KATHUA/JAMMU: Stating that police are well-equipped with advanced weaponry including arms from Israel and Germany, DGP R R Swain on Friday said no war against a terror ecosystem can be won without the police. Pointing to a series of recent terror attacks in the Union Territory, the DGP said terrorists can neither defeat the force […]
Says Govt’s Quest To Address Security Concerns Should Not Be At Cost Of ‘Trampling’ Rights Srinagar: The Centre’s quest to address security concerns in Jammu and Kashmir should not come at the cost of “trampling constitutional rights and eroding” the very rule of law, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday. Her remarks came after […]
Bhadarwah/Jammu, Jun 28: A cloudburst on Friday caused flash floods in Thathri market of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, laying mudslides in several houses and the Batote-Kishtwar National Highway, leading to significant disruption in traffic. However, there have been no reports of injuries or fatalities so far, officials said. The cloudburst followed by flash floods […]
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has attached a house located in Srinagar’s Bemina valued at Rs 1.5 crore as part of a money laundering investigation linked to alleged drugs trade being used to fund terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir. The action has been taken against the accused Abdul Momin Peer, […]
Kathua/Jammu: A few days after the encounter in the Hiranagar border area in which two terrorists were killed, nine Special Police Officers (SPOs) were regularized as constables in the police by the Director General of Police (DGP) R. R. Swain as a reward for their exceptional action. Swain announced that the village defence groups and […]
New Delhi: In an unusually hard-hitting response to criticism against it in a US government report on religious freedom, India on Friday described the findings as “deeply biased”, visibly driven by “votebank” considerations and a mix of imputations and selective usage of facts. Dismissing the report, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said it selectively […]
NEW DELHI: Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA) Vikram Misri was on Friday named as the next Foreign Secretary, according to an official order. Misri, a 1989 batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, has been appointed to the post with effect from July 15, it said. He will succeed Vinay Mohan Kwatra, who was in March […]
ATLANTA: Joe Biden, seeking a second term in the White House, stumbled in his first televised presidential debate with his predecessor Donald Trump, setting off alarm bells among top Democrats about whether the incumbent president can stay atop in the gruelling months ahead of the elections. During their roughly 90-minute debate defined by personal attacks […]
ATLANTA: Former US president Donald Trump turned in a better performance than President Joe Biden during the first of presidential debates, a shift from 2020 when debate watchers saw the 81-year-old Democrat as outperforming his Republican rival. During Thursday’s feisty debate that lasted roughly 90 minutes, President Biden and 78-year-old Trump sparred over the economy, […]
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will lead the Indian delegation at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Astana (Kazakhstan) to be held on 3-4 July, it was officially announced here on Friday. At a media briefing here, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal also indicated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Moscow for […]