India and Sri Lanka are to release 20 of each other’s fishermen, marking the beginning of a reciprocal process to tide over an issue that has caused tension in bilateral ties. The gesture comes ahead of the Tamil festival of Pongal, and was announced here by the external affairs ministry spokesperson. “As a goodwill measure […]
India said Monday that it was in touch with Bangladesh over reports of attacks on Hindus during and after the general election there. External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said the government was aware of the reports of attacks on minorities in the past few days. He said the Bangladesh home ministry had ordered police […]
President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday greeted the nation ahead of Milad-un-Nabi, the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammed. The president and vice president hoped that the Prophet’s message of selflessness and brotherhood would show the path of compassion and tolerance to everyone. Milad-un-Nabi will be celebrated Jan 14. […]
Two members of an inter-state gun smuggling racket have been arrested here and 16 sophisticated pistols recovered from them, Delhi Police said Monday. Dinesh Dabur, 25, and Sunil, 27, both residents of Khargone in Madhya Pradesh, were arrested Sunday from Sarai Kale Khan area in south Delhi and Agra in Uttar Pradesh, respectively. “Police recovered […]
Union minister Sachin Pilot was Monday appointed chief of the Congress’s Rajasthan unit, a party statement said. “Congress president Sonia Gandhi has appointed Sachin Pilot as president of the Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) with immediate effect,” the statement said. The 36-year-old Pilot is corporate affairs minister and a close associate of party vice president […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said one of the biggest achievements of the UPA government was increasing the country’s power generation capacity to meet growing power needs. The prime minister said this after laying the foundation stone of a nuclear power plant in this village in Haryana’s Fatehabad district. The first phase (1,400 MW) of […]
The Indian Army needs to stay in Jammu and Kashmir “under the present circumstances”, a top military commander said Monday. “Armed forces need to stay on in Kashmir under the present circumstances. We should wait for conditions to improve before making changes to the national strategy regarding the army deployment in Jammu and Kashmir,” Indian […]
Indian security forces killed three foreign guerrillas Monday in a gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The gunfight took place in Dooru (Dangerpora) village near Sopore town, 60 km from here, Inspector General of Police Abdul Ghani Mir told IANS. The dead reportedly belonged to the Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) outfit. A defence ministry spokesman […]
The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party Monday clashed over a remark by BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi that under Jayanthi Natarajan, the environment ministry charged a “tax” to clear files. The first to lead the attack on Modi was Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh. “Modi’s comment on Jayanthi Natarajan is in a very […]
The star-studded premiere of Madhuri Dixit-Naseeruddin Shah starrer Dedh Ishqiya which was scheduled to happen in Lucknow on Friday was cancelled. Officials of a multiplex in Lucknow, where the premiere was scheduled to happen, said Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and members of his family were supposed to attend the premiere at the multiplex, but the […]