‘Tactical profiling’ at airport security
CISF takes help of high-tech system linked to embassies The Central Industrial Security Force is in the process of strengthening its security drills to enable it to tactically check the profiles of...
View ArticleMayawati says ‘no’ to pact, to fight polls in Maharashtra, Haryana
BSP supremo Mayawati addresses a press conference in New Delhi on Sunday. — Pritam BandyopadhyayThe anti-BJP vote is likely to get split in the Haryana and Maharashtra Assembly polls if the BSP and...
View ArticleUP report claims BJP MP incited Saharanpur riots
Security men patrol a street as brick-bats and bikes are lying on the road after violent clashes between two communities.A war of words erupted between the BJP, Samajwadi Party and others after a...
View ArticleDelhi fuming at Pakistan invite to separatists
Delhi fuming at Pakistan invite to separatistsIn what has irked India just ahead of the meeting of the Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries, Pakistan’s high commissioner to India Abdul Basit has...
View ArticleRam Vilas Paswan targets Lalu Prasad for his ‘weathercock’ barb
Lalu Prasad on Sunday called LJP chief and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan a “weathercock”, saying he switches sides at the drop of a hat, evoking a sharp response where the RJD supremo was questioned...
View ArticleIndia is a Hindu nation, says RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (Photo: PTI)Stoking yet another controversy, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said India is a Hindu nation and Hindutva is its identity."Hindustan is a Hindu nation...Hindutva...
View ArticlePakistan provokes ceasefire violation yet again, target 20 border posts
An army jawan near the Line of Control (Photo: PTI/File)In a major ceasefire violation that lasted throughout the night, Pakistani troops resorted to heavy mortar shelling and fired with automatic...
View ArticleNaxal unit commander, wife surrender
Commander of a military company of CPI(Maoist) and his Naxal wife, who together carried a reward of Rs 3 lakhs on their heads, on Monday surrendered before Bastar police in Chhattisgarh.Sampat alias...
View Article‘Cancellation of Pakistan talks unwarranted’
Kashmiri separatists have termed the invite by Pakistani high commissioner Abdul Basit for consultations ahead of the foreign secretary-level talks as a “routine” matter and shrugged off the criticism...
View ArticleIndia’s step unfortunate, says Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
Kashmiri separatists have termed “unfortunate” India’s decision to call off foreign secretary level talks with Pakistan scheduled next week, the move seen as New Delhi’s sending out strong message that...
View ArticleLine of Control violations deliberate: Finance Minister
Finance and defence minister Arun Jaitley pays obeisance at the Golden Temple in Amritsar on Monday. — PTI Slamming Pakistan, defence minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said in Amritsar that the...
View ArticleNitin Gadkari emerges as BJP choice for Maharashtra Chief Minister
Nitin Gadkari emerges as BJP choice for Maharashtra Chief MinisterAmid demand from Shiv Sena to make party chief Uddhav Thackeray the CM candidate, Union minister Nitin Gadkari’s name has emerged as...
View ArticlePakistani troops violate ceasefire again, four injured
Indian and Pakistani troops on Monday again exchanged small arms and mortar fire along the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir, leaving four persons injured. It comes days before the foreign...
View ArticleChina People's Liberation Army intrudes 25 km deep in Ladakh?
Defence minister Arun Jaitley being received by Lt Gen K.J. Singh, Western Army Commander. (Photo: PTI) Chinese troops are reported to have entered 25 to 30 km deep into Indian territory in the Burtse...
View ArticleMinistry of Home Affairs faces language trouble
A fresh clamour has begun for inclusion of more languages in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India. Interestingly, among the 38 languages for which entry into the Eighth Schedule is being...
View ArticleBJP to monitor MPs’ work in constituencies
Not just their performance inside Parliament, BJP MPs’ performance in their constituencies will also be reviewed by the party’s top brass, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has always advised...
View ArticleIndia calls off foreign secretary talks with Pakistan
Hindu Sena actvists argue with a policeman outside the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi on Monday. —Pritam BandyopadhyayTough signal after Pakistan envoy meets separatist; Narendra Modi- Nawaz...
View ArticleSisters on death row move High Court
Two Kolhapur sisters, who are on death row after President Pranab Mukherjee rejected their mercy petition, approached the Bombay high court on Tuesday, praying that their death sentence be commuted to...
View ArticleTapas Pal in hospital after brain stroke
Trinamul Congress MP Tapas Pal was on Tuesday admitted in a super-speciality hospital here after suffering a brain stroke, hospital sources said.“He (Mr Paul) was brought to the hospital at 4 pm. Then...
View ArticleTMC MP was brand ambassador for firm: Sudipta Sen
In an explosive disclosure which may embarrass chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Saradha Group owner Sudipta Sen claimed on Tuesday that Trinamul Congress leader and Birbhum MP Shatabdi Roy served his...
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