New Delhi/ Bangalore (ANI): Poland is keen to supply tank recovery vehicles to India and also ready for joint ventures and transfer technology. Addressing reporters in a news briefing in New Delhi, B.B. Harrison, joint secretary (Europe) in Ministry of External Affairs said: “ Poland is interested in supplying tank recovery vehicles. The offer is [...]
New Delhi (ANI): A high-level Bharatiya Janata Party delegation, led by senior leader Lal Krishna Advani, called on Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at his residence here on Monday and held discussions on the prevailing situation in Kashmir and the Enemy Property Bill. “The delegation discussed Enemy Property Bill and Kashmir situation with the Prime [...]
Kolkata (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi will address a public rally here today as part of a Youth Congress membership drive launch. The rally will take place in the Shahid Minar grounds from 1.30 p.m. Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is also slated to attend. Gandhi will meet the party”s student and youth wings at [...]
New Delhi (ANI): Given the turbulent situation in the Kashmir Valley, it is hardly surprising that Jammu or Ladakh for that matter (till the recent disaster there), doesn’t find any mention in the national media, especially the electronic one. However, just because Jammu is quiet today, even though it feels neglected, it would be downright [...]
Patna (ANI): The Maoists on Monday released the three abducted Bihar policemen in Lakhisarai District, bringing an end to the nine-day-old hostage crisis. The three policemen —- Abhay Prasad Yadav, Rupesh Kumar Sinha and Ehshan Khan, were freed by the Maoists on the border of Kajra-Chanan forests, about 165 kms from the state capital, Patna. [...]
Malda (West Bengal) (ANI): At least eight people were killed and several others injured in a road accident on Sunday in West Bengal’s Malda District. The mishap took place when a speeding vehicle, carrying 17 passengers, tried to overtake a truck and in the process collided with another truck on a National Highway-34 in the [...]
By Ravinder Singh Robin Wagah, Sep 5 (ANI): One hundred one Indian fishermen crossed into India through the Wagah- Attari land route on Sunday after being released by the Pakistan maritime force and rangers. The Pakistani Rangers handed the fishermen over to Border Security Force (BSF) officials. Pakistan has already released about 200 Indian fishermen [...]
By Lokender Singh Jaipur, Sep 5 (ANI): The oldest tiger in Jaipur Zoo has died following a cardiac arrest. According to zoo authorities, 24-year-old Ramu came out of his cage for a stroll in the morning, but soon collapsed after ambling some distance. Authorities rushed to his enclosure after observing his motionless state for a [...]
By Tahir Nadeem Khan Jammu (ANI): The Scheduled Tribe Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir today offered their full support to Jat community in their current struggle for grant of Other Backward Class (OBC) status. In a letter addressed to different Jat organizations and community leaders sent through Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation, the Gujjars of [...]
Pune (ANI): A music concert was held in Pune on Saturday to generate public interest about the Commonwealth Games as ”green games”. Organised in association with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), this music concert was held as part of the ”Low [...]
Saharsa (ANI): Launching his party”s campaign for the November State Assembly polls in Bihar, Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi has slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his claim of ushering development in Bihar. “If development has at all taken place in Bihar, then why are people migrating to Mumbai, Haryana, Punjab and Delhi for livelihood?” [...]
Srinagar (ANI): A little-known Kashmiri separatist leader is spurring stone-throwing protests against Indian security forces in the Kashmir Valley with tactics such as YouTube recruitment videos and protest calendars published in local media. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has identified the separatist leader as 39-year-old Masarat Alam Bhat. He told the WSJ that these protests [...]
New Delhi (ANI): An additional sessions judge of the Indian judiciary has said police are promoting links between organised crime and sports, specifically cricket. Additional Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma aired his warning while hearing an appeal last week in a case involving betting on a World Cup match between Australia and South Africa in 2007. [...]
Bangalore (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs and a large number of party supporters in Karnataka staged a demonstration here on Saturday to demand the Governor”s endorsement to Cow slaughter ban Bill passed by them for their State. Intensifying the political deadlock over the Bill to enact ban on cow slaughter, the protesting legislators appealed to [...]