Press Trust of India

Army dogs keep danger, stress at bay for soldiers in Shopian

Shopian (Kashmir): Dogs can be great stress-busters. And they are proving exactly that for soldiers of 44 Rashtriya Rifles who have found comfort in the company of two-year-old Rosh, a labrador whose ever-bubbling energy provides an instant relief after a hard day of patrolling. Rosh is among six members of the seemingly submissive canine unit […]

 Press Trust of India

Arms, ammunition seized in Poonch

Jammu: Security forces on Sunday recovered some arms and ammunition during a search and cordon operation in Poonch, officials said. A joint search operation was carried out by a special operations group of local police and 16 Rashtriya Rifles at Gali Girjjan in Surankote, leading to the recovery of an assault rifle with three magazines […]

 Press Trust of India

Excavation work on J&K rail tunnel completes

Banihal/Jammu: The excavation work inside a 8.6-km-long railway tunnel in Banihal area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district has been completed after 10 years of construction work, officials said on Sunday. The vital tunnel between Changaldar and Khari is one of several ongoing under construction projects along the 272-km Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla railway line, which is likely […]

 Press Trust of India

For the first time annual DGPs, IGPs meeting to be held virtually; Modi, Shah to attend

New Delhi: For the first time in its history, the annual conference of the country’s top police brass will be held virtually next month amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Sunday. About 250 officers in the rank of DGP and IGP from all states, Union Territories and central government will take part in the […]

 Press Trust of India

Now virtual SIM cards keep security agencies on tenterhooks

Srinagar: Virtual SIM cards pose a new headache for security agencies fighting militancy in Jammu and Kashmir as their use in the valley has seen an increase among various groups to connect with their handlers in Pakistan, officials said here. The penetration of this new technology was found in 2019 when a request was sent […]

 Press Trust of India

CITU affiliated trade unions in Srinagar protest against Hathras incident

CITU affiliated trade unions in Srinagar protest against Hathras incident

Srinagar: Trade union organisations affiliated with the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) on Sunday held a protest demonstration here against the alleged gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras district of Uttar Pradesh. Carrying placards and banners, the protesters held the demonstration at Press Enclave here and raised slogans against the […]

 Press Trust of India

Arms, ammunition seized in Poonch

Jammu: Security forces on Sunday recovered some arms and ammunition during a search and cordon operation in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. A joint search operation was carried out by a special operations group of local police and 16 Rashtriya Rifles at Gali Girjjan in Surankote, leading to the recovery of an […]

 Press Trust of India

Nodal officer appointed for redressing complaints of Kashmiri students in U’khand

Dehradun: A nodal officer has been appointed by the Uttarakhand Police to address complaints of Kashmiri students. Additional Superintendent of Police Mamta Vohra has been designated as the nodal officer for managing response and redressal of complaints of students from Jammu and Kashmir studying in the state, spokesperson of J-K Students Association Nasir Khuehami said. […]

 Press Trust of India

Hathras case: Accused defended at meeting held at former BJP MLA’s residence

Lucknow/Hathras: Scores of people held a meeting Sunday outside the house of a former BJP MLA in Hathras where they defended the accused in the alleged gangrape of a Dalit woman who later died, and demanded registration of an FIR against her family members. Heavy police force was deployed in the vicinity of the residence […]

 Press Trust of India

Pompeo shortens Asia trip; to visit only Japan for QUAD foreign ministers meet

Pompeo shortens Asia trip; to visit only Japan for QUAD foreign ministers meet

Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Tokyo to attend the second ministerial meeting of the four countries under the Quad — India, Japan, Australia and US — but will not go to Mongolia and South Korea as originally planned, the State Department has said. Pompeo was scheduled to visit Japan, Mongolia […]