HARIDWAR: The Haridwar district administration demolished a mazar, allegedly constructed illegally about 15-20 years ago in Mirpur village, on Saturday. The structure was on the right bank of Gang Nahar (Upper Ganga Canal), about 15km from the district headquarters. Officials said a demolition notice was issued in March.Former head of Mirpur gram panchayat, Rao Zubair,…
NEW DELHI: Military leaders must think critically, adapt to unforeseen circumstances, and leverage latest technological advancements to gain a strategic advantage in today’s ever-evolving geopolitical landscape, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday.Present-day warfare has surpassed traditional battlefields and now operates in a multi-domain environment, where cyber, space and information warfare are as critical as…
After Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav demanded that his party be given 12 seats in the MVA alliance, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray spoke to him late on Friday. Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut said Uddhav had a “positive conversation” and SP will be “taken along” in MVA. Akhilesh is currently touring Maharashtra to…
NEW DELHI: EC on Saturday ordered the removal of acting Jharkhand DGP Anurag Gupta with immediate effect over past allegations of biased conduct and misuse of authority during polls.EC has directed Jharkhand govt to hand over Gupta’s charge to the most senior DGP-level officer. The Commission has told the state govt to submit a panel…
MUMBAI: A day after a virtual breakdown in seat-sharing talks in Maha Vikas Aghadi with Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut and Congress‘s Nana Patole taking potshots at each other and Uddhav Thackeray saying things should not be stretched to breaking point, AICC in-charge for Maharashtra Ramesh Chennithala met Uddhav and NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar in…
VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu called on people in southern states to have more children, citing concerns about an ageing population. He said Saturday the state govt is planning to implement “population management“, including considering new legislation to incentivise families with more kids.“The state govt is thinking of bringing a law that would…
PATNA: Bihar Police SIT Saturday arrested the kingpin behind the Oct 16 hooch tragedy, which has claimed the lives of 37 people so far in Saran, Siwan, and Gopalganj districts. Three other people accused of supplying the spurious liquor surrendered in a Saran court on Saturday.The prime accused, Mantu Singh, alias Sikander Singh, from Bali…
SRINAGAR/JAMMU: J&Klieutenant-governor Manoj Sinha has cleared a resolution of CM Omar Abdullah’s cabinet urging the Centre to restore the statehood to the Union territory, officials said Saturday. The resolution was approved by Omar’s govt late Thursday, a day after he was sworn in.On Saturday, Omar told workers of his National Conference (NC) in Jammu that…
JAMMU: J&K Police on Saturday claimed to have busted a module of the proscribed Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF) — a shadow outfit of Jaish-e-Mohammad — in Poonch district and solved several past grenade attacks with the arrest of two JKGF terrorists.At a press conference, ADGP (Jammu Zone) Anand Jain termed the twin arrest…
Three police personnel have been suspended from duty over negligence, after videos of the arrested shooter from Lawrence Bishnoi gang making statements to the media while being in custody went viral on Friday.City SP Arvind Kumar said that the police acted in response to Yogesh alias Raju‘s media statements. As a result, SSP Shailesh Kumar…
