Jammu: The All Jammu Hotels and Lodges Association (AJHLA) has announced a 30 per cent discount on advance bookings for the Amarnath Yatra pilgrims during their stay in Jammu. AJHLA president Pawan Gupta said, “As a goodwill gesture, we have decided to offer a 30 per cent rebate to Amarnath pilgrims who make advance room reservations…
Imphal: Hundreds of women in several districts of Manipur took to the streets on Saturday night to condemn the violence in the state. Meitei women holding fire torches formed human chains on the streets in Imphal East, Imphal West, Thoubal and Kakching districts from 7pm to 8 pm. At Kongba, a Meira Paibi leader Thounaojam…
Srinagar: Former spymaster A S Dulat has said the separatism in Kashmir was “dead” but felt there was a need to start a dialogue with mainstream political parties in the Valley. Dulat, who was advisor on Jammu and Kashmir to the central government during the tenure of former prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, also advocated the…
Lucknow: The Rashtriya Lok Dal, an ally of the Samajwadi Party, has batted for a united opposition for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and said that without the Congress no front can be effective in countering the BJP. The comment by the RLD’s Uttar Pradesh unit chief Ramashish Rai ahead of the June 23 meeting of…
New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday claimed that over two lakh jobs have been “eliminated” from PSUs and alleged that hopes of lakhs of youth are being “trampled upon” by the government for the benefit of a few “crony capitalist friends”. Gandhi said Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) used to be the pride of…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Emergency was a dark era in the country’s history when atrocities were committed on those supporting democracy. He asserted that India is the mother of democracy which holds democratic values and the Constitution supreme and, therefore, “we cannot forget June 25 when Emergency was imposed on us”….
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday said the national capital would have been the safest place had the law and order situation been under the AAP dispensation instead of the Lieutenant Governor. His remarks came after two women were allegedly shot dead by unidentified assailants in R K Puram in southwest Delhi Sunday…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday wrote a letter to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, urging him to set up AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) in Raichur. He requested the Union Minister to instruct the concerned to take steps in this regard. “Being one of the aspirational districts of the country, Raichur has…
New Delhi: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had the audacity to fearlessly challenge the British and India would not have been partitioned if he was there at that time, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on Saturday. Doval said Bose was determined to fight the British for India’s Independence and never wanted to beg for freedom, adding…
Chennai: AIADMK general secretary K Palaniswami on Saturday condemned the state government for the arrest of his party IT wing functionary for “sharing” a social media post on the earlier comments expressed by Chief Minister M K Stalin when he was opposition leader, on Minister V Senthil Balaji, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate….
