New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea filed by candidates belonging to the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) seeking age relaxation and additional attempts in the Civil Services Examination on a par with the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC). A Division Bench of Justices Anil Kshetrapal and Amit Mahajan held that the policy decision of the Centre not to extend such relaxations to EWS candidates does not suffer from arbit…
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New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) In a significant blow to the revival plans of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), its co-founder and second-in-command Amir Hamza was shot at by unidentified gunmen in Lahore, Pakistan, outside a television station.He has been admitted to a hospital with severe injuries and is said to be in a critical condition. The incident occurred when he was outside a news channel’s office in Lahore on Thursday.He was reportedly being hospitalised following injuries sustained in an accident a…
Jammu, April 16 (IANS) A joint parcel product rapid cargo service (JPP-RCS) train will operate from Adarsh Nagar in New Delhi to Budgam in Kashmir from Friday, Northern Railway officials said on Thursday.A statement by the Northern Railway said that the JPP-RCS train will run between Adarsh Nagar station in New Delhi and Budgam in Central Kashmir.Officials said this will give relief to traders in the Valley, particularly fruit growers and handicrafts artisans. The service will run regularly on a…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Faridabad module case linked to the Delhi car bomb blast in November last year has served as a stark wake-up call for Indian security agencies. While several white-collar modules have been uncovered in the past, the Faridabad network operated on a far larger and more organised scale.An Intelligence Bureau official said that emerging patterns point to a growing preference among terror groups for white-collar operatives, indicating a shift in recruitment and operatio…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The West Bengal Governor earlier this week said that the twin spectre of radicalisation and militancy poses a serious challenge for the state, particularly in border districts such as Murshidabad and Malda, which share a boundary with Bangladesh.The remarks come at a time when efforts are reportedly underway to drive radicalisation programmes aimed at fuelling communal tensions and carrying out terror strikes.Intelligence agencies have, on numerous occasions over the p…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has allowed the wife of an Indian Army soldier in a persistent vegetative state to seek retrieval and cryopreservation of his sperm for IVF treatment, holding that his prior consent to undergo assisted reproductive treatment before the accident would be treated as sufficient compliance under the law.A single-judge Bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav passed the order while hearing a plea filed by the wife of a Lance Naik, seeking directions t…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) West Bengal’s Governor earlier this week said that the twin spectre of radicalisation and militancy poses a serious challenge for West Bengal, especially in two of the several districts sharing a border with Bangladesh – Murshidabad and Malda. The comment comes at a time when efforts are on to drive radicalisation programmes aimed at both fuelling communal tensions and carrying out terror strikes.Intelligence agencies have, on numerous occasions, flagged the…
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and its army have reactivated at least 70 terror launchpads across the Line of Control and International Border, planning a mass infiltration of nearly 800 terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir, intelligence sources revealed on Wednesday.The Pakistan establishment aims to exploit the current global focus on the Middle East conflict and the ongoing state elections in India to facilitate the infiltration, an official said.Global…
Srinagar, April 15 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday showed the much-appreciated presence of mind when he refused to cut an inauguration ribbon bearing three colours of the national flag.CM Abdullah declined to cut the ribbon during the inauguration of the “Know Your Artisan” programme at Kashmir Haat, Exhibition Ground, Srinagar, after noticing that it bore the colours of the national flag.When the Chief Minister reached the inauguration point, he observed t…
Srinagar, April 15 (IANS) Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district said on Wednesday that they have busted multiple drug rackets, recovering a large quantity of ‘Charas’ (Marijuana) and arresting several persons involved.An official statement said Anantnag Police achieved major success in a series of operations across the district, recovering significant quantities of contraband substances and arresting several individuals involved.In one operation, Police Station Srigufwara, acting…