LAC standoff: CDS Rawat visits Ladakh, reviews security situation
New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat is on a visit to Ladakh to review the country’s overall military preparedness as thousands of Indian and Chinese troops remained deployed in a high state of combat readiness in various mountainous locations in the region amid the eight-month-long border standoff. Official sources said on Monday […]
Captured PLA soldier handed over to Chinese authorities
New Delhi: The Indian Army on Monday handed back to China a soldier of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA), three days after apprehending him at the southern bank of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh, official sources said. The soldier was returned to China at the Chushul-Moldo border point in eastern Ladakh at 10.10 am, […]
Forces on alert to foil infiltration bid from across LoC: Jammu IGP
Jammu: The Army and police are on alert to foil any attempt of infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir by militants assembled at launching pads across the Line of Control, a top police officer said on Monday. Asserting that attempts were being made revive terror in Poonch, a border district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said […]
SC questions Centre’s opposition on suggestions to stay farm laws
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday questioned the Centre’s vehement opposition to its suggestion that the implementation of three new farm laws be held back for the time being so as to help find an amicable solution to the ongoing farmers’ protest against them at Delhi borders. While rapping the Centre for its handling of […]
PDP youth wing president Waheed Para arrested again
Srinagar: PDP youth wing president Waheed Para, who was granted bail by an NIA court Saturday, was arrested again on Monday by the Jammu and Kashmir Police over a case related to an alleged nexus involving politicians, terrorists and secessionist forces, officials said. The case was registered by the Criminal Investigation (Kashmir) range which has […]
Mehbooba terms arrest as ‘political vendetta’
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday termed the arrest of her party colleague Waheed Para an act of political vendetta against her party for raising voice against “Delhi’s onslaught”. “After getting bail from NIA Court due to lack of evidence, @parawahid has now been booked under UAPA by CIK on fabricated charges in a […]
Wuhan probe: WHO experts’ team to visit China on January 14
Beijing: China said on Monday that a group of experts from the WHO will arrive in the country on Thursday for a long-anticipated probe into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, ending the uncertainty and delay which drew sharp criticism from the world health body. Experts from the WHO will conduct a field visit to […]
RSS leader arrives in Jammu
Will review organisational matters of RSS in JK
Jammu: Senior leader of the RSS, Suresh “Bhaiyyaji” Joshi, arrived here on Monday on a four-day visit to review the organisational matters of the Sangh in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Joshi, the national general secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), will take stock of the work done by the organisation during the COVID-19 […]