Jammu, The armies of India and Pakistan exchanged sweets with each other on Saturday to mark the New Year on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.

A defence ministry statement said, "At the beginning of the year 2022, to promote mutual trust and tranquility, Indian Army exchanged sweets and greeting

Srinagar, The Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Saturday that one of the terrorists killed in the Anantnag encounter on December 30 last year was likely to be the last surviving militant involved in the Lethpora terror attack of 2019.

The police quoted Vijay Kumar, Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone, in its t

Chennai, At least five people died in a blast at a firecracker unit in Pudupatti near Sivakasi on Saturday morning. Ten people are seriously injured in the blast.

The accident took place in Saturday morning and fire and rescue personnel are working to douse the flame.

The firecracker unit is owned b

Hyderabad, Telangana's minister for municipal administration and urban development K.T. Rama Rao on Saturday urged the Centre to transfer defence land for construction of two skyways and ministry of home affairs land for building a flyover in Hyderabad.

The minister said it was unfortunate that the Centre had

Patna, With the state's first Omicron case surfacing in Patna, the Bihar Health department has issued a notification for passengers from South Africa, Botswana, England, the USA and Hong Kong.

As per the notification, the passengers of these countries have to be in home isolation for 10 days and undergo RT-PCR

Chennai, A disciplined underwriting of risks by proper segmentation largely compelled by reinsurers, reduced Covid-19 intensity owing to vaccination programme -- adults and in the 15-18 groups -- and increased awareness about insurance protection, retirement planning are going to be the business drivers for life insurers in 2022

Aizawl, The security forces have recovered a large cache of explosives and war-like stores in Saiha district bordering Myanmar in southern Mizoram, officials said on Saturday.

Defence and police sources said that acting on secret information, the Assam Rifles troopers and the police in a joint operation made the r

New Delhi, Doordarshan channels have clocked viewership of more than six billion this year across the country.

Similarly, more than 185 YouTube channels of DD and All India Radio (AIR) together registered more than billion views in 2021.

In a statement issued on Friday, the Ministry of Information a

Jammu,  Dr Parvaiz Ahmad Koul, a former Professor of Medicine, was on Friday appointed the Director of the prestigious Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura (SKIMS) in Srinagar.

The search committee to select the SKIMS Director from amongst 15 applicants included some of the most senior and

Bhubaneswar, On the eve of New Year, the Cabinet of Odisha government has decided to provide land rights to the slum dwellers of five municipal corporation towns of the state.

The Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday approved the proposal for extension of Jaga Mission for slum dwellers in