Twelve militants have been killed in Kashmir in last ten days in a surge in violence across Kashmir Valley. The slain militants include some top local and foreign commanders. The encounters have taken place in South and central Kashmir showing the militancy is again spreading across the Valley. Significantly, among the slain militants are the […]

New Delhi : With 2,483 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,62,569, while the active cases dipped to 15,636, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The death toll climbed to 5,23,622 with 1,399 new fatalities as Assam reconciled 1,347 deaths and Kerala […]

Mumbai: Shining a spotlight on child abuse and sexual assault, actor Kangana Ranaut recounted her experience when she was “inappropriately touched” in her childhood years by a youth in her hometown in Himachal Pradesh. The actor talked about the incident on the reality show “Lock Upp”, on which she serves as a host, after contestant […]

Sambalpur:  Miscreants have allegedly duped the State Bank Of India of around Rs 4.5 crore over seven months by apparently tampering with the cash dispensing shutters of ATMs in Odisha’s Sambalpur district, a police officer said on Monday. Twenty-five cards of different banks were used 4,630 times at nine SBI ATMs in Sambalpur and Rengali towns […]

Kokrajhar : Independent MLA from Gujarat Jignesh Mevani was granted bail on Monday by a Kokrajhar Court in a case related to a tweet by him against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Kokrajhar First Class Judicial Magistrate Bhavna Kakoty granted him bail with several conditions, details of which are awaited. Mevani was taken back to the Kokrajhar […]

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said 95 % of the patients visiting ‘Aam Aadmi Mohalla’ clinics in the national capital are satisfied with the services provided there. He also showed a model mohalla clinic and a Delhi government school to his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, who is on a two-day tour to the […]

Like past several years, large number of farmers in Ambala district supplied sugar cane to Nataingarh Sugar Mill at Banodi in Ambala district frequently protesting outside the mill gate to get payment against supplies of sugarcane, besides blocking traffic on the road since past sometime intensified their protests holding a semi-nude protest outside the mill […]

More than 35 shanties were gutted after a fire broke out in a slum in southeast Delhi’s Jamia Nagar on Monday, officials said. There were no human casualties in the incident, they said. A call about the fire in a slum cluster in Batla House area was received at 3:15 pm and 11 fire tenders were […]

New Delhi: India and the UK on Friday decided to set up a task force on countering extremist elements such as pro-Khalistan groups operating in Britain, with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asserting that his country does not tolerate such elements. After holding wide-ranging talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Johnson also said that economic […]

New Delhi :Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that Earth Day is about expressing gratitude to “Mother Earth” for her kindness and reiterating one’s commitment to care for the planet. Earth Day is observed on April 22 every year to raise awareness about the need to protect the environment. Modi also posted a clip […]

New Delhi : In the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday asked the top commanders of the Army to prepare for every possible security challenge that India may face in the future including that of unconventional and asymmetric warfare. Singh made the remarks at the biannual Army Commanders’ Conference that […]

Two militants and a CISF sub-inspector were killed and four security personnel injured in an encounter between the militants and security forces at Jalalabad, Sunjwan in Jammu district early Friday, police said. “Two #terrorists killed in the encounter at #Sunjwan #Jammmu. 2 JKP personnel and 3 CISF personnel injured out of which one attained #Martyrdom. […]

New Delhi: Government think tank Niti Aayog on Thursday released a draft battery swapping policy under which all metropolitan cities with a population above 40 lakh will be prioritised for development of battery swapping network under the first phase. Niti Aayog in its draft policy further said all major cities such as state capitals, UT headquarters […]

The whole country is indebted to the great Sikh Gurus, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, adding that he feels blessed by attending the 400th Prakash Utsav of Guru Tegh Bahadur. Speaking at the function to celebrate the Prakash Parv of the Guru Tegh Bahadur at Red fort here, Shah further said “there […]

New Delhi: There was a delay in services on the Blue Line of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Thursday morning, officials said. The transporter took to Twitter to inform commuters about it, but it did not disclose the reason for the delay. “Delay in services between Dwarka Sector 21 and Noida Electronic City/Vaishali. Normal […]

New Delhi: With 2380 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,49,974, while the active cases increased to 13,433, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday morning at 8 am As per the data with Union Health Ministry death toll climbed to 5,22,062 with […]

Three soldiers and civilian sustained minor injuries in a gunfight in the Malwan area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday. “Exact location of #encounter is #Malwah area. In the initial exchange of fire, 03 #soldiers & a civilian received minor injuries. #Operation in progress. Further details shall follow: IGP Kashmir,” read a police tweet. […]

