New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party workers on Tuesday staged a protest outside Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence accusing him of a pro-Pakistan stance on the recently conducted surgical strikes by the Indian army. They demanded his resignation. Hundreds of BJP supporters, led by Delhi unit chief Satish Upadhyay and Leader of Opposition in Delhi

New Delhi: The ruling BJP on Tuesday attacked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram for seeking proof of the surgical strikes by the Indian Army across the Indo-Pak border. Addressing the media here, Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that in such matters, the entire country and leaders across party

New Delhi: Attacking Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his remarks “seeking proof” of the anti-terror surgical strike in PoK, BJP today asked him not to belittle the armed forces by getting influenced by Pakistani “propaganda”. At a press conference, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the AAP leader should answer whether he believed in

New Delhi: Growing radicalization and cross-border terrorism posed a serious challenge to India’s security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. The Prime Minister made the comments after signing an MoU with his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong to facilitate greater business exchanges and collaborations. “Rising tide of terrorism, especially cross-border terrorism, and the rise

New Delhi:  The situation on the frontier with Pakistan is still “live” after the surgical strikes on terrorist launch pads by the Indian Army across the Line of Control (LOC) in Jammu and Kashmir, the IAF chief said Tuesday, adding that the force is fully capable of handling any eventuality, including a two-front war. “Things

New Delhi: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday attacked Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram for seeking proof of the surgical strikes carried out by the Indian Army across the Line of Control in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, addressing the media here, said that in such

New Delhi: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe arrived here on Tuesday on a three-day official visit to India.”Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe arrives in New Delhi; he will hold talks with top leaders including PM Narendra Modi,” state broadcaster Doordarshan tweeted. Wickremensinghe will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Modi here on Wednesday, according

Jammu:The Pakistan Army started heavy mortar shelling on Indian positions at three places on the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.According to the police, after violating the ceasefire in Kalsian area of Nowshera sector in the morning, the Pakistan Army has started heavy shelling at Indian posts in

Srinagar: Normal life remained affected inKashmir for the 88th consecutive day today due to the separatist-sponsored strike, but the signs of fatigue from the nearly three month long unrest were visible as more people are resuming their day-to-day activities. Many street vendors and hand cart vendors have set up their stalls along the TRC Chowk-Batamaloo

Toronto: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley hasexpressed confidence that any economic impact arising from recent tensions with Pakistan and incidents like the surgical strikes undertaken by Indian special forces will be “extremely marginal”.Addressing a gathering at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, Jaitley said that any impact that had been felt on the markets

New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met new Chinese envoy Luo Zhaohui here on Monday, days after China again stalled India’s move to get Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar listed as a terrorist by the United Nations. The meeting between the two, held at South Block, comes as China has been openly supportive of

New Delhi: The Congress on Monday criticized Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for “publicizing Pakistan’s point of view” over the surgical strikes carried out by Special Forces of the Indian Army and said that whatever he does on the issue should be “well thought”. “All the political parties have supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi in

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa, who has been undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospital since last month, continues to improve, the hospital said on Monday. In a statement here, Apollo Hospitals said that the treatment plan including appropriate antibiotics, respiratory support and other allied clinical measures are presently being continued to treat the infection. It

Hyderabad: Two teenagers drowned in a quarry filled with rainwater while taking selfies here, police said today. A group of 14 youngsters had gone to the quarry at Kothwalguda on the city outskirts last evening and some of them entered into the water to take selfies and photos. Two of them, aged 19 and 17

Ballia (UP): A 20-year-old married woman was allegedly gang-raped by two youths in Khejuri area here, police said today. The incident took place when two youths reached the victim’s house and took her to secluded place after falsely telling her that her mother was ill, they said. “The youths, identified as Rahul Chauhan and Manish,

Lucknow: Differences in the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) once again came out in the open on Monday when Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav feigned ignorance about announcement of certain party candidates for the forthcoming assembly polls. Talking to reporters after inaugurating his new office here, Akhilkesh Yadav, who is also the Chairman of the party’s state

New Delhi:  In a rare gesture, Delhi Chief Arvind Kejriwal today “saluted” Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the surgical strikes by the Army on terror launch pads across the LoC and urged the Centre to counter Pakistan’s smear campaign on international stage. Kejriwal, who is often at loggerheads with the Centre, said he may have

Thiruvananthapuram:  Apex trade organisation Assocham on Monday said Kerala needs to create 30 lakh job opportunities and attract investment worth Rs six lakh crore in the next five years to achieve double-digit growth. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) in its ‘Sustainable Action Plan’ for the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M)

Ahmedabad: Multi Agency Center (MAC) has issued warnings to border states, including Gujarat, that two suspicious Pakistan boats, which had left Karachi port, are moving towards either Gujarat or Maharashtra. The intelligence input, which has given latitude and longitude of the boats, mentions that one of the boats has developed technical snag and is holed

New Delhi: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday met the three Service chiefs in the wake of a terror attack at a Rashtriya Rifle camp in Baramulla town of Jammu and Kashmir. Army chief General Dalbir Singh, Air Force chief Marshal Arup Raha and Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba met the minister as tension continues