Kulgam encounter: Mobile internet services suspended

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday launched an organ donation campaign under the ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’, being organised from September 17 to October 17 to mark Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday interacted with students of Government Senior Secondary School, Rail, in Hamirpur district’s Nadaun area and sought feedback on their studies, careers and changes in the education sector. During the interaction, students raised issues related to cleanliness, the CBSE curriculum, NEET question paper leaks, bus services and damaged school steps. Sukhu said cleanliness should become a people’s movement and stressed that those involved in question paper leaks would face strict action. He also directed officials to repair the damaged steps and said necessary arrangements were being made for a bus service from Rangs to the school.

The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) is expected to make its new headquarters in the national capital operational by the end of December this year, with major construction work on the 2.23-acre site nearing completion.

According to the White Knight Corps, confirmed inputs indicated the presence of terrorists in the general area of Brattal, following which troops of the White Knight Corps, Jammu and Kashmir Police and CRPF launched a targeted operation.

Devotees who had gathered on all four streets surrounding the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai found themselves stranded and unable to move out of the temple premises after the conclusion of the historic Maha Kumbabhishekam ceremony on Thursday.