Kathua: Various groups staged a sit-in while businesses remained shut today in Kathua town in Jammu and Kashmir in support of their demand for a CBI probe into the rape-and-murder case of an eight-year-old girl in January. People in groups had visited various markets in the town last evening to solicit support for the ‘bandh’ […]
Mumbai: A special court issued today non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against diamond traders Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi in the alleged Rs 12,700 crore Punjab National Bank scam. The court, set up under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), issued the NBWs on applications filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), one of the agencies probing […]
SOPORE: At least eight persons including two women sustained serious injuries in a road accident at Hyderbeigh area of Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. According to reports the accident took place when a four wheeler Taveera bearing registration number JK05E- 0856 and Bulero vehicles collided at Hyderbeigh Pattan area, resulting in injuries […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Rehbar-e-Taleem teachers Saturday assembled in Press colony and protested against the government for failing to release salaries for three months. The protesting ReT’s demanded streamlining of their salaries as the government has failed to release salaries for three months. The protesters said that they have been forced to take to streets […]
Thane: Three persons, two of them residents of Jammu & Kashmir, have been arrested for allegedly smuggling charas worth Rs 31 lakh, police said today. Thane Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Makarand Ranade said acting on a tip-off, sleuths of the Anti-Extortion Cell led by senior inspector Pradeep Sharma apprehended the trio at Kausa in […]
Srinagar: Srinagar police has sought the help of general public in tracing a teenager boy, who is missing since Friday afternoon. A spokesman of police said that Shiekh Ashiq Hussain S/O Shiekh Gh Hussain R/O Astanpora Chattergam has reported in police station Novgam that his son namely Shiekh Mubarak Raza is missing since 02-03-2018 […]
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 […]