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In Maharashtra, Haryana & J'khand, BJP likely to fight polls under incumbent CMs

NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (Agencies): The BJP is likely to fight the assembly polls in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand, all three ruled by the saffron party, under the leadership of incumbent chief ministers, party leaders have said. While BJP president Amit Shah made it v...

Incessant rains hit normal lives, create flood-like situation in several parts of India

THIRUVANANTHPURAM, Aug 18 (Agencies): While the situation in Kerala and Karnataka have improved to an extent, torrential rains and flood-like situation wreaked havoc in several other parts of India and threw the normal life out of gear. Many rivers and dams are overflo...

Cloudburst leads to heavy destruction in Uttarkashi, two swept away in house collapse

DEHRADUN, Aug 18 (Agencies): A cloudburst hit Uttarkashi region of Uttarakhand on Sunday, flattening homes in several villages and leaving many residents trapped. Major damage was reported in Arakot, Makudi and Tikochi villages of the state. All the three villages are...

18 people killed, schools shut as rains continue to lash HP

SHIMLA, Aug 18 (Agencies): At least 18 people were killed and nine others injured in rain-related incidents in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, officials said. The district officials have issued a one-page order directing all educational institutions, ITIs, polytechnics, a...

Govt has to win back Kashmiri people’s trust: Salman Khurshid

KOLKATA, Aug 17 (Agencies): Senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Saturday said the government has an arduous job ahead to win back the trust of Kashmiri people after abolition of the Article 370 that provided special status for the state. “The Congress is opposed...

Malik, Goyal, others visit Jaitley in AIIMS

NEW DELHI, Aug 17: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik and Union Minister Piyush Goyal Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, visited senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Arun Jaitley in Delhi's AIIMS today to che...

India's UN envoy's gesture towards Pakistani journalists draws friendly laughs

NEW DELHI, Aug 17 (Agencies): India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Syed Akbaruddin on Friday extended a "hand of friendship" to Pakistani journalists during his address to the media after the UN Security Council held closed consultations on Kashmir. ...

Rajnath Singh clears panel to review defence procurement in big push to 'Make in India' initiative

NEW DELHI, Aug 17 (Agencies): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday approved the setting up of a committee under the chairmanship of Director General (Acquisition) to review the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) 2016 and Defence Procurement Manual (DPM) 2009 to ...

Heavy rain lashes Kolkata for second day; flights, train services hit, power supply cut

KOLKATA, Aug 17 (Agencies): Heavy rain continued to lash parts of Kolkata for a second consecutive day on Saturday affecting flights and movement of trains and disrupting power supply in the city. The heavy downpour led to waterlogging leading to traffic jams in seve...

Lucknow's famous 'Hazratganj Chauraha' is now 'Atal Chowk'

LUCKNOW, Aug 17 (Agencies): Lucknow's famous "Hazratganj Chauraha" has been renamed as "Atal Chowk" in the memory of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. "On the occasion of the first death anniversary of late Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee ji, Hazratganj Chowk has ...

Article 370 had become 'shield' for terrorists: Ravi Shankar

NEW DELHI, Aug 17 (Agencies): Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Saturday that Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, had become a platform to "shield" terrorists and their patrons. "The government's decision on Article 370 was taken ...

Over 17,000 people in 87 villages in Andhra Pradesh affected by Krishna floods

VIJAYAWADA, Aug 17 (Agencies): Tens of villages and hundreds of acres of farmland remained under a sheet of water in Krishna and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday, even as the flood fury in river Krishna showed signs of abatement. After touching a maximum...

Himachal sees heavy rains, all major rivers in spate

DHARAMSALA, Aug 17 (Agencies): Hills of Himachal Pradesh continued to experience moderate to heavy rainfall on Saturday, causing landslides in some areas and blocking the highways, while all the major rivers and their tributaries were in spate, officials said. While t...

Only Nehru-Gandhi family can run Congress Party

It has 'brand equity': Adhir
NEW DELHI, Aug 17 (Agencies): The leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has said it will be tough for any leader from outside the Gandhi-Nehru family to run the party, as it has "brand equity". He also said the revival of the Congress largely de...

Priyanka’s fresh salvo on BJP after Kuldeep Senger's poster with Modi

'Enough Is Enough'
NEW DELHI, Aug 17 (Agencies): Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday asked BJP leaders to clarify their stand on rape accused legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar, after his photographs appeared in an Independence Day advertisement in a Hindi newspaper...

Modi has given his message, 'One nation-One election' would be reality soon: Shiv Sena

MUMBAI, Aug 16 (Agencies): Supporting PM Narendra Modi's stance on implementing simultaneous elections all over India, Shiv Sena in its editorial mouthpiece Saamana hailed the PM's speech on the occasion of Independence Day from Delhi's Red Fort. Shiv Sena said that s...

