India

New Delhi, Oct 14: After initial reluctance, the Army today briefed members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence on the surgical strikes carried out by its men on terror launch pads inside Pakistan Occupied Kashmir. At least three members who attended the meeting said Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Bipin Rawat briefed the Committee on the September 29 surgical strikes. "A brief

New Delhi, Oct 14: India will take its drive to isolate Pakistan and rally the international community against cross-border militancy to a summit of emerging market powers this weekend, when it hosts BRICS nations in Goa. For Prime Minister Narendra Modi , the gathering of leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa offers an opportunity to highlight the threat he sees to Indian

Beijing, Oct 14: Calls for boycott of Chinese goods in India following China's opposition to a UN ban on JeM chief Masood Azhar have failed as sales of Chinese products in the country hit a record high during the festive season, official media here said today. "Diwali, one of the most important Hindu festivals and one of the biggest shopping seasons in India, is coming at the end of October, but

Pune, Oct 13: Noted Dalit writer Pradnya Pawar and Dalit scholar Raosaheb Kasabe were reportedly forced to leave a Marathi literary meet over their "objectionable" comments on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. The meet was organised at Patan in adjoining Satara district by Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad and the alleged incident took place on Sunday when a mob asked the duo to leave the event for "hurting

New Delhi, Oct 13: In the face of strong opposition to Uniform Civil Code by Muslim outfits, Congress today said its implementation would be impossible while BJP asserted that the move is aimed at moving towards a progressive society. Other opposition parties like JD(U) accused the BJP-led central government of trying to polarise the people ahead of Assembly polls in several states, with leader of

New Delhi, Oct 13: In the makings of a new conflict point between the government and students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the home ministry has asked for a report on the burning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's effigies on campus on Tuesday. Sources say the ministry has asked the police to submit a detailed report on the effigy-burning by a section of students on Dussehra, which is

New Delhi, Oct 13: NSUI activists at Jawaharlal Nehru University burnt an effigy of Ravan, with faces of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and others, on Dussehra. The Congress-backed student group burnt the effigy on the varsity premises on Tuesday. One of the heads on the effigy was that of JNU vice-chancellor Jagadesh Kumar. The National Students Union of India (NSUI) said

New Delhi, Oct 13: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has questioned the close aide of Union minister and former army chief Gen V K Singh in a money laundering probe. The investigation is connected to a case involving irregularities in supplying high-altitude tents to a covert unit of RAW. S P Singh, the aide of Gen Singh, was summoned to the ED office last week where his statement was recorded

Mysuru, Oct 12: Ahead of his meeting with his Maharashtra and Goa counterparts over Mahadayi water dispute, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has called an all party meet on October 19 to discuss state's strategy on the issue. "I have called an all party meeting on 19th (October), I have also called MLAs and MPs from the region for that meeting ..." Siddaramaiah told reporters here. Chief

Srinagar, Oct 12: Two militants were killed as the operation to flush out holed up ultras inside a government building in Pampore on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway entered the third day today with security forces pounding the multi-storey structure with mortars and rockets. The bodies of the two militants killed in the operation, which has now been going on for over 50 hours, have been