Hyderabad, Jun 29 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday ruled out any talks with Maoists and said the cadre of the proscribed outfit should give up arms, surrender before police, and join the mainstream. Addressing a rally after inaugurating the National Headquarters of the Turmeric Board in Nizamabad in Telangana, Shah also said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is still raising questions on Operation Sindoor, should see the weak appearance of Pakistan to understand the effectiveness o...Read More
New Delhi, June 29: The Indian Embassy in Indonesia on Sunday termed media reports on Defence Attache Captain Shiv Kumar's purported remarks on Operation Sindoor as "misrepresentation" as he expounded on the country's anti-terrorism operation deep inside Pakistan on May 5. The Defence Attache had made the remarks at a seminar in an Indonesian university. "We have seen media reports regarding a presentation made by the Defence Attache at a seminar. His remarks have been quoted out of context, an...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) A controversy has erupted over the remarks by the Indian defence attache in Indonesia suggesting that the Indian Air Force lost fighter jets in the initial phase of Operation Sindoor as it was constrained by the mandate to not attack Pakistani military establishment and only target terrorist infrastructure. As the purported video of the remarks made by Captain Shiv Kumar on June 10 at a gathering surfaced on Sunday, the Indian embassy in Jakarta said the officer only sta...Read More
Haridwar: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sakshi Maharaj on Sunday demanded that hotel, dhaba and eatery owners on the Kanwar Yatra routes should display their names and identities on boards outside their business establishments. The owners, who hide their identities under fake names, on the Kanwar Yatra routes should not be spared, he told reporters here. "Tampering with faith of the Hindu devotees during the Kanwar Yatra will not be tolerated," said the Unnao MP. The food shops on the Kanwa...Read More
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Bengaluru Crime: A woman's body, believed to be between 30 and 35 years old, was found stuffed inside a sack and dumped in a garbage truck in Bengaluru early Thursday. The identity of the woman is yet to be confirmed. Police said the sack was discovered by BBMP sanitation workers who immediately alerted the authorities. The body was found with her hands and neck tied, raising strong suspicion of murder. Officials stated that the body had been placed inside a gunny bag before being thrown into t...Read More
New Delhi, June 29: Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir has once again made hostile remarks against India, referring to Kashmir as the 'jugular vein' of Pakistan. Speaking at an event held at the Pakistan Naval Academy in Karachi on Saturday (June 28), Munir warned that Pakistan would give a decisive response if India carries out any military action in the future. In his speech, Munir claimed that Pakistan promotes regional peace and stability, and that it has responded to India's so-called ...Read More
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) The Congress on Sunday cited the reported comments of India's defence attache to Indonesia that the Indian Air Force lost fighter jets to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor and accused the government of having "misled" the country. The party also asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi is "refusing" to preside over an all-party meeting to take the Opposition into confidence and why the demand for a special session of Parliament has been rejected. Congress general secretar...Read More
Nizamabad (Telangana), June 29 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's goal is to eliminate both terrorism and Naxalism from the country by March 30, 2026. He was addressing farmers at the Kisan Maha Sammelan held at the Polytechnic Grounds after inaugurating the National Turmeric Board Office in Nizamabad district on Sunday. Shah called upon Naxalites to immediately stop violence and surrender, stating that over 10,000 Naxalites have already laid down ...Read More
New Delhi: Just two months after the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam that India traced back to Pakistan-based militants, Pakistan's Army Chief Asim Munir has once again brought up the Kashmir issue- this time from the podium of the Pakistan Naval Academy in Karachi. His remarks, coming against the backdrop of escalating cross-border rhetoric and simmering regional fault lines, raise questions over Islamabad's strategic intent. For New Delhi and the wider South Asian region, Munir's statement i...Read More
NEW DELHI: India lost some fighter jets on the opening day of the recent military confrontation with Pakistan due to initial restrictions imposed by the government on striking Pakistani military establishments and the orders were to hit only terror infrastructure in that country, India's defence attache to Indonesia said at a seminar in Jakarta. His hitherto unreported comments at the June 10 event were in response to claims made by an Indonesian aerospace expert that the Indian Air Force (IAF)...Read More
