Every state must recognise its strength, define its targets and develop a roadmap to achieve the same as this is essential for India to become a $5 trillion economy, Prime Minister Narenda Modi said at the national conference of Chief Secretaries which concluded on Friday. “Urban areas will be key in future development and employment […]

The agitation against the Central government’s Agnipath recruitment scheme continued for a second day on Friday, with protesters blocking roads and railway tracks in parts of Haryana, largely close to the National Capital Region (NCR), farmers’ organisations and khap panchayats (community courts) joining the stir. Anticipating violence, the government has suspended internet services in Faridabad […]

The flood situation in the northeast took a turn for the worse on Friday as incessant rainfall pounded parts of the region for the fourth consecutive day, leaving its major rivers in spate, officials said. Nine more people, including two children, died in rain-related incidents in Assam, raising the toll in this year’s floods and […]

Chandigarh: Punjab Government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann reaffirmed its zero-tolerance against corruption and illegal practices with the arrest of former Congress MLA from Bhoa Joginder Pal on Friday after he was found indulging in illegal mining. Pathankot Police has arrested him for carrying out illegal mining. Divulging the details, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) […]

The CBI on Wednesday arrested Kalyani Singh, daughter of Himachal Pradesh High Court acting Chief Justice Sabina, in connection with the murder of national-level shooter Sukhmanpreet Singh, a.k.a. Sippy Sidhu, in Chandigarh in September 2015. In January 2016, the case was transferred to the CBI, after which the investigating agency registered a fresh murder case. […]

A spurt in targeted killings of civilians by militants deals a blow to the govt plan to facilitate Pandits’ return to the valley, writes Riyaz Wani The killings of civilians and Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir have triggered an outcry across the country. Many Pandits who had returned to Kashmir to take up jobs under the […]

The targeted killing of minorities, migrant workers and employees from other states in Kashmir has led to migration to safer places.  The situation is akin to the 1990s, when there was a mass exodus from the Valley. This is a national humiliation and comes days after the present government celebrated eight years in power as a […]

People who came to government and private OOAT centres to get rid of addiction problem, ended up getting hooked on the very drug prescribed to wean them off habit-forming opium, poppy husk or heroin.  A report by Aayush Goel “Me and my husband met in school. He was into heroin then and got me also […]

Targeted killings of non-Kashmiris and Kashmiri Pandits have failed to dampen the spirit of tourists who continue to throng the scenic valley giving a strong rebuff to those trying to disturb the peace. A report by Sunny Sharma. As against about 7 lakh tourists who visited in 2021, the Kashmir valley has seen over 8 […]

One has to concede that Rahul Gandhi does have the capacity to steal the show. He may have made innumerable gaffes but equally he has shone several times. What is it about Gandhi scion Rahul, which makes him a target each time he opens his mouth? Is it the BJP’s social media machinery which is […]

The violence happened on a day when President Ram Nath Kovind, PM Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath were in Kanpur (rural), just 100 km away, for an official function in the native village of the President reflecting shocking intelligence failure, writes Mudit Mathur The claims of self-sycophant state police were demolished during the high alert […]

India is being asked by the US and the IMF to reconsider its decision to suspend wheat exports. But their cited concern that export curbs will exacerbate food shortages does not hold water India is being asked by the United States and the International Monetary Fund to reconsider its decision to suspend wheat exports. The […]

Over the past weeks, the grand old party lost key leaders like Sunil Jakhar in Punjab, Hardik Patel in Gujarat and Kapil Sibal in Delhi, indicating the organization is not able to retain talent at a time when the Congress is planning to get a new look, reports Amit Agnihotri The Congress is trying hard […]

Nupur Sharma’s obnoxious unleash against the Prophet of Islam, was not just blatantly communal but against all the basics of civility. Aren’t we taught in our homes that one should respect all faiths ? This had to happen! This backlash had to come whether from the foreign lands and their rulers or from the Indian […]

A broad daylight murder of popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala has brought back the glare on the numerous gangs operating in Punjab. If the gun culture is not stopped at this stage it could result in more gruesome outcomes in the days to come, writes Rajendra Khatry The heady mix of drugs, guns and music […]

At least eight people were killed and two others injured when the SUV they were travelling in lost control and fell into a roadside ditch in Bihar’s Purnea district on Saturday, officials said. The local administration is trying to ascertain the identity of the deceased. “The accident took place around 3 AM on Saturday when […]

After the BJP won three out of six Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said he was not shocked to see the results, and added that his party received one extra vote that came from an independent legislator, who was tilted towards the opposite side. BJP candidates – Union minister […]

