NEW DELHI: The first-ever freight train reached Kashmir Saturday morning, carrying 1,400 tonnes of cement.The debut goods train arriving in the Valley signifies the robustness of Chenab Bridge and Anji Bridge, but also how supplies to Kashmir will improve due to faster bulk movement.Northern Railways said the train originated from Rupnagar in Punjab, with 21…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday slammed the Samajwadi Party, calling it a “Sampradayik Party” (communal party) over former SP MP ST Hasan’s remarks linking the Uttarkashi flash floods to religious intolerance in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.Reacting to Hasan’s remarks, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said, “SP should now mean ‘Sampradayik Party’. These are…
NEW DELHI: India’s annual defence production has “soared to an all-time high figure” of over Rs 1.5 lakh crore in the 2024-25 financial year, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday, terming the upward trajectory a clear indicator of the country’s strengthening defence industrial base.“These numbers indicate a robust 18% growth over the previous fiscal’s…
NEW DELHI: Air Force Chief Marshal AP Singh on Saturday expressed regret over lack of video evidence on 2019 Balakot airstrike, a gap that had fueled opposition leaders’ doubts over its impact. He said the issue was addressed during Operation Sindoor, where recorded footage of the airstrikes helped lay to rest what he called the…
SRINAGAR/LUDHIANA: Lance Naik Pritpal Singh, 28, and Sepoy Harminder Singh, 26 — both of Sikh Light Infantry and attached to 19 Rashtriya Rifles — were killed Saturday in an ongoing gunfight with Pakistan-trained terrorists in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district as one of the valley’s longest counterterrorism operations in recent years stretched into its ninth day.The…
ISLAMABAD: Stung by the IAF chief’s assertion, backed with photographs and video images, Pakistan swung into damage control, with its defence minister Khwaja Asif rejecting the statement that India had downed multiple Pakistani fighter jets and one large aircraft in Operation Sindoor. Asif called the statement “implausible, ill-timed and a dangerous distortion of the May…
SRINAGAR: Congress kicked off Saturday a programme of hunger strikes to press for restoration of J&K’s statehood, ploughing a lonely furrow with none of its INDIA bloc allies, including governing National Conference (NC), joining in.J&K Congress president Tariq Hamid Karra led the fasts in Srinagar coinciding with Quit India Movement’s anniversary as part of a…
Demonstrators hold placards during a protest in support of the Palestinian People in Gaza in Parliament Square in London (AP image) London police have arrested around 365 people after demonstrators openly defied a new law banning public support for a pro-Palestinian group, ‘Palestine Action’ arguing the legislation unfairly restricts freedom of expression.Earlier it arrested around…
NEW DELHI: Air India on Saturday said that a data network outage at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport would cause delays in flight operations, including its own services, from the country’s second-busiest airport.The airline noted that the outage, which had disrupted check-in systems at the airport and delayed departures, has since been resolved. However,…
NEW DELHI: Amid Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s “vote theft” accusations, NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday claimed that two individuals approached him before the 2024 Maharashtra Assembly elections, offering to secure victory in 160 of the 288 seats. Meanwhile, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis questioned the timing of the disclosure, linking it to Rahul…