Azam Khan lands in trouble again, boundary wall of his resort razed

RAMPUR, Aug 16 (Agencies): Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Azam Khan's bad days don't seem to be ending as the MP landed in fresh trouble. After a series of land grabbing accusations were slapped on him, the boundary wall of his resort 'Humsafar' in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur has ...

AK-47 rifle, bullets seized during raid on Bihar's Anant Singh's residence

MOKAMA, Aug 16 (Agencies): Bihar Police on Friday raided the residence of gangster-turned-politician Anant Kumar Singh during which an AK-47 rifle, magazines and several live bullets were seized. The raids were conducted at Anant Singh's ancestral home in Nadwa village...

Advocate for Ram Lalla tells SC that pictures of deities found at disputed site

Ayodhya Case
NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (Agencies): The advocate for Ram Lalla Virajman, one of the parties in the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri masjid case, on Friday told the Supreme Court that there were several pictures of deities found on pillars at the disputed site in A...

5 killed in rain-related incidents, flood-like situation in Hadauti

JAIPUR, Aug 16 (Agencies): Five people were killed in rain-related incidents in the past 24 hours in Rajasthan which was lashed by incessant rainfall, creating a flood-like situation in Hadauti region of the state, an official said on Friday. A red alert warning was i...

Arun Jaitley remains critical, on life support at AIIMS Delhi

NEW DELHI, Aug 16: Jaitley was admitted in the country's premier medical institution on August 9 morning and was put on ventilator late in the night. He has since been undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU). According to a release by media and protocol d...

Indian Army Major General with Assam Rifles sacked without pension for sexual harassment

NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (Agencies): A Major General rank officer of the Indian Army associated with the Assam Rifles was sacked without a pension in connection with a two-year-old sexual harassment case against him. An Army General Court Martial (GCM) had on December 23 reco...

Indian Army wins Scout Masters Competition, Uzbekistan 2nd, Russia 3rd and China 4th

NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (Agencies): An Indian Army team on Thursday secured the first position in the fifth International Army Scouts Masters Competition held at Rajasthan's Jaisalmer's Military station under the aegis of Southern Command of Indian Army from August 5 to Augu...

Press Club of India stops civil rights activists from showing videos of unrest in Kashmir

NEW DELHI, Aug 14 (Agencies): A group of civil rights activists, which recently returned from the Kashmir Valley after a five-day visit to ascertain the ground situation in the wake of the abrogation of Article 370, was, on Wednesday, disallowed by the Press Club of In...

Modi fulfilling his political agenda in J&K, govt is lying: Owaisi

HYDERABAD, Aug 14 (Agencies): All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday toed the Congress line on the issue of abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories. The Hyderabad MP targeted...

2 SDF MLAs join ruling SKM in Sikkim a day after 10 from party joined BJP

SIKKIM, Aug 14 (Agencies): A day after its 10 MLAs joined BJP, Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), suffered further jolt on Wednesday when two other legislators of the party switched over to the ruling Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM). MLAs- G T Dhungel and Em Prasad Sharma-...

Demolition of temple reflects casteist mentality: Mayawati

NEW DELHI, Aug 14: BSP president Mayawati on Wednesday alleged that the demolition of the Ravidas temple in Delhi's Tughlaqabad area was a result of a collusion between the Centre and Delhi government and reflected a "casteist mentality". She also demanded that the t...

After Mayawati’s ‘casteist’ allegation, Kejriwal denies Delhi govt’s role in Ravidas temple demolition

DELHI, Aug 14 (Agencies): The Delhi government had nothing to do with the demolition of the Guru Ravidas temple in Tughlaqabad, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday, after BSP supremo Mayawati alleged that the incident was a result of a collusion between th...

3 Chhattisgarh cops suspended after video of them assaulting child goes viral

CHHATTISGARH, Aug 14 (Agencies): Three policemen have been suspended after a purported video showing them assaulting a minor boy at a railway station in Raipur, Chhattisgarh went viral on social media, an official said on Wednesday. The incident, which apparently took...

Rajasthan court acquits all 6 accused in Pehlu Khan Lynching Case

JAIPUR, Aug 14 (Agencies): An Alwar court on Wednesday acquitted all six accused in the lynching of Pehlu Khan, allegedly killed two years ago by a mob that set upon him while he was transporting cows. The 55-year-old dairy farmer Pehlu Khan, a native of Nuh in Haryan...

5 IAF pilots who carried out Balakot air strikes to get Gallantry Award

NEW DELHI, Aug 14 (Agencies): The five IAF pilots who bombed a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) camp in Pakistan were on Wednesday named for Vayu Sena medals and Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who shot down a Pakistani F-16 but was taken prisoner, was picked for Vir Chakra...

