Month: May 2025

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Multiple blasts have been reported at various Pakistan air bases on Saturday.Meanwhile in Jammu and Kashmir's Akhnoor, a complete blackout was imposed after explosions and sirens were heard in the region. Another blackout was also imposed in Jalandhar for some time after some drones were reportedly spotted in Punjab's Jalandhar on Saturday, District Collector said. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana HC Friday issued contempt notices to Punjab chief secretary and DGP for defying its earlier orders on non-interference in the functioning of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB)."Prima facie, it is a case of violation of our orders. Let Punjab file a reply. If you do not permit the BBMB chairman to visit his installation, how will he manage day-to-day affairs of the board?" observed Chief Justice Sheel Nagu, part of a two-judge division bench.The case stems from AAP-governed Punjab's refusal to comply with a BBMB directive to release an additional 4,500 cusecs of water to BJP-governed Haryana and the alleged confinement of board's chairman by protesters.Punjab govt counsel Gurminder Singh urged HC not to issue the notice, warning it could disturb law and order due to surcharged public sentiment. But the bench noted it […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Given the evolving conflict situation since the launch of 'Operation Sindoor' by India against Pakistan in response to the killing of 26 tourists at Pahalgam, Supreme Court on Friday told the Centre that the time is not right for the discharge of 69 short service commission officers (SSCOs), including 47 women."In the prevailing situation, let us not bring their morale down.They are brilliant officers. Their services can be used somewhere else. This is not the time to force them to roam the corridors of the Supreme Court. They can be somewhere else to serve the country," said a bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh.Additional solicitor general Aishwarya Bhati said it is an administrative decision to discharge SSCOs who, after completing 14 years of service, are not found fit for permanent commission (PC). "This is […]

[ad_1] Pakistani drones intercepted (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Following Pakistan's repeated failure to breach India's air defence, Pakistan army chief General Asim Munir may engineer terror attacks inside India.Sources said the possibility of Munir, who as ISI chief scripted the 2019 Pulwama suicide attack, ordering Pakistan's terror proxies to carry out such strikes was real, adding India was ramping up its defences to prevent them.The sources pointed to the presence of senior Pakistan army personnel at the funeral of terrorists who were killed in India's strikes on nine terror camps in Pakistan and POK on the night of May 6-7. "It was quite a moment when they dropped the fiction of terrorists being non-state actors; that too, when the global spotlight is trained on them. While it may signal defiance, it underlined their compulsion not to offend the jihadis they […]