In a major embarrassment to the Congress, a senior party leader was caught on camera touching a woman, allegedly in an inappropriate manner, during Independence day function in Karnataka’s Madikeri. Former president of Madikeri Congress unit and current Chairman of the Silk Board TP Ramesh was seen attempting to hold MLC Veena Achaiah’s hand in full public view. “We are […]
» Read moreIndia on Friday welcomed the United States’ decision to designate Kashmiri terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen as a foreign terrorist organisation and said it reflected the joint commitment of the two countries to firmly deal with terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. “We welcome the designation of the Hizbul Mujahideen that has been responsible for carrying out heinous acts of […]
» Read moreThe National Investigation Agency arrested Valley’s known businessman Zahoor Ahmad Watali on Thursday afternoon “in connection with funding of terrorist and separatist activities” in Jammu and Kashmir. “Watali is being questioned by the NIA officials regarding the incriminating financial transaction details and property-related records seized during searches on Wednesday,” said an NIA spokesman. He will be produced before the special […]
» Read morePresident Ram Nath Kovind will make a day-long trip to Leh next Monday to honour the 14 Corps of the Army headquartered in Ladakh, amid the stand-off between Indian and Chinese troops in Doklam and just days after they clashed in the Ladakh region. Mr. Kovind will present the Presidential Colours, a rare military honour, to the infantry unit of […]
» Read moreTop commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed in an ambush in south Kashmir’s Pulwama on Wednesday, as two recently injured security personnel succumbed to their injuries. Muhammad Ayub Lone alias Ayub Lelhari was killed in an ambush laid on the Pulwama-Srinagar stretch. Police sources said Lelhari, who was “No.1 LeT local militant” from Pulwama, was spotted travelling in a […]
» Read more‘Indira Canteen’, aimed at serving the poor at subsidised rates, was inaugurated in Bengaluru on Wednesday by Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. Mr. Gandhi, who had the first breakfast at the canteen in Jayanagar, said ‘Indira Canteens’ would serve the migrants who came to Bengaluru with a dream to build something. “No person in Bengaluru should ever go hungry and […]
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