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Army troops rescue two injured in road accident in remote Ladakh

Leh/Jammu: Troops of the Army’s Fire and Fury Corps extended prompt assistance to two persons injured in a road accident in a remote area of Ladakh and rushed them to a hospital on Wednesday. “One civil car with two occupants met with an accident near the Pang area of Ladakh. The passengers were injured as […]

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Newly appointed Ladakh LG Kavinder Gupta calls on President Murmu

New Delhi: Newly appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Kavinder Gupta, on Wednesday called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, her office said. It also shared a picture of the meeting in a post on X. “Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh, Shri Kavinder Gupta called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan,” the President’s Office […]

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Pahalgam’s soul yearns for return of tourists

Town grapples with April 22 aftermath Pahalgam: As the annual Amarnath Yatra enters its final leg, people in this tourist township of Kashmir Valley, reeling in the aftermath of the April 22 terror attack, are anxiously waiting for revival of tourism with a firm belief that the soul of Pahalgam will not be held hostage […]

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Three killed after tractor plunges into gorge in Kishtwar

Jammu: Three persons were killed after a tractor skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Kishtwar district on Tuesday evening, officials said. The accident took place near the remote Danrashi area of Dachhan at around 6.40 pm, they said. All three persons travelling on the tractor — Ishaq Ahmad (26), Abdul […]

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Indian cities will need over $2.4 trillion by 2050 to tackle climate risks: WB Report

New Delhi: Indian cities are becoming increasingly more vulnerable to floods, heatwaves, and other climate-related risks and will require over 2.4 trillion US dollars in investments by 2050 to build resilient and low-carbon infrastructure, according to a World Bank report released on Tuesday. The report notes that Indian cities hold tremendous potential as centres of […]

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Incessant rains lash parts of Jammu region

Army camp’s boundary wall collapses in Rajouri Jammu: Three private cars were damaged after a 10-foot boundary wall of an army camp collapsed in Rajouri district amid incessant rains which lashed parts of Jammu region for the second day on Tuesday, triggering landslides at several places and increasing water level in rivers and streams, officials […]

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3,104 drugs found to be ‘not of standard quality’ between April ’24 and March ’25: Govt

New Delhi: As many as 3,104 drugs were found to be “not of standard quality” while 245 were found to be spurious out of 1,16,323 drug samples tested between April 2024 and March 2025, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Responding to a query, Union Health minister J P Nadda said that 961 prosecutions […]

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BSF raises ‘drone squadron’ for Indo-Pak border post-Operation Sindoor

New Delhi: The Border Security Force (BSF) is raising a maiden “drone squadron” for deployment along the India-Pakistan border even as it has begun “hardening” its defences and posts against lethal UAV attacks in the wake of lessons drawn during Operation Sindoor. The squadron, to be based in specific border outposts (BoPs) at this front, […]

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Protests over Bihar’s SIR rock Parliament

Washout of proceedings in LS, RS New Delhi: Parliament was rocked by opposition protests over the ongoing voter-roll revision in Bihar on Tuesday, leading to a washout of proceedings in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on the second day of the Monsoon session. As the Rajya Sabha convened for the day, Deputy […]

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Opposition resorting to ‘hooliganism’: BJP on protests in Parliament

NEW DELHI: The BJP on Tuesday slammed opposition parties over their protest against the Bihar voter list revision, accusing them of resorting to “gundagardi (hooliganism)” so that foreigners, including Bangladeshi and Rohingya “infiltrators”, can get the right to vote in elections. Opposition members forced adjournments in the Lok Sabha by raising slogans and waving placards […]