Category: Headlines

Namchi (Sikkim), March 5  Sikkim’s five-term Chief Minister Pawan Chamling has said his state will never politicise religion, nor will it indulge in dynastic politics, in effect distancing it from both the BJP and the Congress for the upcoming assembly and parliamentary elections. “In 25 years of SDF government, no one has died in the […]

Srinagar, March 5  A protest shutdown called by traders affected normal life across the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday The shutdown was called against the Centre’s ban on the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir and the subsequent arrests of nearly 200 of its cadres.  The protesting traders said the shutdown was also for the protection of Articles […]

New Delhi, March 5  A Delhi court on Tuesday adjourned the recording of a statement by Dubai-based businessman Rajiv Saxena, who wants to become an approver in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal adjourned the recording till Wednesday. Saxena has said that he would make a full disclosure of […]

New Delhi, March 5  Observing that India is facing state-sponsored terrorism, Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba on Tuesday warned about terrorists being trained to carry out attacks even via sea route. Addressing the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue, Admiral Lanba without taking names hit out at Pakistan for abetting terrorists, who carried out the February 14 Pulwama […]

Srinagar, March 5 A gunfight took place on Tuesday between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Tral town, police said. Upon receiving information about the militants, the security forces started a search operation in Mir Mohalla on Monday evening. “As the operation continued on Tuesday morning, the militants fired at the security forces […]

Kolkata, March 5 Giving a guarded response to the CPI-M’s announcement that it would avoid a mutual contest in the six West Bengal Lok Sabha seats currently held by it and the Congress, the state Congress on Monday said while it saw no reason to “discourage” them, there were practical hurdles which needed to be […]

Srinagar, March 5Two militants were killed on Tuesday in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, police said. Their bodies have been recovered from the Mir Mohalla area in Tral region. “We have also recovered two AK-47 rifles. A combing operation is underway,” a police officer said. The house the militants […]