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Ruling NC gears up for Delhi protest over J&K statehood

Escalating pressure on the Centre over the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood, the ruling National Conference (NC) has geared up for a protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on the opening day of the monsoon session of Parliament on 20 July.

Ladakh taps ex-servicemen to safeguard high-altitude ecosystem

In a pioneering move to protect Ladakh's fragile high-altitude ecosystem, Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Saturday deployed the first batch of 100 ex-servicemen into the newly created Environment Protection Force (EPF), empowering them to crack down on illegal off-roading and other environmental violations across the Union Territory.