DE Web DeskSRINAGAR, May 8: A fresh exchange of fire between a terrorist and security forces took place on Wednesday near the site in Jammu and Kashmir’s in Kulgam district where two ultras were killed in an encounter the previous day. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp   During a search of the houses near the encounter site in Kulgam’s Redwani area, a fresh exchange of fire took place between the forces and a terrorist who was hiding there, officials said. They said the firing was going in till the last reports came in. Two ultras, including Basit Dar, a wanted terrorist ..read more

New Delhi, May 8: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that every political party in the country is “committed to ensure that PoJK, which is a part of India, returns to India,” and that “the PoJK issue has come to the front of people’s thinking” after revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, which was considered a difficult decision. Interacting with students at the Gargi College here, the minister said that people assumed Article 370 could not be changed as the politics of the day had driven it deeply into the public consciousness. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel ..read more

London, May 8: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday suffered a humiliating defection from his party benches as a Conservative member of Parliament walked across the floor of the House of Commons to join the Opposition Labour ranks. Natalie Elphicke, MP for Dover, said the Tories under Sunak “have become a byword for incompetence and division” in a resignation statement just moments before the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs). The 43-year-old British Indian leader went on to face off with Labour Leader Keir Starmer, who made the most of the shock move which marks the second d ..read more

JAMMU, May 8: Images of three suspected terrorists, taken out of a CCTV clip, who purportedly carried out the May 5 attack on an Indian Air Force (IAF) convoy in J&K’s Poonch district were doing the rounds on social media on Wednesday. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp   In the attack on the two-vehicle IAF convoy at Surankote tehsil in Poonch district, one air warrior named Corporal Vikky Pahade was martyred, while four other IAF personnel were injured. The police earlier released sketches of two terrorists suspected to be behind the attack, besides announcing a rew ..read more

Jammu, May 8: In a major crackdown in the Kashmir terrorist infiltration case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday attached six immovable properties of a top militant of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist outfit in J&K. The properties (land parcels) belonging to terrorist Asif Ahmed Malik are located in Mirpora, Pulwama. They have been attached under Section 33 (1) of UA (P) Act, 1967, on the orders of NIA Special Court, Jammu. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp   Asif Ahmed Malik was arrested on 31st January 2020, and arms, ammunitions & ..read more

Jammu, May 7: Emphasising upon the officers to ensure quantitative and qualitative disposal of under investigation cases of various nature, Senior Superintendent of Police, Jammu, Dr Vinod Kumar on Wednesday gave ‘mantra’ of good policing to public and tough time anti-national and anti-social elements to his team. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp   “Provide a good policing to the general public and give a tough time to anti-national and anti-social elements,” the top cop advised the police officers posted in the district in various capacities while chairing a crime and ..read more

New Delhi, May 8: Referring to the conflict in the Middle East and the Israel-Palestine issue, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said that eventually, India supports a homeland for the Palestinians and is public about its stand. While speaking at Gargi College on Vishwa Bandhu Bharat, Jaishankar said, “So you have a very tense, very complicated situation involving Israel, involving the Palestinians, involving many of the Arab countries, the Gulf monarchies, involving Iran. There was an exchange of the Iranians and the Israelis a few days ago, they fired on each other.” “Now ..read more

New Delhi, May 8: Import of yellow peas is allowed after registration under the import monitoring system for all consignments where bill of lading (shipped on board) is issued on or before October 31, according to a commerce ministry notification. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said the import is permitted without the MIP (Minimum Import Price) and port restriction conditions. “Import of yellow peas…is free without the MIP condition and without port restriction, subject to registration under online Import Monitoring System, with immediate effect for all import consignments whe ..read more

Lahore, May 8: Violent clashes left more than 25 injured outside a court in Punjab province on Wednesday, following which police arrested over 50 lawyers even as the bar council gave a call for a country-wide strike on Thursday against police brutality. The clashes between the lawyers and the police took place outside the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Mall Road here over the issue of registering terrorism cases against the lawyers associated with jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and shifting of lower courts to a different location. The Mall Road becam ..read more

NEW DELHI, May 8: Congress leader Sam Pitroda on Wednesday resigned as the Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress after his controversial remarks spurred the BJP to label the party “racist”. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on X that party chief Mallikarjun Kharge has accepted Pitroda’s decision. “Mr Sam Pitroda has decided to step down as Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress of his own accord. The Congress President has accepted his decision,” Ramesh said in his post. (PTI) The post Pitroda Resigns As Chairman Of Indian Overseas Congress appeared first on Daily Excelsior ..read more