Jammu: The 18th batch of over 5,200 Amarnath pilgrims left from here on Sunday for twin base camps in south Kashmir Himalayas for 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Amarnath, officials said. A total of 5,284 pilgrims left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas here in a convoy of 225 vehicles amid heavy security of CRPF, the officials said. […]
Jammu: Police on Sunday seized 250 kilogram of poppy husk from a truck and arrested a man in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said. A police party intercepted a truck at Vijaypur on the Jammu-Pathankot highway, they said. During checking, around 250 Kilogram of poppy husk hidden in 11 plastic sacks was seized from […]
Jammu: A search operation was launched by police and security forces in border areas along Indo-Pak border after some light-emitting flying object was spotted along International Border (IB) in Samba district, official sources said. The search operation was launched in areas along IB in Manguchak belt, they said. The people saw a light emitting flying […]
Kyiv: Russia is preparing for the next stage of its offensive in Ukraine, a Ukrainian military official said, after Moscow said its forces would step up military operations in “all operational areas”. As Western deliveries of long-range arms begin to help Ukraine on the battlefield, Russian rockets and missiles have pounded cities in strikes that […]
JEDDAH: US President Joe Biden said on Friday he told Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman he held him responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, shortly after exchanging a fist bump with the kingdom’s de facto ruler. On a trip to reset relations with a country he had called a pariah after […]
Aizawl: As many as 30,316 Myanmar nationals, including 11,798 children and 10,047 women, have taken refuge in various parts of Mizoram since the military seized power in the neighbouring country in February last year, a senior official said on Sunday. Fourteen lawmakers are also among those who fled the trouble-torn country and moved to Mizoram, […]
DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates has sentenced an American citizen and the former lawyer of Jamal Khashoggi — the dissident Saudi journalist who was killed at Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul in 2018 — to three years in prison on charges of money laundering and tax evasion. The lawyer, US citizen Asim Ghafoor, will be […]
Jaipur: Former Rajasthan education minister and BJP MLA Vasudev Devnani on Sunday demanded withdrawal of an order to reserve seats in the Mahatma Gandhi English Medium schools for donors who sponsor works worth Rs 50 lakh or more. Devnani shared the education department order on Twitter, claiming it was a violation of the Right to […]
Chandigarh: People caught overspeeding and driving under the influence of alcohol in Punjab will have to deliver a lecture to school students and perform community service at a hospital or donate blood besides paying a fine. According to a new notification issued by the state transport department on fines for different traffic violations, an offender […]
New Delhi: Customers will have to pay 5 per cent GST on pre-packed, labelled food items like atta, paneer and curd, besides hospital rooms with rent above Rs 5,000 from Monday with the GST Council’s decision coming into force. In addition, hotel rooms with tariff of up to Rs 1,000/day, maps and charts, including atlases, […]