Hyderabad: Slamming UPA and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh over Government’s Pakistan policy in the wake of the LoC attack, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi alleged that national security is being ignored due to “vote bank politics”. “This government of Delhi cannot provide security to the nation. This government, neck deep in vote bank politics, cannot […]
New Delh: Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader from Bihar, Devendra Prasad Yadav, died at a hospital here on Sunday night due to a heart ailment. 76-year-old Yadav was admitted to a city hospital on June 22 after he suffered some cardiac problems. He is survived by four daughters and two sons. Yadav was […]
West Benga: In West Bengal, normal life has completely been paralysed in the hills of Darjeeling on the tenth consecutive day of the indefinite bandh called by Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) in the hills of Darjeeling district to press the demand for a separate state of Gorkhaland. The Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata […]
Manipur: In Manipur, normal life has been badly affected by the 48-hour bandh in Naga inhabited areas of Manipur. The bandh is called by the United Naga Council from last midnight demanding alternative arrangement of administration for the Naga inhabited areas of the state. Business establishments including shops and markets remained closed during the bandh […]
Newdelhi: India today successfully test-fired indigenously-developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile from a military base in Odisha. The ballistic missile with a range of 350 km was fired from launch complex number three of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea in Balasore district off Odisha coast at 9.15 this morning. The launch was carried out by […]
Newdelhi: The Election Commission has convened an all party meeting in New Delhi today to frame guidelines on freebies offered by political parties in their manifestos. The commission will seek the opinion of various parties before making rules to regulate allurements in election manifestos. The guidelines are being framed after Supreme Court asked the Election […]
Newdelhi: Pakistani troops violated ceasefire thrice in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday. They indulged in heavy firing on Indian forward posts in border district of Poonch. Pakistani troops targeted over a dozen Indian forward posts in Digwar area and Jhullas sector using heavy weaponry.
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today ordered judicial inquiry into Kishtwar clashes. The probe will be conducted by a retired High Court Judge and it will be completed in a time bound manner. The decision was taken at a high-level ministerial meeting chaired by the Chief Minister in Jammu today. Earlier, the […]
Both the Houses of Parliament have been adjourned till noon on different issues. The Left Front members displayed banners demanding the resignation of the Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy for his alleged involvement in the solar scam. As soon as the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha met for the day, Left Front members rushed […]
Jammu: In another instance of ceasefire violation by Pakistan, a Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was injured in firing by Pakistani troops this morning. According to reports, the firing took place in Kanachak area of Jammu sector along the Line of Control (LoC). The injured jawan has been shifted to the government hospital. Senior BSF […]