Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi is next Army Chief
New Delhi, Jun 12 (PTI) Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi will be the next Chief of the Army Staff succeeding incumbent Gen Manoj Pande, the government announced on Tuesday night, ending speculations on the key appointment. Lt Gen Dwivedi, who has vast operational experience along the frontiers with China and Pakistan, is presently serving as Vice […]
Suspected Pak terrorist killed by security forces in Kathua; encounter breaks out in Doda
Jammu, Jun 12 (PTI) A suspected Pakistani terrorist was killed by security forces after the ultras attacked a village near the International Border (IB) in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday evening and injured a civilian, police said. In a separate incident, a gunfight has begun between terrorists and security forces in the […]
Chandrababu Naidu to be sworn in as Andhra Pradesh CM today, PM Modi to be present
Amaravati, Jun 12 (PTI) Telugu Desam Party supremo N Chandrababu Naidu is set to be sworn in as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday, marking his fourth term in the post. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Ministers J P Nadda and Bandi Sanjay Kumar, and several other leaders […]
Amarnath Yatra: 36 lodgment centres among several arrangements to coming up in Kathua
Jammu, Jun 11 (PTI) With the annual Amarnath Yatra around the corner, several arrangements including round-the-clock yatri facilitation centre and lodgement centres will be set up for devotees in Kathua district, officials said on Tuesday. The intending pilgrims, coming from different parts of the country for the yatra, would be welcomed with a cultural programme, […]
Terrorism still there as border with Pakistan porous: Abdullah
Srinagar, Jun 11 (PTI) National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Tuesday said though the security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir was good, terrorism was still alive as the border with Pakistan remains permeable. “The security (scenario) is good. Terrorism is there. Our border is permeable and there cannot be control everywhere,” Abdullah told reporters in Baramulla […]
J-K bus terror attack: Combing operation enters second day, over 20 picked up for questioning
Jammu, Jun 11 (PTI) Extensive efforts to track down terrorists involved in the attack on pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district continued on Tuesday, with 11 teams of security personnel working on the ground and a multi-directional cordon laid around the Poni-Treyath belt, officials said. Security forces have sounded a high alert in Jammu […]
Devotees continue to visit Shiv Khori shrine despite Reasi terror attack
Reasi (J-K), Jun 11 (PTI) Undeterred by the terrorist attack on a pilgrim bus that left nine dead Sunday evening, devotees keep steaming in to visit the Shiv Khori temple as usual, reposing faith in the security forces and the god. On Tuesday, devotees were seen making a brief stopover near the site of the […]
BJP to start nationwide organisational rejig soon
New Delhi, Jun 11 (PTI) The BJP is set to kickstart soon the process of wide organisational changes with the launch of a fresh membership drive followed by an internal poll across states leading up to the election of a new party president. Though the extended tenure of incumbent president J P Nadda ends on […]
Signing in: Modi-led new govt gets into work gear as ministers assume charge
New Delhi, Jun 11 (PTI) Signalling both change and continuity, India’s new government, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a third consecutive term, got into work gear on Tuesday with cabinet ministers and ministers of state filing into their respective offices to assume charge. A day after the much anticipated portfolios were announced and […]
Three held for providing support to terrorists in Pulwama in south Kashmir
Srinagar, Jun 11 (PTI) Three over ground workers of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) have been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district in connection with the recovery of two improvised explosive devices, police said on Tuesday. The explosive devices, weighing about six kgs, were recovered on Sunday and were destroyed a day later, a police official said. […]
