NEW DELHI: The Election Commission will hold consultations with the Union home secretary Wednesday to assess the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir ahead of scheduling assembly polls in the Union Territory, besides discussing the possible challenges and concerns as well as availability of security forces.Some key concerns likely to come up during the deliberations…
JAMMU: A gunfight between security forces and terrorists was reported Tuesday evening in Assar of J&K’s Doda district, signalling the spread of terrorism to previously unaffected areas in the Jammu region.Assar, located about 91km from Doda town via NH244 and 40km from Patnitop in Udhampur district, has remained untouched by terrorist violence this summer.The Army’s…
JAMMU: Ahead of Independence Day, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar visited forward locations of Counter Insurgency Force (Delta) in J&K’s Doda and Kishtwar districts Tuesday and exhorted officers of all ranks to maintain the tempo of anti-terror operations to ensure security of ongoing and upcoming national events in the region.In light…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury hit out at the Mamata government just as the political tussle over the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case went up a notch on Tuesday. The former Berhampore MP, while condemning the incident, accused the state government of being in a fix and wanting to help the preparator behind the…
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the investigation on Tuesday into the rape and murder of a woman doctor at a state-run medical college in Kolkata, as per officials. The agency promptly completed all necessary formalities within hours of the Calcutta High Court‘s order instructing the state police to transfer…
NEW DELHI: As the election race heats up in US, India’s external affair minister weighed in and reiterated that New Delhi is prepared to work with Washington, regardless of who reaches the oval office. Referring to last 2o years of relationship between the two democracies, the EAM said, “We have every confidence that we will…
NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Tuesday passed a resolution to organise a nationwide protest on August 22, pressing the government to establish a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate allegations made by US-based firm Hindenburg Research against the Sebi chief and the Adani Group.“Today, we held a meeting with AICC general secretaries, incharges, and…
NEW DELHI: Union minster JP Nadda on Tuesday lashed out at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee‘s handling of the Kolkata rape-murder case and accused the government of conspiring to “suppress and hush” the matter. The union health minister charged that the state of West Bengal had spiraled into lawlessness and increasing “atrocities” against women,…
Despite having three laws to protect the public against false claims and misleading ads of drugs, affidavits of various state governments in the Patanjali case in the Supreme Court showed that “in most cases penalties imposed are nil” and “action taken is poor”. The court order noted that “despite the statutes being in place, the…
NEW DELHI: NEW DELHI: Delhi lieutenant governor V K Saxena has nominated Delhi home minister mini Kailash Gahlot to hoist the national flag at the state Independence Day event, according to officials at Raj Niwas. The event will take place at Chhatrasal Stadium.This decision, which overlooks several other senior government leaders, is expected to trigger…
