NEW DELHI: The US embassy in India has warned that "committing assault, theft, or burglary in the United States won't just cause you legal issues -- it could lead to your visa being revoked and make you ineligible for future US visas". The warning was issued days after a video of an Indian woman who tried to leave a store with a cart full of items without paying went viral. This also prompted the embassy to say, "The US values law and order and expects foreign visitors to follow all US laws."Res...Read More
Jammu, Jul 17: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday visited AIIMS Jammu to review its functioning and expressed satisfaction over the remarkable progress made by the institution in a short span of time. He was accompanied by Advisor to the Chief Minister, Nasir Aslam Wani. The Chief Minister was received by Executive Director and CEO of AIIMS Jammu, Prof. Dr. Shakti Kumar Gupta. Divisional Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar and Deputy Commissioner Samba, Rajesh Sharma were also present, said ...Read More
Jammu, July 17: 'Diverse Colours of Jammu and Kashmir', a unique dance-based presentation of Natrang Jammu was showcased here Thursday at IIT Jammu in connection with 10th National Conference on Computer Vision Patron Image processing and Graphics (NCVPRIPG-25) organised by IIT Jammu.According to a statement issued here, conceived, designed and directed by Padamshree Balwant Thakur this mind-blowing presentation mesmerised everyone with highly electrifying performance. This unique dance show aim...Read More
The censors felt that the dialogue would hurt certain sentiments, especially those of the Muslim population. Kabir Khan's Bajrangi Bhaijaan, starring Salman Khan as the lead, is one of the most talked-about films in both their filmographies. With its deep political messaging and balanced entertainment, the film has amassed a great fan following over the years. As the film clocks 10 years, the director opened up to SCREEN and revealed that the CBFC asked him to make a major edit. In the film, O...Read More
Srinagar, Jul 17: After one of the hottest and driest Junes in nearly five decades, Kashmir has witnessed a dramatic weather shift with surplus rainfall bringing much-needed relief to the region. Kashmir recorded 47.67 mm of rain in just over two weeks of July, reducing its annual rainfall deficit from 50 percent to 28 percent, officials said. The rains have been especially welcomed by farmers and orchardists who were struggling under prolonged dry conditions and soaring temperatures last mont...Read More
Srinagar- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday expressed satisfaction over the rapid progress of AIIMS Jammu, stating that the institution is on track to become one of the best among the 23 AIIMS in the country. "If we look at the 22 other AIIMS in the country, perhaps the best AIIMS will be counted as that of Jammu. Not only do patients from Jammu come here for treatment, but also patients from neighbouring states have begun coming here," Omar told reporters during his visit to the AIIMS c...Read More
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police's Crime Branch on Thursday booked a tahsildar and six other persons for defrauding a woman in a land sale, accusing them of altering land records, fraud and corruption. SSP Abdul Wahid of Economic Offences Wing (Crime Branch Kashmir) said searches were carried out at multiple locations in Srinagar and Budgam districts in connection with an FIR against seven persons, including a tahsildar, for corruption, cheating, false mutations and wrongful insertions in rev...Read More
New Delhi, July 17: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital. In a post on X, PMO India, according to the news agency -- Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said, "Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Shri @manojsinha, met Prime Minister @narendramodi." The meeting came amidst heightened administrative and security focus in the Union Territory. Though details about what transpired during the meeting remained undisclosed, the interac...Read More
Lucknow, Jul 17 (PTI) To curb illegal mining and transportation, the Uttar Pradesh government is deploying advanced technologies under the Integrated Mining Surveillance System (IMSS), a release said on Thursday. Mining activities are already being monitored through drones, geo-fencing, RFID tags, and AI-powered check gates. Now, the state is set to introduce 'Weigh-In-Motion' (WIM) technology to accurately track vehicle overloading. Also Read | 'Arvind Kejriwal Used Government Funds to Buy Mo...Read More
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Director Professor Dinesh Prasad Saklani defended the content of the Class 8 Social Science textbook on Thursday, asserting that the historical facts included are grounded in well-established and authentic sources. 'All the historical facts and evidence mentioned in the Class 8 Social Science textbook published by NCERT are based on historical sources and texts like Baburnama, Banaras Gazetteer, Maas...Read More
