Man murders wife, attempts suicide in Jammu

Man murders wife, attempts suicide in Jammu

Jammu: A man allegedly murdered his wife and later attempted suicide in this winter capital of the state. “Nisha Devi was killed by her husband Ashok Singh, 42, resident of Ramnagar, Udhampur on Monday evening when she was hit with iron rod by him near Paloura in Talab Tillo area here,” police here said. They […]

Mehbooba hopes PM’s congratulatory message to Imran will lead to thaw in ties between nations

Mehbooba hopes PM’s congratulatory message to Imran will lead to thaw in ties between nations

Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has expressed the hope that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s congratulatory message to Pakistan Tehreek Insaaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan on his victory in the recently held elections will lead to a sustainable thaw between the two neighbours. Taking to micro blogging site twitter, the president of […]

Assam’s Citizen Identification Can Exclude 4 Million People, Ensure Rights, Nondiscrimination for All Residents says HRW, Amnesty International

Assam’s Citizen Identification Can Exclude 4 Million People, Ensure Rights, Nondiscrimination for All Residents says HRW, Amnesty International

Srinagar: The Indian authorities should ensure that documenting and updating the names of citizens in the northeastern state of Assam is transparent and nondiscriminatory, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International India said today. The potential exclusion of over 4 million people, many of them Muslims, raises concerns over arbitrary detention and possible statelessness without due […]

Aurobindo Pharma receives final approval for Bivalirudin injection

Aurobindo Pharma receives final approval for Bivalirudin injection

Mumbai:  Pharma Major Aurobindo Pharma said that it has received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to manufacture and market Bivalirudin injection, 250 mg/vial. The approved ANDA is a generic equivalent to the reference listed drug (RLD) product Angiomax Injection of The Medicines Company, the company said in a filing with […]

Sensex falls by 158.22 pts

Sensex falls by 158.22 pts

Mumbai: Opening higher by 40 points, the benchmark index of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) immediately went down on Tuesday by 158.22 points to 37,336.18 as selling was witnessed in Materials, Energy, FMCG, Finance and Telecom stocks. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) too eased by 35.05 points to 11,284.50. In scrips like Tata Motors DVR, Axis […]

Militants barge into house of cops in Shopian, ask them to ‘resign or face consequences’

Militants barge into house of cops in Shopian, ask them to ‘resign or face consequences’

  SHOPIAN: Militants on Monday night barged into the houses of three  police constables, thrashed and asked them to resign from their job. The incident happened in Shopian villages of South Kashmir.  Police sourced confirmed the incident. “During intervening night three constables identified as Jahangir Wagay, Faizan Wagay, and Danish Bhat, all residents of Nadpora […]

Planet Mars closest to Earth on July 31; similar only in 2035 : PSI

Planet Mars closest to Earth on July 31; similar only in 2035 : PSI

Hyderabad: Planet Mars will get closest to Earth in 15 years on Tuesday at 57.59 million km and next it will occur only in 2035, Planetary Society, India (PSI) said. PSI Director and Founder Secretary N Sri Raghunandan Kumar said that this closest approach is due once in 26 months celestial event ‘Mars Opposition to […]