Security forces on Saturday morning defused an improvised explosive device (IED), planted on the roadside along Baramulla – Srinagar highway near Putkha area of Baramulla district. Quoting a senior police officer, a local news agency KNO reported that the security forces detected the explosive device on a roadside following which a bomb disposal squad (BDS) […]

Services on Delhi Metro’s Violet Line were delayed on Saturday morning due to some technical issues. The route connects Kashmere Gate in Delhi to Ballabgarh in Haryana. “Violet Line update. Delay in services between Kashmere Gate and Raja Nahar Singh (Ballabgarh). Normal services on all other lines,” the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) tweeted. More […]

Security forces arrested two ‘hybrid terrorists’ linked to the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) outfit in Sopore area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Friday. The terrorists were arrested at a check point jointly set up by the police, CRPF and Army at Gurseer in Sopore area late on Thursday night, the officials […]

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday arrived at Dharamshala in Himachal Pradesh on a two-day visit to the state. Security has been tightened in view of the President’s visit with paragliding, flying of drones and hot air balloons being prohibited in Lahaul-Spiti and Kullu districts on June 11 when he is scheduled to visit Atal […]

The Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday retained its growth projection at 7.2 %  for the current fiscal on the back of improvement in urban demand and gradual recovery in rural India. Unveiling the third monetary policy for the current fiscal, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said the Indian economy remained resilient, and the central bank […]

Mithali Raj, one of the greatest female cricketers to have played the game, on Wednesday announced retirement from all forms of international cricket after a two-decade long illustrious career. Mithali ended her glorious career with a record 7805 runs in 232 ODIs. She also represented India in 12 Tests and 89 T20 Internationals. The 39-year-old […]

Rift between groups of Congress party in Haryana state have not come to halt rather have increased in-spite of return of eight heavy weight leaders in the party and Congress high command has given responsibility to former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda also leader of opposition in Haryana Vidhan Sabha and newly appointed Haryana Pradesh […]

A 16-year-old boy allegedly shot dead his mother as she stopped him from playing the online game PUBG, police said on Wednesday. The boy was addicted to the online game and could not take his mother preventing him to play it, so he shot her dead, they said. Police said they recovered the partially decomposed […]

National grid operator POSOCO signed a memorandum of understanding with India Meteorological Department (IMD) today where both the parties agreed that weather information provided by IMD will be used by the Power System Operators across the India for better management of Indian Power System and for the purpose of analysis. The MoU was signed by […]

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami was leading by 54,121 votes over his nearest rival from Congress Nirmala Gahtori in Champawat bypoll, according to latest trends available on Friday. At the end of the 13th round of counting, Dhami had polled 57,268 votes and Gahtori 3,147. Dhami’s comfortable margin shows he is headed for a […]

A woman has alleged that she was sexually harassed by a man at a station on Delhi Metro’s yellow line, officials said on Friday. The woman also alleged that the policeman standing on the platform did not take any action after she approached him for help. The woman took to Twitter to narrate her ordeal […]

The single day rise in new coronavirus infections were recorded above 4000 after 84 days, taking India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,68,585, while the active cases rose to 21,177, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday at 8 am . A total of 4,041 new cases were recorded in a […]

Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal on Thursday claimed the Centre has directed its agencies to arrest his deputy Manish Sisodia in “false” cases to hinder the progress made by the city in the field of education, even as he took a dig at Prime Minister NarendraModi to arrest all his ministers in one go. The AAP […]

Following the targeted killings of two employees from the minority community, over a hundred Hindu families have fled Kashmir, first time this has happened after the early 1990s exodus of Kashmiri Pandits. In the last three days, militants first killed a government school teacher Rajni Bala, 36, outside a government school in Kulgam. And later […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh on June 3  to attend ‘ground breaking ceremony’ of 1, 406 projects worth more than Rs 80, 000 crore in Lucknow. In a statement, the Prime Minister’s Office said, “At around 11 a.m., Prime Minister will reach Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Lucknow where he will attend the Ground […]

New Delhi : Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday summoned Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her MP son Rahul Gandhi for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper, officials said. The case was registered recently to probe alleged financial irregularities in the party-promoted Young Indian that owns the National Herald newspaper. The […]

An investigative report by Tehelka SIT reveals how Pakistan’s two-decade old policy to admit Kashmiri students in its professional courses is being exploited by Hurriyat leaders.  For over two decades, the Pakistan government has been providing a special quota for the students of Jammu and Kashmir in all its professional courses, in especially medical and […]

