Category: Nationals

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron have appreciated the growing counter-terrorism and intelligence cooperation between the two countries, including through the mechanism of the India-France Joint Working Group on counter-terrorism. The two countries have welcomed the formalisation of cooperation between the National Security Guard (NSG) of India and the Groupe d’intervention de…

A multi-layer security grid has been put in place across J&K ahead of the Republic Day functions on January 26 amid a high alert in the security grid of the UT to foil any possible attempts by the terrorists to disrupt the official functions. Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vidhi Kumar Bhirdi said that…

Over 1,000 police personnel have been awarded with different categories of gallantry and service medals on the eve of the 75th Republic Day, a government statement said Thursday. This includes 277 gallantry medals. After the recent restructuring of medals, a total of 1,132 personnel of police, fire service, home guard and civil defence and correctional…

Home Minister Amit Shah will launch 75 e-buses for Jammu virtually from New Delhi in the function on January 25. He will also handover appointment letters to newly recruited JKAS officers and compassionate appointees of SRO-43. After virtual function by Shah, the job letters will be physically distributed among the youth. The youth will be present…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived at Ayodhya Ram Mandir to perform the Pran Pratishtha rituals. The invitees to the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple continued to arrive at the temple town on Monday morning with locals and devotees gathering on both sides of the road waving saffron flags and dancing to the tunes…

The Congress today declared that it would skip the massive inauguration ceremony being planned for the Ayodhya Ram Temple, saying it was a “political project” of the BJP and its ideological mentor Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. The party said its leaders — party chief Mallikarjun Kharge, his predecessor Sonia Gandhi and the party’s Lok Sabha leader…

India has recorded a single-day rise of 774 COVID-19 cases while the number of active cases stands at 4,187, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. Two deaths — one each from Tamil Nadu and Gujarat — were reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry’s data updated at 8 am. The…

Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari met Home Minister Amit Shah here on Thursday and raised several issues, including the recent killing of three civilians during an anti-terror operation in Poonch district. Three civilians, aged between 27 and 42, were found dead on December 22 after they were allegedly picked up by the…

Amid the rising number of coronavirus cases, a total of 263 cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 have been detected in the country so far. According to the INSACOG’s data, about half of the cases have been recorded in Kerala. Ten states and Union territories have so far detected the presence of the JN.1 sub-variant of…