He didn’t live to see his son’s first birthday: grieving father remembers Kashmir’s braveheart cop
Srinagar, Jun 23 (PTI) Eight months on, his son’s dying words, calm and reassuring even as he took his last breath, still reverberate. “I am hit…Please don’t panic,” DSP Humayun Bhat told his father, retired Jammu and Kashmir Inspector General of Police Ghulam Hasan Bhat, over the phone. That was September 13 last year. Humayun […]
Anti-infiltration operation: Terrorist’s body recovered in Uri, Baramulla
Srinagar, Jun 23 (PTI) Security forces on Sunday recovered body of a terrorist killed in an anti-infiltration operation along the Line of Control in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir. “One terrorist has been killed in the ongoing anti-infiltration Operation that was launched on 22 Jun in the Uri Sector; Operations are continuing,” Srinagar-based Chinar […]
Probe into alleged irregularities in NEET-UG handed over to CBI: Education Ministry
New Delhi, Jun 23 (PTI) The Centre on Saturday night announced that the probe into alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam NEET will be handed over to the CBI for a comprehensive investigation. The development came amid a flurry of decisions over alleged irregularities in competitive exams, including the removal of National Testing Agency […]
NTA DG shunted out amid raging controversy over NEET-NET ‘paper leak’
New Delhi, Jun 22 (PTI) National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General Subodh Singh was shunted out on Saturday, amid a massive controversy over alleged irregularities in competitive exams NEET and NET. An official said he has been put on “compulsory wait” in the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) till further orders. India Trade Promotion […]
Hajj-2024: First batch of 320 J&K pilgrims return home
Srinagar, June 22: As the annual Hajj-2024 concluded earlier this week, the first batch of pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir landed at Srinagar International Airport on Saturday evening. The first batch of 320 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir returned from the Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, officials said. Executive Officer J&K Haj Committee, […]
Security forces foil infiltration bid along LoC in Uri, two terrorists believed dead
Srinagar, Jun 22 (PTI) Two terrorists were believed to be killed as security forces foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday, officials said. Army personnel noticed suspicious movement along the LoC in the Gohallan area of north Kashmir’s Uri sector, the […]
Govt buys 71,000 tons of onion for buffer stock
NEW DELHI, June 22 (PTI): The government has bought nearly 71,000 tonnes of onion so far this year for buffer stock, out of the total target of procuring 5 lakh tonnes for price stabilisation and it expects retail prices to ease with the progress of monsoon over most parts of the country. According to data […]
GST council refers Par panel recos to cut GST on fertiliser to Group of Ministers
NEW DELHI, June 22 (PTI): Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister P Keshav on Saturday said the GST council has referred a recommendation on exempting the fertiliser sector from the current 5 per cent GST to the Group of Ministers on rate rationalisation. The council discussed the recommendations made by the Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilisers […]
Fresh plea in SC seeks CBI, ED enquiry into NEET-UG exam
NEW DELHI, June 22 (PTI): A fresh plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the CBI and the ED to investigate alleged irregularities in the medical entrance exam NEET-UG held on May 5. The petition, filed by 10 students who had appeared for the exam, has also sought a direction to […]
Govt, opposition face-off on protem Speaker issue ahead of first Lok Sabha session
NEW DELHI, June 22 (PTI): Ahead of the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, the NDA government and the INDIA bloc sparred on the issue of Pro-tem Speaker with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju accusing the Congress of resorting to lies and the opposition threatening to refuse to join the panel of chairpersons in […]
