India on Monday announced a $100 million line of credit to Seychelles to strengthen its defence capabilities and maritime infrastructure even as the two countries decided to work together in the interest of each other on the controversial deal on Assomption Island, where India wants to build a strategic facility. “I feel pleasure in announcing […]
The monsoon session of Parliament will be held from July 18 to August 10, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said here on Monday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh. During the session, which will have 18 working days, the government is […]
Four members of a family were killed in a road accident in Telangana’s Peddapalle district in early on Friday, police said. A car in which they were travelling rammed into a stationary truck on Hyderabad-Karimnagar Rajiv Rahdari near Katnapally, about 180 km from here. The deceased have been identified as Arun Kumar, his wife Soumya […]
A policeman injured in a militant attack here in Jammu and Kashmir on June 15 succumbed to critical injuries in a hospital on Friday. Police said head constable Habibullah who was injured along with another policeman and two civilians in a militant in Kaka Sarai area has succumbed to injuries in the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of […]
A woman was injured on Friday during a gunfire exchange between the security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Police said she sustained the gunshot injury in the Srigufwara village gun battle site. Authorities have suspended mobile Internet services in the district to check spread of any kind of rumours. Earlier, the […]
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday led hundreds of yoga enthusiasts as they practiced ‘asanas’ on the fourth edition of the International Yoga Day here. Hundreds had flocked to the sprawling Raj Bhawan that opened its gates to commoners to participate on the occasion. […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that yoga has the power to unite individuals, society, country and the world at large, and has emerged as a major unifying force globally. “Yoga has become one of the most powerful unifying forces in the world. It unites individuals, families, society, country and the world,” Modi said […]
Three Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants were killed and five security men injured in a gunfight in Tral area of Pulwama district, police said. The gunfight had started on Tuesday and ended late last evening. The police have confirmed that all the three JeM militants hiding in Nazneenpora village of Tral area have been killed by the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday extended his greetings to Congress president Rahul Gandhi on the latter’s 48th birthday. “Birthday greetings to Congress President Shri Rahul Gandhi. I pray for his long and healthy life,” the Prime Minister tweeted. This is Gandhi’s first birthday after becoming the party President. He was born on this day […]
Five persons were killed as fire broke out in two hotels here on Tuesday, police said. The fire broke out at the Hotel Virat international on Tuesday morning and soon engulfed the adjacent SSJ International Hotel, gutting both buildings. Fire tenders were rushed to contain the blaze. It took more than two hours for the […]