Jaipur: Two Dalits, including a teenage boy, were beaten to death in separate incidents in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur and Alwar district, officials said today. Jaswant Jatav (26), a Dalit labourer, was last night beaten to death and his thatched house set ablaze by three-four persons in Bharatpur, a police officer said. The incident took place […]
Srinagar: Many areas in the higher reaches of Kashmir received fresh snowfall, while intermittent rains continued for the second day today in the plains of the valley, officials said. Fresh snowfall was recorded in Gulmarg the famous ski-resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, an official of the MeT office said. He said the resort recorded […]
Srinagar: The strategic Jammu-Kashmir National Highway was closed for traffic following fresh landslides in Ramban district on Saturday. “Due to fresh landsliding at Marog area , the highway was blocked and traffic came to halt” traffic officials said. Pertinently, authorities had allowed one way traffic from Srinagar towards Jammu only. Meanwhile men and machinery has […]
Washington: The IMF has warned that the plans of US President Donald Trump to impose heavy tariffs on import of steel and aluminium would cause damage not only outside the US, but also impact the American economy. Trump on Thursday said that he would impose a 25 per cent import tariff on steel and 10 […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday showered praises on two girl skiers who are all set to represent India in Asian Ski Championship to be held in Iran next month. “Best wishes to Shabista Shabir & Sabiya Nabi from Tangmarg as they represent India at the Asian Alpine Ski Championship in […]
London: Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha has been honoured with a lifetime achievement award for his contribution to the fields of arts and politics at a ceremony in the UK’s Parliament complex here. The annual ‘Political and Public Life Awards’ presented by Britain’s Asian Voice weekly newspaper, now in its 12th year, recognises individuals who have […]
Jammu: The Jammu police Friday seized over 224 kg of poppy from a truck and arrested its driver, an official said. The truck was intercepted by a police team in the Manwal area here and 224.5 kg of poppy was found packed in 23 plastic bags, he said. A case has been registered at the […]
Agartala: The counting of votes for the assembly election in Meghalaya, Nagaland and Tripura began today amid tight security, officials said. Counting began at 8 AM in all the three north eastern states, Election Commission sources said. Though the strength of each assembly is 60, voting was held for 59 constituencies in all the three […]
New York: At least five people were killed after a major winter storm pounded the US East Coast, with strong winds, heavy rain and snow disrupting thousands of flights and forcing the closure of federal government offices in Washington. Coastal flooding alerts were issued from New Jersey to Massachusetts with winter weather advisories, winter storm […]
Islamabad: Pakistan summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner J P Singh for the second consecutive day Friday over the “unprovoked firing” by Indian troops across the Line of Control. Foreign Office said that Director General (South Asia & SAARC) Mohammad Faisal summoned Singh and condemned the “unprovoked ceasefire violations” by the Indian forces along the LoC […]