London: The British government on Friday rejected criticism of its intervention in Libya, arguing its involvement saved civilian lives and claiming the Islamic State group has been weakened in the country. The government`s comments follow a September report in which the parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee published a damning assessment ofRead More

New Delhi/Bathinda: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Pakistan was yet to settle from the setback of surgical strikes and was damaging itself by fighting against India. “Earlier, soldiers were unable to show their valor despite having the strength. But now Pakistan has seen the strength of our braveRead More

New Delhi: Islamic preacher Zakir Naik on Friday called ban on him and his Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) a ‘premeditated’ attack by the Narendra Modi government and said that demonetisation was unleashed to deflect media attention from ‘attacks on Indian Muslims’. Naik is currently in Saudi Arabia. In a ‘secondRead More

New Delhi: George Yeo who resigned as Chancellor of Nalanda University told News18 that he is still committed to its original mission and idea behind it will survive. The former foreign minister of Singapore resigned from the chancellorship on Friday citing a lack of autonomy in functioning. “Nalanda is anRead More

New Delhi: The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Friday dubbed the central government’s move to stop the over-the-counter exchange of demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes a “betrayal”. The party also reiterated its demand that all transactions with the spiked notes be allowed till alternative arrangements areRead More

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear, on December 2, the challenge to the constitutional validity of the demonetisation decision and the inconvenience caused to the people due to it. A bench of Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud initially said it would first hold a hearing onRead More

New Delhi: Total deposits in Jan Dhan accounts have increased to Rs 64,252.15 crore, with Uttar Pradesh leading the chart with Rs 10,670.62 crore deposits followed by West Bengal and Rajasthan, the government said on Friday. The Centre also stressed that no public sector banks had given any instructions toRead More

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa is returning to normalcy and all her vital organs are functioning well, Apollo Hospitals said on Friday. Hospital Chairman Pratap C. Reddy told the media that Jayalalithaa was shifted out of Intensive Care Unit as there were no health complications. The 68-year-old wasRead More

Chandigarh, November 25: Aaam Aadmi Party today changed its candidate Ranjodh Singh Sran from Dharamkot constituency. He has been replaced by Daljit Singh Sadarpur. This was announced by a party spokesman late in the evening. He said his campaign was very weak.

CHANDIGARH, November 25: Punjab Congress general secretary Pawan Dewan today said that the mass exodus of leaders from the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal had just begun and by the time the ‘election code of conduct’ is imposed in the state, the Akali Dal will be reduced to ‘Khaali Dal’. ReactingRead More