Says separatist sentiment reduced after Art 370 New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir was “gradually shrinking...

POONCH, SEPTEMBER 6: At least eight people were injured after a Tata Sumo rolled down on the Bedar-Dunogam link road in Mandi area of Poonch district on Sunday, officials said. The accident occurred at Bedar when the Tata Sumo, bearing registration number JK12-6675, met with an accident and rolled down the road. The injured were identified as Mohammad Arif, 17, Sharaz Ahmed, 15, Naseer Ahmed, 16, Mumtaz Ahmed, 20, Habib Dar, 70, Zahid Ahmed, 18, Mohammad Shafi, 22, and Iqlak Ahmed, 18. Most of the injured are residents of Dunogam, while Zahid Ahmed is a resident of Rajouri. All eight injured persons were shifted to SDH Mandi for treatment.

Kolkata:  Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Sunday said India’s rapidly expanding startup ecosystem must move beyond metropolitan centres, with greater focus on Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities where more than 50–60 per cent of the country’s startups are based. Addressing the inaugural session of the 6th RISE Conclave 2026 in Kolkata, Singh said the innovation potential of smaller cities needs to be recognised and better connected with scientific institutions, industry and investors to accelerate the journey of indigenous technologies from laboratories to the marketplace. He said young innovators from smaller cities are increasingly matching and, in several cases, surpassing their counterparts in major urban centres. Scientific institutions and the broader innovation ecosystem, therefore, need to...