Punjab on Edge: Schools Shut, Airports Closed, Border Sealed, Panic Buying Started

Punjab on Edge: Schools Shut, Airports Closed, Border Sealed, Panic Buying Started

Thursday, 08 May 2025 | PNS | Chandigarh/Amritsar/Ferozepur

Punjab witnessed heightened security, shuttered borders, and escalating public anxiety on Wednesday in the aftermath of “Operation Sindoor” — the Indian Armed Forces’ swift and targeted air strikes on terrorist infrastructure inside Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) — carried out in retaliation to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that...

Around 140 flights cancelled by various airlines

Thursday, 08 May 2025 | PNS | New Delhi

Hours after Indian armed forces struck nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as they launched ‘Operation Sindoor’, flight operations across North India were impacted, including at Delhi airport, Wednesday. Around 140 flights to and from the Delhi airport were cancelled by various airlines including foreign carriers on Wednesday in...

Sirsa condemns attack on Gurdwara in Poonch

Thursday, 08 May 2025 | PNS | New Delhi

Delhi Cabinet Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa condemned the attack on Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha Sahib by Pakistani Army in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch on Wednesday, in which three Sikh devotees have reportedly been killed. After Operation Sindoor, the Pakistan Army continued its series of ceasefire violations by targeting civilian areas...

Cabinet passes resolution on success of Operation Sindoor

Thursday, 08 May 2025 | PNS | New Delhi

The Delhi Cabinet on Wednesday passed a resolution on the successful execution of ‘Operation Sindoor’ by the Indian Armed Forces that has demonstrated India’s resolute commitment to national security and its unyielding stance against terrorism. The cabinet also expressed its deepest condolences to the families of the victims and stands...

Opposition hail India’s retaliatory attacks

Thursday, 08 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

BJP, AAP and Congress on Wednesday hailed India’s retaliatory attacks on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said women who lost their husbands in the Pahalgam terror attack got justice due to India’s missile strikes in Pakistan and PoK.  Operation Sindoor — the...

CAPITAL BLACKOUTS FOR MOCK ‘ABHYAAS’

Thursday, 08 May 2025 | Vaishnavi Mishra | New Delhi

To review people’s preparedness amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan, mega civil defence mock drill ‘Operation Abhyaas’ was conducted across the 55 locations of the capital city. Blaring sirens, residents rushing to safer places, injured people being carried away on stretchers — these were some of the scenes which played...

Divorced woman raped

Wednesday, 07 May 2025 | PNS | Bhopal

In Ratibad, a 30-year-old divorced woman, employed in a private job, was allegedly raped by Aman Tiwari, an architect she met three years ago through work-related interactions. Initially, Tiwari assisted her with small tasks, building familiarity. In June 2023, he took her to a resort in Ratibad under the guise of...

When the jungle roars too loud: Is MP running out of room for its tigers?

Wednesday, 07 May 2025 | Staff Reporter | Bhopal

At dawn, the sap-slicked sal forests of Madhya Pradesh come alive with a pulse once nearly silenced—striped, muscled, alert. Tigers are back in numbers too big to ignore. But with every roar comes a rising concern: is the jungle large enough to hold them all? In 2024, Madhya Pradesh cemented its...

State Editions

Complete Barapullah flyover by December: Verma

13 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | Delhi

Clear encroachment in drain, demolition on June 1: HC

13 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | Delhi

PWD floats tender to construct high-security prison

13 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | Delhi

Upcoming Assembly Budget session cancelled

13 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | Delhi

Delhi to conduct sucessive five cloud-seeding trials

13 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | Delhi

Two minors dead, parents critical in suspected suicide case

13 May 2025 | Pioneer News Service | Delhi

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