Bangladesh court sentences 39 ruling party activists to death
Dhaka: A court in southeastern Bangladesh Tuesday sentenced to death 39 activists of the ruling Awami League for brutally killing a fellow local level party leader four years ago. Ekramul Haque, the upazila Awami League president, was hacked, shot and burnt alive by miscreants inside his car in broad daylight in Feni town’s Academy area on […]
KAS exam row: JKPSC to issue fresh notification
Srinagar: Hours after the state High court ordered a stay on the KAS mains examinations going on presently, the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission is likely to issue fresh notification within two days to notify dates for holding KAS 2016 Mains exams afresh. Officials in the PSC said that they will comply with the […]
’60 incidents of militant violence in JK in 2018; 15 security men killed’
New Delhi: As many as 60 incidents of militant violence have taken place in Jammu and Kashmir this year in which 15 security personnel and 17 militants were killed, the Lok Sabha was informed today. Union minister of state for home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir said the 60 incidents had taken place till March 4 this […]
Hafiz Saeed’s new political party to launch manifesto
Lahore: Milli Muslim League (MML), JuD chief Hafiz Saeed’s new political party, today said it will launch its manifesto here on March 23, following a Pakistani court’s decision upholding its registration as a political party ahead of polls this year. Saeed, who has kept a low profile after the government has apparently taken over all the […]
Five injured in road mishap
Handwara: At least five persons were Tuesday injured after the vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident at Chogul village of Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Reports said that a TATA sumo bearing registration No.JK09 1494 met with an accident at Chogul, resulting in injuries to five persons. The injured persons were identified […]
Stop befooling people: Er Rasheed to NC, PDP
Srinagar: Awami Itehaad Party (AIP) president and MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rasheed Sheikh on Tuesday asked both the regional parties including National Conference (NC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to stop befooling masses by crying that J&K dispute is a political issue. In a statement issued here, Er Rasheed said that it is only UN […]
Newly appointed FM orders deferment of PAO system
Srinagar: Barely hours after assuming the additional charge of Finance Minister, Altaf Bukhari on Tuesday ordered the deferment of Pay and Accounts Office (PAO) System till March 2018. According to the sources, the decision was taken after various stakeholders had requested the new finance minister to review the government decision of implementation of the PAO […]
Farooq Abdullah hails PDP’s decision of sacking Drabu
Srinagar: Opposition National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah today said chief minister Mehbooba Mufti’s decision to sack Haseeb Drabu from the council of ministers was right. It is an internal decision of the party, what can I say. Yes, we condemned the statement he (Drabu) gave that this (Kashmir) was not an (political) issue. The […]
Anganwadi workers stage sit-in; demand release of pending salaries
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Bus crash kills 38 in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa: Thirty-eight people have died after the bus they were travelling in plunged off a cliff in northern Ethiopia, state media said today. “A total of 38 people, (28 male, and 10 female) were killed in the accident,” state-affiliated Fana Broadcast Corporate said of the crash in the Legambo district of the regional state […]
