Vice President Hamid Ansari on Monday said it is paradoxical that while registered voters’ participation in elections had steadily increased, the actual functioning of the legislatures had declined. “Today, we are confronted by a paradox. While the registered voter participation in elections has steadily increased, the actual functioning of the legislatures has steadily decreased,” Ansari […]
Home Minister Rajnath Singh was briefed about the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla after an Indian Army camp came under attack by fidayeen militants on Sunday night. The attack on a camp of Rashtriya Rifles and adjacent BSF camp started around 10.30 p.m. on Sunday, and heavy firing continued till midnight. Director General […]
A stone was thrown during the otherwise lowkey Retreat ceremony on Sunday evening at the Attari-Wagah joint checkpost, about 30 km from here, BSF sources said. No one was injured in the incident. Even as the stone thrown from the Pakistan side landed in the Indian territory and a section of Pakistani spectators raised anti-India […]
A heavy gunfight broke out late on Sunday night in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district as guerrillas attacked an army camp, police said. Police said militants attacked a camp of the counter-insurgency 46 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) in Janbazpora area of Baramulla town. “Militants fired at the RR camp in Janbazpora area of Baramulla town late […]
A search operation was launched in the border belt of Gurdaspur district of north Punjab on Monday morning following an unsuccessful infiltration bid along the international border with Pakistan. Punjab Police sources said the search operation was being conducted in villages around Chakri border out post (BoP), 30 km from here, following the movement of […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri at Rajghat and Vijay Ghat respectively on their birth anniversaries. The Prime Minister remembered the two leaders for the values they championed. “Gandhi ji made this world a better place. His ideals, dedication to the poor and struggle against injustice […]
A major blaze gutted one of the oldest single-screen movie theatres here, the Jyoti Cinema, on Sunday, a fire department official said. The cinema located in central Kolkata’s Esplanade area was founded in the mid-1930s and was shut down in 2008. “A fire broke out 2.10 a.m. and destroyed the entire hall. As many as […]
The Indian equity markets closed flat on Friday as investors were seen reluctant to chase prices after tension between India and Pakistan escalated. After Thursday’s sharp falls, key indices toed a flat line before a bout of value buying propelled them higher, only to close on a flat-to-positive note due to profit booking. The wider […]
Following the Indian Army’s surgical strikes against terror launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, the US has called for steps to avoid escalation of tensions between India and Pakistan and described the September 18 cross-border terror attack on an army camp in Jamuu and Kashmir as “horrific”. “Our message […]
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday reviewed the security situation in the country, particularly along the border with Pakistan in states like Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, and directed central security organisations to be on high alert. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and top officials of security and intelligence […]