Srinagar: Authorities on Friday temporarily shut the Gondola ropeway service at the resort town of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district as a precautionary measure following the killings of four people, including two soldiers, in a terror attack, officials said. Two soldiers and two Army porters were killed in the attack on Thursday while…
Bhubaneshwar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Thursday said 1,600 of 4,431 pregnant women shifted to health centres due to cyclone Dana have given birth. The state has evacuated altogether 5,84,888 people, and the number could exceed 600,000 by Friday morning, he said. “These people are lodging in 6,008 cyclone shelters, where they are…
Bhubaneshwar: The landfall process of severe cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ began on Odisha coast on Thursday night and was expected to continue till Friday morning, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The coastal districts of Bhadrak, Kendrapara, Balasore and nearby Jagatsinghpur district witnessed sudden increase in wind speed which reached 100 kmph to 110 kmph and…
New Delhi: A broad consensus has been achieved by India and China on restoring the “ground situation” along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) pursuant to talks, including for patrolling and grazing cattle in the traditional areas, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday. Speaking at the Chanakya Defence Dialogue 2024, Singh described the agreement…
New Delhi: Calling Canada’s behaviour “the pits”, India’s recalled high commissioner Sanjay Verma says India was backstabbed and treated in a most unprofessional manner by a country that is supposed to be a friendly democracy. He told PTI that “a handful” of supporters of Khalistan have turned the ideology into a criminal enterprise, which indulges…
New Delhi: The Congress announced on Thursday that it would not field candidates in the nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh where by-polls are being held and would support INDIA bloc nominees. Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here along with the Congress’ Uttar Pradesh chief Ajay Rai, AICC general secretary Avinash Pande…
New Delhi: More than 70 flights of various Indian airlines received bomb threats on Thursday, according to sources. The sources said around 20 flights each of Air India, Vistara, and IndiGo have got the threats while Akasa Air has got the threats for about 14 flights. In 11 days, nearly 250 flights operated by the…
Ranchi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday hit out at the Congress, alleging that it treats Dalits as untouchable and third-class citizens. Sarma’s comments came in the wake of recent video clips purportedly showing AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge waiting outside as Priyanka Gandhi Vadra filed her nomination for the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency….
Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced an ex-gratia of Rs two lakh from Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund to the next of kin of each deceased in the building collapse here. Taking to ‘X’, the office of the Prime Minister of India (PMO India) posted: “Anguished by the loss of lives due to…
Bhubaneshwar: The coastal belt of Odisha experienced heavy rain and squally winds on Thursday morning with the sea condition remaining rough, as severe cyclonic storm ‘Dana’ approached closer to the state’s coast, the IMD said. The cyclone is likely to make landfall between Bhitarkanika National Park and Dhamra Port in Odisha early Friday with wind…
