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Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed happiness on Thursday over the increase in the leopard population in the country. "Great news! This significant increase in leopard numbers is a testament to India's unwavering dedication to biodiversity. I compliment all those who are part of the various collective efforts towards wildlife protection, paving the way for a sustainable coexistence," the Prime Minister shared on X. Great news! This significant increase in leopard numbers is a testament to India's unwavering dedication to biodiversity. I compliment all those who are part of the various collective efforts towards wildlife protection, paving the way for a sustainable coexistence. https://t.co/pKNqTywu6m — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 29, 2024 Earlier in the day, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupendra Yadav, took to social media and announced that the leopard population now stands at 13,874. "Released the report on ...

The Congress is responsible for the large-scale migration of people, since Independence, from villages to towns in the country, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. He was speaking at a rally at Nizamabad in Telangana as part of the state BJP's 'Vijay Sankalp Yatra' ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. The welfare of villages, the poor, labourers and farmers, could not happen since Independence though the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru made a lot of promises, he alleged. "The condition of farmers in our country is not good. The reason for that is that Jawaharlal Nehru became Prime Minister in 1947 and the Congress government came. Mr Nehru made a lot of promises to us. But, the welfare of villages, poor, labourers and farmers could not happen," he said. Gandhiji used to say then that 90 per cent of our population lived in villages. However, slowly, such a situation arose that people left villages and started moving towards towns, th...

Anupama Singh, India's first secretary, stood firm at the 55th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), countering Pakistan's recent allegations regarding Jammu and Kashmir. Exercising India's ' Right to Reply, ' Ms Singh claimed that a country with an "abysmal" human rights record, like Pakistan, should not meddle in the internal affairs of other nations. "With regard to the extensive references to India made by Pakistan, we note that it is deeply unfortunate for the Council's platform to have once again been misused to make patently false allegations against India," Ms Singh stated . "The entire Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh is an integral and inalienable part of India, and the constitutional measures taken by the Government of India to ensure socio-economic development and good governance in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are matters internal to India. Pakistan has no locus sta...

India today presented a resolute counter to Pakistan's allegations about Jammu and Kashmir at the UN Human Rights Council saying that a country with such an "abysmal" record should not interfere in other nation's internal affairs. Exercising its 'Right to Reply', India said Pakistan has no locus standi to comment on matters that are internal to India. At the 55th Regular Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, India's first secretary Anupama Singh said that the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are an integral and inalienable part of India. She said it was unfortunate that the council has been again misused to propagate false allegations against India.   "With regard to the extensive references to India made by Pakistan, we note that it is deeply unfortunate for the Council's platform to have once again been misused to make patently false accusations against India," Anupama Singh said. India exercises Right of ...

In a befitting reply to Pakistan, India exercised its 'Right of Reply' in response to references to New Delhi stating that the nation that has institutionalized the systemic persecution of its minorities and has a truly abysmal human rights record has no right to comment on India. Exercising the 'Right of Reply' at the High-Level Segment of the 55th Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday, First Secretary Anupama Singh said that regarding Pakistan's lengthy mentions of India, it is very regrettable that the Council's forum has once again been abused to propagate flagrantly false accusations about India. "With regard to the extensive references to India made by Pakistan, we note that it is deeply unfortunate for the Council's platform to have once again been misused to make patently false allegations against India," she said. India exercises Right of Reply against Pakistan at #HRC55 pic.twitter.com/rdTMVWYmFT — India at UN,...

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Wednesday that in the last 10 years, India has transformed itself from being among fragile 5 economies to one of the top 5 economies in the world. Talking to the reporters, on the 'Viksit Bharat Ambassador Meet', Chandrasekhar said, "Citizens of Pune who are interested in becoming part of the movement of building a Viksit Bharat that the Prime Minister has laid out as a vision for us can become a Viksit Bharat ambassador. In the last 10 years, India has transformed itself from a fragile 5 economy to one of the top 5 economies in the world." Appreciating the ongoing developments in the nation, the Union Minister said that India has become an inspiration for countries around the world. "We have become an inspiration for the countries of the world in terms of economic performance, in terms of our inclusive policies, and in terms of how we transformed governance and made government work for the people," he said. Ch...

