Day: August 2, 2019

RSS’ economic wing says India unlikely to accept China-led trade deal

NEW DELHI – India is unlikely to sign a China-backed Asia-Pacific trade pact because of opposition from industry and farmers, a powerful nationalist group tied to Prime Narendra Modi said on Friday, in a blow to prospects for creating a giant free trade zone. Trade ministers from 16 […]

India accuses Pakistan-backed militants of targeting Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir

SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI – Indian security officials on Friday said they had found evidence of attacks planned by Pakistani military-backed militants on a major Hindu pilgrimage in the disputed Muslim-dominated region of Kashmir. Tension has run high in the mountainous region since a vehicle laden with explosive rammed into […]

Unnao rape: SC directs transfer of cases to Delhi; orders Rs 25L compensation to survivor

New Delhi, Aug 1: The Supreme Court Thursday directed the transfer of all five cases registered in connection with the Unnao rape incident from a court in Uttar Pradesh to a court in the national capital. The apex court also directed the Uttar Pradesh government to provide Rs 25 […]

Kashmir is bilateral issue between India-Pakistan; Will be ready to mediate, if asked: Trump

Washington, Aug 2: US President Donald Trump has said the issue of Kashmir is a bilateral matter between India and Pakistan but he would be happy to mediate if they want him to do so. Last week, Trump had made a stunning claim that Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked […]

SC decision in Unnao case stamp on UP govt’s failure: Priyanka

New Delhi, Aug 2: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Unnao rape case is a “stamp” on the prevailing “jungle raj” in Uttar Pradesh and the state government’s failure. The Supreme Court on Thursday issued a slew of instructions in […]

AP to draw up new policy for running ‘Anna Canteens’

Amaravati, Aug 2: Days after declaring that the ‘Anna Canteens’, set up by the previous TDP dispensation, were not discontinued, a state minister Friday said it has decided to frame a new policy for running it. Municipal Administration minister Botcha Satyanarayana, who on July 30 told the State Assembly […]

Unions protest in Ludhiana against labour bills

Ludhiana (Punjab), Aug 2: The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and other trade unions protested on Friday in Ludhiana, considered to be industrial hub of Punjab, demanding withdrawal of wage code bill and the workers’ safety bill. Apart from the AITUC, other unions that protested are the Indian […]

Rasoolan Bibi, widow of 1965 war hero Abdul Hamid, dies

Ghazipur (UP), Aug 2:  Rasoolan Bibi, widow of 1965 Indo-Pak war hero and Param Vir Chakra awardee Abdul Hamid, passed away in her native Dhamupur village here on Friday afternoon. Company Quartermaster Havaldar Abdul Hamid was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra, India’s highest military honour, for displaying […]

‘Janata janardhan’ my true God, says Aaditya Thackeray

Loha, Aug 2: Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Friday said he wanted support from the youth, farmers and women to usher in “Shiv shahi” in Maharashtra. Thackeray, who is likely to contest the upcoming state Assembly polls, was addressing a rally here in Nanded district as part of […]

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