Curfew relaxed in Jammu district for 3 hours

Jammu (IANS) Curfew was relaxed in Jammu district for three hours on Wednesday, District Magistrate Ramesh Kumar said.

All educational institutes though would continue to remain shut and examinations scheduled for the day were…

Saudi Crown Prince receives ceremonial welcome

New Delhi (IANS) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is on his first state visit to India, on Wednesday received a ceremonial welcome by President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhawan here.

The Crown Prince arrived here on Monday…

9 lakh classrooms to have digital blackboards by 2022: Javadekar

New Delhi (IANS) The Human Resource Development Ministry on Wednesday launched Operation Digital Blackboard, under which nine lakh classrooms in schools and colleges across the country will be equipped with digital facilities for teaching by…

NIA takes over Pulwama terror attack probe

New Delhi (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case and is launching a fresh probe into the terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama in which 40 troopers were killed on February 14.

"We…

Avalanche in HP kills five ITBP troopers, one missing

Shimla (IANS) A snow avalanche killed five Indo-Tibetan Border Force (ITBP) troopers while one trooper was missing near the Tibet border in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district on Wednesday, officials said.

The avalanche, triggered with…

Two Surya Kiran aircraft crash in Bengaluru

Bengaluru (IANS) Two Surya Kiran aircraft crashed at the Yelahanka airbase here on Tuesday while rehearsing for the Aero India 2019 air show, an official said.

"Two pilots were airlifted soon after the crash," an airbase official…

Ailing Parrikar will continue in office as long as he is alive: Goa deputy speaker

Panaji (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will continue in office as long as he is alive, but on account of pancreatic cancer his health condition keeps fluctuating, Deputy Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly and ruling BJP MLA…

Indian armed forces ready for counter attack, says Sitharaman

Bengaluru (IANS) The Indian armed forces were ready to counter-attack as their morale was high despite the terror blast in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on February 14, said Defence Minister Niramala Sitharaman on Tuesday.

"The…

Cabinet approves 3% DA hike for government employees

New Delhi (IANS) Union cabinet on Tuesday approved a three per cent hike in dearness allowance (DA) for central government employees and pensioners which will cost the exchequer Rs 9,168.12 crore.

According to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley,…

Curfew continues in Jammu for 5th day

Jammu (IANS) A curfew imposed in Jammu since February 15, continued on Tuesday for the fifth consecutive day, police said.

"The curfew imposed on February 15 will continue in Jammu today. A decision on its relaxation will be taken later…