The Indian Army said a soldier was killed and his body mutilated by terrorists in an encounter in Machhal sector of Kupwara district, near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu Kashmir on Friday evening. A terrorist was also killed in the encounter. Army warned of an “appropriate response” “In[Read More…]
At least eight people were killed and several others are injured after a fire broke out in a fireworks shop in Gujarat’s Vadodara district on Friday evening. The fire started at a shop in the Rustampura village of Vaghodia area in the evening and spread to the neighbouring shops and[Read More…]
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said Pakistan was indulging in a proxy war and has been trying to harm India by taking “cowardly” aid of terrorism. “The neighbouring country has been carrying out proxy war. But terrorism is not a weapon of the brave but of cowards. Those[Read More…]
The BSF on Friday said it had killed 15 Pakistani paramilitary personnel while retaliating to cross-border shelling and firing in which two Indian civilians were killed and two injured in Jammu region. Firing mortar shells and using automatic weapons, Pakistani troops targeted civilian areas and forward security posts along the[Read More…]
The National Green Tribunal will inspect a retired army officer’s allegations of planes emptying human waste in his neighbourhood. Lt Gen (Retd) Satwant Singh Dahiya has alleged that planes fly above his neighbourhood in South Delhi and empty human waste. He has asked for criminal proceedings and fines against commercial[Read More…]
China on Friday warned India that bilateral ties may suffer “damage” and peace and stability of the border areas could be affected if it allows Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh, which Beijing claims is part of southern Tibet. “We are seriously concerned about the relevant information,”[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Friday rapped the Central government for “scuttling” the working of judiciary by sitting on the appointment of judges in various high courts despite the recommendation of a recruitment collegium. A bench headed by CJI TS Thakur said, “Today we have a situation where courtrooms are locked[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that the country’s armed forces are answerable to the Cabinet and the government “otherwise there would be martial law in country” The apex court said this while it dismissed a petition seeking to restrain the government from using armed force’s action for political gains,[Read More…]
An RSS affiliate outfit carried out a ‘shudhikalasham’ or ‘purification’ ceremony in an Udupi temple after numerous Dalits gathered for a rally organised by Dalit activist and organiser of the `Una Chalo’ movement in Gujarat, Jignesh Mevani. The outfit, Yuva Brigade led by an 86-year-old seer of the Pejewara Mutt,[Read More…]
Savji Dholakia, a Surat-based billionaire diamond merchant who famously made his son do blue-collar jobs to learn the value of money, has gifted 400 flats and 1,260 cars as Diwali bonuses to his employees. Dholakia, who owns the Hare Krishna Exports, has distributed the flats and cars as Diwali bonuses[Read More…]
The CPI(M) on Thursday intervened in the ongoing Supreme Court hearing on ‘whether seeking votes in the name of religion or caste amounted to “corrupt practices” under the Representation of the People’s (RP) Act’ and became the first party to do so. The General Secretary Sitaram Yechury filed for an[Read More…]
In a case that may affect the current debate around ‘triple talaq’ a Muslim man in Jaipur let his friend rape his wife after a bet on the pretext of nikah halala. Nikah halala is a provision that mandates a woman to mandatorily consummate her marriage with another man if[Read More…]
If curfew and shut down were not enough, the valley faces another problem- burning of schools. A total of 19 schools have been burned till now and over the past three-and-a-half months, at least one school in each of Kashmir Valley’s 10 districts have either been burnt or suffered damages[Read More…]
In a welcome move, the government is planning to make changes in the six decades-old cinematography law to tone up the functioning of the censor board, which has been at the centre of many controversies. Information and Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Naidu says he is examining the recommendations made by[Read More…]
In what comes across as a case of racial profiling, a government college in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh has come under attack for distributing bags which say “SC/ ST scheme” to students. About 250 of the 600 undergraduate and post-graduate SC/ST students of Rajiv Gandhi Government PG College in Mandsaur have received these[Read More…]
In what is being considered as NATO’s biggest military build-up on Russia’s borders since the Cold War, Britain promised to deploy fighter jets to Romania next year along with United States’ commitment of supplying troops, tanks and artillery to Poland. The other ally nations including Germany and Canada have also[Read More…]
A BSF constable on Thursday was killed and six civilians were injured as Pakistan violated ceasefire in RS Pura and Arnia sectors in Jammu and Kashmir. The constable, identified as Jitender Kumar from Bihar, sustained a splinter injury during mortar shelling from across the border. Till now, up to 30[Read More…]
Just In: Another Jodhpur-based man has been detained by the Rajasthan Police in the case of espionage and spying, Shoaib, the arrested man, is now set to be brought to Delhi. Shoaib had come in contact with Maulana around one-and-a-half year back, who lured the latter to join him in[Read More…]
An argument bewteen a husband and wife in south Delhi on Wednesday turned tragic. 60-year-old Mukesh Monga’s argument with his wife inside their car had a gruesome end. Monga allegedly took out a knife, stabbed her repeatedly, slashed her neck and even tried to behead her before running away. Manju[Read More…]
To send a strong message to those who are spreading hatred among communities in the world Mohammad Sohan, 25, and Nuresha Khatun, who is five years younger to the groom tied the knot in a Hindu temple at Bhimnagar village of Supaul district in northeast Bihar bordering Nepal. Amid nationwide[Read More…]
India has gained one position and has been ranked on the 130th position in the World Bank’s ‘ease of doing business’ ranking for 2017. This marginal improvement came on the back of slight improvement in four indicators: getting electricity, enforcing contracts, trading across borders and registering property. A government statement[Read More…]
A 36-year-old school principal killed herself after alleged harassment by a male colleague in Puppalguda in Ranga Reddy district on the outskirts of Hyderabad. According to reports, the victim Srilatha was being stalked for a long time by the accused R Sridhar. While Srilatha was the principal (Education), Sridhar was[Read More…]
Flipkart Chief Financial Officer Sanjay Baweja has put in his papers after a two-year stint, marking the latest high level exit at the Bengaluru based e-commerce company. “Flipkart CFO Sanjay Baweja has quit. The company has started searching for his replacement. Baweja will continue to work with company till December[Read More…]
The Union Home Ministry has prepared a proposal for increasing the salaries of President and Vice-President of the country. This decision comes after the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission”s recommendations which has created an anomalous situation in which the salary of the President is ₹1 lakh less than that[Read More…]
Instead of increasing the revenue, surge pricing in Rajdhani, Shatabdi and Duronto trin had done an opposite job. The revenue of Indian Railway had declined by Rs232 crore as compared to the previous year. Railway data reveals that a large number of seats in trains like Mumbai Rajdhani, August Kranti[Read More…]
