This year, Diwali seems to have arrived early for Umar, as his skilled hands meticulously shape clay into 10,000 oil lamps commissioned by the administration for the upcoming Independence Day celebrations.
Highly trained for conducting operations in hilly areas and urban terrain, the Garud Special Forces of IAF were initially deployed in the valley in 2007 and 2009 and redeployed in 2017, Commanding Officer of a Garud unit told ANI in an exclusive interaction.
Earlier, the University Grants Commission decided that from this year onward, Anti-Ragging Day would be observed on August 12, followed by Anti-Ragging Week from August 12-18th.
The girl was identified as Manisha, a resident of Churunda village, while working near Gen Area Seb Neck accidentally hit herself on the left foot leading to profuse bleeding and likelihood of getting infected, the Army said.
“Srinagar lies in the centre of Kashmir valley and its elevation is higher than plains. It is strategically better to place an aircraft with a higher weight-to-thrust ratio and less response time due to proximity to the border and is equipped with better avionics and long-range miss
"Arrangements for August 15 are underway in J-K. LG Manoj Sinha chaired a meeting in view of the celebrations...A huge 'Tiranga' rally will be organised on August 13...", DGP Singh said.
The transformative initiative, aimed at combatting the growing issue of drug abuse, focused on raising awareness and educating the community about the grave perils associated with drug addiction while fostering a united commitment towards a drug-free future.
On the last day of the Monsoon session of Parliament, Punjab Rajya Sabha MP Vikramjit Singh Sahney from Punjab presented a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding reservation of two seats for Kashmiri Sikhs in the Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) Assembly and granting minority stat