Pakistan’s provincial KP government to buy ancestral houses of Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar
Peshawar, Sep 27 (PTI) The provincial government in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has decided to purchase the ancestral houses of legendary Bollywood actors Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar to conserve the historic buildings which are in dilapidated condition and facing demolition threat. The Department of Archaeology in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province has decided to allocate sufficient funds for purchasing […]
Ladakh group withdraws call for boycotting autonomous body polls in Leh
New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) An influential organisation of Ladakh Sunday withdrew its call for a boycott of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council polls in Leh after the Centre assured its demands for protection of local language, jobs, land and demography will be considered positively. Union Home Minister Amit Shah also assured a delegation […]
Plea in SC to debar persons on trial in serious offence cases from contesting elections
New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking to debar persons, against whom charges have been framed in serious offences, from contesting elections. The PIL, which is likely to come up for hearing in the coming days, sought a direction to the Centre and the Election Commission of […]
Gunfight breaks out in Samboora Pulwama
Pulwama, Sep 27: A gunfight broke out between militants and security forces in Samboora village in Pampore belt of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday. An official said that a joint team of Police, army’s 50 RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation on specific information about the presence of militants in the […]
Militants hide in bunkers under toilet, seasonal streams to evade security forces
Srinagar, Sep 27 (PTI) A false cavity under an Indian toilet or planting a steel box beneath a seasonal nullah or taking refuge in man-made cavities is a new trend emerging among militant groups to play hide-and-seek with security forces after their stay with the local population turned out to be a high risk. Police […]
India-Pak troops exchange fire along IB in Samba
Jammu, Sept 27 (PTI) Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged fire for nearly 30 minutes after the Border Security Force (BSF) picked up suspicious movement along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. No one was injured in the firing which started around 11.45 pm on Saturday in Mangu […]
BJP’s oldest ally SAD quits NDA over farm bills
Chandigarh, Sep 27 (PTI) The Shiromani Akali Dal on Saturday quit the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over the farm bills issue, the third major party to walk out of the BJP-led coalition in the last couple of years. SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal announced the decision to snap ties with the NDA on Saturday night, […]
India’s COVID-19 caseload nears 60 lakh; recoveries cross 49 lakh
New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) India’s COVID-19 caseload neared 60 lakh with 88,600 fresh infections being reported on Sunday, while the number of people having recuperated from the disease crossed 49 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 82.46 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 59,92,532, while […]
Jaswant Singh dies, PM Modi pays tribute
New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) Former Union minister Jaswant Singh, a close associate of ex-prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, died here on Sunday following a long spell of illness. He was 82. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other top BJP leaders paid rich tributes to Singh, saying that he served India diligently and will be […]
Include us in decision-making structures of UN: PM Modi
United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday questioned for how long will India, the world’s largest democracy and home to 1.3 billion people, be kept out of the decision-making structures of the United Nations, asserting that reform in the responses, processes and in the very character of the global body is the “need of […]
