Srinagar,  Around 200 heavily armed militants were waiting across the Line of Control to infiltrate into the Indian side even as the security forces foiled several attempts by the ultras to sneak into the Kashmir Valley following the recent floods. “There are around 200 heavily armed terrorists across the LineRead More

New Delhi, At first glance, it looks like a diplomatic love-fest. There was Chinese President Xi Jinping, toasting the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a quiet dinner earlier this week in Gujarat. There were the two leaders, deep in conversation as they walked along the Sabarmati River; XiRead More

Srinagar, Four militants were killed on Saturday by the Indian Army in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district along the Line of Control (LoC), the police said. Heavily armed militants were surrounded by the soldiers near the LoC in Tangdhar sector during the intervening night of September 19 and September 20, the police said.Read More

New Delhi, The row over the official bungalow occupied by Rashtriya Lok Dal(RLD) chief and former Union Minister Ajit Singh here escalated on Friday, with Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu hardening his stand against Ajit and the Congress on the issue. And Venkaiah said the “government is bound by rules”. TheRead More

New Delhi/London, The result of the Scottish referendumgave a “good and healthy signal” to the world and offered a lesson in unity to India, Congress politician and author Shashi Tharoor said here today. As Scots voted decisively in favour of staying within theUnited Kingdom, the Thiruvananthapuram MP said, “There isRead More

Hyderabad, In a bid to give a fillip to the aviation sector, the Andhra Pradesh government has reduced Value Added Tax on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) to just one per cent from the existing 16 per cent. According to an order issued recently, the government said, “In the said Schedule, in theRead More

New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have his first bilateral interaction with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly later this month, even as both countries have agreed to majorly scale up connectivity with each other, a top official said here Saturday. ExternalRead More

New Delhi, india on Saturday termed as “far from reality” comment of PPP leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari that his party will get back entire Kashmir from it and asserted the integrity and unity of the country was “non negotiable”. “We are in the process of looking forward and looking forwardRead More

Kolkata, A West Bengal court Saturday sentenced 13 people convicted of raping a tribal woman in Birbhum district of the state to 20 years rigorous imprisonment. The 20-year-old woman was gang-raped in January in Subalpur village in the district, following the orders of a kangaroo court which found her “guilty”Read More

Raipur, BJP candidate Bhojraj Nag Saturday won the Antagarh assembly by-poll in Chhattisgarh. He won by over 51,000 votes in the by-election that was held Sep 13.