Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 12 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday slammed Kerala ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), accusing both of being tainted by corruption. Rejecting allegations of the Centre stepmotherly treatment toward the state, he said the Modi-led government had allocated more funds to Kerala than the previous UPA government. The track record of LDF and UDF has been that of a corrupt governmen...Read More
BENGALURU: A departmental inquiry has been ordered against Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Chan Pasha, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for allegedly aiding Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist T Naseer, currently lodged in Bengaluru Central Prison at Parappana Agrahara. Addressing the media after the monthly parade at the City Armed Reserve Parade Grounds (South) in Adugodi, City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh confirmed that a departmental inquiry had been initiate...Read More
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Hard on the heels of his most recent 'provocations', Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor is losing the support of UDF partners, many of whom had stood with him in times of crisis. Two major allies, the Muslim League and the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), have come out openly against Tharoor over two separate incidents that placed him at odds with UDF's political positioning. Referring to Tharoor attending a luncheon hosted by the Israeli ambassador to India, IUML gene...Read More
Chennai: Indian military's precision hitting capabilities were on display during Operation Sindoor where nine terror targets crisscrossing Pakistan were smashed, "we knew who was where," while back home not even a glass pane was broken, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said here on Friday. In what was seen as India's retribution to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 persons dead, none of the intended targets in Pakistan was missed during the military offensive, Doval said whil...Read More
NEW DELHI: In a blunt warning that has confirmed the worst fears of Indian security establishment, a senior Nepalese govt advisor has cautioned that Pakistan-based terrorist organisations were likely to exploit Nepal's geography to launch attacks on India.During a seminar on challenges to regional peace and security in South Asia in Kathmandu, Sunil Bahadur Thapa, principal political advisor to the president of Nepal and former minister of industry, said Pakistan-based UN-designated terrorist gr...Read More
MUMBAI : Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Friday posted a video on X purportedly showing the state's social justice minister Sanjay Shirsat of the Shiv Sena sitting in a room along with a partially opened bag containing what look like bundles of currency notes. Shirsat, however, rubbished the claim, saying the bag only contained clothes.The allegation came a day after it emerged that Shirsat had received a notice from the income tax department seeking an explanation for increase in his financia...Read More
Srinagar: Police in Sopore have attached bank credits amounting to ₹18,93,426, identified as "proceeds of terrorism", in connection with FIR No. 105/2024 registered at Police Station Sopore. According to a police spokesperson, the case is being investigated under Sections 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 38, 39, 40 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Section 7/25 of the Arms Act. The attachment was carried out following due approval from the competent authority under the UA(P) Ac...Read More
Chandigarh: The Punjab assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution rejecting the proposed deployment of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at vital Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) installations. The state govt asserted Punjab police's capability to secure these projects, calling the central force's deployment an unnecessary financial burden, adding that providing security at these installations falls in the state's jurisdiction.The House recommended that the Punjab gov...Read More
Kolkata: Bengal leader of opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday advised people against going to places "where Muslims are in a majority", and also referred to Bengali-speaking migrants in New Delhi's Jai Hind Colony as "Rohingya Muslims". The comments drew sharp criticism on Friday from Trinamool Congress, which said the BJP neta was indulging in a "disgraceful, calculated act of communal provocation" and "pushing the message of terrorists at home".In the backdrop of J&K CM Omar Abdullah meeti...Read More
Jaipur: In a landmark move to promote handball across the country, Prasar Bharati has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Handball Association of India (HAI).The agreement is for a period of three years, under which Prasar Bharati will produce and broadcast all international and national handball events, organised by HAI on DD Sports, Waves OTT and other PB platforms.The MoU was formally exchanged between Gaurav Dwivedi, CEO, Prasar Bharati, and Anandeshwar Pandey, Executive Dire...Read More