The Muslim Conference Jammu and Kashmir (Sumji faction) and the Muslim Conference Jammu & Kashmir (Bhat faction) were on Wednesday declared banned groups, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said. He also said the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is determined to uproot terrorism, and anyone involved in unlawful activities will face dire consequences. "Striking terror networks with undiminished vehemence, the government has declared the Muslim Conference Jammu & Kashmir (Sumji faction) and Muslim Conference Jammu & Kashmir (Bhat faction) as Unlawful Associations. "These outfits have been engaging in activities against the sovereignty and integrity of the nation," Amit Shah wrote on 'X'. On Tuesday, the government extended the ban imposed on the Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu Kashmir (JeI), by another five years for continuing activities that pose a threat to the security of the nation.  (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a post by cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar where he praises the beauty of Jammu and Kashmir. Mr Tendulkar and his family recently visited the Union Territory.  Expressing his delight, PM Modi wrote on X, “This is wonderful to see! Sachin Tendulkar's lovely Jammu and Kashmir visit has two important takeaways for our youth: One - to discover different parts of #IncredibleIndia. Two - the importance of "make-in-India". Together, let's build a viksit and aatmanirbhar Bharat!” This is wonderful to see! @sachin_rt 's lovely Jammu and Kashmir visit has two important takeaways for our youth: One - to discover different parts of #IncredibleIndia . Two- the importance of ‘Make in India.' Together, let's build a Viksit and Aatmanirbhar Bharat! https://t.co/YVUlRbb4av — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 28, 2024 Sachin Tendulkar shared glimpses of his snowy holiday in Gulmarg and other parts of Kashmir with his wife ...

A fire broke out today at a resort in Jammu and Kashmir's popular ski town, Gulmarg. Several rooms were burnt in the massive and efforts were on to douse the flames. Meanwhile, locals made snowballs to extinguish the flames. People gathered in groups and started pounding on the flames, a video showed. Gulmarg is covered with dense snow after weeks of a dry spell in the first few weeks of January and has seen massive snowfall since the beginning of February. No injuries have been reported and further details are awaited. Last week, one skier from Russia died after a massive avalanche hit Gulmarg, a ski resort town in Jammu and Kashmir. Seven skiers from Russia were hit by the avalanche and six have been rescued. The town, known for its landscapes and world-class skiing slopes, has become a hotspot for adventure seekers and tourists after the recent snowfall that ended over two months of dry spells.   Read full article

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Kashmir valley next week for the first time since his government stripped Jammu and Kashmir of special status under Article 370 and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories in 2019. NDTV has learnt that the Prime Minister will be addressing a rally in Srinagar on March 7 and launch various schemes during his trip. "It was a longstanding demand of people here that the Prime Minister come and address them. Now on March 7, he will be addressing a rally," Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina told NDTV. According to the current plan, Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre has been finalised as the venue for the Prime Minister's visit. Elaborate security arrangements are underway and a high alert has been declared. Police and paramilitary personnel are conducting random checks on vehicles at multiple locations. "As a precautionary measure, special inspection points have been set up at various sites across Sri...

The government on Tuesday extended the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu Kashmir (JeI), for five more years for continuing activities against the security, integrity and sovereignty of the nation, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said. He also said anyone threatening the security of the nation will face ruthless measures. "Pursuing PM @narendramodi Ji's policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and separatism the government has extended the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu Kashmir for five years," he wrote on X. The home minister said the organisation is found continuing its activities against the security, integrity and sovereignty of the nation. The outfit was first declared an 'Unlawful Association' on February 28, 2019. In a notification, the Union home ministry said the Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu and Kashmir has been indulging in activities which are prejudicial to internal security and public order and have the potential to disrupt the unity and integrity of the cou...

A distraught family in Kashmir is waiting for the return of their son, who was tricked into fighting Russia's war against Ukraine. A job agent lured Azad Yousf Kumar and he ended up on the Ukraine border. The family said the 31-year-old was forced to fight the war and appealed to the government to intervene and help get their son back. "We request the government of India for his safe return and to reach back his home safely. All Indian children should return safely," Asad Yousf's cousin said. A skilled labourer in digging tube wells, Kumar is a resident of Poshwan in the Pulwama district. He is among the two Kashmiris who were duped into fighting for Russia in December last year. Days after getting "enlisted" in the Russian military, he suffered a gunshot wound in his foot. The family said he came across a YouTube channel run by - "Baba Vlogs" from Mumbai, who advertised job opportunities as helpers in Russia. After his "selection " Ku...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Jammu and Kashmir next month and address a public rally in Anantnag district, BJP sources said in Srinagar today. This would be the Prime Minister's first visit to the Kashmir Valley after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. The public rally will be held as part of the BJP's election campaign for the forthcoming general polls, the sources told Press Trust of India. "The prime minister's public rally is scheduled in Anantnag district next month," the BJP sources told Press Trust of India. "While the exact date is yet to be finalised, the rally will take place any day between March 14 to 17," the sources said, adding the party was waiting for the final dates from the Prime Minister's Office. The BJP is focussing on the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat which comprises of the south Kashmir areas of Shopian, Kulgam and Anantnag, and Rajouri-Poonch areas in Jammu. Before delimitation of the con...

