SRINAGAR: Soldiers shot dead two infiltrators attempting to cross the LoC in Keran sector of J&K’s Kupwara, about 140km north of Srinagar, the Army said Saturday. The gunfight, part of “Op Pimple”, followed specific intelligence on an infiltration attempt Friday evening. Troops detected “suspicious activity”, challenged the group and came under “indiscriminate fire”, the Army…
SRINAGAR: J&K police seized an AK-47 rifle from the personal locker of a doctor once posted at government medical college in Anantnag during a search of the campus following his arrest Thursday for his alleged role in putting up posters supporting Pakistan-backed banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed in Srinagar.Dr Adeel Majeed Rather served at the college as…
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir’s state investigation agency (SIA) Saturday arrested the alleged kingpin of a narco-terror module from Mumbai airport. The agency has secured a three-day transit remand to take him into custody.Mohammed Arshad alias Asif, resident of Degwar-Terwan in Haveli, Poonch district, had been absconding since 2023 and was operating from Saudi Arabia, an…
J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah BUDGAM: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday accused ally Congress and opposition PDP of not fielding candidates against BJP in an upcoming assembly bypoll in Jammu’s Nagrota, asserting it was only his National Conference (NC) that was taking on the saffron party across the Union territory.Omar made the comments…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Saturday rolled out a programme on mission mode for fast-track elimination of all waste at 214 major legacy landfills across the country by October 2026. These high-load locations account for around 8.8 crore tonnes or nearly 80% of India’s remaining legacy waste that is spread over 202 municipal areas, including…
‘We are one but …’: Sharad Pawar breaks silence on grandnephew’s land deal row NEW DELHI: NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar on Saturday addressed the controversy surrounding his grandnephew Parth Pawar’s alleged involvement in a Pune land deal, saying, “as a family we are one, but divided ideologically.““As a family, we (Pawars) are one, but…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying his “dukaan” (shop) will soon shut in Bihar. “Rahul Gandhi’s ‘dukaan’ will be shut in Bihar as the INDIA bloc will be wiped out in the polls. NDA will form the government by securing 160 seats in…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday described the Sangh as an “organised force that doesn’t seek power,” asserting that Hindus are “responsible” for Bharat. He was speaking in Bengaluru at a lecture titled “100 Years of Sangh Journey: New Horizons.” “When an organised force like the RSS is raised, it…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday visited veteran BJP leader and Bharat Ratna awardee Lal Krishna Advani at his residence to personally wish him on his 98th birthday.PM called Advani a “statesman blessed with towering vision and intellect,” saying his life’s work had strengthened India’s progress. “He has always embodied the spirit of…
Nitish Kumar and PM Narendra Modi (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: After nearly two decades at the helm, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar faces perhaps his toughest political test yet. Once celebrated as “Sushashan babu” – the man credited with transforming Bihar after the Lalu-Rabri era, often dubbed as “jungle raj” by many – Nitish now…
