An NDRF personnel evacuates a youth from the middle of the Tawi river JAMMU: A joint team of J&K Police and SDRF rescued two individuals stranded in the Tawi near Prambli, in Jammu’s Phallian mandal, following a sudden rise in the river’s water level Thursday, even as the Army launched relief and evacuation operations in…
Sonam Wangchuk ended his hunger strike after 26 days NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Friday ended his 26-day hunger strike in the presence of Union ministers JP Nadda and Jitendra Singh, saying the decision followed prolonged negotiations and was taken to avoid any possibility of violence in the country. In a post on…
Prime Minister assures students that strict action will be taken against paper leaks on Friday NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday announced that government will bring in more strict actions against paper leaks. In a late night video message, PM Modi said that the Union Cabinet will discuss these stringent measures on Friday…
NEW DELHI: A delegation of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) will meet government ministers at 12.30 pm on Friday, PTI reported, citing sources, marking the first formal engagement after days of deadlock between the Centre and the student-led outfit over the alleged NEET paper leak.The meeting comes after repeated efforts by the government to initiate…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday appointed senior IAS officer Naresh Gangwar as the new education secretary, replacing Vineet Joshi, amid continuing protests over the alleged NEET paper leak.Gangwar, a 1994-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan cadre, was serving as secretary in the department of animal husbandry and aairying under the ministry of disheries, animal…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Thursday said it had identified and blocked more than 400 Pakistani social media handles allegedly spreading misinformation and rumours amid the ongoing protests, urging people not to fall for fake content circulating online.Addressing the media, deputy commissioner of Police (DCP) Sumit Jha said the same social media accounts had also…
Centre monitoring 2,485 Himalayan glacial lakes; 56 classified as ‘very high risk (Image/AP) NEW DELHI: The Centre on Thursday said it is monitoring 2,485 glacial lakes spread across the Himalayan river basins using remote sensing techniques. It also informed Parliament that 56 glacial lakes have been classified as ‘very high risk’ following a scientific assessment…
File photo: Activist Sonam Wangchuk NEW DELHI: Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Thursday appealed to supporters to maintain peace during the ongoing protests over the alleged NEET paper leak, saying some “antisocial elements” were trying to provoke violence and urging demonstrators to respond only with non-violence.In a post on X marking the 26th day of…
India rejects Pakistan’s ASEAN forum remarks NEW DELHI: India on Thursday categorically rejected Pakistan‘s comments at the Asean Regional Forum in Manila, calling them “baseless and unwarranted”.New Delhi slammed Islamabad of using the multilateral platform to peddle “state-sponsored disinformation” and divert attention from its record of sponsoring cross-border terrorism.“The Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir…
Tanul Thakur’s ‘Wild Wild East’ Uncovers the Human Cost of the American Dream Excerpts:Q: How did this book come about? A: I was an H1B worker in the US from 2011 to 2013. And during my time there as an electrical engineer, I got more than a whiff that there was some scam going on…