Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| India claims conclusive evidence of use | New Delhi, Feb 28 (TIWN / IANS) India has conclusive evidence that Pakistan Air Force's (PAF) F-16s were involved in the aerial engagement on the Line of Control (LoC) on Wednesday as parts of AIM 120 AM-RAAM missile were found on the Indian side. | 28-Feb-2019 |
| IAF pilot Abhinandan's parents very brav | Chennai, Feb 28 (IANS) Leaders of various political parties on Thursday called on the parents of Wing Commander Varthaman Abhinandan, Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot, now in custody of Pakistan. | 28-Feb-2019 |
| Fight against terror can't serve narrow | New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The battle against terrorism should not serve narrow political ends, the CPI-M has said, adding it is doubtful if military action will serve the strategic purpose of curbing terrorism emanating from Pakistan. | 28-Feb-2019 |
| BSP-SP flay Modi over video conference | Lucknow, Feb 28 (TIWN / IANS) The BSP-SP on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for going ahead with party events and a video conference, purported to be the largest ever, even as tension between India and Pakistan continued. | 28-Feb-2019 |
| India demands immediate release of captu | New Delhi, Feb 28 (TIWN / IANS) India on Thursday demanded the immediate and unharmed release of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman and ruled out talks on the issue, saying Pakistan cannot use it as a deal. | 28-Feb-2019 |
| CCS to meet Thursday later | New Delhi, Feb 28 (TIWN / IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely on Thursday evening to take stock of the situation as tension escalated between India and Pakistan. | 28-Feb-2019 |
| Opposition's charge of 'politicisation' | New Delhi, Feb 28 (TIWN / IANS) The BJP on Wednesday rejected as "baseless" the opposition's charge of its "blatant politicisation of the armed forces' sacrifices" and said such allegations help Pakistan as their media is using this against India. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| Gloom in family of pilot in Pakistani cu | Chennai, Feb 27 (IANS) The parents of Wing Commander Varthaman Abhinandan were engulfed by gloom after coming to know that their son had been taken into custody in Pakistan. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| Flight operations resume in airports: DG | New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Commercial flights resumed at all Indian airports after being suspended earlier in the day on Wednesday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| SC seeks Centre's reply on plea challeng | New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the Centre's response on a petition challenging two notifications related to Passport Rules and Foreigners Rules that allow religious minorities, except Muslims, facing persecution in neighbouring countries, to stay in India even if they had entered without valid documents. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| Flight operations suspended from Amritsa | Amritsar, Feb 27 (TIWN / IANS) Commercial flight operations were suspended on Wednesday from the Guru Ram Das Jee International airport in Amritsar amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| Congress Working Committee meet postpone | New Delhi, Feb 27 (TIWN / IANS) Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, the Congress on Wednesday postponed the meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) scheduled for Thursday in Ahmedabad. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| Indian fighter jets crash: One in Pakist | New Delhi/Islamabad, Feb 27 (TIWN / IANS) Two Indian fighter jets crashed on Wednesday, one in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district and the other across the Line of Control (LoC), whose pilot has been captured alive, as claimed by Pakistani authorities. | 27-Feb-2019 |
| Five Indian soldiers injured in Pakistan | Jammu, Feb 26 (IANS) Five Indian soldiers were injured on Tuesday as Pakistan violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch, Rajouri and Jammu districts, triggering a gunfight as Indian troops retaliated, defence officials said. | 26-Feb-2019 |
| Pakistan Rangers, BSF clash in Akhnoor s | Jammu, Feb 26 (TIWN / IANS) Pakistani troopers on Tuesday violated the bilateral ceasefire on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor sector, triggering clashes with the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) that killed a Pakistani Ranger. | 26-Feb-2019 |
| High alert sounded along Gujarat borders | Ahmedabad, Feb 26 (TIWN / IANS) Gujarat was put on high alert on Tuesday after India successfully carried out a 'non military pre-emptive' strike targeting training camps of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Balakot area in Pakistan. | 26-Feb-2019 |
