Over 65,000 pilgrims register for Amarnath Yatra
Jammu: Over 65,000 pilgrims have secured advance registration for this year’s Amarnath Yatra in south Kashmir Himalayas beginning from June 29, officials said on Friday. The registration for the annual Amarnath pilgrimage began on April 15 with a large number of people turning up at designated bank branches here to secure a permit. “Over 65,000 […]
Amit Shah’s visit to Kashmir was to help BJP’s ‘proxy candidates’, claims Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah alleged on Friday that Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Kashmir was to help the BJP’s “proxy candidates” in the Lok Sabha elections. Shah on Friday wrapped up his brief visit to the Kashmir Valley during which he interacted with several delegations, including local Sikhs and those from […]
Friends indeed: When Chhetri sounded out Virat Kohli before retirement announcement
New Delhi/Bengaluru: As Sunil Chhetri sat contemplating how he would break his retirement plans to the world, he knew there was one man who would understand what exactly he was going through and Virat Kohli did not disappoint the iconic Indian football captain. The 39-year-old Chhetri, the most capped India footballer with 150 matches to […]
Cong, SP will run bulldozer over Ram temple if voted to power: PM Modi
Barabanki (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday claimed that the Congress and Samajwadi Party will run a bulldozer over the Ram temple if elected to power, and asked them to take “tuition” from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on “where to run bulldozers”. Addressing a rally here, he also said the INDIA bloc […]
PM jabs Cong, INDIA bloc: Party aims just 50 seats to save ‘honour’, alliance already defeated
Fatehpur (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday took a jibe at the Congress saying its aim is to win just 50 seats so that it could save its “honour”, and he also mocked Rahul Gandhi for contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Rae Barely instead of Amethi which he lost to the BJP’s Smriti Irani […]
Brutal heat scorches northwest India, Delhi’s Najafgarh warmest in country at 47.4 degrees Celsius
New Delhi: A brutal heat wave swept swathes of northwest India on Friday, with the maximum temperature soaring to a scorching 47.4 degrees Celsius in southwest Delhi’s Najafgarh, the highest in the country so far this season so far. The mercury breached 45 degrees Celsius at 19 places in Rajasthan, 18 in Haryana, eight in […]
Amit Shah arrives in Srinagar; meets several delegations
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday interacted with several delegations, including BJP leaders of Jammu and Kashmir, on the first day of his two-day visit here. Shah, who arrived this evening, is also likely to hold a security review meeting on Friday morning. A Pahari delegation led by Mohammad Younis Khan met the […]
PoK belongs to India, we will take it back at any cost: Shah
Sitamarhi (Bihar): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday once again asserted that Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) belongs to India and the country will take it back “at any cost”. Addressing an election rally in Sitamarhi Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, the former BJP president slammed the Congress-led opposition for “raising fear about Pakistan’s atomic power”. “When […]
NIA attaches multiple properties of ‘top Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist’ in Kashmir
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached seven immovable properties in Kashmir belonging to a “top terrorist of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)”, according to an official statement issued on Thursday. Sartaj Ahmed Mantoo’s properties, including land measuring 19 Marlas and 84 Sq ft at Kisarigam in Pulwama district, were attached on Wednesday on […]
PDP’s Srinagar candidate Waheed Para booked for poll code violation
Srinagar: PDP candidate from Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency Waheed Para has been booked for violating Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by holding a road show without prior permission in south Kashmir’s Pulwama last month, officials said on Thursday. The Srinagar constituency went to polls on May 13, registering about 38 percent voter turnout which was […]
