JAMMU: A joint team of security forces Thursday busted a terrorist hideout in J&K’s Kishtwar district and recovered an AK-47 rifle, one AK magazine, 30 rounds and a pair of binoculars. The seizure was made in the forests of Berighouth-Dugadda, Chatroo, during a routine surveillance operation ahead of the upcoming Independence Day, said officials.Kishtwar’s upper…
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Having worked out a three-way split of 25% US reciprocal tariffs that kicked in on Thursday, Indian exporters are rushing shipments ahead of the Aug 27 deadline, when Donald Trump’s “secondary sanctions” on India will double the customs duty to 50%.“We are advancing the shipments and planning to ship goods for the four…
Lucknow: With the intensity and spread of rainfall reducing across the state, major rivers have also started showing a receding trend in several areas. However, the Ganga was still flowing above the danger mark in Badaun, Ballia, Ghazipur, and Varanasi; the Sharda in Lakhimpur; and the Ghagara in Barabanki, Ayodhya, and Ballia on Thursday.Eleven deaths…
Nagpur: Atop a gentle hill in Girad village in Wardha district, surrounded by lush greenery and revered equally by Hindu and Muslim devotees, stands the Sheikh Farid Dargah. A site known for harmony was used as a prominent plot in the Raj More-directed Marathi film, ‘Khalid Ka Shivaji’, which has now triggered statewide controversy over…
Lucknow/New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh chief electoral officer Navdeep Rinwa on Thursday rejected Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi‘s claims that the names of Aditya Srivastava and Vishal Singh were there in the voters’ list of other states along with assembly constituencies in Varanasi and Lucknow.Rahul Gandhi, in a press conference on…
SRINAGAR: Amid an ongoing anti-terror operation in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district — which entered its seventh day Thursday — Army’s Northern Commander Lt Gen Pratik Sharma visited the region to review the counter-terrorism grid. Later that evening, DGP Nalin Prabhat visited the district and reviewed the security situation.During his visit, Lt Gen Sharma was briefed…
Lucknow: The state cabinet on Thursday approved the establishment of private universities in Barabanki, Muzaffarnagar, and Mathura.The cabinet sanctioned the allocation of 25.31 acres of land in Gadia village, Nawabganj tehsil of Barabanki, for the setting up of Bodhisattva University by the Bodhisattva Charitable Trust, Lucknow. The Trust has received a letter of intent following…
KENDRAPADA: A 20-year-old college student in the district allegedly set herself on fire on Wednesday after her former boyfriend (24) apparently threatened to leak their intimate photos and videos on social media following their breakup. The girl, a final-year political science student, was found dead at home by her father (60), who has blamed police…
SRINAGAR: Police launched Thursday coordinated raids across Kashmir valley, seizing allegedly subversive books from bookstores and literary venues, including Chinar book festival underway at SKICC on the banks of Dal Lake. The crackdown followed J&K administration banning 25 titles under section 98 of BNSS.Police confiscated five copies of “A Dismantled State: The Untold Story of…
Lucknow: The state cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal to allow funds from the State Finance Commission to be used by urban local bodies for flag distribution to mark the Har Ghar Tiranga programme. The programme is being celebrated to mark Independence Day, where mass hoisting of the national flag will be encouraged across the…
