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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A heavy gunfight broke out late on Sunday night in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district as guerrillas attacked an army camp, police said. Police said militants attacked a camp of the counter-insurgency 46 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) in Janbazpora area of Baramulla town. “Militants fired at the RR camp in Janbazpora area of Baramulla town late […]
A search operation was launched in the border belt of Gurdaspur district of north Punjab on Monday morning following an unsuccessful infiltration bid along the international border with Pakistan. Punjab Police sources said the search operation was being conducted in villages around Chakri border out post (BoP), 30 km from here, following the movement of […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri at Rajghat and Vijay Ghat respectively on their birth anniversaries. The Prime Minister remembered the two leaders for the values they championed. “Gandhi ji made this world a better place. His ideals, dedication to the poor and struggle against injustice […]
A major blaze gutted one of the oldest single-screen movie theatres here, the Jyoti Cinema, on Sunday, a fire department official said. The cinema located in central Kolkata’s Esplanade area was founded in the mid-1930s and was shut down in 2008. “A fire broke out 2.10 a.m. and destroyed the entire hall. As many as […]