Sepoy from Batala dies as infiltration foiled

Sepoy from Batala dies as infiltration foiled

Srinagar : A soldier, Sepoy Mandeep Singh, 32, from Chahal Khurd village in Batala, Gurdaspur, was killed as troops repelled an infiltration bid which left a militant dead in the remote Keran sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district today. “Two soldiers have been injured and shifted to hospital,” Defence spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said. (Follow […]

Trump calls father of freed UCLA player an ‘ungrateful fool’

Palm Beach (Florida), November 22 : President Donald Trump started off his first day of Thanksgiving vacation on Wednesday by resuming his taunts of the father of a UCLA basketball player detained for shoplifting in China, calling him an “ungrateful fool.” In a series of tweets fired off before dawn, the president complained yet again […]

Cabinet approves setting up of 15th Finance Commission

Cabinet approves setting up of 15th Finance Commission

New Delhi, November 22 : The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the setting up of the 15th Finance Commission which will assess the tax resources of the nation and suggest a formula for their devolution among states. The members of the Commission and its terms of reference will be notified in the due course of time, […]

Gujarat polls: Hardik Patel announces support for Congress

Gujarat polls: Hardik Patel announces support for Congress

Ahmedabad, November 22 : Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel on Thursday declared his support to the Congress for the Gujarat Assembly elections, saying that the Opposition party has accepted the demand of giving reservation to his community in a “special category”. The Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader said that reservation formula given by […]