Animesh Singh

India

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Amarnath Yatra gets tight security: 581 CAPF units, jammers, drones deployed

2 days ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

Advertisement PREMIUM India Pakistan News Explainers Defence Photo Gallery IPL 2025Home / Jammu & Kashmir / Amarnath Yatra gets tight security: 581 CAPF units, jammers, drones deployedQuick action teams (QATs) will be deployed for immediate response to threats, and bomb disposal squads will be stationed along the route to detect and neutralise explosivesPilgrims on their way to the Amarnath Cave temple during Amarnath Yatra at Pahalgam tehsil of the Anantnag district.
85% jobs reserved for locals in Ladakh

3 days ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

The Centre on Tuesday notified new policies on quota, official language and domicile for the Union Territory of Ladakh, offering 85 per cent jobs to Scheduled Tribes, besides one-third of the total number of seats in the autonomous hill development councils to women. English, Hindi, Urdu, Bhoti and Purgi will now be the official languages of the UT. A gazette notification in the regard was issued on Tuesday.
Government notifies reservation policy, domicile rules for Ladakh

4 days ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

The government on Tuesday notified new policies on reservation, official language and domicile for the Union Territory of Ladakh. According to a gazette notification issued on Tuesday, 85 per cent reservation for Scheduled Tribes (ST) in government jobs has been notified. As per new rules, only those living in the union territory since October 31, 2019, continuously for a period of 15 years, would be considered domiciles of Ladakh.
Govt mulls special Parliament session on June 16

5 days ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

Advertisement PREMIUM India Pakistan News Explainers Defence Photo Gallery IPL 2025Home / India / Govt mulls special Parliament session on June 16Op Sindoor: Final call after delegations wrap up foreign visitsA delegation of Indian MPs abroadThe Centre is likely to convene a special session of Parliament to discuss Operation Sindoor on June 16. This comes amid growing Opposition clamour for a discussion on military and foreign policy strategy, as also the Pahalgam attack, in the House.
Ahead of Amit Shahs visit, CRPF DG reviews preparedness for Amarnath Yatra - The Tribune

1 week ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

Advertisement PREMIUM India Pakistan News Explainers Defence Photo Gallery IPL 2025 Home / Jammu & Kashmir / Ahead of Amit Shah's visit, CRPF Director General reviews preparedness for Amarnath Yatra Shah, who will arrive in Jammu on Thursday, will hold a security review meeting with top J&K police officials and chiefs of paramilitary forces Ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, CRPF DG GP Singh on Wednesday conducted a strategic review of preparedness...
Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat put off MHA mock drill

1 week ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

Hours after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) ordered to hold mock drills in three states and the UT of J&K bordering Pakistan and Chandigarh on Thursday (May 29), Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Chandigarh announced to postpone the exercise citing “administrative reasons”.
Haryana, Rajasthan to conduct ‘Operation Shield’ mock drill on May 29, Punjab reschedules

1 week ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

Hours after the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) ordered to hold mock drills in the states and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir bordering Pakistan on Thursday (May 29), Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat announced to postpone the exercise citing “administrative reasons”.
Manipur delegation urges Centre to restore peace

1 week ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

Advertisement PREMIUM India Pakistan News Explainers Defence Photo Gallery IPL 2025Home / India / Manipur delegation urges Centre to restore peaceThe Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (COCOMI), one of the largest civil society groups in Manipur, on Tuesday urged the Centre that the resolution adopted at the People’s Convention on May 3, should be escalated at the highest level at... Security personnel stand guard amid protests.
C’garh cops cremates top Naxal leader, aide owing to lack of legal claimants

1 week ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

The Chhattisgarh Police on Monday said slain CPI (Maoist) general secretary Nambala Keshava Rao Basavaraju and his comrade Naveen were cremated as per legal procedure with due orders from the executive magistrate in Narayanpur. The Andhra Pradesh High Court had directed the Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh governments to hand over their bodies to their kin, but the police said there were no legal claimants.
Manipur group to meet MHA over bus signage row

1 week ago | tribuneindia.com | Animesh Singh

Advertisement PREMIUM India Pakistan News Explainers Defence Photo Gallery IPL 2025Home / India / Manipur group to meet MHA over bus signage rowThe group also condemned the use of force on Sunday, when security personnel used tear gas and mock bombs to disperse protesters marching towards Raj Bhavan in ImphalPeople raise slogans during a protest march towards Raj Bhavan over alleged removal of the Manipur’s name from a government bus in Imphal on Sunday.