New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said a common ATS structure for the police force across the country and an impenetrable and strong anti-terrorism grid — vigilant and capable of swift, result-oriented action — are essential for “uniform preparation at every level” to counter terror attacks. The home minister also said a…
New Delhi: India on Friday said the “unremitting hostilities” against minorities in Bangladesh is a matter of “grave concern” as it demanded punishment to the perpetrators involved in the lynching of a Hindu youth in Mymensingh area last week. New Delhi also reacted cautiously to the return to Dhaka of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting…
Hyderabad: Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Friday alleged that Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and BRS President K Chandrasekhar Rao have “replaced public debate with foul language,” leaving aside development. Sanjay Kumar’s criticism came in the wake of KCR’s recent remarks that he would “skin” the Congress government, describing the regime as “useless”,…
Bengaluru: The BJP state president, B Y Vijayendra, on Friday said the recent town panchayat election results in Karnataka are a clear indicator of the failure of the Congress government and reflect growing public anger against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s administration. Addressing party workers at the BJP state office, Jagannath Bhavan in Malleswaram, as part of…
New Delhi: India on Friday said it flagged its concerns to the US over the cancellation of pre-scheduled H1B visa interviews of large numbers of Indian applicants and that both sides are engaged on the issue. The interviews of thousands of H-1B visa applicants scheduled from the middle of this month in India have been…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday welcomed Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s assurance to appoint an interlocutor to take forward the demand of three tribes of the state for constitutional status for their autonomous councils. A delegation of Rabha, Mising, and Tiwa communities had called on Shah in New Delhi, in the…
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday reviewed the arrangements made for the ongoing 359th ‘Prakash Parv’ celebrations, marking the birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, in Patna. He took stock of the accommodation facilities and amenities for pilgrims and urged officials to monitor arrangements “at the micro level” so that no devotee faces…
Jaipur: Violence erupted in Jaipur’s Chomu town in the wee hours of Friday over removal of some stones outside a mosque, forcing the officials to fire tear gas shells to disperse the crowd. According to officials, they were trying to remove some stones outside the Kalandri Mosque when a crowd emerged and started pelting stones…
Chandigarh: The North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) on Friday strongly condemned the lynching of another Hindu man in Bangladesh, saying the incidents are disturbing and indicate a pattern of violence against religious minorities in the country. A Hindu man identified as Amrit Mondal was lynched in Bangladesh on Wednesday over alleged extortion. The incident came…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the government’s reform trajectory will continue with even more vigour in the coming times as it is committed to boosting ‘Ease of Living’. The prime minister made this observation on a series of posts by the central government on its various reform initiatives. “Ours is a…
