Army man posted in JK held for killing MP woman
Chhindwara: An army subedar has been arrested for allegedly killing his 24-year-old girlfriend in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district, police said Tuesday. The incident occurred in Gubrel village falling within Lavaghoghri police station limits, an official said. Superintendent of Police Manoj Rai identified the accused as Raman Dehariya (30), an Army Subedar posted in Jammu and […]
No mandatory teaching in Hindi, says Govt
Revises draft education policy
New Delhi/Chennai: Revising its draft education policy, the Centre Monday dropped the contentious provision of compulsory teaching of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states after the three-language proposal sparked outrage, mainly in Tamil Nadu. The DMK and other parties in Tamil Nadu, which had strongly opposed the proposal in the 484-page draft National Education Policy(NEP) to […]
Doval becomes 1st NSA to be appointed for two consecutive terms
New Delhi: Ajit Doval began his second term as the National Security Advisor with an elevated stature equivalent to that of a Union Cabinet minister, according to an official order made public on Monday. A 1968-batch IPS officer who retired as Intelligence Bureau chief in 2005, Doval’s appointment is the first key posting announced by […]
Opening up: Air space restrictions by Pak to be removed
Lahore: Pakistan is likely to lift the airspace ban along its eastern border with India in reciprocation to India’s decision to remove all the temporary restrictions on all air routes in the Indian air space, a senior Pakistani government official indicated Saturday. The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday announced on Twitter: “Temporary restrictions on […]
Rajnath meets three service chiefs, holds high-level meet
New Delhi: Soon after taking charge as Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh Saturday asked the chiefs of the Army, Navy and the Air Force to prepare separate presentations on the challenges and overall functioning of their respective forces. Singh held a held a meeting with Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief […]
Despite deadlock Kartarpur corridor on Indian side to be completed by Sep
Chandigarh: The construction of the Kartarpur corridor on the Indian side will be completed by September 30, said Punjab PWD minister Vijay Inder Singla Saturday. The corridor will link the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Indian Punjab’s Gurdaspur with Gurdwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur in Pakistan. “The construction of the passage will be accomplished by […]
Pakistani diplomats will no longer enjoy special tax exemption in US
Islamabad/Washington: The US has withdrawn its special tax exemption to Pakistani diplomats, over a year after the Trump administration imposed travel restrictions on them, forcing the officials to stay within 40 kms of the city they are posted in. The Diplomatic Tax Exemption programme — usually granted to foreign diplomats and consular’s — provides sales […]
