India

Srinagar, Jun 17: Bullets with steel core -- It's a new addition into the ammunition of terror groups especially Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed that has triggered an alarm within the security establishment as it has the capability to pierce a static bulletproof bunker used during counter-terrorism operations, officials said. The first such incident noticed had happened on the new year eve when

New Delhi, Jun 17: Four non-BJP chief ministers today visited their Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal's residence to meet his family members amid his sit-in protest at the LG's office along with his three cabinet colleagues. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerejee and her Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka counterparts - Chandrababu Naidu, Pinarayi Vijayan and H D Kumaraswamy visited

New Delhi, Jun 17: The Centre today decided not to extend the suspension of operations against terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir announced in the beginning of Ramazan. "The operations against the terrorists to resume," the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a statement. The government commends the security forces for having shown exemplary restraint during Ramazan despite grave provocations, it

New Delhi, June 16: With Eid-ul-Fitr being celebrated across India today, a number of political leaders extended their greetings to the people of the country. Former Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad offered prayers at a mosque here on Parliament Street on the occasion of the Muslim festival. "Eid is an occasion to celebrate happiness and we should all do I

Poonch, June 16: Mohd Hanif, the father of Rifleman Aurangzeb, who was abducted and later killed by terrorists in Pulwama's Gusoo, made an emotional appeal to the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir government to eliminate militancy from the state, as he laid his son to rest. Speaking to ANI, Mohd Hanif said his son sacrificed himself for the nation and added that not only Jammu and Kashmir, but the

New Delhi, Jun 16: The sit-in by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his three cabinet colleagues today entered its sixth day as impasse between the AAP dispensation and the Lt Governor over IAS officers' "strike" continued. Health minister Satyendar Jain and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who along with Kejriwal and Development Minister Gopal Rai have stayed put at L-G office since

Srinagar, Jun 16: One person was killed during clashes between protesters and security forces in Kashmir today even as men, women and children dressed in their best-thronged mosques and Eidgah across the Valley for Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations. Sheeraz Ahmed was hurt during the clashes at Brakpora in Anantnag and he later succumbed to injuries, police said, adding another person was injured in the

New Delhi, Jun 16: The government has proposed to impose a penalty on insurance companies for delay in payment to hospitals for settlement of claims under its ambitious Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS). Under the scheme, if an insurance company delays the claim payment beyond 15 days, then it would have to pay a penalty of one per cent interest on the claimed amount per

Lucknow, Jun 16: It was not Akbar but Rajput king Maharana Pratap who was great, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has said. Speaking at a function to mark the Maharana Pratap Jayanti on Thursday, he asserted, "It was not the Mughal emperor Akbar, but Maharana Pratap who was great for he displayed exemplary courage in the face of the might of the Mughal army." "It is not important as to

Patna, Jun 16: Bihar Governor Satya Pal Mallik asking girls studying in state universities to report directly to the Raj Bhavan any complaints of molestation or sexual harassment on campuses has triggered a political spat between Opposition RJD and ruling JD(U) over prevailing law and order situation. At a function organized by office-bearers of students unions of various universities here on