WASHINGTON — The Taliban have captured the US military’s biometric devices compromising crucial data of the US army and the local Afghans who played crucial roles during the war, a media report said on Wednesday. The devices, known as HIIDE, for Handheld Interagency Identity Detection Equipment, were seized last week during the Taliban’s offensive, according to […]
AGRA — The shahar mufti and his son were on Wednesday booked for raising objection over the flag hoisting ceremony organised on Jama Masjid premises in Agra on Independence Day. Organiser of the event, Haji Aslam Qureshi, chairman of Local Islamia Agency, lodged the case at the Mantola police station of Agra. “A complaint was […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed women candidates to appear for National Defence Academy (NDA) entrance exam scheduled on September 5, saying debarring them amounted to gender discrimination. In an interim order, a Bench led by Justice SK Kaul, however, clarified that the results will be subject to the final outcome of […]
NEW DELHI — The Congress on Wednesday hit out at the government over the hike in prices of LPG cylinders, accusing it of being insensitive and distorting the budget of every household. The party also displayed empty LPG cylinders and ‘chulhas’ at a press conference here to highlight the issue of steep LPG prices. Congress […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court has pulled up Delhi Police during the bail hearing of Pinky Chaudhary, president of the Hindu Raksha Dal being investigated in connection with anti-Muslim slogans raised at Jantar Mantar, for not questioning a YouTube news channel reporter “seen deliberately putting up leading questions” to “incite” people, the Indian Express […]
KULGAM — A Sarpanch affiliated with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was arrested while a pistol was recovered from his possession at his home in Qaimoh area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam on Wednesday afternoon. Sources told that acting on specific inputs, the security forces carried out searches at his home. During the search, the Sarpanch was […]
MUMBAI — The Pulwama attack in 2019 was an attempt by stakeholders independent of India and Pakistan to create regional conflagration and bring the two countries to war, said journalist and author Adrian Levy. In a conversation with ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on ‘Off the Cuff’ Tuesday, Levy added that the Jaish-e-Mohammed, the militant organisation […]
SAMBHAL (UP) — Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rehman Barq has been booked for sedition following his recent remarks allegedly defending the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and equating it with India’s own freedom struggle, police said on Wednesday. He was charged under Indian Penal Code section 124A (sedition) following a complaint from BJP leader Rajesh Singhal […]
SRINAGAR — The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) wing of the J&K Police on Wednesday arrested six persons including separatist leader Zafar Akbar Bhat and a woman from north Kashmir’s Baramulla in case registered in July last year in connection with the alleged racket of selling Pakistan-based MBBS seats and of other professional courses by Hurriyat […]
SRINAGAR — When she chose to pursue a career in journalism, Sajida Yousuf knew being a journalist was never meant to be easy in Kashmir. The 23-year-old Srinagar resident finished her master’s in journalism from the University of Kashmir in 2019 and subsequently started working as a reporter with a local news agency, Kashmir News […]