JAMMU: A sessions court in Bhaderwah on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to a terrorist involved in the murder of a sarpanch in J&K’s Doda district in July 2002.The convict, Irfan Ali from Doda’s Kilhotran-Gandoh area, was sentenced under RPC Sections 302 (murder) and 34 (common intention), and Section 7/27 of Arms Act, police said.Irfan and…
Ladakh unrest (Picture credit: AP) SRINAGAR: The Leh Bar Association on Wednesday demanded Rs 1-crore compensation each for the families of four people killed in the September 24 firing in Leh and called for an impartial judicial inquiry headed by a retired Supreme Court judge into the incident.“All four victims belonged to poor families. Three…
Haryana ADGP Y Puran Kumar CHANDIGARH: Haryana ADGP Y Puran Kumar — known as an outspoken IPS officer who flagged irregularities, including alleged caste bias, in his own department —was found dead from a gunshot to the head at his Chandigarh residence on Tuesday afternoon, a day before he was to take up his new…
File photo (Picture credit: PTI) SRINAGAR: The Army has launched a massive search operation to trace two soldiers who went missing in a forested area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on October 6. Officials lost contact with the soldiers — part of a team on patrol duty in the woods of Ahlan Gadol, Kokernag —…
MUMBAI: The state will no longer grant permission to start all-boys or all-girls schools in Maharashtra. The move, announced in a recent notice by the school education department, is aimed at promoting gender equality and mutual respect among students.According to the department, co-education fosters “an environment of equality, mutual understanding and respect,” helping students develop…
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…
CHENNAI: A makeup artist from Chennai lost both her earlobes after undergoing ‘herbal treatment’ at a beauty parlour in Arumbakkam. A consumer forum last month ordered the parlour owner to pay the woman 5 lakh compensation, along with 5,000 towards litigation expenses, within 60 days.V Jayanthi had visited Abbe Herbal Beauty Parlour, run by Akilandeshwari,…
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…
