April 2017

Lucknow: In line with its election manifesto, the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has directed officials to start work on 'Bhagya Lakshmi Yojna' to give Rs 50,000 on the birth of girl child in poor families. "The officials have been…

New Delhi: The Parliament on Wednesday condemned a BJP youth wing leader's offer for a bounty of Rs 11 lakh to anyone who beheads West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Opposition parties led by the Trinamool Congress demanded…

JAMMU: Keeping up with the tradition of celebrating all the festivals with great fervour and gaiety and apprising the children of their rich culture and heritage,the JK Public School, Kunjwani today held the Baisakhi Celebrations. A…

SRINAGAR: Broadband internet services resumed after two days in the restive Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, though the region remained shut in response to a separatist strike over the killing of eight people in this weekend's Srinagar bypoll…

SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah today questioned the logic behind holding a repoll in 38 polling stations in Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency in the wake of EC postponing the bypoll in Anantnag seat till May…

SRINAGAR: Repolling was ordered in 38 polling booths of Srinagar by the Election Commission. The voting will be held on April 13. Polling will be conducted between 7 AM to 4 PM on Thursday, amid heightened security. The decision was…

SRINAGAR: After three days of protests, normalcy returned in the Kashmir Valley today as the separatists called off the two-day shutdown. The educational institutions, public transport, shops and other businesses began functioning…

ALIGARH: A leader of the BJP's youth wing has courted controversy by announcing a bounty of Rs 11 lakh for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's head after the police in her state used batons to disperse a rally raising slogans in…

LAHORE: Stating that Kulbhushan Jadhav had the right to move the army's court of appeal against his conviction within 60 days, Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Mohammad Asif has ruled out immediate execution of the Indian national…

NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday said New Delhi should recongnise Balochistan as an independent nation if Pakistan executes Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav. Jadhav, a former India naval officer, was…