A fire broke out in the Islamic Research Institute in Anantnag town of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. Nobody has been injured or killed due to the fire incident.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday instructed the Chief Secretary over the phone to immediately issue instructions to the District Magistrates to continuously monitor forest fires every day for a week.
During what the police called a "targeted operation" that lasted over 12 hours, the forces closed in on the building and the terrorist squad opened fire on them.
Six terrorists were gunned down by the security forces in North Waziristan on Saturday, ARY News reported, citing military media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
On the occasion of International Firefighters' Day on Saturday, Farhan Akhtar unveiled the poster of the action-packed drama 'Agni' starring Divyenndu Sharma, Pratik Gandhi, and Saiyami Kher
Director General of Police (DGP), Uttarakhand, Abhinav Kumar, said on Saturday that cases have been registered in nine districts and three people have been arrested in connection to the forest fire situation in the state.
"The Crime Branch received information that Avneesh, accused of firing on a youth in the Harsh Vihar area, was about to reach near Ghazipur Paper Market. Thereafter, the team set a vehicle trap," said the police.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has stressed the need of advance preparations to deal with forest fire incidents in the state, noting that responsibilities of all the senior officers from the headquarters should be fixed as also the district officers and there should be com