New Delhi, April 21 (UNI) Eight Indian Army columns have been kept on standby at key locations across Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, as the Army launched a swift and coordinated response to the cloudburst and intense rain that disrupted life and blocked NH-44, officials said on Monday. Acting swiftly in coordination with civil administration…
New Delhi, April 21 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to pass any immediate direction on a plea seeking imposition of President’s rule and urgent deployment of paramilitary forces in West Bengal in view of communal and political violence allegedly triggered by the Waqf (Amendment) Act in Murshidabad. The matter was mentioned for urgent…
New Delhi, Apr 21 (UNI) US Vice President JD Vance arrived in India this morning along with his wife, US Second Lady Usha Vance and their three children. The US Vice President and the Second Lady were received by Union Minister for Railways and Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw at Palam airport. The US Vice…
Srinagar, Apr 19 (UNI) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party Chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said that the judiciary remains perhaps the last and most critical institution capable of upholding the secular and inclusive spirit of the Indian Constitution. She made the remarks a day after the Supreme Court stayed the…
New Delhi, Apr 19 (UNI) A four-storey building collapsed in North-East Delhi’s Mustafabad locality under the Dayalpur police station area, killing six people and injuring 20 others on Saturday, police said. Many people are feared buried in the debris, officials said. The incident took place around 3 am, and rescue work involving teams from the…
Gaza, Apr 19 (UNI) At least 41 Palestinians were killed on Saturday and many others wounded amid ongoing Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, according to civil defense authorities in Gaza. In a press statement, the civil defense reported that Israeli strikes targeted residential homes and tents sheltering displaced persons in the southern, northern, and…
New Delhi, Apr 19 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that every citizen should focus on maintaining a good diet, staying well-hydrated, getting enough sleep, and exercising regularly—while the Modi government will handle the rest when it comes to their healthcare. Speaking at a programme organised by Institute of Liver and Biliary…
Washington/New Delhi, Apr 19 (UNI) Tesla CEO Elon Musk said today that it was an honour to speak with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that he is looking forward to visiting India later this year. A day after he spoke with PM Modi, the multi-billionaire businessman posted on the X platform that he owns: “It…
New Delhi, Apr 19 (UNI) A Delhi court on Saturday extended the judicial custody of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Naresh Balyan and others, arrested in the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) case, till April 23. Duty Judge, Jitendra Singh after producing them through video conferencing from jails extended the judicial custody…
Los Angeles, Apr 19 (UNI) ‘The Sixth Sense’ actor Haley Joel Osment issued an apology for drunkenly using racial slurs and anti-Semitic comments on a police officer while being arrested. “I’m absolutely horrified by my behaviour. Had I known I used this disgraceful language in the throes of a blackout, I would have spoken up…
