‘Hardcore criminal’ booked under PSA
Jammu: A “hardcore criminal” was on Thursday arrested and slapped with the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, police said. Vipan Kumar Gupta alias Jony was nabbed by a special police team during a raid, a police officer said. He was involved in a number of criminal activities and drug […]
SPO shot at in Pulwama village, hospitalized
Srinagar: A special police officer (SPO) was injured seriously after fired upon by suspected militants at Kareemabad area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday late night. Official sources said that the gunmen barged inside the residential house of the SPO Bilal Ahmad Ganie son of Mohammad Maqbool and fired upon him at Karimabad village […]
Hardcore criminal’ slapped with PSA in J K’s Samba
Jammu: A “hardcore criminal” was on Thursday arrested and slapped with the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, police said. Vipan Kumar Gupta alias Jony was nabbed by a special police team during a raid, a police officer said. He was involved in a number of criminal activities and […]
IT dept conducts surveys against 2 firms in terror-hit areas of Kashmir valley
Srinagar: The Income Tax Department Thursday carried out surveys against two business houses in the militancy-hit areas of the Kashmir Valley for alleged tax evasion running into crores of rupees, officials said. They said tax sleuths from income tax offices in Chandigarh and Rajasthan were flown in here for carrying out the surprise checks, an […]
From Sainik School to Hizbul Mujahideen — the journey of Manaan Wani
Srinagar: From being an outstanding student to one of the most wanted militants in Kashmir, Manaan Bashir Wani, a former PhD scholar at Aligarh Muslim University, was among a stream of educated youths who have joined militancy since the 2016 unrest in the Valley. A profile of 27-year-old Wani as sketched by security agencies shows […]
17 sentenced to death in Egypt for church attacks
Cairo: An Egyptian military court on Thursday sentenced 17 people to death over a series of suicide bombings of churches claimed by the Islamic State group that left dozens dead. Another 19 people were handed life prison terms and 10 were sentenced to between 10 and 15 years, judicial and security officials said. Seventy-four people were […]
How debts zoomed over past 10 years: PM Imran asks Finance Ministry
Islamabad: Saddled with mounting debts, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday asked the finance ministry to conduct an analysis of how Pakistan’s debt rose five-fold to Rs 30 lakh crore in 10 years, the state media reported. “We need to know where that money went and what projects it was used in. Our government has just […]
NGT orders 23 states, including JK to prepare action plans to fight air pollution
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has directed 23 states and Union territories, including the national capital Delhi and Chandigarh, to prepare action plans within two months to bring the air quality standard within the prescribed limit. Noting that there are 102 cities where air quality does not meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, the […]
BJP expels three party workers
Jammu: The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit on Thursday expelled three more workers for “anti-party” activities, officials said. They were expelled from the primary membership of the party for filing their nomination for the Urban Local Body (ULB) polls as independent candidates against BJP’s official nominees and campaigning in favour of an independent candidate, a BJP […]
50,000 nominations for 2019 Padma awards
New Delhi: Nearly 50,000 nominations for the 2019 Padma awards, which are given for work of distinction and exceptional achievement in different fields, have been received by the Home Ministry. The record number of 49,992 nominations for the Padma awards received is 32 times higher over the nominations received in 2010 when just 1,313 nominations were […]
