Climate consciousness across the globe is on the rise, but there is still a considerable gap between countries’ preparedness for climate change and the actual measures, a UN report said on Thursday. “A considerable gap between countries’ preparedness for climate change and the actual measures that should be put in place to prepare communities for […]
Punjab cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu’s wife Navjot Kaur has been given a clean chit in a Punjab government-appointed magisterial probe into the Amritsar train tragedy on Dusshera evening in which 60 people died, sources said here on Thursday. The probe, conducted by Jalandhar Divisional Commissioner B. Purushartha, has indicted Saurabh Madan Mithoo, the son […]
Two Border Security Force (BSF) troopers were critically injured on Thursday in Pakistani firing on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district. Police sources said the incident took place in Sunderbani sector. “Pakistan forces targeted two forward locations of the LoC manned by the BSF and Army. Two BSF troopers were […]
India on Thursday described as unfortunate Pakistan’s attempt to politicise the issue of opening of the Kartarpur corridor for Sikh pilgrims. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that the opening of the corridor was a fulfillment of a long-pending demand of the Sikh community. “It was unfortunate that Pakistan has attempted to politicize a […]
Former Jammu and Kashmir Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday. In a letter addressed to PDP President and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, Drabu said he had not been associating with party affairs for some time now. He said since he had won elections on PDP ticket, he […]
Security agencies have been put on high alert in Bathinda and Ferozepur districts of Punjab on Thursday following intelligence reports that Kashmiri terrorist Zakir Musa could be hiding in the area. The intelligence reports have suggested that Musa could be disguised as a Sikh and wearing a turban. He is the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind chief and […]
Relentless humiliation and rebuke from her science teacher over the last few months forced a Class 7 student here to commit suicide by hanging herself, police said on Thursday. Daisy Rathore, 12, who hanged herself from a ceiling fan at her home on December 1, wrote the teacher’s name on her palms and hands and […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a plea filed by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Alok Verma and NGO Common Cause challenging the government’s decision to divest him of his charges. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi reserved the order on the conclusion of arguments by the Centre, Central […]
Heavy security deployment has been made in this temple town in Uttar Pradesh on the 26th anniversary of the razing of the 16th century Babri mosque by a Hindu mob. Major roads have been barricaded and vigil has been stepped up around the disputed site. People visiting the temple of Ram Lalla, that was set […]
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday said that the main conspirator behind the mob violence in Bulandshahr which left a police officer and a young man dead was a Yogesh Raj, who is on the run. Although the police refused to identity who Yogesh Raj was, informed sources said he was a Bajrang Dal activist […]