NEW DELHI: An encounter between terrorists and security forces began on Friday night in the Chak Tapper Kreeri Pattan area of Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir.Law enforcement and security forces are actively involved in the ongoing operation. Further details awaited.In a separate incident, two army soldiers died while two others were injured in an ongoing encounter…
NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Friday demanded that a FIR be filed over a purported “threat” issued by a BJP leader to Rahul Gandhi for his remarks in the US concerning the Sikh community. The Congress also called for a review of the Rahul’s security, citing his new role as a Leader of Opposition,…
NEW DELHI: Amid the impasse with the protesting junior doctors, who refused to have talks with the state government without the meeting being telecast live, the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced compensation for families of those who died due to the unavailability of protesting doctors.Mamata Banerjee said her government would pay Rs…
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…
