Modi to chair CCS meet on Friday
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) will meet here on Friday to discuss the situation in the wake of the “surgical strikes” on terrorist launch pads across the Line of…
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One killed, 22 injured in Odisha train accident
Cuttack, Sep 29 (IANS) One person was killed and 22 passengers were injured when a passenger train rammed into a stationary goods train near Odisha’s Cuttack railway station on Thursday evening. The injured, who included…
Security tightened along Rajasthan border with Pakistan
Jaipur, Sep 29 (IANS) Security has been tightened in Rajasthan along the country’s border with Pakistan after India’s surgical strikes across the Line of Control, official sources said on Thursday. “Troops in Rajasthan are in…
Congress, other opposition parties hail ‘surgical strikes’
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Setting aside political differences, most opposition political parties, including the Congress and the Left, on Thursday backed the Narendra Modi government on the ‘surgical strikes’ across the Line of Control…
WhatsApp denies reports, says it will comply with Delhi HC order
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Denying earlier media reports, popular mobile messaging service WhatsApp on Thursday said it will comply with the Delhi High Court order against sharing with its parent company Facebook user data…
Punjab Cabinet hails army operation, PM Modi
Chandigarh, Sep 29 (IANS) The Punjab Cabinet on Thursday hailed the “apt, timely and effective surgical operations undertaken by the Indian Army across the Line of Control in Kashmir” against terrorists and those providing them…
Military action a message to Pakistan; escalation unlikely: Experts
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Indian Army’s “surgical strikes” on terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control has sent a message to Pakistan to not take India for granted, security experts said on Thursday,…
RBI Governor Urjit Patel meets Jaitley ahead of policy review
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Ahead of his first monetary policy review meeting of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after taking over as Governor, Urjit Patel on Thursday met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley here….
We have captured one Indian soldier, killed eight: Pakistan
Islamabad, Sep 29 (IANS) The Pakistan military on Thursday said it had captured an Indian soldier and killed eight others, Dawn quoted security sources as saying. The soldier was identified as Chandu Babulal Chohan, 22,…
Judicial custody for woman judge in graft case
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) A Delhi court on Thursday sent a senior civil woman judge Rachna Tiwari Lakhanpal to 14-day judicial custody in a corruption case. Special Judge Sanjeev Aggarwal also sent the judge’s…
BREAKING NEWS: Pakistan captures one Indian soldier, kills 8: Pakistani media
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India has right to respond to attack on sovereignty: Bangladesh
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Bangladesh has backed the “surgical strikes” conducted by the Indian Army on terrorist launch pads in Pakistan-held Kashmir, saying India has got “all legal, internationally accepted right” to respond to…
Nearly 1,000 Punjab villages being evacuated; CM congratulates Modi
Chandigarh, Sep 29 (IANS) Residents of nearly 1,000 villages in Punjab districts bordering Pakistan are being evacuated following escalation of tension between India and Pakistan in the wake of surgical strikes by the Indian Army…
Mallya bets on judiciary for relief from criminal cases
Bengaluru, Sep 29 (IANS) A defiant liquor baron Vijaya Mallya on Thursday asserted that he would get judicial relief soon from criminal charges filed against him by a consortium of banks for defaulting on loans…
3 dead in New Jersey train crash
New Jersey, Sep 29 (IANS) At least three persons were killed and over 100 injured on Thursday when a train crashed into the New Jersey Transit Hoboken station during rush hour, causing major structural damage,…
Delhi HC seeks reply from nearby states on crop stubble burning
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed Resident Commissioners of four neighbouring states to file their response on the issue of burning of crop stubble, which spikes air pollution in…
Kerry called up Sushma to convey condolences over Uri attack
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) US Secretary of State John Kerry earlier this week called up External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and conveyed his condolences for those killed in the Uri terror attack and “offered…
Rattled Pakistan summons Indian envoy over cross-border firing
Islamabad, Sep 29 (IANS) The Pakistan Foreign Office on Thursday summoned Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale over the “unprovoked” cross-border firing by Indian Army in which two Pakistani soldiers were killed. According to Foreign Office…
CBI arrests Delhi civil judge, husband and lawyer in graft case
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) The CBI has arrested a senior civil judge along with her husband and a lawyer on charges of demanding and receiving Rs 5-lakh bribe in a property case, an agency…
India hits terror launch pads across LoC, Pakistan denies it all
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) Eleven days after a terror attack killed 18 soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir, India carried out “surgical strikes” on terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control, inflicting massive casualties…