Social media platforms being used to raise funds for terror activities: NIA DG
New Delhi: India has evidence social media platforms are being used to raise terror funds, NIA Director General Dinkar Gupta said Thursday, underlining that the issue will be deliberated during a two-day international ministerial conference on countering terror financing. Addressing a press conference ahead of the meeting beginning Friday, Gupta also said Pakistan and Afghanistan […]
Threat to Kashmir journalists may have originated from ‘Turkey-based terrorist’: Report
Jammu: “Turkey-based terror operative” Mukhtar Baba and six of his contacts in Jammu and Kashmir are suspected to be behind threats received by several journalists in the Valley in the past couple of days, according to an intelligence dossier. Several journalists resigned from local publications recently after being threatened by terror outfit The Resistance Front […]
Western Air commander inaugurates IAF school building in Jammu
Jammu: The Western Air Commander, Air Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran on Thursday inaugurated the new complex of the Indian Air Force (IAF) school here, officials said. Flanked by Rekha Prabhakaran, president of Air Force Wives Welfare Association (Regional), Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Western Air Command visited IAF station at Jammu on Thursday, a defence spokesperson said. […]
Indians no longer required to submit OCC for Saudi visa
New Delhi: Indian nationals will no longer be required to submit a police clearance certificate for obtaining a visa for travelling to Saudi Arabia, the embassy of that country announced on Thursday. According to a statement issued by the Saudi Embassy, the decision has been taken as part of efforts of the two countries to […]
Active Covid cases decline to 7,175
New Delhi: India logged 635 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid cases to 4,46,67,311, while the active cases declined to 7,175, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll climbed to 5,30,546 with 11 fatalities which includes nine deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 […]
Australia win Adelaide ODI, Dawid Malan ton for England in vain
Adelaide: Australia’s top order fired in unison to secure a six-wicket win over England with Dawid Malan’s career-best 134 for the tourists in vain as in the first one-day international on Thursday. The home side’s victory against the ODI and T20 world champions, which came with 19 balls to spare, marked the beginning of Pat […]
Savarkar helped British, sought mercy from them out of fear, claims Rahul
Dares govt to stop Bharat Jodo Yatra
Akola: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday continued to target late Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar, saying that he helped the British rulers and wrote a mercy petition to them out of fear. Gandhi also dared the Maharashtra government to stop the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, which is currently passing through the state. Addressing a […]
CPI(M), TMC hit out at PM Modi over claims of digital access for public in India
New Delhi: Opposition parties have hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims at the G20 Summit that India was making digital access public, alleging that the country shut Internet connectivity more often than any other. On Wednesday, Modi said India was making digital access public, but there was still a “huge digital divide” at […]
Company tasked with renovating Morbi bridge reopened it in without informing municipality, sans approval: Civic body tells HC
Ahmedabad: The Morbi municipality has told the Gujarat High Court that the company tasked with renovating the bridge, which collapsed killing 135 people, reopened it without any prior approval and without informing the civic body about the repair work carried out. The municipality also informed the court on Wednesday that as per a 2022 agreement […]
Akhilesh Yadav meets uncle Shivpal ahead of Mainpuri bypoll
Lucknow: Ahead of the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypoll, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday met PSPL chief and his uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav along with his wife and party candidate Dimple Yadav. The bypoll on the seat has been necessitated due to the demise of Samajwadi Party (SP) patron Mulayam Singh Yadav and the […]
