Category: NATIONAL NEWS

New Delhi, Aug 16 (DIN NEWS) Statesman and pragmatist, orator and poet, a man of peace and conviction. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a towering nationalist who softened the often sharp edge of his party’s politics with a gentle sophistry of words, earning him the sobriquet “ajaat shatru” or the man with no enemies. The first prime minister from a non-Congress party to complete a full term in office, Vajpayee began shakily — his first stint as prime minister in 1996 lasted only 13 days when his unlikely coalition government failed…

Read More

New Delhi, Aug 15 (DIN NEWS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced that women officers recruited under the short service commission in the armed forces will have the option of taking up permanent commission, which he described as a “gift” to the “brave daughters”. Modi made the policy announcement while addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of 72nd Independence Day. He, however, did not give any indication whether permanent commissioning of women will pave the way for their entry into the combat positions…

Read More

New Delhi, Aug 14 (DIN NEWS) President Ram Nath Kovind asserted on Tuesday that contentious issues and extraneous debates should not be allowed to distract us at a “pivotal moment” when the country is at the cusp of achieving many long-awaited goals In his televised address to the nation on the eve of India’s 72nd Independence Day, Kovind recalled Mahatma Gandhi’s “most noble mantra” on the power of ‘ahinsa'(non-violence) being far greater than the power of ‘hinsa’ (violence), remarks that come against the backdrop of incidents of lynching and mob…

Read More

The body of one more fisherman who went missing when a vessel hit their fishing boat in the high seas nearly a week ago was recovered last evening, a Defence spokesman said here today.With this the number of fishermen who died in the incident has risen to five.A total of nine fishermen had gone missing after the incident on August 7. The body of another missing fisherman was recovered on August 11.The spokesman said the body recovered yesterday was brought to the Munambam harbour near here. Relatives of the fisherman…

Read More

Srinagar, Aug 12 (DIN NEWS) A policeman was killed and five other security forces personnel were injured during an encounter with militants in the Batamaloo area here following which two ultras were arrested today, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Diyarwani in Batamaloo area of the city in the pre-dawn hours this morning following specific information about the presence of militants in the area, Additional Director General of Police (Security and Law and Order) Munir Khan told reporters. He said while the house, where the…

Read More

Three members of a right-wing group have been arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) after a huge quantity of explosives was seized from one of their homes in Nallasopara in Maharashtra. Vaibhav Raut, who was arrested on Thursday night, was conspiring to carry out bomb blasts, the ATS said. He was stopped before he could carry out terror activities. According to the ATS, a terror attack has been foiled with Raut’s arrest. The ongoing investigation could lead to more arrests.  The other accused Sudhanwa Gondhalekar, 39, and Sharad Kasalkar,…

Read More

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 11 (DIN NEWS) A man was lynched in Bijopur here by a group villagers on the suspicion of being a thief, police said today. The incident took place last evening and a case of murder was registered against several people.Two persons were arrested, Station House Officer (SHO), Chapar, Subhash Rathore said. The deceased was identified as Kapil Tyagi. His family along with others staged a protest and gheraeod the Chapar police station demanding more arrests in the case, the officer said. They claimed that Tyagi was innocent and…

Read More

Dam reservoirs and rivers overflowed, sections of highways collapsed and homes were swept away in severe flooding in more than half of Kerala, after days of incessant rains left nearly 54,000 people homeless and killed at least 29, officials said today. Five columns of Army were deployed in the state’s seven severely-hit northern districts, out of Kerala’s 14, to help evacuate people and to build makeshift bridges even as the Indian Navy’s southern command was put on alert after water level in Periyar river rose amid concern that parts of Wellingdon…

Read More

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 9 (DIN NEWS) Heavy rains pounding Kerala triggered a series of landslides in the hilly Idukki district and northern parts, killing 26 people since last night with chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today describing the situation as ‘very grim’. The Army and National Disaster Response Force have been deployed in affected areas in Idukki, Kozhikode, Waynad and Malappuram districts to assist the civil administration in the rescue operations, officials said. State Disaster Control Room sources said 26 people have died in rain-related incidents since yesterday with 17 of them…

Read More

 In a break from tradition, both Houses of Parliament were adjourned for the day today as a mark of respect to DMK chief M Karunanidhi who died last evening.The 94-year-old DMK patriarch served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for five times but was never a member of Parliament. Glowing tributes were paid to the departed leader in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, before the Houses were adjourned for the day.It is rare that the House is adjourned in case a departed leader is not a sitting…

Read More