| Rahul, Kejriwal praise IAF pilots for cr | New Delhi, Feb 26 (TIWN / IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday praised the pilots of the Indian Air Force (IAF) following reports that they crossed the Line of Control (LoC) with their fighter jets and returned after dropping a payload in Pakistan. | 26-Feb-2019 |
| Pakistan claims IAF violates LoC | New Delhi/Islamabad, Feb 26 (TIWN / IANS) Pakistan claimed on Tuesday that Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets crossed the Line of Control (LoC) and returned after the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) scrambled war planes. | 25-Feb-2019 |
| Amit Shah asks BJP CMs to file review pe | New Delhi, Feb 26 (TIWN / IANS) BJP President Amit Shah on Monday spoke to Chief Ministers of party-ruled states and asked them to file review petitions in the wake of Supreme Court's February 13 order directing Chief Secretaries of 21 states to evict tribals living in forest areas. | 25-Feb-2019 |
| Modi, Centre had prior information of Pu | Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of doing politics with the blood of the slain CRPF troopers ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, and claimed that the Centre had "prior information" regarding the February 14 Pulwama terror strike. | 25-Feb-2019 |
| Court directs Vadra to appear before ED | New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday directed Robert Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, to join the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) investigation in connection with a probe into a money laundering case. | 25-Feb-2019 |
| BSP will not join Grand Alliance in Biha | Patna, Feb 25 (IANS) The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is likely to contest alone in Bihar for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, as party leaders hinted it will not be a part of the opposition's Grand Alliance. | 25-Feb-2019 |
| PM-KISAN Scheme won't help Modi win elec | Jaipur, Feb 25 (TIWN / IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of cashing in on farmers' plight for votes and said that launching the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme at end of his tenure will not help him win the elections. | 24-Feb-2019 |
| Quality health for all a shared goal: Ko | Lucknow, Feb 25 (TIWN / IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday said that quality health for everybody was a shared goal and he was happy that the government, civil society, private and charitable institutions and other stakeholders were working together towards this. | 24-Feb-2019 |
| Deputy SP killed in Kashmir | Srinagar, Feb 24 (IANS) Militants on Sunday shot dead Deputy Superintendent of Police Aman Thakur in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, police sources said. | 24-Feb-2019 |
| Modi takes holy dip at Sangam | Prayagraj, Feb 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday took the holy dip at the Sangam - the holy confluence of sacred Ganga, Yamuna and mystical Sarawasti rivers - and prayed for peace and prosperity of the nation. | 24-Feb-2019 |
| Assam hooch tragedy toll touches 133 | Guwahati, Feb 24 (IANS) The death toll in the Assam hooch tragedy increased to 133 on Sunday, with over 200 people hospitalised in Golaghat and Jorhat districts, authorities said. | 24-Feb-2019 |
| Modi launches PM-KISAN scheme, slams opp | Gorakhpur, Feb 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday rolled out the ambitious PM-KISAN (Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi), a cash-transfer scheme, here in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and used the event to accuse the opposition of shedding crocodile tears for farmers. | 24-Feb-2019 |
| Restrictions in Srinagar to prevent sepa | Srinagar, Feb 24 (TIWN / IANS) Authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar city on Sunday to prevent separatist-called protests against the mass detention of over 150 Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) cadres, police said. | 23-Feb-2019 |
| CBI team looking for graft accused offic | Noida, Feb 23 (IANS) A CBI team, on the trail of one of its officials accused in a bribery case, was on Saturday attacked by his family when it raided his house here, the agency said. The accused fled in the melee. | 23-Feb-2019 |
| Centre extending militaristic approach t | New Delhi, Feb 23 (TIWN / IANS) Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Saturday dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take action against Meghalaya Governor Tathagat Roy over his remarks to boycott Kashmiri goods. He said that the Central government was extending its "muscular, militaristic approach" to the northeast which it failed to show in Jammu and Kashmir. | 23-Feb-2019 |
| Panic grips Kashmir Valley following rai | Srinagar, Feb 23 (IANS) Panic gripped Srinagar and other parts of the Kashmir Valley on Saturday in the wake of raids which resulted in the detention of dozens of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) cadres, including its top leadership. | 23-Feb-2019 |
