Doval tasked with quelling communal riots in Delhi as 22 killed
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi tasked National Security Advisor Ajit Doval with the mandate to restore normalcy in riot-hit North East Delhi where 24 people have been killed in communal violence as concerns grew over inept handling of the situation by Delhi Police, officials said on Wednesday. Immediately after visiting US President Donald Trump […]
Pak military acted with restraint after IAF’s Balakot strike: Imran Khan
Islamabad: Pakistan had prior intelligence that India planned some form of belligerence following the Pulwama attack, Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday as he lauded the military for “acting with restraint” after IAF jets bombed a major terror training camp in Balakot. The Indian Air Force jets bombed a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Balakot […]
Delhi violence ‘chilling reminder’ of 2002 Gujarat riots: Yechury
New Delhi: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday said the violence in Delhi is a “chilling reminder” of the 2002 Gujarat riots and the only way to restore peace and normalcy in the capital is by calling in the Army. In a joint press conference with CPI general secretary D Raja, Yechury claimed that […]
Delhi violence like horror film on anti-Sikh riots: Shiv Sena
Mumbai: Observing that the violence in Delhi is akin to a “horror film” depicting the grim reality of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the Shiv Sena on Wednesday said the “bloodbath” has brought disrepute to the national capital like never before while US President Donald Trump was in India with the “message of love”. The editorial […]
Shaheen Bagh: Court to pass order on Mar 2 on Brinda Karat’s plea for FIR against Thakur, Verma
New Delhi: A Delhi court will pass order on March 2 on whether to lodge FIR against Union minister Anurag Thakur and his BJP colleague and MP Parvesh Verma for their alleged hate speech in relation to anti-CAA protest at Shaheen Bagh. Delhi Police told Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja that prima facie no […]
NIA conducts raids in connection with Jan 31 Nagrota encounter
Srinagar: A fortnight after having been handed over the case, the National Investigation Agency on Wednesday raided seven places in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district in connection with a probe into an encounter along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway last month that left three JeM militants killed, officials said here. The officials said the raids were conducted […]
Law & order situation in J&K satisfactory: DGP
Jammu: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Wednesday said the law-and-order situation in Jammu and Kashmir was “good and satisfactory”, adding that the people in the two regions were cooperating with the security agencies. Singh said Kishtwar in Jammu region would be free of militancy again as only a “couple of militants” were active […]
SC seeks J&K admin’s response on plea against Mehbooba Mufti’s detention under PSA
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday sought response of the Jammu and Kashmir administration on a plea challenging former J-K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s detention under the Public Safety Act. Mufti was arrested moments after the Rajya Sabha passed the law to bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories (UTs) in August last year […]
Srinagar airport security handed over to CISF
Srinagar: The security of the strategic Srinagar international airport in Kashmir was on Wednesday taken over by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), six weeks after a Deputy Superintendent of Police posted there was caught ferrying militants out of the valley. According to officials, the process of the CISF taking over the airport security was […]
