This election is to choose PM who can make world aware of India’s strength: Modi in Jaunpur
Jaunpur (UP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Thursday that this Lok Sabha election is an opportunity for the country to choose a leader who can run a strong government which “makes the world aware of India’s strength”. Modi was addressing an election rally organised at a college ground here in support of BJP candidates Kripashankar […]
Shah’s statement on bail to Kejriwal ‘objectionable’, questions intention of SC judges: Kapil Sibal
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Thursday hit out at Home Minister Amit Shah over his reported “special treatment” remarks on the interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying it was an “objectionable statement” that questioned the intention of the Supreme Court judges. Sibal’s remarks came after Shah, while referring to […]
False, outrageous: Chidambaram slams PM’s ‘Cong wanted to allocate 15 pc budget to Muslims’ remark
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday termed “totally false” Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claim that the previous Congress government wanted to allocate 15 per cent of the budget for Muslims, and said the PM’s statements have been “increasingly bizarre”. Chidambaram said the prime minister claimed on Tuesday that if he played the […]
Govt slashes windfall tax on domestic crude to Rs 5,700/tonne
New Delhi: The government has slashed windfall tax on domestically produced crude oil to Rs 5,700 per tonne, from Rs 8,400 per tonne, with effect from Thursday. The tax is levied in the form of Special Additional Excise Duty (SAED). The SAED on the export of diesel, petrol and jet fuel or ATF, has been […]
SBI raises FD rate on select short-term maturity up to 75 bps
New Delhi: The country’s biggest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has hiked fixed deposit rate on select short-term maturity up to 75 basis points, a move likely to be followed by other lenders. For term deposits of 46-179 days, the rate has been increased by 75 basis points to 5.50 per cent, as against […]
PoK is part of India, we will take it: Amit Shah
Serampore (WB): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday referred to protests in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir and said: “PoK is part of India and we will take it”. Addressing a rally in Serampore, Shah said while peace has returned to once trouble-torn Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir “now echoes with slogans of […]
NIA charge-sheets 10th accused in weapons delivery case
Jammu/New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has listed one more accused in its charge-sheet “for his role in delivering arms and weapons from Pakistan to terrorists of banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) by drones”, the agency said on Wednesday. Zakir Hussain alias Sonu is the tenth accused against whom charges have been filed in a case […]
Security situation reviewed in view of terror incidents across Jammu
Jammu: A joint security review meeting with a focus on counter-terrorism operations in the Jammu region was held in view of the recent terror attacks on an IAF convoy in Poonch, officials said. General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Jammu-based 16 Corps (also known as White Knight Corps) Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva chaired the meeting which […]
J&K High Court modifies interim order to pave way for stalled key police projects
Jammu: The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has paved the way for the construction of key police projects involving national security matters, modifying an interim order passed in March last year. The interim order had stalled important police projects such as the construction of a battalion headquarters in Kishtwar and an anti-corruption […]
Attempts on to polarise Ladakh voters but people firm on 6th Schedule demand: Anjuman Imamia chief
Leh: Attempts are being made to polarise voters in Ladakh but they will not budge from their demand for statehood and implementation of the 6th Schedule of the Constitution, the chief of prominent Leh-based Islamic organisation Anjuman Imamia has said. The four-point agenda of the people of Ladakh which also includes a public service commission […]
