PM flags off Amritsar – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Train, Lt Guv expresses gratitude
NEW DELHI/KATRA, AUG 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flagged off Amritsar – Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Train. The Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister for dedicating the Vande Bharat Train between Amritsar to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Station. “The new Vande Bharat Train will ensure ease […]
Operation Sindoor was unlike any conventional mission: Army chief
Chennai, Aug 10 (PTI) Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi asserted that Operation Sindoor was unlike any conventional mission and that it was akin to playing a game of chess as “we did not know” what would be the enemy’s next move. In his address at a function at IIT-Madras, he recalled the intricacies of India’s […]
Kulgam anti-terror operation enters 10th day
Srinagar, Aug 10 (PTI) The anti-terror operation in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir entered its 10th day on Sunday as security forces tried to squeeze the cordon around the terrorists. “The operation is still in progress. The security forces are trying to close in on the positions of the hiding ultras,” an official said. […]
PM Modi to launch yellow line metro, Vande Bharat Express in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Aug 10 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the much-awaited Yellow Line of Bangalore Metro and the Vande Bharat Express train between Bengaluru and Belagavi here on Sunday. PM will also lay the foundation stone for the Bangalore Metro Phase-3 project. As per the itinerary shared by the Chief Minister’s Office, Modi will […]
Encounter breaks out in Dul village in Kishtwar: Army
Jammu, Aug 10: A gunfight has erupted between terrorists and security forces in Dul area of Kishtwar district on Sunday, army said. Taking on to micro-blogging platform X, the army’s WhiteKnight Corps wrote, “Alert Indian Army troops while carrying out an intelligence based operation have established contact with terrorists in general area of Dul in […]
CS assesses preparedness for implementation of e-Office at Tehsil level
SRINAGAR, AUG 9: Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today reviewed implementation of e-Office 2.0 at the Tehsil level, aimed at establishing a seamless and paperless governance model across all basic administrative units of Jammu & Kashmir. The initiative seeks to extend the digital governance to 207 tehsils in the UT. Present in the meeting were Secretary, […]
IAF shot down Pakistan’s 6 fighters, a large aircraft during Op Sindoor: Air Force Chief
Bengaluru, Aug 9 (PTI) Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh on Saturday said the Indian Air Force has confirmed the shooting down of six fighters and a large aircraft of Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, describing it as the largest ever recorded surface-to-air kill by India. “We have an indication of at least one AWC in […]
EC delists 334 registered unrecognised political parties for failure to follow norms
New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI) The Election Commission on Saturday said it has delisted 334 registered unrecognised political parties which have failed to fulfil the essential condition of contesting even a single election for six years since 2019. The offices of these parties could also not be physically located anywhere. These 334 registered unrecognised political […]
Police searches 26 houses in massive crackdown on terror ecosystem in Kishtwar
Jammu, Aug 9 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday conducted searches at 26 houses, including that of Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Mohammad Amin Bhat alias “Jehangir Saroori”, in a massive clampdown on the terror ecosystem in the Kishtwar district, officials said. Besides Bhat, the raids mostly targeted homes of terrorists operating from Pakistan and […]
Update: Two soldiers killed, as many injured as anti-terror ops in Kulgam enters 9th day
Srinagar, Aug 9 (PTI) Two Army soldiers were killed and as many injured in an overnight gunfight with terrorists in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, in one of the longest anti-terror operations in the Valley that entered the ninth day on Saturday, officials said. The Army’s Srinagar-based Chinar Corps, in a post on X, paid tributes […]