NEW DELHI: Observing that it is the fundamental right of every citizen to live in a pollution-free environment and that no religion promotes activities which cause pollution, Supreme Court Monday directed Delhi govt to decide by Nov 25 on a perpetual ban on selling and bursting of all kinds of firecrackers throughout the year in…
NEW DELHI: Pro-Khalistan terrorist and Sikhs For Justice chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on Monday threatened to attack Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, and other Hindu temples on Nov 16 and 17 while also taking aim at Indian diplomats.Pannun said, “We will shake the foundations of Ayodhya, birthplace of the violent Hindutva ideology.” SFJ said it planned…
NEW DELHI: In the past decade (2014-23), around 15.3 lakh people have been killed in road crashes — that’s more than the population of the Union Territory of Chandigarh and nearly equivalent to that of Bhubaneswar — despite the Central govt making repeated global commitments to reduce road fatalities and the Supreme Court’s interventions to…
Canada-based terrorist Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dalla MOHALI: Canada-based terrorist Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dalla faces 67 FIRs in 14 of Punjab’s 23 districts, most of them pertaining to attempt to murder, extortion and Arms Act offences. Two of these FIRs have been transferred to National Investigation Agency (NIA). Dalla is accused of orchestrating targeted…
Arms and ammunition found during the counter-offensive by forces against suspected militants in Manipur’s Jiribam district on Monday Security forces gunned down 10 “armed militants” in Manipur’s Jiribam district Monday in swift retaliation to two CRPF posts coming under attack around 3pm, capping days of attacks by suspected tribal gunmen on civilian targets in one…
JPC chairperson and BJP MP Jagdambika Pal NEW DELHI: With opposition MPs “boycotting” the scheduled study tour of members of the joint parliamentary committee on the Waqf Bill, the LS Secretariat has postponed the trips to Kolkata, Patna and Lucknow from Nov 12 to Nov 14, with a notification being issued on Monday.The secretariat decided…
JAMMU: Security forces are scouring the rugged terrain and forest of Keshwan and adjoining areas in J&K’s Kishtwar district with the assistance of helicopters, drones and military dogs in a seek-and-kill operation against three to four Pakistani terrorists responsible for killing a junior commissioned officer (JCO) Sunday and two village defence guards four days ago.On…
SRINAGAR: It was a strange call to come to police helpline number ‘100’. But then two trekkers who had dialled up cops had found themselves in an extraordinary situation, caught in the crossfire between security forces and terrorists during their outing to the Zabarwan mountain on the fringes of Srinagar. Both were eventually rescued.“It was…
11 militants killed in gunfight with security forces in Manipur NEW DELHI: An indefinite curfew has been imposed across the entire Jiribam district, effective immediately, in response to escalating violence and to maintain order, as confirmed by Manipur authorities. This measure follows a deadly clash between suspected militants and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)…
NEW DELHI: The BJP‘s anti-infiltration poll pitch in Jharkhand reached a crescendo on Monday, the last day of campaigning for the first phase of voting on November 13 in 43 assembly seats. While Union home minister Amit Shah promised a new legislation to prevent transfer of land to infiltrators on their marrying tribal women, Uttar…
