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‘How Did Pulwama Happen’ Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa Rajasthan Congress Leader’s remark sparks new row

March 14, 2023 Editor

Rajasthan Congress in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa made comments on the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama in February 2019, months before the Lok Sabha elections, in which 40 soldiers died. Rajasthan Congress in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa’s controversial statement on Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised a storm in the BJP. Senior leaders of the party have accused him of insulting the country and the Prime Minister, much like Rahul Gandhi “the way he tries to defame the country’s image abroad”. Mr Randhawa, in a recent address at a Congress…

Is another India – Pakistan War on cards? High possibility of military retaliation in Kashmir under Modi’s leadership: US Intel

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Editor

A US intelligence report has raised concerns about the possibility of India retaliating against Pakistan in the event of a terror attack on India or an orchestrated “violent unrest in Kashmir” by extremist groups based in Pakistan. The annual threat assessment report by the US Director of National Intelligence predicts the possibility of a conflict between India and Pakistan with particular concern due to the risk of an “escalatory cycle between two nuclear-armed states”. Given Pakistan’s history of supporting extremist groups, the report acknowledges a higher probability of India responding…

Factually Inaccurate: India slams UN Human Rights for comments on J&K

March 8, 2023 Editor

India on Tuesday voiced regret over comments by the UN’s human rights commissioner on the situation in Kashmir, terming the reference as “unwarranted and factually inaccurate”. In a statement at the General Debate on the Oral Update by High Commissioner during the 52nd Session of Human Rights Council, Permanent Representative of India to the UN in Geneva Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey also asserted that New Delhi does not see any role for the human rights commissioner office’s in matters that are the country’s internal affairs. “We take note of the…

Article 370 abrogation only on paper: Sanjay Raut

March 6, 2023 Editor

Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said abrogation of Article 370, which ended the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, by the Narendra Modi Government was only on paper and was done to serve the political interests of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In his weekly column ‘Rokthok’ in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, Raut said Kashmiri Pandits had not got their rights despite this move, and BJP leaders have no answers to their woes. A Kashmiri Pandit was killed by terrorists in Pulwama recently but the BJP poured…

India rejects OIC’s ‘Unwarranted References’ on J&K at Human Rights Council

March 5, 2023 Editor

India has assailed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for its “unwarranted references” to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and for allowing Pakistan to hijack and misuse its platform for carrying out Islamabad’s “nefarious agenda” against New Delhi. Exercising its right of reply at the High-Level Segment of 52nd session of the Human Rights Council, Seema Pujani, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India in Geneva, outrightly rejected the reference to the statement made by the OIC representative. “The fact is that the entire territories of the Union Territories…

Modi blowing my country to smithereens, Democracy under attack in India: Rahul Gandhi at Cambridge University

March 4, 2023 Editor

Rahul Gandhi’s speech at Cambridge University earlier this week drew the BJP’s ire as it was learnt that the Congress leader spoke of the “threat to democracy” in India and alleged that several politicians, including him, were under surveillance. Gandhi made the remarks during a lecture at the Cambridge Judge Business School (Cambridge JBS) on “Learning to Listen in the 21st Century”. BJP national spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill tweeted, “Instead of introspecting on loss of 172 seats out of 180 in N East polls, loss of 50+ elections out of 54…

RJD leader’s remarks on Ram Mandir, saying it has been built on ‘Nafrat Ki Zameen’ sparks row: BJP hits back

January 7, 2023 Editor

Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Jagadanand Singh has sparked a controversy over his remarks on Ram Mandir, saying it has been built on ‘Nafrat Ki Zameen’ (land of hate). “Ram temple is being built on the land of hatred. Ram cannot be imprisoned in a magnificent palace…We are the people who believe in ‘Hey Ram’ and not ‘Jai Shri Ram”, the Bihar RJD chief was quoted by ANI as saying on Friday. The Bharatiya Janata Party hit back at the RJD leader over his remark. BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla tweeted, “Labels…

Haldwani Eviction: 50000 People can’t be uprooted overnight orders Supreme Court

January 5, 2023 Editor

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the planned eviction of the railways in the ‘encroached’ land in Uttarakhand’s Haldwani and said a workable arrangement has to be devised as 50,000 people can’t be uprooted overnight. In its order, the Supreme Court said the government will have to provide full rehabilitation of the people of the area. “In the meantime, there shall be a stay of the directions passed in the impugned order,” the Apex Court said barring any new construction or development on the land. The bench of Justice Sanjay…

AS Dulat in Delhi and Farooq Abdullah joins ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ in Ghaziabad

January 4, 2023 Editor

Former Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) secretary Amarjit Singh Dulat became the latest eminent personality to join Bharat Jodo Yatra, as the Rahul Gandhi-led nationwide march resumed on Tuesday after a 9-day break, and entered Uttar Pradesh from Delhi. According to the Congress, Dulat joined the yatra in Delhi. In a picture shared by INC TV, the grand old party’s official media platform, the former spymaster is seen holding hands of the former Congress president, who was once again dressed in just a white t-shirt, as he has throughout this winter…

India rings in 2023: Big cities see huge crowds, lathi-charge in Bengaluru

January 1, 2023 Editor

Soaked in revelry, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata and other big cities across India welcomed 2023 amid huge celebrations. This is the first time in nearly two years that Covid restrictions were eased for those ringing in the New Year. While the latest surge in Covid cases in China remains a concern, authorities in India are taking precautions but no major curbs have yet been announced. For now, RT-PCR tests have been made mandatory for travelers arriving from China, Singapore, South Korea, Japan and Thailand. Here’s a lowdown on New…