New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday conferred six Kirti Chakras, including four posthumously, to personnel of the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police for displaying indomitable courage and extraordinary valour in the line of duty. The Kirti Chakra is India’s second-highest peace-time gallantry award. Col Manpreet Singh of the Sikh Light Infantry, two other…
Lucknow: The Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind on Thursday alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government is forcibly closing down unrecognised madrasas in the state and said it has decided to approach the Allahabad High Court against the “unconstitutional” move, which “violates educational rights”. The decision was taken during a key meeting of the state executive committee of the…
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually inaugurated the redeveloped Haibargaon railway station, a 138-year-old British-era facility built to facilitate tea cultivation in Assam. The small railway station in Nagaon district has been given a complete facelift for Rs 15.85 crore and was a part of 103 Amrit Bharat stations across the country, virtually…
New Delhi: India on Thursday strongly condemned the killing of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar asserting that those responsible must be brought to justice. Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim were shot dead outside a Jewish museum in Washington DC on Wednesday evening, allegedly by a man, according…
New Delhi: India and Pakistan directly negotiated the cessation of cross-border firing. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday, adding that New Delhi made it clear to every nation, including the US, that Islamabad had to initiate the call to halt the firing. Jaishankar made the remarks in an interview with Dutch broadcaster NOS,…
Chennai: The Supreme Court staying the ED probe against state-run TASMAC in Tamil Nadu is a “big blow” to the BJP’s efforts to malign the party-led government in the state, and the central probe agency was a “blackmailing organisation,” senior DMK leader R S Bharathi said on Thursday. Responding to the apex court staying the…
Bikaner (Raj): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asserted that the country’s enemies have learnt what happens when ‘sindoor’ becomes gunpowder and lauded India’s armed forces for creating such a trap that Pakistan was forced to go down on its knees. In his first public address in Rajasthan after Operation Sindoor, which was launched in…
Jammu: Security forces on Thursday launched a cordon and search operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district after an exchange of fire with suspected terrorists, officials said. The firefight took place between the security forces and the suspected terrorists during a search operation following a tip-off about their presence in the Shingpora area of Chhatru,…
Mumbai: Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday demanded the government launch a decisive battle to reclaim Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), asserting diplomatic efforts have not yielded results and the territory must be brought back under Indian control. The veteran politician from Maharashtra, who heads the Republican Party of India (Athawale), a BJP ally, praised the Modi…
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Manoj Sinha on Wednesday said the lesson taught to Pakistan this time has inflicted so much pain that it will not be forgotten, and if it attempts another terror attack, the response will be stronger and harsher. Quoting the defence minister while talking to reporters in Poonch, the…