New Delhi : Supreme Court of India  on Wednesday stopped the anti-encroachment drive by authorities in violence-hit Jahangirpuri area here, and agreed to hear a petition challenging the action of the civic bodies allegedly aimed against the riot accused. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana ordered status quo in the present situation, and […]

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday made a strong case for regulating cryprocurrencies at a global level to mitigate the risk of money laundering and terror funding. Participating at a high-level panel discussion organised by the IMF, the Finance Minister said that as long as the non-governmental activity of the crypto assets was through unhosted […]

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s 34-member Cabinet was sworn in on Tuesday after several days of delay, with Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani administering the oath to new ministers as President Arif Alvi did not attend the ceremony. The ceremony was scheduled to be held on Monday, but President Alvi had refused to administer the oath […]

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday claimed to have recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from Hajam Mohallah, Taad Karnah in Karnah area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The cache included 10 pistols, 17 pistol magazines, 54 pistol rounds and  5 grenades. “Acting on a specific information that a huge cache of arms and […]

New Delhi: With 1247 coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,30,45,527, while the active cases increased to 11,860, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday morning at 8 am. Death toll climbed to 5,21,966 with one fresh fatality being reported from Uttar Pradesh. The […]

New Delhi:  It was a sunny morning in the national capital on Tuesday with the minimum temperature settling at 23.7 degrees Celsius, two notches above the season’s average, the Met office said. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the day’s maximum temperature is likely to hover around 42 degrees Celsius. Delhi has recorded seven heatwave […]

New Delhi : Shares of HDFC Bank on Monday fell nearly 4 per cent even after the leading private sector lender reported a 23 per cent jump in standalone net profit for the March quarter. The stock declined 3.63 per cent to Rs 1,411.65 on the BSE. On the NSE, it went lower by 3.66 […]

Mumbai :  Actor R Madhavan says he is “overwhelmed and humbled” with his son Vedaant’s winning streak after he scored his second medal, a gold, in swimming at the Danish Open in Copenhagen. The 16-year-old bagged gold in the men’s 800m freestyle and bettered his personal best time by a whopping 11:48 to stop the clock […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday cancelled the bail granted by the Allahabad High Court to Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister Ajay Mishra, in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case. A special bench of Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices Surya Kant and Hima Kohli also asked the accused to surrender in a week’s […]

Haryana Home and Health Minister. Anil Vij while redressed the greivances of more than a thousand people from across the state  here directed DGP Haryana to investigate two serious cases need police assistance, Similarly, on the complaint of the complainants, SIT was constituted in seven cases and directed the SPs of six different districts to […]

Srinagar, April 17: Militants have escaped from Watnar Kokernag area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district after killing a soldier. The killed soldier has been identified as Lance Naik Nishan Singh of 19 Rashtriya Rifles. The Army continued the operation in the village until this morning and then called it off when no contact was established […]

Jind police in Haryana on a clue arrested four persons of a racket while preparing and packing in bags fake old currency notes at the residence of Sanjay son of a former female Sarpanch at village Hadwa also dealing in sale of animals. Police also arrested three others identified as Bharat Bhushan resident of Asandh […]

Srinagar, April 16: An Army man was killed in an ongoing gunfight between militants amd security forces at Watnar Kokernag area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday, reports said. Quoting sources in the police, local news agency GNS reported that the soldier of 19 Rashtriya Rifles received a serious bullet wound in the initial […]

Chandigarh: Bhagwant Mann-led AAP government in Punjab announced 300 units of free electricity to households from July 1. The announcement was made in advertisements published by the state’s information and public relations department in various newspapers on Saturday. It was related to a 30-day report card of the AAP government in Punjab. A formal announcement […]

TestingXperts (Tx), a Next-Gen Specialist QA and Software Testing Services provider has unveiled a Tx-UiPath Test Suite Centre of Excellence (CoE), which will work towards providing the next-gen testing solutions to customers globally. The Centre of Excellence will enable development of UiPath Test Suite specific capabilities within Chandigarh and focus on latest innovations in test […]

Like the Shakespearean “to be or not to be that is the question”, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has been bowled but the question remains if he is really out?  The way members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf have been taking out rallies in several cities of Pakistan like Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar, Malakand, Multan Khanewal, Khyber, Jhang […]

A brutal rape of the seven-year-old girl in the temple town of Ayodhya has failed to draw the national attention and support for justice to victim. The police is accused of dithering on action against the accused, who allegedly enjoy political protection , reports Mudit Mathur Another Nirbhaya like victim is just seven-year-old little Brahmin […]

