Nayna Bandyopadhyay, wife of arrested Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, on Thursday said political vendetta is the reason for the arrest of her husband. “It is very much clear that the CBI is being used by the BJP. From back-to-back arrest of two Trinamool leaders, it is evident that political vendetta is the reason behind […]
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday said the world needs to tell India “enough is enough” vis-a-vis its policy towards Jammu and Kashmir. Sharif was addressing an International Parliamentary Seminar on Kashmir here. “Seventy years of brutal repression and Kashmiri struggle in the face of that oppression have shown cries of freedom cannot be stifled […]
At least 67 trains were running late and six cancelled due to dense fog in parts of north India on Wednesday morning, a railway official said. Out of the six cancelled trains, four of them were to depart on Wednesday while two were to depart on Thursday. Apart from that, as many as 15 trains […]
Nightlong rain and snowfall on Wednesday finally ended an over-six month long dry spell in Jammu and Kashmir, the weather office said. Moderate to light snowfall occurred in the higher reaches of the state while rain fell in the plains in the last 12 hours, it said. “Weather will remain wet with widespread rain and […]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s camp on Tuesday told the poll panel to allocate it the election symbol ‘cycle’, a day after party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav made the same claim. Akhilesh confidant Ram Gopal Yadav met Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi to stake the claim. Ram Gopal Yadav later said: “We told the […]
Religious organisations across the ideological divide welcomed the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday barring political parties and candidates from seeking votes in the name of religion, caste, community, race or language. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad said that the politics based on caste, community and religion has harmed the country. “We welcome the decision of the […]
Despite partial cloud cover on Sunday, dry and cold wave conditions continued in Jammu and Kashmir as the weather office said there can be snowfall by the middle of this week. “Moderate snowfall is likely to occur in the higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir on January 4, 5 and 6, while there would be […]
A senior cabinet minister had sat on a protest outside Punjab Raj Bhawan after the Chandigarh Police did not pay heed to his pleas to remove demonstrating unemployed teachers from his premises. Punjab Education Minister Daljit Singh Cheema and his supporters, who sat on a protest outside parking of the Raj Bhawan (Governor’s House) here […]
Undeterred by a resounding defeat at the UN, the Israeli government has said that it would move ahead with thousands of new homes in the disputed West Bank area, a media report said on Tuesday. It said: The city intends to approve 600 housing units in the predominantly Palestinian eastern section of town on Wednesday […]
The 13th edition of Nepal’s five-day Chitwan Elephant Festival kicked off here with the participation of over 50 elephants. The annual festival which brings fun, sports and adventure together was inaugurated on Monday in Sauraha, the gateway to Chitwan National Park, Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday. The festival would feature unique and spectacular games […]