BSF opens fire on suspected Pak drone near LoC in Poonch
Jammu: The Border Security Force personnel fired several rounds to shoot down a suspected Pakistani drone near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch, officials said on Wednesday. The drone activity from across the border was picked up by the alert border guards in Khanetar garrison at around 11.30 pm on Tuesday, […]
Nawaz Sharif says Pak ‘violated’ agreement with India signed by him and Vajpayee in 1999
Lahore: Former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday admitted that Islamabad had “violated” an agreement with India signed by him and ex-prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999, in an apparent reference to the Kargil misadventure by Gen Pervez Musharraf. “On May 28, 1998, Pakistan carried out five nuclear tests. After that Vajpayee Saheb came […]
2019 temple priest murder case solved, main accused nabbed from Haryana: Police
Jammu: Police on Tuesday claimed to have solved a five-year-old murder case of a temple priest with the arrest of the main accused from Haryana. Baba Pragat Nath (65), a resident of Uttar Pradesh, was found dead with injuries to his head inside the temple in Toph Sherkhania on the intervening night of November 15 […]
38 minors engaged in begging, child labour rescued in Jammu
Jammu: Thirty-eight minors engaged in begging and child labour were rescued here by the district administration, officials said on Tuesday. The Jammu district administration recently launched a drive to rehabilitate children in street situations, including those engaged in child labour and begging, an official spokesman said. In an effort led by District Child Protection Officer […]
Sachin Tendulkar likely to be present in New York for T20 World Cup game between India and Pakistan
New Delhi: The Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket team will have a very special person supporting them as the legendary Sachin Tendulkar is expected to be present during their marquee T20 World Cup clash against arch-rivals Pakistan in New York on June 9. According to a source close to ICC, 51-year-old Tendulkar, who is associated with […]
More cyber fraud cases getting detected in India due to enhanced vigil, says Amit Shah
New Delhi: About 27 lakh complaints of cyber frauds were registered in the country in the last one year and an increasing number of such cases are getting detected due to enhanced vigil, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said. Shah also said that 99.5 per cent police stations in the country are now connected […]
17 dead, several missing as stone quarry collapses in Mizoram amid rain
Aizawl: At least 17 people, including two minors, were killed and six-seven others were missing as a stone quarry collapsed in Mizoram’s Aizawl district on Tuesday morning amid incessant rain in the aftermath of cyclone Remal, officials said. Several other people also went missing in landslides elsewhere in the state capital which was cut off […]
TMC snatched rights of OBCs to facilitate its appeasement politics, ‘vote jihad’: PM Modi
Barasat (WB): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday flayed the TMC government in West Bengal for “snatching the rights of OBC youths” to facilitate its appeasement politics and “vote jihad”. Addressing an election rally in Barasat, Modi, without naming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, criticised her for questioning the judges of the Calcutta High […]
INDIA bloc will end 50% cap on reservation, protect Constitution with ‘dil, jaan aur khoon’: Rahul
Bansgaon (UP): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that an INDIA bloc government will end the 50 per cent cap on reservation while asserting that the alliance will protect the Constitution with “dil, jaan aur khoon”. Addressing an election rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Bansgaon with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Gandhi said, “These elections […]
Congress, INDIA bloc want to bring Taliban rule: Yogi in Bihar
Patna: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday lashed out at the Congress for promising freedom of personal laws in its poll manifesto and claimed that it was tantamount to supporting “Taliban rule” in the country. The firebrand BJP leader made the remark at Fatuha, on the outskirts of the capital of Bihar, where […]