Kathua killings, ongoing probe does not point to terror angle, says government official

BJP supporters protest on Kathua civilian killings, at Main Chowk Gagwal in Samba. | Photo Credit: ANI Days after Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that three persons, including a 15-year-old boy, whose bodies were found in Kathua’s Billawar area were killed by “terrorists”, a senior Jammu and Kashmir government official said the circumstances and the … Read more

Akali Dal to attend anti-delimitation meet in Chennai

File picture of SAD leader Daljit Singh Cheema. | Photo Credit: ANI Amid an attempt by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin to join forces against the upcoming delimitation exercise of Parliamentary constituencies, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Saturday announced to attend the meeting, slated for March 22 in Chennai, for developing a collective strategy … Read more

Indian National Army veteran Lieutenant R. Madhavan Pillai celebrates 99th birthday

Lieutenant Rangaswamy Madhavan Pillai, a veteran of the Indian National Army (INA), celebrated his 99th birthday on Thursday (March 13, 2025) by laying wreaths at the National War Memorial and the statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on Kartavya Path. The wreath-laying ceremony organised by the Army was attended by senior military personnel and the … Read more

Centre has failed to identify ‘genuine beneficiaries’ for rural housing scheme: Parliamentary panel report

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development has accused the government of failing to identify “genuine beneficiaries” for its flagship rural housing scheme, Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G), since the scheme still relies on 14-year-old data from Socio-Economic Caste Census (SECC) of 2011 to find beneficiaries. In its report tabled on Wednesday, the panel headed … Read more

Sajad Lone flays J&K reservation policy; says it is a tool to disempower Kashmiri-speaking ethnic group

People’s Conference MLA Sajjad Lone speaks during the Budget session of Assembly, in Jammu, on March 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI J&K People’s Conference (JKPC) chief and MLA Sajad Lone on Thursday (March 13, 2025) said the current reservation policy was being used as a tool “to exclude Kashmiri-speaking population from power structure and … Read more

Assam major source of pollution in Byrnihat: Meghalaya CM

File picture of Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma. | Photo Credit: PTI Byrnihat, consistently India’s most polluted city since 2023, seems to be caught between two States. An industrial town straddling the Assam-Meghalaya boundary, Byrnihat is about 30 km from Assam’s principal city Guwahati and 70 km from Meghalaya’s capital Shillong. The town is also the … Read more