Month: April 2025

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian called PM Narendra Modi on Saturday to condemn the Pahalgam attack, amid efforts by countries in the Gulf region to defuse the situation between India and Pakistan.In the talks with Al Nahyan, a Gulf leader Modi shares great personal rapport with, the two agreed that terrorism should be rejected in all its forms and manifestations. Modi conveyed India's strong resolve to bring the perpetrators of the heinous crime and their supporters to justice.According to the ministry of external affairs, Al Nahyan expressed condolences on the loss of lives in the "barbaric" terror attack. "He strongly condemned the attack and expressed full solidarity and support with India. The PM appreciated his sentiments and words of sympathy and support," said MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal.Pezeshkian too strongly […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India announced on Saturday that the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra will resume in June this year with 750 pilgrims expected to visit the religious site. The resumption of the pilgrimage in the summer of 2025, along with trans-border river cooperation, topped the Indian wish list in the people-centric steps India and China announced in Jan this year for rebuilding ties, following the resolution of the border standoff in eastern Ladakh last year in October.The yatra organised by ministry of external affairs, which had been suspended by the Chinese govt in 2020 because of Covid-19, is set to take place during June to Aug 2025, said the Indian govt. The development is expected to pave the way for resumption of more people-centric services like direct flights to which India and China had agreed in principle in Jan, and also […]

[ad_1] JAIPUR: Jaipur's walled city area has been tense since Friday night over the alleged provocative sloganeering by BJP MLA Balmukundacharya and his supporters near Jama Masjid, while protesting against the Pahalgam massacre, reports Nitesh Kumar. Police lodged an FIR against the MLA on Friday night following a complaint lodged by the other side, but demands for his arrest have been raised.The confrontation started after Balmukundacharya, along with about 60-70 supporters, allegedly raised inflammatory slogans outside Jama Masjid in Johari Bazaar during the namaz. The MLA and his supporters were subsequently booked on charges of hurting religious sentiments, attempting to incite violence and being part of an unlawful assembly. The mosque management committee Saturday released CCTV footage, in which the MLA and his supporters are seen approaching the mosque stairs, pasting posters at its base of the stairs, stamping on […]

[ad_1] BIJBEHARA: Before security forces levelled her home with controlled explosives, Shahzada Bano was shown the spot where her son Adil Hussain Thoker had returned to eat a meal.Hours later, soldiers razed the family's house in Anantnag district, after escorting Bano to a relative's place in a neighbouring village. Adil, once a promising student, is now among the chief suspects in Tuesday's attack in Pahalgam. His family maintains they have had no contact with him since 2018.Bano insisted her son could not be involved in the killings but added: "If he is involved, the forces can act accordingly." She also appealed for Adil to surrender, "so that we can live in peace".Adil's father Waleem, his brothers Jahir and Arshlam, and his cousins Julankar and Sajjad are all in custody. His mother was detained for a day. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Congress on Saturday accused BJP and RSS outfits of targeting Kashmiris and Muslims across states in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terrorist attack, alleging that such actions reflect Pakistan's intent behind the assault - to hit the livelihood of Kashmiris and disrupt Hindu-Muslim unity in India.After Congress assured the BJP govt of its support for any action it proposes to take in response to the attack , it blamed intelligence failure and security lapses for the latest terror act. Party spokesperson Pawan Khera said BJP lost no time after Pahalgam to play the communal card, with its Karnataka and Chhattisgarh social media handles putting out objectionable content about the attack, which was also insensitive in its depiction of the dead and the widows. He said BJP and RSS outfits have fanned out in Uttarakhand, Himachal, Chandigarh, and other places […]

[ad_1] 1,024 Bangladesh illegals arrested in Gujarat AHMEDABAD: In a massive crackdown against illegal Bangladeshi residents in Gujarat in the wake of the Pahalgam attack, police conducted a statewide operation Friday night that ended in the arrests of 890 illegals in Ahmedabad and 134 in Surat. Among those arrested, four were found to have links to criminal activities - two of them suspected to be operatives of al-Qaida sleeper cells. Gujarat DGP Vikas Sahay said these individuals were under thorough interrogation at the joint interrogation centre. "This is our biggest operation against people living illegally in the state," junior home minister Harsh Sanghavi told reporters in Surat. He warned all illegal Bangladeshi residents to surrender voluntarily at police stations within two days or face strict action, adding that arrangements had been made "to complete procedures for their deportation at the […]

[ad_1] PRAYAGRAJ: Taking serious note of the inability of a judicial officer to write a judgment, Allahabad high court has directed that additional district judge Amit Verma of Kanpur Nagar be sent to the judicial training institute for three months of training.Justice Neeraj Tiwari passed the order while allowing a writ petition filed by one Munni Devi of Kanpur Nagar when her plea to add some additional grounds in a tenancy dispute was rejected.The petitioner assailing the impugned order submitted that the additional district judge arbitrarily dismissed the amendment application in a three-line order without going into the merit of the issue. The petitioner further submitted that not a single line has been written as to why the amendment application was rejected.The petitioner alleged that earlier too the same judge had committed a similar mistake.After going through the impugned order, […]

[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: A sudden surge in the Jhelum river’s water level has thrown Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) into chaos, as India, local authorities claimed, released water from the Uri Dam without prior warning on Saturday.The abrupt discharge triggered a water emergency in PoK’s Hattian Bala district, forcing residents along the riverbanks to flee to safer ground.The move escalated tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, with Pakistani authorities condemning it as a violation of international norms and the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). India suspended the IWT on April 23 citing the terror attack in Pahalgam in which 26 people were killed by terrorists.Local officials in Muzaffarabad, PoK’s capital, and Chakoti sounded alarms through loudspeakers, urging communities to evacuate as water levels rose rapidly. “We had no warning. The water came rushing in, and we’re struggling to protect lives and property,” said Muhammad […]