New delhi: Does the Inter-Services Intelligence, Pakistan’s premier spy, agency have links with militant groups? What intelligence agency in the world doesn’t have “links” to militants – that was how Major General Asif Ghafoor, the spokesperson of all things Pakistani defence, responded when asked the same question. Ghafoor, the head of Pakistani armed forces’ media […]
New Delhi: An Mi-17 chopper of the Indian Air Force today crashed near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, killing five personnel on board and leaving another seriously injured, a senior IAF official said. The crash of the Mi-17 V5 took place at around 6 am when it was on a maintenance mission, the official said. The official […]
Mangaluru: C R Chaudhary, minister of state for consumer affairs said strict consumer rights protection bill will be introduced in the next session of parliament for protection of consumer’s rights at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi. India is the second largest market of cosmetics, personal care products and the Indian manufactures should go […]
New Delhi: Delhi Police has begun an inquiry after a photograph showing controversial godwoman Radhe Maa sitting on the SHO’s chair in the Vivek Vihar police station surfaced online, a senior official said today. Station house officer Sanjay Sharma, draped in a red and gold shawl worn by Hindu devotees, can be seen standing next […]
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition challenging the government’s order to constitute an inquiry commission led by a retired judge to probe former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s death. When the matter came up before Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice M Sundar, petitioner PA Joseph argued that the commission […]
Mumbai : Twenty-two people were killed and 35 others were injured after a stampede broke out on a crowded pedestrian bridge connecting two stations in Mumbai on Friday, one of the worst tragedies to hit the city’s teeming local train network. Two women hailing from Dakshina Kannada Sumalatha Shetty and Sujatha Alva, were members of […]
New Delhi : Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Abu Ismail, the mastermind behind the July 10 attack on Amarnath yatra pilgrims, was among two terrorists killed in an encounter with security forces in Srinagar on Thursday, police said. The identity of the second terrorist is being ascertained, a police official said. The encounter took place at Aribagh in […]
New Delhi: The ruling NDA candidate and former Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu was on Saturday elected as the next Vice-President of India. Naidu defeated the Opposition candidate and former diplomat Gopalkrishna Gandhi by a margin of 272 votes. Naidu secured 516 votes as against 244 got by Gandhi. In all 771 out of 785 […]
New Delhi : The Election Commission of India today declared NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind as the 14th President of India. The NDA candidate crossed the majority mark to register a landslide win over his rival opposition candidate Meira Kumar to emerge victorious in the race for the President of India. Kovind beat Kumar by […]
New Delhi: Terrorism does not have a religion. Neither does a hero. The Amarnath Yatra terror attack, which left seven dead and 19 injured, too saw an act of valour which has earned the Sheikh Salim Gafoor plaudits and gratitude from many quarters. It is said,4 pilgrims from Karnataka are safe and they are 35 […]
