Chandigarh : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA HS Phoolka today resigned from the post of Leader of the Opposition, even as the party is likely to hold a meeting on Thursday to pick his successor. Phoolka submitted his resignation to Speaker Rana KP Singh early today. Later, he announced it on Twitter. A Vidhan Sabha spokesperson […]
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has convened a meeting of chief ministers of Punjab and Haryana in an attempt to arrive at an amicable solution to the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal issue, the Supreme Court was informed on Tuesday. During a hearing of the case, senior counsel AK Ganguly told a three-judge Bench […]
Srinagar, July 12 : Security forces have launched a massive hunt to track down Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) commander and Pakistani national Abu Ismail, who has emerged as the mastermind of the deadly attack on Amarnath pilgrims. Proactive operations have been launched, mainly in south Kashmir, to track down Ismail as investigations, including communication intercepts, have pointed […]
Beijing, July 12 : Ships carrying Chinese military personnel for Beijing’s first overseas military base, in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, have left China to begin setting up the facility as China’s rapidly modernising military hones its global reach. Djibouti’s position on the northwestern edge of the Indian Ocean has fuelled worries in India […]
New Delhi, July 12 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that its five-judge Constitution Bench will sit on July 18 and 19 to hear matters relating to Aadhaar, including the aspect of right to privacy. The matter was mentioned before a Bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud, which […]