BARAMULLA: Acting tough against drug peddlers and to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, police booked notorious drug smuggler under PIT NDPS Act in Baramulla after obtaining formal detention order from the competent authority. “The notorious drug smuggler namely Wazir Ahmad Chack @Wazir Joo son of Ali Mohammad Chack resident of Trikanjan Boniyar, […]
SRINAGAR: A programme on new three criminal laws was organized by CIK at JIC Humhama Srinagar which was attended by all I/Os and one officer/official of each section of CIK Hqrs. SSP CIK Tahir Ashraf delivered the opening lecture regarding the need of such programmes for effective implementation of new three criminal laws. Additional Superintendent […]
NEW DELHI: Several Chief Ministers from the Opposition’s INDIA bloc-ruled states on Saturday boycotted the NITI Aayog’s ninth Governing Council meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in protest against what they allege is discrimination in the allocation of the Union Budget. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut confirmed the decision, stating, “CMs of INDIA […]
NEW DELHI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee walked out of a NITI Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Saturday and claimed that she was unfairly stopped midway in her speech, despite being the sole representative of the opposition. The government, however, rejected her claim and said her speaking time was […]
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman said on Friday that just like in the past, all states have been allocated funds in the Union Budget 2024-25, and no state has been denied anything. In an exclusive interview with Sanjay Pugalia, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of NDTV Network, the Finance Minister rejected the opposition’s claim that her […]
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday said undignified behaviour during House proceedings to score a political point is a blow to the spirit of democracy. He also lamented that members these days are not willing to listen to the views of others. “You are free to disagree with the views of others. […]
YAMUNANAGAR (HR): Sunita Kejriwal on Saturday urged people not to give a single seat to the BJP in the Haryana Assembly polls due later this year, as she called her husband, Arvind Kejriwal, the blessed one, who was born to achieve big things. “He was born on August 16, 1968. You will be surprised to […]
SHILLONG: Assam Rifles Director General Lieutenant General PC Nair has revealed that doctored videos from Myanmar and the Rohingya region are being circulated by certain groups with vested interests to incite violence in the troubled state of Manipur. Speaking to the media, Lieutenant General Nair emphasised that many of the videos currently in circulation are […]
NEW DELHI: A new study published in Science reveals that climate change is dramatically altering global rainfall patterns, potentially intensifying typhoons and other tropical storms. This research comes in the wake of Typhoon Gaemi, the year’s most powerful storm, which recently battered Taiwan, the Philippines, and China. Led by Zhang Wenxia at the China Academy […]
NEW DELHI: Scientists have made a new discovery in Ladakh that could revolutionise the search for extraterrestrial life. Researchers from the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP) have identified magnetofossils – fossil remains of magnetic particles produced by magnetotactic bacteria – in rock varnish layers in the region known as India’s “cold desert.” This finding, […]