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NEW DELHI: Several gunshots were heard on Tuesday after security forces launched a search operation following information about suspected terrorist movement in a remote village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said.The intermittent firing was reported from the Najote forest area of Billawar, around 10 km from the Kamadh nallah in the Kahog forest…

General Upendra Dwivedi (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday reflected on Operation Sindoor, describing the counterterror military action as “ongoing” and warning Pakistan, that any “future misadventure will be resolutely responded.”General Dwivedi issued a direct warning to Islamabad, saying, “At least 6 terror camps still active across the LoC &…

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Tuesday justified his decision to align with Sharad Pawar’s faction of the NCP ahead of the upcoming local body polls in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad.In an interview with news agency ANI, Pawar said a joint election strategy was decided after it was learnt that votes would split…

Stray dogs issue: Activists, citizens protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday continued hearing the case on stray dogs, warning that states will likely pay a compensation for ‘not doing anything’ for every bite that leads to death or injury to either children or the elderly.The apex court also asked…

New Delhi: Former Indian Navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash (retired) on Monday reportedly submitted all the necessary documents linking him to the electoral roll from last special intensive revision (SIR), paving the way for early resolution of the matter relating to the system-driven notice issued to him after all the fields in his enumeration form…

Coinciding with the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday distributed scholarships worth Rs 25.25 crore to 1,709 meritorious students from economically weaker sections under the Delhi Higher and Technical Education Assistance Scheme. Addressing the scholarship distribution programme at Thyagaraj Stadium, Gupta said providing financial assistance to students was the…

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manish Tewari said there should be a deep study of the Gen-Z protests that brought down govts in three South Asian countries in the last three years to check if they were organic movements arising out of grievances.Tewari said these movements should be examined for the critical difference between autonomous agitations…

LUCKNOW: Residents of Parsa village in Kushinagar who rushed out after hearing screams were met with a scene of horror Monday – a man clobbering his wife and mother to death on the roof of their house, smashing their heads with a brick, and cannibalising them, reports Pathikrit Chakraborty. Sikandar Gupta, 30, was arrested at…

NEW DELHI: Retail inflation inched up to a three-month high in Dec, led by narrowing deflation in some food prices and fading favourable base effect, but remained below the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) tolerance level for the fourth month in a row.Data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday showed retail inflation,…

CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: The discovery of several Aadhaar, PAN, and voter identity cards in a garbage heap at Savarkar Chowk in Jalna city Sunday, barely three days ahead of the municipal corporation elections in Maharashtra, has raised concerns, reports Mohammed Akhef. Officials said the model code of conduct cell received a complaint, stating that 17 Aadhaar…