New Delhi: Dialogue and diplomacy is the only way forward for peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said at a conference in Jeddah on the crisis while underlining the need for upholding sovereignty and territorial integrity by all states without “exception”. The two-day meeting hosted by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad…
Islamabad: Imran Khan awoke on Sunday as an inmate in the high-security Attock prison in Attock city but should have been in Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, according to the order issued by an Islamabad trial court that found the former Pakistan prime minister guilty in a corruption case. Khan, 70, was arrested from his home in…
Karachi: At least 15 people were killed and scores others injured after five bogies of a Rawalpindi-bound train derailed in Pakistan on Sunday, police said. The Hazara Exprewas was headed to Rawalpindi from Karachi and the accident took place near the Sarhari Railway Station in Nawabshah area. According to reports, more injuries and casualties are feared….
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused the opposition of playing “negative politics” and said now the entire country is rooting for corruption, dynasty and appeasement to ‘quit India’. Addressing an event after laying the foundation stone for redevelopment of 508 railway stations across the country via video conferencing, he alleged that a…
Hyderabad: Balladeer Gaddar alias Gummadi Vittal Rao passed away while undergoing treatment at the Apollo Hospitals in Hyderabad on Sunday. He was a poet, revolutionary balladeer, activist, and a former Naxalite. Gaddar was a member of the Naxalite movement until 2010 when he joined the Telangana statehood movement. Born in 1949, after a stint as a…
With the assembly and general elections round the corner, desperation among the ruling and Opposition parties to retain or snatch power is gaining momentum in both the Telugu states –Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. After the state bifurcation, Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), spearheaded by Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), might have swept the polls in 2014 and…
New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) is set to revise its regulations concerning SC, ST and other minority communities enroled in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) and has set up a panel to suggest remedial measures to ensure a non-discriminatory environment for these students, according to officials. The move comes after the Supreme Court last…
Kolkata: Thirty-seven railway stations in West Bengal will be redeveloped as part of the ‘Amrit Bharat Station Scheme’ at a cost of Rs 1,503 crore, officials said. These are among the 508 stations in 27 states, the foundation stone for the redevelopment of which will be laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. Among…
Since the beginning of the Century, women have been claiming equality with men. But this is not tenable due to the obvious difference in their nature itself. The fair sex may have thinking faculty. But their reproductive system differs from that of men a prominent feature of this is women’s menstrual cycle which largely influences…
Rajouri/Jammu: An encounter between terrorists and security forces in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district entered the second day on Sunday, with police advising people to stay at a distance of two kilometres for their safety. An unidentified terrorist was killed on Saturday in the initial exchange of fire with the security forces…
