NEW DELHI: Foreign minister Jaishankar‘s visit to Pakistan later this month, although it’s for SCO summit and can’t be seen as a peace outreach, opens the possibility of a rare high-level visit from India to Islamabad at a time when ties remain downgraded since the revocation of special status of J&K in Aug 2019.The decision…
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told foreign minister S Jaishankar in a meeting that Lankan territory would never be allowed to be used in a manner inimical to India’s security interests, govt said in a readout.Both countries also agreed in meetings with Jaishankar, who became the first foreign minister to visit Sri Lanka since…
JAIPUR: Terms like “adam pata” (address not known), “khana talashi” (location search) and “bayan tahriri” (written statement) will be phased out of police parlance in Rajasthan, with the home department seeking Hindi or English alternatives for Urdu and Persian words in crime records, reports and investigation files.State home minister Jawahar Singh Bedham said in an…
LUCKNOW: The gruesome murder of a Dalit schoolteacher, his wife and two daughters in Amethi on Thursday was carried out by a youth who was in love with Poonam Bharti, the wife of the teacher, police claimed on Friday.Identifying one Chandan Verma as the prime suspect, police said he was in love with Poonam, and…
NEW DELHI: With China steadily eroding India’s air combat advantage along the frontier by deploying a greater number of aircraft, the Indian Air Force chief on Friday said his force was also upgrading its forward airbases and advance landing grounds, while asking Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for faster delivery of indigenous Tejas fighters and the private…
SRINAGAR: Neither guns, nor elections could bring a solution to the Kashmir issue, Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said Friday, asserting that dialogue was the only way to resolve the issue for achieving everlasting peace.In his sermon after the Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, Kashmir’s chief cleric, while recalling talks with Atal…
JAMMU: Opposition parties have strongly objected to ruling BJP’s move to ensure that the five nominated MLAs are appointed before the govt is formed in Jammu and Kashmir.With the inclusion of five nominated MLAs, the J&K legislative assembly will expand to 95 members, increasing the majority threshold to 48 seats. Since the Union govt will…
LUCKNOW: The suspect who shot and killed a govt school teacher, his wife and the couple’s two daughters in their house in UP‘s Amethi on Thursday evening has been identified as an allegedly jealous lover whose WhatsApp status before the crime read, “Today five people will die.”Investigators said suspect Chandan Verma, who was on the…
NEW DELHI: Protecting a journalist who is facing a criminal case for writing what was perceived to be against Uttar Pradesh govt, Supreme Court said the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression should be respected in a democracy and criticising govt should not be grounds for initiating criminal prosecution of writers and scribes.A…
It may or may not be the iPhone effect, but shoppers ambushed mobile phones and electronics in the first week of online festive sales, probably shelving quintessential ethnic wear for later, reports Asmita Dey.E-commerce platforms, including Amazon and Flipkart, are seen to have together crossed Rs 54,500 crore in sales in the first week of…
