Jammu: An Army soldier allegedly shot dead his colleague and later killed himself in Poonch district on Friday, official sources said. Naik Imtiyaz Ahmed had a scuffle with Sepoy Ibrar during a road opening party (RoP) exercise in the Surankote area around 5.30 am, they said. In a fit of rage, Ahmed opened fire from […]
Says Malik threatened her saying ‘he will drag me out of the minibus if I refused to follow their diktat’ Jammu: Rubaiya Sayeed, former chief minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed’s daughter, appeared before a special CBI court on Friday in a case related to her 1989 abduction and identified JKLF chief Yasin Malik and three others […]
New Delhi: The 16th round of military talks between India and China on the lingering border standoff in eastern Ladakh will be held on July 17 on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the region, official sources said on Friday. India has been pressing for quick disengagement of troops from […]
Bhaderwah/Jammu: Police Friday booked some unidentified people after a Lord Shiva idol was found damaged in Jammu’s Doda, with officials suspecting frosting might have damaged it as it is in the open. The incident took place in Ram-Rachna meadow, also known as ‘Chota Mani-Mahesh, in Marmat tehsil which is situated around 90 kilometres from Doda […]
Jammu: The 16th batch of over 5,400 Amarnath pilgrims left Jammu city on Friday morning for the twin base camps of Pahalgam and Baltal in Kashmir, officials said. The annual pilgrimage, which was suspended from Jammu last Sunday due to bad weather resumed on Monday. A flash flood triggered by heavy rains near the cave […]
New Delhi: People aged 18 and above will get free precaution doses of the Covid vaccine at government vaccination centres from Friday under a 75-day special drive initiated by the Union Health Ministry. The drive, aimed at boosting the administration of Covid precaution doses among the eligible population, is being held as part of the […]
New Delhi: The CBI on Friday arrested NHAI CGM and Regional Officer Digvijay Mishra from Gandhinagar while allegedly receiving Rs 10 lakh bribe from a GHV India representative for favouring the company in the Ahmedabad-Dholera Expressway project, officials said. Mishra, the Chief General Manager (CGM) and Regional Officer (RO) of the National Highways Authority of […]
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police has issued an advisory suggesting that blacksmiths on the Kanwar yatra route should be relocated as they “eat non-vegetarian food and leave bones behind” due to lack of proper disposal system, officials said. The advisory issued by the Delhi Police’s Special Branch to the district police suggested that the blacksmiths […]
New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia Vice-Chancellor Najma Akhtar on Friday said the university’s faculty members did a lot of research work during the COVID-19 pandemic which helped it improve its position in the National Institutional Ranking Framework. In the seventh edition of NIRF rankings announced earlier in the day by Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, […]
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives has passed by voice vote a legislative amendment that approves waiver to India against the punitive CAATSA sanctions for its purchase of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia to help deter aggressors like China. The legislative amendment was passed on Thursday as part of an en bloc (all […]