India, Pakistan troops exchange fire at Uri
Uri (Jammu and Kashmir), Sep 20 (IANS) Pakistan Army troopers fired at Indian posts here in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, two days after an audacious terror strike killed 18 soldiers in the garrison town…
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Uri attack: Rijiju advises against irresponsible comments
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday advised against irresponsible statements over the central government’s actions in the wake of the terror strike at an army…
Pakistan fires at Indian posts in Uri
Uri (Jammu and Kashmir), Sep 20 (IANS) Pakistan Army fired at Indian posts in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri on Tuesday, two days after a massive terror strike killed 18 soldiers at an army base in…
MiG-21 makes emergency landing at Srinagar airport
Srinagar, Sep 20 (IANS) A MiG-21 fighter jet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) made an emergency landing at Srinagar International Airport on Tuesday after developing a ‘technical snag’, leading to temporary suspension of operations…
Class four student dies in school bus accident
Kolkata, Sep 20 (IANS) A class four student died and 12 of his schoolmates were injured in an accident on the Digha-Contai highway near Chattarapura in East Midnapore district on Tuesday. “The school bus rammed…
Japan, Germany condemn Uri terror attack
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Japan and Germany on Tuesday joined the international community in condemning Sunday’s cross-border terror attack from Pakistan on an army base at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir that claimed the…
India successfully test fires Barak-8 missile
Bhubaneswar, Sep 20 (IANS) India on Tuesday successfully test-fired the Barak-8 surface-to-air missile, jointly developed with Israel, from a defence test facility off the Odisha coast. The surface-to-air ballistic missile was successfully test fired from…
SP turmoil: Swords back in scabbards, but for how long?
By Mohit Dubey Lucknow, Sep 20 (IANS) While the curtains may have officially come down on the “chacha-bhatija” slugfest in the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh, the battle for supremacy between Chief Minister…
Jharkhand changed power policy to help Adani: Opposition
Ranchi, Sep 20 (IANS) Jharkhand’s opposition parties have alleged that the Raghubar Das government here has changed the power policy of 2012 to benefit Adani Power in the state. The Jharkhand cabinet had on Monday…
Junaid Ahmad takes over as World Bank’s India director
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Junaid Ahmad has taken over as the World Bank’s new Country Director for India, replacing Onno Ruhl, who completed his four-year term, an official statement said here on Tuesday. Ahmad,…
Three of family murdered, two injured in Delhi
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) A father-son duo and one of their close relatives were brutally murdered and two others injured while they were asleep at their house in east Delhi, police said on Tuesday….
Rajnath Singh reviews security with NSA, Foreign Secretary
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of Sunday’s terror strike at an army camp in Uri that left…
Bihar raises compensation for three soldiers killed in Uri
Patna, Sep 20 (IANS) Following criticism on social media for announcing a Rs 5 lakh each compensation for the three martyred soldiers in the Uri attack, the Bihar government on Tuesday raised the compensation to…
Afghan President calls up Modi, condemns Uri attack
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi and “strongly condemned” Sunday’s cross-border terror attack in Uri and conveyed his country’s solidarity with India in the…
Satara martyr Chandrakant S. Galande cremated with full military honours
Nashik (Maharashtra), Sep 20 (IANS) Indian Army soldier Chandrakant Shankar Galande – who was martyred in a terror attack in Uri on Sunday – was cremated with full military honours here on Tuesday morning, officials…
Under Modi, record rise in unspent funds for Dalits/tribals
By Nikhil M. Babu In the run-up to the 2014 general elections, then prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, while addressing a gathering of Dalits and backward classes in Kerala, had described himself as a victim…
SC junks plea for independent body to select judges
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking an independent panel to select judges for the higher judiciary. Dismissing the plea, a bench of Justice Arun Mishra and Justice…
Shotang ties up with Xiaomi India
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) B2B ecommerce platform Shotang on Tuesday announced a tie-up with Xiaomi India to enable the smartphone brand expand its offline distribution. “We have made significant movements in our offline distribution…
Operations halted at Srinagar airport after MIG-21 mishap
Srinagar, Sep 20 (IANS) All flights to and from the Srinagar International Airport were suspended on Tuesday morning after an Indian Air Force MIG-21 fighter jet overshot the runway. The pilot, however, managed to eject…
BJP seeks Congress apology over Sajjan Kumar’s case transfer plea
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) The BJP has sought an apology from Congress President Sonia Gandhi over an application moved by party leader Sajjan Kumar in the Delhi High Court to transfer a case against…