Nitasha Kaul - the Indian-origin British academic deported by the government  over the weekend after landing at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport - has hit back at claims she was refused entry because she is "married to a Pakistani... a pawn of China... a puppet (of the) West..." Ms Kaul - who government sources claim was deported because of her "anti-India, pro-separatist sentiments - said was not humiliated, and declared, "I am authoritarians fear... a thinking woman". "Re: all the lies, I am not married to a Pakistani, not a Muslim convert, not a pawn of China, not a puppet of (the) West, not a commie (Communist), not a jihadi, not a Pak sympathiser, not a terrorist supporter, not anti-India, and not part of a gang," she posted on X (formerly Twitter). "My experience was harrowing... but the humiliation is not mine. It is that of a ridiculous, insecure regime. What I have termed 'moral wound of colonialism' in my wor...

A journalist from Jammu and Kashmir who alleged immigration officers in Delhi were "rude" to her is seen in CCTV footage not cooperating when the officers requested to get her bags scanned, the Delhi customs said in a post on X, formerly Twitter. Yana Mir, whose speech in the UK parliament about how she is not a "Malala Yousafzai" because she is "free and safe" in India, on arriving at Delhi airport posted on X that the Delhi customs thinks of her as a "brand smuggler", after her bags were opened and checked. "What I said in London about India: I am free and safe in India. How I was welcomed back to India? 'Madam scan your bag, open your bag, why you have Louis Vuitton shopping bags? Did you pay for them? Where are the bills?' What Londoners think of me - Indian media warrior. What Delhi customs thinks of me: brand smuggler," Ms Mir said in the social media post. Taking strong exception to Ms Mir's post, the Delhi customs...

Indian Railways said Monday it had ordered an investigation after a runaway freight train loaded with gravel travelled 70 km without a driver. Around 50 carriages set off solo, careering from Jammu and Kashmir to Punjab, before being brought to a halt by wooden blocks placed on the tracks on Sunday. "We have ordered an inquiry," Northern Railways spokesman Deepak Kumar told AFP, adding that no one was hurt in the incident. The train, running at 100 kmph, was captured in a video that went viral on social media. The incident happened after the train stopped at a railway station in Jammu for a crew change, local media reports said. But it began moving down a slope after the driver and his assistant got off. All road crossings on the route were closed to prevent accidents. The incident is the latest to hit India's creaking rail network, which carries millions of passengers each day. The country has invested huge sums of money to upgrade the network with modern station...

India has stopped the flow of water from the Ravi river into Pakistan by building a dam that was waiting for completion for 45 years. India has exclusive rights to the water of Ravi under the 1960 Indus water treaty signed under the supervision of the World Bank.   The Shahpur Kandi barrage -- located in Punjab's Pathankot district -- was held up by a domestic dispute between Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.  But that led to substantial chunk of water that belongs to India, going to Pakistan all these years. Under the Indus water treaty, India has full rights over the water of Ravi, Sutlej and Beas, while Pakistan has rights over the water of Indus, Jhelum and Chenab. In 1979, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir governments signed an agreement to build Ranjit Sagar Dam and downstream Shahpur Kandi barrage to stop water to Pakistan. The agreement was signed by Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, then chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and his Punjab counterpart Parkash Singh Badal. In 1982, ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attacked the opposition Congress, saying its entire strength was used to ensure the progress of just one family. All kinds of scams used to take place under the Congress regime, PM Modi said, adding that his government stopped all those things in the last 10 years. The Congress lacked the will and intention to provide amenities to people, he said. The PM was speaking after inaugurating and laying the foundation stones for various projects in Dwarka, including India's longest cable-stayed bridge between Okha and Beyt Dwarka here in Gujarat. "Those who ruled the country for a long time did not have the will power, intention and dedication to provide amenities to the common people," PM Modi said. "The entire strength of the Congress has been used to take one family forward. If everything was to be done only for one family then how would one remember to build the country? Its (Congress) entire energy was focused on how to run th...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday attached houses of four accused in a narco-terror case in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, the agency said. The case relates to the use of the "proceeds of narcotic drugs" to fund violent terror activities by proscribed terror groups Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) operating in Jammu and Kashmir's Handwara-Kupwara region, the NIA said in a statement. In a major step towards dismantling the funding networks that are fuelling terrorism in Kashmir, the NIA attached four residential properties and seized cash in the Handwara narco-terrorism case involving LeT and HM, it said. The properties belonging to four accused have been attached in Handwara tehsil of the north Kashmir district by the NIA, which has also seized a total of Rs 2.27 crore in cash under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the agency said. The immovable properties attached are accused Afaq Ahmad Wani's two-store...

