Ahead of Amarnath yatra, SOG and NSG conducts joint training exercise in Jammu
Jammu: Special Operations Group of Jammu and Kashmir Police and National Security Guards (NSG) successfully conducted a week-long joint training exercise ‘Shakti Sangam’ here, a police spokesman said on Saturday. The exercise was conducted as authorities intensified preparations for the 57-day Amarnath Yatra, scheduled to commence on July 3. The Yatri Niwas Bhagwati Nagar in…
PM Modi took path-breaking steps for developed India: L Murugan
Puducherry: Union Minister L Murugan said on Saturday that Narendra Modi had set a record by serving continuously as Prime Minister for 12 years and had distinguished himself by taking several path-breaking initiatives aimed at building a developed India. Addressing reporters at the headquarters of the Puducherry unit of the BJP, Union Minister of State…
India witnessed unprecedented development under Modi government: Gadkari
Nagpur: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday said that more development took place in the country in the last 12 years of the Narendra Modi government than that achieved in the previous six decades. The country has moved forward in agriculture, industry, health, science, technology, infrastructure, women’s empowerment, youth empowerment, and in every other cultural,…
Jaishankar raises Indian mariners’ killing with Rubio; calls US strike on commercial shipping unjustified
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday raised with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio the killing of three Indian mariners in a US military strike on a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Oman. Jaishankar, currently on a visit to Europe, spoke to the US Secretary of State on phone. Following the…
Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth named next Army Chief
New Delhi: Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth will be the next Chief of the Army Staff, the defence ministry announced on Saturday. Lt Gen Seth, currently serving as the Vice Chief of Army, will take charge of the top position on June 30 when the incumbent Gen Upendra Dwivedi retires. The senior military officer is an…
Shah directs committee on demographic change to study border districts
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday directed the high-level committee on demographic change to study the shift in population structure in border districts, officials said. Chairing the meeting of the committee, Shah also asked it to visit border areas, metro cities, and industrial towns for an assessment of changes because of illegal…
Downed Iranian drones targeting ships in Hormuz: US Centcom
Washington: The US Navy said it has downed multiple one-way attack drones launched by Iran to target commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. “Iran launched multiple one-way attack drones in an attempt to strike commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” the US Central Command said in a post on X late Friday evening….
Predawn police search at Abhishek’s residence triggers fresh political storm in Bengal
Kolkata: In a predawn raid certain to deepen the political faultlines in West Bengal, police personnel, accompanied by central forces, searched TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s residence here for more than four hours on Saturday in pursuit of his close aide in an alleged financial fraud, officials said. The operation, led by a team from Paschim…
IAF aircraft AN-32 crashes while landing in Assam”s Jorhat
Guwahati: An Indian Air Force aeroplane, AN-32, has crashed while landing in Assam’s Jorhat district on Saturday, a defence spokesperson said. The incident occurred while the aircraft was landing at the IAF’s airbase in the Rowriah area. Senior IAF officials have rushed to the area, and casualty, if any, is yet to be ascertained, the…
Modi leaves for week-long France, Slovakia tour; G7 Summit, bilateral talks on agenda
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday left for a week-long visit to France and Slovakia, during which he will attend the G7 Summit and hold discussions with world leaders on a range of bilateral and global issues. In his departure statement, Modi said France occupies a special place in India’s strategic vision, while…
