Srinagar, Aug 26 (UNI) Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has become the first force in the country to induct the “Wheeled Armoured Amphibious Platform” (WHAP) vehicle to enhance its operational capabilities in the Kashmir valley. The highly technology gadgets equipped vehicle has been designed to run on any terrain including water, road and muddy conditions…
Mumbai, Aug 26 (UNI) Veteran Bollywood lyricist Dev Kohli passed away here on Saturday after a prolonged illness. Eighty-six-year-old Kohli was famous for his superhit songs like ‘Kabootar Jaa, Jaa, Jaa’, ‘Ye Kaali Kaali Aankhen’, ‘Dil Deewana, Bin Sajna Ke Maane Na’ and ‘Chalti Hai Kay Nau Se Bara’. Kohli’s body was kept for people…
New Delhi, Aug 26 (UNI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said a true leader stands by his people through every circumstance. In a series of his posts on twitter, Shah said Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji flew directly to Bengaluru from Greece this morning to meet the ISRO scientists behind India’s successful moon…
Chennai, Aug 26 (UNI) ISRO on Saturday evening said the third Lunar Mission Chandryaaan-3 achieved three mission objectives. In a social media post, ISRO said “of the 3 mission objectives, Demonstration of a Safe and Soft Landing on the Lunar Surface is accomplished” “Demonstration of Rover roving on the moon is accomplished”, it said. “Conducting…
Chennai, Aug 26 (UNI) Nine pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh were charred to death and eight others suffered injuries/burns when a fire broke out in a railway coach near Madurai Railway station on Saturday. Reports received here said the deceased included three women. The bodies were shifted to Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) where the post mortem…
Bengaluru, Aug 26 (UNI) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Saturday clarified that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and himself did not breach protocol by not receiving Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bengaluru as they were obeying PMO’s orders. He made the clarification amid a controversy of an alleged protocol violation during PM Modi’s visit to…
Varanasi, Aug 26 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday underlined the importance of the strengthening of cultural heritage for economic development and diversification and said that India will launch the PM Vishwakarma Yojana in the next few months to help traditional artisans and preserve the rich cultural heritage. Addressing the meeting of G20 Culture…
Hyderabad, Aug 26 (UNI) The sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) have caught a Revenue official red-handed when he was accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000. On Friday, at about 1400 hours, the Accused Officer (AO) Askani Narsimulu, Addl. Revenue Inspector, office of Tahsildar, Atmakur Mandal, Wanaparthy District, was caught red-handed in his office when…
Srinagar, Aug 26 (UNI) Mahant Deependra Giri, the custodian of the Charri-Mubarak of Swami Amarnath, the holy mace of Lord Shiva, accompanied by a group of Sadhus, left in a bus from Dashnami Akhara Temple Srinagar for the cave shrine to conduct the final rituals of the yatra amid tight security arrangements on Saturday. “Chhari…
Srinagar, Aug 26 (UNI) Security forces on Saturday arrested three militant associates of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) during separate operations and recovered grenades in Jammu Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Police said in a significant joint operation, Jammu and Kashmir Police along with 28 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) apprehended two terrorist associates affiliated with the LeT in Kupwara. The operation…
