‘9/11 derailed Army plan to capture Pakistani posts along LoC’

Had it not been for the 9/11 terror attacks, the Indian Army may have carried out its largest operation to end cross-LoC infiltration by capturing at least 25 selected Pakistani posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in September 2001, two former senior commanders have revealed in a new book.

Meghalaya’s coalmines are body disposal pits too

All bodies in Meghalaya’s killer coalmines do not belong to miners, activists in the hill State said. Thousands of active and abandoned rathole mines have for years been used by murderers to dump the body of their victims. Many across Meghalaya’s coal belts have accidentally fallen to their deaths too.

Jessica Lal case convict seeks release

Convict in the Jessica Lal murder case Siddhartha Vashishta alias Manu Sharma has moved the Delhi High Court seeking premature release.

Figures for long-term visas to minorities don’t add up

Only 230 Hindus from Pakistan and four Sikhs from Afghanistan had been given long-term visas (LTVs) till September 2018, the Union Home Ministry has said in response to a Right to Information (RTI) request filed by The Hindu.

Many names do the rounds for CBI chief

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led high-powered panel for selection of the next Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will meet on Thursday and discuss probable names.

Daunting task for Congress to protect its flock in Karnataka

The Congress — which is dealing with a sort of an internal rebellion, with two of its legislators defying the party whip — faces a daunting task of chalking out strategies to keep its flock together.

Two gored to death in jallikattu at Viralimalai

Two persons were gored to death and 43 others injured in a mega jallikattu, which was organised by Health Minister C. Vijaya Baskar in a bid to create a “record” and flagged off by Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami at Viralimalai in Pudukottai on Sunday. This is the first casualty at a jallikattu event this year.

Cricket: Concern over falling reputation of the game

The Hardik Pandya-K.L. Rahul episode, followed by the incident involving an under-16 cricketer from Mumbai indulging in an obscene act in the dressing room has shown Indian cricket in poor light.

In Kerala, BJP vies for political space ahead of Lok Sabha polls

The State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Sangh Parivar organisations are garnering strength to vie with rival fronts to wrest political space ahead of the Lok Sabha elections and consolidate the gains it claims to have achieved from the agitation against the Supreme Court verdict on Sabarimala.

Farmers group, Anna Hazare plan joint stir

Farmers group Rashtriya Kisan Mahasangh (RKM) plans to join hands with anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare for a joint nationwide agitation from January 30. Farmer leaders and Mr. Hazare are expected to formally announce their plans in Delhi on Monday.