| Centre to deploy 100 companies of parami | New Delhi, Feb 23 (TIWN / IANS) In the wake of the Pulwama attack, the Centre has decided to deploy additional 100 companies of the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) on an urgent basis in Jammu and Kashmir, the MHA has said. | 23-Feb-2019 |
| 100 cars gutted in fire near Bengaluru a | Bengaluru, Feb 23 (IANS) A fire in the parking lot in front of the Yelahanka air base in Bengaluru, where the Aero India show is underway, gutted around 100 cars on Saturday, police said. No casualties were reported. | 23-Feb-2019 |
| 6 suspected trapped in J&K avalanche | Srinagar, Feb 23 (TIWN / IANS) Six people were suspected to be trapped following an avalanche in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district, a disaster management official said on Saturday, adding that a rescue operation was ongoing. | 23-Feb-2019 |
| Kochi blaze continues, probe demanded | Kochi, Feb 23 (IANS) A fire that broke out at the Brahmapuram waste plant, created a blanket of smoke over this city, prompting Mayor Soumini Jain and Congress legislator P.T. Thomas on Saturday to demand a probe. | 23-Feb-2019 |
| Opposition meet to discuss common agenda | New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) A meeting of opposition leaders to discuss a common minimum programme (CMP) has been postponed from February 26 to February 27, informed sources said on Friday. | 22-Feb-2019 |
| Two suspected JeM terrorists held in UP | Lucknow, Feb 22 (IANS) Two terrorist suspects from Jammu and Kashmir have been arrested from Sanaharnpur district in Uttar Pradesh, Director General of Police O.P. Singh said on Friday. | 22-Feb-2019 |
| Aero India to celebrate 'Women's Day' in | Bengaluru, Feb 22 (IANS) A 'Women's Day' will be celebrated on Saturday at the biennial Aero India 2019 expo being held at the Yelahanka base of the Indian Air Force (IAF), said an air force official on Friday. | 22-Feb-2019 |
| Avalanche damages 30 houses in J&K | Srinagar, Feb 22 (IANS) Thirty houses were damaged by an avalanche that hit Jammu and Kashmir's Gurez border area. No casualties have been reported so far, officials said. | 22-Feb-2019 |
| Ex-Bihar Minister gets 5 years in jail i | Ranchi, Feb 22 (IANS) Former Bihar Minister Illiyas Hussain and four other accused were awarded five years imprisonment while a contractor was sentenced to seven years in jail in connection with a coal tar scam case by a special CBI court on Friday. | 22-Feb-2019 |
| PMO has 'no record' of Modi's media inte | Mumbai, Feb 22 (IANS) The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) apparently has no records of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's media interactions for over four years, an RTI query revealed here on Friday. | 22-Feb-2019 |
| Security forces allowed commercial air t | New Delhi, Feb 21 (TIWN / IANS) A week after 40 troopers were killed in a deadly terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama district, the government on Thursday allowed paramilitary forces deployed in Jammu and Kashmir to take commercial flights to join duty or while going on leave. | 21-Feb-2019 |
| Sack Meghalaya Governor: CPI-M tells Kov | New Delhi, Feb 21 (TIWN / IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Thursday asked President Ram Nath Kovind to sack Meghalaya Governor Tathagata Roy for "disgracing" his post and violating the "fundamentals of Constitution". | 21-Feb-2019 |
| Cabinet approves 10% quota provision for | New Delhi, Feb 21 (TIWN / IANS) Union cabinet has given its nod to 10 per cent quota for poor among the general categories in Jammu and Kashmir and also approved the provision for SC/ST reservation in promotion in government jobs in the state. | 21-Feb-2019 |
| Himachal avalanche: 5 soldiers still mis | Shimla, Feb 21 (TIWN / IANS) Rescuers on Thursday resumed a search operation despite inclement weather near the Tibet border with Himachal Pradesh where a snow avalanche killed a soldier while five more have gone missing. | 21-Feb-2019 |
| Blast in Kalindi Express toilet, no inju | Lucknow, Feb 21 (IANS) A tragedy was averted on Wednesday when a low intensity blast took place in the toilet of a general coach of the Kanpur-Bhiwani Kalindi Express near Kanpur, the police said. No passenger was injured. | 20-Feb-2019 |
| Kochi footwear warehouse fire doused | Kochi, Feb 20 (TIWN / IANS) It took 20 fire tenders over five hours to douse a fire that engulfed a showroom-cum-warehouse of a premier footwear company, here on Wednesday. There were no casualties. | 20-Feb-2019 |
| Congress questions Modi's move to person | New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's move to personally receive Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman who praised Pakistans "anti-terror" efforts and asked if it was Modis way of honouring the CRPF troopers killed by a suicide bomber in Kashmir. | 20-Feb-2019 |
| Lockheed Martin pitches for India order | Bengaluru, Feb 20 (IANS) Eyeing an Indian order, US aerospace major Lockheed Martin on Wednesday showcased its F-21 multirole fighter that it says is configured for the IAF. | 20-Feb-2019 |