RSS, VHP mobilise voters in Maharashtra, Jharkhand

BJP has been blaming the Hemant Soren-led...

Pakistan spends a packet to engage lobbying firm in the U.S.

New Delhi: An Islamabad-based think-tank, affiliated with...

Antony Blinken’s ceasefire mission

It is unknown who encouraged US Secretary...

Abhinandan Mishra

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...

LeT poster boy Abu Dujana is next target of security forces

The security forces who successfully encountered Burhan Wani recently, are now focusing on neutralising another terrorist, Abu Dujana, who is presently a commander in...

Agencies worried ISIS may target India on 15 August

The ISI is planning a major terrorist strike in India on 15 August, Independence Day and 12 terrorists from three different nationalities including Indian...

Alcohol emergency in ‘totalitarian’ Bihar

Not informing the police about one’s neighbour storing or consuming liquor in his/her house will land one in jail in Bihar. Apart from this,...

No action by CBI on ‘illegal’ Landour cantonment constructions

The CBI is yet to act on a complaint made by an estate officer belonging to the Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO), alleging that...

Prisoners offer tulsi leaves for penance

Apart from serving their time inside the prison, convicts in Beur central prison near Patna are seeking penance for their crimes through an age...

Stone pelters in Kashmir will continue protests to ensure bad press for Army

Stone-pelters in Kashmir are unlikely to “back down” as they are buoyed by the negative publicity that the Central armed forces in Kashmir have...

Burhan Wani called me: Hafiz Saeed

Jamat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, while responding to this newspaper’s queries from Islamabad, said that Hizbul...

Underperforming babus face Naqvi’s wrath

Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has curtailed the powers and responsibilities of some IAS officers who have been “under-performing”, while...

Terror head Hafiz Saeed turns politician

Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Muhammad Hafiz Saeed, who carries a reward of $10 million on his head for his involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai...

Children of Kashmir’s ‘liberators’ lead plush lives abroad

Intelligence officials want the government to highlight the hypocrisy of Kashmir’s separatist leaders, who while playing with the careers and lives of the ordinary...

Men from Zakir Naik’s foundation planned terror attacks: Vanzara

Former IPS officer D.G. Vanzara has revealed to this newspaper that the Anti Terror Squad (ATS) of Gujarat had found credible leads in 2006...

Minority Ministry babus asked to tour remote villages

With Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi in charge of the Ministry of Minority Affairs, “babus” are all set to relinquish the comfort of their office rooms...

CBI unlikely to find foul play in Vyapam deaths

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is going to file its status report on the Vyapam scam in the Supreme Court next week,...

ISIS’ Hyderabad men were making chemical bombs

The five alleged ISIS sympathisers, who were arrested from Hyderabad last week, were working to prepare chemical weapons using urea and nitric acid. They...

Command for cyber security still pending

A plan to set up a dedicated tri-service command for cyber security in India is being deliberated upon by the Ministry of Defence (MoD),...

Suresh Soni likely to get post back

RSS’ Suresh Soni, who was removed from the influential post of coordinator between the RSS and BJP in October 2014, is likely to be...

Now Bihar universities face probe for irregularities

Following the revelation that the Bihar School Examination Board was manufacturing toppers in matriculation and intermediate examinations in exchange of speed money, universities in...

Riot survivor will return to Gulbarg Society

Gulbarg Society riot survivor Feroz Khan Pathan has decided to return to his house number 18, which he fled 14 years ago in 2002...

Reliance will produce defence equipment In MP

The production of defence equipment by Reliance Defence Technologies Pvt Ltd, which is in the process of setting up one of India’s largest defence...

Nitish Kumar hopes to win many UP seats

JDU president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has set his eyes on next year’s Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections where he is aiming to...

North Waziristan is ISI’s terror factory to target India

Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has developed the Miramshah area in North Waziristan as a common training ground for various terror groups active in India....

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