Cabinet readies reply to L-Gs TBR questions After Lieutenant-Governor Manoj Sinha returned a file on Transaction of Business Rules (TBR) to the government, the Cabinet led by CM Omar Abdullah met on Monday to draft a comprehensive response to the queries raised by the L-G with regard to the rules. This comprehensive response from the Cabinet will be sent to the Raj Bhawan, senior National Conference leader and MLA Tanvir Sadiq said, adding, The TBR is a work in process. And we hope there will be

BHOPAL: More than two decades after special anti-dacoit informers played a key role in elimination of inter-state dacoits from the ravines of Chambal, Madhya Pradesh is set to replicate the same strategy to end the menace of left-wing extremism (LWE) in three districts bordering Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra. The state cabinet on Tuesday approved 850 posts for a special auxiliary force for Maoist-affected Balaghat, Mandla and Dindori districts for one year. The 850 volunteers will get a monthly h

CHANDIGARH: Potash reserves have been discovered by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) in Fazilka and Muktsar districts of Punjab but are not likely to be harnessed for the next few years, prompting the AAP-led state government to accuse the Centre of adopting a discriminatory treatment regarding exploration of the mineral. According to sources, the central agencys assessment says it may not be economically viable to mine potash as the mineral has a low concentration of 7% to 10%. Till date po

NEW DELHI: Terror headquarters of banned Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen were targeted under 'Operation Sindoor' with IAF carrying out night raids on the nine hideouts located in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, officials said here on Wednesday. Among the targets hit in a precise operation were Markaz Subhan Allah at Bahawalpur, Sarjal at Tehra Kalan, Markaz Abbas in Kotli and Syedna Bilal camp in Muzaffarabad (all of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed terror group). Mark

NEW DELHI: India, through a well-calibrated and calculated approach, had designed and developed the modus operandi for Operation Sindoor to avenge those who had desecrated the sindoor of Indian women in Pahalgam on 22 April. It took nearly 89 days to formulate Operation Sindoor, with an additional three to four days discreetly spent refining the strategy to target terror modules and camps in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) under the same operation. Sources here stated that India continuously ada

NEW DELHI: Indian airlines have cancelled their flights to and from various cities, including Jammu and Srinagar, amid airspace restrictions in the wake of Indian armed forces carrying out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan. Air India said that in view of the prevailing situation, the airline has cancelled all its flights to and from Jammu, Srinagar, Leh, Jodhpur, Amritsar, Bhuj, Jamnagar, Chandigarh and Rajkot till noon. Two international flights en route to Amritsar are being divert

NEW DELHI: Three civilians were killed in a major exchange of fire along the Line of Control and the International Borders across the Jammu and Kashmir light up with the Artillery pressed into action. The Army confirmed, they are responding in a proportionate manner. Three innocent civilians lost their lives in indiscriminate firing and shelling. During the night of 06-07 May 2025, Pakistan Army resorted to arbitrary firing including Artillery shelling from posts across the Line of Control and I

NEW DELHI: In the wake of launching Operation Sindoor , a series of precision strikes targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), India has begun briefing key global partners on its actions. Senior Indian officials have spoken to counterparts in the United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Russia, providing details of the operation and the intelligence that prompted it. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval talked with Marco Rubio, who serves a

India has launched Operation Sindoor on Wednesday early morning hitting nine terrorist sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied sites, the Defence ministry announced. A little while ago, the Indian armed forces launched Operation Sindoor, hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed, an Indian Defence Ministry statement said. Altogether nine sites have been attacked, the statement add

LUCKNOW: In the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack, the Uttar Pradesh government has intensified a statewide crackdown to identify suspected Rohingya and Bangladeshi infiltrators, with around 300 individuals flagged in the Varanasi zone alone and their details sent to West Bengal for parental root verification. According to ADG Varanasi Zone Piyush Mordia, under the fresh exercise a part of a statewide drive all clusters where suspected infiltrators could be present are on the radar of au

DEHRADUN: Hindu groups took to the streets in massive protest raising slogans against the alleged rape of a minor girl in Uttarakhand's Nainital district Tensions remain high in the area despite the arrest of the accused, Osman. The protest march began from Mallital and culminated in a rally in front of the Nagar Palika. The protesters clashed with police during the demonstration. Despite efforts by the police to barricade the route, the protesters managed to break through and proceeded towards

NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force will carry out a two-day mega military exercise along the border with Pakistan from Wednesday that will involve all the frontline fighter jets, including Rafale, Su-30 and Jaguar aircraft, sources in the defence establishment said on Tuesday. The exercise is taking place amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan over the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people. India's civil aviation authorities have already issued a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM

NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday hit out at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for refusing to recognise cross-border linkages to the Pahalgam terror attack . The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) described the OIC's statement on the attack as absurd and said it was made at Pakistan's behest. The OIC statement, issued at the behest of Pakistan, is absurd in refusing to recognise the facts of the Pahalgam terrorist attack and its cross-border linkages, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said

NEW DELHI: In an apparent reference to the Indus Waters Treaty being put in abeyance , Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said earlier even the water which rightfully belonged to India went outside the country but it will now flow for India's benefit and will be utilised for the country. Addressing the ABP Network's 'India@2047' Summit, Modi asserted that for taking big decisions and achieving objectives, it is important to give primacy to national interest and believe in the country's capa

PATNA: Bihar police on Tuesday instructed senior officers to enhance security along the India-Nepal border and other sensitive areas, following heightened tensions after the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam , Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 26 tourists. Tension between the two neighboring countries has escalated after the Pahalgam incident. The directives warned of possible attacks by terrorists on political personalities or religious leaders, security personnel, sensitive installations, cr

PATNA: Police on Tuesday used baton charge to disperse a group of job aspirants protesting outside Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumars official residence, demanding the release of supplementary results for the Teacher Recruitment Examination (TRE-3). Several protestors claimed they were injured in the police lathi-charge and warned of intensifying their agitation if the government failed to meet their demands. The TRE-3 aspirants said they had been protesting for the past four months, but had yet

CHANDIGARH: In a major blow to Pakistans ISI-backed cross-border terror networks, the State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) Amritsar of Punjab Police, in a joint operation with a central agency, recovered a large cache of terror hardware. The cache was recovered during an intelligence-led operation carried out at a secluded forested area near Tibba Nangal-Kular Road in the SBS Nagar district of the State. Director General of Police, Punjab, Gaurav Yadav said that the recovered terror hardware incl

GUWAHATI: A day after he claimed Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi met a Pakistani Army official during his visit to the neighbouring country, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said the Jorhat MP had taken 90 boys and girls to the Pakistani embassy in New Delhi for radicalisation. Gaurav Gogoi went to Pakistan in a personal capacity. He was accompanied by his wife (Elizabeth Colburn, a British national). She returned to India after seven days but he stayed back for another seven-eig

India and UK have signed a historic free trade agreement, successfully concluding three years of talks, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Tuesday. In a historic milestone, India and the UK have successfully concluded an ambitious and mutually beneficial Free Trade Agreement, along with a Double Contribution Convention, Modi said in a post on 'X' after a conversation with UK counterpart Keir Starmer. PM Modi added that the landmark agreement would deepen the strategic ties between both co

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday compared reservation in the country with a train and said those who enter the compartment don't want others to come in. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh made the remarks while hearing a plea opposing the other Backwards Class (OBC) reservation in Maharashtra local body elections. Senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, appearing for petitioner Mangesh Shankar Sasane, submitted that Maharashtra government's Jayant Kumar Banthia-led commis

In a historic milestone, India and the UK have successfully concluded an ambitious and mutually beneficial Free Trade Agreement, said PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday. The trade talks with the UK had resumed in February this year after a hiatus of nine months. The 14th round of negotiations for the FTA, which began on January 10 last year, was underway till May 2024 when the process was paused by the UK side due to their elections. According to a press statement by the ministry of commerce in Februar

CHANDIGARH: Amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, civil defence mock drills will be held at 20 places in Punjab, besides several locations in Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh on Wednesday, as per instructions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). In Punjab, the mock drills will be held in Amritsar, Bathinda, Ferozepur, Gurdaspur, Batala, Hoshiarpur, Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Adampur, Halwara, Patiala, Pathankot, Barnala, Mohali, Faridkot, Kotkapura, Rupnagar, Bhakr

On the second day of her visit to the violence-hit areas of Murshidabad, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that rioters are being brought to the state from outside to orchestrate violence. She urged people not to create division among themselves by paying heed to the BJP or religious fundamentalists. Rioters are being brought to Bengal from outside, do not get provoked by them... Do not create division among yourselves listening to the BJP or any religious fundamental

LUCKNOW: A day before the scheduled mock drill mandated by the Union government, civil defence volunteers conducted a rehearsal at the Lucknow police lines on Tuesday to strengthen emergency preparedness. Meanwhile, UP DGP Prashant Kumar, on Tuesday, said that comprehensive civil defence mock drills would be conducted across all districts on Wednesday in compliance of the instructions received from the Government of India. The exercise, which involved around 200 civil defence volunteers, was aim

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab police continued their statewide crackdown against protesting farmers associated with farmer unions Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) who were prevented from reaching Shambhu police station on the border with Haryana for a day-long dharna. A strict warning was issued by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann against any sort of road or rail blockade apart from plans for protests or strikes causing inconvenience to the general public. All road

