SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha held a crucial security review meeting at Raj Bhavan on Friday, following which he announced the reopening of 12 tourist destinations across the UT shut after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.While chairing the Unified Headquarters (UHQ) meeting, however, the LG asserted that the “war against terrorism is…
NEW DELHI: In a significant step to fast-track land acquisition and construction of the first-ever rail link between India and Bhutan — a project of major strategic importance — the railways has designated the proposed 69-km Kokrajhar-Gelephu rail line as a Special Railway Project (SRP).The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) issued the notification this week under…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Friday extended validity of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 in parts of Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh for six more months, maintaining status quo in terms of police stations and districts tagged as‘disturbed areas” in its notifications issued under AFSPA six months ago.Stating that a further review of…
Air India crash (PTI image) NEW DELHI: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored investigation into the June 12 Air India crash in Ahmedabad that killed 260 people, including passengers, crew and civilians.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi tagged the plea with another pending case raising similar…
NEW DELHI: Hours after the arrest of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk from Ladakh’s capital Leh on Friday, his whereabouts are still unknown.According to officials, after Wangchuk was taken into custody by a police party led by Ladakh Police chief S D Singh Jamwal, he was shifted out of Ladakh.Meanwhile, sources within the Ladakh administration news…
Harjit Kaur (File photo) and Randhir Jaiswal (ANI image) NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday provided details on the deportation of Indian nationals from the United States during its weekly media briefing, highlighting the recent return of 73-year-old Harjit Kaur.“In the last several months, since January 2025, so far, we’ve had…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh Police resorted to a lathi charge on Muslim protesters who pelted stones after Friday prayers in Bareilly.The protestors had gathered outside Ala Hazrat Dargah & IMC chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan’s house, holding “I Love Muhammad” placards amid the heavy security at both spots.IG Ajay Sahni said the cops were conducting…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde dismissed the alliance between Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, calling it an attempt to safeguard the Thackeray family’s political control rather than serve the state.Speaking at an India Today Conclave, Shinde played down the impact of the two leaders…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Chhattisgarh police to preserve the body of top Maoist commander Katha Ramchandra Reddy, who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Narayanpur district.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih said the body should not be cremated or buried until the Chhattisgarh high court…
Protesters held by police (X/@about_karnataka) NEW DELHI: As many as 41 members of a pro-Kannada organisation were arrested for allegedly barging into a five-star hotel in central Bengaluru and disrupting a Hindi Diwas-related meeting organised by the union ministry of home affairs, police said on Friday.According to officials, the ministry’s Rajbhasha Samiti (committee on official…
