Srinagar: With the Amarnath Yatra around the corner, security forces in Jammu and Kashmir are concerned over terrorist groups possessing “sticky bombs” — explosives that can be attached to vehicles and detonated remotely — and are reshaping their standard operating procedure for the pilgrimage, officials said on Sunday. According to them, interrogation of arrested terrorists […]
New Delhi: Twenty-five glacial lakes and water bodies in India, China and Nepal have recorded over 40 per cent rise in their water spread areas since 2009, posing a grave threat to five Indian states and two Union territories, a new report stated. According to the report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), […]
Srinagar/New Delhi: The shell-shocked nine-year-old daughter of police constable Saifullah Qadiri often breaks down as she remembers her father and is overcome with regret for asking him to accompany her for tuition classes on May 24, the day he was gunned down by terrorists. A student of class 3, Syed Safa Qadiri’s world came crashing […]
Jammu: A Hizbul Mujahideen militant who had been active for the last six years was arrested in Kishtwar district, an official said on Sunday. Talib Hussain, a resident of Rashgwari in Nagseni tehsil, was arrested in a joint operation by police, Rashtriya Rifles and the CRPF, the police official said. Terming the arrest of the […]
Doha: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Sunday met Qatar’s Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani here and the two leaders held delegation level talks and reviewed bilateral relations including trade, investment, economic and security cooperation. Naidu, who reached here on the last leg of his three-nation tour […]
Prague: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday held a meeting with a delegation of Czech Members of European Parliament and they had a good discussion on India’s ties with the EU and the Czech Republic, the Indo-Pacific, food and energy security and digital cooperation. Jaishankar is here on the last leg of his two-nation […]
Dubai: The death toll in a catastrophic tower collapse in southwestern Iran rose to at least 38 on Sunday, state TV reported, as emergency workers pulled another body from the rubble amid fears still more could be trapped in the destruction. It’s unclear how many more people remain unaccounted for in the collapse of the […]
Washington: Acute stress may impair the body’s ability to fight off infections, especially COVID-19, and increase the chance of dying, according to a study conducted in mice. The research, published on Monday in the journal Nature, is the first to show how specific regions in the brain control the body’s cellular immune response while under […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the ‘Lifestyle for the Environment (LiFE) Movement’, a global initiative, and asserted that its vision is to live a lifestyle that is in tune with our planet and does not harm it. Those who live such a lifestyle are called “pro-planet people,” he said in a […]
New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday suspended its national spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled its Delhi media head Naveen Kumar Jindal after their alleged derogatory remarks against Prophet Muhammad, as it sought to defuse a row over the issue. Amid protests by Muslim groups over the remarks, the party also issued a statement aimed at […]