Chandigarh, Jun 29 (PTI) A proposal to transfer the management of hospital canteens to the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is being considered by Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here. This move aims to enhance quality, hygiene standards, and customer satisfaction through professional management and proven operational excellence, a statement said. Also Read | How To Spot a Fake Website? PIB Fact Check Shares 5 Simple Tips To Identify Fr...Read More
New Delhi: Field Marshal Asim Munir, the Pakistan Army Chief, has claimed that India had attacked his country twice without any provocation. Asim Munir blamed India for escalating regional tensions and vowed a decisive response to any future Indian aggression. He was speaking at the Pakistan Naval Academy in Karachi on Saturday, June 28 where he called Pakistan a "net regional stabiliser" adding that Islamabad had responded "resolutely" to "unprovoked" Indian military aggression. "Despite prov...Read More
Srinagar, June 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor, Manoj Sinha said on Sunday that time has finally come when the families of victims of terrorists and terror ecosystem in the union territory will get the much-awaited justice. Addressing a large number of family members of terror victims in Anantnag town on Sunday, the L-G said: "Jammu and Kashmir administration especially the security forces have created a peaceful atmosphere so that the victims of terror ecosystem can share th...Read More
Hyderabad, June 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) Reiterating the resolve to make India free of Maoists by March 31, 2026, Union Home Minister Amit Shah ruled out talks with the extremists holding weapons. Making it clear that there will be no talks with Maoists holding guns, he asked the left-wing extremists to give up arms and join the national mainstream. Addressing the Kisan Sammelan in Nizamabad after inaugurating the headquarters of the National Turmeric Board, Amit Shah accused the Congress party of ...Read More
Srinagar, Jun 29 (PTI) Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said justice was denied to victims of terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir for decades before 2019. Sinha made these comments after meeting the family members of some of the Kashmiri civilians who were killed by terrorists since the eruption of militancy in 1990. "Today met family members of Kashmiri Civilians who were brutally killed by Pakistan-backed terrorists. For decades, they were marginalised & their voices were not heard. Just...Read More
Agartala: Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Saturday said that people need to be made more aware of combating cybercrime and that criminal activities should be prevented using the internet. "Cybercrime is in such a place that it is like fighting with shadows. For this, there is a need to be more technically skilled. Along with this, people need to be more aware and alert about cybercrime. The police system should be further developed and strengthened in line with crime. And the reputatio...Read More
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Delhi Education Minister Ashish Sood on Saturday visited schools in Surat and said that an advanced education system featuring AI, smart boards, and robotics, on the lines of Gujarat, will soon be implemented in the capital's schools. Speaking to the media in Gujarat, Sood expressed confidence that this initiative would [...] 'Social media is the new form of terrorism': Experts call for societal awakening Jaipur, June 28 (IANS) A thought-provoking discussion on the 'R...Read More
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday strongly rejected the Pakistani Army's claims, where the latter blamed India for the attack that took place in Waziristan. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, "Statement regarding Pakistan- We have seen an official statement by the Pakistan Army seeking to blame India for the attack in Waziristan on 28 June. We reject this statement with the contempt it deserves." Thirteen security personnel w...Read More
Hyderabad: At least 16 Pakistani soldiers were killed in a suicide attack in the northwestern part of the country that was claimed by the Pakistani Taliban. The attack, particularly targeting security forces, is being described as Pakistan "tasting its own medicine", implying that the terror groups and the terror eco system it raised or funded for strategic reasons have come back to haunt it in a big way. The monthly security assessment issued by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Securit...Read More
Jaipur: Two workers died while five others are feared trapped after soil caved in during pipeline excavation work in Rajasthan's Bharatpur on Sunday morning, police said. According to officials, some labourers were filling a 10-foot-deep trench dug to lay a pipeline near Jangi ka Nagla village when the soil caved in. Twelve workers got trapped under the soil. Upon hearing the cries, other labourers and project staff started rescue attempts, but the depth and heaviness of the soil made immediat...Read More
