Category: India

Senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan on Sunday launched a scathing attack against fellow party MP Shashi Tharoor, declaring that the Thiruvananthapuram parliamentarian will not be invited to any Congress events in the state capital until he changes his position on national security matters.Muraleedharan, a prominent figure in the…

NEW DELHI: Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Sunday expressed his confidence in Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)’s probe into AI 171 crash, urging people to avoid “jumping to conclusions” till the final report was out. He also questioned the coverage of the crash probe by the Western media houses pointing out…

Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, left, and YSRCP MP PV Midhun Reddy NEW DELHI: Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has been named as a recipient of alleged kickbacks in a Rs 3,500 crore liquor scam, according to a chargesheet filed by the state police. The 305-page document,…

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra agriculture minister Manikrao Kokate has dismissed NCP(SP) Rohit Pawar’s claim that he was playing rummy in the assembly, clarifying that it was solitaire, an app he said may have been downloaded by a staffer, and had actually opened YouTube to check on lower house proceedings.“Rohit Pawar has become addicted to playing rummy….

NEW DELHI: A brief exchange of fire took place between terrorists and security forces in the Khankoo forest area of Kishtwar district on Sunday, officials said.The encounter broke out when security forces, including police and the Indian Army, launched a cordon and search operation following reports of suspected terrorist movement between Dachhan and Nagseni areas.Officials…

NEW DELHI: The family of Ranjit Singh, a senior safety officer from Jammu and Kashmir abducted during a terror attack in Niger’s Dosso region, has appealed to the Indian government for urgent intervention to secure his safe return. Singh, a resident of Chakka Kundi village in Ramban district, was working for Transrail, a transmission line…

J&K CM Omar Abdullah (PTI) NEW DELHI: Two Indian nationals were killed and another, Ranjeet Singh from Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, was abducted in a terror attack in Niger’s Dosso region on Tuesday. The attack took place when unidentified armed assailants ambushed a Nigerien army unit guarding an electrical line construction project, according to…

J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Chief minister Omar Abdullah has made a sharp and clear demand for the immediate restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, asserting it as a “fundamental right” of its people and warning against any half-measures like a “hybrid system” where key powers remain with the Centre.In a…

NEW DELHI: Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel intensified his attack on the Adani Group, alleging that Enforcement Directorate’s arrest of his son, Chaitanya, was a deliberate move to silence those who speak out against the conglomerate.“I got the permission to meet my son for 30 minutes. There is no case against him… This is…

CCTV cameras at the hospital showed the gangsters pulling out their guns, loading the weapons, opening the cabin’s door and then escaping. They killed Chandan Mishra. NEW DELHI: The main accused has been detained in Bihar’s Paras hospital murder case, where five gunmen walked into the room and shot a man who was undergoing treatment.Bihar…