Apex court acquits 1996 blast accused after he spends 23 years in prison NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Wednesday acquitted a man accused in the 1996 Rajasthan bomb blast case after finding no evidence against him, though he had already spent 23 years in jail. The court found the prosecution case against him “to be woefully…
As many as 91,623 number of waqf properties are pending at various stages of uploading NEW DELHI: Minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju informed Parliament on Wednesday that the data as on July 17 shows of the over 7.99 lakh waqf properties that have been been initiated for uploading on the UMEED Central Portal–2025 since it…
Naik was functioning as the main handler of the Saifullah group in Chatroo, said the police JAMMU: J&K Police late Tuesday arrested Mohammed Rafiq Naik, a key facilitator accused of providing logistical and operational support to foreign terrorists operating in Chatroo area in Kishtwar district.“Naik was functioning as the main handler of the Saifullah group…
Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44)closed due to landslides, mudslides, and shooting stones JAMMU: A couple died and four others were injured after a massive boulder fell on a tempo on Jammu-Srinagar national highway (NH-44) near Gangroo in Ramban district Wednesday. Meanwhile, J&K DyCM Surinder Chowdhary and NC Anantnag-Rajouri MP Mian Altaf Ahmad narrowly escaped separate landslides…
PM Modi meets NCP (SP) President Sharad Pawar, at Parliament House, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: A day after reaching Jantar Mantar to express solidarity with CJP protesters, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and his daughter Supriya Sule met PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday.NCP (SP) sources said the meeting focused on Maharashtra’s agrarian crisis, with…
Police officials carry the mortal remains of the Police constable who was killed in a terrorist attack SRINAGAR: A terrorist shot dead a J&K police head constable in Lal Chowk market of south Kashmir’s Anantnag town when it was bustling with shoppers around 12.30pm Wednesday. This marks the first attack in Kashmir since the Pahalgam…
Jaishankar with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi External affairs minister S Jaishankar underlined the significance of fair market access, trade balance and supply chain reliability in a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, while welcoming recent measures to normalise Sino-Indian ties like the upgrading of the visa framework and resumption of direct flights, Kailash pilgrimage…
NEW DELHI: The Central armed police forces (CAPFs) have planted nearly 6.7 crore saplings in the last five years as part of a countrywide plantation drive, the home ministry told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.Junior home minister Nityanand Rai, in reply to a written question, shared that the seven CAPFs — CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP,…
Cross-border drug trafficking has risen exponentially since 2021, with Punjab being the most affected state (representative image) NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Wednesday said drone-assisted, cross-border drug trafficking has risen exponentially since 2021, with Punjab being the most affected state, accounting for 298 of the 305 countrywide drone-related drug trafficking incidents last year.Replying to…
NEW DELHI: In the past six months, nearly 58% attempts to book train tickets online were by bots, not real people, the railway ministry informed Lok Sabha Wednesday. It said that on average 888 crore requests out of 1,538 crore in a month were bots, and those were flagged as automated requests and their access…
