NEW DELHI: Two Army soldiers dies while two others were injured in an ongoing encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. The encounter broke out earlier in the evening in Pingnal Dugadda forest area of Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kishtwar district. The security forces have cordoned off the area and operations are still going on.Read also:…
NEW DELHI: On Friday, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma revealed that his suspicions about a man who wanted to donate Rs 1 crore to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund led to the discovery of a multi-crore online trading scam. Sarma explained that his doubts prompted an investigation, which eventually exposed the scam involving substantial…
NEW DELHI: Amid chants of “Arvind Kejriwalzindabad” by elated supporters, the Delhi chief minister walked out of Tihar jail on Friday evening after being granted bail by the Supreme Court in the excise policy case. Greeting his supporters outside the jail premises, the Delhi CM exuded confidence, stating that his resolve and morale has grown…
NEW DELHI: The central government on Friday announced to rename Port Blair in Andaman & Nicobar as “Sri Vijaya Puram” in an effort to shed the “colonial legacy“.Union home minister Amit Shah, while sharing the government’s decision, said “Andaman & Nicobar Islands have an unparalleled place in our freedom struggle and history.”“Inspired by the vision…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday broke silence on the recent controversy around the Netflix’s recent series ‘IC 814 The Kandahar Hijack’ and recalled another hijack story of 1984 in which his father was on the flight.Jaishankar, who was addressing Indian dispora in Geneva, said he hasn’t seen the series but added…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court granted bail to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday in excise policy case, leading to celebrations among Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members and supporters.Sunita Kejriwal, Arvind Kejriwal’s wife, expressed her gratitude on social media, congratulating the AAP supporters and hoping for the release of other incarcerated AAP leaders. “Congratulations…
NEW DELHI: Protesting junior doctors on Friday wrote a letter to President Draupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking her intervention to resolve the impasse surrounding the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.The letter, written by the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front, detailed the attack…
NEW DELHI: A depression that formed over central India is predicted to cause heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and nearby regions in the coming two to three days, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).The latest IMD update indicated that the system was situated approximately 50 kilometres south-southeast of Agra and…
NEW DELHI: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav engaged in a blame game over the reasons behind the dissolution of their alliance.While Mayawati claimed that Akhilesh stopped responding to calls from BSP leaders, the SP chief countered that Mayawati kept him uninformed about her decision to end the…
NEW DELHI: AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Atishi celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision to grant bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy corruption case. The two leaders were intently focused on a laptop screen, closely following the proceedings of the Supreme Court hearing. As soon as the bail ruling was announced,…
