Three persons have been arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district after the police foiled a bid to smuggle 72 bovines to the Valley, officials said. Acting on inputs, three trucks were intercepted at a checkpoint in Ramsoo police station area and 72 cattle were found inside the vehicles, the police said. The truck was going to Kashmir from Ramban. Three persons — Zakir Ahmad, Din Mohd and Mohd Farooq have been arrested and a case registered, the police added.
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An Iranian navy sailor was killed and several injured in an unexplained incident on a military support ship in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media reported Monday. Iranian state television, as well as the semi-official Fars and ISNA news agencies, said the incident happened Sunday aboard the Konarak, a Hendijan-class support ship. The incident occurred near the port of Jask, some 1,270 kilometres (790 miles) southeast of Tehran on the Gulf of Oman. Iranian media said the Konarak had been overhauled in 2018 and was able to launch sea missiles. The Dutch-made, 47-meter (155-foot) vessel was in service since 1988…
The Supreme Court Monday ordered setting up of a high-powered committee headed by MHA Secretary to consider pleas seeking restoration of 4G internet services in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Justices R Subhash Reddy and B R Gavai said the committee would also include the Chief Secretary of the UT and the secretary of ministry of communications to look into the demands by petitioners seeking restoration of 4G internet speed there. Pronouncing the verdict on a batch of pleas filed by Foundation for Media Professionals, Soayib Qureshi and Private Schools Association…
Due to non-cooperation of Mamata Banerjee government in Kolkata, the Centre is planning to gain direct access to all case details in West Bengal without waiting for the state government’s response. The ICMR and NIC has developed the RT-PCR app as a tool for medical staff across the country who are collecting samples to send them to ICMR and get rapid test results. With this mobile app, the Centre plans to gain access to all coronavirus cases in West Bengal which were till now being monitored by the state government who shared minimum details with the Centre. The central teams…
Four bombs, one placed under a garbage bin and the other three by the roadside, went off in northern Kabul on Monday, wounding four civilians, including a child, Afghan officials said. The roadside bombs were spaced within 10-20 meters (yards) of one another, said Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz. The wounded child is a 12-year-old girl, he said and added that the police are searching the area where the bombs struck. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the bombings and their targets remained unknown. Both the Taliban and the Islamic State group are active in Kabul and its surroundings and…
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was admitted to AIIMS New Delhi Sunday night after he complained of uneasiness and was under observation of doctors. Singh, 87, was taken to AIIMS Cardiac Care Unit and doctors said they were observing his condition. He was later shifted to a private room and remains under observation. Sources said the former PM complained of uneasiness and was advised to get medics care at AIIMS. Earlier in 2009, he had undergone a coronary artery bypass surgery by a team of surgeons led by cardio-thoracic surgeon Ramakant Panda at AIIMS. Singh is a senior leader of…
Former India opener Gautam Gambhir doesn’t see major changes within the way cricket is played within the post COVID-19 scenario besides the ban on using saliva on the ball. The International Cricket Council is considering legalisation of the usage of artificial substances to shine the ball rather than saliva. “I don’t think tons of rules and regulations are going to be changed, you’ll probably have an alternate for the usage of saliva aside from that i do not think numerous changes will happen,” Gambhir told Star Sports. “Players and everybody else got to accept this virus; probably they need to…
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has appealed to all or any states to allow the operation of migrant special trains in order that the stranded can reach range in subsequent three to four days. The appeal comes each day after Home Minister Amit Shah wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to permit such trains to run. “As per the directions of Hon’ble PM @NarendraModi ji, Railways is fully ready to run 300 Shramik Special trains everyday at short notice since the last six days. “I appeal to all or any the states to offer permission to evacuate and convey…
Azaan is an integral a part of the religion , not the gadget, says veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar, asking that the Islamic call to prayer on loudspeakers should be stopped because it causes “discomfort” to others. In a tweet on Saturday, Akhtar wondered why the practice was ‘halaal’ (allowed) when it had been , for nearly half a century within the country, considered ‘haraam’ or forbidden. “In India for nearly 50 years Azaan on the loud speak was Haraam. Then it became Halaal then halaal that there’s without stopping thereto , but there should be an end thereto . Azaan…
Indian Railways plans to restart passenger trains during a phased manner starting May 12, five days before the top of the national lockdown to interrupt the coronavirus chain of transmission, consistent with a press release released on Sunday evening. Ticket bookings are going to be opened from 4 pm on Monday, with these to be sold only via the IRCTC website. Counters in the least stations, including those for platform tickets, will remain closed. Passenger services, suspended since the lockdown began Annunciation , will start with 15 “special” trains (total of 30 journeys) departing from Delhi and connecting cities in…