Pampore: Fierce gun battle underway, ops on to neutralise terrorists

Pampore: Fierce gun battle underway, ops on to neutralise terrorists

Srinagar : The encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pampore city is underway with the security forces making all attempts to neutralise the group of terrorists, who have taken refuge inside an Entrepreneurship Development Institute (EDI) building here. According to CRPF PRO Bhavesh Kumar, the attack seems to be pre-planned given the amount of ammunition being […]

Kejriwal to start Punjab tour on February 25

Kejriwal to start Punjab tour on February 25

Chandigarh : AAP chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will start his Punjab tour on February 25 fro Mansa and Bathinda areas. He will visit Bareta, Budhladha and Maur on the first day and stay at Bathinda.He would cover Abohar and Fazilka areas the next day with night halt at Mova.

35 eminent Bangladesh citizens say drop sedition charge against newspaper editor

35 eminent Bangladesh citizens say drop sedition charge against newspaper editor

Dhaka : Thirty-five eminent citizens of Bangladesh have, in a statement, called for the withdrawal of sedition charges against Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam. Anam has been charged with sedition for publishing unverified stories of corruption against Sheikh Hasina during 2007-08, when a caretaker regime was in force. Condemning the filing of 75 cases against Anam, including […]

Lawyers protest against ‘anti-national’ sloganeering

Lawyers protest against ‘anti-national’ sloganeering

New Delhi : Lawyers on Friday took out a massive “peaceful” protest march against “anti-national” sloganeering at Jawaharlal Nehru University ( JNU), and burnt an effigy of “traitors of the country”. The lawyers, who took out the march from the Patiala House court, raised “nationalistic” slogans against those who raised anti-national slogans. “We will not accept […]

Kanhaiya’s bail plea not to be heard in HC today

Kanhaiya’s bail plea not to be heard in HC today

New Delhi : JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar’s bail plea in the High Court will not be heard today. Registrar General Lopen Bomniyal said that the additional application in the matter is yet to be filed.Meanwhile, another petition has been filed in the court saying that Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi’s statement of not opposing […]