A security personnel keeps vigil near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, Jammu and Kashmir. File photo | Photo Credit: PTI Security forces on Saturday (February 22, 2025) launched anti-terror operations at nearly three dozen places across Jammu region, security officials said. The operations were launched over suspicious movements in some parts and … Read more
Representative image | Photo Credit: AP The Information and Broadcasting Ministry is examining the existing statutory provisions and the need for a new legal framework to regulate “harmful” content amid complaints of “obscenity and violence” being shown on digital platforms. In its reply to a parliamentary panel, the Ministry said there is a growing concern … Read more
Pakistani authorities have released 22 Indian fishermen from Karachi’s Malir Jail and are likely to hand them over to India on Saturday (February 22, 2025), according to a media report. The fishermen were freed from the jail on Friday (February 21, 2025) after the completion of their sentences, The Express Tribune newspaper quoted Malir Jail … Read more
File picture of Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam | Photo Credit: X/@Ramgoolam_Dr Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam on Friday (February 21, 2025) said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would be the Guest of Honour at the nation’s National Day celebrations. Addressing the Mauritian Parliament, Mr. Ramgoolam said, “I have great pleasure to inform the House … Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, walks with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, right, during a welcome ceremony, in Islamabad, Pakistan, on February 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Nearly a week after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke on the issue of Kashmir during his visit to Pakistan, New Delhi on Friday (February 21, … Read more
Image for representation | Photo Credit: K.K. Mustafah The Pakistan High Commission Friday (February 21, 2025) said it has issued 154 visas to Indian pilgrims to visit the Shree Katas Raj temples in that country’s Punjab province. Under the Pakistan-India Protocol on Visits to Religious Shrines of 1974, each year thousands of Indian pilgrims visit … Read more
The Supreme Court said on Friday (February 21, 2025) dowry demand was not a prerequisite to constitute the offence of cruelty under section 498A of the IPC introduced in 1983 to protect married women from the husband and in-laws. A bench comprising Justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna B Varale on December 12, 2024, said the … Read more
A day after post-mortem examinations confirmed the murder of two women and a teenage girl found dead in their Kolkata home, the police said on Friday that they are now focused on identifying the culprits and motive behind the crime. Investigators are also exploring the possible involvement of the two women’s husbands, who are siblings, … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-SP) leader Sharad Pawar during the inauguration of 98th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in New Delhi on Friday, February 21, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the shared cultural heritage of Indian languages would give a befitting reply to those … Read more
The Supreme Court on Friday sought a response from Tamil Nadu authorities on a special leave petition regarding alleged caste discrimination and atrocities suffered by the Dalit Catholic Christian community of Kottapalayam parish in Tiruchirappalli district. A Bench headed by Justice P.S. Narasimha issued notice to the District Collector and other authorities on a petition … Read more