The recent address of Yana Mir , a social activist and journalist from Jammu and Kashmir, at the UK Parliament has become a hot topic. Speaking at an event hosted by the Jammu and Kashmir Study Centre in the UK, she asserted she was "not Malala Yusufzai" and was safe in India.  "I am not a Malala Yusufzai because I am free and I am safe in my country, in my homeland Kashmir, which is part of India. I will never need to run away from my country and seek refuge in your country. I will never ever be a Malala Yusufzai but I object to Malala Yusufzai defaming my country, my progressing homeland by calling it oppressed," she said in her address.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Yana Mir (@realyanamir) At the event in the UK Parliament, Ms Mir received the Diversity Ambassador Award from UK MP Theresa Villiers in the presence of MPs Bob Blackman and Virendra Sharma.  Here are 5 facts about Yana Mi...

The Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA) has filed a 4th supplementary chargesheet against six more accused in a case relating to terror funding, taking the total toll of accused to 18, police said on Friday. According to an official Jammu and Kashmir police release, "Mohd Sharief Chechi, Farooq Ahmad Jungal, and Saif Din who were arrested by SIA recently have been charge-sheeted under various sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 1967, Narcotic Drug Psychotropic Substance Act and Indian Penal code relating to criminal conspiracy, raising funds for Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, a proscribed terrorist organization." "SIA Jammu has seized an amount of Rs 10 lakh and freezed more than Rs 70 lakh in bank accounts which were the proceeds from narcotics smuggled from PoK. The other 3 accused namely Hamidullah Khuroo, Farooq Ahmad Shawl and Javid Ahmad Chalkoo, all HM terrorists, are evading their arrest and are presently in Pakistan," it said. The accuse...

Yana Mir, a social activist and a journalist from Jammu and Kashmir, was honoured in the UK Parliament with the Diversity Ambassador award. Ms Mir's speech countering "propaganda" against Jammu and Kashmir is going viral, where she said she is "not a Malala Yousafzai", the Nobel Peace Prize winner from Pakistan who has taken refuge in the UK. At an event hosted by the Jammu and Kashmir Study Centre, UK, Ms Mir said, "I'm not a Malala Yousafzai...because I'm safe and free in my homeland Kashmir, which is part of India. I will never run away from my homeland and seek refuge in your country (UK). I can never be a Malala Yousafzai." I am not a Malala I am free and safe in my homeland #Kashmir , which is part of India I will never need to runaway from my homeland and seek refuge in your country: Yana Mir @MirYanaSY in UK Parliament. #SankalpDiwas pic.twitter.com/3C5k2uAzBZ — Sajid Yousuf Shah (@TheSkandar) February 22, 2024 Ms Mir then sl...

Rashtriya Lok Dal Chief Jayant Chaudhary on Friday asked the farmers protesting for minimum support price to exercise patience, saying a solution would definitely emerge. Mr Chaudhary appealed for restraint from "both sides" as he expressed his sorrow at the death of a young farmer on Wednesday during a farmer-police clash at the Khanauri border of Punjab and Haryana. "Farmers should exercise patience, a solution will definitely emerge. Violence is not acceptable in any form," he said. Mr Chaudhary, who was in Amroha, met the family members of Hakampur village head Vishal and Rajan and Manoj, who died in a road accident on December 24, at their homes and condoled with them. Mr Chaudhary, who was till recently an ally in the INDIA bloc, left the grouping in the wake of Bharat Ratna announcement to his father, former prime minister Chaudhary Charan Singh. During his visit he refused to answer queries on the seat-sharing for Lok Sabha elections with other parties ...

