Politics

Indian soldier inadvertently crosses LoC, Army says it informed Pakistan

The Army said such inadvertent crossing by jawans and civilians are not unusual and they are returned through existing mechanisms.

Sep 29, 2016

Shashi Tharoor backtracks on his comments about Indian Army's surgical strike along LoC

Just last week, Tharoor remarked at a media school that it was not possible for India to conduct these strikes.

Sep 29, 2016

India waited for Sushma Swaraj's UNGA speech before carrying out surgical strikes across LoC

The apparent time lag in India's response to the Uri attack of September 18 was in order to respond diplomatically.

Sep 29, 2016

Bhopal court issues non-bailable arrest warrant against Uma Bharti in defamation case

The chief judicial magistrate has asked Bharti's counsel to ensure her appearance before the court on October 19.

Sep 29, 2016

US National Security Advisor calls Ajit Doval, says White House expects Pak to take 'effective action' against terrorist groups

Susan Rice also offered condolences to the families of the 18 soldiers who died in the Uri attack

Sep 29, 2016

US Senate overrides Obama's veto to bill allowing 9/11 victims to implicate Saudi Arabia

The bill empowers victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks to sue the Saudi government for its alleged involvement in the attacks.

Sep 28, 2016

US Election: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump spent less than two minutes on climate change

More than 14 minutes spent on the issue is the record that was created in 2000 over the course of three debates.

Sep 28, 2016

Jeremy Corbyn calls on Labour to accept the decision of the members

Jeremy Corbyn addressed the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on 29 September, calling for unity in a dived party. The Labour leader, having retained the title after being re-elected by the parties membership, told the conference that the party needed to rebuild the trust and support of voters in order to be elected into power.

Sep 28, 2016

Markandey Katju booked for sedition after offering Kashmir and Bihar to Pakistan on Facebook

Katju has been booked under section 124-A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code.

Sep 28, 2016

Cauvery water row: Opposition parties in Karnataka ask govt to not release water to Tamil Nadu

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs water to Tamil Nadu from Wednesday till Friday.

Sep 28, 2016

VHP, Bajrang Dal demand cancellation of Shafqat Amanat Ali concert in Bengaluru

The two groups have warned of a fierce protest if the concert on September 30 is not cancelled.

Sep 28, 2016

Video of two Georgian politicians fighting on live TV debate show goes viral

Members of Reformists party and Industrials party attended the debate show.

Sep 28, 2016

Cabinet decides to ratify Paris climate deal on Gandhi Jayanti

The signatories have to ensure that world climate change doesn't go beyond two degree Celsius.

Sep 28, 2016

'Will eliminate India if it imposes war on us', threatens Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif

Talking to a TV channel, Asif says the Pakistani army is fully prepared to answer any misadventure of India.

Sep 28, 2016

Arvind Kejriwal promises expose on conspiracy behind FIRs against AAP MLAs

The Delhi chief minister alleged that FIRs against him and other AAP MLAs were filed on the orders of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Sep 28, 2016