JAMMU,   AN Army jawan was killed and four others were injured when the Pakistan army violated ceasefire for a second day Monday, resorting to heavy mortar shelling and firing along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, officials said. The Pakistani army initiated unprovoked firing about 05:30 hours targeting the LoC area in the Sunderbani Sector with mortar bombs and small arms, a defence spokesman said. The Indian Army retaliated effectively, ..

   NEW DELHI,   THE Supreme Court has said that acid attack is an “uncivilised and heartless crime” which does not deserve any clemency. The apex court observed this while asking two convicts, who have already undergone five year jail for throwing acid on a 19-year-old girl in 2004, to pay Rs 1.5 lakh each as additional compensation to the victim.   The top court also asked the Himachal Pradesh government to pay compensation to acid attack survivor ..

  PANAJI,  Parrikar’s eldest son Utpal lit the funeral pyre  GOA Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was cremated with state honours here on Monday, with thousands bidding the affable politician a fond farewell. BJP President Amit Shah, some Union Ministers and Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states attended the funeral at Miramar. Parrikar’s eldest son Utpal lit the funeral pyre. The funeral procession started from the Kala Academy where thousands, including Prime ..

   NEW DELHI,   PRIME Minister Narendra Modi is yet to hit the campaign trail after the Lok Sabha election schedule was announced on March 10 but he has already addressed public meetings or BJP workers in over 100 Lok Sabha constituencies in 22 States in the past few weeks, the party said on Sunday.  The party’s media head and Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni said the BJP through a series of programmes such as ‘Mera parivar, Bhajapa parivar’, mega contact ..

     CHRISTCHURCH,  FIVE Indians have been killed in the ghastly terror attack on two mosques in Christchurch in which 50 people lost their lives, the Indian High Commission said on Sunday, as New Zealand grapples with the emotional fallout of its worst attack on Muslims. The attacker, identified by authorities as Australia-born Brenton Tarrant, 28, reportedly targeted immigrants during Friday prayers. Witnesses said victims were shot at close range. The High Commission ..

    NEW DELHI,  A DAY after launching the “Main Bhi Chowkidar (I am a watchman too)” campaign on social media, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday changed the title of his Twitter account to “Chowkidar Narendra Modi”. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah followed with “Chowkidar Amit Shah” and tweeted: “The one who made cleanliness a moral value... he is called Chowkidar #MainBhiChowkidar. Say with all your heart ..

  PANAJI,  Parrikar passed away at the age of 63 after a long battle with pancreatic cancerThe Central Government has announced national mourning today  Parrikar’s last rites will be performed at Miramar (Panaji) today evening   GOA Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, a former Defence Minister who had been battling pancreatic cancer for over a year, died at his private residence near here on Sunday. He was 63. Officially, he was described to be suffering from ..

     NEW DELHI, THE Congress on Saturday night released its fourth list of 27 candidates, including 12 from Kerala, but denied party ticket to sitting MP and former Union Minister K V Thomas from the Ernakulum Lok Sabha seat. The party renominated its sitting MPs and former Union Ministers, Shashi Tharoor and K Suresh, from Thiruvananthapuram and Mavelikkara Lok Sabha seats. The Congress replaced Thomas with Hibi Eden, the sitting MLA from Ernakulum. The party also renominated ..

   MUMBAI, BMC had filed its report in CSMT bridge collapse case, outlining that diligent structural audit could have avoided the tragedy of six lives   BRIHANMUMBAI Municipal Corporation (BMC) has directed one of their ..

    PANAJI, The strength of Goa Assembly has reduced from 40 to 37 after the death of D’Souza and resignation of two MLAs -- Subhash Shirodkar and Dayanand Sopte   THE Congress on Saturday staked claim to form Government in Goa claiming that the Manohar Parrikar dispensation has lost its majority in the Assembly following the demise of BJP MLA Francis D’Souza. In a letter to Goa Governor Mridula Sinha, Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar staked ..

 NEW DELHI, (PTI), YOUTUBE is continuously monitoring the content on its platform to check misinformative and violative posts as there has been a rise in “interest” due to the election season, an official of the Google’s ser..

  NEW DELHI, (PTI) DEFENCE Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday cautioned Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers against being lax ahead of the LS polls and asked them to ensure new voters were added to the electoral rolls. Addr..

 NEW DELHI, (PTI) FORMER Congress leader Sajjan Kumar has been using his “large political clout” to derail trial and influence witnesses in cases related to 1984 anti-Sikh riots, CBI told the Supreme Court on Friday while seeking t..

 New Delhi, (ANI) THE Indian Air Force carried out a major readiness exercise on Thursday night over Punjab and Jammu in which a large number of fighter aircraft participated. During the exercise, Indian Air Force (IAF) jets, including frontli..

 MUMBAI, (ANI) MAHARASHTRA Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday visited St George hospital in Mumbai where several of the injured in Thursday’s foot overbridge collapse near crowded Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station h..

