Students create a large charcoal portrait of former PM Vajpayee on his birth anniversary in Moradabad, Thursday Atal Bihari Vajpayee was not only a politician and Prime Minister, he was the conscience-keeper of India’s democracy and a statesman who taught the nation how to combine courage with compassion, conviction with inclusiveness, and nationalism with humanity….
NEW DELHI: It is justice by “sixth sense”. While going through bail petition of a rape convict, Supreme Court got the sense this was a consenting relationship that turned sour and resulted in conviction and a 10-year prison term for the man. It then decided to tread a different path for adjudicating the case. It…
File photo: Union home minister Amit Shah (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday called for a countrywide upgrade of the anti-terror infrastructure with the creation of an “impenetrable anti-terrorism grid” to protect coming generations from evolving threats and a common anti-terror squad (ATS) structure across states. Inaugurating the ‘Anti-Terrorism…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP has won its first mayoral election in Kerala, with its state secretary V V Rajesh being elected to the top post of Thiruvananthapuram municipal corporation in polls held for mayors and deputy mayors in six civic bodies in the state on Friday.Rajesh, an advocate, has been active in politics for more than two…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana high court has ordered that a man convicted of raping and murdering a five-year-old girl remain behind bars for 30 years without remission, holding that his incarceration must continue until he nears loss of “virility” to prevent further sexual crimes.“To save other children and women, the convict must remain within the…
Stone sculpture recovered from Jhelum river handed over to archaeology dept (Picture credit: IANS) SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday handed over a stone sculpture of goddess Durga, recovered by a fisherman from the Jhelum river in Baramulla district, to the department of archives, archaeology and museums.Police said, fisherman Nazir Ahmad Latoo informed Sheeri…
File photo: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (Picture credit: ANI) SRINAGAR: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq removed on Thursday his designation as Hurriyat Conference chairman from his social media handle, blaming the move on “pressure” from J&K authorities and calling it a “Hobson’s choice”.“For some time now, I was being pressed by the authorities to make changes to my…
NEW DELHI: First death anniversary of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was marked on Friday with leaders paying tributes across the country.Manmohan Singh, who served as Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014, passed away last year at the age of 92.Leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi paid tribute, saying Singh’s decisions helped the poor and underprivileged,…
Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin (IANS) NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Friday accused the BJP of attempting to sow religious divisions in the state, claiming that the communal harmony in Tamil Nadu “irritates” the party. Addressing a government function, he said, “People of Tamil Nadu are, however, very cautious. The…
Mehbooba Mufti; MK Stalin NEW DELHI: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday lost her cool with a journalist who asked her to speak in Urdu instead of Kashmiri, which the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was using at the time.As soon as she began her press conference in Kashmiri at the…