Imphal: At least six houses were torched and residents of a tribal village were attacked by a group of armed militants in ethnic strife-torn Manipur’s Jiribam district, police said on Friday. The incident occurred on Thursday evening in Zairon Hmar village after the group of militants set the houses on fire, a senior officer said….
Ballari (Karnataka): Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Friday alleged that a new kind of “Jihad” is taking place across Karnataka with the Waqf Board claiming ownership of lands belonging to farmers, temples and others. Hitting out at the Congress government headed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, he said the ruling party has reached “height of appeasement…
New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan on Friday said work is underway to virtually link the various military museums to one e-platform under a project that aims to spread awareness about India’s glorious military heritage. In his keynote address at the inaugural ceremony of the second edition of the Indian Military Heritage…
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister and veteran Marxist leader Pinarayi Vijayan intensified his attack on the Congress, alleging that its general secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, is contesting the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election with the backing of Jamaat-e-Islami. In a Facebook post on Thursday, Vijayan claimed that the by-election in Wayanad has “exposed the Congress party’s secular…
New Delhi: Days after the chief minister of Pakistan’s Punjab province called for ‘climate diplomacy’ with India to jointly address the issue of smog, the MEA on Thursday said New Delhi has not heard anything formally from Islamabad so far on this matter. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said this in…
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was adjourned for the day on Thursday following a brawl between the BJP MLAs and marshals, as the opposition members protested against a resolution for the restoration of the erstwhile state’s special status for the second consecutive day. While the opposition BJP said the resolution is “illegal” and demanded…
New Delhi: Senior AAP leader Somnath Bharti on Thursday accused the BJP of using the police and the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to stop Purvanchalis from celebrating Chhath Puja in the national capital. Addressing a press conference, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Malviya Nagar accused the BJP of preventing devotees from Hauz Khas…
Mumbai: NCP (SP) working president Supriya Sule has said political rapprochement with Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar is not possible till he is aligned with the BJP and said she will not be a CM post aspirant if the MVA is voted to power. In an exclusive interview to PTI, four-time Lok Sabha member Sule said…
Mumbai: The Mumbai district election officer has said all establishments, businesses and other workplaces within the Brihanmumbai limits are mandated to grant leave to their employees for voting in the Maharashtra assembly polls on November 20. Violations to this directive by employers will result in action under the Election Commission’s guidelines, district election officer and…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the implementation of ‘one rank one pension’ for veterans was a significant step towards reaffirming the nation’s gratitude to its heroes. In posts on X, he noted that the scheme, a promise of the BJP before the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, was implemented on this…
