UP: Police remove woman’s body from pyre to probe cause of death; husband booked

Muzaffarnagar (UP), (PTI) Police have pulled out the body of a 50-year-old woman from the funeral pyre at a village here and booked the husband and four others suspecting a foul play behind her death. The incident took place at Godhna village in the district Wednesday evening, police said. Police reached the spot on the basis […]
Minimum temperatures rise in most parts of Kashmir

Srinagar, Jan 17 (PTI) A day after Kashmir witnessed a bout of snowfall, the minimum temperature at most places in the valley increased Wednesday night, providing much-needed relief to residents, the weatherman said. The weather stayed mostly dry Wednesday night after intermittent snowfall on Tuesday, an official of the MeT department said. He said similar conditions […]
Hizbul Mujahideen militant arrested in Kulgam

Kulgam: Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested Hizbul Mujahideen affiliated militant in Kulgam. Top cop in the district confirmed the arrest saying it was made by a jont team of forces. The militant is affiliated with Hizbul Mujahideen, was arrested from Chilan area of Kulgam in South Kashmir,” sources said. He identified the […]
Jammu-Delhi Duronto Express passengers robbed at knifepoint

New Delhi, (PTI) Passengers on board the Jammu-Delhi Duronto Express were robbed at knifepoint on Thursday by armed men, officials said. The matter came to light after a passenger filed a complaint through the railways’ complaints portal. In the complaint, Ashwani Kumar claimed that passengers of B3 and B7 coaches of the train 12266 were targeted […]
BJP fully committed to fulfilling youngsters’ aspirations: PM Modi

New Delhi (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said the BJP is fully committed to fulfilling the dreams and aspirations of the country’s talented youngsters, as the party’s youth wing launched its campaign for his return to power in the Lok Sabha polls. “I commend the energetic BJYM team for their #VijayLaksh2019 movement that will mobilise […]
Probe against ISIS-inspired group: NIA carries out searches in western UP, Punjab

New Delhi, Jan 17 (PTI) The NIA Thursday carried out searches at eight places in western Uttar Pradesh and Punjab in connection with its probe against an ISIS-inspired group, which was allegedly planning suicide attacks and serial blasts, targeting politicians and government installations, in Delhi and other parts of north India. The agency has arrested 12 […]
3 labourers choke to death in sewage treatment plant in Thane

Thane (PTI) Three labourers died after inhaling toxic gas while cleaning a sewage treatment plant of a local civic body in Thane district of Maharashtra, a police official said Thursday. The deceased were daily wage labourers and had no formal training in sewage cleaning, he said. The incident took place on Wednesday when the labourers were […]
Protests in Old City, demand release of youth detained by NIA

Srinagar: Old city Srinagar residents protested Thursday against the arrest of nine youths by National Investigation Agency. Eye witnesses said that men, women and children joined the protests demanding immediate release of the detained youth. Protesters asembled at Rajouri Kadal and raised slogans in support of the detained youth claiming they are innocent and be […]
Journalist murder case: Sentencing of Dera Sacha Sauda chief, 3 others Thursday; security stepped up

Chandigarh, Jan 17 (PTI) Security has been reinforced in Haryana ahead of the pronouncement of quantum of sentence for Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and three others convicted in the murder of journalist Ramchander Chhatrapati. A special court in Panchkula will pronounce the quantum of sentence through video conference on Thursday. Elaborate security […]
Trump taps 3 Indian-American experts for key admin posts

ashington, Jan 17 (PTI) US President Donald Trump has nominated three influential Indian-Americans including a woman nuclear expert to powerful administration positions. Rita Baranwal was nominated for the post of Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy), Aditya Bamzai for member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board and Bimal Patel as the assistant secretary of […]