Chandigarh:Four people were killed in a firing incident at Bathinda military station in Punjab on Wednesday morning, with the state police terming it as a “fratricidal incident”. Punjab’s Additional Director General of Police, SPS Parmar told PTI over phone, “It is not a terrorist attack, it is not an attack from outside. It is a […]
Srinagar: J&K and Ladakh is expected to receive normal rainfall in monsoon, India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday. Also, entire India is expected to get normal rainfall during the southwest monsoon season despite the evolving El Nino conditions, IMD said. The IMD prediction comes just a day after a private forecasting agency, Skymet Weather, predicted […]
New Delhi: India on Tuesday firmly rejected China’s objection to Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh and asserted that the state “was, is and will” always remain an integral and inalienable part of India. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said objecting to such visits does not stand to reason and will not […]
New Delhi: The country cannot afford to lose democracy by allowing parties in power to overrule the wisdom of their political opponents with the use of State machinery, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday as it reflected on the tussle between the successive DMK and AIADMK governments in Tamil Nadu over an employment scheme. The […]
Rajouri/Jammu: A member of Village Defence Committee (VDC) allegedly shot himself dead with his rifle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police said on Tuesday. The VDC member was identified as Suresh Kumar Sharma, resident of Bai Nambal village, they said. Sharma died by suicide on Monday night using the weapon issued to him as […]
New Delhi: In the wake of Ghulam Nabi Azad’s strident criticism of the Congress, party veteran Saifuddin Soz on Tuesday said Azad cannot convince the people that he was justified in his “extreme act of disloyalty” to the party. Azad is seen moving closer to the BJP to cause division of votes when elections take […]
New Delhi: The Central government on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that the new Digital Personal Data Protection Bill will be introduced in the coming Monsoon Session of Parliament commencing in July. As Attorney General R Venkataramani informed that new Digital Personal Data Protection Bill will be introduced during the Monsoon Session of Parliament and […]
New Delhi: A bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud everyday usually hears around 100 cases on an average seeking urgent listing before the benches of the Supreme Court. The Chief Justice’s court is often packed with lawyers, who mention their matter seeking urgent hearing. During the mentioning of the cases, the Chief […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the youth of the country to visit border villages as part of the ‘Vibrant Village Programme’ (VVP). Responding to a tweet from Amrit Mahotsav’s handle, PM Modi said, “Must have been a memorable experience. I would urge others, particularly the youth of India, to visit border […]
Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi has said that it stands to lose around USD 3 million in revenues from the tournament if the country refuses to play in the Asia Cup this year. Sethi said that Pakistan was willing to bear this loss of revenue as it was “a matter of principle” […]