Intrigue and drama in plenty before Shehbaz Sharif gets elected as new Pakistan Prime Minister, writes Gopal Misra The continuous horrendous behaviour of Prime Minister, Imran Khan, perhaps, brought him to his knees, slapped and disgraced, by none other, but the army chief, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who had ensured his elevation to the coveted […]

Though the new Pak PM raked up Kashmir in his maiden speech that he made after coming to power,  it is believed that as a pragmatic leader he would pitch for promoting  ties between the two neighbours What was expected in Pakistan for some time has become a reality. Despite using all tricks he could […]

The Congress has led the opposition’s charge against the fuel hike and inflation in Parliament forcing  several adjournments. The party lamented that the government failed to pass on the benefit of declining international crude oil prices to consumers, reports Amit Agnihotri The fuel prices, which started rising in the country in March after a gap […]

According to statistics recently provided in Rajya Sabha by the Minister of State for Rural Development Ram Kripal Yadav, West Bengal generated more than 28.21 crore work days under the scheme so far and spent more than Rs 7,335.31 crore for it, reports Bharat Hiteshi “Under @MamataOfficial’s exemplary leadership, Bengal ranked first among all States […]

The recent ban on selling meat during Navratri makes one sit up and ask: Is this my India? Is this the country that works to favour Hindus over Muslims? Gives precedence to Navratri over Ramzan? If Hindus pay obeisance to the goddess, Muslims pray to Allah; if Hindus celebrate Navratri, Muslims observe Ramzan or Ramadan […]

Union Railway Minister’s declaration that the government will not privatize Indian Railways sounds fantastic in view of the Cabinet Secretary’s letter to Chairman , Railway Board, asking him to intimate his office about the monthly progress of privatization of IR, writes M.Y.Siddiqui With a recent letter from Cabinet Secretary to Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Railway […]

What is making things difficult is that about 2,105 migrants have returned to Kashmir valley to take up jobs provided under PM’s Development Package. But if the attacks on minorities continue to grow,  the government could face a tough situation, reports Riyaz Wani On April 4, Bal Krishan Bhat and his brother Anil Kumar Bhat, […]

Two bridges, one inaugurated in January this year and another under construction, bring a ray of hope to Dantewada’s rural population, reports Deepanwita Gita Niyogi Not so long ago, Pilsuram Netam had to rely on wooden boats to cross the mighty Indravati river. A tributary of the Godavari, the Indravati is considered the lifeline of […]

The book authored by the  two leading scientists of the country, Seyed  Ehtesham Hasnain and Arun Tewari,  focuses  on the  Covid 19  pandemic, with  all its  dimensions and hues and  forms.  A book review by Humra Quraishi This  book  authored by the  two leading scientists of the country, Seyed  Ehtesham Hasnain and Arun Tewari,  focuses  […]

Dehra Dun-born and naturalized American research scientist Neerja Raman has now assumed a new avatar as an iconic storyteller. Her latest book The House on East Canal Road has been widely praised both by the critic and the literati alike. A book review by Raj Kanwar THIS historical novel tells the story of three generations […]

New Delhi:  Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said Egypt, which is one of the largest importers of wheat from Ukraine and Russia, has approved India as a wheat supplier. There is a sharp decline in availability of wheat in the global markets due to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Both […]

New Delhi:  India logged 949 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,30,39972 while the active cases rose to 11,191, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday morning at 8 am. The death toll climbed to 5,21,743 with 6 new fatalities. As per union health ministry The active cases […]

KARNAL : Police solved murder mystery of five years old Jash strangled to death by his aunt Anjali with the wire of her mobile phone battery charger was solved by police within 48 hours. The body of victim child reported missing was recovered lying on the window shed of a near by house in the […]

New Delhi: Prices of CNG in the national capital on Thursday were hiked by Rs 2.50 per kg and that of piped cooking gas by Rs 4.25 per unit to record levels on the back of surge in raw material cost. CNG in the national capital territory of Delhi now costs Rs 71.61 per kg, […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to B R Ambedkar, the key architect of India’s Constitution, and said his ideas for the welfare of Dalits, the downtrodden and deprived sections of society are an inspiration for his government. He said Ambedkar has made indelible contributions to the country’s progress. Modi joined a host […]

New Delhi:  Delhiites woke up to a warm morning as the minimum temperature of the city on Thursday was recorded at 26.2 degrees Celsius, five notches above normal even as the weather office predicted strong winds during the day. The weather office also predicted that heatwave conditions are unlikely in the city for the next […]