Probe ordered after video shows police beating up Army jawan in UP
Kanpur, Feb 19 (PTI) A probe has been ordered after a video purportedly showing an Army jawan being beaten up by police in Uttar Pradesh went viral on social media, officials said Tuesday. The soldier, posted in Hyderabad, was at his native, Pallia village in Kanpur Dehat, on leave, Superintendent of Police, Kanpur (Dehat), Radheyshyam said. […]
Antarctic fungi can be used to treat childhood cancer: Experts
Hyderabad,(PTI): Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad working with scientists from the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Goa, have isolated Antarctic fungi that contain L-asparaginase, an enzyme-based chemotherapeutic agent used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). ALL is the most common childhood cancer. It occurs when a bone marrow cell develops […]
Jammu: Curfew relaxed in different areas, section 144 to stay imposed
Jammu: Authorities in Jammu announced relaxation in curfew in various areas. According to DC Jammu the curfew relaxation in areas under Police station bus stand, Pakhadanga, Janipur will come into imposition from 3pm to 5pm. “Section 144 will remain in imposition durin that period,” DC said. He also said that in areas under PS Gandhinagar, […]
Major reshuffle in administration, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary posted as new DC Srinagar
Srinagar: Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday ordered fresh transfers and postings in civil administration including a rejig in district administration Srinagar. An order issued by the general administration department of the Jammu and Kahsmir government said that Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary has been posted as Deputy Commissioner Srinagar. Chaudhary was posted as Deputy […]
Governor lauds forces for killing militants behind Pulwama attack
Jammu: Governor Satya Pal Malik has lauded the army, police and paramilitary forces in killing militants behind the deadly Pulwama attack in an encounter at Pinglean village of Pulwama. Governor has expressed grief on the death of the army and police personnel in the gunfight. Governor Satya Pal Malik spoke to Brigadier Harbir Singh, Commander […]
Why don’t Kashmiri youth fear death, India should introspect says Imran Khan on Pulwama attack
Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan on Tuesday asked India to introspect as to why Kashmiris are ready to go to any extreme and why they have no fear of death. Khan made these comments while televised breifing over deadly Pulwama attack that killed more than 40 CRPF personnal. The attacker was identifed as Adil […]
One pilot killed, 2 eject as two Suryakiran aircraft crash in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, (PTI) A pilot was killed and two others ejected to safety when two aircraft of IAF’s aerobatic team Surya Kiran crashed near the Yelahanka airbase here Tuesday, a day before the opening of the Aero India show, a top police official said. The mishap occurred during a sortie as part of the rehersal for the […]
Amid tears, sobs, thousands participate in last rites of slain JeM millitant
Pulwama: Thousands of people attended funeral prayers of slain Jaish-e-Mohammad militant Hilal Ahmad Naiko in Pingleena village of Pulwama who was killed yesterday in a 17-hour-long gunfight with government forces. Slain Hilal along with his two Pakistani associates was killed yesterday in a gunfight in Pingleena area of Pulwama . According to eyewitnesses […]
Pulwama attackers killed withing100 hours: Army
Srinagar: Within 100 hours of the Pulwama attack, we hit the JeM in the Kashmir Valley which was being handled by the Pakistan-based JeM, Lt Gen K.S. Dhillon of the 15 Corps Commander said on Tuesday. Dhillon was addressing a joint press briefing here. He also said that the Pulwama attack was carried out by the JeM, which […]
Trump tells Venezuela military to back Guaido or ‘lose everything’
Miami PTI: US President Donald Trump has urged Venezuela’s military to accept opposition leader Juan Guaido’s amnesty offer, or stand to “lose everything,” as a crisis deepened over President Nicolas Maduro’s refusal to let in desperately needed humanitarian aid. Bringing in humanitarian aid is crucial to the viability of Guaido, who has denounced Maduro’s re-election […]
