Mendhar/Jammu: Security forces on Saturday launched a search operation in over a dozen villages near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. The joint operation by the Army and police in the Gursai area of Mendhar subdivision is being carried out as part of stepped-up security in the border villages […]
Srinagar: The Chhari Mubarak the holy mace of Lord Shiva will be taken to the historic Shankaracharya Temple atop a hillock here on August 16 for rituals connected with the ongoing annual Amaranth Yatra. As there are two Shravan’ months this year, an astronomical event taking place after 19 years, Amaranth Yatra has a greater […]
Srinagar: A CRPF jawan was found dead inside a camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district in a suspected case of suicide, officials said. According to preliminary reports, Sepoy Ajay Kumar was found dead at Chursoo in the Awantipora area of the south Kashmir district after gunshots were heard around 2 am, the officials said. […]
Banihal/Jammu: A Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police died of rabies on Friday, three months after being bitten by a dog in Ramban district, an official said. ASI Mohammad Rafiq Naik, a resident of Perihinder-Neel area of Ramsoo, was diagnosed with rabies and succumbed to the disease, the officials said. They said […]
Jammu: A criminal, wanted for his alleged involvement in heroin smuggling and an attack on a police party, was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Saturday, officials said. Mansha, a resident of Vijaypur, has been arrested from Supwal area, a police spokesperson said. Two separate cases — an attack on a police party […]
Sagar (MP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Dalits, OBCs and tribals are getting due respect from his government whereas previous rulers neglected these sections and remembered them only during elections. He also alleged the previous governments failed to provide water to the poor whereas Dalit bastis, underprivileged localities, and tribal areas are now […]
New Delhi: All doctors must prescribe generic drugs, failing which they will be penalised and even their license to practice may also be suspended for a period, according to the new regulations issued by the National Medical Commission. The National Medical Commission (NMC) in its ‘Regulations relating to Professional Conduct of Registered Medical Practitioners” also […]
Seeks status report from UP on 183 ‘police encounters’ New Delhi: The Supreme Court has pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government over the killing of former Lok Sabha member Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf in police custody in Prayagraj on April 15, observing “someone is complicit”. It has also sought a status report from […]
New Delhi: The Delhi services bill that entails the creation of an authority for the transfer and posting of Group-A officers in the national capital and gives the central government primacy over such appointments has received presidential assent. In a notification, the Ministry of Law and Justice said that President Droupadi Murmu has given her […]
Itanagar: People affected by hydropower projects in Arunachal Pradesh will be compensated handsomely, Union Power Minister RK Singh said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference, he said the state government and the Centre will take care of the people affected by power projects. “The government will provide compensation to the affected people which they have […]