Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami (File photo) DEHRADUN: A day after Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami announced plans to introduce a law to curb “illegal purchase” of land in hill areas outside municipal limits and said his government would reclaim such land “illegally purchased by outsiders” to ensure that locals benefit from the … Read more
MUMBAI: A unique instance of South Asian regional cooperation unfolded when a Mumbai-based eye surgeon operated on a blind man from Lahore at an eye hospital in Colombo earlier this month.The extraordinary circumstances arose after the Pakistani patient was unable to get an Indian medical visa despite four months of follow-up at his end as … Read more
KOLKATA: Kolkata police initiated an inquiry on Saturday against the officer-in-charge of Lake police station in the city, two senior male officers, and three women officers following criticism from Calcutta high court the day before over a flawed investigation into a rape complaint by the wife of a senior govt official posted outside Bengal.The complaint … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a rally in Jammu, promised voters that a full-majority BJP government is on the horizon. He highlighted this as a historic chance for the region to elect its own government and break free from decades of neglect and dynastic politics by Valley-based parties. JAMMU/NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wooed … Read more
NEW DELHI: Foreign minister S Jaishankar lashed out at Pakistan for its PM Shehbaz Sharif‘s remarks against India at the UN, saying that a dysfunctional nation coveting the lands of others must be exposed and countered.Countering Sharif’s “bizarre assertions” in which he had spoken about an alleged Hindu supremacist agenda and claimed that the people … Read more
Father-son duo as CM and deputy CM CHENNAI: In the first such instance in India since Sukhbir Singh Badal served as Punjab’s deputy chief minister while his father, Parkash Singh Badal was CM, Tamil Nadu will now have a father-son duo as CM and deputy CM. DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi‘s grandson and CM MK Stalin‘s … Read more
NEW DELHI: Government has made the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) the nodal agency for dealing with the growing threats to cyber security.As per a notification issued late Friday evening, PM-led NSCS has been mandated “to provide overall coordination and strategic direction for cyber security” in addition to assisting the National Security Adviser, the principal … Read more
Ten tourists from Europe in J&K, some of whom had visited the region earlier during its years blighted by terrorism, have confessed to being struck by the “peace and serenity” now, more so when elections are underway.Octogenarian Glenys Gem of UK first came to Kashmir Valley when she was 43. “We first came in 1980 … Read more
Meghan Markle’s staff now say she is a good boss, fair-minded, solution-oriented. After a damning report cited Meghan Markle’s former staff calling her a demon and dictator, a new report claims that Meghan Markle was kind enough to not expect a response to her mails that she used to send at 5am. She let her … Read more
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday tore into Pakistan at the United Nations and warned that its cross-border terrorism policy can and will never succeed. Citing Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif‘s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) speech where he accused New Delhi of “escalating tensions” in Kashmir, Jaishankar also warned that Islamabad’s … Read more