Army chief to visit Nepal for military, diplomacy talks

General Dwivedi’s visit highlights India-Nepal’s century-long military...

AICC secretaries asked to spend 20 days in assigned states

The Congress appointed 31 secretaries to assist...

Jamia accused of religious discrimination

A report by the NGO ‘Call for...

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BSF takes ‘security’ cover, refuses to reply to RTI query

Security agencies, which are averse to sharing details of their officials indulging in corruption or violating human rights, are denying information sought under the...

Leaders across political parties lose crores in demonetisation

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s move of demonetising Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes has shocked and upset leaders across the political spectrum, apparently...

Experts support the writing off of loans

Bankers and financial experts have welcomed the move of the State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest public sector bank, to “write-off” loans worth...

CISF debuts on Twitter

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), under its new Director General O.P. Singh, who took over the helm of the agency less than two...

Gold traders will be next government target

In continuance with the demonetisation of currency that was announced on Tuesday night, the government has taken a slew of measures to make sure...

Police was afraid of confronting the jailed SIMI men

Not just officials of the Bhopal Central Jail, even court staff would avoid confronting the jailed 29 SIMI activists who were lodged in the...

Rs 287 cr spent to run Rajya Sabha

A huge amount of Rs 287 crore (Rs 2,872,156,362) of taxpayers’ money was spent on the functioning of the Rajya Sabha in 2014-2015. In...

Prisoners guarded prisoners in Bhopal

A handful of guards — around 30, or fewer than that — helped by jailed convicts, were responsible for guarding the 3,000 plus inmates...

BSF inquiry into Pathankot lapses headed nowhere

A board of inquiry, which was initiated by the Border Security Force (BSF) against two of its officers for their alleged lapses that led...

Verma has a list of those honey trapped: Allen

Q. What is your relation with Abhishek Verma and how long have you known him? A: I was introduced to Abhishek Verma over the phone...

I am determined to enter politics: Abhishek Verma

Controversial “arms dealer” Abhishek Verma spoke to The Sunday Guardian on a host of issues in an exclusive interview. Excerpts: Q. What is your present...

People in politics, defence may be involved in spy case

The Delhi police and various intelligence agencies that are investigating the Pakistan spy ring busted this week are ascertaining the probability of the involvement...

Delhi police chief in race for top job in CBI

The race is on for the post of Central Bureau of Investigation director, as the tenure of incumbent Anil Sinha ends on 30 November....

Sunil Arora likely to become Prasar Bharati chief

Former bureaucrat Sunil Arora, who is presently working as an advisor to Prasar Bharati, is likely to become the CEO of the body, a...

Rajinder Kumar questions inaction on Ranjit Sinha and Company

Former Special Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), Rajinder Kumar has questioned official lethargy in taking action against bureaucrats, legal officers and police officers...

‘Masood Azhar’ caught on tape vowing a Kashmir jihad

The chief of Jaish-E-Mohammed, Maulana Masood Azhar, who is wanted for his role in the Pathankot terror strike, has said that if it was...

Classes disrupted, NIT Srinagar students worry about future

Students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Srinagar are facing the prospect of losing a semester, as their college has not opened...

PMO monitors ministers’ social media presence

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has been monitoring the social media activities and accounts of Union ministers 24x7, on the basis of which it...

Pak intensifies black propaganda against India

The Pakistan government is working to launch an all out “soft” war against India by hiring international lobbyists, strategic communication firms and journalists to...

‘Progress Panchayat will be an annual feature’

“Progress Panchayat”, the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) flagship programme and a part of its Muslim outreach bid, will become a regular annual feature of...

Sheila unlikely to contest UP elections

Sheila Dikshit, Congress’ Uttar Pradesh chief ministerial candidate and former Delhi Chief Minister, is unlikely to contest in the Assembly elections in the state...

Centre reaches out to minorities with Progress Panchayat

The Union government launched a “Progress Panchayat” on Thursday under which representatives of the Ministry of Minority Affairs and other ministries will go to...

‘NRIs prefer trump over hillary’

The three-million strong Indian Diaspora in the US, where presidential elections are due this November, is gravitating towards the Republican Party nominee Donald Trump...

PM asked Army on surgical strike preparedness

The decision to go for a surgical strike to target a “significant” number of terror hideouts, or “launchpads”, as the Army called it, across...

Agencies’ grilling method questioned

Government officials are contemplating to file a PIL in the Supreme Court to seek the framing of guidelines for agencies in carrying out investigations...

