NEW DELHI: A chilling line allegedly spoken by one of the terrorists behind the Pahalgam terror attack, Jao Modi ko batao (Go and tell Modi), has sent shockwaves through the government and BJP circles, igniting a fiery determination to retaliate against terrorism emanating from Pakistan. The statement echoed through the corridors of power on Wednesday, further fuelling the already blazing anger over the Pakistan-backed assault that targeted innocent tourists. According to a highly reliable sourc

SRINAGAR: After the terror attack on tourists in Pahalgam , which claimed the lives of 25 tourists and a resident, the J&K Students Association has alleged that Kashmiri students in different parts of the country are being harassed, abused and assaulted. We have been receiving multiple distress calls from Kashmiri students from Dehradun. The students feel threatened and insecure in the aftermath of a video released by Hindu Rakhsha Dal, warning Kashmiri Muslim students to vacate Dehradun by 10 a

RANCHI: Heatwave swept parts of Jharkhand with Daltonganj sizzling at 43 degrees Celsius, an official said on Thursday. A 'yellow' alert of heatwave was issued for Simdega, Saraikela-Kharswan, East and West Singhbhum districts till April 26, he said. Ranchi Meteorological Centre's Deputy Director Abhishek Anand said the maximum temperature is hovering around 40 degrees Celsius across the state. He said a heat wave alert has been issued for the southern region. The Santhal Pargana region is also

NEW DELHI: Top Congress leaders on Thursday held an emergency meeting of the party's working committee to deliberate on the Pahalgam terror attack and are expected to pass a resolution condemning it. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party chiefs Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, general secretaries K C Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, among others, attended the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting here at the party's 24, Akbar Road office. The meeting started with l

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and gram sabhas across the country today, from Bihars Madhubani district, marking National Panchayati Raj Day. The PMs address, to be held in Lohna Uttar Gram Panchayat under Jhanjharpur block, is expected to begin at 11.45 am. According to a press communique issued by the Prime Ministers Office (PMO), the Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone and inaugurate a slew of development projects worth Rs 13,48

NEW YORK/ WASHINGTON: The US has issued a 'Do Not Travel' advisory for Jammu and Kashmir owing to the terror attacks and possible violent civilian unrest in the Union Territory and also within 10 kms of the India-Pakistan border. The advisory warning for all US citizens was issued on Wednesday, a day after terrorists opened fire in Kashmir's Pahalgam killing 26 people, mostly tourists, in what is the deadliest attack in the Valley since the Pulwama strike in 2019. Terrorist attacks and violent c

BENGALURU: A case was registered on Wednesday against the BJP IT Cell in Karnataka over an alleged derogatory social media post linking Rahul Gandhi's foreign trip to the Pahalgam terror attack , said police. The post was later deleted. The complaint was filed by C M Dhananjaya, Chairman of the Legal and Human Rights Unit of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee. In his complaint, Dhananjaya said the post was intended to link Rahul Gandhi's foreign visit to the brutal attack in Pahalgam on Tu

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said his government was in touch with governments of states where Kashmiris were allegedly being harassed in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack. The J&K government is in touch with the governments of the states where these reports are originating from. I'm also in touch with my counterpart Chief Ministers in these states & have requested they take extra care, Abdullah posted on X. The J&K government is in touch with th

JAMMU: Security forces on Thursday launched a cordon and search operation to track suspected terrorists in forest areas of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said. The search operation is ongoing in Lasana forest belt of the district following inputs about suspected terrorists hiding in the area, they said. There was an exchange of fire between security forces and terrorists on April 14 in the Lasana area, during which one security personnel was injured. Troops of Romeo Force (army),

The aftermath of the horrific terror attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22, which claimed the lives of 26 individuals, has brought immense sorrow to families and communities across India. As the mortal remains of the victims were flown back to their hometowns, the grief of the loss was felt across the nation. The journey of these fallen individuals, from the places of death to their final resting places, serves as a heartbreaking reminder of the tragedy that struck innocent lives. T

RAIPUR: Three Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces along the Chhattisgarh-Telangana border on Thursday, police said. The gunfight took place at a forest in Karegutta hills in Chhattisgarh's Bijapur district along the inter-state border in the morning when a joint team of security forces was out on an anti-Naxal operation, a senior police official said. So far, bodies of three Naxalites have been recovered from the encounter site, and several other Maoists are also suspected

JAMMU: Security forces and suspected terrorists exchanged fire following a search operation in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur district on Thursday, sources said. The firing took place in the Dudu-Basantgarh area during a cordon and search operation launched based on information about the presence of terrorists, they said. The operation was still underway when last reports came in, they added.

