PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar used his party’s state executive committee meeting Saturday to further consolidate his ties with ally BJP.Addressing the meeting, Nitish, who is JDU national president, not only praised PM Narendra Modi, Union minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda for financial assistance Bihar got in Union Budget, but also said…
DEHRADUN: A senior BJP functionary in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand has been charged by local police for “promoting enmity” and “outraging religious feelings” after he allegedly threatened to “burn down shops belonging to members of the minority community and gouge their eyes out for targeting Hindu girls over love jihad.”Lakhpat Bhandari, vice-president of Pauri…
JOYNAGAR (SOUTH 24 PARGANAS): A nine-year-old girl’s battered body was found in a ditch near her home at Joynagar in Bengal’s South 24 Parganas early Saturday, triggering a rampage by villagers who alleged “perfunctory” police response on a complaint since she went missing the previous day after leaving home for tuition. Her family alleged she…
NEW DELHI: NIA Saturday conducted raids at 26 locations across five states in a case related to Pakistan-based jihadist group Jaish-e-Muhammed‘s conspiracy to radicalise and recruit individuals and motivate them to carry out attacks at several places across India.One person – Sheikh Sultan Salah Uddin Ayubi, alias Ayubi – was arrested by NIA and several…
NEW DELHI: A full-scale conflict between BJP and Congress appears to be looming with the governing party objecting to latter’s plan to get Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee to summon Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch to face questions on the regulator’s probe into the allegations against Adani Group and accusing it of using the parliamentary panel…
RANCHI: BJP on Saturday launched the first phase of its manifesto for upcoming Jharkhand assembly elections, calling it ‘Paanch Pran‘ (five promises/resolutions). The five promises covered women’s welfare, youths, jobs and housing. However, the “influx of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh”, a recurrent theme in the party’s campaign in the run-up to the polls and a…
Congress is set to record a crushing win in Haryana while the NC-led alliance in Jammu & Kashmir could be well placed to form the government in the Union territory, according to exit polls released Saturday.If the polls turn out right – a big if – it would buttress the feeling that momentum is against…
NEW DELHI: The top-notch Malabar naval exercise of India, US, Japan and Australia will kick off in the Bay of Bengal Tuesday, amid China’s continuing muscle-flexing in South China Sea and expanding strategic footprint in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).The 28th edition of Malabar exercise being hosted by India will be conducted off Visakhapatnam from…
NEW DELHI: India conducted three successful tests of its man-portable air defence missile system, which can intercept and destroy hostile aircraft, drones and helicopters at ranges up to 6 km.The flight-tests of the miniaturised fourth-generation VSHORADS (very short-range air defence system) missiles were conducted by DRDO from a ground-based portable launcher at the Pokhran field…
NEW DELHI: Govt will soon roll out the next version of the livelihood mission for urban poor and vulnerable sections with focus on six groups, including domestic, construction, sanitation, and gig workers.Under the scheme, govt will facilitate eligible individual urban poor or a group of such persons to avail microcredit of up to Rs 4…
