Etawah: Reiterating that Ram temple will be constructed in Ayodhya, Vishva Hindu Parishad has claimed that over 10,000 seers will participate in Sant Sammelan, to be organised here in December. VHP Kanpur division in-charge Awadesh Bhadauriya and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manish Yadav Patre here on Sunday said that VHP will organise a Sant […]
Shahjahanpur (UP): A pregnant woman was allegedly strangled to death on a train for objecting to a co-passenger smoking, a senior GRP official said. On Friday night, Chinat Devi (45) was travelling with her family in the general bogey of Punjab-Bihar Jallianwala Express when she objected to a co-passenger, identified as Sonu Yadav, smoking, GRP […]
New Delhi: In a departure from India’s stand on engaging the Taliban, New Delhi has announced it would participate at a “non-official” level, sending two former senior diplomats to attend talks on the Afghanistan peace process to be held in Russia on Thursday, The Hindu said. It said the talks, known as the “Moscow format” will include a “high-level” […]
Srinagar: CBI Director Alok Verma Friday appeared before a panel headed by Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary and countered the corruption charges levelled against him by his deputy and special director in the probe agency Rakesh Asthana for the second consecutive day, officials said. Verma is understood to have given point-wise refusal to all the […]
Raipur: Four civilians and a CISF jawan were killed when suspected Naxals detonated a bus with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Thursday, four days ahead of the first phase of elections in the state, police said. Two personnel of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) were also injured in the […]
Srinagar: A Pakistan Army soldier was killed in “unprovoked firing” from Indian troops on the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistan media reports quoting a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Thursday. Sepoy Zaheer Ahmed was killed in the Thub sector of the LoC. He belonged to village Sultan Pur in Bhimber district and is […]
Srinagar: Incarcerated Dr Aafia Siddiqui has penned a letter addressed to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan pleading her innocence and calling for him to help in her release, Express Tribune reported. Siddiqui has been behind bars since 2010 on charges of attempted murder and mounting an assault on US military personnel and is serving an 86-year sentence at […]
Srinagar: Bulandshahr’s Amargarh village grew tense after a group of local residents allegedly objected to the height of a minaret being constructed near a mosque, claiming it was a threat to their lives. They have demanded that the structure either be demolished or its height be brought down to half. The district administration and police […]
Islamabad: The National Accountability court (NAB) on Tuesday extended the transit remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President and Opposition Leader in the National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif until November 10. NAB produced Shahbaz before Accountability Judge Mohammad Bashir as the transit remand extended by the court on Oct 31, expired, Dawn reported. The anti-corruption […]
Srinagar: Muslims will no longer be able to perform prayers at the mosque located inside the compound of India’s national landmark Taj Mahal, except on Fridays when the mosque is only open to locals, due to a decision by the Archeological Survey of India (ASI). According to the Times of India daily, ASI officials said […]
