BJP activists face FIR after violating lockdown restrictions
Banihal/Jammu: An FIR has been filed against BJP activists for allegedly organising a meeting in violation of lockdown restrictions in Ramban district, police said on Saturday. Several BJP activists, including a ‘mandal’ (unit) president and the district general secretary, were booked under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (disobedience to an order duly promulgated […]
Punjab police claims arrest of LeT operative
Chandigarh: The Punjab police on Saturday said it has arrested another Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operative while he was trying to flee to Kashmir. His arrest came two days after two LeT operatives Aamir Hussain Wani and Wasim Hassan Wani were caught trying to smuggle weapons to the Valley to carry out terror attacks. The third suspect […]
Two drug peddlers held, heroin worth Rs 20 lakh seized
Jammu: Two suspected drug peddlers have been arrested here with 400 grams of heroin worth Rs 20 lakhs, police said on Saturday. Hardeep Singh, alias Deepa, of Jalandhar and Darbara Ram of Kapurthala in Punjab were nabbed from a truck parked suspiciously on the roadside at Kunjwani bypass here, a police official said. He said […]
Covid-19 can lead to extreme poverty conditions globally
New York: Global poverty could rise to over one billion people due to the COVID-19 pandemic and more than half of the 395 million additional extreme poor would be located in South Asia, which would be the hardest-hit region in the world, according to a new report. Researchers from King’s College London and Australian National […]
Locusts bring India-Pak closer
Technical-level meeting proposed for June 18: MEA
New Delhi: A technical-level meeting between India and Pakistan to discuss the issue of locust menace has been proposed for June 18, the Ministry External Affairs said on Thursday. MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said that last month India had taken an initiative to develop regional cooperation to control locusts and as part of this cooperation […]