Prakash Jadhav to be awarded Kirti Chakra on Independence Day

NEW DELHI, Aug 14 (Agencies): The Kirti Chakra, the third-highest military honour awarded during peacetime, will be conferred posthumously on soldier Prakash Jadhav on Independence Day on Thursday. Jadhav, a sapper with the Indian Army, died in a gunfight with terrori...

5 ITBP Men Conferred Gallantry Medals For Action In Anti-Naxal Operations

NEW DELHI, Aug 14 (Agencies): Five personnel of the ITBP, tasked to guard the Line of Actual Control with China, have been decorated with gallantry medals for displaying bravery in the anti-Naxal operations grid of Chhattisgarh on the eve of the Independence Day. The ...

Security forces deployed in counter-terror Ops in J&K get maximum Gallantry Medals

NEW DELHI, Aug 14 (Agencies): Action in the counter-terrorism grid of Jammu and Kashmir has fetched central security forces maximum gallantry medals amongst the 180 such decorations announced by the government on the occasion of the Independence Day. A total of 946 me...

Terrorists from Pakistan may take Gujarat route to enter India, warns intel report

AHMEDABAD, Aug 14 (Agencies): The Intelligence Bureau has issued a fresh terror alert to the Gujarat Police. As per the alert, terrorists might make attempts to enter the Indian territory along India-Pakistan border in Kutch region. Following the input from the centra...

Kashmir cricketer overcomes tension to win game for India vs Pak

NEW DELHI, Aug 13(Agencies): This Eid was strange yet a memorable one for Wasim Iqbal. For the first time in life, the 25-year-old opener of the Indian physical disability team was away from home on the festival day. On Monday, as he stepped out to bat against Pakista...

Will visit J&K, don’t need aircraft: Rahul

NEW DELHI, Aug 13(Agencies): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accepted Governor Satya Pal Malik's 'invitation' to visit Jammu and Kashmir but said he did not need an aircraft. Gandhi said he and other opposition leaders would visit Jammu and Kashmir and urged ...

Kashmir, including PoK, should be integral part of India: Digvijay

BHOPAL, Aug 13(Agencies): Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh on Tuesday said Kashmir “should be integral part of India including the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).” Singh was responding to a query on allegedly distorted portrayal of the Kashmir issue in foreign m...

Stop trying to interfere in India’s internal matter: Amarinder

CHANDIGARH, Aug 13(Agencies): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday sternly told Pakistan Minister Fawad Chaudhry to not interfere in India’s internal matter after he made a provocative statement about the Indian army. Amarinder, who served in the Indian ar...

Peace prevailing in J&K post abrogation of Art 370: Javadekar

INDORE, Aug 12(Agencies): Stating that curfews and restrictions have been lifted from many places in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of the special status, Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday said the festival of Eid al-Adha was celebrated with "great ent...

Kashmiris gather at Jantar Mantar to observe Eid

NEW DELHI, Aug 12(Agencies): Away from their home on Eid al-Adha, a group of Kashmiris gathered at Jantar Mantar on Monday to observe the festival, with many saying it was difficult to celebrate when they cannot communicate with their families in the Valley where unpre...

India keeping a close eye as Pakistan moves to base J-17 fighters at Skardu near Ladakh

NEW DELHI, Aug 12 (Agencies): Amid the ongoing tensions with Pakistan over the abrogation of Article 370, Pakistani forces have started moving equipment to their forward bases close to Ladakh. "Three C-130 transport aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force were used on Satu...

BJP attacks Chidambaram over 'Muslim majority in J&K' remark

NEW DELHI, Aug 12 *(Agencies): Debate over the issue of abrogation of Article 370 seems never-ending. In a fresh war of words on Monday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lashed out at senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram over the latter's rema...

After Diya Kumari, now Rajasthan Congress leader claims his clan 'real descendants of Ram'

After Rajasthan's erstwhile royal families of Jaipur and Mewar claimed to be descended from Lord Ram in response to the Supreme Court's query, a state Congress spokesperson has also claimed the distinction, saying his clan are "the real descendants" of the Hindu deity....

9 killed in landslides in U'khand

Death toll in Kerala floods rises to 76
DEHRADUN, Aug 12 (Agencies): Heavy showers lashed Uttarakhand and Jammu, leaving nine people dead in landslides, while rescue and relief operations continued in Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat on Monday with the death toll climbing to 173 in the four flood-h...

Amarinder Singh hosts 125 Kashmiri students for lunch on Eid

CHANDIGARH, Aug 12 (Agencies): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday hosted 125 Kashmiri students on Eid and said he was confident that situation would improve in the Valley soon. The students are studying at various universities in Punjab. With c...
 

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