Joint mock drill conducted to ensure safety of pilgrims ahead of Amarnath Yatra (Image credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Security forces conducted a comprehensive joint mock drill on Monday at Yatri Niwas, the base camp for the Amarnath Yatra in J&K, as a preemptive measure to ensure safety during the upcoming Amarnath Yatra. Buses were sent…
Indore: Madhya Pradesh DGP Kailash Makwana highlighted that police action alone is insufficient to prevent sexual assault cases, pointing to declining social values attributed to widespread access to explicit content through digital devices and internet connectivity.Addressing media Saturday about rising sexual assault cases, the DGP said, “There are many reasons why I believe this is…
NEW DELHI: Congress accused the Modi govt of misleading the nation on the loss of aircraft in the conflict with Pakistan, and said the BJP regime compromised national security, which was the reason it had not accepted the opposition’s demand for a special session of Parliament to discuss the conflict.“In another shocking revelation by Capt…
KOLKATA: Trinamool on Sunday show-caused MLA Madan Mitra and censured MP Kalyan Banerjee for controversial remarks on the alleged gang-rape of a student at a Kolkata law college last week even as its slugfest continued with BJP-led opposition over women’s safety in Bengal less than a year after the rape-murder at RG Kar hospital.TMC president…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday recalled the “dark chapter of Emergency” imposed 50 years ago and urged citizens to remain vigilant to safeguard the Constitution.In his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio address, the PM quoted three prominent politicians from different ideologies, including two former prime ministers, to showcase how people from all…
NEW DELHI: Monsoon covered the entire country on Sunday, nine days before the normal date, advancing into the remaining parts of Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, west UP and Haryana, IMD said.This is only the fourth time in the past 25 years that monsoon covered NCR and remaining parts of northwest India the same day. The last time…
SRINAGAR: An eligible unemployed member of each “unacknowledged” Kashmiri household that lost someone to terrorist bullets over the past three decades will get a govt job within 30 days, J&K lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha promised Sunday during an outreach in south Kashmir’s Anantnag involving over 80 such families.Sinha’s directive to deputy commissioners to process pending…
Mumbai: With state govt scrapping the two controversial govt resolutions on the third-language policy, the Maharashtra Legislature’s monsoon session may not be disrupted as envisaged.On Sunday, addressing a press conference at Sahyadri state guest house, CM Devendra Fadnavis said 14 bills will be introduced during the monsoon session, including the Maharashtra Special Public Security Bill,…
Jammu: Security forces Sunday detained a Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) national along the Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.“The 22-year-old man was identified as Mohammad Arib Ahmed, a resident of Dadote-Kotli in PoK. He was caught in a forward area in Bhimber Gali sector. Security forces are questioning him,” said an official…
NEW DELHI: Taking a sharp swipe at the BJP-led central government, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday dismissed allegations of illegal Bangladeshi presence in Maharashtra and accused the Centre of ignoring growing security concerns along the eastern border.Addressing a public gathering in Parbhani, Owaisi said, “They (the BJP government) have the BSF and intelligence agencies,…
