Tag: national

Taking their quota stir to the national capital, several thousand Jat community members protested at the Jantar Mantar here on Thursday, pressing for reservation in jobs and educational institutions.....

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that "nationalism was a good word" across the world though it may be a controversial topic in India, days after he blamed an "alliance of subversion" for university campus violence. ....

Delhi University saw another day of protests on Thursday as hundreds of ABVP student activists held a march against "anti-national activities", even as President Pranab Mukherjee, in his first comments on the controversy, said there should be "no room in India for the intolerant Indian". He also asked students to refrain from "propagating culture of unrest".....

Several thousand Jats from various states held a rally at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, on Thursday to press their demands, and announced they would intensify their stir in Delhi, even laying siege to Parliament on March 20.....

Clashes erupted on Saturday between protesters and security forces near Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.....

A Sikh man was injured when a masked gunman opened fire at him in front of his house in Washington after telling him "Go back to your own country."....
The majestic INS Viraat, the world's oldest serving aircraft carrier, sailed into pages of history on Monday with the final lowering of the Naval Ensign and Commissioning Pendant in a solemn ceremony at sundown.....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday released a commemorative stamp on the centenary celebrations of the Yogoda Satsanga Society (YSS) of India, and appreciated Swami Paramahansa Yogananda, the founder of YSS, for spreading the message of Indias spirituality in foreign shores.....

Another soldier has taken to the social media to complain about the system of 'batman' in the army and what he said was poor quality food served to the men in uniform.....

A suspected Islamic State operative was killed in an anti-terror operation here early on Wednesday and hours later, a National Investigative Agency (NIA) team arrived to take the probe forward.....