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JAMMU: The pilgrimage to Vaishno Devi cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir resumed Wednesday after three days of suspension due to foul weather.The chopper service is also operating smoothly, the shrine board posted on X.The yatra was suspended on August 26 when 34 people, mostly pilgrims, were killed near Ardhkuwari in landslides triggered by heavy…

SRINAGAR: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday accused Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah of failing to protect land and dignity of the people by sitting idle on Land Grant Rules, 2022, which has barred the renewal of the leases of hotels and other institutions, risking their eviction and government takeover.She said her party…

LONDON: IndiGo will launch daily flights between New Delhi and Manchester. The new direct service was announced at the start of the trade mission to India led by UK PM Keir Starmer.This comes just months after IndiGo picked Manchester airport for its first ever long-haul route into Europe, launching direct flights between Mumbai and Manchester…

JAMMU: J&K Police have arrested a middle-aged Sikh man in Samba district for allegedly desecrating the Guru Granth Sahib.Police said the alleged “sacrilegious act” was carried out by Manjit Singh alias Billa of Koulpur village in Ramgarh at a local gurdwara. He allegedly used some inflammable oil to set ablaze the holy text late Tuesday…

JAMMU: Security forces conducted massive search operations in the remote, forested areas of J&K’s Rajouri (Kandi) and Udhampur (Basantgarh) districts on Wednesday to track holed-up terrorists, following a brief firefight between the troops and ultras in Kandi’s Beeranthub area the previous evening.The encounter broke out around 7.20 pm on Tuesday after J&K Police’s SOG launched…

(L to R) Air chief marshal A P Singh, naval chief admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, army chief general Upendra Dwivedi and CDS general Anil Chauhan at the National War Memorial on the 93rd Indian Air Force Day, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: IAF’s “bold and precise” attacks on targets in Pakistan during Operation Sindoor showed…

Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, centre right, at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai (Picture credit: PTI) LONDON: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer insisted he will not relax visa rules to offer more to Indians just before his flight touched down in Mumbai on Tuesday night in his first major trade mission to India.Accompanied…