Month: August 2014

By Rajesh Kumar Singh NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Clashes along India’s border with Pakistan are “extremely serious and provocative” and not conducive to improving relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday. The comments came nearly two weeks after New Delhi called off top level diplomatic talks, protesting against Pakistan’s meetings with separatists from the disputed region of Kashmir. Exchanges of fire between Indian and Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) that divides Indian- and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir have intensified in recent weeks, claiming lives of several people, including soldiers. “These are creating an environment which are not being conducive to the relationship of the two countries.” The clashes have further strained ties between the two South Asian countries, which have been at loggerheads over the possession of the Himalayan region of Kashmir since their independence from the British rule in 1947.

Mumbai, Aug 30 (ANI): Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao today took oath of office and secrecy as new Governor of Maharashtra.

Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 30 (ANI): The president of the Uttar Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Laxmikant Bajpai, on Saturday, welcomed the Election Commission’s decision directing the state government to remove Moradabad Senior Superintendent of Police ahead of the by-polls. “I welcome the EC’s decision to accept the request of BJP to hold free and fair election in the coming by election in Moradabad.