The Indian and Pakistani forces traded heavy fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district late on Saturday, Defence Ministry sources said here on Sunday. “Pakistan Army resorted to heavy unprovoked shelling and firing in Balakote sector. “They used small arms, automatics and mortars to target Defence and civilian facilities. […]
Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Sunday tendered his resignation to Governor Tathagata Roy, who asked him to continue in office till the next Chief Minister takes over, officials said. “I have submitted my resignation to governor and he asked me to continue in office until the new Chief Minister took over the charge. “I thank […]
As the mystery around Sridevi’s sudden demise last week continued, her husband and film producer Boney Kapoor has opened up — perhaps for the first time to a friend — about his unscheduled trip to see his wife in Dubai, how they hugged and kissed when he surprised her and how he found her lying […]
DMK leader M.K. Stalin on Saturday upped the ante on the Cauvery water issue, suggesting to Chief Minister K. Palaniswami that the parliamentarians from Tamil Nadu should resign if Prime Minister Narendra Modi does not meet the all-party delegation from the state. Speaking to reporters after meeting with Palaniswami at the state secretariat on the […]
Suspected Maoists have killed two brothers and attacked several others in a village in Jamui district of Bihar, police said on Saturday. “The incident took place after the villagers of Pancheshwari had celebrated Holi. A group of more than two dozen armed Maoists surrounded a school where the villagers were sleeping. “They shot dead Madan […]
The National Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) is leading in 12 seats and its ally, the BJP, in six seats — just ahead of the ruling Naga Peoples Front (NPF), which is leading in 15 seats — in the vote count for the Nagaland Assembly on Saturday, as per the Election Commission. The figures are for […]
The ruling Congress bagged one seat and was leading in 20, with the National People’s Party (NPP) ahead in 18 and the BJP in three in the vote count so far for the Meghalaya assembly on Saturday. The Hill State People’s Democratic Party (HSPDP) and People’s Democratic Front have won one seat each, and were […]
In a saffron surge in the northeast, the BJP put up a spectacular show in Tripura on Saturday, ending 25 years of the Left rule, and was looking to formation of coalition governments in Nagaland and Meghalaya in the face of hung verdicts. The BJP and its ally Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT), a […]
Candlebark at Box Hill provides a boutique offering of 25 lots Leading Sydney-based property developer, Clearstate, has announced the Stage 2 release of its fast-selling Candlebark development in Sydney’s booming north-west region. Located at 13 Box Road, Box Hill, the development offers a boutique release of only 25 lots, and follows the Stage 1 release […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday booked a city-based computer company RP Info Systems and its directors for allegedly defrauding a consortium of 10 banks of Rs 515.15 crore, an official said. State-run Canara Bank had on Monday lodged a complaint with the investigation agency alleging that the directors of the company — […]