Katra/Jammu: The helicopter service to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district resumed on Wednesday after being suspended for a week due to the military standoff between India and Pakistan, officials said. This came a day after flight operations recommenced at 32 airports, including Jammu and Srinagar, following the suspension of…
New Delhi: The security cover of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has been strengthened with the addition of two bullet-resistant vehicles following a review of his Z-category armed central protection recently, official sources said on Wednesday. The move comes days after a military conflict between India and Pakistan, and amid New Delhi’s punitive diplomatic measures…
New Delhi: India on Tuesday appeared to push back against US President Donald Trump’s offer of mediation on the Kashmir issue, assertion on trade and his claims of defusing a nuclear conflict in the context of hostilities between Indian and Pakistani militaries following the Pahalgam terror attack. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) also seemed…
New Delhi: A top officer of the Indian armed forces on Tuesday briefed a gathering of foreign defence attaches on the “successful conduct” of Operation Sindoor which it said has set “new normals in India-Pakistan relations”, highlighting the country’s strength and national resolve through military superiority in the “new-age warfare”. During the nearly 30-minute closed-door…
Ambikapur: Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday said Pakistan will cease to exist on the world map if it resorts to any misadventure against India. He also urged the people of Chhattisgarh to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘one nation, one election’, saying that frequent polls hinder the country’s progress and cause…
New Delhi: India on Tuesday said the punitive diplomatic and economic measures it announced against Pakistan following the Pahalgam attack, including the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), will remain in place. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said India will keep the IWT in abeyance until Pakistan “credibly and irrevocably” abjures its support…
New Delhi: More than 93 per cent of students have cleared the CBSE class 10 board exams, the results of which were declared on Tuesday, with girls outperforming boys by over two percentage points, according to Examination Controller Sanyam Bhardwaj. This year, 93.66 per cent of candidates have cleared the exams, marginally up from last…
Srinagar: Three terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Based on a specific input about the presence of terrorists in the Shukroo Keller area of the south Kashmir district, security forces launched a cordon and search operation there. They said the search operation turned…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled to the Adampur air base in Punjab on Tuesday morning and interacted with air force personnel, official sources said. A source said, “PM Modi went to the Adampur air base early morning. He was briefed by Air Force personnel and he also interacted with our brave jawans.” Modi’s…
Belgavi: Three religious books have been found burnt in a field near here on Monday, and a probe has been initiated, police said. Following the incident, the community members staged a protest demanding the immediate arrest of the culprits. According to the police, some miscreants allegedly gained entry into an under-construction religious building on Sunday night…
