In the wake of emergence of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19, the Mumbai Police have prohibited New Year celebrations and gatherings in any closed or open space, including hotels and restaurants. The orders were issued on Wednesday under Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) Section 144 by Deputy Commissioner of Police (operations) S Chaitanya.
The defence minister laid the foundation stone of the Defence Technologies and Test Centre and the BrahMos Manufacturing Centre here, along with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, during the day.
The newly-formed militant group, 'Kashmir Tigers', claimed responsibility for the attack on the bus carrying police personnel in Jammu and Kashmir. Who are the 'Kashmir Tigers'?
The state Marine Police has progressively been integrated into the response mechanisms to deal with exigencies like natural calamities, search and rescue (SAR) operations, and also during the ongoing Covid pandemic wherein the seaward element of the lockdown was enforced by the coastal states
The state’s police said the alert has been sounded over possibility of terror strikes by Pakistan’s ISI and terror outfit Al-Qaeda.
Three back-to-back terror attacks rocked J&K on Tuesday, resulting in the deaths of the noted chemist Makhan Lal Bindroo and two other migrant workers.
MI5 Director General Ken McCallum said the UK could face “more risk” because of the withdrawal of NATO troops and the overthrow of the internationally backed Afghan government.
The Pentagon said the remaining contingent of US forces at the airport, now numbering fewer than 4,000, had begun their final withdrawal ahead of Biden's deadline for ending the evacuation on Tuesday.
President Joe Biden received information regarding anticipation of a repeated terror attack when he met with his national security team in the Situation Room alongside top commanders and diplomats in the field.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has released the compensation amount to families of six terror victims ahead of the second anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370.
Inspector-General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, said that security had been increased in strategic installations across the valley following Sunday's drone attack.
According to the Kashmir DGP Dilbagh Singh the drones are suspected to be used in both the blasts at the Air Force Station Jammu.
The NIA has alleged that PDP leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra has been a crucial player in sustaining the ‘political-separatist-terrorist’ nexus in Jammu and Kashmir.
The attack comes amid sharply rising tensions in the Middle East, a day after a mysterious explosion struck an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman.
'But I guess God wanted us to live on.'
The tunnel was unearthed following an investigation into the recent encounter near Nagrota on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
The Secretary-General expressed his deepest sympathies to the families of the victims and wished a speedy recovery to those injured.
Police said several shots were fired shortly after 8 pm on a lively street in the city centre and that there were six shooting locations.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.