NEW DELHI: Delhi HC has sought NIA’s response on a plea by former Popular Front of India chief E Abubacker, arrested in a terror case in 2022, seeking permission for treatment at a private hospital of his choice at his expense and alleging a “disastrous” experience during his current stay at AIIMS, Delhi. Abubacker alleged…
PM Modi with BJP’s Mithun Chakraborty during a rally in Kolkata on Saturday KOLKATA: Chun-chun ke hisab liya jayega (One by one, everyone will be held accountable),” PM Modi said at BJP’s Brigade Parade Ground rally here on Saturday, calling for “change” at state secretariat Nabanna in upcoming polls. He touched on BJP’s key themes,…
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court has directed authorities in Budaun not to interfere with prayers being offered in a mosque located on a private property. In its Feb 25 directive, published recently, a division bench comprising Justices Shekhar B Saraf and Vivek Saran agreed with a view taken previously by a coordinate bench that there…
PRAYAGRAJ: Rejecting an Uttar Pradesh govt order restricting the number of people offering prayers at a mosque in Sambhal district due to law and order issues, the Allahabad high court has said the SP and collector should either resign or seek transfers if they feel they are not competent enough to enforce the rule of…
CHENNAI: Tamil poet and lyricist Vairamuthu has been chosen for the country’s highest literary award, Jnanpith, for the year 2025. He is only the third Tamil litterateur to be chosen for this award. after Akilan (1975) and Jayakanthan (2002). However, he is the first to receive the award for Tamil poetry; the other two got…
SRINAGAR: J&K CM Omar Abdullah and former CM Mehbooba Mufti Saturday found rare common ground on the issue of release of environmentalist Sonam Wangchuk and the situation in Iran.Omar said the war “imposed on the people of Iran” should end immediately. “We want this unjust war forced on the people of Iran to end,” he…
SRINAGAR: The Centre’s decision to revoke National Security Act (NSA) against climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and release him removes the “anti-national” stigma from Ladakh people’s struggle for statehood and Sixth Schedule status, Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) said Saturday.The region’s two key politico-religious groups called the move, however, an “incomplete” step…
JAMMU: J&K police have constituted a seven-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe the assassination attempt on former CM and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah during a marriage function in Jammu on March 11.The SIT, ordered by inspector general of police Bhim Sen Tuti, will be headed by the DIG (Jammu-Samba-Kathua Range) Shiv Kumar Sharma.On…
JAMMU: A junior commissioned officer (JCO) died Saturday following a slip in the challenging and rugged terrain of Jammu & Kashmir’s Poonch district during the anti-insurgency Operation Sheri Kalan, an army spokesperson said.“…Subedar Sandeep Kumar Dhaka slipped and fell on the ground and subsequently became unresponsive. Despite determined medical efforts to revive him, the gallant…
JAMMU: A Pakistani drone was spotted over three villages in Ramgarh sector near international border in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Samba district late on Friday, triggering a cordon and search operation in the area early on Saturday amid the possibility that weapons or narcotics had been airdropped again.On Thursday and Friday, security forces recovered over 3.5…
