Jammu, Aug 5 (IANS) As the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir marked the sixth anniversary of Article 370 abrogation, the Gorkha community celebrated the defining moment with great fanfare on Tuesday. Many members of the Gorkha community took to the streets and engaged in drumbeating to celebrate the watershed moment in J&K’s history. It was six years ago, on August 5, 2019, that the Parliament revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two Union Territ…

Dhaka, Aug 5 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday unveiled the July Declaration and announced that the revised constitution would include it as a scheduled annexure, incorporating the “uprising” as a foundational moment in Bangladesh’s democratic transformation. Yunus stated that the “Student-Mass Uprising 2024” will be given full state and constitutional recognition under a revised constitution to be adopted by the next elected government. He unveiled the July Declara…

Quetta, Aug 5 (IANS) At least three Baloch youth were forcibly disappeared by the Pakistani forces in the latest wave of enforced disappearance across Balochistan as the cycle of persecution continues in the region, a leading human rights organisation said on Tuesday.Paank, the Baloch National Movement’s Human Rights Department, mentioned that Pakistani security forces carried out a violent raid on the residence of Sadiq Baloch, a school teacher in Kech district of Balochistan. During the operat…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) The Press Information Bureau (PIB) has strongly refuted recent media claims suggesting a closed-door meeting between Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw, and Udaipur Files producer Amit Jani. The PIB, through its official fact-checking handle on August 5, labelled the claim as “Fake News” and clarified that no such meeting ever took place.”Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw has not held any such meeting,” the…

Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) As India observes the sixth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, Shiv Sena-UBT leader and MLA Aditya Thackeray on Tuesday said that while the removal of the constitutional provision was a necessary and proud step, the promised restoration of statehood remains unfulfilled. “Removing Article 370 was a necessary step, and we are proud of it. But the statehood that was to be granted after this has not y…

Washington/New York, Aug 5 (IANS) US President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday morning that he will impose higher tariffs on India in the next 24 hours for buying Russian oil and reselling products abroad, even though he asserted New Delhi was going to offer zero tariffs.Trump, who announced a 25 per cent tariff on India last week, told CNBC: “I think I’m going to raise that very substantially over the next 24 hours, because they’re buying Russian oil.””India went from the highest tariffs ever (t…

Bhopal, Aug 5 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate seized incriminating documents related to benami companies and properties during a search on the premises of a company, Advantage Overseas Pvt. Ltd, in a Rs 1,266 crore bank fraud case, an official said on Tuesday. The Bhopal Zonal Office conducted search operations in the case of Advantage Overseas Pvt. Ltd. (AOPL) under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.The search operation led to the recovery of substantial i…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar held a meeting with German MP Jurgen Hardt in New Delhi on Tuesday, discussing bilateral cooperation and various other global developments. In a post shared on X, EAM Jaishankar stated, “Always nice to catch up with German MP Jurgen Hardt. Discussed our bilateral cooperation and global developments.”In June, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Canada’s Kananaski…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Tuesday shared a 1912 map of the legislature and informed MLAs that a room had been wrongly labelled as “gallows” by the previous government. Responding to a matter raised by BJP’s Chief Whip Abhay Verma about the erroneous decision to put a plaque of “gallows” on the premises, the Speaker issued a statement dispelling doubts that the oldest seat of democracy in the city housed gallows during colonial rule.Later, BJP memb…

Amaravati, Aug 5 (IANS) YSR Congress Party President and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday alleged that there is rampant corruption in the coalition government headed by Chandrababu Naidu.He claimed that corruption has spread widely, especially in the liquor business, illegal sand mining, and Amaravati land deals.Jagan Mohan Reddy alleged that works for the state capital, Amaravati, are being awarded double the cost compared to Hyderabad and Bengaluru.Address…