ANANTNAG: Often celebrated as the “Land of Poets”, the air in Dooru seems thick with the echoes of classical Persian and Kashmiri verses. Among the poets and storytellers, Saadat Hasan Manto had roots in this pretty town cradled by the towering Pir Panjal range in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.Dooru is currently drawing attention not for…
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Attempts are being made to revive the tumult of the 90s in J&K, but the Narendra Modi government will bury terrorism so deep that it never rears its head again, home minister Amit Shah said Monday at a campaign rally in Kishtwar district of Jammu division.He urged voters to hand the National Conference-Congress combine…
NEW DELHI: In a first reaction to party leader and Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu‘s “number one terrorist” remark against Rahul Gandhi, BJP leader MA Naqvi distanced the party from the statement on Monday and said the comments were against the party’s culture and in “bad taste”.“This is neither the BJP’s culture nor that of…
NEW DELHI: An FIR has been lodged against Shiv Sena MLA Sanjay Gaikwad for making inflammatory remarks against Congress MP and Lok Sabha Opposition Leader Rahul Gandhi. Gaikwad allegedly offered a bounty of Rs 11 lakh to anyone who would “chop off the tongue” of Gandhi.The case was registered at the Buldana City Police Station…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday declared that there will be no trade or talks with Pakistan until complete normalcy is restored in Jammu and Kashmir. Shah, during an election rally in J&K’s Ramban, launched a scathing attack on opposition parties National Conference (NC) and Congress, accusing them of fostering terrorism in…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday upped the ante against the Modi 3.0 government as it marks the completion of its first 100 days, claiming that the Opposition compelled the Centre to take ‘U-turns’ on several of it flagship programmes and initiatives like lateral entry, OPS and Waqf board Bill.During a presser, Congress spokesperson Supriya…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Punjab Partap Singh Bajwa said that it was disturbing for a minister to exhibit such a lack of understanding of constitutional principles while reacting to the recent controversial statements made by Union minister and BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.“His derogatory remarks demonstrate not only…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Sunday hit back at Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s veiled attack on Rahul Gandhi over his comments on reservation, questioning whether Dhankhar supports Rahul’s demand for the removal of the 50% cap on reservations for SCs, STs, and OBCs.Congress’s retort comes after Vice President Dhankhar had earlier attacked Rahul, saying that such…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the two rallies he addressed in poll-bound Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana on Saturday, launched a blistering attack on Congress as he referred to recent incidents, including the alleged assault of an Indian journalist by a member of Rahul Gandhi‘s team during his US visit. He also slammed…
NEW DELHI: For the Haryana elections, Congress has allocated 12 tickets to Jatavs and aligned sub-castes within the Dalit community, and five to non-Jatavs, showing its continuing reliance on the dominant Scheduled Caste community as its support base, in line with its lukewarm response to the debate on sub-categorisation.But the in-office BJP, according to an…
