Four women Maoists killed in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar: Four women Maoists have been killed during an exchange of fire with security personnel in Narayanpatna area of Odisha’s Koraput district, the police said today. Acting on a tip off, the District Voluntary Force (DVF) and Special Operations Group (SOG) personnel launched a joint combing operation last night in the forest areas of Narayanpatna, […]
Rahul calls PM ‘Big Boss’ who spies
New Delhi: The war of words between the Congress and the BJP on data sharing spiralled today with Rahul Gandhi dubbing Prime Minister Narendra Modi the “Big Boss who likes to spy on Indians” and Union minister Smriti Irani saying even ‘Chhota Bheem’ knows it is not snooping. Twitter was the battleground as the debate […]
Attempt to rob J&K Bank Branch in Kulgam foiled: Police
Srinagar: Police on Monday said that they foiled an attempt by militants to loot a bank in Kulgam district of south Kashmir. A spokesman of police said that militants appeared at the Bugam branch of J&K Bank in Kulgam and tried to loot the public money. “The alert security personnel present there foiled their attempt […]
SC seeks response of Centre on PILs against polygamy, nikah halala
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today agreed to examine the constitutional validity of the prevalent practices of polygamy and ‘nikah halala’ among Muslims and sought responses from the Centre and the Law Commission. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission that the previous five-judge constitution bench, in its 2017 verdict, had […]
Youth held with heroin, cash in Jammu
Jammu: The police has arrested a youth, found in possession of nearly 25 grams of heroin and cash worth Rs 1.30 lakh at his house in Jammu city. The police said acting on a tip off, they raided the house of one Mohit Baba alias Munnu of Janipur area in Jammu city and recovered 25 […]
Death toll rises to 53 in Russia shopping mall fire
Moscow: At least 53 bodies have been recovered from a fire that swept through a busy shopping centre in an industrial city in Siberia, Russian news agencies said today. Many people are also still missing from the blaze that broke yesterday in the city of Kemerovo, the agencies quoted emergency services as saying. A previous […]
Search operation in Shopian after firing incident
Srinagar: Government forces launched a cordon and search operation in a Shopian village of south Kashmir following a brief exchange of fire with militants today, police said. “Exchange of fire took place at Kachdoora in Shopian district after which the area has been placed under cordon,” a police official said. No loss of life has […]
2 drivers arrested for black marketing government supplied sugar
Pattan: While consumers in Kashmir valley face acute shortage of government subsidised sugar, police on Sunday seized two private trucks carrying government subsidised sugar and arrested their drivers for selling the sugar in ‘black market’ at Singhpora Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Sources said a police party from police station Pattan found two trucks […]
Cattle smuggler held, 32 animals seized in Kathua
Jammu: The police has arrested a cattle smuggler and recovered 32 animals in two separate cases of cattle smuggling in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. In the first case, the police intercepted a gang of cattle smugglers near Nakkian in Kathua district last night, said a police official, adding that the smugglers, however, fled […]
