The question of whether Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) should be granted statehood remains contentious, especially in the wake of recent events. The latest terror attack, which claimed the lives of seven civilians, has reignited the debate about the region’s political future, though Chief Minister Omar Abdullah remains reluctant to label it as a terror attack….
New Delhi: Union Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu on Monday said that the government is looking to amend rules to put perpetrators of bomb threats to airlines on a no-fly list. Nearly 100 flights have received bomb threats in seven days since October 14. All the threats were later found to be hoaxes. At…
New Delhi: Indian and Chinese negotiators have reached an agreement on patrolling along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Monday. The foreign secretary said the Indian and Chinese negotiators were in touch over the last few weeks to resolve the remaining issues. It is understood that…
New Delhi: Two top aviation security officers met Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan on Monday and discussed the unabated incidents of bomb threats to Indian airlines, leading to diversions, cancellations, and passenger inconvenience. Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) Director General (DG) Zulfiquar Hasan and Director General of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Rajwinder Singh…
Hisar: Dr. Satyawan ‘Saurabh’ and Priyanka ‘Saurabh’, a renowned writer couple from Hisar, presented their acclaimed books Titli Hai Khamosh and Deemak Lage Gulab to Haryana’s newly appointed Cabinet Minister, Ranbir Gangwa, during a meeting at his residence. Originally from Barwa village, the couple has beautifully captured the challenges of contemporary society through poetry in…
Srinagar: Former chief minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday lashed out at Pakistan for perpetrating terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, saying Islamabad will have to stop terror incidents here if it wants to have friendly relations with India. Abdullah said there can be no talks between New Delhi and Islamabad till…
Amaravati: The India Meteorological Department on Monday said a new low-pressure area has formed over the Bay of Bengal, and is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by October 23. According to the weather department, the low pressure formed over east-central Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Andaman Sea around 5:30 am on Monday,…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a PIL seeking to replace the term ‘Hindutva’ with ‘Bharatiya Samidhaanitva’ (Indian constitutionalism). “This is a complete abuse of the process,” said the bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra while junking the PIL on the issue. The…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said people had given a message of stability with a mandate to his government for three consecutive terms and asserted that they strengthened this expression of stability in the recent Haryana Assembly polls. Addressing the NDTV World Summit here, he also said India has a “double AI”…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the operation of the communications issued by child rights body NCPCR urging states to shift students of unrecognized madrassas to government schools. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra took note of the submissions of senior advocate, appearing for…
