Doctors perform delivery amid tremors in Anantnag hospital

Doctors at a hospital in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district kept their nerve to deliver a baby through lower-segment cesarean section while an earthquake shook the Valley on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. “Emergency LSCS (lower-segment cesarean section) was going on at SDH (Sub District Hospital) Bijbehara, Anantnag, during which strong tremors of earthquake were felt. […]

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2.8 magnitude earthquake hits Himachal, no damage reported

Representational file image of a seismograph registering a minor seismic movement | Photo Credit: Reuters A mild intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.8 — with its epicentre in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur — hit the State at 12:51 am on March 22, but no damage was reported, officials said.  Earlier, tremors were felt in almost all parts […]

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Need to develop offensive and defensive space capabilities to safeguard our assets: IAF Chief

Noting that the race to weaponise space has already started and the day is not far when the next war would spread across all domains of land, sea, air, cyber and space, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari said on Monday that there is a need to develop both offensive and defensive […]

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MNS’ `Padva Melava’ in Mumbai’s Dadar today: security beefed up

Security in Dadar area here will be stepped up on Wednesday in view of the`Padva Melava’ (Gudi Padva rally) of the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena, an official said here. The rally will be held at Shivaji Park in Dadar area of central Mumbai. Adequate police force will be deployed as thousands of MNS supporters […]

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Odisha declares Gandhamardan Hill as biodiversity heritage site

Harishankar Temple at the foothills of Gandhamardan Hill which was declared Biodiversity Heritage Site in Odisha | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The Odisha government has declared the Gandhamardan Hill Range in Bargarh and Balangir district as a Biodiversity Heritage Site (BHS), three decades after a highly successful people’s resistance against bauxite mining there. A notification […]

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Won’t support policy to sack locals for being relatives of terrorists: Omar Abdullah

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Vice-President Omar Abdullah. File | Photo Credit: PTI Former J&K chief minister and National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Monday cautioned against the Lieutenant Governor administration’s move to terminate the government services of relatives of militants and separatist leaders in Kashmir.  “This is not the way to win […]

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U.P. to absorb 500 sportspersons in State departments: Yogi Adityanath

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath holding a torch during the inauguration of All India Police Athletics SSB Cluster 2022-2023, in Lucknow on March 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI Speaking at the opening ceremony of the five-day 71st All India Police Athletics Cluster Championship held at PAC Ground on Tuesday, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister […]

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