PAK BANS AL JAZEERA AFTER REPORTS ON PoK CRACKDOWN
NEW DELHI: Pakistan has reportedly blocked access to Al Jazeera after the influential Qatari broadcaster released a series of reports on Islamabad’s brutal crackdown on anti-government protests and election-related protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif-led government has not announced any formal ban on the broadcaster so far, but multiple users across […]
SC: STATES CAN CLOSE FIRs AGAINST PROTESTERS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on August 3 clarified that the States are at liberty to close or withdraw the FIRs, in accordance with law, against students over their participation in the student protests. It clarified its July 28 order, which had observed that the States can proceed with the investigation in the FIRs. The […]
OPPOSITION CALL FOR AMIT SHAH’S PRESENCE IN PARLIAMENT
NEW DELHI: Opposition MPs from the INDIA bloc staged a demonstration near Makar Dwar in the Parliament House complex on Monday. The protest focused on the suspected theft of Ayodhya Ram temple donations and police excesses against students protesting the NEET paper leak. Prominent leaders including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Dimple Yadav, and Mahua Moitra demanded […]
PRASHANT KISHOR WINS BJP-STRONGHOLD BANKIPUR BYPOLL
NEW DELHI: Prashant Kishor used to help others win elections. Now he has won one himself. That too, in a BJP stronghold in a BJP-ruled state, in a seat represented by BJP chief Nitin Nabin over several terms. A former poll strategist who now heads the Jan Suraaj Party (JSP), Kishor has become the newest […]
LASHKAR COMMANDER BEHIND MIGRANT KILLINGS IN J&K
NEW DELHI: Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Latif Bhat and his associate are likely to be behind the recent targeted killings in Jammu and Kashmir, including the death of two migrant workers in a terrorist attack in Kulgam on Friday. Security agencies suggested that Bhat’s aide, Waris Shah, provided logistical support and recce for the attacks. Two migrant […]
TERROR PLOT TO HONEY-TRAP POLITICIANS IN BENGAL
NEW DELHI: The West Bengal Police’s Special Task Force (STF) has arrested an alleged woman accomplice of suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed operative Hamim Mondal who was recently arrested. According to police, the woman, identified as Arpita Sarkar, was arrested from Jharkhand’s Sahebgunj on Friday and brought to Bardhaman in Bengal. Suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed operative Mohammad Hamim Mondal was […]
WITHDRAW CASES: CJP’S ABHIJEET DIPKE ON PM MODI’S FORGIVENESS
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s latest Instagram address, in which he said he had forgiven students who used abusive language against him during the recent protests, has drawn a sharp response from Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke, who questioned whether the government would now withdraw criminal cases against the protesters. Commenting on […]
SC CLEARS OMAR ABDULLAH’S DIVORCE FROM ESTRANGED WIFE OF 17 YEARS
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday granted a divorce to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his estranged wife, Payal, sister of Rajasthan Congress leader Sachin Pilot, after the couple informed the court that they had mutually agreed to dissolve their marriage and settle all pending disputes. The matter reached the Supreme […]
SAFFRON-CLAD PAPPU YADAV PROTESTS IN PARLIAMENT OVER EMBEZZLEMENT OF DONATIONS TO AYODHYA RAM MANDIR
NEW DELHI: The Parliament complex turned into the scene of a political street play on Friday after a saffron-clad independent MP Pappu Yadav along with other opposition MPs staged a symbolic protest over the alleged embezzlement of donations to the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, Lok Sabha opposition leader Rahul gandhi, Priyanka […]
SHEHZAD POONAWALA, BJP’S TV FACE, QUITS PARTY ON “PERSONAL REASONS”
NEW DELHI: One of the ruling BJP’s most visible faces on TV debates, Shehzad Poonawala, has quit the party. On Thursday, Poonawala changed his bio on his X handle, removing “BJP National Spokesperson” but retaining “Lifelong follower of Prime Minister Narendra Modi”. He updated bio on X (formerly Twitter), removing the mention of BJP. No […]
