Two persons were injured when a bomb exploded in the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) complex on Monday, a police officer said. A 40-year-old man and his wife who had come to the hospital for treatment were injured in the blast that occurred at around 9.30 am, near a sentry post in the RIMS complex, the officer said.
Authorities in Kashmir issued an avalanche warning in four districts of the valley on Monday as the higher reaches of the union territory received moderate to heavy snowfall, while the plains were lashed by rains. The avalanche warning has been issued in Kupwara, Bandipora and Baramulla districts of north Kashmir, and Ganderbal district in central Kashmir, officials said.
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal has been critical to the party leadership following the poor performance in the Bihar Assembly elections and bypolls. In an interview to The Indian Express, Sibal said that people don't consider the grand old party as an alternative. A former Union minister and a noted Supreme Court lawyer, Sibal said that he even questioned the functioning of the Congress Working Committee, the highest decision making body of the organisation.
Nearly 70 per cent people in the national capital refrained from bursting firecrackers on Diwali this year, Environment Minister Gopal Rai said on Monday. This was after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government had imposed a ban on the same and the results will be better next year, Rai asserted. He also said that a long-term solution to the problem of pollution "cannot be found in a day". "Around 70 per cent of the residents of the city did not burn firecrackers after the government imposed a ban on the same. I hope that the results will be better next year," he told reporters.
President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said media persons have beeb among the frontline corona warriors who played an important role in educating people and mitigating the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. In his written message on the occasion of the National Press Day, the president also appreciated the Press Council of India (PCI), which regulates the print media, for safeguarding the independence of the press.
A group of suspected Naxalites blew up a community building in Bodhi Bigha village in Gaya district of Bihar, police said on Monday. A police official said that the armed Naxalites went to the village in Dumaria police station area on Sunday night and blew up the building by using explosives.
There are nearly 300 terrorists present across the border, present at each launching pad in Pakistan, Rajesh Mishra, BSF Inspector General (IG), Kashmir has said. Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Mishra said the security forces have been successful in thwarting their attempts of infiltration. Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
