Pahalgam attack: US urges India, Pak to de-escalate tensions
Backs New Delhi’s fight against terrorism New Delhi: The US has urged India and Pakistan to work together to de-escalate tensions over the Pahalgam terror attack as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held separate talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to emphasise on maintaining “peace and security” […]
Ties with Pak will never improve until peoples’ govt is elected there: Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar: Terming Pakistan as a “failed state”, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Thursday said relations between New Delhi and Islamabad would never improve until a peoples’ government is elected in the neighbouring country. Speaking to reporters after a party event at the NC headquarters here, he also said the people of Pakistan want friendship […]
NC stands firm with nation on eradication of terrorism: CM’s Advisor
Jammu: Advisor to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Nasir Aslam Wani, on Thursday condemned terrorism in the strongest terms and said the National Conference stands firmly with the nation and fully supports the Centre’s measures to eradicate terrorism. He was speaking at a function to observe International Labour Day at Sher-e-Kashmir Bhawan in Jammu, where the […]
EC to seek death details digitally for more accurate electoral rolls
New Delhi: In a bid to update voters’ list at a faster pace and make it free of errors, the Election Commission will now obtain death registration data electronically from the Registrar General of India. The EC said on Thursday this will ensure that the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) receive timely information about registered deaths […]
Tahawwur Rana may give info on LeT’s ongoing, future terror plans: NIA to court
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency has informed a Delhi court that Mumbai attack accused Tahawwur Rana could spill the beans on the ongoing and future terror plans of outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba and its chief Hafiz Saeed for India. The agency said it on April 28 while seeking Rana’s custody before special NIA judge Chander Jit […]
SC refuses to hear PIL over Pahalgam attack
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the petitioners and refused to hear their PIL seeking a judicial probe into the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir in which 26 people were killed. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh castigated the petitioners for seeking a retired […]
Right time for create in India, create for world: PM Modi at ‘WAVES’
Mumbai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that technology was playing an increasingly important role in the lives of the people and urged content creators to build a more compassionate future by using art forms such as music, dance and storytelling. “Humans should not be turned into robots. We need to make them more […]
NIA chief Sadanand Date visits Pahalgam terror attack site
Pahalgam: The chief of National Investigation Agency (NIA), Sadanand Date, on Thursday inspected the site of April 22 terror attack at Baisaran here, officials said. Date also had discussion with senior officials of the anti-terror agency probing the case, they said. The NIA had on April 27 taken over the terrorist attack case in which […]
Election authorities order probe as Pak national sent back claims he voted in India
Srinagar: Election authorities in Baramulla district have ordered a detailed inquiry and registration of an FIR after a Pakistani national, who was repatriated to his native country in the wake Pahalgam terror attack, claimed that he voted in India during his 17-year stay in the country. “A detailed enquiry has been ordered, and instructions have […]
Top Congress leaders to discuss Pahalgam attack, caste census at CWC meet
New Delhi: Top Congress leaders will deliberate on the Pahalgam terror attack and the caste census announced by the Centre at a crucial meeting of the party’s working committee, its highest decision-making body, on Friday evening. Party general secretary Jairam Ramesh told reporters that the entire Congress Working Committee (CWC) would sit and discuss the […]
