The Indian Army needs to stay in Jammu and Kashmir “under the present circumstances”, a top military commander said Monday. “Armed forces need to stay on in Kashmir under the present circumstances. We should wait for conditions to improve before making changes to the national strategy regarding the army deployment in Jammu and Kashmir,” Indian […]
Indian security forces killed three foreign guerrillas Monday in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The gunfight took place in Dooru (Dangerpora) village near Sopore town, 60 km from here, Inspector General of Police Abdul Ghani Mir told IANS. The dead reportedly belonged to the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) outfit. A defence ministry spokesman […]
The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party Monday clashed over a remark by BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi that under Jayanthi Natarajan, the environment ministry charged a “tax” to clear files. The first to lead the attack on Modi was Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh. “Modi’s comment on Jayanthi Natarajan is in a very […]
The star-studded premiere of Madhuri Dixit-Naseeruddin Shah starrer Dedh Ishqiya which was scheduled to happen in Lucknow on Friday was cancelled. Officials of a multiplex in Lucknow, where the premiere was scheduled to happen, said Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and members of his family were supposed to attend the premiere at the multiplex, but the […]
The reservoir of an upcoming private hydropower project burst Sunday on the outskirts of this tourist resort in Himachal Pradesh, officials said. There was no loss of life. Official sources said the newly-built reservoir of the 4.8 MW Aleo hydropower project being constructed by the Aleo Manali Hydropower Pvt Ltd, just three km from here, […]
Around 800 ambulances fitted with global positioning system (GPS) would be made available for patients in rural areas in Jammu and Kashmir, the state government said Sunday. People in rural areas would only need to dial the toll-free number 102 to avail ambulance services fitted with GPS under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Minister […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sunday warned the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led government in Delhi of agitation over persistent power cuts. “The BJP will soon launch a ‘bijli andolan’ if corrective measures are not taken immediately,” Delhi BJP president Vijay Goel said. “The AAP government has failed to bring any clarity on the issue of […]
Three people were arrested from the Adarsh Nagar railway station in North Delhi with Rs.4.5 lakh in fake Indian currency notes (FICN), police said Sunday. Shajahan, 43, Mahesh Prasad, 40, and Mohd. Nisar, 38, were arrested Saturday when they went to deliver the consignment to a contact. Shajahan earlier used to work as a butcher […]
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajeev Shukla Sunday criticised Aam Aadmi Party leader Kumar Vishwas for targeting Rahul Gandhi, saying the AAP’s thinking was limited to the Congress vice president. The Congress MP said Gandhi has been contesting elections from Amethi constituency for years and the people there are very happy to see him […]
Marginal and highly fragile tribal communities should not be disturbed in the name of development, President Pranab Mukherjee said here Sunday. “The marginal and highly fragile tribal communities should not be disturbed in the name of development, lest they get destroyed as has happened in the past as a result of attempts to assimilate them,” […]