Sent to Russia on the pretext of getting good salaries as security guards or labourers, at least 10 young men from various parts of India are now being forced to risk their lives and fight a war for a country they owe no allegiance to. Not only were the men duped in terms of the job that they were signing up for, but the agent who sent them to Russia also managed to extract Rs 3 lakh from each of them. The men - who are believed to be fighting Ukraine as part of the mercenary organisation, Wagner Group - and their families have now appealed to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to help them return to India. A similar appeal has been made by AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi and a Karnataka minister has said the state government will talk to the MEA about getting the men back. Family members of the youngsters said on Thursday that one of them, Syed Ilyas from Hyderabad, had sent a video from Russia telling his parents that he and several others had been cheated by the agent. In the video,...

One skier from Russia has died after a massive avalanche hit Gulmarg, a ski resort town in Jammu and Kashmir, today. Seven skiers from Russia were hit by the avalanche and six have been rescued.  Helicopters were deployed for search and rescue operations. The massive avalanche hit the upper reaches of Gulmarg today near the Kongdoori slopes, officials said. The foreigners had gone to the ski slopes without locals, PTI reported, quoting officials.  Personnel of the Army and a patrolling team of the Jammu and Kashmir administration were called to carry out rescue-cum-search operations. Visuals from the aftermath of the avalanche show tourists stuck in knee-deep snow and a civilian helicopter hovering over the area. A snowmobile, which is often used by tourists for adventure sports in Gulmarg, is stuck in the snow which has covered the slope after the avalanche. Gulmarg, which witnessed a dry spell in the first few weeks of January, has seen massive snowfall since the beginni...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting searches at 30 locations linked to former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik in connection with alleged corruption in the Kiru Hydropower project. The agency started its operation in the morning with around 100 officers mobilised to swoop down at 30 locations in multiple cities, officials said. The case relates to alleged corruption in awarding civil works of the Kiru Hydro Electric Power Project (HEP) worth Rs 2,200 crore, they said. CBI had registered a case in April 2022 against five individuals, including Mr Malik, in connection with alleged irregularities in awarding contracts worth for the projects. Mr Malik, who was the governor of Jammu and Kashmir between August 23, 2018 and October 30, 2019 had claimed he was offered a Rs 300-crore bribe for clearing two files, including the one pertaining to the project. Responding to the allegations, Satya Pal Malik, who has been admitted to the hospital for the past few d...

The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained blocked after a fresh landslide in the Ramban district on Wednesday, officials said. Hundreds of vehicles were stranded due to major landslides and shooting stones at multiple places along the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar highway, which is the only road link that connects Kashmir with the rest of the country. The highway was closed on Monday and, over the last three days, efforts to restore the road for traffic could not succeed due to landslides at multiple places. Officials say traffic was partially restored on Wednesday afternoon to clear stranded vehicles in the Banihal- Ramban sector but a massive landslide at Kishtwari again blocked the highway.  Heavy snowfall has also forced the closure of several other key roads including the Srinagar-Ladakh road and roads connecting the Line of Control (LOC) regions in Kupwara and Gurez. "Jammu-Srinagar National Highway is still blocked due to major landslides at Kishtwari Pather and Banihal, an...

A dozen Indians, including three men from Telangana, were cheated by job agents who offered them work as security agents in Russia but are now being forced to take part in the war against Ukraine, claimed MP Asaduddin Owaisi. He has written to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, seeking his intervention to help bring three Indians back from Russia who were allegedly duped by a job agent and sent to the war. Indians Stuck In Russia The Indians were sent to Russia, where they received basic weapons-handling training and were forced onto the battlefield. They were tricked into volunteering for the army and sent to fight in Mariupol, Kharkiv, and Donetsk. Mr Owaisi, in a press conference, said, "Unemployed men from Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh were promised jobs by agents in Russia, where they were told that they would work as building security agents but were duped and sent to the battlefield. I met the families of these men in December la...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's key mission is to make India a developed country till 2047, while the INDIA bloc is focused on building the careers of the heirs of the party heads. While addressing the Karyakarta Sammelan in Jaipur on Mr Shah said, "PM Modi has set a target that by 2047, India will become the most developed country in the world. In the last 10 years PM Modi has kept the foundation for this development. The main aim of the Modi government is the development of the country while the aim of the INDI alliance is to build the careers of the heirs of the party heads." "BJP's vision of "Sarvapratham Bharat" (India First) but in INDIA bloc ; Like Sonia Gandhi's push for son Rahul Gandhi as PM, Lalu Yadav's aspirations for his son Tejashwi Yadav as deputy PM, Uddhav Thackrey's ambitions for his son as CM, and MK Stalin eyeing his son's political rise," said Amit Shah. Amit...