BENGALURU : The Pahalgam killings was a planned attack by Pakistan sponsored terrorists. It is a leaf out of Pakistan army chief Asim Munirs recent speech in which he described Kashmir as the jugular vein of Pakistan. The timing of the Pahalgam attack cannot be a matter of sheer coincidence. It was timed around the visit of US Vice President JD Vance, author of Poles Apart: The Military & Democracy in India and Pakistan, Aditya Sondhi told this newspaper. He further said the messaging behind the

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday raided multiple premises in Delhi-NCR as part of its money laundering investigation against coaching institute FIITJEE, which recently shut its centres abruptly, leaving about 12,000 students in the lurch, officials said. Eight locations in Delhi and neighbouring Noida and Gurugram linked to the institute, its promoter D K Goel and some others are being searched, the officials said. The action is being undertaken under the Prevention of Money La

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday raided multiple premises in Delhi-NCR as part of its money laundering investigation against coaching institute FIITJEE, which recently shut its centres abruptly, leaving a number of students in the lurch, officials said. Locations in Delhi and neighbouring Noida and Gurugram, including those of the promoters of the coaching institute, are being searched, the officials said. The action is being undertaken under the Prevention of Money Laundering

NEW DELHI: The Centre will brief leaders of various political parties on the Pahalgam terror attack and hear their views at an all-party meeting to be held on Thursday evening. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Home Minister Amit Shah are expected to brief the leaders, official sources said. Singh will chair the meeting. With the government announcing a host of measures targeting Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack where terrorists killed at least 26 persons, mostly tourists , on T

NEW YORK: Top Trump administration officials and US lawmakers continued to condemn the Pahalgam terror attack, expressing solidarity with India and stressing that there is no place for terrorism in the world. They also called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice. I am praying for the Indian people following the tragic terrorist attack in Kashmir. America stands with our dear friends in India and against terrorism in all its forms, US Attorney General Pamela Bondi said in a post on X. I

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday warned Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji that if he does not resign from his ministership, the bail granted to him in the money laundering case linked to the cash-for-jobs scam would be cancelled. The two-judge bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Augustine George Masih gave Balaji time till next Monday (April 28) to decide. The court, which took strong objection to Balaji becoming a minister soon after he got bail, was hearing the applications filed by t

BENGALURU: The Bodies of two tourists from Karnataka who were shot dead by the terrorists in the Pahalgam terror attack were brought to the Kempegowda International Airport here on Thursday. Manjunath Rao and Bharath Bushan were among the 26 people killed in front of their families after confirming their religious identity in Kashmir's Pahalgam on Tuesday. Most of those killed by terrorists were tourists. Union Minister V Somanna, along with Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya accompanied the morta

NEW DELHI: The terrorist attack on tourists in picturesque Pahalgam in Kashmir on Tuesday has severely impacted the morale and enthusiasm of the tourism industry, especially among tour operators in the Valley. But, they vowed to continue supporting tourism in the union territory, despite the killing of 26 vacationers in the popular hill destination, leading to the cancellation a large number of hotel and flight bookings. The chairperson of the Tourism and Hospitality Skill Council (THSC), Jyoti

The Union government on Wednesday said it would suspend the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan , citing Islamabads continued support for cross-border terrorism. The decision follows a deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmirs Pahalgam that killed 26 people, most of them tourists . The move is part of a broader package of retaliatory measures, including a downgrading of diplomatic ties with Pakistan. What could be the impact of this move? The Indus river system, vital to both countries, incl

The Union government will be calling an all-party meeting on Thursday in the wake of the terror attack in Pahalgam , official sources said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is likely to chair it, they said. Home Minister Amit Shah and Singh are speaking to leaders of various parties on the issue, the sources said. Several opposition parties, including the Congress, had demanded that the government should convene a meeting of all parties over the issue. Singh is expected to brief leaders of differe

NEW DELHI: With more than 125 terrorists still active in Kashmirmost of them infiltrators from across the borderIndian security agencies are racing to plug critical gaps exposed by recent attacks. The agencies on Wednesday released photos and sketches of the terrorists involved in yesterday's attack in the Baisaran meadow of Pahalgam , in Kashmir. Of the four, two are believed to be the Pakistani terrorists who killed 26 people and injured several others , sources said. The three terrorists iden

NEW DELHI: In a high-stakes response to one of the deadliest terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir in recent years, Indias top security brass convened an emergency meeting on Wednesday, signaling a hardening diplomatic and strategic posture against Pakistan. With the resolve of Desh nahi Jhukane denge (We will not let the nation bow down), the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday held a more than two-and-a-half-hour-long meeting to deliberate o

NEW DELHI: In the aftermath of the terror attack in Pahalgam , the Union government has asked the top functionaries of the Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) security architecture to identify gap areas and work on a plan to fill them with permanent deployment of personnel drawing from the Army and Paramilitary forces, officials said on Wednesday. The officials said, in a day or two a detailed fresh review of security arrangements would be undertaken ahead of the Amarnath Yatra, which is scheduled to commence

