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File photo: J&K CM Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR/JAMMU: J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah was barred Sunday from visiting a graveyard of 1931 martyrs in Srinagar, and most of his cabinet colleagues were detained in their homes along with scores of others to keep them away from the site, virtually putting the National Conference (NC) govt under…
The general officer commanding-in-chief of Northern Command, lieutenant general Pratik Sharma, visited the Army’s Bhimber Gali Brigade in Jammu and Kashmir. (Picture credit: IANS) RAJOURI: Commander of the Indian Army’s northern command, Lt Gen Pratik Sharma, visited Bimber Gali Brigade to review operational dynamics and preparedness along the Pir Panjal region that encompasses Poonch and…
Air India crash (Picture credit: AP) LONDON: Relatives of flyers who died in the June 12 Air India crash have slammed the preliminary probe as a “cover-up” to protect the Tatas-owned airline, Boeing and the Indian government.“This report is wrong. We don’t accept it,” said Ameen Siddiqui, whose British brother-in-law and Gloucestershire resident Akeel Nanabawa,…
Mumbai: The heirs of Partition, who were displaced from their homes for a second time, are finally experiencing a modicum of relief. Residents of 19 Mhada buildings in GTB Nagar near Sion, which were declared dilapidated and demolished by BMC in 2020, see a ray of hope with the sanction of the redevelopment proposal. These…
Tarun Chugh, Omar Abdullah NEW DELHI: The BJP on Sunday accused Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah of glorifying rioters and rewriting history after he compared the July 13, 1931, killings in Srinagar to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. Every year, July 13 is observed by many in J&K as Martyrs’ Day to remember the…
NEW DELHI: Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan halted his convoy on Sunday to assist a youth injured in a road accident in Bhopal, ensuring the victim was taken to hospital without delay.According to an official statement, the incident occurred near Chetak Bridge while Chouhan was on his way to attend a Jain community event…
NEW DELHI: A lawyer was fatally shot by unknown attackers in Patna’s Sultanganj area on Sunday, in a distressing incident underscoring Bihar’s declining security situation.The victim, Jitendra Mahato, approximately 58 years old, died while receiving treatment at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH).The incident follows the recent killings of BJP leader Gopal Khemka, a prominent…
NEW DELHI: In a move that may spare majority of the coal- and lignite-based thermal power plants (TPPs) in the country from installing anti-pollution flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems, the environment ministry has issued a revised notification regarding Sulphur Dioxide (SO₂) emission standards for such plants and introduced a new compliance framework based on categories…
NEW DELHI: Prominent lawyer Ujjwal Nikam was among four distinguished individuals nominated to the Rajya Sabha by President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday, filling vacancies that had lingered for nearly a year. Nikam had made an unsuccessful bid for the Lok Sabha from Mumbai North Central in the 2024 elections as a BJP candidate, and his…
Muhammad Iqbal’s words “Sare Jahan Se Accha” — better than the rest of the world — echoed in Space one more time, 41 years after it was first uttered by Indian astronaut Rakesh Sharma. This time, it was astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla (Shux), who reiterated the sentiment from the International Space Station (ISS).In his final message…
