JAMMU: Security forces exchanged fire with terrorists in the forests of Keshwan in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Sunday. Officials said the operation was still underway, with additional troops rushed to the area to fortify the cordon and plug possible escape routes.The firefight broke out around 1pm when Army personnel were carrying out an…
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Police have booked the owner of a hotel in Patnitop in Ramban district for allegedly violating provisions of the Foreigners Act, 1946, by not reporting the stay of a guest from Finland.Police said the accused, Shamsher Singh Manas, owner of Hotel Pine Heritage, had not filed the mandatory online form —…
In 1983, Md Aftab Alam was hired as a regular college lecturer – on paper. Forty-two years later, he’s still waiting for his first salary. The appointment letter, issued by Sanjay Gandhi Mahila College in Gaya, promised pay and service conditions on a par with university faculty. What followed was four decades of unpaid teaching,…
Image used for representative purposes JAMMU: BSF launched a search operation after picking up movement of a suspected Pakistani drone along the International Border near a forward village in RS Pura in Jammu district, officials said Sunday. The drone — the fourth such sighting this month — was seen hovering on the Indian side around…
NEW DELHI: Popular singer Zubeen Garg will be cremated with full state honours on September 23 at a village near Guwahati, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday.The decision to cremate Garg at Kamarkuchi NC village was taken during a cabinet meeting, considering the family’s wish that his last rites be performed at…
Former Punjab minister Harmel Tohra passes away at 72 PATIALA: Former Punjab minister Harmail Singh Tohra passed away after a prolonged illness at a private hospital in Mohali on Sunday evening. He was 77.Tohra was the son-in-law of Akali stalwart late Gurcharan Singh Tohra.His last rites will be performed at his native village Tohra on…
NEW DELHI: As Bharatiya Janata Party and NDA leaders hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation while crediting him for the Next Gen GST reforms, the opposition on Sunday criticised the speech, claiming that the reforms were inadequate and came too late.After PM Modi’s address to the nation, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge asked…
Shiv Sena MLA Sada Sarvankar NEW DELHI: Former Shiv Sena MLA Sada Sarvankar stirred controversy after a viral video showed him claiming he secures more funds for his constituency than the sitting legislator.Sarvankar, according to news agency PTI, told a gathering, “the incumbent MLA gets Rs 2 crore, but even when I am not an…
NEW DELHI: Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday flagged off the promotional run for the Adi Kailash Parikrama Ultra Marathon, scheduled for November 2, 2025, from his residence. He also unveiled the event logo. The marathon will mark the 25th anniversary of Uttarakhand’s statehood and is set to start from Gunji village, covering altitudes ranging from…
NEW DELHI: Politics in Bihar has once again turned stormy after allegations that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s late mother Heeraben was abused at an RJD rally. But Jan Suraaj leader Prashant Kishor on Sunday called the row nothing more than a “fixed match”, accusing both sides of distracting people from issues that matter.The row erupted…
