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Patna, June 19 The protests against the Centre’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme that envisages recruitment of soldiers on a short-term contractual basis, triggered a fresh war of words between the two ruling allies — the BJP and the JD(U) — with the former holding the Nitish Kumar government responsible for its “inability…

Chandigarh, June 19 The Centre has granted e-visa to over 100 Afghan Sikhs and Hindus, say sources, a day after deadly attack by the Islamic State on a gurdwara in Afghan capital Kabul. The attack on Saturday killed at least two people and injured seven, officials said, in a spate…

Kabul, June 19 An attack claimed by Islamic State on a gurdwara in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least two people and injured seven, officials said. On an affiliated Telegram channel, the local branch of Islamic State said the attack was in response to insults leveled at…

Kabul, June 19 An attack claimed by Islamic State on a gurdwara in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least two people and injured seven, officials said. On an affiliated Telegram channel, the local branch of Islamic State said the attack was in response to insults levelled at…

Guwahati, June 19 Rain continues to batter Assam. As a result, almost ninety per cent area of the state reeling under flood water after pre-monsoon showers wreaked havoc last month only. Landslides triggered by heavy showers have claimed the lives of three people, including two children, in the state while…

New Delhi, June 18Several blasts ripped through the prominent Gurdwara Karte Parwan in Kabul as worshippers gathered for morning prayers on Saturday, killing two persons, including a Sikh, and injuring seven. The toll could have been higher, but prompt action by security forces thwarted an attempt to drive an explosive-laden…

New Delhi, June 18 As anti-Agnipath protests entered the fourth day with railway properties damaged in Bihar and West Bengal and 369 trains cancelled across India, the government today offered fresh concessions for Agniveers in yet another bid to calm tempers. Following a high-level meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath…

The run-up to the Rajya Sabha elections in a few states has been acutely painful and depressing to watch. It is not that anything new has happened but the fact that the moral slide into the sinkhole of depravity shows no sign of slowing down. The pit is bottomless and…

An anecdote related to the IPKF operations in Sri Lanka in 1988 narrated by Col PK Handa, a veteran of the Sikh Regiment, is hard to forget. The troops were deployed ahead of Nadunkeni in Jaffna and were part of 41 Brigade. It must have been October and it had…

Srinagar, June 18A Jammu and Kashmir Police Sub-Inspector was abducted and later shot dead by suspected militants in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday night, the police said.The bullet-riddled body of Farooq Ahmad Mir (55) was recovered from a stream in the wee hours of Saturday.Mir had left his home…

New Delhi, June 18 National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah today withdrew his name as the joint Opposition candidate for the July 18 presidential elections. In a statement issued here, former Jamp;K CM Abdullah said he was honoured that his name was proposed in the June 15 meeting of Opposition parties…

New Delhi, June 18The government on Saturday published a notification amending the Registration of Electors Rules to allow linking Aadhaar details with voters list to weed out duplicate entries and making election law gender neutral for service voters.The Legislative Department in the Union Law Ministry published the notifications on Saturday…

New Delhi/Patna/Thiruvananthapuram, June 18The Centre on Saturday announced several incentives including reserving 10 per cent vacancies in its paramilitary and the defence ministry for Agnipath retirees and said it will look into any grievance about the new military recruitment scheme “with an open mind”, even as violent protests raged on…

Bathinda, June 18The Mansa police have arrested a resident of Ralla village in the district and started investigating his links with gangsters Lawrence Bishnoi and Goldy Brar in connection with the Sidhu Moosewala murder case.Moosewala had unsuccessfuly contested Punjab Assembly election from Mansa constituency.The police have brought Manmohan Singh Mohana…

New Delhi/Patna/Thiruvananthapuram, June 18 The Centre on Saturday announced several incentives including reserving 10 per cent vacancies in the defence ministry and paramilitary forces for Agnipath retirees as violent protests raged on against the new military recruitment scheme in many states and opposition parties stepped up pressure for its…