Soldier shoots himself dead in Baramulla
Baramulla, Jul 31: An army man shot self dead in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday afternoon, officials said here. They said that the soldier shot himself dead with his service rifle. He said that inquest proceedings have been initiated and investigation is underway. The official said that it was not immediately known as to […]
Pakistani drone, heroin seized near border in Punjab’s Tarn Taran
Chandigarh, Jul 31 (PTI) A suspected Pakistani drone and three kilogrammes of heroin were recovered by a joint team of the BSF and the Punjab Police from a field near the India-Pakistan border in Tarn Taran district on Monday, officials said. Border Security Force (BSF) troops late on Sunday heard the buzzing sound of the […]
RPF constable shoots dead senior, 3 passengers on board Jaipur-Mumbai train
Mumbai, Jul 31 (PTI) A Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable on Monday shot dead four persons on board a running train near Palghar railway station in Maharashtra, an official said. Constable Chetan Kumar Choudhary fired from his automatic weapon, killing an RPF Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) and three other passengers of the Jaipur-Mumbai Central Express shortly […]
Pakistan blast update: 44 people killed in suicide blast at Islamic party’s meeting in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Peshawar, Jul 31 (PTI) A powerful blast triggered by a suicide bomber killed at least 44 people and injured nearly 100 others on Sunday at a rally of a hardline Islamic party in a restive tribal district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. The explosion took place at 4 pm at the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl […]
Pakistani intruder shot dead in Arnia sector
Jammu, Jul 31 (PTI) A Pakistani intruder was shot dead by Border Security Force personnel along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday in second such incident in a week, officials said. The intruder was gunned down by the alert border guards when he ignored the repeated warnings and tried to flee after […]
People questioned, call records examined as search for missing soldier continues
Srinagar, Jul 31 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir Police questioned a dozen of persons and examined the call details of army jawan Javaid Ahmad Wani who went missing a couple of days ago from his native Kulgam district while on leave, officials said on Monday. The soldier, posted in the Ladakh region, was supposed to […]
PM Modi to launch development projects during Pune visit on Aug 1
Pune, Jul 31 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday visit Maharashtra’s Pune city where he will lay the foundation stone of various development projects and also receive the Lokmanya Tilak National Award. After his arrival, Modi will perform ‘darshan and pooja’ at Dagdusheth Mandir. At 11.45 am, he will be conferred the Lokmanya […]
4,000 Indian women performed Haj without ‘mehram’, it’s ‘huge transformation’, says PM
New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said over 4,000 Muslim women performing Haj this year without ‘mehram’ was a “huge transformation” and asserted that more and more people were getting the chance to go for the annual pilgrimage with the changes made by his government in the Haj policy over […]
Official tells AP that Saudi Arabia will host a Ukrainian-organized peace summit in August
Dubai, Jul 30 (AP) Saudi Arabia will host a Ukrainian-organized peace summit in early August seeking to find a way to start negotiations over Russia’s war on the country, an official said. The kingdom and Kyiv did not immediately acknowledge the planned talks. The summit will be held in the Red Sea port city of […]
40% work on Zojila tunnel over; terrain, weather challenges push completion deadline to 2030
Dras (Ladakh), Jul 30 (PTI) Difficult terrain and weather challenges have pushed the deadline for completion of the Zojila tunnel, which will provide all-weather connectivity between the Kashmir valley and the Ladakh region, to December 2030, according to officials. The tunnel, said to be the longest of its kind in Asia and at the highest […]