Internet suspended following communal clash in Jaipur

Jaipur (IANS) Mobile internet services have been suspended in Jaipur for 24 hours after two groups clashed over an attack on a bus carrying pilgrims, police said on Tuesday.

On Monday night, a communal clash erupted between two communities…

Urban India to be 100% Open Defecation Free by Oct 2: Puri

New Delhi (IANS) Urban India will be totally Open Defecation Free by October 2, 2019, exactly five years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat campaign, Minister of State Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday.

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Restrictions to ease in phased manner in Valley: Govt

Srinagar (IANS) The government on Tuesday announced that it will ease restrictions on the movement of people in the Valley in a phased manner while claiming that normalcy has been restored in the Jammu division.

Government spokesperson Rohit…

With radicals out of J&K, stone-pelting steeply drops

Srinagar (IANS) As security agencies rounded up separatist and radical trouble makers from the Kashmir Valley, incidents of stone pelting have drastically fallen despite escalating tensions between India and Pakistan over the axing of Article 370.…

Ladakh UT involves Chinese territory, Wang told Jaishankar

Beijing (IANS) China, whose forces regularly intrude into Ladakh, stuck to its opposition to the creation of Ladakh Union Territory, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi telling his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar that the move "involves Chinese…

Massive fire at Delhi market

New Delhi (IANS) A massive fire broke out at the Gandhi Nagar market in the national capital on Tuesday. A total of 21 fire tenders have been rushed to the spot. There were no reports of any injury yet, fire officials said.

According to a senior…

Four Twitter handles suspended for spreading 'rumours' about J&K

New Delhi (IANS) Four Twitter handles have been suspended after the government told Twitter to remove certain accounts linked to people from outside Jammu and Kashmir which are spreading rumours on the platform, said sources on Monday.

At least…

Ayodhya Ram statue project runs into rough weather

Ayodhya (IANS) The installation of the tallest statue of Lord Ram in Ayodhya seems to have run into rough weather with strong resentment brewing over the acquisition of land for the project.

The land for the project is to be…

Bomb scare in Chandigarh's mall

Chandigarh (IANS) The bomb threat in a high-end shopping mall, crowded with shoppers owing to a holiday on the occasion of Eid, on Monday finally turned to be hoax, police said.

Police, along with bomb disposal and anti-sabotage…

J&K Police writes to service providers on malicious social media campaign on Kashmir

Srinagar (IANS) A week after lockdown of Kashmir Valley post-Centre's announcement about scrapping Article 370, Jammu and Kashmir Police has claimed that malicious campaign was spread on social media. The state police have written to…