Polarisation across world is marked by social media growth, intolerance among communities: CJI

Mumbai: The polarisation across the world, with India not being an exception, is marked by the growth of social media and growing intolerance among communities, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has said here. Speaking at the Jamnalal Bajaj Awards function on Friday, he also said that India’s pluralistic culture and “ability to engage […]

Cops’ killing to be investigated by NIA: Officer

Cops’ killing to be investigated by NIA: Officer

Srinagar: The probe into the killing of Jammu and Kashmir Police inspector Masroor Ahmad Wani has been handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a senior police officer said here on Friday. Wani, who according to police was shot by a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant while playing cricket in Eidgah Srinagar in October, died at the […]

5 arrested with weapons

5 arrested with weapons

Jammu: Five people were arrested with weapons in separate incidents in Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Friday. Acting on a tip-off, a police team raided the Ramgarh area in Samba district and arrested hardcore criminal Vivek Singh on Thursday night. A country-made pistol and a 12-bore gun were recovered from him, they said. A […]

3 militant suspects arrested with ‘cash’: Police

3 militant suspects arrested with ‘cash’: Police

Jammu: Security forces arrested three militant suspects with unaccounted for cash in their possession in an operation in Jammu’s Reasi district, officials said on Thursday. The arrest came when a joint team of army and police, acting on a tip off, intercepted an SUV which was (PTI) Press Trust of Indiakashmirreader.com

Objective of tribunals was to unclog courts: CJI

Objective of tribunals was to unclog courts: CJI

Mumbai: Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said here on Friday that there is a constant tussle about who will get ultimate control over appointment of judges even as vacancies arise and appointments are kept pending for a long period of time. He was speaking at the inauguration of the new premises of the […]

Money looted from public to be returned: Modi

Money looted from public to be returned: Modi

Bhubaneswar/Ranchi: With the Income Tax department recovering a total of over Rs 220 crore in cash during raids in places linked to an Odisha-based distillery group till Friday afternoon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the money looted from the public will have to be returned. Modi was apparently referring to political leaders in Odisha and […]

‘People voted for stability, business leaders told at investors’ summit’

‘People voted for stability, business leaders told at investors’ summit’

Dehradun : As he pitched Uttarakhand as a prime destination for investment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said people have voted for stable and strong governments in recent elections. “An aspirational India does not want instability. Today, it wants a stable government,” Modi said, referring to the recent assembly elections in which his BJP won Rajasthan, […]

Opposition leaders question LS ethics panel report

Opposition leaders question LS ethics panel report

New Delhi: Opposition INDIA bloc leaders on Friday questioned the Lok Sabha Ethics Panel recommendation for expelling Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, and accused the BJP-led government of doing “vendetta politics”. The report was tabled in the Lok Sabha on Friday amid an uproar by opposition MPs who questioned the procedure followed by the panel […]

Corruption, nepotism replaced by growth, dev in last 10 years: Shah

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said a golden future awaits the country’s youths as corruption, nepotism and casteism have been replaced by growth and development in the last 10 years. Speaking at the inauguration of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad’s (ABVP) national conference at Burari here, he said education is not […]