Three suspects were arrested in Odisha‘s Balasore Thursday for allegedly lynching a 33-year-old man after a video emerged of the victim being asked to chant a religious slogan and being assaulted the previous day. The victim, Sheikh Makarand Muhammad of Astia village, was a helper in a pickup van that was waylaid for ferrying cattle….
SRINAGAR/LUCKNOW: Ladakh and UP saw a coordinated surge of pro-Iran sentiment as thousands rallied in Kargil district Wednesday and prominent Shia clerics in Lucknow called for sanctions relief, dialogue and Indian support for Tehran.In Kargil, a Shia-majority district in eastern Ladakh bordering PoK, large crowds gathered at multiple locations to back Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah…
JAMMU: Acting on court orders, Poonch Police attached the land of a Pakistan-based terror handler in the district’s Mandi tehsil, valued at more than Rs 22 lakh, on Thursday.The attachment was carried out in connection with an FIR registered at Mandi PS under Sections 2/3 of the Egress and Internal Movement (Control) Ordinance, 2005, the…
NEW DELHI: The road transport ministry has notified that failure to pay toll or user fees on a national highway (NH) will result in the denial of a no objection certificate (NOC) for renewal of registration and insurance, change of ownership, transfer, and issuance of a fitness certificate. This notification comes barely a month before…
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested an absconding accused in a 2021 CPI (Maoist) conspiracy case involving attempts to re-energise the banned terrorist organisation in the Magadh Zone.The accused, identified as Chandan Kumar, was nabbed in Mumbai. A resident of district Jehanabad, Bihar, he was an active member of CPI (Maoist),…
The Indian Embassy in Tehran has also warned citizens to avoid protest areas, keep travel documents ready, and remain in constant contact with diplomatic officials. NEW DELHI: The Indian Embassy in Tel Aviv has issued a fresh advisory urging Indian nationals in Israel to remain vigilant and avoid all non-essential travel, citing the deteriorating security…
File photo (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Counting of votes for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections will be held on Friday, with results from Asia’s richest civic body expected to start coming in as the day progresses.The vote count will determine the political control of Mumbai’s 227-ward civic corporation after a gap of more…
NEW DELHI: Defence sources on Thursday told ANI that two incident of drone spotting were reported in the Jammu sector, marking third such incident in recent days. Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems measures were activated by the Indian Army following the sightings, the sources said.The latest sightings come on Army Day, as the Indian Army underlined its…
CM Bhagwant Mann appears before Akal Takht Sahib Secretariat for clarification on ‘Golak’ comment (Picture credit: ANI) AMRITSAR: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann arrived at the Golden Temple on Thursday to appear before the Akal Takht Sahib Secretariat over his remarks on the “Golak” issue, according to the PRO (Public Relations Officer) of ‘Shri Akal…