Representative image (ANI) JAMMU: Panic gripped a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Monday after subsidence caused large cracks in agricultural fields, roads, and residential buildings, prompting district administration to shift the occupants of two severely damaged houses to safer places.Four other houses that have developed cracks have been kept under close observation,…
US intelligence agencies have assessed that Iran now has the capability to effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz at will, giving Tehran a powerful new tool to disrupt the global economy despite a framework peace agreement expected to be formally signed later this week, according to a CNN report citing sources familiar with the…
Representative image (ANI) SRINAGAR: Over two months after being killed in an alleged encounter in north Kashmir’s Ganderbal and branded a “terrorist” by the Army, authorities handed over the body of a 28-year-old man to his family for final rites even as a magisterial inquiry continues into the shootout.The handover of Rashid Mughal’s remains marks…
The idea sounds like something lifted from satire rather than municipal policy. Yet for years, a handful of French towns became known for issuing decrees that appeared to forbid residents from dying within their boundaries. The orders attracted international attention because of their obvious impossibility. Death, after all, does not wait for administrative approval.Behind the…
SRINAGAR: Ladakh will soon have a conservation society for its snow leopards. Lieutenant governor Vinai Kumar Saxena approved its constitution on Tuesday. The union territory houses the maximum number of snow leopards in the country.The society, Snow leopard and High-Altitude Nature (SHAN), will work under the department of environment and forests, Ladakh, and act as…
The Kremlin on Tuesday said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy could travel to Moscow for talks if he is prepared for “responsible and serious” discussions aimed at resolving the Ukraine conflict, while stating that no official communication channels currently exist between Russia and Ukraine.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov made the remarks during a media briefing, according to…
NEW DELHI: As many as 23 states and Union territories have completed houselisting operations (HLO) — the first phase of Census 2027 — thus far while eight states/UTs are in the middle of it.On Tuesday, Himachal Pradesh became the latest state to start HLO field operations, while Kerala and Nagaland opened their self-enumeration window.Himachal Pradesh…
Mohamed Hussein broke down at the Texas GOP convention as he was asked to leave the US, while the convention deliberated on ‘Don’t Sharia Our Texas’. (Photo: Texas Tribune) Four Muslim members of the Republican Party went to attend the GOP Texas convention last weekend, only to be shown the door as the convention discussed…
NEW DELHi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his address at the G7 Summit on Tuesday to call for the protection of global maritime routes and seafarers, days after three Indian crew members were killed in a US military strike on a merchant vessel in the Gulf of Oman.Speaking at the outreach session titled Forging New…
The opposition parties on Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi following his interaction with US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 Summit.They alleged that the Prime Minister failed to assert India’s position after the deaths of three Indian nationals in a recent US military strike.Congress questions PM’s diplomatic postureCongress leaders shared a…