KOCHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday commissioned the INS Vikrant, India’s first indigenously-built aircraft carrier, at the Cochin Shipyard Limited here. After the unveiling, the Prime Minister said India has now joined the select club of nations who have developed indigenous aircraft carriers. Addressing the commissioning ceremony, Modi said: “INS Vikrant is a […]
NEW DELHI — An Udaipur-bound IndiGo flight returned to the Delhi airport due to a technical snag, a DGCA official confirmed. The official said that the aircraft was grounded after it returned to Delhi on Thursday due to engine vibrations and a probe into is underway. ‘IndiGo Airbus flight 6E-6264 from Delhi to Udaipur had […]
SRINAGAR — Dry weather is likely to continue in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours, the Meteorological (MeT) department said on Friday. “Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT office said. Srinagar recorded 17.2 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 11.8 and Gulmarg 10.5 degrees […]
DUBAI — Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by two wickets in their final group league game to progress to the Super Fours of the Asia Cup here on Thursday. Sent into bat, Bangladesh scored 183 for seven but Sri Lankan overhauled the target with four balls to spare, reaching 184 for eight. For Sri Lanka, Kusal […]
PULWAMA — A non-local resident, lobourer by profession was shot at and injured by suspected militants at Ugergund Newa village in Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Friday morning. Sources said, a non-local resident was shot at and injured after suspected militants fired upon him at Ugergund Newa village in the district. They said, he […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Foreign Office on Thursday said that there was no proposal under consideration currently to allow import of vegetables from India, amid growing calls for opening trade routes with the neighbouring country as prices of vegetables and fruits have spiked due to the devastating floods. “We are in touch with countries in the […]
SRINAGAR — The J&K Government order issued for the implementation of the Uniform Academic Calendar (UAC) for both the divisions of the UT from the current session has skipped mention of the examination and admission process for the lower classes in schools. The move has left the stakeholders including the schools, parents and the students […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar police on Thursday arrested two accused person involved in blackmailing and extorting money from a woman on pretext of circulating her obscene video captured by them. In a statement, a spokesperson said that as reported by a women from Shunglipora that an obscene video of his niece was captured by two boys […]
SRINAGAR — Under the much-hyped smart city project, the government is all set to give a facelift to commercial hub Lal Chowk and its adjacent areas while the earlier constructed concrete park, close to Ganta Ghar here has also been dismantled to come up with a sewerage line and also in the backdrop of the […]
RAJOURI — Jammu and Kashmir police Thursday said that a high security alert has been sounded in Rajouri and Poonch in the wake of recent incidents of violence. Addressing a press conference here, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Poonch-Rajouri range, Dr Haseeb Mughal said that there are two to three splinter groups of militants present […]