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Terror has got a new address – south of Pir Panjal in Jammu and Kashmir. Delhi is worried how the theatre of terror has shifted from the north of Pir Panjal to the south of Pir Panjal in the last two years. NDTV also learnt that an urgent meeting of the Unified Command was called earlier this week to take stock of these terror attacks. They gave top priority to ensure the safety of pilgrims in the Amarnath yatra, which will start on June 29 and end on August 19. “Forces had thinned down over the years as the area…
The USA cricket team, playing its first T20 World Cup, has impressed with its solid show. With wins against Ireland and Pakistan, USA sit on the second spot in Group A. In fact, they have better chance than Pakistan to qualify for the Super 8 stage. However, there seems to be some trouble brewing. USA batter Jaskaran Malhotra, who was left out of the host nation’s 2024 T20 World Cup squad, engaged in a war of words with USA pacer Ali Khan on social media. USA batter Shayan Jahangir was dismissed for a golden duck during their loss to India. Malhotra took…
In a confounding move, Krishna Kumari Rai has quit as the MLA from Namchi-Singhithang just a day after she took the oath of office. Ms Rai is the wife of Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, whose party, Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), swept the recent elections, winning 31 of 32 Assembly seats as well as the lone Lok Sabha constituency in the state. Mr Tamang is in Arunachal Pradesh to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Pema Khandu, who is returning as chief minister. Ms Rai, who was contesting the Assembly elections for the first time, had won with a margin…
A criminal who had evaded arrest for over a decade fell for a honey trap laid by the Delhi Police in which a male constable posed as a woman on a social media platform, officials said on Thursday. The constable created a fake Instagram handle to lure 45-year-old Bunty, accused in 20 cases of snatching theft, possession of illegal arms and bootlegging at different police stations in Delhi, they said. “The accused was declared a proclaimed offender by a city court in June 26, 2013, in a case registered against him in Tilak Nagar Police Station,” Deputy Commissioner of Police…
Ambuja Cements, an Adani group firm, today announced the acquisition of Penna Cement Industries Ltd (PCIL) at an enterprise value of Rs 10,422 crore. A binding agreement for the acquisition has been signed, which will add 14 MTPA capacity to Adani group, taking the total tally to 89 MTPA (million tonnes per annum). Ambuja will acquire 100 per cent shares of PCIL from its existing promoter group P Pratap Reddy and family. PCIL has 14 MTPA capacity in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Rajasthan (under-construction). Besides, it has surplus clinker at Jodhpur plant which will support additional 3 MTPA cement grinding…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Italy. The summit, which will be held between June 13-15 at the luxurious Borgo Egnazia resort in Italy’s Apulia region, will likely be dominated by talks of ongoing wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Several leaders from across the world have arrived to attend the summit. US President Joe Biden, UK PM Rishi Sunak, France President Macron, Canada PM Justin Trudeau are among the attendees at the event. Here’s a glimpse at Italy PM Georgia Meloni welcoming the leaders from across the world- Italy PM Georgia…
Pradeep, father of 27-year-old Srihari who lived in the building that caught fire in Kuwait on Wednesday, which resulted in 49 deaths, was able to identify the body of his son only from the tattoo on his hand. Pradeep said he was called by the authorities to identify his son’s body kept in a hospital mortuary. “When I went there, I saw that the face was completely swollen and the nose was covered with soot. I was unable to identify him. I just could not… Then I told them that he had a tattoo on his hand. Based on that…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his historic third term, has reposed faith again in his most trusted advisers — Ajit Doval and PK Mishra. Mr Doval, 79, has been reappointed National Security Adviser. Mr Mishra retains his position as the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister. Mr Doval was appointed the NSA a decade ago when PM Modi swept to power with a massive mandate. He became the country’s key interlocutor for neighbouring countries. He also handled the external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). The appointment was inevitable, given Mr Doval’s formidable reputation as the country’s premier…
Holding that the transgenders should be treated only as a special category irrespective of their caste, the Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu government to not bring them under either female or male category for education and employment. Justice V Bhavani Subbaroyan in an order passed on June 12, 2024 said in ‘every employment and educational avenues,’ the government shall prescribe separate norms for transgenders. The government shall direct all the state recruiting agencies to specify transgender as a special category and prescribe separate norms for their cut-off mark. The age relaxation open to other special categories shall…
Lukose had bought a mobile phone for his elder daughter who had scored excellent marks in the plus two (class 12) board exams and was going to bring it next month when he planned to come home to arrange her admission in a nursing course in Bengaluru. However, what reached his family on Wednesday was unconfirmed news reports that the building he was living in, in Kuwait, was the one that had caught fire which claimed at least 49 lives and injured many others. One of his relatives told a TV channel on Thursday that friends of Lukose called and…