BELAGAVI: Residents of a sleepy Maharashtra village erupted in joy after one of their own -- a shepherd's son -- cracked the prestigious UPSC exam. Beerappa Siddappa Doni from Emage, who secured the 551st rank, heard the news while he was grazing sheep in a field in Nanawadi, near Belagavi. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah personally called and congratulated Beerappa on his achievement. His father Siddappa, mother Balavva and other family members honoured him by performing a traditional aarti and gar

India on Wednesday announced immediate suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan and closure of the Wagah-Attari border crossing, in response to the deadly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmirs Pahalgam that killed 26 people a day earlier. The decision came after a two-and-a-half-hour meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) , chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri detailed the governments response to the attack, which the CCS stron

NEW DELHI: Prominent Muslim organisations on Wednesday strongly condemned the Pahalgam terror attack, with the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind asserting that it is wrong to give a religious colour to the incident as terrorism is a cancer that contradicts Islam's policy of promoting peace. The terror attack at a prime tourist location in Pahalgam in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Tuesday left at least 26 people, mostly tourists, dead and several injured. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB)

RAIPUR: AIIMS Raipur did its first Swap Kidney Transplant also known as Kidney Paired Transplant (KPD) to become the first amongst all newer AIIMS and first government institute in Chhattisgarh to perform such critical transplant. The achievement reflects the institutions aim on innovative solutions for patients struggling with advanced Kidney disease, under the guidance of the ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It is estimated that Swap Kidney Transplant led to a fifteen percent increase in

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday in the Supreme Court opposed the bail plea of a Delhi-based businessman held in the Rs 21,000 crore Mundra port drug haul case and said the proceeds of sale were used for funding terror activities of Lashkar-e-Taiba. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh reserved its verdict on the bail plea of Harpreet Singh Talwar alias Kabir Talwar, who ran popular clubs in the national capital and was arrested by the agency in Augu

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha to amicably settle the defamation case lodged against the union minister and two other BJP leaders of Madhya Pradesh, by lawyer Vivek Tankha. Asking both Chouhan and Tankha to amicably settle the defamation case, a two-judge bench of the top court led by Justice M M Sundresh and Justice Rajesh Bindal, said, Please do not make us hear this case. Let us close it. Both of

NEW DELHI: A day after 26 people were shot dead in a terror attack at a meadow near Pahalgam in J&K, the preliminary probe revealed that the terrorists chose Baisaran due to the absence of security forces and no access to vehicular movement. Sources said that the location was also chosen to make rescue operations slow and casualties high. The investigators have identified that two locals named Adil Guree of Anantnag and Aasif Shaikh of Sopore are suspected of having been involved in the attack,

GUWAHATI: A university teacher from Assam escaped death in Pahalgam , Kashmir by the skin of his teeth by uttering the Islamic verse la ilaha illallah. Recounting the horror, Professor Debashish Bhattacharjee, head of the Bengali Department at the Assam University in Silchar, said he had seen death from very near. He went to Kashmir accompanied by his wife and son, and had included Baisaran in their holiday itinerary. We were soaking in the beauty of the place when suddenly the gunfire erupted.

AHMEDABAD: A brutal terror strike rocked Pahalgam , Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22, claiming 28 lives three of them from Gujarat. Among the victims were a father-son duo from Bhavnagar and a young Bank employee from Surat. Tragedy struck a 20-member Bhavnagar tour group in Jammu and Kashmir when 45-year-old Yatishbhai Parmar and his 17-year-old son Smit were confirmed dead in the Pahalgam terror attack. The two, residents of Kaliyabid, had been missing along with Kajalben Parmar who was later

GURUGRAM: The Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (HRERA) has issued a notice to the directors and officials of Sky Palazzo, a housing project being built by Fidatocity Homes Private Limited in Sector 88 B of Gurugram, after receiving a complaint suggesting a likely case of fraud. In a notice dated April 21, HRERA directed the company to submit its response before the hearing scheduled for April 28. The complaint, filed by Advocate Subhash Solanki on behalf of several homebuyers, raises ser

A day after the deadly Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians, a gunfight broke out between suspected terrorists and security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, according to officials. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Tangmarg area of Kulgam district following information about the presence of ultras there. An encounter broke out after the terrorists opened fire on the security personnel, officials said. No casualties have been repo

NEW DELHI: Aimed at ensuring uniformity in the education and training of allied and healthcare professionals across the country, the Centre on Wednesday launched competency-based curricula for ten allied and healthcare professions. The curricula covers professions including physiotherapy, applied psychology and behavioural health, optometry, nutrition and dietetics, dialysis therapy technology and dialysis therapy, radiotherapy technology, medical radiology and imaging technology, anaesthesia an

RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI), marking a major step towards transforming the state into a hub for textile and apparel manufacturing. During the CMAI FAB Show organised at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai interacted with investors and industrialists associated with the textile sector and invited them to invest in the state. He pres

