BSF recovers drugs, arms after gunfight with smugglers along Pak border
New Delhi, Feb 18 (PTI) The BSF on Saturday recovered narcotics, Chinese and Turkey-made pistols, and 242 rounds of ammunition after it foiled a smuggling bid from Pakistan along the international border in Punjab. The troops detected a movement of armed smugglers on both sides of the frontier fence near border post DBN and Shikar […]
Novel molecule shows promise against Covid variants: Study
New Delhi, Feb 18 (PTI) Researchers have developed a novel molecule that has shown promise in lab tests as a potential preventive against the variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Developed by a team at Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence Delhi-NCR and Paris Cit University in France, the compounds are based on indole which are ubiquitous […]
Five Pakistani Taliban terrorists killed in attack on police chief’s office in Karachi city
Karachi, Feb 18 (PTI) Five heavily-armed militants of the Tehreek-e-Taliban (Pakistan) have been killed after security forces managed to secure back control of the head office building of the Karachi Police Chief which came under a daring attack by the militants in the country’s most populous city. The nearly four-hour-long operation to seize back control […]
Centre declares ‘Ghaznavi Force’ as terrorist organisation
Srinagar, Feb 17: The Union Home Ministry on Friday declared “Jammu & Kashmir Ghaznavi Force” as a “terrorist organization” under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act-1967. In a notification the MHA has listed the “Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force” in the first schedule of the UAPA law containing the list of such organisations. The MHA said […]
Father-son duo shot at over parking dispute in Delhi’s Yamuna Vihar
New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) A man and his son were shot at by a group of people in northeast Delhi’s Yamuna Vihar following an argument over a parking issue, police said on Friday. Virender Aggarwal sustained a gunshot wound to his chest and his son Sachin Aggarwal in his hand. They were rushed by […]
JK SSRB approves list of selected candidates for 2,300 government posts
Srinagar, Feb 17 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir Service Selection and Recruitment Board (SSRB) has finalised a list of over 2,300 successful candidates for government posts, which will reduce the staff shortage in various departments including health department, an official said on Friday. “We have finalised the list of 1,534 candidates for junior assistant posts […]
No change in terrorist organisation designation of Pak-based TTP and Hizbul Mujahideen: Blinken after review
Washington, Feb 17 (PTI) Pakistan-based Kashmir-centric Hizbul Mujahideen and Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan remain a global terrorist organisation and there is no reason for the change in their status, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said following a review. Blinken’s determination was notified in the federal register on Thursday following a review of the designations […]
Dead body found in Gole Market, Karan Nagar in Sgr city
Srinagar, Feb 17: An unidentified body was found on Friday in Gole Market area of Karan Nagar here, officials said. They said that an unidentified body that was found today at Gole market area Karan Nagar has been taken to SMHS hospital here. An official at SMHS hospital said that the body of a person […]
Barring Pahalgam, temp rises above sub-zero level across Kashmir
Srinagar, Feb 17: The mercury continued to show an upward trend with all places in Kashmir Valley barring Pahalgam recording above sub-zero level minimum temperature on Friday. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a low of 2.8°C against the previous night’s 1.3°C . Today’s minimum temperature, he said, was above normal by 2.7°C […]
SC to consider listing of pleas challenging abrogation of Article 370 giving special status to JK
New Delhi, Feb 17 (PTI) The Supreme Court Friday said it will take a decision on early listing of petitions challenging the Centre’s decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 which had given special status to Jammu and Kashmir. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B […]