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Registration for pilgrims to use Kartarpur corridor to begin from October 20

AMRITSAR, Oct 16 (Agencies): The registration for Kartarpur corridor is set to begin from October 20. Indian pilgrims will have to carry passport, but no visa is required. Sources told Zee Media that India and Pakistan are still holding talks over USD 20 visa fee being...

Sunni Waqf Board seeks to withdraw from Ayodhya case

NEW DELHI, Oct 16 (Agencies): In a surprising development, the Sunni Waqf Board on Wednesday sent a proposal to Supreme Court-appointed mediation panel seeking to withdraw from the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case. It is to be noted that the hearing in thi...

Arguments conclude in Ayodhya case, SC reserves verdict

NEW DELHI, Oct 16 (Agencies): The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict in Ayodhya case after hearing arguments from all the concerned parties. Today was the 40th day of hearing in the Ram Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case (Ayodhya case). The apex cou...

IAF Sukhoi Su-30MKIs, Hawk Mk 132 jets conduct exercise from six civilian airfields in Eastern India

DEHRADUN, Oct 16 (Agencies): Indian Air Force Eastern Air Command is conducting an exercise in two phases involving Sukhoi Su-30 MKI combat aircraft and Hawk Mk. 132 trainers from six airfields in its area of operations in West Bengal and the Northeastern states. The a...

Shiv Sena MP Omraje Nimbalkar attacked with knife while campaigning in Usmanabad

MUMBAI, Oct 16 (Agencies): Shiv Sena Member of Parliament Omraje Nimbalkar was on Wednesday attacked with a knife while he was campaigning in the Usamanabad district of Maharashtra. According to reports, the attacker fled from the spot soon after targeting the Sena MP...

'Concentrate less on politics, more on children': Cong to Modi

NEW DELHI, Oct 16 (Agencies): India has slipped to 102nd position in the Global Hunger Index 2019 of 117 countries, slipping from its 2018 position of 95 and behind its neighbours Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh. "Modi ji: Concentrate less on politics more on our child...

Doob maro: Modi slams those not linking Centre's Kashmir move with Maharashtra assembly polls

Akola, Oct 16 (Agencies): Hitting out at his "political opportunists," Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that there is no need to question the link between abrogation of Article 370 and assembly election in Maharashtra as Jammu and Kashmir and its people a...

Why questions directed only at us, ask Muslim parties from SC bench hearing Ayodhya case

NEW DELHI, Oct 14 (Agencies): The 38th day of hearing in the Ayodhya case ended at the Supreme Court on Monday in the presence of a Constitution Bench of Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi and Justices SA Bobde, DY Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan and Abdul Nazeer. The day...

Nirmala Sitharaman's husband hits out at Centre over slowdown, says govt in denial

NEW DELHI, Oct 14 (Agencies): Economist Parakala Prabhakar, also Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's husband, has expressed concern over economic slowdown and said the Narendra Modi-led government has not shown willingness to frame its new policies. In a column for ...

Amid arms drop to terrorists near Indo-Pak border, Home Ministry tells BSF to adopt anti-drone technology

NEW DELHI, Oct 14 (Agencies): The Union Home Ministry has asked the Border Security Force (BSF) to adopt anti-drone mechanism aimed at preventing the entry of drones at the Indian border guarded by the paramilitary force. This comes at a time when Pakistan-based terror...

45-50 terrorists including suicide bombers undergoing training at JeM camp in Balakot: Govt sources

NEW DELHI, Oct 14 (Agencies): Government sources claimed on Monday that 45-50 terrorists including suicide bombers are currently undergoing training at Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Pakistan's Balakot. It may be recalled that Indian Air Force's Mirage 2000 fighter je...

Trade, terrorism top focus on Day 1 of Modi and President Xi Jinping meeting

Mamallapuram, Oct 12 (Agencies): Trade and terrorism were the top focus on Day 1 of second India-China informal summit in the coastal town of Mamallapuram in Tamil Nadu as leaders of Asia's two largest countries - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese Preside...

Assam Rifles seizes 5 kg gold, contraband drugs from Manipur

Manipur, Oct 12 (Agencies): The troops of Assam Rifles under IGAR (South) recovered contraband drugs worth Rs 90 lakh near Khudengthabi in Tengnoupal district and 5 kg of gold worth Rs 1.9 Crores from Moreh. The troops recovered these on October 9 in two separate oper...

