Any direct attacks on Indian mission ‘completely unacceptable’, says UK amid Khalistani threats
The UK government on Thursday declared that any direct attacks on the High Commission of India in London are ”completely unacceptable” amid anti-India attacks by Khalistani extremists emerging on social media channels. UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly took to Twitter to declare that the safety of the staff at India’s diplomatic mission in the country […]
Supreme Court collegium recommends names for appointment as chief justice of seven High Courts
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud has recommended to the Centre the names of seven judges for appointment as chief justice of seven high courts, including that of Bombay and Gujarat. The three-member collegium, also comprising Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, made the […]
Nalini petitions High Court for husband’s release from Tiruchi special camp
CHENNAI: Nalini Sriharan, convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and released from prison last year, on Thursday approached the Madras High Court seeking to direct authorities concerned to release her husband from a Special Camp in Tiruchirapalli, to enable him to live with her here. Justice N Seshasayee, before whom Nalini’s petition came up, […]
PM Narendra Modi greets Dalai Lama on birthday
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday greeted the Dalai Lama on his 88th birthday. Modi tweeted, “Spoke to His Holiness @DalaiLama and conveyed heartfelt greetings to him on his 88th birthday. Wishing him a long and healthy life.”
Amid tight security, another batch of over 6500 pilgrims leave Jammu for Amarnath
Jammu: The seventh batch of over 6,500 Amarnath Yatra pilgrims left Jammu in the early hours of Thursday for the twin base camps in Kashmir amid tight security, officials said. The 62-day annual pilgrimage to the 3,888-metre-high cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas commenced from the twin tracks of Pahalgam in Anantnag district and […]
Rohit, Virat ignored again for T20Is as Tilak Varma gets his maiden India call-up, Jaiswal also in
New Delhi: Two-format skipper Rohit Sharma and the peerless Virat Kohli are unlikely to feature anytime soon in the Indian T20 team as they were once again left out of the 15-member squad led by Hardik Pandya that will take on the West Indies in a five-match series, starting August 3. The side led by […]
India has made quantum jump in space in the last 9 years: Union Minister Jitendra Singh
Bengaluru: India has made a quantum jump in the field of space in the last nine years, and efforts have been made to diversify the applications of space, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday. He said the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has painstakingly made an effort to diversify the applications of space. “Space technology […]
Six months on, fresh sinkhole revives fears of subsidence in Joshimath
Dehradun: A sinkhole, more than six-feet wide, emerged near the Saklani home in Joshimath last week. And the crippling anxiety of ‘what next’ gripped the residents of the ecologically fragile Himalayan town once again. It was almost six months to the day land subsidence around Joshimath on January 2-3 led to hundreds of residents fleeing […]
BSF jawan shoots himself dead in J&K
Samba: A Border Security Force (BSF) jawan on Thursday allegedly shot himself dead at a post along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said. The incident took place at the border outpost (BoP) at Chilyari, a senior police officer. The soldier has been identified as Naresh Kumar, he said, adding the […]
Inter-state narco-smuggling racket busted, two Punjab residents arrested: SSP ANTF
SRINAGAR: Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) J&K, Raj Kumar Thursday claimed to have busted Inter-State narco smuggling racket by arresting two Punjab residents along with 35 poppy straw packets. “Acting on information, we seized an Innova vehicle bearing number PB-08 CP 0517 at Shampora, Qazigund. Two persons Amandeep Singh and Manohar […]