Agencies question Army’s lack of preparedness in Uri

Intelligence officials have questioned the lack of preparedness on the part of the Indian Army in defending its installations despite having prior intelligence of...

NIA deradicalises ISIS accused, busts terror cells

The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which has been investigating ISIS modules in India, has been able to deradicalise many of the accused arrested in...

‘Ministries ignored house panel advice on Pathankot’

Parliamentarian Pradip Bhattacharya, who headed the 30-member Parliament Standing Committee on Home, which had gone to Pathankot in the wake of the terror strike...

Pressure builds to release report on Dawood’s political links

Pressure is mounting on the government to release the findings of the N.N. Vohra Committee on the nexus between criminals and politicians, nearly 23...

BSP will consolidate its online clout

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which was the only national party that had till now shied away from social media claiming that it was...

‘Netaji was never declared war criminal’

Dr Vivek Prahladan has written about the mysterious disturbance of Subhash Chandra Bose, the death of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and about...

Over 500 innocent youths were made to surrender as Naxalites

Five hundred and fourteen tribal youths from Jharkhand, who were made to surrender as Naxalites in the period of 2012 to 2014, did not...

BJP confident no dent in Dalit support

The Bharatiya Janata Party is confident that the opposition’s attempt to brand it as “anti-Dalit” has not worked and that the Rohith Vemula and...

Out of jail, Shahabuddin puts Nitish on notice

RJD vice-president Mohammad Shahabuddin, who was released on bail from the Bhagalpur jail on Saturday morning following an order of the Patna High Court,...

‘Kabul’s biggest challenge is Pakistan-backed terror’

In an exclusive interaction with The Sunday Guardian, Shaida Mohammad Abdali, the Afghan ambassador to India, who was also the Deputy National Security Adviser...

NIA opens office in Jammu

In a move to curb and investigate terror-related activities emanating from Kashmir, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) opened an office in Jammu last week....

Nehru promised ‘azaadi’ to Kashmir: Syed Salahuddin

Syed Salahuddin, alias Mohd Yusuf Shah, the head of the terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen and the leader of the “alliance” of Kashmiri terrorist organisations,...

ISIS uses Filipina as honey trap to recruit followers

A 35-year-old Filipino national, Karen Aisha Hamidon, has emerged as the biggest honey trap recruiter for ISIS in India and is likely to be...

Official probe of Eastern Naval Command hacking

Officials familiar with the Scorpene data leak are looking into possible links between the hacking of computer systems installed at the Eastern Naval Command...

Information on bridges denied

Information seekers in Bihar are facing a tough time eliciting information from state-run organisations through the Right to Information (RTI) provision. Apparently, information is...

Hundreds of Mahadalits convert to Christianity in Bihar

Several cases of conversion to Christianity have come to light in Bihar’s Buxar district, where Mahadalit families belonging to the Musahar caste in at...

Notice served to 22 constructions in Landour

The chief executive officer of the Landour cantonment board near Mussoorie in Uttarakhand has served notices to 22 properties and resorts, being run allegedly...

MSME loans turn into non performing assets

The steady rise in loans given by commercial banks to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME), turning into non-performing assets (NPA) has left officials...

Huge Doctor shortage hits AIIMS’ regional chapters

The six All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospitals that were developed in different parts of India on the lines of AIIMS Delhi...

‘Bahadur Ali presser cost NIA IG his post’

Within 59 days of being given a one-year extension as the Inspector General (IG) (Investigations) of National Investigation Agency (NIA), Sanjeev Kumar Singh was...

Bacteria from Antarctica or cow dung? DRDO’s bio-toilet claim questioned

Some scientists working with the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) have questioned the veracity of the claim that the DRDO uses bacteria brought from...

ISI using hawala route to spread social unrest in India

Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has renewed its effort to spread social unrest in India by channelling money through the hawala route to groups based...

New MHA policy for Kashmir valley will ignore separatists

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in consultation with all the “legitimate stakeholders” of Kashmir valley, is working on formulating a new policy to...

Bihar’s top girls’ college turns fashion police

Girl students have been barred from wearing jeans and leggings in the prestigious Magadh Mahila College of Patna—the alma mater of noted dignitaries, high...

I-T will monitor social media of tax evaders

The Income Tax department has asked its officials to track suspected tax evaders by skimming through various social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram...

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