Cong calls EC’s scheduled announcement of poll dates “Modi’s vidai parv”
New Delhi, Mar 10 : The Congress on Sunday took a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hours before the EC’s scheduled announcement of dates for the Lok Sabha polls, saying it was the first day of his “vidai parv” (farewell festival). “It’s first day of Vidai Parv of Modi ji. Voters are ready,” said […]
BJP walking down dangerous path by using military to conceal failures: Ahmed Patel
New Delhi, Mar 10 : The BJP is walking down a dangerous path by “using the military” to conceal its own “failures”, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel said Sunday, asserting that the EC’s circular preventing the use of armed forces in election campaign was much needed. The Election Commission (EC) Saturday asked political parties to […]
Modi slams Cong for ‘crippling’ power sector
Noida (UP), Mar 9 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday laid foundation stones for two thermal power plants, one in Uttar Pradesh and the other in Bihar, while slamming previous governments for “ignoring” the power sector. The prime minister, who was in western UP for a straight second day, also inaugurated Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Archaeology […]
Rahul asks Modi to tell nation who released Masood Azhar from Indian jail
Haveri (Karnataka), Mar 9: Stepping up attack on the Narendra Modi government over the Pulwama suicide strike, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Saturday asked the prime minister to explain to the nation why the then NDA dispensation had released JeM chief Masood Azhar from Indian jail. Raking up the release of Azhar by the Vajpayee dispensation […]
Naya Pakistan should demonstrate Naya action on terror: India
New Delhi, Mar 9 : Pakistan will be judged not by words but on basis of the action it takes to dismantle “terror infrastructure on its soil”, India said Saturday, asserting that its “non-military” strike on the JeM “training camp” in Balakot achieved its desired objective. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said if Pakistan […]
Pak to put group of banned outfits in high risk category, monitor their activities: Report
Islamabad, Mar 9 : Pakistan has decided to “upgrade” a group of banned outfits, including the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), to a “high” risk category and start monitoring and re-examining their activities to comply with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) obligations, according to a media report on Saturday. The Paris-based global watchdog against financial crimes had […]
Lahore HC to hear plea on Imran Khan’s disqualification on March 11
Lahore, Mar 9 : The Lahore High Court will on Monday hear a plea seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Imran Khan for not being “honest and righteous” and concealing the alleged parentage of a daughter with a former partner in his nomination papers for the 2018 election. The high court on Saturday accepted for hearing a […]
Leaders welcome SC decision on Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute
New Delhi, Mar 8: Political leaders welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to appoint a panel headed by retired apex court judge F M I Kalifulla to explore the possibility of an amicable settlement of the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case. BSP leader Mayawati called the move “appreciable”. “Hon’ble Supreme Court’s order to constitute in-camera […]
AIMPLB hails SC decision on Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute
Lucknow, Mar 8 : The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court referring the vexed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case for mediation, saying it would be most befitting that the matter is resolved through negotiations. “The Supreme Court has given this order and it needs to be welcomed…. It […]
Hindu Dalit woman chairs Pak Senate session on Women’s Day
Islamabad, Mar 8 : Krishna Kumari Kohli, Pakistan’s first female senator from the Hindu Dalit community, on Friday chaired the session of the Upper House of Parliament on occasion of International Women’s Day. “Chairman Senate of Pakistan decided to make our colleague Krishna Kumari Kohli aka Kishoo Bai to Chair the Senate for today on […]
