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Kashmiri Pandit teacher left Valley in body, but never in spirit | India News

SRINAGAR: Beloved teacher. Exiled soul. Hirdey Nath Koul, former principal of Islamia High School in Srinagar, is gone. He died Sept 10 in Hyderabad at the age of 93. He was once of Bana Mohalla near the Jhelum, but carried Kashmir with him until the end.Tributes poured in, led by Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar […]

Cold desert is India’s 13th UNESCO biosphere reserve | India News

NEW DELHI: India will have 13 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves with the UN body on Saturday designating the country’s Cold Desert Biosphere Reserve for that list. Twenty-six new sites have been added during the fifth World Congress of Biosphere Reserves (WCBR) in Hangzhou, China. This is India’s first high-altitude cold desert biosphere reserve and one of […]

After Operation Sindoor, LeT moves deep into Pakistan | India News

NEW DELHI: After Jaish-e-Muhammed and Hizbul Mujahideen, UN-designated terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba has shifted a large chunk of its operational and training infrastructure deeper into Pakistan‘s Khyber Pakht-unkhwa, moving away from PoK and Punjab, in hopes of avoiding Indian strikes.Satelite imagery, besides photos and videos, confirms that LeT is constructing a new facility, Markaz Jihad-e-Aqsa, in […]

LG announces reopening of 12 tourist destinations in J&K closed after Pahlagam attack | India News

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha held a crucial security review meeting at Raj Bhavan on Friday, following which he announced the reopening of 12 tourist destinations across the UT shut after the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.While chairing the Unified Headquarters (UHQ) meeting, however, the LG asserted that the “war against terrorism is […]

‘Delhi now on phone with Moscow’: Nato chief claims PM asked Putin to explain strategy on Ukraine; big claim on tariff impact | India News

Nato chief Mark Rutte on Friday backed US President Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs on India saying that the measures have already had an impact on the war in Ukraine. The former Dutch prime minister argued that Trump’s pressure tactics were rattling the Kremlin and creating new strains for President Vladimir Putin. Speaking on the sidelines […]

On 80-yr-old’s plea, SC orders eviction of his 61-yr-old son | India News

NEW DELHI: In a case reflective of relationship issues that are unique to today’s times, Supreme Court has come to the relief of an 80-year-old man and his 78-year-old wife and ordered eviction of their 61-year-old son from two rooms owned by the man in Mumbai after he failed to provide them with maintenance, as […]

PM Modi-Donald Trump meet soon? Here’s what US official said; calls their relationship ‘very positive’ | India News

A US official confirmed that a meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump was on the cards, ANI reported on Thursday. However, no further details were provided about the probable meet. “I’m sure you’ll see the two meet. They have a very, very positive relationship,” ANI quoted the official saying.Despite trade […]

Karnataka HC rejects X plea, backs social media regulation | India News

BENGALURU: Karnataka HC dismissed Wednesday a petition from Elon Musk’s X Corp against content takedowns, ruling that American free speech standards can’t be transplanted into Indian constitutional thought and no global platform can evade the nation’s laws. It said social media is “a modern amphitheatre of ideas” that cannot be left to “anarchic freedom”.“Regulation is […]

New batch of 8-10 cheetahs expected to arrive in December | India News

NEW DELHI: A new batch of 8-10 cheetahs will arrive in India either from Botswana or Namibia in Dec while another batch equal in number is expected from Kenya next year, environment ministry officials said on Wednesday.They said though govt has been in talks with all three countries, Botswana and Namibia are in the priority […]

Ladakh violence: BJP accuses Congress of inciting mob; gets a reply from Sonam Wangchuk | India News

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday claimed that Congress councillor Phuntsog Stanzin Tsepag of inciting violence during the recent protest in Ladakh, but activist Sonam Wangchuk denied.In a post on X, BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya asked whether Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wanted this kind of unrest in Ladakh.“This man rioting in […]