Turkey tumbles into recession as polls loom
Ankara: Turkey’s economy fell into its first recession in a decade, official data showed on Monday, just weeks before President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government faces local elections where growth and inflation will be key issues for voters. Economic output contracted by 2.4 percent in the final three months of the year compared to the third […]
Car falls in nallah, three injured
By Bilal Ahmad Baramulla: Three persons were injured after a car they were travelling in fell into a nallah at Ladoora Rafiabad of Baramulla district on Monday. Reports said that a Maruti Swift, bearing registration number JK05D- 3773, was on its way to Baramulla from Ladoora Rafiabad when the driver of the vehicle lost control and […]
Pulwama terror attack mastermind killed in encounter: Officials
Srinagar, Mar 11 (PTI) The mastermind of the February 14 Pulwama terror attack, in which 40 CRPF personnel had died, has been killed in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Tral area, officials said Monday. Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist Mudasir Ahmed Khan alias ‘Mohd Bhai’ was among two militants killed in the encounter in Tral’s Pinglish area in […]
LHC judge rescues himself from cases on Pak PM Imran’s disqualification
Lahore, Mar 11 (PTI) A second petition seeking disqualification of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan for not being “honest and righteous” during last year’s general elections was adjourned indefinitely on Monday after a judge recused himself citing “personal reasons”, a media report said. A second case against Khan, 66, was filed by two petitioners in […]
UN ban on Azhar: China says ‘responsible solution’ can only come through talks
Beijing, (PTI) Amid reports that the resolution to declare Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist would come up in the UN Security Council on March 13, China on Monday said “a responsible solution” can only come through discussions. Beijing also said security issues constituted an “important topic” in its talks to ease tensions […]
Taliban leader Mullah Omar lived next to US Afghan base: biography
Kabul PTI: Taliban founder Mullah Omar lived within walking distance of US bases in Afghanistan for years, according to a new book that highlights embarrassing failures of American intelligence. Washington believed the one-eyed, fugitive leader had fled to Pakistan, but the new biography says Omar was in fact living just three miles from a major […]
Highway closed following massive landslide in Banihal
Banihal: The strategic highway connecting Kashmir with the rest of the world has been shut for vehicular movement following massive landslide in Banihal area of the Ramban district. Traffic police officials said that landslide occurred at Kharpora area of the Banihal and blocked the road. “The traffic has been halted. Men and machinery has […]
Shooting stone hits 22-year-old shopkeeper in Poonch, dies
Poonch: A 22-year-old shopkeeper was killed after hit by a shooting stone amid heavy rainfall in Gursai area of Mendhar in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. Reports reaching GNS said that the shopkeeper Umar Farooq (22) son of Noor Hussain of Sanjoite, Gursaie was hit by the shooting stone when he […]
Woman RPF inspector shoots at, injures husband after quarrel
Raipur, Mar 11 (PTI) A woman Railway Protection Force inspector was arrested for allegedly shooting at and injuring her husband following a marital dispute in Chhattisgarh’s Balodabazar-Bhatapara district, police said Monday. RPF Inspector Sunita Minj (39) was on duty at her post at Bhatapara railway station, over 80 kilometres from here, Sunday night when the incident […]
Centre allows state govts to put enemy properties to ‘public use’
New Delhi, (PTI) The Centre has allowed state governments to put to “public use” some enemy properties that were left behind by people who migrated to Pakistan since the Partition and to China after the 1962 Sino-Indian war, officials said Monday. The move comes amid the central government’s efforts to sell more than 9,400 enemy properties, […]
