Srinagar: The exemplary courage of CRPF Deputy Commandant, who was injured in an encounter at Batmalloo in Srinagar, has been lauded. Deputy Commandant Rahul Mathur was part of Thursday’s encounter at Firdousabad Batmaloo in Srinagar wherein he received gunshot injuries while leading the assault. Mathur later managed to gun down one of the terrorists. A total […]
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Pak targets Poonch, Bandipora villages across LoC
Jammu: Hours after launching unprovoked firing across the Line of Control in Gurez sector of Bandipora district on Friday, Pakistan used mortars and other weapons to target Indian positions in Balakote sector of Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir. At around 4.30 p.m. Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by firing with small arms and intense shelling with […]
Rajasthan MP declared Covid negative again; questions ICMR
Jaipur: Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal, who was declared Covid-19 positive in Delhi before the commencement of Parliament’s Monsoon Session, and later tested negative for Covid-19 in Rajasthan, was declared Covid-19 negative again on Thursday after the fifth test. “This is my fifth test and this time, it has been done in an esteemed private laboratory. It […]
Goa’s Covid-19 tally crosses 26,000 with 319 deaths
Panaji: Goa’s overall Covid-19 tally crossed the 26,000-mark on Wednesday, with 628 new cases reported in the state, which has also witnessed 319 deaths of novel coronavirus patients. The Aam Aadmi Party in the state on Wednesday also condemned the statement of Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who on Tuesday had blamed late reporting of Covid-19 cases, […]
UP schools may remain closed this month: Deputy CM
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma has said that chances of the partial reopening of schools from September 21 were “very bleak” due to the rising number of coronavirus cases in the state. “It is very unlikely that schools can be allowed to function partially. It is not possible to run schools, even partially, […]
UP IAS officer succumbs to Covid-19
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh IAS officer Sunil Kumar Maurya succumbed to Covid-19 on Monday. He was 53. A 2010 batch officer, Maurya was posted as special secretary in the state government. He had been sent as a nodal Covid officer to Bareilly and Sonbhadra. The officer had been admitted to the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of […]
Soldier martyred, 2 injured in LoC ceasefire violation in J&K
Srinagar: An Indian soldier got martyred and two others injured on Saturday in firing on the LoC in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan troops, which indulged in repeated ceasefire violations in several sectors. Defence sources said the soldier got martyred and two others injured in Naugam Sector of the LoC. The Indian Army retaliated strongly […]
Rajasthan: Khap panchayat forces man, woman to bathe publicly to ‘wash off sins’
Jaipur: A Khap panchayat, an unelected council of village elders, recently penalised a man and woman from the Sansi Community in Rajasthan’s Sikar district by making them bathe publicly to wash their alleged ‘sins’ The nephew and aunt who were allgedly involved in an ‘illicit’ relationship, were asked to deposit Rs 31,000 and Rs 22,000 […]
Banging thalis, lighting diyas destroyed Indian economy: Ex Goa CM
Panaji: Clanging of thalis and lighting of diyas amid the Covid-19 pandemic while ignoring macro issues has destroyed the Indian economy, Goa Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat said on Thursday, while warning the state government against additional borrowing to make up for the GST compensation gap. “The central government has completely failed in management of […]
Goa CM Dr Pramod Sawant tests positive for COVID-19
Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and was in home isolation. “I wish to inform all that I have been detected Covid-19 positive. I am asymptomatic and hence have opted for home isolation,” Sawant said in a Facebook post. “I shall continue to discharge […]