Jammu and Kashmir Kashmir has lost 315 lakes since 1967
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir has lost nearly 3,000 hectares of lakes since 1967. A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India said the reduction in lake size contributed to the devastating floods in Kashmir in 2014.In 1967, there were 367…
Ward to Flowers: A Young Cancer Fighter’s Tulip Garden Tour
Srinagar: Hope blooms in the tulip gardens of Srinagar. Some kids with cancer just came back and had a great experience.The children were taken from Sher Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) to a garden on the banks of Dal Lake on Monday as part…
Jammu man lured to work in Russia, sent to war zone and killed
Representative image (AP) JAMMU: On September 13, 2025, a 23-year-old Jammu man, who had left for Russia more than a month ago with the dream of finding a job, made a WhatsApp call to his family, informing them that he would be sent to the front lines of…
Center proposes rules for managing environmentally hazardous tar balls, as well as space technology for monitoring and detecting oil spills
NEW DELHI: The Center has for the first time framed dedicated rules to manage tar balls – weathering products of oil spills resulting from marine pollution due to offshore oil exploration activities, tanker/ship accidents or pipeline leaks –…
Chhattisgarh chief minister meets PM Modi, PM Amit Shah; post-Mao development roadmap in focus
File photo (Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai and Prime Minister Narendra Modi) New Delhi: With the Bastar division in Chhattisgarh emerging from Maoist control, state Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home…
CEC impeachment motion dismissed: What can the opposition do next?
New Delhi: Union Congress Chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected the opposition’s impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.This is the first time that a notice signed by 130 members of the Lok Sabha and 63 members…
Delhi Assembly security scare: Masked man puts bouquet in speaker’s car – what we know so far
New Delhi: Delhi Police on Monday detained three suspects for violating security rules in the Delhi Assembly and placing bouquets and garlands in the Speaker’s car parked on the porch before escaping.According to officials, around 2 pm, an SUV with…
Rajya Sabha chief rejects motion to impeach poll body chief Gyanesh Kumar
CEC Gyanesh Kumar (file photo) New Delhi: Union Congress Chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected the impeachment motion against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, who is facing intense pressure from the opposition over his…
Supreme Court asks Bangladesh’s top bureaucrat to apologize for siege of SIR officials in Malda
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday opened an inquiry into the Malda incident over the West Bengal chief secretary’s “failure to answer calls” from the chief justice of the Calcutta High Court and asked him to apologize.The Supreme…