August 2026

2 Pocso undertrials escaped from Srinagar’s high-security Central Jail, triggering a manhunt and lookout notices SRINAGAR: Two men facing charges under the Pocso Act escaped from the high-security Central Jail in Srinagar on Sunday.Police have issued lookout notices and launched a manhunt for the undertrials — Farman Khan, from Rajasthan’s Sadanpora, and Mukhtar Ahmad Gujjar,…

Praising Nitish Kumar’s record as Bihar chief minister, Thakur said he hoped his son would also make a mark in public life. Senior JD(U) leader Devesh Chandra Thakur has expressed hope that Bihar health minister Nishant Kumar will follow the political path of his father, Nitish Kumar, and eventually rise to become the state’s chief…

NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah will attend the ‘national security strategies conference’ (NSSC) here on Monday and Tuesday, brainstorming with the Central and states’ security brass on the entire gamut of security challenges and fine-tuning strategies to overcome them.The ninth NSSC will be held in hybrid format, with over 850 officers from various security…

Amit Shah to attend the ‘national security strategies conference’ (NSSC) NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah will attend the ‘national security strategies conference’ (NSSC) here on Monday and Tuesday, brainstorming with the Central and states’ security brass on the entire gamut of security challenges and fine-tuning strategies to overcome them.The ninth NSSC will be held…