Standoff with China is likely to be prolonged: Defence ministry

August 7, 2020

New Delhi:The present stand-off with China is likely to be prolonged, said Defence Ministry in a status report on border tension in Eastern Ladakh. The ministry has put out an update on Chinese aggression on Line of Actual Control on its website. The report stated that the situation in Eastern...

J&K ground situation improves despite Pakistan’s sinister agenda

August 6, 2020

One year after the abrogation of Article 370, the ground situation in jammu & Kashmir has seen a perceptible improvement. One parameter is to see the number of terrorists operating in the Valley. The strength of terrorists in Kashmir is now below 200, the security forces said on Wednesday. Local...

Article 370 anniversary: Rs 1,700 crore project for J&K panchayats

August 6, 2020

Srinagar: In order to strengthen the grassroots democracy in Jammu and Kashmir, the administration has decided to spend Rs 1,700 crore to empower the newly constituted panchayats and give them control of 21 departments to be headed by Panchs and Sarpanchs. On the first anniversary of the abrogation of Article...

India restricts entry of Chinese firms in commercial coal mine auctions

August 4, 2020

New Delhi: The government has restricted participation of companies from countries sharing a land border with India in the ongoing auction of coal mines for commercial extraction by the private sector. The Coal Ministry has issued a corrigendum to the tender document issued for commercial coal mining, bringing out the...

Sushant probe on right track, says Bihar cop on reaching Mumbai

August 3, 2020

New Delhi/Mumbai: Senior Bihar Police officer Vinay Tiwari, who arrived in Mumbai on Sunday to assist the state police team probing the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, denied any lack of coordination between the two police forces. Asked by the reporters at Mumbai airport if he was deputed...

India-Mauritius ties destined to soar higher: PM Modi

July 31, 2020

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that the partnership between India and Mauritius is destined to soar higher in future. He was inaugurating the Supreme Court building of Mauritius with his counterpart Pravind K. Jugnauth via video conference. The virtual inauguration took place in presence of senior...

Amid China face-off, SFJ tells Sikh soldiers to desert Army

July 28, 2020

New Delhi: Amid the border tension with China in eastern Ladakh, designated terrorist outfit and pro-Khalistan group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) has started targeting soldiers of the Sikh community in the Indian Army, threatening them to desert the force, intelligence agencies warned on Monday. The agencies have alerted the armed...

‘New Ayodhya’ gets ready for Ram temple

July 28, 2020

Ayodhya : Widening of roads, flower gardens and fountains along the Ayodhya bypass will be part of a major beautification plan of the ‘New Ayodhya’ as the Ram temple construction kicks off. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has approved Rs 55 crore for beautification and civil construction works...

Kashmir-centric Pak terror group Jaish now active in Afghanistan

July 27, 2020

New Delhi/Kabul: Pakistani terror outfit Jaish-eMohammad, which runs its terror activities in Jammu & Kashmir, has become active in Afghanistan. In the last two days, at least 13 Pakistani Jaish terrorists were killed by Afghan security forces in the Khogyani district in Afghanistan. The banned Pakistani terror outfit, headed by...

India won’t accept China’s unilateral attempt to change status quo: Govt

July 24, 2020

New Delhi: India on Thursday forcefully reiterated that it will not accept any unilateral attempts to change the status quo along the LAC with China. In his weekly briefing, the Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said, “India is fully committed to observing and respecting the LAC and that...