Jammu: A 36-year-old policeman was crushed to death by a speedy tipper in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. The mishap occurred when the tipper (JK02BJ-7035) hit a motorbike (PB32Q-4969) at Draba area resulting in on spot death of the bike rider, reports said. The tipper was on its way to Surankote from […]
Delhi: Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in a case related to the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Additional Sessions Judge Arvind Kumar allowed his anticipatory bail plea asking him to furnish a bond of Rs 1 lakh. Delhi Police has opposed Tharoor’s plea. On June 5, the court […]
Srinagar: Home Minister Rajnath Singh could not visit the Amarnath Cave Shrine due to inclement weather on various. The Home Minister will take a review of various developmental projects, security and law and order in Jammu and Kashmir before concluding his two-day visit, official sources said. He had met Governor N.N. Vohra on Wednesday at […]
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned again that the country’s fight against deeply ingrained corruption is not yet over, and that the ruling Communist Party faces enormous challenges going forward, media reports said. Since coming to power more than six years ago, Xi has overseen a sweeping campaign to root out graft, with dozens […]
Islamabad: At least six people were killed and 15 others injured in a road accident near Fatehpur in Pakistan’s Rahim Yar Khan district on Thursday morning. The accident occurred when a truck collided with a bus on the national highway, a report in Radio Pakistan said. Relief and rescue operations were underway. The cause of […]
Srinagar: The annual Amarnath yatra remained suspended for the second consecutive day today due to bad weather in Jammu and Kashmir. Rain has damaged tracks and made the road condition slippery on both Pahalagam and Baltal routes. A senior police official said, landslides have hit at a few places along Baltal Sonmarg route and damaged […]
Srinagar: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for a complete shutdown across Kashmir on July 8 to commemorate the second death anniversary of Hizb Commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani. JRL consisting of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik said that besides a complete shutdown, the leadership will also hold a general public […]
New Delhi: The ruling Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court ruling on the power tussle between the Delhi Government and its titular head Lieutenant Governor, affirming that the verdict has virtually restored the powers of the elected dispensation. AAP national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal described the apex court’s verdict […]
Srinagar : Attendants at the State-run Lal Ded hospital in Srinagar on Wednesday staged a protest over the death of a baby and ongoing strike by the resident doctors. Raising slogans against the administration, scores of attendants assembled at the front gate of the Administrative block hospital demanding the restoration of services in the hospital. […]
Srinagar:UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Major General Jose Eladio Alcain of Uruguay as head of mission and chief military observer for the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) that monitors the situation in Kashmir. Alcain will succeed Major General Per Gustaf Lodin of Sweden, who will complete his two-year assignment in […]
