CISF personnel learning to use ‘gulels’ to tackle monkey menace at Taj Mahal
The CISF personnel manning the Taj Mahal here are having to undergo training to use a novel weapon – ‘gulels’ (catapults), to tackle menace of a different type – that of monkeys. Central Industrial Security Force Commandant Braj Bhushan Singh told PTI that constables are being trained to use catapults to ward off monkeys from […]
R-day: 25 JK cops to be conferred Medals of Gallantary
New Delhi: Twenty five policemen will be conferred Medals of Gallentary on the occasion of the Republic Day this year. A total of 855 Police personnel have been awarded Medals on the occasion of the Republic Day this year. President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) have been awarded to three personnel, Police Medals […]
Anantnag: Cop injured in suspected militant attack, two blasts in ten minutes ahead of R-Day
Srinagar, Jan 25 (GNS): A day before January 26, a policeman was injured after militants lobbed a grenade in police post near bus stand in Anantnag town of south Kashmir. Reports reaching GNS said that the militants lobbed a grenade towards police post. In the blast, a policeman sustained splinter injuries and has […]
Over 1000 Kashmir-bound passengers stranded in Jammu, highway remains closed for 5th straight day
Jammu: More than 1,000 Kashmir-bound passengers are stranded here at General Bus Stand and other parts of the city as Jammu-Srinagar highway remained closed for the fifth consecutive day due to snowfall on Friday. “Over 1000 passengers from Kashmir, including the labourers going to the valley, are stuck up at the bus stand […]
BJP minister in Bihar stokes controversy with remarks about Priyanka
Patna, (PTI): Stoking a controversy, senior BJP leader and Bihar Minister Vinod Narain Jha said Friday that newly appointed Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has no other quality except being “very beautiful” and the party should remember that beauty does not garner votes. The remark by Jha, who holds the Public Health and Engineering […]
RSS mother of BJP, wants to control all institutions in country: Rahul
Bhubhneshwar (PTI) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday charged that the RSS imprint was evident everywhere in the BJP-led NDA government and that the outfit wants to penetrate and control all institutions in the country. “You currently have one institution called the RSS, mother of the BJP, which believes it is the only institution in the country. […]
Over 25k security personnel deployed across Delhi for R-Day celebrations
New Delhi, Jan 25 (PTI) Around 25,000 security personnel were deployed across the city and security beefed up at strategic locations in central Delhi, which were on the target of two arrested terrorists planning strikes during the Republic Day, police said Friday. Following the arrest of two suspected Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) members Abdul Latif Ganaie (29) […]
Search operation launched in village near LoC
Poonch: Forces have launched a massive search operation in villages close to Line of Control in Krishna Ghati sector of Mendhar sub division area of Poonch district. Sources said that Army and police have launched the joint search operation in villages near Sagra area of KG sector of Mendhar. Joint teams of Army […]
Govt honours 855 police officers for distinguished services
New Delhi, (PTI) Three constables of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), awarded the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry posthumously, were among the 885 police personnel from across the country who were honoured by the government for their distinguished services on the eve of the Republic Day. While the President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) have […]
Gujarat man kills estranged wife, then commits suicide
Vadodara, Jan 25 (PTI) An unemployed man allegedly killed his wife and then committed suicide in Gujarat’s Vadodara district, police said Friday. Manish Patel (49) and Rachna (44) were married for 20 years but their relationship had soured recently and, on January 15 this year, the two had decided to stay separately, an official […]
