Hijack scare on Kandahar-bound plane at Delhi airport
New Delhi, Nov 10 (PTI) A hijack scare on a Kandahar-bound flight sent security officials at the Delhi airport into tizzy on Saturday after the pilot “mistakenly” pressed the ‘hijack button’ when it was taxiing for take-off, sources said. The Ariana Afghan Airlines plane took off nearly two hours later after “satisfactory” security checks, they […]
Crime Branch registers case against career consultancy, had duped aspirants over admission in China
Srinagar, Nov 10, CNS: Crime Branch Kashmir on Saturday said that they have registered a case against a career consultancy after they investigated a complaint of cheating against them. According to a press statement issued by the CBK, they had received a complaint from Mohammed Hussain stating therein that he is running a small business […]
Police detain two CUK students: Colleagues protest, block highway
Srinagar: Protests erupted in Central University of Kashmir on Saturday over detention of two of the varsity students. Their colleagues blocked Nowgam Bypass road, demanding their immediate release. To students identified as Suhail Ahmed from Shopian and Mohammad Ismail from Baramulla were earlier detained by the government forces by their rented accommodation near the […]
BJP Dalit MP says statue of Buddha should be installed at disputed site in Ayodhya
Gonda (UP), Nov 10 (PTI) Amid growing demands for a Ram temple, Savitribai Phule, the BJP MP from Bahraich, has called for installing a statue of Lord Buddha at the disputed site in Ayodhya. “Excavations carried out at the disputed site in Ayodhya on the directions of the high court had found certain things associated with […]
Modi waived loans of select industrialists: Rahul
Chhattisgarh (PTI) :Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of waiving loans worth Rs 3.5 lakh crore of 15 select industrialists and hit out at Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh over the issue of corruption. On the second day of his campaigning in the state, where the first phase of polling would be […]
India’s economic growth held back due to demonetisation, GST: Raghuram Rajan
Washington (PTI): Demonetisation and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) are the two major headwinds that held back India’s economic growth last year, former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has said, asserting that the current seven per cent growth rate is not enough to meet the country’s needs. Addressing an audience at the University of California in […]
Army soldier killed in Pakistan sniper fire in J&K’s Rajouri
Jammu (PTI): An Army soldier was killed Saturday in sniper fire by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said. This was the second sniper attack along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir in as many days. An Army porter lost his life in a […]
Over 27 lakh children given MR vaccine in Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu PTI: Over 27.85 lakh children were given the Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccine during an ongoing vaccination campaign across Jammu and Kashmir, an official spokesman said Saturday. The campaign was launched on September 24 to cover nearly 38 lakh children in the age group of nine months to 15 years to eliminate the congenital rubella syndrome, caused […]
Pulwama: Thousands attend slain militants funerals
Srinagar: Hundreds of thousands of people on Saturday attended the funeral prayers of two militants who were slain in a gunfight with government forces in Tikken village of southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Locals said that massive throng of people was witnessed in Bellow village of the district where one of the slain militants Liyaqat belonged. They […]
Truck driver from Lolab dies in Udhampur mishap
Srinagar: A truck driver from Lolab area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district was killed in a road mishap at Batalbalian area of Udhampur along Srinagar-Jummu highway during intervening night of Nov 10 and 11. A police officer concerned told GNS over phone that the driver of the Truck (JK 09-4631) died when another truck (JK02AV-2974) […]