Benami properties of gangster Iqbal Mirchee identified, ED to start attachment process soon

MUMBAI, Oct 12 (Agencies): Two days after arresting two close aides of gangster Iqbal Mirchee, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said that it has identified several benami properties belonging to him. According to the agency, at least 10 properties belongin...

Naseeruddin Shah on mob violence; ‘Open hate is disturbing'

MUMBAI, Oct 12 (Agencies): Actor Naseeruddin Shah on Saturday said he stands by his remarks on mob violence incidents and is disturbed by "open hate" in the society. Last year, the 69-year-old veteran had said that at many places the death of a cow was being given mor...

Police nabs three criminals following encounter in Moradabad

Moradabad, Oct 12 (Agencies): The city police nabbed three criminals following an encounter on Saturday. One of three criminals sustained a leg injury during the crossfire. "We received information that some people are planning a robbery in the Mundha Pande area over ...

Women exempted from odd-even scheme, no relief for CNG cars: Delhi Govt

NEW DELHI, Oct 12 (Agencies): Women will be exempted from the odd-even road rationing scheme which is set to return in the national capital for the third time from November 4-15, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced on Saturday. Unlike previous occasions, privatel...

PM will inaugurate Kartarpur Corridor on Nov 8: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

NEW DELHI, Oct 12 (Agencies): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 4.5-km-long Kartarpur Corridor, linking the Darbar Sahib Gurdwara in Dera Baba Nanak to the Kartarpur Sahib shrine in Pakistan, on November 8. This was announced by Union Minister Harsimra...

After Annam lamp and Thanjavur painting, PM Modi gifts hand-woven silk portrait to President Xi Jinping

CHENNAI, Oct 12 (Agencies): On Day 2 of India-China informal summit in Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu, Chinese President Xi Jinping was gifted a hand-woven portrait of his by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The portrait was painstakingly created by the weavers in Sirumugaipu...

Cong releases manifesto; promises sops for farmers, women

NEW DELHI, Oct 11 (Agencies): The Congress on Friday released its poll manifesto for the Haryana assembly polls, promising loan waiver for farmers and reservation for women in government jobs. Describing it as 'Sankalp Patra', the party in the manifesto promised 33 pe...

7 dead as bus mows down sleeping pilgrims in UP's Bulandshahr

NEW DELHI, Oct 11 (Agencies): Seven people - four women and three children of a family - were mowed down by a speeding bus in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh early on Friday. The victims, who were on a pilgrimage, were sleeping on the roadside when the bus crus...

Delhi court issues production warrant against P Chidambaram in INX Media case

NEW DELHI, Oct 11 (Agencies): A Delhi special court on Friday issued a production warrant against former Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram for October 14 in the INX Media alleged corruption case. Special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar issued the warrant for C...

BJP candidate in Haryana is seeking votes with a shoe on his head

HARYANA, Oct 11 (Agencies): Jagdish Nayar, the BJP candidate from Hodal (reserved) constituency in Palwal district of Haryana, is seeking votes for the October 21 Assembly elections by placing a shoe on his head. The reason: he is trying to pacify a community that is ...

Suspects involved in attack on woman journalist injured in police encounter

NEW DELHI, Oct 11 (Agencies): Two criminals, suspected to be involved in an attack on a woman journalist in Delhi in September, were injured in a police encounter on Friday. The two suspects have been identified as Anil and Arun, both aged 26. The encounter between De...

Sonia sets up coordination committee ahead of Haryana, Maharashtra polls; first meeting on Friday

NEW DELHI, Oct 11 (Agencies):> Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has set up a coordination committee to chalk out strategies for the party ahead of the Assembly elections in Maharastra and Harayana. The committee's first meeting is scheduled for Friday at the Con...

Rajnath Singh on criticism over Rafale 'shastra puja'

‘This is our faith, people can say whatever they want’
NEW DELHI, Oct 11 (Agencies): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who arrived in India from France visit on Thursday night, responded to Opposition's criticism over performing Rafale 'shastra puja' and said that he did what he thought was "right". Singh was in France for...

Modi welcomes Xi Jinping in Mamallapuram

CHENNAI, Oct 11 (Agencies): Prime Miniter Narendra Modi on Friday welcomed Chinese President Xi Jinping in Mamallapuram, Chennai. Xi will visit three iconic monuments of Mamallapuram, including Arjuna's Penance, Panch Rathas and the Shore temple. Later on, the two lea...
 

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