State Bureau, Jammu: The Baba Amarnath Yatra resumed on Saturday via the Baltal route after the weather cleared. However, due to the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in the morning, the pilgrims were not allowed to leave from Jammu. The Pahalgam route is currently closed. The Baltal route was suspended last Friday due to heavy … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked the country’s youth to take a pledge against substance abuse, saying drugs can give them a “high” for some time, but would make their entire career and personal life “low”. Launching the ‘Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan’, Modi said the country’s youth must be mentally … Read more
Afive-month manhunt in Navi Mumbai led to the arrest of five people accused of impersonating dead owners. As per the police, the five accused, led by mastermind Suraj Vasudev Shinde, faked their identities to carry out a land fraud of ₹2.29 crores. As reported by HT earlier, the accused allegedly targeted a plot in Karanjade … Read more
New Delhi: In a significant development, all schools and colleges in Muzaffarnagar district will remain closed from August 3 to 10 in view of the ongoing Kanwar Yatra. As per the official press release issued, District Magistrate Umesh Mishra ordered the closure of all educational institutions to ensure the smooth movement of Kanwar pilgrims and maintain … Read more
A36-year-old man was found dead at his residence in Gurugram on Thursday, with police launching a probe after his family alleged that his wife had sought a divorce and that the couple had been facing marital disputes. The deceased, who worked as an associate operator at a multinational company, was originally from Amritsar, lived with … Read more
A28-year-old man has been arrested by Delhi Police for allegedly planting illegal firearms at his brother-in-law’s rented house in an attempt to falsely implicate him in criminal cases, exposing what investigators described as a conspiracy driven by a family dispute. The accused, identified as Mohd. Waseem, a resident of Sunder Nagri, was arrested by a … Read more
Heavy rain wreaked havoc across Kerala on Saturday, killing several people and destroying dozens of homes, as authorities remained on high alert. In an update shared on X (formerly Twitter), Kerala chief minister V D Satheesan on Sunday confirmed eight fatalities, while eight individuals remain missing and 13 others sustained injuries. Visuals emerge from Kerala … Read more
The murder of Dehri-Dalmianagar Municipal Council Executive Officer (EO) Vimal Kumar has taken a dramatic turn after the post-mortem reportedly ruled out gunshot injuries, contradicting the initial claim made by his driver that the officer was attacked by assailants on an Apache motorcycle. According to preliminary post-mortem findings, Kumar suffered multiple fractures, deep bruises on … Read more
Delhi-NCR witnessed short spells of light rain on Sunday afternoon, though heat and humidity quickly returned shortly after. The IMD forecasted a maximum temperature of around 34 degrees Celsius today, with scattered rain and thunderstorms. Much relief is expected as monsoon activity intensifies later this week, bringing sustained rainfall across the NCR. In the morning, … Read more
BSP president Mayawati on Sunday announced the expulsion of former Rajya Sabha member Ashok Siddarth and party coordinator Randhir Singh Beniwal from the party for repeated “indiscipline” and “violation” of organisational directives. In a post on X, Mayawati said Siddarth, who is the father-in-law of her nephew Akash Anand, had earlier been expelled over “indiscipline” … Read more