Srinagar, Oct 26 (UNI) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was re-elected as Peoples Democratic Party president for a three-year term on Thursday. This is the sixth consecutive time that Mehbooba Mufti, 63, got elected as president unanimously, party leaders said. Soon after her election, she asked the party cadre to gear up…
New Delhi, Oct 26 (UNI) Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani on Thursday said the Narendra Modi-led government has passed the Women Reservation Bill 2023, which makes 2.8 million women dept at fighting elections. Participating at a Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI) event, Irani said, “Women fight elections for legislative assemblies…
New Delhi, Oct 26 (UNI) Amid political parties making big poll promises to woo voters ahead of crucial assembly elections, Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday said thE freebies model appears appealing in the short term. “We were confronted by two models – one was the economic growth model and the other was…
Doha, Oct 26 (UNI) Hamas’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, said on Thursday it had shot down an Israeli helicopter with a Sam7 surface-to-air missile above central Gaza Strip. “The fighters of Al-Qassam Brigades have launched a Sam7 missile toward the enemy to the east of the Bureij refugee camp. The hit was recorded,” the…
Saharanpur (UP), October 26 (UNI) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday while describing the merits of religion, Indian philosophy, thinking and best conduct said that it is the duty of every Indian to give the right message of religion to the entire world. He was addressing the ceremony after performing the…
Srinagar, Oct 26 (UNI) Director General of J&K Police Dilbag Singh on Thursday said Pakistan is trying to push as many militants to this side before the infiltrating routes are closed due to snowfall on the Line of Control (LoC). “The militants who are waiting on launching pads in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) are being…
Srinagar, Oct 26 (UNI) Five unidentified militants were killed as security forces foiled a major infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Machil sector of Kupwara district on Thursday. This is the second infiltration bid that has been foiled in Kashmir in the last four days. On October 22, two infiltrators were…
New Delhi, Oct 26 (UNI) India on Thursday expressed “deep shock” over the death penalty pronounced by a Qatar court against eight former Indian Navy personnel, working for Al Dahra company. The Court of First Instance of Qatar gave the verdict on charges not made public by the country’s authorities. In a statement, the Ministry…
New Delhi, Oct 26 (UNI) Congress leader and former Rajasthan Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot on Thursday accused the BJP-led Central government of “continuously misusing” the probe agencies. Pilot questioned the timing and intent of Enforcement Directorate (ED) action against the party’s state unit head Govind Singh Dotasra in Jaipur and Sikar and the summoning…
Setback for Nisha Bangre as nominee of Amla seat not changed Bhopal: The Congress has changed its candidates in four constituencies ahead of the November 17 Madhya Pradesh elections-2023. The changes come in response to widespread protests that erupted across the state following the initial candidate announcements. But the candidate on Amla seat from where Deputy…