A high-level meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) was convened on Wednesday, under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a day after 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed in a deadly attack by militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam. Besides the prime minister, the CCS comprises Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Sitharaman, who is ona an official visit to the Unite

PATNA: Bihar police tightened security arrangements around tourist sports ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to the state following the Pahalgam terror attack on Tuesday afternoon. Since this will be the PM's first visit to poll-bound Bihar post the Pahalgam attack, the state is ramping up security arrangements. The PM is expected to announce measures against the terror outfit responsible for the attack in which innocent tourists were killed. Among the events lined up for the prime min

IMPHAL: Unidentified armed men set fire to several houses in two villages in Manipur's Kamjong district on Wednesday morning, officials said. The incident occurred when most residents of Gampal and Haiyang villages, in the district's Sahamphung sub-division, were out in their fields for cultivation. Preliminary reports indicate that more than seven houses, primarily thatched-roof structures, were burned to the ground, an official said. Following the incident, Kamjong District Magistrate Rangname

CHANDIGARH: Punjab has issued a red alert after the terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir where 26 tourists were killed, with checking and patrolling being intensified at interstate and inter district crossings. Security has been enhanced at tourist spots, religious places and more than 160 institutions in the state where students from Kashmir are studying. The state government has also increased the security of individuals at high risk and increased patrolling around their residence

BHOPAL: Two Muslim men have been arrested by police in Damoh district of BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, for allegedly sharing offensive social media posts related to the Pahalgam terror attack . Damoh district police superintendent Shrutkirti Somvanshi told TNIE on Wednesday that two men were arrested from different places: Wasim Khan from Bhopal on Tuesday night, and Tanveer Qureshi from Damoh on Wednesday morning. Both men are aged between 35 and 40 years. While Tanveer is unemployed, police are pr

KALABURAGI: An advocate practicing in the Kalaburagi Bench of the Karnataka High Court, Mallikarjun Brangimath and eight of his family members, including his wife and son, had a close shave with death on Tuesday. They were hardly 6.5 Kms away from Baisaran when the terrorists struck at the tourist spot on April 22. The terror attack killed at least 26 people, most of them tourists. Mallikarjun Brangimath, who hails from Dandoti village of Chittapur taluk, told The New Indian Express over phone f

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday reached Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam, Kashmir, to review the security situation following the terror attack on Tuesday afternoon. Shah met with senior civil and military officials who briefed him on the follow up actions undertaken by security forces in the region. The terror attack which claimed 28 lives turned the picturesque Pahalgam area of Kashmir's Anantnag district from a place praised for its tranquil beauty into a site of mourning. Th

NEW DELHI: People involved in the dastardly terror attack in Kashmir's Pahalgam will get a strong response in the ear future and India cannot be intimidated by any such terrorist activities, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday. His remarks in an address at an event came a day after 26 people were killed by terrorists in Pahalgam in an attack that triggered widespread outrage within India and abroad. From this platform, I assure the countrymen that in view of the incident, the gover

BENGALURU: AICC president Mallikarjuna Kharge on Wednesday urged PM Narendra Modi-led government to hunt down perpetrators of the Pahalgam terror attack , adding that it is not the time to do politics. While addressing a joint press conference along with AICC functionary Pawan Khera, and KPCC president D K Shivakumar, Kharge said that a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting has been called at the AICC head quarters in New Delhi on Thursday at 11 am to discuss the issue. He added that the Lead

The Pahalgam terror strike has left the nation shocked and grieving. The BBC reports that Kashmir newspapers including Greater Kashmir ran black front pages following the attack which claimed 28 lives, almost all of them tourists visiting the Baisaran Valley. Among the victims was a Nepali national, and another person of Indian origin who works in the Middle East, V K Birdi, inspector general of police in Kashmir, told CNN . An editorial piece in the Greater Kashmir , headlined, Pahalgam attack:

RANCHI: Jharkhand police have arrested one person allegedly for thanking Pakistan and Lashkar-e-Taiba for the Pahalgam terrorist attack . The man, identified as Naushad, also appealed to Pakistan to target Hindu organisations like RSS and Bajrang Dal. The man was arrested on Wednesday from Mallah Nagar under Balidih police station area in Bokaro. On Tuesday afternoon, terrorists opened fire on a popular meadow near Pahalgam in Kashmir, killing 28 and injuring over a dozen. Most people affected w

NEW DELHI: The deadly militant attack in Jammu Kashmir's Pahalgam, which killed 28 people, mostly tourists from the mainland, was a grave intelligence and security failure, said sources from intelligence agencies. According to an intelligence source, a few days prior to the incident, a terrorist based in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir had made a suggestive remark hinting at the attack, but the intelligence agencies and security forces failed to act on it, which led to the grave tragedy. The attack wa