GUWAHATI/JAIPUR — Taking a veiled dig at the Centre and the BJP brass, Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik on Sunday said if he speaks about farmers, there will be a controversy. “(After I make a statement), I wait for two weeks wondering if I am going to get a call from Delhi,” Malik said at […]
NEW DELHI — A sub-inspector in Ghaziabad’s Dasna Police Station was arrested on Saturday for allegedly thrashing a youth, who organised a dance party for him on Diwali. According to the complaint filed by Irfan, sub-inspector Jitendra Gautam hosted a party at a flat on Diwali, Thursday. Irfan organised the party and also called in […]
NEW DELHI — The Congress on Saturday sought an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked him to “withdraw” his “clean chit” to China that no one has entered into Indian territory while citing a Pentagon report that claims China has entered 4.5 km into Arunachal Pradesh. Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said the prime […]
NEW DELHI — China has built a large 100-home civilian village inside disputed territory between the Tibet Autonomous Region and India’s Arunachal Pradesh, claimed the US Department of Defense in its annual report to Congress on military and security developments involving China. These and other infrastructure development efforts along the India-China border have been a […]
NEW DELHI — After India were thrashed by arch-rival Pakistan in the T20 Cricket World Cup, fast bowler Mohammed Shami was vilified by furious Hindu fans who accused the team’s only Muslim player of deliberately throwing the game. Virat Kohli, the Indian captain, fired back, citing Shami’s “passion for the country” and his other high-class […]
KASARAGOD — A 46-year old village school teacher, who developed uneasiness while taking online class via phone, collapsed and died after expressing a desire to see her students at Kallar in this north Kerala district, family members said. Madhavi C, a teacher at the Government Welfare Lower Primary School at Adottukaya here, died on Thursday […]
JAIPUR — A private school teacher in Rajasthan’s Udaipur was sacked and a case registered against her after she posted a celebratory WhatsApp status following Pakistan’s victory over India in their cricket world cup match Sunday. Nafeesa Attari, a teacher at Neerja Modi School Udaipur, had put out a picture of Pakistani players with the […]
BHUJ — A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel deployed in Gujarat’s Bhuj battalion was arrested by the Anti-Militant Squad (ATS) for allegedly working as a spy for Pakistan and passing on secret and sensitive information to the neighbouring country over WhatsApp, the ATS said on Monday. The arrested BSF man, identified as Mohammad Sajjad, is […]
NEW DELHI — Following several open criticism aimed at Congress by its group of 23 leaders (G-23), the party has now sought an undertaking from leaders and workers to never criticise the party’s policies and programmes in public forums who aspire to take up primary membership. “I subscribe to and work for promoting the principles […]
SRINAGAR — After Pakistan’s win against India in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Kashmiri students studying in various colleges of Punjab were physically assaulted by ‘people from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar’. At Bhai Guru Das Institute of Engineering and Technology in Sangrur, Punjab, several students were attacked and assaulted in their hostel rooms after India […]