GUWAHATI: The United Christian Forum (UCF) has alleged “spying” on churches by police in Assam’s hill district of Karbi Anglong, and has urged the district administration to intervene and stop this. Police, on the other hand, attributed the presence of cops in churches to ensure safety and security in view of recent threats to Christian…
CHANDIGARH: The chief electoral officer (CEO) of Haryana directed the state police chief to provide security to contestants on Tuesday amid the backlash that candidates of BJP and JJP have been facing in rural areas over issues ranging from MSP for farm produce to unemployment.In a communication, CEO Anurag Aggarwal asked DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapoor…
JAMMU: A Pakistani intruder was arrested from a village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Akhnoor sector of J&K’s Jammu district, officials said on Tuesday.The arrested man, who identified himself as Zahir Khan (35) of Karachi, was loitering at Milan di Khui village near the LoC in Akhnoor when security forces spotted him.“The intruder…
NEW DELHI: In an unusually frank reaction, external affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said that many nations in the West want to “influence India because many of these countries feel that they have influenced this world for the last 70-80 years”.Speaking at an event organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the EAM…
NEW DELHI: Addressing AAP supporters during a roadshow in Haryana, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the BJP is experiencing a decline in popularity nationwide and is unlikely to secure more than 230 seats in total in the upcoming elections. During a roadshow in Kurukshetra’s Pehowa, he urged the people of Haryana to initiate…
BENGALURU: Isro Tuesday said it closely monitored and captured the signatures of the powerful solar storm triggered by the highly active sunspot region — AR13664 — that impacted Earth in early May 2024, unleashing a series of intense X-class flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) directed towards our planet. The resulting geomagnetic storm was the…
NEW DELHI: A disturbing footage of a man, believed to be a dog walker, repeatedly thrashing a Golden Retriever inside Gurugram apartment’s elevator is going viral on social media. Sharing the CCTV footage on the X, formerly known as Twitter, Vidit Sharma wrote, “Disturbing to see animal cruelty on the rise with little attention from…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed social activist Gautam Navlakha to come out on bail in Elgar Parishad case by lifting the stay on operation of Bombay high court order which had granted bail to him. He has been under house arrest on SC order.SC also directed Navlakha to pay Rs 20 lakh…
NEW DELHI: An Indian personnel serving with the United Nations tragically lost their life in Gaza‘s Rafah area when the vehicle they were traveling in came under attack, marking the “first international” casualty for the organization since the onset of the Israel-Hamas conflict.The individual, identified as a staff member of the United Nations Department of…
NOIDA: Lifts that malfunction typically plunge, what many shaken people who have been through it have described as “free fall”.This Sunday, a snag made an elevator at a city condominium do the opposite. It took off with three people on board, rising 21 floors to hit the tower’s roof at the 25th floor and rebounding…
