Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Sunday raised the issue of closure of the alleged Pathribal fake encounter case by the army with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and demanded justice for the kin of the victims. The prime minister arrived here Sunday afternoon on a two-day visit. He is scheduled to inaugurate the 101st […]
A divisional commander of guerrilla outfit Hizbul Mujahideen was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district Sunday, a police official said. “Mubarak Ahmad Wani alias Major Saqib was arrested in a joint operation by the state police, army and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) at Hanji Dantar village near Anantnag town,” Anantnag’s Senior Superintendent […]
The Pakistani Taliban Sunday formally announced a committee of senior political and religious leaders to mediate peace talks with government negotiators. The Taliban’s central council unanimously agreed to open talks with the government and formed a five-member committee of leaders who favour a peace dialogue with the government, Xinhua reported. The committee comprises senior opposition […]
Delhi legislator Vinod Kumar Binny — expelled from the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) — and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) MLA Shoaib Iqbal Sunday threatened to withdraw support to the one-month-old government if it did not agree to their demands. Binny also claimed to have the support of three other legislators, including an Independent who had […]
A 32-year-old man has been arrested for his involvement in the molestation of two Manipuri women in the capital, police said Sunday. The incident occurred before Republic Day but came to light after the death of Nido Tania, a 19-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh. Delhi Police arrested Prem Chand, a resident of Kotla Mubarakpur area […]
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was Sunday slapped by a youth while he was going for a rally in the state’s industrial city of Panipat. The youth, Kamal Mukhija, was arrested by the police and booked for breaching the security of the chief minister. A video grab of the incident, taken by an unidentified […]
Policies of the next central government take primacy, not who becomes the prime minister, said CPI-M leader Sitaram Yechury Sunday. “It is not important who will become the next prime minister. What is important for the country is, what will be the policies of the dispensation that takes over at the centre after the upcoming […]
avySpecial envoy of the Italian government Staffan de Mistura, who arrived here Sunday to be in the Supreme Court during the hearing Monday in the case of the two Italian marines, said his presence was aimed to convey the “determination of Italy to solve the case”. De Mistura has been following from the beginning the […]
Andhra Pradesh State Reorganisation Bill 2013, which seeks to carve out a separate Telangana state, was Monday sent to the Centre along with the report on the debate in the legislature and also resolutions passed in both the houses rejecting the bill. The documents including the views expressed by the legislators, their suggestions and amendments […]
The mutual funds industry, though promising higher returns to investors faces a trust deficit from the masses, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has said. “People still place enormous trust in the public sector banks, but the same level of trust is missing when it comes to mutual funds,” Chidambaram said here late Sunday night while speaking […]