Added on September 23, 2021 Press Trust of India

Terror links: Two cops among six govt employees sacked

Srinagar: Six government employees, including two policemen, were on Wednesday dismissed from service for their alleged links with militants in Jammu and Kashmir, taking the total number of employees sacked in last nearly six months to 25, officials said. Among those dismissed from service earlier, there were two sons of Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed […]

Added on September 23, 2021 Press Trust of India

Air pollution biggest environmental threats to human health: WHO

New Delhi: Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health alongside climate change, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday as it released its new air quality guidelines for the first time since its last global update in 2005. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said its new air quality guidelines (AQGs) […]

Added on September 23, 2021 Press Trust of India

Forces ready to meet any security challenge: Army Chief

New Delhi: The Indian Army is continuously monitoring the situation in the country’s neighbourhood and is ready to meet any security challenge that comes its way, Army Chief General M M Naravane said on Wednesday. Addressing the AIMA National Management Convention, the Chief of Army Staff noted that the army is prepared to tackle even […]

Added on September 23, 2021 Press Trust of India

Four ‘sticky bombs’ diffused in Poonch

Jammu: Security forces on Wednesday defused four “sticky” bombs, which were seized from an over ground worker in Poonch district, officials said. These were destroyed at Bharirakh in Mendhar by a bomb disposal squad, they said. The “sticky” bombs and Rs 10,500 were seized from Mehmood Hussain, the officials said.

Added on September 23, 2021 Press Trust of India

Missing Army soldier: Decomposed body rekindles hope for missing soldier’s family

Kulgam (Kashmir): After a year, a father’s hope of finding the body of his son, Shakir Wagey, who worked with the Territorial Army and was killed by militants, was rekindled on Wednesday when the Army recovered a decomposed body near a mobile tower in this district of South Kashmir. “I am sure it is his […]

Added on September 23, 2021 Press Trust of India

KP’s should get monthly relief allowance: Court

Jammu: In a major relief to protesting Kashmiri Pandits, a local court on Wednesday modified its earlier order to pave way for the release of monthly relief allowance to over 25,000 migrant families. Additional District Judge (Commercial Court) Syed Sarfaraz Hussain Shah passed the order on humanitarian grounds after hearing a plea filed by senior […]

Added on September 22, 2021 Press Trust of India

PM Modi, US Prez Biden to meet in Washington: FS

Will review robust and multifaceted India-US ties

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden are expected to deliberate on ways to bolster bilateral ties in trade, investment and defence and security in their in-person talks in Washington on September 24, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Tuesday. He said Modi will leave for the US on Wednesday […]

Added on September 22, 2021 Press Trust of India

NIA conducts searches at various locations in JK

Jammu: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at eight locations in different districts of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with the recovery of an improvised explosive device here on June 27. The searches were carried out with active assistance of the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Central Reserve Police Force in […]

Added on September 22, 2021 Press Trust of India

Two govt school teachers among nine held for attacking police party

Jammu: Nine people, including two government school teachers, were arrested on Tuesday in Reasi district in connection with an alleged attack on a police party which had arrested a criminal wanted in a rape case, police said. The accused were all close associates of the arrested criminal and one of them was also accused in […]

Added on September 22, 2021 Press Trust of India

Two pilots killed after Army helicopter crash lands

Jammu: Two pilots were killed when an Army helicopter crash-landed in a dense forest near Patnitop in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Tuesday, officials said. “Today, during a training sortie in Patnitop area, Indian Army’s Cheetah helicopter crash-landed in Shiv Garh Dhar area in the district,” a Jammu-based defence spokesman said. He said that […]

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