Tag: National News

Jammu: The Pakistan Army on Tuesday targeted forward posts and villages in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district with mortar shells and small arms firing, an official said. The Indian Army retaliated and heavy exchange of fire was still going on when last reports were received, a defence spokesman said. “Today at about 0745 hours, Pakistan […]

Bhubaneswar: Two bogies of the Puri-Shiridi Express detached from the engine near Delang railway station in Odisha, a railway official said on Tuesday. All the passengers were safe but the incident delayed the train by an hour, he said. The detachment took place few minutes after the train had left Jatni Station at 10 PM […]

Washington: India on Tuesday asserted it has a “good case” to become a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a UNSC without it affects the United Nation’s credibility. Amid India’s consistent growth as a potent power on global stage, the point was made by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar before an influential Washington […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday led the nation in paying respect to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary by paying tribute to the Father of Nation at the Raj Ghat here. He stayed for some time at the Raj Ghat where an all-faith prayer meeting was being held. “Tributes to beloved […]

New Delhi: As India celebrated Lal Bahadur Shahstri’s 115th Birth Anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday recalled the grit and determination of the former Prime Minister of India. “India will never forget the valuable contribution of Shastri Ji. He was a stalwart who never deviated from his ideals and principles, come what may,” Modi […]

New Delhi: The National Health Authority (NHA) has joined hands with Google to collaborate and strengthen the implementation of the government’s flagship health scheme, Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), it was announced on Friday. The two organizations will be working closely to explore various user cases for increasing process efficiencies in day-to-day […]

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Saturday called on visiting Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ahead of a bilateral meeting with her counterpart Narendra Modi later in the day during which the two sides were expected to ink major agreements, with a focus on connectivity. The two sides are likely to sign six […]

New Delhi: India and Bangladesh here on Saturday marked the “sonali adhyay” (golden era) in bilateral ties with the inking of seven agreements, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with visiting Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina. During the talks, the Bangladesh PM voiced concerns over Assam’s National Register of Citizens (NRC) and raised the Teesta […]

Jammu: The PDP has deferred a scheduled meeting of its delegation with party president Mefbooba Mufti, who is currently under detention in Srinagar, hours after announcing that a team of leaders would see her on Monday. However, no reason was given for the development which came on a day when a 15-member delegation of the […]

New Delhi: At a time when a lot of hue and cry is being raised over the abolition of special status to Jammu and Kashmir, there is a silent narrative in favour of the Centre’s historic decision which remains lost in the din. Articulating this narrative are some youth, few of whom do not want […]

Varanasi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that had it not been for Veer Savarkar, India wouldn’t have known the importance of the 1857 Mutiny. “The Mutiny of 1857 would have remained a revolt as the British had called it. It was Veer Savarkar who gave it the name of the first war […]

New Delhi: A 21-year-old man entered into a lion’s enclosure in Delhi zoo on Thursday but was rescued by the authorities, police said. Delhi: A man entered into enclosure of a lion at Delhi Zoo after climbing its metal grille. He was later brought out safely. DCP(Southeast) says “He’s Rehan Khan, a 28-yr-old man from […]

Ayodhya: The Deepostav organised by Uttar Pradesh’s the Yogi Adiyanath government has found a place in the Guinness World Records as a total 5.61 lakh earthen lamps were illuminated on the occasion on Saturday in Ayodhya. During the event four lakh 10,000 diyas were illuminated on ‘Ram ki paudi’ ghats and one lakh 51,000 thousand […]

Sambhal: An alcoholic father shot dead his 17-year-old daughter who tried to stop him from drinking in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district, police said. The father has been arrested and he has confessed to killing her. Nem Singh, 52, a resident of the Bandarai village in the Sambhal district, allegedly shot dead his daughter, Nitesh, from […]

New Delhi: The Prime Minister began the latest issue of “Mann ki Baat” by extending Diwali greetings to the people and also paid his respects to Guru Nanak, whose 550th birth anniversary is being celebrated this year. “From Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji we learn the importance of service. The world bows to Shri Guru […]