gen Rawat’s comments, […]
Income tax relief soon? Deduction may be raised to Rs 2.5 lakh
January 25, 2018 The finance ministry is considering giving relief to taxpayers in the form of higher income tax deduction, said two government officials familiar with the developments. The current relief is Rs 2 lakh and discussions are on to increase it to at least Rs 2.5 lakh. The extra deduction, however, will be available […]
Muslims, Dalits done, ‘they’ are now entering our homes: Kejriwal
January 25, 2018 The forces that “killed Muslims and burnt Dalits” are now “intruding into our homes, coming after our children”, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today, condemning the attack on a school bus by a mob protesting the release of ‘Padmaavat’ in Gurgaon. Kejriwal said it was imperative to “speak up” against “divisive […]
India a responsible nuclear state, believes in ‘no first use’:
Union minister M J Akbar today asserted that India is a responsible nuclear state and believes in ‘no first use’ of such weapons, even as he questioned why no action is being taken at the global level against proliferation. Speaking at a session on nuclear threats to international security here at the World Economic Forum […]
Fodder scam: Lalu Yadav awarded 5-year jail in fodder scam
Wed, Jan 24 2018 Patna: The RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal) on Wednesday said the special CBI court order convicting Lalu Yadav in a fodder scam case was not final and it would appeal in the high court and, if necessary, in the Supreme Court. Leader of the opposition in Bihar Assembly and Lalu Yadav’s son Tejashwi […]
Hadiya case: NIA can’t probe marital status, says Supreme Court
JANUARY 23, 2018 The Supreme Court today said the NIA could continue with its probe into the alleged love jihad case of Kerala but it cannot investigate the marital status of the man and the woman. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra observed this after the NIA told the court that it had […]
