Jammu: Government forces busted a module of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) tasked to plant a vehicle-based IED on the eve of Independence Day here by arresting four militants and their associates, officials said on Saturday. Giving details, a police spokesman said that four Jaish militants, including an Uttar Pradesh resident, and their associates were arrested by the […]
Jammu: An explosive device was detected by troops in Kishtwar district on Saturday, averting a major tragedy, officials said. The explosive device was found during patrolling by troops in the Kariya belt of the district, they said. A bomb disposal squad was called and the device was defused safely, the officials said. PTI […]
Bhadarwah: The Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday busted a militant hideout at Tanta forest in Doda district and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from an underground dump, officials said. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of special operations group (SOG) and other security forces launched a combing and search operation […]
Eilat (Israel): The Red Sea reefs off the Israeli resort of Eilat host some of the greatest coral diversity on the planet. A symphony in splendid technicolor, the reefs are among the world’s most resilient coral colonies against warming seas. They have also become an unlikely battleground, caught between Israeli diplomatic and business interests, and […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday that August 14 will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day in the memory of the struggles and sacrifices of people, saying the pain of partition can never be forgotten. Modi noted that millions of people were displaced and many lost their lives due to mindless […]
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of playing “divisive and diversionary politics” after he called for observing August 14 as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day in memory of the struggles and sacrifices of people. The government has said the decision will be a fitting tribute to all those who lost their […]
New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 38,667 coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of cases to 3,21,56,493, while the death toll rose to 4,30,732 with 478 fresh fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Saturday. The ministry said the country has now reported less than 50,000 daily new cases for 48 […]
UNITED NATIONS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address the annual high-level UN General Assembly session in person on September 25, according to a provisional list of speakers released by the UN. The list and schedule are subject to changes and the presence of world leaders in the United Nations headquarters here for the […]
New Delhi: A week after temporarily suspending his account, Twitter restored Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s handle Saturday, but not before the principal opposition party accused it of bias. Gandhi’s account was temporarily suspended last week after he tweeted pictures of the family of a nine-year-old victim of alleged rape and murder in Northwest Delhi. Twitter […]
WASHINGTON: Asian Americans grew faster than any other minority group in the US in the last decade, rising to 24 million in 2020, according to the first detailed data released from last year’s census. The growth in the American population over the last decade was driven entirely by minority communities, according to the new data […]