Chennai: India targeted nine terror targets in Pakistan with precision under Operation Sindoor and did not miss even a single one of them, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval said on Friday, adding that the entire operation lasted only 23 minutes. Speaking at the 62nd convocation at IIT-Madras in Chennai, he also dared the foreign media to show at least one image of damage on the Indian side and took pride in India's capability and technological abilities in neutralising the threats from acros...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another key conspirator wanted in the ISIS Pune sleeper module case, the agency said on Friday. Rizwan Ali alias Abu Salma alias Mola is the 11th accused to be arrested in the case and had carried a reward of Rs three lakh for information leading to his capture. The NIA Special Court had also issued a standing Non Bailable Warrant (NBW) against Rizwan, who was actively involved in promoting the terror activi...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) A fishing buoy of a Pakistani boat was on Friday recovered on the Raigad coast of Maharashtra, police said. The buoy was found near the Korlai fort during a search operation, said an official. The Indian Coast Guard on Sunday night had informed the police that Pakistani boat "Muqadar Boya 99" with number MMSI-463800411 was spotted near the Korlai fort. It later turned out that the boat was in Karachi, but its buoy with a transponder had got detached last year and drifted i...Read More
Kolkata, Jul 11 (PTI): A controversy erupted in West Bengal after a history question paper at the state-run Vidyasagar University described Indian revolutionaries as "terrorists," triggering strong political reactions and forcing the institute to issue a public apology, calling it a "printing mistake." Reacting to it, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's grandnephew, Chandra Kumar Bose, told PTI Videos, "To call revolutionaries -- who laid down their lives for the country's freedom -- as terrorists is ...Read More
Mumbai: Maharashtra Legislative Council on Friday passed the Maharashtra Special Public Security (MSP) Bill 2024 in the absence of Opposition parties, which staged a walkout. The bill, aimed at preventing "unlawful activities of Left Wing Extremist organisations or similar groups", was passed in the legislative assembly on Thursday without a strong opposition from the Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT). However, both parties fiercely opposed it in the council. As the Bill has been passed by the both ...Read More
New Delhi: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has been a highly successful cricketer who led his country to numerous high-profile victories on the cricket. He retired from international cricket at the end of the 1987 Cricket World Cup but was asked by none other than the country's President, General Zia-ul-Haq to come back and lead the team. Five years later in 1992, he led his team to their first and only world cup triumph. During his playing days he had been subjected to severe scrutiny...Read More
Jaipur, Jul 11 (PTI) School students in Rajasthan will no longer study two-part supplementary textbooks with state Education Minister Madan Dilawar arguing that these reading materials are not required because they glorify the Nehru-Gandhi family and carry no marks for students. The Congress has attacked the minister over the decision, saying that the government can remove textbooks from the syllabus but cannot change people's minds. The party leaders dubbed the decision 'ridiculous'. Minister...Read More
Mumbai, Jul 11 (PTI) Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday described the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill as 'BJP Suraksha Act', saying the ruling party thinks whoever speaks against it is anti-national. He alleged that the bill has been brought with political intentions, and expressed fear that it will be misused against the opposition as well as common citizens. Talking to reporters on the premises of the Vidhan Bhavan, the state legislature complex here, Thackeray said th...Read More
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] July 11 (ANI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Friday questioned the intent behind the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill 2024, recently passed in the Assembly, asking what the government has achieved in fighting against naxalites. Speaking to the media, Thackeray said does the bill ensure the safety of the public, or is it merely a BJP safety bill. 'What the Chief Minister has said, that this is a public safety bill, is it truly a public safety b...Read More
On Saturday (11th July), BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari highlighted how a West Bengal-based public university has been referring to Indian freedom fighters as 'terrorists' (সন্ত্রাসবাদী) and 'militants'. He pointed out that the Vidyasagar University in Midnapore had insulted Indian freedom fighters in the History Honours (Sixth Semester) question paper for the year 2025. Adhikari revealed that it was not a mere oversight but a 'deliberate' repetition of the same error, which was first flagged in ...Read More
