Mehbooba disburses SRO-43 benefits among 22 Rajouri NoKs

RAJOURI: Running from pillar-to-post for more than 20 years, the unfortunate victims of fate of Rajouri district had their prayers answered today when Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, directed immediate clearance of pendency of SRO-43 cases in the district. As a first instalment, the Chief Minister today disbursed cash compensation among 20 and appointment orders among […]

Three army men killed in cross-border fire

  Rajouri: At least three Indian army men were killed, including an officer, and one injured in Pakistan army fire in Keri area of Rajouri  along the Line of Control LoC in Jammu & Kashmir, reports said on Saturday. Reports quoting Indian Defence officials said that the Pakistan army violated ceasefire along the LoC in […]

PM Modi interacts with schoolgirls from JK

New Delhi: Talented youngsters from Jammu and Kashmir can contribute greatly to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a delegation of schoolgirls from the state today. The girls are touring various parts of the country as a part of the Indian Army’s “Sadbhavana” programme. The prime minister interacted with the girls on a host […]

Lalu Prasad Yadav convicted in fodder scam

  New Delhi: RJD chief and former Chief Minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav has been convicted by the special CBI court in second of the five fodder scam cases and will be taken to the Birsa Munda Jail reports said. The Ranchi court has also ordered all properties acquired by Lalu after 1990 to […]

Pak ‘intruder’ shot dead along Indo-Pak border in Punjab

Amritsar: A Pakistani intruder was shot dead by the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel along the Indo- Pak border, while he was crossing over to the Indian territory at Ajnala here, an official said today. The 70th Battalion of the BSF shot dead the Pakistani intruder, aged around 65 years when he ignored the warnings […]

Pak govt asks court to deny clearance to Hafiz Saeed’s political party

Islamabad: The Pakistan government has requested a court here not to consider Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed-backed Milli Muslim League’s plea seeking its registration as a political party, saying the group would breed violence and extremism in politics. Saeed earlier this month had confirmed that his organisation Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD) would contest the 2018 general elections […]

SSB increased strength after Dokalam: Rajnath

New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said that the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has strengthened itself by creating more Border Outposts (BOP) after the Dokalam standoff with China. Addressing the border guarding force during its 54th-anniversary parade here, the minister said the SSB not only guards India’s border with Nepal and Bhutan, it also […]

CM holds public Darbar at Rajouri

Rajouri: Further deepening her massive public outreach programme, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today visited Rajouri district of Jammu division. Scores of deputations and hundreds of people of the district apprised the Chief Minister of their problems. More details are awaited.     Guest

Cordon and search operation in another Pulwama villageĀ 

A cordon and search operation has been launched by government forces in Chandgam village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources said that on specific information 55 RR and Pulwama police launched the search operation in the area. Sources said that a large number of forces have been deployed in the area and door to door search […]

27 killed after bus falls into river in Rajasthan

Jaipur: At least 27 people were killed and and five others injured today when a private bus fell into Banas river from a nearly 100-foot high bridge in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district, police said. The incident took place early morning in Soorwal police station area when the bus was on its way to Lalsot from […]