PM credits Sardar Patel with India’s unity post partition; saving J&K
New Delhi, Oct 28: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday credited Sardar Valabhbhai Patel with uniting India after partition and said it was his timely intervention which helped save Jammu and Kashmir from “aggression”. In his monthly ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio address, he also urged the youth to participate in large numbers in the ‘run for […]
Ayodhya dispute: SC likely to hear pleas against HC verdict on Monday
New Delhi, Oct 28: The Supreme Court is likely to hear Monday a batch of pleas challenging the Allahabad High Court’s 2010 verdict by which the disputed land on the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid area in Ayodhya was divided into three parts. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K […]
Pak court sentences member of religious outfit to 30 years in jail
Lahore, Oct 28: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced a member of a religious outfit to 30-year imprisonment for opening fire and injuring former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal in the PML-N government in May. The court in Gujranwala on Saturday also ordered confiscation of assets of 22-year-old Abid Hussain and imposed a fine of […]
Pak President rules out establishing any kind of ties with Israel
Islamabad, Oct 28: Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Sunday ruled out establishing any kind of relations with Israel as he strongly rejected reports that an Israeli aircraft carrying some officials secretly landed in Islamabad and flew away after several hours at the airport here. “Islamabad is not establishing any kind of relations with Israel,” Alvi […]
No pressure on India to buy F-16 fighter jets from US: Envoy
Mumbai, Oct 28: The United States is not going to put pressure on India to buy F-16 fighter jets or any other defence system, a senior US diplomat has said here. United States Consul General in Mumbai Edgard Kagan said India has purchased more than USD 15 billion worth of American defence materials and the […]
Modi’s diagnoses was often right, prescription wrong: Tharoor
New Delhi, Oct 28: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said Narendra Modi could have succeeded as prime minister because he often got his diagnosis right but “failed” on account of poor prescriptions. It is time for Modi to go, he said, highlighting a range of contradictions in the prime minister’s style of working over the […]
If voted to power, Cong will fulfill OROP commitments: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, Oct 27 : A Congress-led government would fulfil all the commitments the party had made on the ‘one rank, one pension’ issue, Rahul Gandhi told a group of ex-servicemen on Saturday. At a meeting with the retired defence personnel, the Congress president said that if his party is voted to power in the […]
CPCB to initiate criminal prosecution for non-compliance of anti-pollution directives: Harsh Vardhan
New Delhi, Oct 27 : As the average air quality in the national capital region inched towards severe levels, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said Saturday the government has decided to initiate criminal prosecution against agencies which do not comply with the directives to check air pollution. The environment ministry’s decision comes after a review meeting […]
Pak SC reinstates ban on airing of Indian content on TV channels
Islamabad, Oct 27: The Supreme Court (SC) on Saturday reinstated a ban on the transmission of Indian content on local television channels, setting aside an earlier verdict by the Lahore High Court (LHC). Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar was hearing a case filed by the United Producers Association pertaining to the broadcast […]
Main accused in Ahsan Iqbal assassination case handed 30 years in jail
Lahore, Oct 27: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Gujranwala on Saturday handed Abid Hussain, the main accused in the Ahsan Iqbal assassination case, 30 years and two months in prison while acquitting four others accused of facilitating him, DawnNewsTV reported. Judge Syed Ali Imran also handed fines to the tune of Rs280,000 and ordered the […]
