Another tunnel connected in under-construction Kashmir railway project
Banihal/Jammu: The Northern Railway achieved another milestone on Sunday with one more tunnel in the Bankot area near Banihal in Ramban connected after a breakthrough, officials said. With the breakthrough of the tunnel, most of the excavation work of railway tunnels between Banihal and the Khari sector has been completed by IRCON International Limited, they […]
Army felicitates Ramban youth for saving woman from drowning in Chenab
Jammu: A youth from Ramban district was on Sunday felicitated by the army for saving a woman from drowning, a defence spokesman said. Mehraj Ahmed of Karol village, who is in his 20s, risked his own life by jumping into the Chenab river to save the woman, who was not known to him, on December […]
Major Gen Abhijit S Pendharkar assumes charge as GOC of Army’s Vajr Division
Srinagar: Major General Abhijit S Pendharkar on Sunday took over as the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Vajr Division of the Army, a defence spokesperson said here. He succeeds Major General VMB Krishnan, who was appointed as Commandant of the Counter-Insurgency Jungle Warfare School, Vairengte, according to the spokesperson. Maj Gen Pendharkar was commissioned […]
Naidu says corruption eats into heart of democracy, calls for zero tolerance towards it
New Delhi: Noting that corruption eats into the heart of democracy, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday called for zero tolerance towards it. He stressed the need for stringent and timely action under the Prevention of Corruption Act against erring civil servants and public representatives. Naidu also pushed for fast-tracking disposal of cases related […]
13 civilians killed by security forces in Nagaland; 1 soldier killed in rioting
Kohima/Guwahati/New Delhi: Security forces opened fire on civilians killing 13 and injuring 11 more in Nagaland’s Mon district in two consecutive incidents of firing the first of which was possibly a case of mistaken identity, police said on Sunday. One soldier also died in rioting which followed. The first firing which killed six civilians, occurred […]
Army orders Court of Inquiry into killing of civilians
New Delhi: The Army on Sunday ordered a Court of Inquiry into the killing of several civilians during an anti-insurgency operation in Mon district of Nagaland, and promised action based on the findings of the probe. Army officials said the operation in the district that borders Myanmar was carried out based on credible intelligence inputs […]
What exactly is home ministry doing: Rahul Gandhi slams Centre over Nagaland incident
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday attacked the Centre over the killing of civilians during an anti-insurgency operation in Nagaland, with Rahul Gandhi saying the government must give a “real reply” as to what is the home ministry doing when “neither civilians nor security personnel are safe in our own land”. At least 13 civilians […]
BJP will never topple govt, it will come to power in Rajasthan with strong mandate in 2023: Shah
Jaipur: Hitting out at Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for accusing the BJP of trying to bring down his government last year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the party will never topple the government and will come to power in the state with a strong mandate in 2023. He exuded confidence that […]
Jaishankar flags ‘sharpening of tensions’ on territorial issues across Asia amidst China’s rise
Abu Dhabi: The consequences of China’s rise and its growing capabilities are “particularly profound”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said as he flagged the “sharpening of tensions” on territorial issues across Asia with Beijing’s actions raising a question mark on the agreements of yesteryears. Speaking at the fifth Indian Ocean Conference – IOC 2021 […]
Lynched Sri Lankan’s nearly all bones broken, 99% body burnt: Pak report
Lahore: Nearly all bones of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana were broken and his body was 99 per cent burnt in the horrific lynching incident in Pakistan’s Punjab province, a media report on Sunday said, citing his post-mortem report. Angry supporters of the hardline Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) attacked a garment factory on […]
