Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the AAP was with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the surgical strikes in Pakistani territory and wanted him to give a “befitting reply” to Islamabad’s claims that no such operation took place. “Pakistan is spreading false propaganda on surgical strikes and is telling the international media that […]
Barely days ahead of a UNEP summit in Rwanda in which 190 countries will discuss ways to protect the rapidly thinning ozone layer, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Tuesday noted with concern the damage that carbon emissions are causing by inducing global warming. The spiritual leader, who is also an active environmentalist, was, […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered Karnataka to release 2,000 cusecs of water to Tamil Nadu daily from October 7 to 18 as it asked the Cauvery Supervisory Committee to visit the Cauvery basin area of two states for an assessment of the ground situation and report back to it by October 17. The bench […]
India on Tuesday alleged that Pakistan troops resorted to unprovoked heavy firing in at least three places on the de facto border in Jammu and Kashmir, stepping up the tension between the tense neighbours. No injuries were reported from the Pakistan mortar shelling at Indian border posts in Jhangar, Kalsian and Makri areas of the […]
Stressing the need to go for a big push to fully realise the benefits of urbanisation, the government on Monday unveiled its urban development strategy for the next 20 years. Union Minister for Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation M. Venkaiah Naidu released the “India Habitat III – National Report”, ahead of the UN Habitat III […]
Ahead of the festive season, domestic smartphone-maker Karbonn Mobiles on Monday launched two new smartphones in India. Karbonn Titanium Vista (priced at Rs 5,499) comes with a 5-inch screen, 1.3MHz quad-core processor that runs on a Mediatek MT6580 chipset along with 2,300mAh Li-ion battery. The smartphone has 8GB internal memory that can be expanded up […]
Vice President Hamid Ansari on Monday said it is paradoxical that while registered voters’ participation in elections had steadily increased, the actual functioning of the legislatures had declined. “Today, we are confronted by a paradox. While the registered voter participation in elections has steadily increased, the actual functioning of the legislatures has steadily decreased,” Ansari […]
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday said that the Kashmiri freedom movement would not be suppressed by Indian “brutalities” anymore, even as the political leadership of the country put forward a united front on the issue. Sharif said “their (Kashmir) struggle for self-determination was legitimate and in accordance with UN resolutions”. “Kashmiris and Pakistanis […]
Home Minister Rajnath Singh was briefed about the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla after an Indian Army camp came under attack by fidayeen militants on Sunday night. The attack on a camp of Rashtriya Rifles and adjacent BSF camp started around 10.30 p.m. on Sunday, and heavy firing continued till midnight. Director General […]
A stone was thrown during the otherwise lowkey Retreat ceremony on Sunday evening at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost, about 30 km from here, BSF sources said. No one was injured in the incident. Even as the stone thrown from the Pakistan side landed in the Indian territory and a section of Pakistani spectators raised anti-India […]