SRINAGAR: Separatist Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has claimed that he was put under house arrest for the third consecutive Friday, preventing him from discharging his religious duties. He also described as “strange” Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha’s claim to a private TV news channel that the Hurriyat Conference leader was a […]
SRINAGAR: Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the BJP is raising the bogey of Pakistan to hide its “failures”. Her remarks came a day after Prime Minister Modi said the PDP along with the National Conference (NC) and Congress was implementing the neighbouring country’s […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch online vaccine management portal U-WIN, currently operational on a pilot basis, in October, Union Health Minister JP Nadda said on Friday. The portal has been developed to maintain a permanent digital record of vaccination and medicines of pregnant women as well as children from […]
MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Maharashtra on Friday to attend an event in Wardha marking the first anniversary of the ‘PM Vishwakarma’ scheme and lay the foundation stone of a textile park that will come up in Amravati. During the ‘PM Vishwakarma’ programme to be held in Wardha around […]
NEW YORK: Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has filed a civil lawsuit against the Government of India and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, with a US court issuing summons in the case. In New Delhi, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Thursday described as completely “unwarranted and unsubstantiated” imputations the lawsuit […]
NEW DELHI: Granting anticipatory bail in a case registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act is a “very serious” issue and “unheard of”, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. A bench headed by Justice B R Gavai and also comprising Justices Aravind Kumar and K V Viswanathan was hearing […]
SRINAGAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the youth of Jammu and Kashmir have found confidence in democracy again and are feeling that their vote can bring change, which is the first step towards their empowerment. Addressing an election rally in support of BJP candidates at the Sher-e-Kashmir Stadium here, Modi […]
New Delhi:The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it will be providing some details next week concerning the collegium’s recommendations on the appointment of chief justices in several high courts in the country. The submissions to this effect were made by Attorney General R Venkataramani before a bench headed by […]
HOUSTON: Petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri lauded India’s economic growth under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the country has advanced from the 10th largest economy in 2014 to the 5th largest by 2019, surpassing the UK. Speaking at a community reception, organized by Consul General of India in Houston, D […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged people to bid for the mementoes he has received and which are now being auctioned, noting that their proceeds will be used for the ‘Namami Gange’ initiative. He said on X, “Every year, I auction the various mementoes I receive during the public programmes. […]