Pune court summons Rahul Gandhi on Oct 23 in Savarkar defamation case

    PUNE: A special court in Pune has summoned Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamation case filed by the grandnephew of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, accusing the Congress leader of making objectionable remarks against the Hindutva ideologue.   The court issued the summons to Gandhi on Friday, asking him to appear before it on October […]

Will never ally with BJP, says NC chief Dr Farooq

  Srinagar: National Conference (NC) president Dr Farooq Abdullah on Saturday said the party will never forge an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to form the next government in Jammu & Kashmir. Dr Farooq, said that any party that will side with the BJP will “get vanished” in Jammu and Kashmir. He asserted […]

Rajouri man injured in bear attack in Kangan, hospitalised

      Ganderbal: A 50-year-old  man was injured after being attacked by a bear in Cherwan area of Kangan in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Saturday, officials said.   An official said that the man identified as Manzoor Ahmad Khan son of Ahmad Khan of Rajouri was attacked by a bear in forest area […]

NIA raids at Baramulla linked to JeM terror outfit

  Baramulla: The National Investigation Agency( NIA) is conducting searches at multiple locations across India including at Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.   Officials Said that NIA is carrying out searches at 22 locations in 5 states including J&K, Maharashtra , UP, Assam and Delhi. They said the case is related to […]

Infiltration bid foiled, two terrorists killed along LoC in Kupwara

      Srinagar: Security forces on Saturday said that they killed two infiltrators along LoC in North Kashmir’s frontier Kupwara district.   An official that based on intelligence inputs with respect to likely infiltration bids, a Joint Operation was launched by IndianArmy & J&K Police on the intervening night of 04-05 Oct 24 at […]

Polling begins for 90 Assembly seats in Haryana

    CHANDIGARH: Polling for all the 90 Assembly seats in Haryana began on Saturday morning amid tight security arrangements, officials said.   The fate of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Congress leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Vinesh Phogat, besides the JJP’s Dushyant Chautala and 1,027 other candidates, will be decided in the polls in […]

Mauritius PM thanks Modi day after UK announced to hand over Chagos Islands

    PORT LOUIS: Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth on Friday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for “completing our decolonisation” a day after the UK government announced to hand over sovereignty of the remote Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to the country.   Jugnauth took to X to thank Modi as he […]

External Affairs Minister to visit Pakistan for SCO meeting on October 16, 17

    New Delhi — External affairs minister S Jaishankar will be visiting Pakistan for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting scheduled to take place on October 16 and 17.   “The external affairs minister will lead our delegation to Pakistan to participate in the SCO summit which will be held in Islamabad on 15 […]

Never advocated gun, violence; talks, not polls way forward to resolve Kashmir issue: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

    Srinagar: Kashmir’s head priest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said he has never advocated gun and violence as a means of solution to the issue and that elections can’t be misconstrued as the settlement of Kashmir issue that is lingering since past seven decades. He also said that the Hurriyat was never against elections […]

Security beefed up in Pakistan ahead of protest by Imran Khan’s party

    ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s authorities sealed off the capital Islamabad on Friday to foil a planned protest by the Tehreek-i-Insaf of former premier Imran Khan to show solidarity with the judiciary and increase pressure to release the former prime minister from the jail.   The call for protest was given by a 71-year-old cricketer-turned-politician who […]

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