Friday, Apr 18 2025 | Time 12:48 Hrs(IST)
States » North


J&K: Three cops injured in attack by drug peddlers

Jammu, Apr 10 (UNI) Three police personnel, including a Station House Officer, suffered injuries in an attack by the drug peddlers, while a youth died of suspected drug overdose in two separate incidents in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Police said on Thursday that acting on tip off about the presence of drug peddlers at Balole Khad-- believed to be the drug 'hotspot', police team on Wednesday night raided the spot.
Sensing trouble of being nabbed by the police team headed by Station House Officer (SHO), Police Station Bari Brahmana, Inspector Pushpinder Singh, the drug peddlers attacked them with stones and bricks.
More News

RGIPT student dies after falling from hostel window in Amethi

18 Apr 2025 | 12:42 PM

Amethi (UP), Apr 18 (UNI) A student of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT) died after falling from the hostel window under mysterious circumstances in Jais area of Amethi district here in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, police sources said here.

see more..
Seminar discusses challenges of simultaneous polls

Seminar discusses challenges of simultaneous polls

18 Apr 2025 | 12:13 PM

Dharamshala, April 18 (UNI) A one-day seminar on ‘One Nation, One Election’ was organized by the Central University of Himachal Pradesh (CUHP) in the seminar hall of Dhauladhar Campus-I of the CUHP. The objective of the seminar was to discuss the possibilities, challenges and effects of conducting simultaneous elections in India.

see more..
Two Himachal cops sacked for drug links

Two Himachal cops sacked for drug links

18 Apr 2025 | 11:44 AM

Shimla, April 18 (UNI) The Himachal Pradesh government has sacked two police constables, Sandeep Kumar and Jugal Kishore, for their involvement in drug trafficking, police said.

see more..
Victory for forest dwellers as Himachal rolls back order

Victory for forest dwellers as Himachal rolls back order

18 Apr 2025 | 10:35 AM

Shimla, April 18(UNI) In a major win for forest-dependent communities and small farmers in Himachal Pradesh, the state government has agreed to withdraw a controversial directive issued by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) that had caused confusion in the implementation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006.

see more..

Carry out relief work with promptness in districts hit by rain, hailstorm: Yogi

18 Apr 2025 | 9:47 AM

Lucknow, Apr 18 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday directed the officials of the districts concerned to conduct relief work with full promptness in view of storm, rain and hailstorm, an official spokesman said here.

see more..