AHMEDABAD: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) launched coordinated raids across Gujarat on May 6, probing a money laundering case linked to alleged financial irregularities involving Waqf properties. The agencys investigation stems from an FIR filed by Ahmedabad Police against key suspects, including Salim Khan Jumma Khan Pathan, Mohammad Yasar Abdulhamiya Sheikh, Mehmud Khan Jumma Khan Pathan, Fezmohamad Pir Mohammad Chobdar, and Saheed Ahmad Yakubhai Sheikh, under the Prevention of Money Launder

CHANDIGARH: Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi met the family members of Navy officer Lt Vinay Narwal, who was killed in the terror attack in Pahalgam. Sources said that Rahul Gandhi reached Narwal's residence in Karnal, Haryana, in the afternoon to express condolences. He was accompanied by Haryana Congress president Udai Bhan, MP from Rohtak, Deepender Singh Hooda, MLA Indu Raj Narwal, Youth Congress president Divyanshu Budhiraja, Bhupinder Lather, beside

NEW DELHI: Just two months after an Air India flight from Chicago to Delhi earned international 'notoriety' due to blocked toilets, it has just come to light that a similar incident took place on May 2. This time it involved a flight from Toronto to Delhi. Air India billed the incident as 'a technical issue.' The incident took place on flight AI 188, a Boeing 777 aircraft, carrying nearly 250 passengers. The flight had taken off only at 5.53 pm (local time) from Toronto with a delay of 5 hours a

RANCHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had cancelled his Kashmir visit after eceiving an intelligence report three days before the Pahalgam terror attack last month. He also claimed that the Centre accepted intelligence failure in an all-party meeting and said it should be held accountable for ot reinforcing security arrangements in Kashmir to protect people. I got information that three days before the attack, an intelligence report

SRINAGAR: PDP supremo Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday wrote to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and said security agencies' response to the Pahalgam attack appeared to be a sweeping and indiscriminate crackdown, pointing to hundreds being detained or booked under the stringent Public Safety Act. With the Amarnath Yatra approaching, Mehbooba also sought Sinha's intervention in putting an end to the policy of arrests and punitive measures and ensure the release of innocents. The respons

AHMEDABAD: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted multiple searches in Gujarat as part of a money laundering investigation linked to alleged financial irregularities and misuse of certain Waqf properties in the state, official sources said. A case has been filed by the agency under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) taking cognisance of a Ahmedabad Police FIR field against one Salim Khan Jumma Khan Pathan, Mohammad Yasar Abdulhamiya Sheikh, Mehmud Khan Jumma Khan Pathan, Fez

AHMEDABAD: At least 14 persons have died in rain-related incidents as thunderstorms, along with strong winds and dust storms, battered several parts of Gujarat, officials said on Tuesday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast thunderstorms with lightning and strong winds of up to 50-60 kmph across the state for the next few days. As many as 168 out of 253 talukas in the state received unseasonal rains in the last 24 hours, with Kheda, Gandhinagar, Mehsana and Vadodara districts

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Maharashtra state election commission to notify local body elections in the state within four weeks. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh said the contentious issue of OBC reservation in local body polls of Maharashtra will be as it existed prior to the 2022 Banthia Commission report. The top court accepted the commission report which recommended census to fix exact data on OBCs and reserve 27 per seats for the category in local

RAIPUR: A woman Maoist in uniform was killed in an encounter with the security forces in Bijapurs south-west forested border area adjoining Telangana, Bastar police said on Tuesday. Three women Naxalites were earlier killed in an exchange of fire with security forces on April 24. So far, four bodies, all women cadres of banned CPI (Maoists), besides several weapons have been recovered during the ongoing decisive inter-state operation involving more than 10,000 security personnel over the past 12

RAIPUR: A woman Naxalite was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district amid the ongoing massive anti-Naxal operation in the area, a senior police official said on Tuesday. The gunfight took place on Monday in the forest around Karregutta hills along Chhattisgarh-Telangana border, Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj P told PTI. With this encounter, the bodies of four women Maoists have been recovered in the area since security forces launched

SUCHERGARH: Farmers living along the nearly 200-km-long International Border in Jammu and Kashmir are racing against time to complete the harvest process amid heightened tension following the Pahalgam terror attack. In the three districts of Jammu, Samba, and Kathua, about 1.25 lakh hectares of agricultural land falls within the shelling range of Pakistan. Villages like Treva, Mahashe-de-Kothe, Chandu Chak, Gharana, Bulla Chak, and Korotana Kalan are witnessing a flurry of activity, with familie

HUBBALLI: Five people were killed, including three women, in a collision involving a truck and a car on Tuesday morning. According to police, the accident occurred near Ingalahalli cross on the outskirts of the district headquarter town of Hubballi. The victims were from Sagar in Shivamogga district, who were on their way to Bagalkot. The bodies have been shifted to the Karnataka Medical College and Research Institute for autopsy. A case has been registered and investigation is on.

NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the governments of Punjab and Haryana to cooperate with the Centre to resolve the Sutlej-Yamuna Link (SYL) canal row. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Augustine George Masih was informed by the Centre that it has already taken effective steps to resolve the issue amicably. We direct both the states to cooperate with the Union of India in arriving at an amicable solution, the bench said. The bench said it would hear the matter on August 13 if it

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the vehement submissions of few convicts that a two-judge bench cannot hear their appeals against conviction as the matter pertained to the award of death penalty to 11 accused in the 2002 Godhra train burning case. Senior advocate Sanjay Hegde, appearing for two convicts, told a bench comprising Justices J K Maheshwari and Aravind Kumar that it has been held in the Red Fort terror attack case, in which Mohammad Arif alias Ashfaq was handed down t

NEW DELHI: 21 Supreme Court judges, including the CJI, disclosed their and their spouse's assets to the public on Monday night, in accordance with a full-court decision to put up relevant information in the public domain. This move is expected to enhance transparency in the judiciary. The information is available on the Supreme Court's website, www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in . The sanctioned strength of judges in the apex court is 34; at present, there is one post lying vacant. The 12 judges who

SHAHJAHANPUR: Six persons were killed in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and a car in Madnapur area here, police said on Tuesday. The incident took place near Kawilpur village on the Bareilly-Etawah road on Monday night, Superintendent of Police (SP) Rajesh Dwivedi said. The impact of the collision was so severe that the motorcycle's fuel tank exploded and caught fire, he said. While car occupants Sudhir (40) and Sonu (18) died on the spot, the four motorcycle riders -- Ravi (20), Akash

NEW DELHI: Amid heightened tensions with Pakistan following the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22, the Indian government is ramping up civil defence preparedness across the country. Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan has convened a crucial meeting on Tuesday with the chief secretaries of all states and Union Territories (UTs) to review measures and finalise protocols for a massive nationwide civil defence mock drill . According to officials, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to engage with all political parties and adopt the Telangana model for conducting a caste census. He also called for a constitutional amendment to remove the 50 per cent cap on reservations and immediate implementation of Article 15(5) to extend reservations for SCs, STs, and OBCs in private educational institutions. Kharge emphasised that conducting a caste census is essential to ensure justice for mar

Pakistani troops have once again violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, continuing a series of unprovoked attacks across multiple sectors. This marks the 12th consecutive night of such provocations, heightening the already volatile situation between the two nations. The latest round of shelling by Pakistani forces, which began late last night, has prompted a swift and calibrated response from the Indian Army. The exchange of fire is a direct result of escala

NEW DELHI: After the Pahalgam terror episode, the security environment is witnessing another breach through cyber attacks targeting websites linked to defence establishments. These include the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), Indias premier defence think tank, and the Indian Military Engineering Service (MES). The recent cyber breach came to attention via the X account, Pakistan Cyber Force, claiming that the group allegedly gained access to sensitive data.

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will hold a high-level meeting this week with Union Minister of Jal Shakti CR Patil and Cabinet colleagues from the power, irrigation, and renewable energy departments to discuss strategies for accelerating hydropower projects that have stalled or slowed down due to Pakistans objections. This will be Shahs third meeting with Patil following the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). Under the IWT, India had to notify Pakistan at least six months bef

NEW DELHI: In a move that could complicate Elon Musk-led Starlinks entry into the Indian market, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has issued a fresh set of stringent security instructions for Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) service providers. Under the new directives, satellite communications operators are prohibited from allowing access to their networks through terminals located outside Indias geo-fenced coverage area or through gateways situated abroad. Add

CHANDIGARH: The Punjab police have placed under house arrest senior farmer leaders and activists, including Jagjit Singh Dallewal, on the eve of Tuesdays protest outside the Shambhu police station announced by the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM Non-Political). The protest is against the alleged injuries sustained by farmers in police action at the Shambhu and Khanauri borders on March 19. Sources said a police team reached Dallewals village in Faridkot early Monday morning. They asked him to stay ind

The much-anticipated World Audio Video Entertainment Summit (WAVES) aimed at leveraging Indias creative economy and positioning India as a major player in the global entertainment sector recently concluded in Mumbai. Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the summit, while Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and a cavalry of Union ministers ensured the WAVES created ripples in the entertainment industry worldwide. Surprisingly though, apart from their first-day appearance, both deputy chief ministers, A

SRINAGAR: Ahead of the annual Amarnath Yatra which begins on July 3 the authorities concerned have begun the process to register and tag the horses used by pony ride operators for ferrying pilgrims and their goods to the Amarnath cave with unique ID numbers. The process of registration and tagging of ponies started at the Amarnath Yatra base camp at Nunwan in Pahalgam on Monday. Mushtaq Ahmed Bhat, Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Department of Animal Husbandry (Kashmir), said the pony owners hav