Saturday, February 23rd, 2019
Campaign trail: PM Modi in Tonk, Amit Shah in UP, Rahul Gandhi at JNU
Leaders of the BJP and the Congress were scheduled to address public gatherings on Saturday as both parties prepared for the coming Lok Sabha election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was due to visit Tonk in Rajasthan, BJP president Amit Shah was travelling to Uttar Pradesh, and Congress president Rahul Gandhi was set to speak to students in New Delhi. The day’s schedule Narendra Modi, Tonk: Security arrangements were put in place ahead of the Prime Minister’s visit. Senior police and civic officials met earlier in the week to review preparationsRead More
Centre sends 100 more paramilitary companies to Srinagar amid Kashmir crackdown
The Centre sent an additional 100 companies of paramilitary forces to Srinagar to reinforce security after police detained JKLF chief Yasin Malik on Friday night and arrested dozens of Jamaat-e-Islami members in the Kashmir Valley. Security forces have been significantly built up across Jammu and Kashmir since the February 14 terror attack in Pulwama that killed 40 CRPF personnel. Arrests About two dozen people associated with the Jamaat-e-Islami were arrested in central, north and south Kashmir as part of the crackdown. Police had not commented on the detentions, and thereRead More