RAIPUR: A sessions court in Chhattisgarh’s Durg disposed of Wednesday the bail pleas of two Kerala-based Catholic nuns arrested for alleged human trafficking and forced religious conversion, citing lack of jurisdiction. The court directed the petitioners to approach the designated NIA court in Bilaspur for relief.Nuns Preethi Merry and Vandana Francis, along with tribal youth…
NEW DELHI: BJP Lok Sabha members on Wednesday raised questions over the conduct of former PM Indira Gandhi during the 1971 war with Pakistan, claiming she had “literally begged” then US President Richard Nixon’s to intervene.In a letter to Speaker Om Birla, BJP MP Nishikant Dubey accused LoP Rahul Gandhi of using “distorted and inaccurate…
NEW DELHI: “I am proud to say, no Hindu can ever be a terrorist,” Union home minister Amit Shah declared in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, hitting out at Congress for manufacturing the thesis of “saffron terror” to malign majority community as part of its politics of appeasement.“They tried to give terrorism a religious colour for…
PUNE: Police in Pune filed an FIR on Wednesday against six named people and four to five unidentified “accomplices” after a retired Kargil War veteran’s family alleged they were coerced into proving Indian citizenship during a late-night raid involving 30 to 40 people. No arrests have been made yet, according to ACP Manoj Patil.Hakimuddin Shaikh,…
NEW DELHI: When he lashed out at India for not lowering tariffs for American businesses, US President Donald Trump undercut the claim he has incessantly made: that on May 10, the Modi govt caved in to his threat of not doing trade with India if it did not pause Operation Sindoor against Pakistan. He had…
Nasa’s deputy associate administrator Casey Swails, in presence of Isro chairman V Narayanan, addresses scientists after successful launch of GSLV-F16 NEW DELHI: The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) programme cost the US and India over $1.5 billion. But there is an important question to be asked: What was the need for such a huge investment…
NEW DELHI: The successful launch of the world’s most expensive and unique earth observation satellite NISAR, jointly developed by US and Indian scientists over a decade, has given a big push to Indo-US space cooperation and has been hailed as a milestone in space collaboration between the two countries under the leadership of US President…
JAMMU: Two govt teachers from Udhampur lost their lives after being swept away by flash floods in Jammu’s Ramban district, while heavy rains prompted the authorities to announce the closure of all govt and private schools in Poonch and Rajouri districts on Wednesday. Inclement weather in J&K also forced the Amarnath Yatra to be halted…
JAMMU: Soldiers gunned down two terrorists early Wednesday during a fierce gunfight near the LoC in Poonch district of J&K, foiling an infiltration attempt based on joint intelligence inputs from military and police sources.The shooting started after troops spotted suspicious movement in a forested area close to the LoC. “The operation was based on credible…
JAMMU: A Kashmir-based overground worker was arrested with arms and ammunition in Jammu’s Nagota late Tuesday. Nagrota Police registered an FIR against him under the Arms Act and launched an investigation to trace the origin and intended use of the weapons.The suspect, Azan Hameed Gazi from Hilalabad, Qamarwari, in Srinagar, was travelling from Jammu towards…