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NEW DELHI: After a fierce gunfight erupted between the security forces and terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kathua on Sunday evening, eyewitnesses recounted the horror of the incident. Search operations are under way after three to five terrorists were reportedly spotted in the region. A 48-year-old woman narrowly escaped as the heavily armed terrorists held…
NAGPUR: The house of Fahim Khan, alleged Nagpur riots mastermind now in custody, is set to be demolished Monday after he failed to remove the purported illegal structure within a 24-hour civic deadline. The action loomed even as curfew was lifted Sunday from all areas scarred by the March 17 violence.The action by Nagpur Municipal…
NEW DELHI: CJI Sanjiv Khanna‘s prompt move to order a judicial inquiry into charges of cash being found at Justice Yashwant Varma‘s residence notwithstanding, the task ahead for the three-member panel could be tedious and time-consuming as it involves examining many people and requires assistance of experts to analyse the judge’s call data records.The panel…
PATIALA: Farmer representative in Punjab accused police and the state’s AAP govt of looting their belongings after their protest camps were demolished last week, while key protester Jagjit Singh Dallewal remained in critical condition as his hunger strike entered its 118th day Sunday.“Tractors, trailers, even refrigerators, ACs, inverters, beds, and gas cylinders – everything that…
DALTONGANJ: In an assault underscoring the growing menace of illegal stone mining in Palamu district of Jharkhand, a mob brutally attacked five forest personnel who were conducting a night patrol here, reports MF Ahmad. The attack occurred when the foresters attempted to seize two boulder-laden tractors. This is the third such attack in just over…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena workers on Sunday vandalised a hotel in Mumbai’s Khar area where stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra‘s show with ‘gaddar’ (traitor) jibe at Deputy CM Eknath Shinde was filmed, police said. The vandals ransacked Hotel Unicontinental in Khar area where the show was shot and sought an FIR be lodged against Kamra.According to a…
JAMMU: A 7-year-old girl received a gunshot wound during an intense gunfight between 4-5 Jaish-e-Muhammad terrorists and security forces during a combing operation in Sanyal area of Hiranagar in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Sunday.“Anchal Kumari, daughter of Nago from Bihar, suffered a minor bullet injury and was rushed to a nearby hospital,” a…
SRINAGAR: Road connectivity across Ladakh has accelerated at an unprecedented pace for civilian and military needs as part of a “tsunami of development” in the region since it became a separate Union Territory following the 2019 abrogation of Article 370, junior Union highways minister Harsh Malhotra said Sunday.“The region has seen major central projects across…
NEW DELHI: India may soon rank flying training organisations (FTOs) here on various parameters like the average time taken by students there to get a commercial pilot licence (CPL) — which requires flying training aircraft for 200 hours and clearing several subject exams that are conducted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). As…
A ‘stampede-like atmosphere’ prevailed at New Delhi railway station on Sunday but prompt implementation of crowd-control measures averted any tragedy and no injuries were reported, the Delhi Police said. The railways ministry, however, said there was a heavy rush at the station but that there was “no stampede or stampede-like situation“. “The protocol of taking…
