Day: January 9, 2021

Military commanders of India, China to hold talks on Saturday

Indian Army apprehends Chinese soldier who transgressed across LAC in Ladakh, second such incident in 3 months

10:28 pm January 9, 2021

New Delhi : In a second such incident in nearly three months, a Chinese soldier was apprehended by the Indian Army at the southern bank of Pangong Tso in eastern Ladakh on Friday after he transgressed across the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), officials said on Saturday. The capture of the soldier comes amid a massive deployment of troops by the Indian Army and the Chinese People’s […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

PDP youth leader Waheed Para granted bail in ‘terror-link’ case by NIA court

10:24 pm January 9, 2021

Jammu : PDP youth president Waheed Para was on Saturday granted bail by an NIA court hereafter remaining in custody for one-and-a-half months for his alleged links with terrorists of Hizbul Mujahideen. However, he was whisked away by sleuths of a security agency as he came out of the district jail here on being released but it was not […]

Congress favours middlemen in agri sector: UP minister

10:13 pm January 9, 2021

Mathura: Uttar Pradesh Power Minister Shrikant Sharma here on Saturday alleged that the Congress is backing the farmers’ agitation against the Centre’s farm laws as it favours the middlemen involved in the sale of crops. He also claimed the farm laws have prepared a blueprint for increasing farmers’ income. Efforts of middlemen to share the income of farmers have […]

Indonesia jet carrying 62 goes missing on domestic flight

10:10 pm January 9, 2021

Jakarta: A Sriwijaya Air passenger jet carrying 62 people lost contact with air traffic controllers on Saturday, minutes after taking off from Indonesia’s capital on a domestic flight, officials said. Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi said Flight SJ182 was delayed for an hour before it took off at 2:36 pm (local time). The plane disappeared from radar four minutes […]

HP: After fresh snowfall, Shimla, Kufri & Dalhousie reel under sub-zero temperatures

Keylong shivers at minus 9 degrees Celsius in Himachal

10:06 pm January 9, 2021

Shimla: Keylong and Kalpa shivered at sub-zero temperature in Himachal Pradesh, the Meteorological Department said. The tribal Lahaul and Spiti’s administrative centre Keylong were the coldest place in the state at minus 9 degrees Celsius, Shimla MeT centre director Manmohan Singh said. Kalpa in Kinnaur district recorded a low of minus 3.8 degrees Celsius, he added. The minimum temperature in Manali, Dalhousie and Kufri were recorded at 1, 2.5 and 4.6 […]