NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday strongly rejected Canadian media reports alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was aware of a plot to kill pro-Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada, calling the claims “ludicrous” and urging their dismissal with the “contempt they deserve.”The Ministry of External Affairs dismissed the allegations, highlighting that such “smear campaigns” […]
VISAKHAPATNAM: If India displaced China and became the top country to send students to US universities in 2023-24, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana had a big role to play. Data from US consulate-general, Hyderabad, show that nearly 56% of Indian students who packed their bags for the US last year were from the two states – […]
TIRUPATI: The newly-formed Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) passed Monday a resolution requiring non-Hindus employed by the board to either take voluntary retirement or opt for a transfer to other government departments in Andhra Pradesh.TTD is an independent government trust that manages Tirumala Venkateswara temple in Tirupati – the world’s richest Hindu shrine. TTD chairman BR […]
NEW DELHI: India dished out an all-round performance to inflict a massive 135-run defeat on South Africa in the fourth and final T20I in Johannesburg on Friday. With this victory, India clinched the four-match series 3-1.Chasing a mammoth 284-run target, South Africa were rattled by pacer Arshdeep Singh‘s brilliance as he swung the ball both […]
View of the house belonging to Adil Manzoor Langoo at Zaldagar area, in Srinagar. (PTI Photo) SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has attached the immovable property of a key terror accused arrested for the brutal killing of two migrant workers in Srinagar in Feb this year.The accused, Adil Manzoor Langoo, is linked with The […]
SRINAGAR: A student from south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, currently pursuing his MSc in Lab Science, was detained by Counter-Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) Wednesday for allegedly misusing social media to propagate radical, anti-national views and instigate public sentiment against Govt of India. He allegedly “glamorized” terrorism on his social media handles and was himself about to pick […]
SRINAGAR: Kashmir valley recorded its eighth gunfight between terrorists and security forces this Nov, with suspected Pakistani gunmen firing at a search party of soldiers and J&K policemen approaching a hideout in Bandipora district’s Nagmarg area Tuesday.The security forces responded with retaliatory fire. No casualties or injuries have been reported on either side so far, […]
JAMMU: Security forces are scouring the rugged terrain and forest of Keshwan and adjoining areas in J&K’s Kishtwar district with the assistance of helicopters, drones and military dogs in a seek-and-kill operation against three to four Pakistani terrorists responsible for killing a junior commissioned officer (JCO) Sunday and two village defence guards four days ago.On […]
JAMSHEDPUR: On the second day of his campaign blitzkrieg in Jharkhand, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that inflation and unemployment had reached an all-time high under PM Narendra Modi-led NDA govt, and singled out “politics of hate, violence, and anger” as the reasons behind what he alleged was a crashing economy.Addressing election rallies in Jamshedpur […]
NEW DELHI: Amid reports of violence in Bangladesh’s port city of Chittagong over a controversial social media post, India urged the interim govt in Dhaka to act against extremist elements and ensure the safety of Hindus.According to an agency report, a local Muslim youth uploaded a post on Facebook that sought a ban on ISKCON, […]