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JAMMU: Two rusted mortar shells were found in two villages near the Pakistan border in Jammu’s Poonch on Monday and were safely destroyed later by the Army’s bomb disposal squad, officials said. Some villagers found one shell in Mankote area and alerted security forces, the officials said. The other shell was spotted on a farm…

JAMMU: At least 21 Bangladesh nationals, including four women and seven minors, were detained in J&K’s Ramban district last week. Officials were questioning them to learn who facilitated their movement to the Union Territory, official sources said Monday.The group was caught moving in two vehicles during a checking drive in Banihal on Aug 1, as…

The Census is also likely to collect passport numbers (where available) and Aadhaar numbers voluntarily. NEW DELHI: The population enumeration phase of Census 2027, which will capture caste for the first time since 1931, and most likely also record the date and birthplace of parents, will start in Ladakh and the snow-bound areas, J&K, Himachal…

Kulgam: Security personnel keep a vigil during an inspection of vehicles to maintain public safety following the recent terror attack in Anantnag, at Qaimoh, Kulgam district, Jammu and Kashmir. SRINAGAR: A suspect was arrested Monday in J&K’s Pulwama with a hand grenade, three “anti-national” posters and a mobile phone during a security overdrive spurred by…

The Supreme Court permitted governments to withdraw cases against student protesters. NEW DELHI: Paving the way for the dropping of cases against student protesters, Supreme Court on Monday permitted Delhi and state govts to withdraw or close FIRs lodged during NEET paper leak protests in different parts of India and said these youngsters must be…

NEW DELHI: India performed a record 20,138 organ transplants in 2025, crossing the 20,000-mark for the first time and registered a 6.5% increase over the previous year, according to National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation’s (NOTTO) annual report. The figure marks a fourfold rise from 4,990 transplants in 2013.Delhi-NCR recorded the highest number of transplants…

In June 2021, petroleum ministry had directed ARAI and IOCL, in association with SIAM, to carry out the study. NEW DELHI: Amid growing demand to make the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) study report on E20 fuel’s impact on E10-compatible vehicles public, govt agencies are looking at the possibility to release it to help…

Several states governed by opposition had stopped contributing to NPS and wanted to opt out, prompting Centre to put in place UPS from April 2025 NEW DELHI: For all the noise demanding an assurance on pension, Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) for central govt employees has received low traction.Data shared with Parliament Monday estimated the number…

NEW DELHI: Raising the possibility of Parliament’s monsoon session being a washout, opposition Monday told govt that a discussion on the Ram temple donation issue and Union minister Amit Shah’s statement on police’s alleged crackdown on students are a must for the legislature to function normally. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge called the absence of PM…