Air India’s Twitter handle briefly hacked, restored
Mumbai: Air India’s official Twitter account was hacked late last night for many hours before being restored, the airline said today. Messages in Turkish language were posted on the official Twitter handle @airindiain to mislead passengers, an Air India spokesperson said, adding all the malicious contents posted on the handle have been removed. “Air India […]
US agrees Russia responsible for spy poisoning in UK: WH
Washington: The US today threw its weight behind the UK in the case of a “reckless” nerve agent attack on a former spy and his daughter, saying it shares the British assessment that Russia is responsible for the attack. It also said that the UK’s decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats in retaliation for the […]
Minor girl allegedly molested by teacher at religious school in Jammu
Jammu: A seven-and-half year old girl was allegedly molested by her teacher at a religious school at Nagrota in the outskirts of the city, a police official said today. The girl’s mother lodged a complaint on Monday alleging that her daughter was raped by her teacher at the ‘darsgah’. She alleged that the girl, after […]
Taliban suicide attack near Sharif’s residence kills 9
Lahore: A teenaged Taliban suicide bomber attacked a police check-post near the residence of Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Lahore, killing nine people, including five policemen, police said. According to rescue officials, the blast took place last night close to a police check post, a few kilometers from the palatial residence of the […]
JKP seeks Telangana police’s help to identify 3rd militant killed in Anantnag
Srinagar: The Jammu & Kashmir Police has urged the Telangana Police to “verify and share necessary details” regarding the militant who was killed in an encounter with government forces at Hakoora area of Anantnag district earlier this week. Two Kashmiri militants Eisa Fazili and Syed Owais Shafi were also killed in the encounter. In a […]
Nursing grads seek exposure to new technological advancements
Srinagar: The nursing graduates who are posted at hospitals in peripheries are finding themselves at the receiving end for not getting exposed to the new advancements in the field. Many nursing graduates, who are posted in districts at several PHCs and CHCs, which witnesses less patient influx, are not getting the required exposure pertaining to […]
‘Activists’ are out of Ayodhya land dispute case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday dashed the hopes of activists like Shyam Benegal and Teesta Setalvad to intervene in the sensitive Babri Masjid-Ram Temple land dispute case, making it clear that only the parties to the original lawsuits would be allowed to put forth their arguments. A special bench headed by Chief Justice […]
JKPSC ‘surrenders’ before HC verdict, says will conduct exams afresh
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (PSC) has finally decided to implement the High Court directions and conduct KAS (2016) Mains exams afresh. The decision was taken after the commission held a meeting of its members on Wednesday. “We have decided to implement the High Court orders and conduct the Mains exams afresh,” one […]
‘Terror funding case’: NIA questions Hizb chief’s eldest son
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency today questioned six people, including the eldest son of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin, in connection with a 2011 terror funding case, officials said here. Shakeel Yusuf, who works as a medical assistant at Srinagar’s Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, appeared before the agency along with five others suspected […]
