Petrol price cut by 17 paise, costs Rs 76.52 per litre in Delhi
New Delhi: Decline in fuel prices continued on Monday in New Delhi and Mumbai owing to a reduction in the rates of crude oil. Petrol was priced at Rs 76.52 per litre in Delhi – down from Rs 76.71 from a day earlier. Diesel here was at Rs 71.39, a cut of 17 paise from […]
Teacher suspended for ‘campaigning’ during Panchayat polls
Poonch: Deputy Commissioner Poonch has placed under suspension a teacher for election campaigning as well as allegedly abusing female voters during election duty in Poonch district of Jammu division. The suspension orders by the deputy commissioner Rahul Yadav (IAS) followed a complaint against the teacher, Adalat Khan, and a video on social media in which […]
Two army men injured in Pulwama standoff
Srinagar: Two army men were injured after exchange of firing took place in Larve area of Kakapora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday evening. Reports said that two army men were injured after militants and forces exchanged firing in Larve village. A senior police official said that a ambush was laid by the joint […]
CRPF trooper dies in Pulwama militant attack
Srinagar: A paramilitary trooper was killed after militants attacked CRPF camp near Railway station Kakpora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday evening. Reports said that the militants fired on a CRPF camp resulting in injuries to one person. The injured identified as Head constable Chandrika Prasad of 183 of D coy was rushed to […]
Mehbooba, Omar condemn killings of civilians in Kashmir
Srinagar, Nov 18 (PTI) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti Sunday termed the killing of civilians in Pulwama and Shopian as “barbaric and bestial”, saying the people of the state in unison must save youngsters from “such catastrophe”. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president made the remarks while interacting with her party functionaries […]
Pak PM, Imran Khan visits UAE to seek financial assistance
Dubai, Nov 18 (PTI) Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in the UAE on Sunday on a day-long visit to the Gulf country, where he is likely to seek financial assistance to minimise the cash-strapped Pakistan’s dependence on an IMF bailout package. Khan, who is visiting the UAE for the second time in the last two […]
SC dismisses plea alleging custodial torture of key Kathua rape-murder case witness
New Delhi, Nov 18 (PTI) The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea claiming that a key witness in the sensational Kathua gang rape-and-murder case was allegedly tortured in custody by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in connection with a separate rape case. A bench comprising justices A M Khanwilkar and Deepak Gupta rejected the petition […]
‘Govt orders inquiry after students not served mid-day meals for 9 mnths in J-K’
Bhadarwah (JK), Nov 18 (PTI) Authorities in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir have suspended an official and ordered an inquiry following allegations that students of five government schools were not served mid-day meals for the last nine months, an official said Sunday. Chief Education Officer (CEO), Doda, Mohammad Sharief Chouhan took the action after […]
Kashmiri woman arrested for luring youths into militancy through Facebook: Officials
Srinagar, Nov 18 (PTI) In a first-of-its-kind case , a woman has been arrested by security agencies in Kashmir for allegedly luring youths through Facebook into militancy, especially the Jaish-e-Mohammed, officials said Sunday. Identified as Shazia from Naidkhai in the Sumbal area of Bandipore in North Kashmir, she was picked up after intelligence agencies zeroed […]
