In a multi-city crackdown on so-called “urban Maoist sympathisers”, the Pune police on Wednesday arrested at least three prominent Dalit activists from Maharashtra and New Delhi in connection with provocative speeches at a gathering in Pune in December 2017, official sources said. Among those nabbed in the early morning operations include Sudhir Dhawale from Mumbai, […]
Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was on Wednesday questioned by the CBI in connection with its ongoing probe into the INX Media corruption case. According to the agency, Chidambaram appeared at the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) headquarters around 11 a.m. A special CBI Economic Offences Wing team started questioning Chidambaram about his role in […]
The Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) on Wednesday claimed responsibility for the attack on the Hajin army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Abdullah Ghaznavi, spokesman of the LeT, called a news agency in Srinagar claiming responsibility for the attack. Ghaznavi said the LeT had carried out the ‘Fidayeen’ (suicide) attack at the Rashtriya Rifles camp in […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday interacted with thousands of youngsters who have made it big in the startup sector and said it is the youth who have turned out to be the “job creators” of the nation. Describing India as a “youthful nation”, Modi said the government is committed to “harnessing of the demographic […]
Having vacated his sprawling official bungalow day back following the Supreme Court’s orders, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday hit the streets of the state capital on his high-end sports bicycle and went straight to the Gomti Rover Front, a dream project of his tenure, which now stands stalled. The Samajwadi Party […]
The mortal remains of a BSF trooper killed in Pakistani firing a day earlier in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday reached his village in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria district, an official said. Thousands assembled to pay their last respects to Border Security Force trooper Satya Narayan Yadav, who was posted as an Additional Sub-Inspector with the […]
Twelve people, including four policemen and eight civilians, were injured on Monday when militants hurled a grenade at a police team in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian town. The grenade exploded on the road injuring the lot, a police officer said. A girl who was among the injured was said to be in critical condition and […]
By Jaideep Sarin Amritsar (Punjab) If there is one big leveller for people, irrespective of their religion, caste, gender, social status or riches, it is the “langar”, or community kitchen, at the Golden Temple complex, where the holiest of Sikh shrines, the Harmandir Sahib, is located, in this city considered holy by Sikhs. Referred to […]
At least 26 people were injured in a road accident in Jammu city, police said on Friday. The accident took place on Thursday night when an Army vehicle, two mini buses and a truck collided with each other in the city’s Narwal area. “The injured were shifted to a hospital. Doctors said three persons were […]
The key Indian equity market indices on Friday opened higher after the official data showed that India’s GDP for the March quarter grew at 7.7 per cent, while for the full financial year 2017-18 it touched 6.7 per cent. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 35,322.38 points on Thursday, opened […]