Bear tumbles off cliff into stream after being stoned by people in Drass area of Kargil
Srinagar, May 11 (PTI) A shocking video has gone viral on social media showing a brown bear tumbling into a stream from a steep mountain ridge after being stoned by people in Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir, prompting authorities to launch an operation to trace the animal. The eight-second video — shared on Twitter by […]
Venomous Snake Found Near Omar Abdullah’s Residence
Srinagar: An extreme venomous snake gave security personnel anxious moments when it was spotted on the lawns of former Chief Minister and National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah’s official residence here, officials said on Saturday. Official sources told GNS a team from the wildlife department was deputed to the residence who caught the snake on […]
Pak to continue talks with IMF on bailout over weekend
Islamabad, May 11 (PTI) The talks between cash-strapped Pakistan and the IMF will continue over the weekend after the parleys between the two sides reached a deadlock due to Prime Minister Imran Khan’s reservations over heavy taxation the people would have to bear, according to a media report on Saturday.Head of IMF Mission to Pakistan Ernesto […]
Two SpiceJet Boeing flights suffer mid-air glitches
Mumbai, May 11 (PTI) Two of the SpiceJet’s Boeing passenger planes- one from Mumbai and other from Bengaluru- suffered mid-air technical glitches, forcing their pilots to terminate journeys with one flight landing back in Mumbai and second diverted to Nagpur Saturday. SpiceJet flight SG-611, which departed from Mumbai’s Chhatrapapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport for Chennai around […]
Reports of differences between AG, govt motivated: Jaitley
New Delhi (PTI) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday dismissed as “absolutely incorrect” reports of differences between Attorney General K K Venugopal and the government with regard to the sexual harassment case against the Chief Justice. Venugopal had written to all the Supreme Court judges to set up a committee of three retired judges of the apex […]
Bus rams into truck in Udhampur, 16 passengers injured
Jammu: Around 16 passengers were injured after the vehicle they were travelling in rammed into a truck at Jaggar Kotli area of Udhampur district on Saturday. “Five among the injured have suffered serious wounds,” police official was quoted by KNO. “Accident took place at 11:50 am when a passenger vehicle bearing registration number (JK02AP […]
Rain brings relief from scorching heat in Jammu
Jammu,(PTI) Light rains Saturday provided respite to Jammu residents who were reeling under scorching heat for the past week. The meteorological department has forecast light rain or thundershowers at many places in Jammu and Kashmir over the next 24 hours. Jammu, the winter capital of the state, had experienced the season’s highest day and night temperature […]
IAF gets first Apache Guardian attack helicopter
New Delhi, May 11 (PTI) US aerospace major Boeing has handed over first of the 22 Apache Guardian attack helicopters to the Indian Air Force, nearly three-and-half years after a multi-billion dollar deal for the choppers was sealed. Senior IAF officials said the addition of AH-64E (I) Apache helicopter is a significant step towards modernisation of […]
Pentagon deploys warship, Patriot missiles in Middle East to deter Iranian ‘threats’
Washington, May 11 (PTI) Amid escalating tensions with Iran, the Pentagon has announced that it is deploying a warship and a Patriot air defence missile system in the Middle East to deter the threats of possible operations against US forces in the region by Tehran. The USS Arlington, which transports amphibious vehicles and aircraft, and the […]
Most of debris generated from India’s anti-satellite test has decayed: Reddy
New Delhi (PTI) DRDO Chairman G Satheesh Reddy has said that most of the debris generated from from the anti-satellite test conducted by India in March have decayed and rest of it will dissipate in a “short period of time”. He said this in response to a question after delivering a talk on ‘Technology for National […]