ITBP trains personnel in advanced unarmed combat craft post Galwan
Bhanu (Panchkula), Oct 30 (PTI) The ITBP that guards the LAC with China is training its personnel in a new unarmed “offensive” combat technique to gain better skills in taking on the adversary in situations like the Galwan clash of 2020 where crude weapons were used to inflict fatal injuries on Indian troops by the […]
India reports 1,604 fresh COVID-19 cases
New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) With 1,604 more people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases has gone up to 4,46,52,266 while that of active cases has declined to 18,317, according to Union Health Ministry data on Sunday. The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,29,016 […]
Cop among 4 people feared dead as landslides hit Ratle power project in Kishtwar
Jammu, Oct 29: Four people including a policeman are feared dead after back to back landslides hit a mega power project site in Kishtwar district on Saturday. A police Sub Inspector and a few other people were rescued in injured condition following the incident at Drabshalla- Ratle hydroelectric project this evening, official sources said. They […]
MoHUA approves 1665.10 Cr action plan for J&K under AMRUT 2.0
Srinagar, Oct 29: The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), in its fifth APEX committee meeting approved UT Water Action Plan (UTWAP) for 153 projects amounting Rs. 1665.10 crore for 78 ULBs of J&K under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation of Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0. Principal Secretary, H&UDD, Dheeraj Gupta, made a presentation on […]
SC notice to Centre on plea against age restriction on women’s reproductive rights
New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) The Supreme Court has sought response from the Centre on a plea against the age restriction of 35 years on women’s reproductive rights for conducting pre-conception and pre-natal diagnostic tests. A bench of Justices S K Kaul and Abhay S Oka issued notice to the Union government and others on […]
United global action needed to deal with challenge of terrorists abusing new technologies: UN Chief
New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called for concerted global efforts to deal with the challenge of the use of new technologies by various terror groups to radicalise people and foment discord in societies. In a message at the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee’s meeting in Delhi, he expressed concerns […]
Youth arrested for allegedly kidnapping, sexually assaulting minor: Police
Srinagar, Oct 29: Police on Saturday said that it has arrested a person for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor in central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. Taking on to micro- blogging twitter, Srinagar Police wrote, “A minor girl of around 13 years (name withheld) was kidnapped & sexually assaulted by one Adil Shafi Hajam (21 […]
ISRO carries out key test of its heaviest rocket’s engine
Bengaluru, Oct 29 (PTI) The flight acceptance hot test of CE-20 engine has been carried out in the High Altitude Test facility of ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu. The engine is assigned for the LVM3-M3 mission identified for launching the next 36 OneWeb India-1 satellites, the Indian Space Research Organisation said. […]
Terrorism one of gravest threats to humanity: Jaishankar at UN meet
New Delhi, Oct 29 (PTI) The counter-terror sanction regime of the United Nations has been effective to put countries on notice that turned terrorism into a state-funded enterprise, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday, in an apparent reference to Pakistan. In an address at the meeting of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee […]
MeT predicts snowfall, ‘colder’ days during next few days
Srinagar, Oct 29: The weather department on Saturday said that snowfall and low temperature may lead to temporary disruption of surface transportation, mainly over Zojila, Mugha Road, Sadnatop, etc, during the first week of November. “As per today’s conditions, for whole 1st week of November (1-6th) weather is most likely to remain generally cloudy with […]