JAMMU: Security forces recovered a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during a cordon-and-search operation in J&K’s Rajouri district, officials said Thursday.A joint team of the Army and J&K Police launched the operation on Wednesday, based on a tip-off about suspicious movement in the forested belt of Kallar in Thanamandi.The search party found the explosive —…
Three Indians were among the crew members on board the Russia-flagged oil tanker seized by the US, as reported by Russia Today. The report shared accounts of crew members stating the crew consisted of 3 Indian citizens, 17 Ukrainian citizens, 6 Georgian citizens, and 2 Russian citizens.In response to Washington’s allegations of the oil tanker…
DEHRADUN: The Government Nursing College in Dobh (Shrikot) village of Pauri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand has been renamed Late Ankita Bhandari Government Nursing College. The renaming was done at the instruction of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. Dr R Rajesh Kumar, the secretary of the state’s Medical and Health Department, issued an order in this…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday clarified that it had not ordered the removal of every dog from the streets and that its directions were limited to treating stray canines in accordance with the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules. Hearing arguments in a suo motu case on the stray dog issue, the apex court…
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Punjab on Thursday announced that it will launch a full-scale offensive against gangsters, modelled on its ongoing ‘Yudh Nashian Virudh’ anti-drug campaign. The announcement was made by AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann while meeting newly elected zila parishad and block…
Renowned Japanese scholar and linguist Professor Tomio Mizokami, Professor Emeritus at Osaka University, is widely regarded as one of the most influential cultural bridges between India and Japan, with a lifelong commitment to Indian languages, literature and education. His contribution was formally recognised in 2018, when he was conferred the Padma Shri, one of India’s…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah will on Friday virtually inaugurate the National IED Data Management System (NIDMS) — a platform for storing, collating and disseminating improvised explosive device-related data for use in post-blast investigations and analytics — at the National Security Guard (NSG) Garrison in Manesar near Gurugram. “NIDMS is a secure, national-level digital…
Ye naya Hindustan hai…History might disagree, at least in the cinematic verse. Everything repeats, and the return of angry young men on screen is one such phenomena. And so is the hyper nationalistic movies. ‘Yeh police station hai, tumhare baap ka ghar nahi’ Half a century ago, that line from Zanjeer didn’t just earn applause…
NEW DELHI: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday accused the Centre of “continuously attempting to financially strangle” the state, further announcing a satyagraha protest on January 12 against the “economic blockade” .Speaking to the reporters, Vijayan said, “The Central Government is continuously attempting to financially strangle Kerala. Since 2017, the Centre has been implementing…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate and I-PAC moved the Calcutta high court following the ED’s raid at the office and residence of I-PAC chief Pratik Jain. ED moved the court alleging obstruction and interference in the investigations after Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee arrived at the officer’s residence. I-PAC, on the other hand, moved the court…