Three decades on, exodus still haunts Kashmiri Pandits

New Delhi (IANS) Exactly 30 years ago on January 19, 1990, the Kashmiri Pandits were forced to flee their homeland, the Kashmir Valley, as a result of being targeted by Islamic jihadis.

Meanwhile, different political parties came to power but…

CAA stir: UP cops say blankets were 'seized in due process'

Lucknow (IANS) Apparently taken aback by the flak that the UP Police faced on the social media for taking away blankets and food of the protesters at the Clock Tower in Lucknow, the police denied the allegations but admitted that the 'blankets…

Sanskrit signages for all railway stations in Uttarakhand

Dehradun (IANS) The Railway ministry is now doing its bit to promote the use of Sanskrit in Uttarakhand.

Railway officials have decided to replace Urdu language with Sanskrit on all signboards at platforms. The signboards which have names of…

NIA takes over probe against Davinder Singh, Hizbul terrorists

New Delhi (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday said that it has taken over the probe against the arrested Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Superintendent of Police (Dy SP) Davinder Singh and three Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists.

An…

PC joins CAA protestors at Kolkata's Park Circus

Kolkata (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P. Chidambaram joined the ongoing anti-CAA stir in Kolkata's Park Circus and assured the gathering that his party was with them.

Chidambaram arrived at the Park Circus Maidan…

Chandigarh lad scores 99.99 pc in JEE Main

Chandigarh (IANS) Kunwar Preet Singh has topped the city in the JEE Main 2020 examinations, the results of which were declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA).

According to the results issued late Friday night, he scored 99.99 percentile…

BJP-JD(U) start seat sharing exercise ahead of Bihar polls

Patna (IANS) Soon after Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah announced at a rally in Bihar's Vaishali district that the National Democratic Alliance will contest the upcoming state poll under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar,…

Bharat Ratna for Mahatma Gandhi: SC refuses to issue directive

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to issue any directive to the Centre on a PIL seeking to confer the Bharat Ratna on Mahatma Gandhi.

Chief Justice S.A. Bobde observed that Gandhi is the 'Father of the Nation', and…

Bengal youth stabs self; family says was worried about NRC

Kolkata (IANS) A 34-year-old youth in West Bengal's Contai sub-division has stabbed himself multiple times in a suicide attempt. His family members on Friday claimed he was worried about the fall-out of a possible National Register of Citizens…

Advisory issued to Indians visiting China after virus outbreak

New Delhi (IANS) The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday issued an advisory for travellers visiting China in the wake of the Novel Coronavirus outbreak in the neighbouring country.

The advisory said: "Travellers to China…