Jammu: Amid growing rebellion in the BJP over ticket distribution for the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, senior party leader Chander Mohan Sharma on Wednesday announced his decision to contest the polls as an independent candidate from the Jammu East constituency. The BJP is facing significant discontent over ticket distribution, with leaders and workers […]
SRINAGAR: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National Executive Member and senior party leader Dr Syed Darakhshan Andrabi on Tuesday addressed a youth rally in Rajpora constituency of Pulwama held as a part of the election campaigning for the BJP youth leader and party candidate Arshid Bhat. The rally was participated by youth in large numbers. Many […]
New Delhi: With several state administrations flattening the houses of those involved in criminal cases with bulldozers, the Supreme Court on Monday questioned how can anybody’s house be demolished just because he is an accused. The court said it will lay down the guidelines on the issue that would be enforceable across the country. “How […]
NEW DELHI: Union Minister Jitendra Singh has claimed that Jammu & Kashmir has undergone a historic transformation following the abrogation of Article 370, crediting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for introducing grassroots democracy in the region. “Jammu & Kashmir ushered in a new era of grassroots democracy under PM Modi,” he said in an exclusive interview […]
New Delhi: Calling China a ‘unique problem’, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that India is not the only country in the world that is having a debate about that country. Addressing the ET World Leaders Forum on Saturday, Jaishankar said everyone chose to consciously overlook the nature of Chinese production decades ago, and are […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will on September 2 take up the legality of authorities using bulldozers to demolish houses belonging to people accused of crime, with two fresh applications moved on Friday seeking urgent listing. The bench of Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice K.V. Viswanathan, before which the matter was mentioned for urgent hearing, […]
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said the “era of uninterrupted dialogue” with Pakistan is over even as he noted that India is “not passive” and whether events take a positive or negative direction, either way New Delhi will react. In his address at a book launch here, Jaishankar also said for […]
GUWAHATI: The Assam Legislative Assembly has made a significant change by discontinuing the long-standing practice of adjourning sessions on Fridays to allow Muslim members to offer Namaz. This tradition, which dates back to 1946, was initially introduced under the speakership of Sayed Sadullah. For decades, the Assembly would break from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM […]