New Delhi: Decorated air warrior Group Captain Varun Singh died at a military hospital in Bengaluru on Wednesday, a week after he was seriously injured in the chopper crash near Coonoor that killed CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 armed forces personnel. The Indian Air Force said the ‘braveheart’ Group Captain succumbed to […]
New Delhi: India logged 6,984 coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,47,10,628 while the active cases declined to 87,562, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 4,76,135 with 247 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The daily rise in […]
New Delhi: A day after the SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence said it was a “pre-planned conspiracy”, the Congress stepped up its attack on the government on Wednesday, demanding the dismissal of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra. Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said the government would have to sack the minister […]
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday told Parliament that there was no proposal under consideration for framing separate rules of service and pension for paramilitary forces personnel or central armed police forces. This was stated by Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai in a written reply to Rajya Sabha. “Representations are received from […]
New Delhi: Delhi has not been able to meet the CPCB’s annual average safe limit of nitrogen dioxide – 40 micrograms per cubic metre – since 2013, according to a new analysis by air pollution policy tracking platform NCAP Tracker. From 2013 to 2020, Delhi’s average annual NO2 levels ranged from 61 micrograms per cubic […]
TEHRAN: Iran will allow the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog to reinstall cameras damaged at a site where it has centrifuge parts and manufacturing material, semiofficial Iranian news agencies reported Wednesday. The decision will see cameras put back at Karaj, which came under what Iran describes as a sabotage attack in June. Iran since had refused […]
Attack was pre-planned, says IGP Srinagar: One more policeman who was injured in a deadly militant attack in Zewan area of Srinagar succumbed to injuries on Tuesday morning, police said. He was identified as Constable Rameez Ahmad of the 9th Battalion, Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police. He was injured alongwith 14 fourteen colleagues when three […]
Kangan: Scores of people attended the funeral prayers of the 27-year-old police constable who was killed in the militant attack on a police bus in Zeewan on Srinagar outskirts on Monday evening. As the body reached Yachama village in Kangan area of Ganderbal district, mourners thronged the village to pay last respects to the slain […]
Jammu: A top Pakistani militant belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu’s Poonch district on Tuesday, officials said. A search is underway to track down another militant, who was his accomplice, in the area, they said. The Army and police launched an operation after receiving specific intelligence […]
New Delhi: The number of militancy incidents in Jammu and Kashmir has shown significant decline since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. In written response to a question, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai gave data showing that only 206 militancy incidents were reported […]