The domestic aviation has been growing at 20 per cent every year, for the last four years. Mumbai: The country is going to add 1,000 aircraft over the next 7-8 years, a top government official said Tuesday. “We would be adding about 1,000 more aircraft in about next 7-8 years,” Ministry of Civil Aviation secretary, RN Choubey, said, adding that ...
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DySP Iftkhar accorded warm send off by YSCC Doda
Abid Hussain Wani Doda, January 14: Young Star Cricket Club Doda (Regd NGO) on Monday organized a grand farewell party at Doda in the honour of outgoing Dy SP Hqr Doda Iftkhar Ahmed on his transfer to Kishtwar. The farewell party was attended by Chairman MC Doda Ved Parkash Gupta, Vice Chairman MC Doda Mazhar ul Haq Munshi, Dr Sajjad Kraipak, ...
Read More »Woman crashes Republic Day rehearsal at India Gate, shouts ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Sunday arrested a woman for allegedly shouting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans at India Gate. The woman, who is believed to be mentally unstable, managed to sneak into a high-security area when the Republic Day rehearsal was on and raised the ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans. Police officials said the woman identified as Sultana belongs to Nizamabad in Hyderabad. ...
Read More »JNU sedition case: 1200-page chargesheet filed against Kanhaiya Kumar, others
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Monday filed a 1200-page chargesheet in the JNU sedition case against former JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar and other activists, including Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, Delhi Police commissioner Amulya Patnaik. The Patiala House Court will take up the chargesheet for consideration on Tuesday. The chargesheet has been filed under various sections of Indian Penal ...
Read More »Former Jammu-Kashmir cop, minor nabbed for Hizbul Mujahideen links
A Special Cell team of Delhi Police has arrested a 30-year-old former J&K Police constable and detained a minor on charges of association with the Hizbul Mujahideen. The two were identified by a team of two Inspectors dispatched to J&K to ascertain the link between suspected terrorists and arms smugglers based in northern India after the Special Cell noticed in ...
Read More »PDP worried over Kashmir worsening power scenario
‘Govt.’s inaction worrisome as Valley reels under darkness amid harsh winters’ Srinagar, Jan 12: Urging the party workers and activists to stay united during the present time of tough ordeals, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) General Secretary Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura has said that conspiracies aimed at undermining the importance of PDP will miserably fail on ground this time again. Addressing party ...
Read More »Congress to contest all 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, says Ghulam Nabi Azad
New Delhi: Keeping the option of forging an alliance open, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said it was willing to accommodate any secular party competent to fight the BJP. Putting speculations to rest, the Congress Sunday announced to field its candidates from 80 seats in UP in this year’s Lok Sabha elections. This comes a day after old rivals Samajwadi ...
Read More »Army Major among 2 soldiers killed, another injured in twin blasts near LoC in Rajouri
MS Nazki Rajouri, Jan 11: Two army soldiers including an officer were killed and another one was injured in two separate incidents of blasts near Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Rajouri district of Jammu on Friday. Official sources told GNS that the blast occurred at around 2:05 pm at Laam area, resulting in injuries to three soldiers. ...
Read More »Army jawan, allegedly honey-trapped by ISI, arrested on espionage charges
The arrested jawan hails from Haryana and was posted in the Armoured Corps of the Army. NEW DELHI: An Indian Army jawan posted in the Tank regiment in Jaisalmer has been arrested by the Rajasthan Police on alleged espionage charges. The arrested Army jawan was allegedly found to be honey-trapped by Pakistan-based ISI operatives on social media and passing critical ...
Read More »15 committees with stakeholders from all fields: How BJP will make its poll manifesto
Party chief Amit Shah had last week announced that Rajnath will head the BJP’s Manifesto Committee for the Lok Sabha elections. NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s panel which is entrusted with making the party’s election manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha Election met at the party headquarters in Delhi on Sunday. The meeting of the 20-member committee was chaired ...
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