Jammu, Jan 4 (UNI) Vice President of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, lauded on Thursday the collective role played by the Executive, Legislature, and Judiciary in the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution, underscoring these provisions as ‘obstacles to democratic governance’. What had been intended as a temporary provision of the Constitution had gone…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea of Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera for quashing criminal proceedings against him over the alleged remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. After hearing a special leave petition filed by Khera against the order passed by the Allahabad High Court, a bench of Justice…
New Delhi Jan 4 (UNI) Vice Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi on Thursday assumed office as the Vice Chief of the Naval Staff here. According to an official statement, prior to taking over as Vice Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Tripathi served as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command. An alumnus of Sainik…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (UNI) The Indian government has 60 days to appeal in the highest court against the varying quantum of sentences awarded by the Qatar’s Court of Appeal which has commuted the death sentence handed down to the 8 Ex-Navy personnel in an alleged espionage case a week ago, Ministry of External Affairs…
Mumbai, Jan 4 (UNI) Snapping a losing streak of last two sessions, the BSE Sensex on Thursday rallied 490.97 pts to close at 71,847.57 on the strength of Realty, Utilities, Telecommunications stocks. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose 141.25 pts at 21,658.60. The NSE was days high and low at 21,954.79 and 21,546.60 pts respectively….
Tokyo, Jan 4 (UNI) The death toll has risen to 82 in the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa as of Thursday afternoon after a series of earthquakes of up to 7.6 magnitude struck the prefecture and its vicinity on Monday. The most stricken city of Wajima in Ishikawa has confirmed a total of 48 deaths,…
Srinagar, Jan 4 (UNI) A combing operation in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district is underway to trace the militants who exchanged fire briefly with joint forces on Wednesday evening. The militants and joint forces exchanged fire on Wednesday evening at village Hadigam Kulgam when joint teams of forces launched an operation in the area following an…
Kolkata, Jan 4 (UNI) FTS Yuva, the youth wing of Friends of Tribals Society is organising its annual flagship event Ekal Run at Godrej Waterside, here on January 7, which would be inaugurated by India’s first ever gold medalist in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games Geeta Phogat wherein 5000+ participants will run for their chosen…
Jammu, Jan 4 (UNI) With an aim to foil all the nefarious designs of the enemy like infiltration attempts being made taking an advantage of fog, the security forces under the winter strategy have strengthened the border surveillance with installation of special check posts along the borders in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir….
Srinagar, Jan 4 (UNI) Relentless Cold wave conditions continued in Kashmir valley despite slight improvement in night temperatures, but still recorded below freezing point across on Thursday. The Meteorological Centre Srinagar said that the minimum temperature in Srinagar recorded at -3.8°C on Thursday after it settled at -4.8°C during the past two days. It was…
