Srinagar, A Jammu and Kashmir Special Police Officer (SPO), who had fled with two AK-47 rifles on October, has been nabbed and the weapons recovered, police said on Sunday.

A senior police officer said SPO Altaf Hassan has been nabbed along with two AK-47 rifles and their ammunition.

"The SPO h

Imphal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has kept the northeast in his heart and thus showered the region with a huge amount of central funds, tamed the decades-old terrorism and established peace, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday.

"Development of northeast region is the mantra (vision) of Modi ji, he

Chandigarh,  Amid the farmers' protests against the three contentious farm laws, the polling for municipal elections in Haryana was held on Sunday peacefully with a low turnout in the state where the ruling BJP-Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) and the Congress were locked in a straight contest.

The poll percent

New Delhi, The Indian government's initiative to carry out development works in Left Wing Extremism-affected states face hurdles as road construction in these areas is "abysymally slow".

The government has sanctioned construction of 9,338 km of roads but of these only 1,796 km length of roads are com

Jammu, In a major success, Jammu and Kashmir Police and Indian Army's counter-insurgency Rashtriya Rifles have busted a terror module in Poonch and foiled a major terrorist plot to carry out attacks on religious places, police said on Sunday.

Police said three militant associates have been arrested so far and

Hyderabad, The Telangana government on Sunday decided not to set up purchase centres in villages to buy agriculture produce from farmers, saying it was one time facility provided on humanitarian grounds during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The farmers will have to bring their produce to agriculture markets. However, the

Ayodhya, The construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya has run into a rough patch as the test piles for temple foundation failed to prove resilient enough in tests due to the unfavourable soil conditions underneath.

Consultations are underway with experts from IITs, engineering institutes and construction firms to

Jammu, Recoveries remained marginally ahead of new coronavirus cases in J&K on Sunday as the total number of people infected with Covid-19 crossed the 120,000 mark in the Union Territory.

An official bulletin said on Sunday, 260 people tested positive -- 141 in the Jammu division and 119 in the Kashmir divisio

Panaji, Goa Ports Minister Michael Lobo on Sunday appealed to the people not to fall prey to fake messages circulating on Whatsapp, which claim that tourism businesses in the state would be impacted due to an impending lockdown.

Lobo said that Goa could not afford another lockdown and urged people to continue prac

Amaravati, Two persons were burnt to death when a motorcycle they were riding caught fire after colliding with a truck in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district on Sunday, police said.

The petrol tank of the bike was damaged due to the impact of the collision and caught fire. Both the men died on the spot as flam