Terror funding: ED attaches J-K businessman Watali’s assets

New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI) The ED has attached assets worth Rs 1.03 crore belonging to businessman Zahoor Ahmmad Watali in a money laundering case related to funding of terror organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. They said the agency has issued a provisional order for attachment of assets of Watali under […]
20-yr-old woman, cousin commit suicide in UP

Banda (UP), Mar 11 (PTI) A 20-year-old woman and her cousin, who were having an affair, allegedly committed suicide after their parents refused to accept their relationship, police said Monday. The incident took place in Jamuni Purva village of Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district. Madhuri hanged herself from the ceiling of her room on Sunday and later […]
Choose between Mahatma’s India and Godse’s India: Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI) The choice is between Mahatma Gandhi’s India or Godse’s India with love on one hand and hate on the other, Congress president Rahul Gandhi told his party’s booth workers here on Monday, a day after the Lok Sabha elections were announced. In an all out attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, […]
Media Certification, Monitoring Committee constituted in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: The Srinagar District Election Office Monday constituted a Media Certification & Monitoring Committee (MCMC) to keep a check on cases of paid news in the district a day after the Election Commission of India announced schedule for General Elections 2019. The constitution of MCMC at district level is mandated under election rules once a […]
Protests erupt at Palhalan during CASO,two injured

Baramulla : Two youth were injured on Monday during the clashes that erupted between youth and government forces following a cordon-and-search operation at Tantrapora, Palhallan village of Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Official sources said that after receiving inputs about the presence of some militants in the village, the joint team of Army’s 29 […]
EC should consider non-BJP parties’ plea to hold assembly polls in J-K: CPI(M)

New Delhi(PTI) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Monday urged the Election Commission to “seriously” consider all the non-BJP parties’ plea in Jammu and Kashmir to hold the assembly elections in the state simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls. In a press statement, the politburo of CPI(M) said, “All the non-BJP political parties in J-K, […]
Patriotism not any party’s monopoly: Shiv Sena

Mumbai, Mar 11 (PTI) The Shiv Sena on Monday said patriotism is not the monopoly of a single party and falsely calling people “anti-national” just because they are political opponents is nothing but suppression of freedom of expression. The party’s remarks come amid a row over politicisation of the air strike. “Patriotism is not the […]
Governor directs constitution of Team to review return of students outside the State

Jammu: Governor Satya Pal Malik has given directions for constituting a Team of officers from the Jammu and Kashmir Government which would hold consultations with the managements of the educational institutions of Dehradun, Uttrakhand, besides premier educational institutions in other states where large number of students from Kashmir are studying. The Team will look […]
Lok Sabha poll during Ramzan: ECI says ‘one full month can’t be excluded’

New Delhi: Amid the raging debate over the clash of Lok Sabha poll dates with Muslim holy month of Ramzan, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday said that it could not exclude an entire month from the schedule and took care of main festivals and Fridays. Earlier today, TMC and AAP leaders claimed […]
Forces lay siege over Palahallan village

Pattan: Government forces on Monday launched massive Cordon-and-Search Operation in North Kashmir’s Tantraypora village of Palahallan Pattan Baramulla. According to reports a joint team of 29 RR forces, SOG Pattan and CRPF conducted house to house search operation in Tantraypora Palahallan area of Pattan this evening and sealed all entry and exit points in […]