Added on March 17, 2019 Press Trust of India

Modi was posing for cameras at the time of Pulwama attack: Rahul

Dehradun: Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched his party’s campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Uttarakhand on Saturday, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi was posing for cameras at the Corbett National Park for a documentary when CRPF jawans were being killed in Pulwama. At a rally here, in which BJP veteran and former Uttarakhand […]

Added on March 17, 2019 Press Trust of India

After death of BJP MLA, Cong stakes claim to form govt in Goa

Panaji: The Congress Saturday staked claim to form government in Goa claiming that the Manohar Parrikar dispensation has lost its majority in the Assembly following the demise of BJP MLA Francis D’Souza. In a letter to Goa Governor Mridula Sinha, Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar staked claim to form the government and demanded dismissal of […]

Added on March 17, 2019 Press Trust of India

BJP to miss ‘star campaigner’ Parrikar during polls in Goa

Panaji: Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who was among the leaders that spearheaded the BJP’s poll campaign since 1994 in the state, is likely to stay away from the heat and dust of electioneering for Lok Sabha polls this time. Parrikar’s contribution to the party’s victory in Lok Sabha and assembly elections over the […]

Added on March 16, 2019 Press Trust of India

Kartarpur corridor: Pak puts restrictions on number of pilgrims, BJP angered

Chandigarh: Punjab BJP chief Shwait Malik Friday lashed out at Pakistan for trying to put restrictions on number of pilgrims visiting the historic Sikh shrine in Kartarpur. India had on Thursday sought visa-free access for 5,000 pilgrims per day to the Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan during a meeting between officials of the two countries. […]

Added on March 16, 2019 Press Trust of India

Failed Azhar listing: In 2009 India was alone, in 2019 we have the world with us: Sushma Swaraj

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Friday said the leaders who term China’s blocking of banning JeM chief Masood Azhar at the UN a “diplomatic failure” must see that India was alone when the move was first made in 2009 under the UPA rule, while it has worldwide support in 2019. Her remarks came […]

Added on March 16, 2019 Press Trust of India

Petitioner who wants Muslims be sent to Pakistan faces SC’s ire

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday took to task a petitioner whose PIL had sought that all Indian Muslims be sent to Pakistan and the Hindus there be brought to India. Pulling up Sangat Singh Chauhan, who had moved the PIL, the bench of Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman and Justice Vineet Saran said that […]

Added on March 16, 2019 Press Trust of India

MES electrician spying for Pakistan ‘held’ in Punjab

Amritsar: The Punjab Police Friday claimed to have arrested an electrician of the Military Engineer Services (MES) for allegedly passing on sensitive military information to a Pakistan-based intelligence operative. Ram Kumar, presently living in Jalandhar, was arrested by the intelligence wing of the police, according to a statement issued by the police. Police said Kumar, […]

Added on March 15, 2019 Press Trust of India

Failed Azhar listing: BJP puts blame on Congress

Hitting back at the Congress, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday said first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was the “original sinner” who favoured China over India for permanent membership into the United Nation Security Council. This comes within hours of Congress President Rahul Gandhi terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “weak” and “scared” of Chinese President […]

Added on March 15, 2019 Press Trust of India

Rahul terms PM Modi as weak, says he is scared of Xi

As China again blocked a UN resolution to designate JeM chief a global terrorist, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Thursday hit out at Prime Minster Narendra Modi, saying he was weak and scared of Chinese President Xi Jinping. The Congress chief attacked the prime minister and said he had not spoken on China blocking the resolution […]

Added on March 15, 2019 Press Trust of India

Azhar stayed in Ashok, Janpath hotels in Delhi, visited Deoband, Lucknow in 1994

New Delhi: A hotel in Delhi’s posh Chanakyapuri area, which houses the diplomatic enclave, was the first stop of Masood Azhar, the founder of Jaish-e-Mohammad, when he first arrived in India in January 1994 and dodged immigration officials’ queries about his Portugese passport by claiming he was a “Gujarati by birth”. The Pakistan-based militant, who […]

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