NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday ruled out bilateral talks with Pakistan during his upcoming visit to the country for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).Speaking at the Sardar Patel lecture on Governance, Jaishankar said that while India desires good relations with Pakistan, it cannot be achieved by disregarding the issue of cross-border…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a pointed criticism on the Congress party during his visit to Maharashtra’s Washim district, accusing the grand old party of fostering divisive politics and being run by a “gang of urban naxals.”Addressing a public rally, Prime Minister alleged that Congress is intentionally…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader and leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed BJP over the collapse of Shivaji Maharaj’s statue in Kolhapur stating that “their ideology is not right.”After unveiling a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, Rahul Gandhi said, “The Congress party today is fighting against the…
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: A special court in Pune has summoned Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case filed by Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, over alleged objectionable remarks made by the Congress leader against the Hindutva ideologue.The summons, issued on Friday, requires Rahul Gandhi to appear before the…
NEW DELHI: Haryana MLA Balraj Kundu, leader of the Haryana Jan Sevak Party, accused former MLA Anand Singh Dangi of physically assaulting him and his personal assistant. The alleged incident occurred amidst the heated election atmosphere in Meham.In a video statement, Kundu detailed the incident, claiming that Dangi personally attacked him. “Anand Singh Dangi is…
NEW DELHI: Security forces have eliminated two terrorists during an ongoing joint operation in Gugaldhar, Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. According to the Indian Army, the operation was launched after receiving intelligence about an infiltration attempt along the Line of Control.Troops from the Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police spotted suspicious activity in the area…
NEW DELHI: Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front-Yasin (JKLF-Y) chairman Yasin Malik, in his affidavit submitted to the UAPA tribunal that reviewed the ban on JKLF-Y, claimed he gave up “armed struggle” in 1994 as a means to achieve JKLF-Y‘s object of establishing a “United Independent Kashmir”, in favour of a “Gandhian way of resistance”.Yasin’s affidavit-cited…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday refused to order status quo on alleged illegal demolition drive against properties of Muslims, including a century-old mosque, near Somnath temple, as Gujarat govt said it acted as per law to remove encroachments on govt land abutting the seashore. It said, “If we find they (govt) are in contempt…
KOCHI: The Kerala HC found the seven accused in murder of DYFI activist Shibin from Thuneri in Nadapuram guilty, overturning their earlier acquittal by a trial court. A bench of Justices P B Suresh Kumar and C Pratheep Kumar scheduled the appeal filed by state govt and C K Bhaskaran, Shibin’s father, against the acquittal,…
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…
