Category: India News

India scraps special status for Kashmir amid crackdown

NEW DELHI – India on Monday revoked the special status of Kashmir in a bid to fully integrate its only Muslim-majority region with the rest of the country, the most far-reaching political move on the troubled Himalayan territory in nearly seven decades. Home Minister Amit Shah told parliament […]

Delhi metro put on high alert

New Delhi, Aug 5: A ‘high alert’ has been sounded in the Delhi metro network in the wake of the developments related to Kashmir and the forthcoming Independence Day celebrations, officials said on Monday. A fresh advisory has been issued, over an existing one, to ensure that no untoward […]

Heavy rains pound Mumbai; normal life, rail traffic hit hard

Mumbai, Aug 4: Overnight heavy rains in Mumbai and its adjoining areas crippled normal life and disrupted rail and air traffic on Sunday morning. Amidst the heavy downpour which continued to pound the city and its neighbouring areas, a 16-year-old boy was washed away in flood in the adjoining […]

Planter scripts unique tea tale along Indo-Bangla border

Rangamura (Tripura) Aug 4: A Tripura planter has paved the way for growing tea on a vacant tract of land along the India-Bangladesh border, an initiative, which industry experts feel, could benefit the state’s tea sector. Fifty-year-old Animesh Deb, a small tea grower in West Tripura district, came up […]

Sena launches another campaign, targets women voters

Mumbai, Aug 4: Close on the heels of Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray’s ongoing ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’, the Shiv Sena has launched another campaign to reach out to women voters ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly polls. Shiv Sena’s secretary Aadesh Bandekar, who is also a well-known Marathi actor and […]

India test-fires Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile

Balasore, Aug 4: India on Sunday test-fired a sophisticated all-weather and all-terrain Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) from a test range in Odisha. The state-of-the-art missile has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the India Army. The air defence system, QRSAM, was test-fired […]

Congress to hold next CWC meeting on August 10

New Delhi, Aug 4: The Congress Working Committee will meet on August 10, with finding Rahul Gandhi’s successor likely to top the agenda when the party’s top brass meets at the AICC headquarters. The party had said last week that the Congress Working Committee will meet after the current […]

Indian Army asks Pak military to take possession of bodies of its personnel

New Delhi, Aug 4:  The Indian Army has offered to the Pakistan military to take possession of bodies of its personnel who were killed when it foiled an attack by Pakistan’s Border Action Team (BAT) in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said Sunday. The sources […]

Cong’s Digvijaya warns Centre on ‘forceful move’ in Kashmir

Sehore (MP), Aug 3: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said on Saturday that the BJP should tread carefully in the restive Jammu and Kashmir, a day after the Centre issued an advisory asking Amarnath pilgrims and tourists to leave the Valley as soon as possible. Speaking to reporters here, […]

Party workers are like mother, they should not feel slighted: Modi tells BJP MPs

New Delhi, Aug 3: Underlining that the BJP’s ideology and thoughts brought it to its current position and not the legacy of any family, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked party lawmakers on Saturday to remain connected with party workers and not forget their contribution in making them MPs and […]

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