BEIRUT: The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have launched a “limited, localised and targeted” ground operation inside southern Lebanon, intensifying the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah. The Israeli troops Monday night entered Lebanon to neutralise what the IDF described as “immediate threats” to Israeli communities along the northern border. Days after killing Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and […]
MUMBAI: A court in Maharashtra’s Nashik district has summoned Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed against him for his alleged objectionable remarks against Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nashik, Deepali Parimal Kaduskar, issued a process (summons/notice) to Gandhi on September 27, noting that the “statement made against a […]
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, stressing the need to avoid regional escalation two days after the Hezbollah confirmed that its secretary general Hassan Nasrallah had been killed in an Israeli bombing in Beirut. “Spoke to Prime Minister @netanyahu about recent developments in West Asia. Terrorism […]
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military on Tuesday ordered the evacuation of nearly two dozen Lebanese border communities. The orders came hours after Israel sent ground forces into southern Lebanon in what it described as a limited incursion against the Hezbollah militant group. The evacuation order, posted by the Israeli military’s Arabic spokesman on the social media […]
NEW DELHI: In a first for the country, Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin has become the first woman officer to be appointed at the Director General, Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS), the branch directly responsible to the Ministry of Defence for overall medical policy matters which relate to the Armed Forces. The Flag officer assumed […]
39.18L Voters Eligible To Decide Fate Of 415 Candidates Srinagar: With the stage set for 3rd and final phase of General Elections to Legislative Assembly, scheduled for Tuesday, the fate of 415 candidates will be determined by over 39.18 lakh voters. The third phase of the Legislative Assembly Elections 2024 will cover 40 Assembly Constituencies […]
JAMMU: As per the guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI) through Press Note No. ECI/PN/132/2024, dated 31st August 2024, and under the provisions of Section 126A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, all media outlets (print, electronic, or digital), polling agencies, and individuals are hereby informed that publication or broadcast […]
New Delhi: On the eve of the third phase of voting in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar urged voters to participate in greater numbers. Kumar congratulated the people of J&K for turning out in record numbers. During the first phase, the voter turnout was 61.38%, and in the second […]
Visits Martyrs’ Memorial At Pratap Park, Thanks Govt For Opportunity To Serve People Srinagar: Director General of Police Rashmi Ranjan Swain, the 1991 batch IPS officer, visited the martyrs’ memorial at Pratap Park on Monday to pay homage to security forces who sacrificed their lives in the fight against insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir. “A […]
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission has put in abeyance the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s order to appoint an Army colonel as SSP (Training and Special Operations), citing a ban on transfer of officers connected to elections as the Model Code of Conduct is in force. In its order to the chief secretary, the EC said […]
