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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Punjab Police’s Counter-Intelligence unit in Jalandhar on Thursday busted a Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) terror module, recovering 2.5 kilograms of IED “intended for a targeted attack,” officials said. Two operatives were apprehended in the operation.In a post on X, Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav wrote, “In a breakthrough against #Pakistan’s ISI-backed terror network,…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Afghanistan’s foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi arrived in India on Thursday. This marks the first visit by a top Taliban leader since the group returned to power in 2021 following the withdrawal of US-led forces.The trip comes as India aims to deepens its engagement with the Taliban government. Earlier, UN Security Council…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Former Union home minister P Chidambaram on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on 26/11 and called it “terribly wrong” and “disappointing”.Chidambaram’s remarks came a day after PM Modi, in his Navi Mumbai airport inauguration speech, said that a senior Congress leader admitted India was ready to strike Pakistan…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday witnessed the mid-air refuelling of an F-35 fighter jet while travelling onboard a KC-30A multirole tanker transport aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) from Sydney to Canberra. His visit marks a significant step in advancing India-Australia defence and strategic cooperation.The defence ministry said in…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Government on Wednesday released the draft labour policy, with a focus on increasing the share of women in the workforce and universal and portable social security.The target is to increase women’s participation to 35% by 2030, while also expanding entrepreneurship and career guidance initiatives for youth.The plan is to create a Universal…

[ad_1] PUNE: If this year’s prolonged monsoon and endless overcast skies have made it feel like the Sun has gone missing, there is data to back up the impression.In a new study by Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and India Meteorological Department (IMD), among others, scientists have found that…

[ad_1] EC has deployed 824 flying squads – comprising a magistrate-level officer, police personnel and a videography team – in poll-bound Bihar to attend within 100 minutes to citizens’ and political parties’ complaints regarding violation of model code received via its C-Vigil app. EC had on Monday announced two-phase polls in Bihar, bringing the model…

[ad_1] ADGP’s wife Amneet P Kumar said she would ‘get justice at any cost’ CHANDIGARH: IAS officer Amneet P Kumar, wife of senior Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar who allegedly shot himself dead on Tuesday, lodged a complaint with Chandigarh police on Wednesday night seeking an FIR against Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapur and…

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The Army will roll out a new combined physical test (CPT) from April next year, under which even senior officers like Brigadiers, Major Generals and Lt Generals will have to prove fitness twice a year. CPT merges the existing battle physical efficiency test (BPET), for officers and soldiers up to the age…

[ad_1] BHOPAL: The first cases of children’s deaths in Madhya Pradesh after consuming cough syrup were reported on September 3, but it was only on September 16 that the administration recognised the severity of the situation and began a survey to check children’s health in Parasia block of Chhindwara district.The exercise gained pace two days…