SRINAGAR: Security forces expanded Saturday their search for three to four heavily armed terrorists believed to be behind an ambush on a military truck that resulted in the deaths of two soldiers from 18 Rashtriya Rifles and two civilian porters near Botapathri along the LoC in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district Thursday evening.Baramulla SSP Zaid Mohammed…
NEW DELHI: Government has allowed special exemption for carrying coconuts in cabin baggage for Sabarimala pilgrims for about three months. Union aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu said on X (former Twitter) Saturday: “In a move to facilitate the ease of travel for Sabarimala pilgrims, we have issued a special exemption allowing the carrying of coconuts…
NEW DELHI: India expressed deep concerns on Saturday as the crisis-embroiled Middle East witnessed Israel retaliating to Iran‘s October 1 aerial attack by launching “precise strikes ” at Tehran’s military bases.As the war-torn region remains on the brink, India urged all sides to stick to dialogue and diplomacy while urging warring nations to exercise restraint…
RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale. (PTI) NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Swamsevak Sangh (RSS), which is ruling BJP’s ideological fountainhead, strongly backed the saffron party’s “batenge toh katenge” remark raised in the backdrop of Hindu minorities being subjected to violence in neighbouring Bangladesh that was sliced from India in 1947 partition.Emphasising the need for unity and…
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…