In the letter, the association said the Kashmiri women students have been systematically targeted. This incident follows the 2022 Karnataka hijab ban, currently under Supreme Court review after a split verdict. Bengaluru: The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Tuesday, July 15 wrote to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah stating that Muslim students wearing hijab were barred from attending classes and threatened with expulsion at a Bengaluru college. The alleged case of re...Read More
Srinagar, July 17 (UNI) A lady pilgrim from Rajasthan died due to a shooting stone incident along the Amarnath Yatra route in Ganderbal district, officials said. The incident occurred along the Baltal axis, one of the two routes leading to the Amarnath shrine in South Kashmir. The slain lady has been identified as 52-year- old Sona, a resident of Rajasthan. "The lady yatri died due to the shooting stone incident along the yatra route," a senior police officer said. The Amarnath Yatra Yatra h...Read More
Srinagar: Another batch of 6,064 pilgrims left for Kashmir from Jammu on Wednesday to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, as over 2.34 lakh had 'darshan' during the last 13 days. Officials said over 2.34 lakh Yatris have so far performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra since it started on July 3. "Another batch of 6,064 yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas Jammu in two escorted convoys for the Valley today. First escorted convoy of 95 vehicles carrying 2,471 yatris left at 3.30 a.m. for Baltal bas...Read More
Mumbai: A 40-year-old man has been arrested in Mumbai for allegedly strangling his five-year-old stepdaughter and dumping her body in the Arabian Sea. The body was discovered floating near Sassoon Dock in Colaba on Tuesday morning, leading to the swift arrest of the accused.According to the police, the child had been reported missing from the Antop Hill area in Central Mumbai a day earlier. Her mother, Nazia, who works as a housemaid, and Imran Shaikh, the accused, had approached the Antop Hill ...Read More
Srinagar, July 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Another batch of 6,064 pilgrims left for Kashmir from Jammu on Wednesday to perform the ongoing Amarnath Yatra, as over 2.34 lakh had 'darshan' during the last 13 days. Officials said over 2.34 lakh Yatris have so far performed the ongoing Amarnath Yatra since it started on July 3. "Another batch of 6,064 yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas Jammu in two escorted convoys for the Valley today. First escorted convoy of 95 vehicles carrying 2,471 yatris left a...Read More
Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday extended support to her Jammu & Kashmir counterpart Omar Abdullah for his defiant move against the Centre on Martyrs' Day, questioning why a democratically elected chief minister would not be allowed the freedom to visit a graveyard."What is wrong in visiting the graveyard of martyrs? This is not only unfortunate, it also snatches the democratic right of a citizen. What happened this morning to the elected Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is unacceptable. Shocki...Read More
Jairam Ramesh criticizes Donald Trump's repeated claims of resolving the India-Pakistan conflict, highlighting Trump's assertion of averting a nuclear war through trade leverage, made 22 times in 65 days. Ramesh questions Prime Minister Modi's silence on Trump's statements, while India's Ministry of External Affairs reiterates its stance on bilateral resolution of Jammu and Kashmir issues and denies trade influence. Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday pointed that US President D...Read More
The opposition has been demanding a debate on Operation Sindoor -- the strike on terror sites in Pakistan by the Indian armed forces in response to the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22. Congress parliamentary party leader Sonia Gandhi will chair a key meeting on Tuesday to finalise the party's strategy for the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament which is expected to witness confrontations between the opposition and the government on a host of issues. Opposition parties are expected ...Read More
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah inaugurated a new hospital block, emphasizing the pivotal role of health and education in the region's development. Acknowledging past challenges, including a significant fire, he hailed the resilience and commitment of the medical staff while looking toward a brighter healthcare future. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday emphasized the critical role of health and education in the Union Territory's progress as he inaugurated ...Read More
