The 59-year-old BJP MP visited the Kartarpur corridor site for the first time after winning the Lok Sabha polls. He was accompanied by officials of the district administration, BSF personnel and others at Dera Baba Nanak here, but stayed there for just... read more

The person, identified as Mohammed Afzal (31), is a former Pakistani soldier, said police. He is a resident of Nihar village of Narowal district in Pakistan. read more

“We do not find any grounds to entertain the plea,” a bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and comprising justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna held. read more

SC dismisses sacked BSF jawan Tej Bahadur’s plea challenging EC scrapping his Varanasi nomination for LS polls read more

Later on Wednesday, the EC rejected the nomination papers of Yadav on the ground that the former jawan could not furnish a certificate from the BSF, stating that he was not sacked on charges of corruption or disloyalty to the State. read more

“Multiple surgical strikes took place during our tenure, too. For us, military operations were meant for strategic deterrence and giving a befitting reply to anti-India forces than to be used for vote garnering exercises,” Singh, 86, said in an interview... read more

Yadav, 43, was sacked from the BSF in 2017 on charges of indiscipline after appearing in a video to complain about the quality of food served to BSF troopers. read more

On April 17, Chandrashekhar had rescinded his decision to contest against Modi form Varanasi, saying his outfit will support the SP-BSP alliance and Dalit vote should remain intact to defeat the BJP. read more

In a tweet, the AAP convener said that in the 2014 general elections too, someone from Haryana-- referring to himself-- had contested against Modi from the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. read more

Former BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, who hails from Haryana, replaces Shalini Yadav. read more

Though the polling booths were close to the camp of the BSF in Kuntarpadar, not a single voter turned up to vote fearing the warnings by the Maoists asking people to boycott polls like previous elections. read more

To bring the situation under control, BSF personnel at the booth fired in the air, which led to chaos. Later, police personnel also reached the spot. read more

With candidates not campaigning in certain areas due to rebels’ threat and locals warned against voting, extra focus is on security read more

Maoists also suffered casualties in the exchange of fire but they escaped into the jungles, according to the police. read more

In a recent letter to the home ministry, the finance ministry conveyed that the longstanding demand of forces would be examined during the ensuring budgetary exercise. read more