National & International

 Press Trust of India

HR activist AhsanUntoo detained in Delhi

New Delhi: Delhi Police Friday detained Kashmiri human rights activist Mohammed AhsanUntoo when he was about to enter Pakistan High Commission, officials said. Untoo, who runs an organisation International Forum of Justice and Human Rights, had been invited among others, including separatists, from the militancy-hit Jammu and Kashmir by the High Commission to attend the […]

 Press Trust of India

Police claims arrest of close aide of Pulwama mastermind

New Delhi: Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative Sajjad Khan, a close aide of Pulwama attack mastermind Mudasir Khan was arrested by the police here, officials said on Friday. They said Sajjad Ahmed Khan (27), a resident of Pulwama is also suspected to be involved in the conspiracy of Pulwama attacks. Sajjad, who was arrested near the LajpatRai […]

 Press Trust of India

Court remands arrested youth to NIA custody till Mar 29

New Delhi: A Delhi court Friday sent alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed operative Sajjad Khan, a close aide of Pulwama attack mastermind Muddasir, to NIA custody till March 29. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had sought his custody for 10 days from Additional Sessions Judge RakeshSyal. Advocate M S Khan, appearing for Sajjad Khan, opposed the agency’s demand. […]

 Press Trust of India

India signals to boycott China’s Belt and Road Forum

India signals to boycott China’s Belt and Road Forum

Beijing: India on Wednesday signalled that it will boycott China’s second Belt and Road Forum for a second time, saying no country can participate in an initiative that ignores its core concerns on sovereignty and territorial integrity. India boycotted the first Belt and Road Forum (BRF) in 2017 after protesting to Beijing over the controversial […]

 Press Trust of India

Pak SC Chief Justice constitutes larger bench to define ‘terrorism’

Islamabad: Pakistan will soon have a definition to the word ‘terrorism’. This was decided by Supreme Court Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa on Wednesday when he constituted a seven-member bench to determine the definition of ‘terrorism’ and the cases that fall within the category, Pakistani media reported. The apex court’s decision comes amid intense pressure […]

 Press Trust of India

1 crore jobs lost while Modi was busy marketing himself: Rahul

Imphal/Khumulwng: Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday lacerated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP for “destroying” one crore jobs and unleashing “politics of division and hatred”, insisting while these were happening the PM was busy “marketing” himself. Addressing election rallies in Manipur capital Imphal and Khumulwng in Tripura in the Northeast, where his party’s last […]

 Press Trust of India

Rahul urges people to wage ‘ideological battle’ against BJP

Khumulwng, (Tripura): Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday urged people to wage an “ideological battle” against what he called was “politics of division and hatred” unleashed by the BJP. Addressing a public rally at the Khumpui Academy Grounds near Agartala in Tripura, Gandhi said that unlike the BJP, the Congress follows the policy of love, unity […]

 Press Trust of India

Illegal hoardings: HC directs BJP corporator to pay Rs 24 lakh

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed a BJP corporator to pay Rs 24 lakh compensation in connection with an attack on a civic squad for removing illegal hoardings put up by him and his associates last year. A bench of Justices A S Oka and M S Sanklecha directed Murji Patel, the corporator […]

 Press Trust of India

Mayawati not to contest LS polls

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati Wednesday announced that she will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, but kept open the option of fighting a parliamentary by-election later. “In view of the present circumstances and the need of the country and the interests of the party, the movement and the public, it is the […]

 Press Trust of India

Nirav Modi arrested in UK; court remands him in custody till March 29

London: Nirav Modi, the main accused in the USD 2 billion PNB scam case, has been arrested in London where a court on Wednesday remanded the fugitive diamantaire in custody till March 29, saying there substantial grounds to believe that he would fail to surrender if granted bail. “Nirav Deepak Modi, 48, was arrested on […]