• Sunday, April 20, 2025

India’s Tata Group may bid for Air India

INDIA'S debt-ridden national carrier may get a big relief if the country’s Tata Group moves ahead with its plans to bid for the airline. The chairman of the Indian conglomerate N Chandrasekaran is not ruling out bidding for the airline, according to a report published in the Indian daily The Times…

RCEP leaders to issue joint statement on proposed trade pact

LEADERS of India and 15 Asia-Pacific countries are expected to announce later on Monday (4) successful conclusion of seven-year negotiations to create the world's largest free-trade region though its formal signing will be pushed to February next year, diplomatic sources said. The possible delay in firming up the Regional Comprehensive…

Modi to visit Thailand

INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi will visit Thailand from November 2-4 during which he will attend the ASEAN-India, East Asia and RCEP summits, the ministry of external affairs announced on Thursday (31). Modi will be visiting Bangkok at the invitation of Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, secretary Vijay Thakur Singh…

Special status only bred terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir: Modi

PAYING glowing tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on National Unity Day, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (31) defended the scrapping of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the special status provision only bred terrorism in the erstwhile state. He also hailed India’s unity in diversity, calling it…

Repealing Article 370, 35A shut gateway of terrorism in India:…

UNION HOME Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said Article 370 and Article 35A were the gateway of terrorism into Jammu and Kashmir which was closed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi by abrogating them. Shah also said Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel's unfulfilled dream of integrating Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of…

BJP questions Rahul’s ‘frequent’ foreign tours

THE BJP targeted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday for his "frequent" foreign visits and the "secrecy" about those, asking if he was involved in some secret operation. Asserting that Gandhi's frequent foreign visits were a matter of public interest as he was a public representative, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…

Forest fire triggers landmine blasts along LoC

A FOREST fire has triggered several landmine blasts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said on Thursday. The fire broke out across the LoC and spread to this side of the border, resulting in mine blasts on Wednesday night, they said. However, there…

Sardar Patel’s dream of ‘Akhand Bharat’ realised by scrapping Article…

SARDAR Vallabhbhai Patel's dream of a united India was realised by scrapping Article 370, Union minister Smriti Irani said on Thursday as she congratulated the people of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, which became two Union Territories after the bifurcation of the state. The Women and Child Development minister took…

Jammu and Kashmir transitioned from state into two union territories

AS the clock struck 12 and a new day beckoned, Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday transitioned from a state into two union territories with a wary Valley shutting down as it has for 88 days and Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the "new system" is aimed at "building a strong…

Man killed, wife injured in row over public urination

A 45-YEAR-OLD man was killed and his wife was severely injured after they allegedly asked a man not to urinate in front of their house in western suburb of Goregaon, an official said. Nandlal Ramdev Kanojiya and his wife Urmila caught the accused Amit Saurav urinating in front of their…