India and China reiterated their commitment to maintain peace and tranquility along their border by enhancing communications between their militaries during a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the annual BRICS Summit here. “Both leaders have reaffirmed once again their readiness to give their militaries […]
A small batch of 201 pilgrims left Jammu on Friday for the Kashmir Valley to perform the Amarnath Yatra. They left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy of nine vehicles, the police said. This is the smallest batch to leave for holy cave shrine so far since the pilgrimage started on June […]
A small batch of 667 pilgrims on Thursday left Jammu for the Kashmir Valley to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, officials said. The yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy of 19 vehicles, a police officer said. This is the smallest batch of pilgrims to leave Jammu since the yatra started on […]
Rains lashed Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) on Wednesday with the minimum temperature being recorded at 28 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, the Met said. It was heavily cloudy morning. The rain started around 9.30 a.m., bringing relief from the humidity which was recorded at 88 per cent at 8.30 […]
Voters in large numbers on Wednesday morning started flocking outside polling stations across the country to cast their votes in Pakistan’s 11th general election. The first vote was cast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Charsadda, according to Dawn news website. While polling stations officially opened for voting at 8 a.m., enthusiastic citizens queued up outside their respective […]
At least four persons have been killed and 12 injured after an LPG cylinder exploded at a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra district, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place in Daadhki village in Iradatnagar around midnight apparently due to leakage in the gas cylinder. The deceased have been identified as Kamal Singh, 45, […]
An armed militant was arrested by the security forces on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district during a cordon and search operation. Police identified the militant as Waqar Malik, who was carrying an AK-47 rifle and ammunition. The joint search operation was launched by the Rashtriya Rifles, Central Reserve Police Force and state police […]
The Rajya Sabha was on Monday adjourned till 12 noon after a few opposition members disrupted the House as their notices were not being accepted by the Chair. Around a dozen opposition members from the Congress, Telugu Desam Party and others had given notices under suspension of business rules but Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu rejected […]
A batch of 1,753 pilgrims left Jammu for the Kashmir Valley on Friday to perform the Amarnath Yatra, police said. They left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted convoy as 601 pilgrims headed for Baltal base camp covering a 14 km trek, while 1,152 proceeded on 36 km trek towards Pahalgam. Over 2,16,000 […]
Two persons have died and three others have been buried in rubble on a hillside after a cloud burst triggered heavy rains in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, an official said on Friday. The downpour late on Thursday followed the cloud burst at Malari that led to a major chunk of a hill to collapse. Five […]