JAMMU: Police on Saturday seized a land parcel belonging to Mohammed Azam, a Pakistan-based handler of the proscribed Hizbul Mujahideen.Originally from Mandi tehsil in Poonch district, Azan allegedly continuously engaged in subversive activities in Jammu & Kashmir, particularly targeting the Poonch-Rajouri region, following his escape to Pakistan/PoK, they said.A land parcel belonging to Azam was…
JAMMU: Once again, the Army came to the rescue of civic administration as it constructed a 110-feet bailey bridge over the Tawi River in Jammu city in less than 12 hours, after a section of the vital 4th bridge collapsed amid heavy rainfall on Aug 26.Sharing details, Major General Mukesh Bhanwala, GOC, Tiger Division, said:…
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Torrential rain and back-to-back cloudbursts unleashed flash floods and landslides in J&K Saturday, killing 11 people in Ramban and Reasi districts and pushing the monsoon death toll across Jammu division this Aug to 122. Among the dead: a couple and their five children buried alive in a mountainside home.In Ramban, floodwaters tore through remote…
NEW DELHI: Holding that the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has not been able to deliver the desired results in the real estate sector, Union housing and urban affairs minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday flagged a high probability of stressed projects that reach the tribunal never getting completed.Speaking at realtors’ body NAREDCO’s annual convention,…
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly and Kalkaji MLA, Atishi, on Saturday wrote to Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, citing the killing of a sevadaar in the Kalkaji temple and claimed the national capital has turned into the “capital of crime, extortion and gang wars” under the BJP-led government.There was no immediate response…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Saturday released the names of 1,804 “tainted” teachers linked to irregularities in the 2016 State Level Selection Test (SLST), following a Supreme Court order to disclose the names within a week.The list, uploaded at 8 pm on the commission’s website, contains names, roll numbers, and serial…
I observe vehicles smoothly navigating a modern, open toll plaza. The landscape is bright and inviting, suggesting efficient, seamless travel. NEW DELHI: The country’s first barrier-free tolling system (Multi-Lane Free Flow or MLFF) will be rolled out at Gharaunda toll plaza on Delhi-Chandigarh highway and at Choryasi plaza on NH-48 in Gujarat, with the Indian…
Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap (File photo) NEW DELHI: Recently expelled from both his family and party in Bihar, Tej Pratap Yadav on Saturday made a striking anti-family remark while addressing a gathering in Jehanabad. During the event, when someone from the crowd shouted “Abki Baar Tejashwi Sarkar,” Tej Pratap reacted sharply.“Don’t talk nonsense here……
“On the sets of Kantara: Chapter 1, I realised we were in the presence of something greater,” says cinematographer Arvind Kashyap about working on the much-anticipated Rishab Shetty starrer. Admitting that he was once the quintessential urban-bred boy, indifferent to rituals and faith, he notes, “Kantara was a turning point — I realised some experiences…
PM Modi and US President Donald Trump (File photo) NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump “no longer has plans” to visit India later this year for the Quad Summit, The New York Times reported on Saturday, detailing how ties between Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have “unravelled” in recent months.In a report titled The…
