Five youth including juveniles rescued from joining terror ranks: Police
Srinagar, Jan 24: Police on Tuesday rescued five youth including juveniles from joining terror ranks in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Police said that unearthing a major activity of terrorists to misguide the youth and entice them to join terror ranks, Baramulla police along with army 29 RR has succeeded in rescuing five youths including 2 […]
Armed forces need not show proof: Rahul Gandhi on Digvijaya Singh’s remarks on surgical strikes
Jammu, Jan 24 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said he and the party do not agree with Digvijaya Singh’s comments on surgical strikes and that the armed forces do not need to give any proof. Singh on Monday had questioned the surgical strikes and accused the government of peddling lies. “I don’t agree […]
Man sentenced to death for killing parents in Chhattisgarh; court terms it ‘rarest of rare’ crime
Durg, Jan 24 (PTI) A court in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district has sentenced a 47-year-old man to death for shooting dead his parents at home in 2018, terming it as a “rarest of the rare” incident. Death penalty will be the appropriate punishment for the convict so that no one ever dares again to commit such […]
Passenger offloaded from SpiceJet plane at Delhi airport for ‘unruly behaviour’ arrested
New Delhi, Jan 24 (PTI) Police have arrested a flyer accused of misbehaving with a female cabin crew member on a SpiceJet flight from Delhi to Hyderabad, officials said on Tuesday. The complaint was lodged by Sushant Srivastava, the airline’s security officer, on behalf of the cabin crew member, they said. A PCR call was […]
Kashmir under freeze amid forecast for ‘widespread’ snowfall
Srinagar, Jan 24: Amid forecast of “widespread snowfall”, the minimum temperature on Tuesday recorded a drop in Jammu and Kashmir barring twin capitals and Qazigund, officials said. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.3°C against last night’s minus 3.4°C. Today’s minimum temperature, he said, is normal for the summer […]
India reports 89 new Covid cases, active cases below 2,000
New Delhi, Jan 24 (PTI) India saw a single-day rise of 89 coronavirus infections, while the active case count came down by three to stand at 1,931, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The total tally of Covid cases was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,82,104). The death toll stands at 5,30,737 […]
Reviewing engagement with Taliban on human rights violation in Afghanistan: US
Washington, Jan 24 (PTI) The US is reviewing its approach and engagement with the Taliban regime in context of the slew of human rights violations taking place in Afghanistan, a top official in the Biden administration has said, emphasising that Washington is actively evaluating with its allies and partners to take the next appropriate steps […]
Will contest J-K assembly polls with ‘full might’, says AAP
New Delhi, Jan 24 (PTI) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has said it will contest Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls with “full might and political power” whenever they are held. The decision was taken by the party at a meeting here chaired by the AAP’s national general secretary (organisation) Sandeep Pathak who is also the […]
Tight security in Kashmir ahead of Republic Day
Srinagar, Jan 23 (PTI) Security has been tightened in Kashmir ahead of Republic Day celebrations with police and other security personnel carrying out sanitisation and area domination exercises here, officials said on Monday. Police and CRPF personnel conducted random checking of vehicles at various places in the city to thwart the movement of subversive elements, […]
Will get married when right girl comes along, bar ‘very high’ because of my parents: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, Jan 23 (PTI) Viewed as India’s most eligible bachelor by some, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says he’ll get married when the right girl comes along and part of the problem is that his parents’ “really lovely marriage” has set the bar very high. In a free-wheeling, light-hearted chat on food and travel platform […]