New Delhi, Sep 17 (PTI) President Ram Nath Kovind led the nation today in paying final tributes to Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, hero of 1965 India-Pakistan war and the only Air Force officer to be promoted to five-star rank. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman laid a wreath on […]

Dabhoi (Gujarat), Sep 17 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the Sardar Sarovar Dam on the Narmada river, saying no other project in the world has faced so many hurdles as this “engineering miracle” which many people had “conspired to stop”. He also said that the dam, conceptualised nearly six […]

  In an extra ordinary General Body meeting of Gurjar Desh Charitable Trust held today here at Jammu, the members of the Trust unanimously elected Ch. Abdul Hamid, a renowned young entrepreneur and a prominent social worker, as new Chairman of Gurjar Desh Charitable Trust. While as, Ch. Mohammed Hanief […]

Srinagar, Sep 16 (PTI) A Congress panel headed by former prime minister Manmohan Singh today asked the centre and Jammu and Kashmir government to keep the dialogue route with separatists open. The party delegation is on a two-day visit to Kashmir to attend a series of meetings on the current situation […]

New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) India today hit back at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for raking up the Kashmir issue at the UN, saying the grouping has no locus standi to comment on its internal affairs. In a strong reaction to a statement made by Pakistan on behalf […]

Guwahati, Sep 13 (PTI) Krishak Mukti Sangram Samittee leader Akhil Gogoi has been apprehended today in Dibrugarh district on the charge of instigating people to take up arms against the government at a meeting yesterday, police said. The public meeting at was organised to protest against various issues like Citizenship Amendment […]

Jaipur, Sep 13 (PTI) The Rajasthan government and representatives of farmers, who have blocked several roads in Sikar demanding implementation of the Swaminathan Committee’s recommendations and crop loan waiver, will hold third round of talks tomorrow here. The talks on Thursday are aimed at ending the 13-day long protest, Akhil Bharatiya […]

Chennai, Sep 12 (PTI) The AIADMK’s top policy making body today showed the door to incarcerated interim general secretary VK Sasikala, removing her from the post and declaring all appointments made by her as invalid. The General Council meet also did away with the powerful General Secretary post, adopting resolutions […]

Patna, Sep 12 (PTI) RJD chief Lalu Prasad today said he will not rest till FIRs are lodged against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi in the alleged Srijan scam. Attacking the two leaders, he alleged that that the scam was in the knowledge of […]

Gandhinagar, Sep 11 (PTI) In a first, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe would take part in a road show in Ahmedabad in Gujarat on September 13 when the latter begins his visit. The eight-km-long road show would start from the Ahmedabad airport and culminate at […]