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NEW DELHI: Non-fossil fuel sources now make up half of India's power generation capacity of 484.8 GW (gigawatt), a milestone the country has achieved five years ahead of the target set under its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) committed in the Paris climate agreement."In a world seeking climate solutions India is showing the way," renewable energy minister Pralhad Joshi said in a post on X on Monday, crediting the progress to PM Modi's stewardship of "Bharat's green transformation tow...Read More
JAMMU, July 15: Over 13,400 pilgrims drawn from different parts of country today performed darshan at Himalayan cave situated at the height of 3880 metres in South Kashmir district of Anantnag from twin tracks of Baltal and Nunwan-Pahalgam. Officials said that 13,490 yatris paid obeisance at holy cave by this evening. They said with this, the total number of pilgrims who visited cave shrine in last 13 days has touched 2,34,001. The 13,490 pilgrims included 9096 males, 3546 females, 199 childre...Read More
Srinagar, July 14 (UNI) As part of its ongoing efforts to ensure the safety and security of pilgrims undertaking the Amarnath Yatra, Police in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir conducted a detailed mock drill along the designated Yatra route today. So far more than two lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir Himalayas , since the Yatra began on July 3 Police said the mock drill was carried out at strategically significant points to assess the...Read More
Bengaluru: Karnataka State Women's Commission chairperson Nagalakshmi Choudhary has urged chief minister Siddaramaiah to constitute a special investigation team (SIT) to probe decades-old allegations of disappearances, unnatural deaths, and sexual assaults of women in Dharmasthala, a major temple town in Dakshina Kannada district.In a letter on Monday, Choudhary wrote, "The Commission has taken serious note of reports aired by some media outlets on July 12, 2025, which included claims about the ...Read More
Srinagar- Despite overcast weather in the higher reaches of Kashmir, the annual Amarnath Yatra continues without major disruption, with over 2.34 lakh pilgrims having performed darshan at the holy cave since the pilgrimage began this year. According to official figures, a total of 13,490 devotees performed darshan on July 15 alone. The pilgrims included 9,096 men, 3,546 women, 199 children, 67 sadhus, and 14 sadhvis. Additionally, 568 security personnel also availed the darshan at the sacred sh...Read More
New Delhi: The death sentence of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who was sentenced to death in Yemen, has been postponed for the time being. She was to be executed by shooting today, July 16. According to media reports, activist groups and influential religious leaders intervened in the matter, after which the death sentence of Nimisha Priya was postponed. Earlier, many efforts were also made at the diplomatic level to save Nimisha from the death penalty. There is also news that the victim's family...Read More
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today inaugurated a 120-bedded additional block at the Bones & Joints Hospital, Srinagar, reaffirming his government's commitment to strengthening the two foundational pillars of development -- health and education. After inauguration, the Chief Minister also took a round of the operation theatres, staircase, ramp and wards, and interacted with the hospital staff and faculty members, an official press release informed. It said addressing a large gathering...Read More
Pune: The ongoing pre-non-interlocking and non-interlocking works to develop the Hadapsar railway station would affect trains' movement in the Daund-Pune section this week from Thursday till Sunday. A total of 17 trains, including DEMUs from Pune to Daund and Baramati to Pune, Pune-Harangul Express (01487), Harangul-Pune Express (01488), Solapur-Pune Intercity Superfast Express (12169) and Pune-Solapur Intercity Express (12170), would remain cancelled on Sunday (July 20), a railway official said...Read More
Srinagar, Jul 15: Over a decade since the devastating floods of 2014 rendered a major part of the Bone and Joint Hospital here 'unsafe', the new building funded by World Bank as part of Jhelum-Tawi Flood Recovery Project was inaugurated today by J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah. The new hospital building is expected to alleviate the inconveniences faced by patients and doctors at the congested, dilapidated existing structures. The new state-of-art building is a G+5 structure with modular opera...Read More
Chennai: Madras high court has clarified that private self-financing medical colleges are required to pay only a stipend, and not a full salary, to in-service govt doctors pursuing postgraduate or super-specialty courses under the govt quota.A division bench of Justice R Subramanian and Justice K Surender passed the order while partly allowing a batch of appeals moved by Karpaga Vinayaga Medical College and others. They challenged a single judge's order that directed private colleges to pay sala...Read More