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Vaishno Devi landslide JAMMU: Intense rainfall triggered a landslide near Himkoti on the new pilgrimage track leading to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in J&K’s Reasi district on Wednesday evening, prompting the temporary suspension of the battery car service on the route.The pilgrimage on the old yatra route remained unaffected. Hundreds of devotees continued their journey...

Farooq Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah reached across political divides, inviting BJP in J&K, Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Congress and other INDIA bloc politicians to join party’s July 20 protest at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding restoration of statehood to the Union territory.NC spokesperson Tahir Sayeed said Thursday invitations...

Ram Mandir donation theft case: Cash, gold jewellery and car recovered; Key revelations emerge during police remand LUCKNOW: Police Thursday conducted searches at the Ayodhya residences of three arrested accused and recovered cash and valuables. They also widened the financial probe by freezing 15 bank accounts of relatives of the accused. They also took accused...

Chief of the Army Staff General Dhiraj Seth during a visit to the forward areas along the Line of Control in Poonch, Rajouri and Sunderbani. (@adgpi/X via PTI Photo) JAMMU: Chief of Army Staff, General Dhiraj Seth, visited forward areas along the Line of Control in J&K’s Rajouri-Poonch belt Thursday to review the region’s security...

Representative image SRINAGAR/JAMMU: J&K govt and University of Kashmir have launched a comprehensive review of books, directing heads of departments and school principals to remove any material deemed “controversial” or “anti-national”.The move follows last week’s withdrawal and political row over a book for govt school libraries that described the region as “India-occupied Kashmir” and “Indian-held...

Tihar food ‘too spicy, oily, deep-fried’: US mercenary seeks chicken, fish, olive oil in court plea (Image/X) NEW DELHI: US national Matthew Aaron VanDyke, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) earlier this year in the Myanmar terror training case, has moved a Delhi court seeking permission to prepare his own food in...

From grocery truck to fighter jet: Inside Ali Khamenei’s final journey The body of Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has travelled across two countries over six days, moving by road, helicopter and fighter jet-escorted aircraft, and in one instance, a refrigerated truck carrying Finnish supermarket branding.Khamenei’s final journey began with his body lying in...

“American jobs ought to go to American workers and not foreign fraudsters,” US vice president JD Vance said on Wednesday (local time) as he announced a crackdown on the alleged misuse of the H-1B visa programme.He also said the US department of labour has launched investigations and issued subpoenas against entities accused of exploiting the...

2 India-flagged ships carrying crude crosses Strait of Hormuz NEW DELHI: Amid escalation of US-Iran conflict, Indian ship Lila Vadinar, carrying 2.7 lakh tonnes of Kuwaiti crude, crossed the Strait of Hormuz on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday. Earlier, it was asked to turn back by Iran’s Sepah Navy from the tip of...

Citadel of Aleppo, Syria (Image Credit: Canva) Through the ages, fortresses have been regarded as monuments of strength, endurance and exceptional engineering feats. Constructed to safeguard kingdoms, protect trade passages and repel invading forces, these grand edifices were mostly built at places such as hills, deserts and mountain passes where the surrounding landscape became an...