The Supreme Court will today hear a petition by Sara Abdullah Pilot against former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and her brother Omar Abdullah’s detention unnder the Public Safety Act or PSA. The petition will be heard by a new division bench, comprising Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Indira Banerjee […]
‘We did not forget, we did not forgive’: CRPF salutes Pulwama martyrs
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) posted a remembrance tweet on Friday, a year after 40 of its troopers were killed in a car bomb attack in Pulwama. In the tweet, posted at 12am, the CRPF said that they have not forgiven or forgotten the attack. “The songs of your […]
Senior Biju Janata Dal leader arrested by Chhatisgarh police over murder of mother-daughter duo
Three-time MLA and senior BJD leader Anup Sai was arrested on Thursday by the Chhattisgarh police for alleged involvement in a double murder case of a woman and her minor daughter in a village of the neighbouring state almost three years ago. Sai, chairperson of Odisha’s State Warehousing Corporation, was […]
People want to remove BJP, regional parties must serve as alternative: Pawar
NCP chief Sharad Pawar said on Thursday currently, the people in the country are in a mood to remove the BJP government from the Centre, comments coming in the backdrop of the saffron party’s drubbing in the Delhi assembly elections. Addressing a press conference in Sangli, Pawar underlined the need […]
Why Maharashtra BJP chief Chandrakant Patil wants to do PhD on Sharad Pawar
Taking potshots at NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil on Thursday said he wants to do a “PhD” on the former Union minister. Of late, Pawar has been critical of the BJP and post- Delhi assembly poll results, he said the BJP’s series of defeat is not […]
After Delhi debacle, senior Cong leaders call for new approach within party
The chorus within the Congress for reinventing the party after its rout in the Delhi elections grew louder on Thursday with senior leaders Jyotiraditya Scindia, Jairam Ramesh, Bhupinder Singh Hooda and M Veerappa Moily calling for radical changes to its approach and functioning. The Congress, which ruled Delhi from 1998 […]
Families of CRPF troopers killed in Pulwama attack say few promises honoured
Sanju Devi, a 24-year-old widow in Tudihar Badal-Ka-Purwa village of Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj district, breaks down each time someone mentions her late husband Mahesh Kumar. Kumar, a trooper with the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), was one of the 40 personnel killed in the Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and […]
Apathy forced him to opt for violence, says Pulwama bomber’s family
Every once in a while, a young boy who dropped out from school after Class 12 would take the keys to his father’s Maruti car and drive it around the village of Gundibagh in South Kashmir. He never dared to venture too far because he didn’t have a driving license. […]
Air pollution, ration on AAP government’s agenda for first six months
The Aam Aadmi Party government will kick off its term by rolling out free bus rides to students, introducing a “deshbhakti” (patriotism) curriculum, doorstep delivery of ration, and mapping air pollution sources in real-time, according to three ministers in the outgoing cabinet who are set to be retained when the […]
‘Need to probe Sanjeev Chawla’s links in India and Dubai’: Delhi cop who blew lid off fixing
Who were your accomplices in Dubai during the 2000 match-fixing scandal? Who are the other bookies in India? Was there a deeper role of a few prominent people from Mumbai, including members of the film industry, whose names came up in connection with the scandal? There are three key questions […]
FIR against former NRC official after data goes offline; Prateek Hajela also faces probe
The Assam Police have lodged a case against a former woman employee who failed to submit passwords of email IDs before quitting office, due to which the state’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) data went offline. The entire data of the final NRC list for Assam released last year went offline […]
‘Pak decision on Hafiz Saeed right before FATF meet’: Govt questions efficacy
A day after a Pakistan court sentenced Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder Hafiz Saeed in two terror financing cases, people familiar with the development in the government said that the efficacy of the decision remains to be seen. “We have seen media reports that a court in Pakistan has sentenced UN designated and internationally […]
Uttarakhand govt eases commercial mining on private land, empowers district magistrates to give permission
In a major move, the Uttarakhand government empowered district magistrates to permit commercial mining on private land in the state. Earlier, the permission was given by the state government itself. The decision was taken by the government during its cabinet meeting led by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at state […]
In battle for tribal votes in Bengal, BJP gears up to counter CM Mamata
Assembly elections in West Bengal may still be more than a year away, but the state’s political parties have already started preparing for it. The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not able to break into its citadel. […]
Crude bombs hurled at lawyer on Lucknow court premises, 2 injured
At least two lawyers were injured in an explosion at a Lucknow court on Thursday afternoon. The police said the incident was a result of rivalry between two lawyer groups. Three live crude bombs were recovered from the spot. Lawyer Sanjeev Sodhi, say officials, was the target of the attack […]