New Delhi, Nov 15 Members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)-affiliated ABVP and the JNUSU allegedly got into an argument over organising a programme at the student union hall in Jawaharlal Nehru University campus here, police said on Monday. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) accused each […]
New Delhi: UNICEF India unveiled a symbolic ‘Pandemic Classroom’ installation in the national capital to mark Children’s Day on Sunday, ahead of the World Children’s Day on November 20, and called for urgent action to support learning. Empty rows of desks and chairs along with unused backpacks were set up to draw attention to the […]
Srinagar: Narcotics menace, especially heroin, is scaling new heights in Kashmir with experts warning that a majority of the young people may fall prey to drug abuse and Police chief Dilbag Singh blaming Pakistan for targeting youngsters by making them habitual to drugs. Taking a holistic view of the strife-torn Kashmir valley, police as well […]
Srinagar: Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari’s father Syed Mohammad Iqbal Bukhari passed away here on Sunday, family sources said. He was 89. Bukhari, the chairman of FIL Industries, passed away after a brief spell of illness at SKIMS hospital, Soura, they said. Bukhari’s funeral prayers will be held at Ladoora in Rafiabad area of north […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said the Centre was putting security forces in direct confrontation with the people in Kashmir by pushing them into civilian areas, including farmlands and community halls, which can lead to disastrous consequences . She was referring to the administration’s recent decision to transfer land for the construction of […]
Jammu: An Army soldier allegedly ended his life by shooting himself with his service rifle inside a camp in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. Naik Deepak Singh was on sentry duty at Palma camp, about eight kilometers from Rajouri town, when his colleagues heard a gunshot from his post, they […]
Islamabad: Afghanistan does not want conflict with any country, including India, the war-torn country’s Taliban-led interim government’s acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has said. Muttaqi made the comments while talking to BBC Urdu, which was also his first ever interview with a female journalist, who asked him about Afghanistan relations with New Delhi under […]
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Sunday said the mind of the Indian judiciary can be known to millions largely through the actions of trial courts and district judiciary and therefore, nothing is more important than to ‘preserve, protect and promote’ the independence and integrity of the judiciary at all levels. He […]
NEW DELHI: In a major push for a hands-on approach to governance, the Modi government is planning to rope in young professionals, seek suggestions from retiring officials and make the best use of technology for project monitoring, besides various other steps to be overseen by eight different groups comprising of members from the entire Council […]
NEW DELHI: More than 400 per cent increase in cybercrime cases committed against children was reported in 2020 in comparison to 2019, with most of them relating to publishing or transmitting of materials depicting children in sexually explicit act, according to the latest NCRB data. Top five states reporting cyber crimes against children are: Uttar […]