Tehelka’s Cover Story in this issue “Yet another Kashmir File”, comes on the heels of the film “The Kashmir Files” which is centered around an exodus of Kashmiri Hindus following alleged genocide from the Valley.  While the fictional account in the movie digs into the past to tell untold tales, the Cover Story by our […]

Yasin Malik, who was awarded life imprisonment by the NIA court in Delhi in terror funding case , has been among the top separatist leaders in Kashmir.  Believed to be one of the chief architects of the militant struggle in the valley, he gave up arms in 1994. A report by Riyaz Wani On May […]

For the Congress it is a now or never. Either it gears up to lead from the front or else sees its own collapse. Were that to happen it would be a disservice to a vibrant democracy called India Chicken sandwiches? Dog biscuits? So what? Pidi? Holidays? Is this the sum total of Congress scion […]

In the pre-Independence era, the entire Nehru clan headed by patriarch Motilal would spend its summer holidays in Mussoorie where the Savoy hotel was their favourite abode. Here is a first person account of Nehru’s last visit to Dehradun by Raj Kanwar NEHRU first visited Mussoorie in the summer of 1906 – as a 16-year […]

Kashi, which is in the eye of storm over Gyanvapi mosque row, has had a distinguished legacy where Hindus and Muslims have prayed close to each other in a temple and a mosque integrated with each other for the centuries. A report by Mudit Mathur Is Kashi going to be next Ayodhya? After demolition of […]

Our society is changing with the times slowly and surely as far as the  laws and attitudes towards women’s rights and their safety and security are concerned. Then why the reluctance to criminalise marital rape? Rape is rape. The trauma, horror, humiliation, the physical and emotional scarring is no less if the rapist is the […]

At the Chintan Shivir in Udaipur, the Congress approved a slew of changes in the organization. It has decided to  have 50 percent of all office bearers under 50 years of age besides expressing its resolve to implement the ‘one family one ticket’ rule.  A report by Amit Agnihotri The Congress has decided to get […]

Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann on May 24  took to social media to inform about the dismissal of his health minister, Dr Vijay Singla on corruption charges. His five-minute address left nobody in doubt that his AAP government has a zero tolerance against corruption,. A report by Rajesh Moudgil Punjab health minister Dr Vijay Singla was […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday interacted virtually with beneficiaries of various Central schemes and released Rs 21,000 crore as the 11th instalment of the Kisan Samman Nidhi after arriving here for a rally to mark the eighth anniversary of his government. Following his arrival at the Mall Road in the Himachal Pradesh capital, Modi, […]

Former Congress leader Hardik Patel will join the BJP on June 2 in the presence of Gujarat party president C R Paatil, a state party spokesperson said on Tuesday. Patel’s move comes ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections due later this year. The BJP has been in power in the state for over two decades. […]

Terrorists on Tuesday shot dead a Kashmiri Hindu teacher in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Rajni Bala (36) of Samba in Jammu region sustained injuries when terrorists fired at her in Gopalpora area of Kulgam where she was posted as a teacher, they said. An injured Bala was rushed to a nearby […]

Miscreants on Monday threw ink on farmer leader Rakesh Tikait during an event organised by a farmers’ organisation at the Gandhi Bhavan here. Soon after the incident, clashes took place between the organisers and the miscreants leading to both sides attacking each other with plastic chairs. Reacting to the incident, Tikait alleged that the ink […]

Recognising its efforts in controlling tobacco consumption, the World Health Organization (WHO) has selected Jharkhand for the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Award-2022, an official said on Sunday. Stata Tobacco Control Cell of the Health Department will receive the award on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day in New Delhi on May 31, Jharkhand’s […]

To improve the ease of living for the common man, the government is planning to launch ‘Jan Samarth’ – a common portal for delivery of various schemes run by different ministries and departments. As part of the Narendra Modi government’s vision of minimum government maximum governance, the new portal plans to initially onboard 15 credit-linked […]

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd spent a record Rs 1,184.93 crore in fiscal year ended March 31 on corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives that spanned oxygen delivery during second wave of the pandemic, education and healthcare, according to the company’s latest annual CSR Report. “Through FY 2021-22, Reliance put social responsibility initiatives, health and […]

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday awarded a four-year jail term to former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala in a disproportionate assets case. Special Judge Vikas Dhull also imposed a fine of Rs. 50 lakh on the convict in the case of acquiring disproportionate assets from 1993 to 2006. The judge also directed the authorities concerned […]