4 terrorists killed in Kashmir
AGENCIES Four unidentified terrorists has been killed in nine-hour long operation in Lidder Panzal Veege Top Rafiabad area of Baramulla district in north Kashmir. An Army spokesman said the counter-terrorist…
Rafale charges by Shourie, Sinha fabricated: Defence Minister Sitharaman
AMN / New Delhi Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Wednesday dismissed as “fabricated” the allegations by former BJP ministers Arun Shourie and Yashwant Sinha that the Modi government’s deal to buy…
UN asks Myanmar to work harder on Rohingya repatriation deal
WEB DESK UN agencies have appealed to Myanmar’s government to do more to implement an agreement on the return of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who fled military violence. The…
SC to constitute panel to look into state of jails across country
AMN / NEW DELHI The Supreme Court Wednesday said it would constitute a committee under the chairmanship of a retired Supreme Court judge to look into problems in jails, including…
Mahatama Gandhi wanted Jinnah to be PM but Nehru refused: Dalai Lama
AMN / WEB DESK The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama today stirred a major controversy saying that India and Pakistan would have remained united had Jinnah become the…
Rafale deal bigger than Bofors, say Yashwant, Shourie, Bhushan
Agencies / New Delhi Two Former BJP ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and Activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan at joint press conference today alleged that the Rafale jet deal was “unilaterally”…
Editors Guild slams govt for ‘attempting to curb press freedom’
AMN / NEW DELHI The Editors Guild of India today strongly criticised the union government for interfering with the functioning of independent journalism. The Guild’s remarks follows the recent exit…
Muzaffarpur sex racket: Bihar minister Manju Verma resigns
AMN / PATNA Bihar Social Welfare Minister Manju Verma today tendered resignation from her post in the wake of allegation levelled against her husband Chandrashekhar Verma in the alleged sexual…
India’s Net national income (NNI) slumps to 5.7%
AMN / NEW DELHI The Growth in Per Capita Net national income (NNI) of India has come down in 2016-17 to 5.7% from 6.9% in 2015-16
Karunanidhi laid to rest with full state honours
NEW DESK /CHENNAI DMK patriarch and former Tamil Nadu chief minister M. Karunanidhi was laid to rest adjacent to Anna Memorial at Marina Beach with full state honours this evening…