Demand justified, won’t allow them to become sacrificial ‘goats’, says BJP prez Raina Jammu: The BJP on Friday expressed its “full support” to Kashmiri Pandit and Dogra employees to their demand for relocation to Jammu from Kashmir and said the party will not allow them to become “sacrificial goats”. The employees are on a strike […]
Jammu: Angered over Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s remarks about stopping their salaries, Dogra and Kashmiri Pandit employees on Monday intensified their months-long protest demanding a transfer from the Valley in the wake of the targeted killings by terrorists in Kashmir. In their response to the LG’s remark, the employees made it clear to the government […]
Jammu: Barely a day after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha remarked that reserved category employees cannot be transferred, BJP on Thursday said that transfer policy will be framed and no one from Jammu be made “guinea pig” in wake of selective killings in Kashmir. “Come what may, transfer policy will be framed. We will make it […]
KOLKATA: Eastern Army commander Lieutenant General R P Kalita on Friday said there were no fresh developments on construction of infrastructure by China at Doklam, the strategic valley in Bhutan at the tri-junction of three countries. His statement came in the backdrop of media reports of construction of a ropeway at Torsa Nala near Doklam […]
Jaipur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged on Friday that China is preparing for war while the Indian government is asleep and trying to ignore the threat. He also hit out at External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, saying he keeps making remarks but needs to deepen his understanding. Gandhi also alleged that China has taken away […]
New Delhi: Hitting back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks that India is ignoring the threat of war from China, the BJP on Friday said he is trying to spread confusion and demoralise soldiers and added it is not Jawaharlal Nehru’s India of 1962. “This is Modi’s India, this is new India. Now […]
New Delhi: Congress Lok Sabha MPs, led by party leader Sonia Gandhi, and Trinamool Congress lawmakers on Wednesday walked out of the House, accusing the government of not allowing a discussion on the sensitive India-China border issue. As soon as the Question Hour ended, Congress’ Leader of the House Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury demanded that a […]
New Delhi: Leaders of several opposition parties on Wednesday met in Parliament House complex and decided to take on the government unitedly on the India-China border issue and are likely to issue a joint statement. Several opposition parties are seeking answers from the government on the Chinese transgressions along the border and moved adjournment notices […]
New Delhi: There should not be any “gap” in supply of clothing, equipment, ration and provisioning of accommodation for soldiers engaged in safeguarding the country’s borders under difficult weather conditions in high-altitude regions, a high-level parliamentary panel said on Wednesday. In its 55th report tabled in Lok Sabha, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) pointed out […]
Washington: The US has said that it encourages India and China to utilise existing bilateral channels to discuss their disputed boundaries, even as it strongly opposed any “unilateral attempts” to advance territorial claims across the border at the established Line of Actual Control. “We are glad to hear that both sides appear to have quickly […]