Doha, Aug 27 (IANS) Turkey has arrested five people in connection with the alleged hack of Doha’s state news agency, an incident which sparked the current Gulf political crisis, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported on Saturday. The arrests were announced by Qatar’s most senior legal figure, Attorney General Ali bin …

Mumbai, August 27: The Maharashtra State Bureau of Textbooks Production and Curriculum Research or Balbharati told the Bombay High Court that Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, a militant leader of the Khalistan movement, has been mentioned as a terrorist in Class IX textbook only after much scrutiny. A petition in this regard, …

Sirsa, Aug 27: A media person was attacked in Sirsa by Dera Sacha Sauda supporters on Sunday as he tried to enter the campus of the sect. The situation in the region continues to remain tense ahead of the announcement of quantum of sentence to Dera Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim …

In Jammu & Kashmir, the 18 hour long anti terror operation at District Police Lines (DPL) Pulwama in south Kashmir after terrorists stormed the Lines in the wee hours of Saturday, concluded late last night. The attack left 11 people dead that includes 03 terrorists, 04 CRPF personnel and 04 …

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said JAM (Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile) trinity has ushered in a social revolution which will eventually bring all Indians into a common financial, economic and digital space, similar to how GST has created a unified market. He said, within reach of the country is …

In Haryana, peace is prevailing in the state after violence broke out in Panchkula and other places over the conviction of Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh by a CBI court on Friday. Our correspondent reports that curfew has been removed from Kaithal district however it is still continue in …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that violence in the name of faith will not be tolerated. Mr Modi said no one has the right to take the law into one’s own hands in the name of one’s beliefs. In his Mann Ki Baat programmme of All India Radio, the …

Hyderabad : The Reserve Bank of India will issue on Friday Rs 200 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, bearing signature of Dr Urjit R. Patel, Governor, Reserve Bank of India from select RBI offices, and some banks. The new denomination has Motif of Sanchi Stupa on the reverse, depicting the country’s …

In a bid to protect almost 17 lakh devotees, who will be arriving in Mumbai from across India for Ganesh Chaturthi, the Brihanmumbai Sarvajanik Ganeshostsav Samanvay Samiti (BSGSS) is ensuring property security measures are taken to ensure their safety. These preparations are being made in light of the terror attacks …

The killings of rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare were “well-planned” and there was a “clear nexus” between the two killings, the Bombay High Court said yesterday, asking the investigators to look beyond their current line of probe to apprehend the culprits. ‘Not stray incidents’ “The reports reveal that these …