Lucknow : A suspected ISI operative, working as a cook with a senior army officer has been arrested in a joint-operation by police and army, officials said on Thursday. The accused Ramesh Singh was picked up by the UP and Uttarakhand police teams from Didihat in Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand, Inspector General (IG) of the UP […]
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Army forces militants to retreat to Pakistan
Srinagar : The Army on Thursday opened fire at a group of militants on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, forcing them to retreat to Pakistan, police said. Soldiers noticed suspicious movements on the LoC in Gogledara area of Keran sector early in the morning. “The group of infiltrating militants […]
UP reels under heat wave, Mahoba hottest at 47.5 degrees
Lucknow : A major portion of Uttar Pradesh continued to reel under an intense heat wave on Thursday, weather officials said. Dry winds blowing across the state capital and many other regions forced people to stay indoors. The heat wave is particularly high in the state’s central region and Bundelkhand. Mahoba was the highest with […]
Army Captain killed in Jammu accident
Jammu : An Army Captain was killed and another officer injured on Thursday when their vehicle hit an electric pole in Jammu district. Police said the Captain and a colleague were injured in the accident at Akalpur in Morh area. The 26-year-old Captain succumbed to his injuries in hospital. Published on: May 24, 2018 at 14:06 […]
CRPF trooper martyred, another injured in Chhattisgarh
Raipur : A CRPF trooper was martyred and another injured when Maoists triggered a powerful blast when they targeted security personnel in a forested part of Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, officials said. Sub-Inspector Rajesh Kumar Bind was killed when the improvised explosive device (IED) exploded around 7.45 a.m. between Pushwada and Tamilwada when the 206 Cobra […]
Use of smartphones blamed for weapon snatching in Kashmir
Srinagar : Use of smartphones and casual approach to work were on Thursday blamed for the increasing number of incidents of weapon snatching in Jammu and Kashmir. In a detailed order, A.K. Choudhary, the Additional Director General of Armed Police, said: “It has been observed that recent weapon snatching incidents have occurred (as) sentries on […]
Civilian injured in Pakistan shelling on LoC
Jammu : A civilian was critically injured in overnight Pakistani shelling on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday night in Lam area. Muhammad Mishri received a bullet injury. “He was shifted to a local hospital where doctors referred him to Jammu […]
Vaishno Devi yatra remains suspended due to forest fire
Jammu : The annual pilgrimage to the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine remained suspended for a second consecutive day on Thursday following a forest fire, police said. Around 25,000 pilgrims were currently stranded at the Katra base camp for clearance to start the uphill trek to the shrine located in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district. However, […]
Odisha developing app for early warning on lightning
Bhubaneswar : The Odisha government is planning to develop a smartphone application in order to disseminate early warnings regarding possible lightning strikes in specific areas, an official said on Wednesday. Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Bishnupada Sethi the government will soon sign a memorandum of understanding with US-based Earth Networks lightning analysing system for prior weather […]
Varanasi: Sons hide woman’s body to keep pension flowing
Varanasi : In a shocking incident, five children of a woman were keeping her dead body in their house here for the past five months, so that the pension coming in her name did not stop despite her passing away, police said on Wednesday. The bizarre incident came to light in the Awas Vikas Colony […]