Firing near Delhi Jumamasjid, two injured

According to reports  firing  took place near Jama Masjid in New Nelhi on Sunday. Two unidentified people fired  near gate no 3 of Jama Masjid. The attackers fired at a tourist bus.  According to witness firing started around 11 AM and the the attackers fired 8 to 10 bullets . Two  foreigners are reported to […]

Curfew again in Kashmir Valley

Curfew was  re-imposed in all major towns of the Kashmir Valley, except Barring Baramulla, today after six-days relaxation.  According to a police spokesman  all the major towns of the Valley have been put under curfew barring Baramulla town in north Kashmir.

Mamata gives seven days to WB govt to wind up ‘armed camps’

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee gave a seven-day deadline to the WBengal govt to dismantle ‘camps of armed CPIM cadre’ in three Maoist-hit districts, failing which “people will demolish them.” “I am giving seven day’s time to wind up the camps of armed CPI(M) cadre in Jungle Mahal (Maoist affected areas of West Midnapore, Bankura […]

Badal for linkages between two Punjabs

Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has favoured establishment of linkages between Punjab regions in both India and Pakistan for mutual socio-economic development and prosperity. “There is need to establish linkages, in particular, infrastructural, between two Punjabs with the consent of both Indian and Pakistani governments,” he said at an interactive session in Chandigarh on Saturday. […]

Fake stamp paper case; Telgi gets 7 yrs Jail

A special court on Saturday sentenced prime accused Abdul Karim Telgi to seven years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2001 case relating to the multi-crore fake stamp paper scam. Special Court Judge Chandrashekhar Patil sentenced 16 other accused to five years rigorous imprisonment each. Telgi was also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each for […]

AFSPA an enabling provision, not arbitrary: Army Chief

Amid a raging debate on dilution of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act and its partial withdrawal from Kashmir, Army Chief Gen V K Singh said the AFSPA was an “enabling provision” and not “arbitrary”. The army has given its views on the issue and the government will take the “correct decision”, he said. Gen […]

Violence in Kashmir valley again, one more Killed in police firing

Govt to provide 500 crore rupees to drought-hit WB, Bihar & Jharkhand

Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar today said, the government will provide 500 crore rupees to drought-hit West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand for extending a subsidy on diesel, farmers use to power their water pump-sets. Speaking at a conference on the Rabi crop season in New Delhi, Mr Pawar said, every farmer will get 500 […]

India rejects Pak’s “gratuitous” statement on J&K

India on Friday hit back at Pakistan rejecting as “gratuitous” its statements on Jammu and Kashmir, saying they amounted to interference in the internal affairs of the country. It asked Islamabad to take effective action against infiltration from across the LoC and dismantle terror infrastructure there as it is the people of the state who […]

Pranab, Chidambaram part of all-party delegation to J&K

Congress decided to send senior Ministers Pranab Mukherjee and P Chidambaram as part of an all-party delegation to Jammu and Kashmir next week, apparently to impart greater stature to the visit. The decision was taken a meeting held by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi with Mukherjee, Chidambaram and other senior leaders like A K Antony, Ghulam […]