50K women from Gujarat's Vadgam write postcards to Modi on water shortage issue

Palanpur (Gujarat) (IANS) North Gujarat's Karmavad lake and Mukteshwar dam issue took an interesting turn on Sunday after 50,000 women wrote postcards to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to include the water bodies under the Narmada…

Azamgarh campaign for bypoll touches a crescendo

Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) With just two days left for the campaigning in Azamgarh to end, a war of words between the contesting parties is intensifying every hour.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Sunday, blasted the Samajwadi…

Secunderabad violence: Private defence academies under scanner

Hyderabad (IANS) Railway police have arrested 30 people in connection with the violence at Secunderabad railway station and were probing the alleged role of private defence academies training army job aspirants.

Police suspect 12 of those arrested…

Policeman shot dead by militants in Kashmir

Srinagar (IANS) A 50-year-old police sub-inspector was shot dead in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, authorities said on Saturday.

In a tweet, the J&K Police said that Farooq Ahmed Mir's body was found in paddy fields near his…

MEA monitoring situation in Kabul after reported attacks on gurdwara

New Delhi (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday said that it was monitoring the situation in Kabul after reported attacks on a gurdwara in the Afghan capital.

"We are deeply concerned at the reports emanating from Kabul about…

J&K Assembly elections can be held by year end: Rajnath Singh

Jammu (IANS) Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir can be held by this year end, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday.

Addressing a function here, he said that the delimitation exercise was completed in J&K, recently following which…

'Recruitment to begin soon', says Defence Minister amid Agnipath protests

New Delhi (IANS) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the recruitment into the military through the Agnipath scheme will begin soon. He advised the aspirants to begin their preparations.

Calling the scheme a 'golden opportunity'…

72 trains cancelled following violence at Secunderabad station

Hyderabad (IANS) Railway authorities have cancelled as many as 72 trains following large-scale violence that rocked Secunderabad railway station on Friday.

The South Central Railway (SCR) also partially cancelled 12 trains and diverted three…

Protest against 'Agnipath' turns violent in MP's Gwalior

Bhopal (IANS) Hundreds of protesters on Thursday launched massive protest which soon turned violent in Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh against the Centre's 'Agnipath' recruitment scheme. Police had to resort to lathi-charge to disperse…

Agnipath scheme: Army aspirants jam Delhi-Jaipur Expressway in protest

Gurugram (IANS) Hundreds of Army aspirants on Thursday blocked the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway in Gurugram's Bilaspur area in protest against Agnipath yojna, the government's new scheme for short-term recruitment into the armed forces.

The…