      AHMEDABAD,   The I-T Deptt also released a toll free number - 18002337444 - for general public to share any information about suspicious cash transactions and movements   THE Income Tax department has deployed over 400 of its officers across Gujarat to keep a close watch on election expenditure and flow of black money during the Lok Sabha elections in the State, said officials here on Wednesday. Polling on all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat ..

     NEW DELHI/MUMBAI,  AIR passengers face the grim prospect of high air fares and fewer flight choices as several airlines have cancelled operations for a number of reasons, including the grounding of the Boeing 737-MAX aircraft. Industry insiders on Thursday pointed out that some sectors have shown a rise of more than 100 per cent in last minute bookings despite DGCA warning on Wednesday. On Wednesday, the Government had advised domestic airlines not to go in ..

     Delhi Bureau NEW DELHI, Mar 14   Says, ‘hurt’ over Congress party’s stand post-Pulwama strike    IN an embarrassment to the Congress, Tom Vadakkan, once seen as a key aide of Sonia Gandhi, joined the BJP on Thursday, saying he was ‘deeply hurt’ over the Opposition party’s stand post-Pulwama terror strike, and that his decision was ‘not about ideology but patriotism’. Jolted by the surprise announcement, ..

      Delhi Bureau, NEW DELHI, PRESIDENT Ram Nath Kovind conferred three Kirti Chakras and fifteen Shaurya Chakras to Armed Forces Personnel for displaying conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage and extreme devotion to duty at a solemn ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday. Two Kirti Chakras and one Shaurya Chakra were given posthumously. Chief of Army Staff Bipin Rawat was conferred with the Param Vishisht Seva Medal by President Ramnath ..

The bridge connects the area near the 'Times of India' building with the iconic CSMT station An eyewitness said that the overbridge was being used despite repairs being carried out in morning   FIVE person..

     CHENNAI,    CONGRESS President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the UPA will reserve 33 per cent Government jobs for women and pass the Women’s Reservation Bill giving 33 per cent of seats in the Lok Sabha if it wins the Lok Sabha battle. Interacting with students of Stella Maris College for Women here, Gandhi also said that the UPA Government would simplify the procedures in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and have a low single tax rate. Wearing ..

   NEW DELHI,  Modi appeals politicians including Rahul Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee and others to encourage increased voter participation in the upcoming elections Modi also reached out to members of the film fraternity, sportspersons, businessmen, spiritual leaders and members of the media to help enhance voter turnout   PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged Congress President Rahul Gandhi and other politicians, sportspersons, actors, business leaders ..

    NEW DELHI,     A MEMBER of the banned terrorist group and an associate of Jarnail Singh and associate of Bhindranwale, who was killed by the Indian Army in ‘Operation Blue Star’ in 1984 was nabbed by the Delhi police, officials said on Wednesday. The accused Gursewak Singh (53), is a member of Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) and was planning to re-constitute his organisation on directions of KCF chief Paramjeet Singh Panjwad, who was based ..

      NEW DELHI/MUMBAI,    FOLLOWING a global trend of grounding Boeing 737-MAX aircraft, India finally suspended the plane’s operations and over-flight permissions on Wednesday evening, even as hundreds of passengers were affected at airports. Further, the Government tried to protect passengers from the double whammy of high fares and reduced flight operations. Advising airlines not to go in for predatory pricing, it said that it will be monitoring ..

       NEW DELHI,   BJP demands deployment of Central Forces at all polling booths in the State fearing intimidation, violence   THE Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday urged the Election Commission to declare West Bengal “super sensitive State” to ensure fair Lok Sabha polls and demanded that Central Forces be deployed at all polling stations in the State. A BJP delegation, including Union Ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, ..

    ONE of the worst global apprehensions -- about a possible nuclear conflagration -- was verbalised by American newspaper The New York Times when it talked of a possible nuclear war between India and Pakistan, given the current level of hostilities between the two sub-continental neighbours. Every such apprehension assumes certain legitimacy in view of the rogue status Pakistan has earned in the past couple of decades due to its indulgence in and sponsorship of cross-border terrorism. ..

  NEW DELHI, The PMLA case was filed by the agency taking cognisance of an Income Tax Department case under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) Act.ASSETS worth Rs 8.46 crore of Delhi-based lawyer Gautam Khaitan, an accused in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP choppers scam case, have been attached by the ED as part of a second criminal probe against him for allegedly possessing undisclosed foreign accounts, the agency said on Monday. Properties of Khaitan located in Delhi, Haryana ..

       NEW DELHI, ASSERTING that the country is safe under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday accused the Congress of weakening the fight against Jehadi terrorists, and wondered if the party could be trusted by voters in the upcoming general elections. In a blog, Jaitley said the Congress party is one with the Government on condemning Pulwama terror attack resulting in death of 40 CRPF jawans, but is disturbed about air strikes ..