New Delhi: Despite calls by several former cricketers and stakeholders to break cricketing ties between India and Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack in April, the cricketing relationship between the two countries can continue in multilateral tournaments. According to a report by Cricbuzz, there seems to be growing confidence in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) that the 2025 Asia Cup will go ahead as scheduled. The tournament is likely to begin on September 10. India is the official host o...Read More
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): The world paused on June 13 when Israel targeted major military and nuclear facilities, and crucial personalities in Iran as it launched a series of attacks to disempower the West Asian country. The involvement of the Houthis of Yemen and the US in this high-tension conflict stopped short of a nuclear apocalypse--but this was not entirely unexpected. Some saw this coming. Supporting Israel, the US went ahead and struck three key nuclear sites in Iran on the ni...Read More
Thane, Jun 29 (PTI) Police have arrested a 30-year-old fruit seller for illegally possessing two country-made pistols in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the police's anti-extortion cell raided the man's premises at Bandarpada locality in Kalyan area on June 25, assistant police inspector Sunil Tarmale said. The police seized two country-made pistols and a live cartridge, valued at Rs 1.05 lakh, from the fruit seller, who had two previous criminal ...Read More
India-Pakistan War: The statement came in response to Pakistan's Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), which suggested Indian involvement in the deadly incident, further escalating tensions between the two neighbours. India-Pakistan conflict: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Sunday firmly rejected Pakistan's allegations that New Delhi was involved in the recent suicide bombing in North Waziristan that killed 13 Pakistani soldiers. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal, in a strongly word...Read More
DHARMAPURI: For the third time in the past two months, a wild leopard wandered into a private farmland near Valaithottam village near Palacode and hunted chicken raised by a local farmer. Locals are increasingly distressed and urged the forest department to take steps to relocate the leopard. Over the past few months, there have been several reports of leopard sightings in forest areas near Palacode, particularly in Valaithottam village, near the forest's fringe. There have been two instances ...Read More
MUMBAI: Saquib Abdul Hamid Nachan, terror suspect from Padgha on the outskirts of Mumbai, died in a Delhi hospital on Saturday. Nachan was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for his alleged links to the banned Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in December 2023, along with 15 other alleged ISIS members. They were picked up by the federal investigating agency during searches in Padgha, a village in Thane district, as part of a nationwide crackdown on ISIS. Nachan had been lo...Read More
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 29 (ANI): Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and its workers were detained by the police as they were protesting at Lalbazar against the alleged gangrape incident at South Calcutta Law College. Claiming links between the accused in the gangrape of a law student in Kolkata and top TMC leaders, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata. Also Read | Bhopal's Aishbagh Railway Overbridg...Read More
Agartala (Tripura) [India], June 29 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha on Saturday said that people need to be made more aware of combating cybercrime and that criminal activities should be prevented using the internet. "Cybercrime is in such a place that it is like fighting with shadows. For this, there is a need to be more technically skilled. Along with this, people need to be more aware and alert about cybercrime. The police system should be further developed and strengthened in l...Read More
NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday extended the term of the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Ravi Agrawal by one year, an official notification said.The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the re-appointment of Agrawal, an IRS officer of the 1988 batch, as CBDT chairman for one year from July 1 this year to June 30, 2026, on contract basis.Agrawal took over as the CBDT chairman from Nitin Gupta in June 2024 after Gupta's extended tenure ended. Agrawal has been a...Read More
Parag Jain, a seasoned IPS officer from the Punjab cadre, has been appointed as the next chief of R&AW, commencing his two-year tenure on July 1, 2025.The Centre has selected Parag Jain, a 1989-batch IPS officer of the Punjab cadre, as the incoming chief of the Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW), India's premier external intelligence agency. He succeeds Ravi Sinha, with his two-year term set to begin on July 1, 2025 and run through June 30, 2027 Currently heading the Aviation Research Centre, Jain...Read More