NEW DELHI: An army soldier lost his life and nine others were injured after their vehicle skidded off the road and overturned in the D H Pora area of Kulgam district in the Valley, officials reported on Saturday.The accident took place during an operational move late Friday night, according to a statement from the Army’s…
NEW DELHI: DMK leader and Rajya Sabha MP MM Abdulla responded to Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu’s Hindi letter, saying that he did not understand Hindi and requested that official communications be sent in English instead. The response by the DMK MP follows a letter from the Union minister of state for railways, dated October…
GUWAHATI: Three militants of Manipur’s valley-based proscribed outfits, People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREEPAK) (PRO) and People’s Liberation Army (PLA), were killed in a clash with Myanmar’s rebel groups in the neighbouring country on Wednesday.In a statement, PREEPAK (PRO) said its two members and a self-styled captain of the Revolutionary People’s Front/People’s Liberation Army (RPF/PLA)…
KANPUR: Members of Bajrang Dal lodged a complaint against a Muslim man for wearing a T-shirt, which had ‘Jai Shri Ram’ written on it, apparently in a bid to hide his identity and for allegedly selling adulterated ‘veg kebabs‘ at a fast-food stall in Gujaini area of the city. While a formal FIR has not…
Delhi HC said Friday that the manner in which online encyclopaedia Wikipedia operates by allowing users to edit pages hosted by it is “dangerous”. The court was particularly concerned about open access editing feature, where users can add or delete information about a particular person or entity featured on a Wikipedia page. It was hearing…
A 59-year-old electrical engineer, posted at Rajasthan Electronics and Instruments Limited (REIL), was granted permission by a single bench of the Rajasthan HC on Wednesday to travel to Singapore to visit his son. The court said the term “personal liberty” in Article 21 of the Constitution encompasses a broader scope, which includes the right to…
AGRA: A local court in Hathras district has sentenced a man and his friend, both in their early 50s, to life imprisonment for the murder of the former’s 70-year-old mother. The murder, committed nine years ago, was part of a plot to frame the man’s rivals, said police, reports Mohammad Dilshad.The case dates back to…
Bhubaneswar: Two anticyclones strategically located on either side of the severe Cyclone Dana played a crucial role in weakening its intensity and mitigating its impact on Odisha by sandwiching the storm from either side, India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientists said on Friday.The presence of anticyclones, which are characterised by the movement of air towards land…
NEW DELHI: In a joint statement issued after the Modi-Scholz meeting, India and Germany stressed the importance of the Indo-Pacific for prosperity and security as well as for addressing global challenges. Both sides also highlighted the importance of freedom of navigation and of unimpeded maritime routes in accordance with International Law, in all maritime domains,…
NEW DELHI: NIA has announced a Rs 10 lakh reward for any information leading to the arrest of Anmol Bishnoi, the Canada-based younger brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi and a wanted accused in many cases relating to the nexus among criminal gangs, narcotics traffickers, and terrorists.Anmol is wanted by NIA for his alleged involvement…
