JAMMU(PTI): Seven policemen were injured when they were allegedly thrashed by Army personnel after the cops stopped private vehicles carrying the soldiers in civil dress last evening at a check post in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, police said. The police registered a case against the personnel attached to the 24 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) unit of […]

NEW DELHI(PTI): The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice And Empowerment has recommended that a transgender should have the option to choose their gender independent of surgery or hormones. The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 defines a transgender as someone who is neither wholly female not wholly male, a combination of female or […]

Kolkata: Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee took the stage of July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally to hit out at BJP saying that the TMC would support any party which is against the BJP and that it would initiate a BJP Bharat Chharo movement on August 9, marking the launch of Quit India movement […]

At least 20 people were killed after after a bus accident near Rampur in Shimla on Thursday. According to initial information, a bus travelling to Solan from Kinnaur rolled down a gorge. Rescue operation is underway and injured have been shifted to nearby hospital. (More details are awaited)

NEW DELHI(PTI): The government today assured Parliament that it was not trying impose any language “on anybody” in the country as it respected all Indian languagues. Responding to the issue raised by CPI member D Raja in the Rajya Sabha during Zero Hour, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar said the government’s policy is to promote all […]

NEW DELHI(HT): The Centre has asked state governments to compulsorily register FIRs in all “untoward incidents” happening in the name of cow protection, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. COW VIGILANT IN INDIA , Photo : BBC Minister of state for home Hansraj Ahir said the responsibility to maintain law and order, protect life and […]

Jammu: An Army Major was today shot dead by a jawan following an altercation in the Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, the police said. An Army jawan shot dead Major Shikhar Thapa with his service rifle at Butcher Post in the Uri sector, a police official said. Further details are awaited.

As the Monsoon Session of the Parliament begins, the Opposition and Congress on Tuesday cornered he National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in both the Houses on numerous issues. The issues of cow vigilantism, farmers’ protests, Kashmir unrest, action of law enforcement agencies against some opposition leaders over alleged corruption and India’s stand-off with China are […]

Jammu: In a stern message conveyed by the top Army brass, India told Pakistan that it reserves the right to retaliate appropriately against any incident of ceasefire violation along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir. In a telephonic conversation, Lt. Gen. A.K. Bhatt, the director general of military operations (DGMO), also told his Pakistani counterpart […]