Kolkata, Jul 11 (PTI) A controversy erupted in West Bengal after a history question paper at the state-run Vidyasagar University described Indian revolutionaries as "terrorists," triggering strong political reactions and forcing the institute to issue a public apology, calling it a "printing mistake." The contentious reference appeared in question 12 of the sixth semester BA Honours history exam (in Bengali), which asked students to name three district magistrates of Midnapore "killed by terrori...Read More
Mumbai, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Pakistan government is highly likely to turn down a request from the hockey federation to allow the senior and junior teams to feature in two upcoming events in India due to political tension following the Pahalgam attack and subsequent Operation Sindoor. Pakistan is scheduled to participate in the Asia Cup to be held in Rajgir, Bihar, from August 27 to September 7, for which the Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has sought the government's clearance. Pakist...Read More
CHENNAI: National security advisor Ajit Doval on Friday challenged the foreign press "to show even one image" of the damage to the Indian side during Operation Sindoor. Speaking at the 62nd convocation of IIT Madras, Doval said: "We decided to have nine terrorist targets in the criss-cross of Pakistan; they were not in the border areas. We missed none. We hit nowhere else except that. It was precise to the point where we knew who was where. The entire operation took 23 minutes, starting five min...Read More
New Delhi, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Friday addressed the convocation ceremony at IIT Madras, delivering a fiery defence of 'Operation Sindoor', India's cross-border air assault on Pakistan in retaliation to the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22 in which 26 innocent civilians were killed. Doval said the mission caused extensive damage to Pakistani military installations, specifically airbases. He said India hit 13 spots, including nine ter...Read More
New Delhi, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Friday delivered a sharp rebuke at the distorted reportage of 'Operation Sindoor', by the foreign media and also dared it to come up with any credible image of damages on the Indian side. NSA Doval, speaking at the 62nd convention of IIT-Madras, saluted the Indian armed forces for executing the precision military strikes on Pakistan's terror factories in just 23 minutes and lambasted the international media for it...Read More
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 11 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Director General of Police (DGP) Shankar Jiwal on Friday addressed the media at the DGP office, announcing the arrest of, Tailor Raja, a suspect in the 1995 Coimbatore blast case after nearly 29 years of evading the law and highlighted that soon Tamil Nadu will be free of terrorism. The press conference focused on the recent success of the Tamil Nadu Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), which was established in November 2023. DGP Jiwal said, "ATS w...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh on Friday criticisized Prime Minister Narendra Modi over Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat remarks concerning leaders stepping aside at the age of 75 to allow for fresh leadership. In a post on X, Ramesh, who is the General Secretary in charge of Communications for Congress, claimed that the RSS chief remark is a veiled message to PM Modi, who will turn 75 later this year. Poor, award-winning Prime Mini...Read More
New Delhi, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) A day before its scheduled release, the Delhi High Court halted the screening of 'Udaipur Files: Kanhaiya Lal Tailor Murder', drawing strong reactions from the victim's family. Yash Sahu, son of Kanhaiya Lal, whose 2022 murder in Rajasthan's Udaipur shocked the nation, expressed disappointment over the court's decision, saying the film aimed to reveal the truth behind the incident but is now being "suppressed". Speaking to IANS, he said, "I want to appeal to ...Read More
Mumbai, July 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) A day after comedian-actor Kapil Sharma's newly launched Kap's Cafe in Surrey, British Columbia was targeted in a shooting incident, a statement was issued which stated that the team is "processing this shock" but "are not giving up." At least nine shots are believed to have been fired at the premises, however no injuries were reported in the incident. Khalistani terrorist Harjit Singh Laddi has claimed responsibility for the attack. The official Instagram acco...Read More
BENGALURU: Senior BJP leader CT Ravi said on Thursday that the Congress government is not serious about combating terror. The State Intelligence wing was not aware of the use of mobile phones in Bengaluru Central jail for terror acts until the National Investigation Agency (NIA) made the arrests, he said. The NIA on Tuesday arrested prison psychiatrist Dr Nagaraj, assistant sub-inspector (City Armed Reserve police) Chand Pasha, and the mother of an absconding accused, Anees Fathima, in a 2023 c...Read More