BJP should disclose its source of money being used to ‘poach’ other party MLAs: AAP

BJP should disclose its source of money being used to ‘poach’ other party MLAs: AAP

New Delhi: AAP’s political affairs committee condemned the BJP’s efforts to “poach” its MLAs and asked the saffron party to tell the nation from where it has accumulated money to offer crores to legislators of other parties, party spokesperson Sanjay Singh said on Wednesday. Speaking to media after the meeting, which was presided by AAP […]

Wouldn’t have come this far in international cricket without ability to counter situations: Kohli

NEW DELHI: He doesn’t find any particular pattern to his prolonged slump in form unlike 2014, but then to succeed in international cricket for as long as Virat Kohli has, it couldn’t have happened without his ability to counter adversities. The former India skipper has gone without an international hundred across formats for nearly three […]

259 new COVID cases reported in J-K

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir registered 259 fresh COVID cases on Wednesday, taking the infection tally in the union territory to 4,76,703 while no fresh death due to the Coronavirus was reported, officials said here. Twenty one cases were reported from Jammu division and 238 cases were reported from Kashmir valley, the officials said here. The […]

Rajnath calls upon SCO to fight terrorism unitedly

New Delhi; Any form of terrorism, including cross-border terrorism, is a crime against humanity and the menace must be dealt with unitedly, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday at a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Tashkent. In his address, Singh also reaffirmed India’s resolve to fight all forms of terrorism and […]

Azad Kashmir remarks: Case registered against Jaleel

Pathanamthitta (Ker): A case has been registered against former Minister and LDF MLA K T Jaleel here following directions from a Kerala court for his recent controversial remarks on Jammu and Kashmir and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), police said on Wednesday. According to the FIR registered on Tuesday, Jaleel,55, has been charged under IPC Section […]

Active Covid cases in country decline to 96,442

New Delhi: India logged 10,649 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,43,68,195, while the active cases declined to 96,442, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll has climbed to 5,27,452 with 36 fatalities which includes four deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at […]

269 new cases in JK

269 new cases in JK

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir registered 269 fresh COVID-19 cases on Tuesday. Of these, 51 were reported from Jammu division and 218 from Kashmir valley, officials said. No Covid related death was reported from the union territory, the officials said. There are 2,213 active cases of the disease in the union territory, while the number of […]

Delhi HC dismisses Zahoor Watali’s bail plea

Delhi HC dismisses Zahoor Watali’s bail plea

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Tuesday dismissed a plea by Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Shah Watali, arrested by the NIA in connection with a terror funding case, seeking bail on the ground of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Watali had approached the high court challenging a trial court’s order which had denied him bail […]

Shaheen Bagh protest not independent movement, HC told

Shaheen Bagh protest not independent movement, HC told

New Delhi: The Delhi Police Tuesday told the Delhi High Court that the protests at Shaheen Bagh here in the backdrop of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) were not organic or an independent movement. Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) was behind Shaheen Bagh and the locals did not […]

Accidental firing of missile into Pak: Three IAF officers sacked

Accidental firing of missile into Pak: Three IAF officers sacked

New Delhi: The defence ministry on Tuesday terminated the services of three officials of the Indian Air Force after a high-level probe held them responsible for the March 9 accidental firing of a Brahmos missile that landed in Pakistan. The Court of Inquiry (CoA) into the incident found that deviation from the SOP by three […]