SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti vowed Saturday to “completely support” the National Conference (NC)-Congress alliance in the J&K assembly polls if the partners accept her party’s agenda, primarily resolution of the Kashmir issue.Mehbooba was speaking while releasing PDP’s manifesto, which promised among other things to revoke the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami and take…
SRINAGAR: A terrorist was killed and a soldier injured in a brief firefight between security forces and terrorists in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Saturday. A pistol, grenades and some rounds of ammunition were seized from the encounter site, police said.The gun battle erupted around afternoon when terrorists shot at security personnel during…
RAIPUR: The time has come to deal a “ruthless final blow” to left-wing extremism and liberate the country from this scourge by March 2026, Union home minister Amit Shah said in Raipur on Saturday.Shah, who arrived in the Chhattisgarh capital on a two-day tour to review security operations and development strategy in Maoist-affected states, said:…
NEW DELHI: The Union cabinet on Saturday approved internships for Class 11 and 12 science and technology students under the ‘Vigyan Dhara’ scheme of department of science and technology.The scheme has three broad components — science and technology institutional and human capacity building; research and development; and innovation, technology development and deployment.“The proposed outlay for…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP and the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that approximately 90% of the population, despite having the required skills and talents, remains disconnected from the system and that’s why there is a demand for a caste census.Speaking in an event at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, the…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday chaired the interstate coordination meeting on Naxalism and claimed that the government will be able to free the country from Left Wing extremism by March 2026.After the coordination meeting , Shah said, ” In the first 10 years, 6617 security personnel and citizens were killed and…
NEW DELHI: The Haryana unit of the ruling BJP has requested the Election Commission to briefly postpone the assembly polls scheduled for October 1, drawing a sharp reaction from the Congress.The BJP cited holidays before and after the election date that could potentially lead to lower voter turnout. This request has been formally communicated by…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Saturday that there have been no attempts by Hindus to enter India from Bangladesh since the neighboring country faced instability. According to Biswa, Hindus are remaining and resisting in Bangladesh. “In the past month, not a single Hindu has been detected trying to cross into…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday flayed the idea of “bulldozer action” as a means to justice and called it an act of “barbarism” that requires immediate attention. The grand old party also flagged, what it called the “repeated targeting of minorities” with the use of state machinery in BJP ruled states.The opposition charge comes…
NEW DELHI: An exchange of gunfire took place on Saturday between security forces and unidentified individuals in Sopore’s Watergam area in Jammu and Kashmir, according to the Kashmir Zone Police.Following the incident the alert security personnel promptly retaliated to the firing and the area has been cordoned off by the security force, they said.The operation…
