Noted historian and biographer, Ramachandra Guha has said that India offers an “inhospitable” atmosphere for writing historical biographies. He said that biographies are written under constant fear of offending someone, a problem that historians have been dealing with regularly. Guha was speaking at the Samvatsar Lecture of Sahitya Akademi’s Festival of Letters on Thursday here […]
Two people were killed and six others injured on Thursday when militants attacked security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. The forces were returning from a search operation in Kungoo village when they were attacked at. “The victims comprised a soldier and a civilian. Reinforcements were immediately rushed to surround the area […]
Turkey’s Defence Ministry lifted the ban on female officers wearing the veil, local media reported. The Ministry on Wednesday issued a decree to the commanders of land, air and naval forces noting that female military personnel are allowed to wear headscarves if they wish, Efe news reported. The decree is considered a significant change for […]
An army soldier and a woman were killed and six other armymen including two officers were injured when militants ambushed security forces in Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday. “Militants ambushed and fired at the army in Chitargam village of Shopian district today morning,” police said here. “The army was returning after carrying out a search […]
Border districts of Haryana and Punjab are on high alert on Thursday with the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) launching its ‘Water War’. The principal opposition party in Haryana was expected to start digging of the controversial Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal to get water for the state. Following a Presidential Reference, the Supreme Court in […]
Tamil Nadu’s major opposition party DMK on Tuesday announced its decision to move a no confidence motion against assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal. Speaking to reporters here, DMK’s Working President M.K. Stalin said a letter to this effect was given to the Assembly Secretary. A copy of the letter was also given to Dhanapal, he added. […]
Campaigning in elections for 53 assembly seats from 12 districts of Uttar Pradesh, which will go balloting in the fourth phase on February 23, ended on Tuesday evening. Districts in Bundelkhand region — Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Banda, Hamirpur, Chitrakoot and Fatehpur — are among those that will see polling on Thursday. Voting will also […]
Although one of the two PDP ministers who quit has rejoined office and the other has promised to do so soon, the crisis persists in Jammu and Kashmir’s main ruling party. Basharat Bukhari, who submitted his resignation to Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti immediately after a portfolio reshuffle, joined back office as the Horticulture Minister on […]
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) on Tuesday cleared the establishment of 38 additional radar stations along the Indian coastline as part of the second phase of costal surveillance system. The project, sanctioned at a cost of Rs 8,00 crore, would include four mobile surveillance systems. It would also include the integration of Vessel Traffic Management […]
At a time when cyber attacks are increasing by day, the government through its Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-in) on Tuesday launched “Cyber Swachhta Kendra” — a new desktop and mobile security solution for a secure cyber space in the country. The new solution will notify, enable cleaning and secure systems of end-users to prevent […]