Kishtwar: Search and rescue operation underway at cloudburst-hit Chisoti village, in Kishtwar district, Jammu and Kashmir. (PTI Photo) CHASOTI (KISHTWAR): The stream that villagers once crossed casually on their way to the fields turned into a roaring wall of water on Aug 14. It carried boulders, timber and slush down the slope, smashing into the…
Lucknow: Aradhaya Yadav and Mohammad Saif struck fine half-centuries to guide Lucknow Falcons to their first victory of the season, defeating Meerut Mavericks by five wickets.After restricting the high-flying Mavericks to a modest total of 150 runs, Lucknow romped home with nine balls to spare. Aradhaya Yadav smashed a brilliant 62 off 51 balls, hitting…
Despite Shreyas Iyer‘s impressive performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and the upcoming Asia Cup in T20 format, the Ajit Agarkar-led selection committee decided not to include him in the squad.Former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan showed strong support for Iyer’s future in T20 cricket, suggesting he would not only return to the team but…
Chasoti (Kishtwar) flash floods CHASOTI (KISHTWAR): Almost as many severed limbs as intact bodies have been recovered in Chasoti in the past two days after the flash floods, leaving villagers and doctors at Atholi sub-district hospital, 30km downhill from the affected area, shaken. On Monday, one intact body and a severed leg were retrieved. On…
Lucknow: They were meant to track Soviet missile silos and military convoys in China. Today, those high-res frames from America’s Corona spy satellites are helping India read Ganga’s past — and plot the river’s future.Declassified Cold War images, taken between 1959 and 1972, are at the core of an IIT-Kanpur project funded by National Mission…
Salman Khan‘s ex-girlfriend and former actor-model Somy Ali took to Instagram to respond to backlash she has been receiving for supporting Faissal Khan over his family feud with his brother Aamir Khan. She clarified that extending help to someone in difficult times does not equate to hypocrisy, even if that person may have spoken ill…
JAMMU: Bodies of two flash flood victims, including a minor girl, were found on Tuesday after intensive searches in Jammu’s Rajouri and Poonch districts, while Army troops, in a swift rescue operation, evacuated several people stranded on an island in the swollen Poonch River in Lower Kuniyan area of Poonch.According to officials, a search and…
Lucknow: Digital evidence is emerging as a decisive tool in judicial cases, particularly when no eyewitnesses are available, said retired Justice Talwant Singh at a seminar on the Importance of Digital Evidence in Judicial Matters at the Uttar Pradesh State Institute of Forensic Sciences (UPSIFS) on Tuesday.Citing the 26/11 Mumbai attacks case, he noted that…
Lucknow: Special Judge (SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act) Vivekanand Sharan Tripathi on Tuesday sentenced advocate Parmanand Gupta to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs5.1 lakh for orchestrating a series of false cases by misusing the provisions of the SC/ST Act through a Dalit woman. The accused is presently lodged in Lucknow district jail.The…
NEW DELHI: Citing safety concerns amid ongoing inclement weather in J&K and two back-to-back cloudburst tragedies in Kishtwar and Kathua districts, the Doda district administration has curtailed the three-day Kailash Kund Yatra in Bhaderwah from Aug 20-22 to only symbolic rituals this year.Kailash Kund Yatra is considered one of the toughest treks, wherein pilgrims cover…
