NEW DELHI: The Union govt has informed SC that it plans to set up Artificial Intelligence-based facial recognition systems at seven major railway stations, including Mumbai CST and New Delhi, to curb crimes against women. The number of sexual offenders recorded in the National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO) has crossed the 20-lakh mark, it…
J&K CM Omar Abdullah (File photo) JAMMU: J&K CM Omar Abdullah urged Sunday the external affairs ministry (MEA) to intervene urgently in securing the release of Ranjeet Singh, a resident of Ramban district, who was allegedly abducted by terrorists in Niger following an attack on July 15.Abdullah tagged external affairs minister S Jaishankar on X…
JAMMU: A gunfight broke out Sunday between security forces and terrorists following a cordon-and-search operation launched on specific intelligence in Dachhan area of J&K’s Kishtwar district. At least three terrorists, suspected to be affiliated with Pakistan-backed banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad, are believed to be trapped.“Security forces came under intense fire during the search, triggering a gunfight,”…
NEW DELHI: A 43-year-old man from Mumbai has been arrested after his pet pit bull attacked and injured an 11-year-old boy in Mankhurd. According to the FIR filed by the boy’s father, the child was playing inside a stationary auto-rickshaw on Thursday night when Sohail Hasan Khan allegedly set the dog loose on the boy,…
Senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader K Muraleedharan on Sunday launched a scathing attack against fellow party MP Shashi Tharoor, declaring that the Thiruvananthapuram parliamentarian will not be invited to any Congress events in the state capital until he changes his position on national security matters.Muraleedharan, a prominent figure in the…
NEW DELHI: Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu on Sunday expressed his confidence in Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB)’s probe into AI 171 crash, urging people to avoid “jumping to conclusions” till the final report was out. He also questioned the coverage of the crash probe by the Western media houses pointing out…
Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, left, and YSRCP MP PV Midhun Reddy NEW DELHI: Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has been named as a recipient of alleged kickbacks in a Rs 3,500 crore liquor scam, according to a chargesheet filed by the state police. The 305-page document,…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra agriculture minister Manikrao Kokate has dismissed NCP(SP) Rohit Pawar’s claim that he was playing rummy in the assembly, clarifying that it was solitaire, an app he said may have been downloaded by a staffer, and had actually opened YouTube to check on lower house proceedings.“Rohit Pawar has become addicted to playing rummy….
NEW DELHI: A brief exchange of fire took place between terrorists and security forces in the Khankoo forest area of Kishtwar district on Sunday, officials said.The encounter broke out when security forces, including police and the Indian Army, launched a cordon and search operation following reports of suspected terrorist movement between Dachhan and Nagseni areas.Officials…
NEW DELHI: The family of Ranjit Singh, a senior safety officer from Jammu and Kashmir abducted during a terror attack in Niger’s Dosso region, has appealed to the Indian government for urgent intervention to secure his safe return. Singh, a resident of Chakka Kundi village in Ramban district, was working for Transrail, a transmission line…
