Nirav Modi’s seaside bungalow demolished using explosives
Mumbai, Mar 8 (PTI) The sprawling seaside mansion of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, accused in the USD 2 billion PNB fraud case, was demolished Friday using explosives, Raigad District Collector Vijay Suryawanshi said. The district collector told PTI that it was controlled blasting. The senior IAS official had issued the demolition orders after the Enforcement Directorate […]
SC refers Ayodhya land dispute for mediation
New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI) The Supreme Court Friday referred the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case for mediation and appointed former apex court judge Justice (retd) F M I Kallifulla as chairperson of the panel of mediators. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the other members of the […]
Restrictions in Srinagar as valley shuts against slapping of PSA on Yasin Malik, banning Jamat e Islami
Srinagar,(PTI) The authorities Friday imposed restrictions in parts of the city here as a precautionary measure in view of a strike called by separatists against slapping of the Public Safety Act (PSA) on JKLF chairman Yasin Malik and ban on Jaamat-e-Islami (JeI). Restrictions have been imposed in six police station areas of Srinagar the summer capital […]
District Treasury Office, portion of JK Bank branch gutted in mysterious night blaze
Rajouri: Official record at office of the District Treasury Rajouri and a portion of JK Bank branch in Jammu and Kashmir gutted completely in a mysterious fire blaze on Thursday night, official sources said today. They said that during intervening night of 7/8 March, fire broke inside the second storey of the building and engulfed […]
Trump ex-campaign chief Manafort sentenced to 47 months in prison
Alexandria,(AFP) US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison on Thursday for tax crimes and bank fraud in the highest profile case yet stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. It was the stiffest prison sentence given so far to an associate of the president in Mueller’s […]
Forces launch search operation in Pattan village
Pattan : Goverment forces on Friday morning lauched cordon and search operation in Pattan area of North Kashmir. Following credible inputs about the presence of militants in the area Government forces sealed the area. Local sources told KNO that large number of troops are deployed in the area while as door […]
Jammu blast: Injured man from south Kashmir succumbs
Jammu: An injured south Kashmir resident who had suffered critical injuries in the Jammu bus stand blast yesterday has succumbed to his injuries, police sources said. The 32 year old breathed his last in the intervening night of Thursday and Friday. Officials identified the deceased as Mohammad Riyaz son of Mohammad Amin of Matan Anantnag. […]
US urges Pakistan to take ‘sustained and irreversible’ actions against militants
Washington, Mar 8 (PTI) The US has asked Pakistan to take “sustained and irreversible” actions against militant groups operating from its territory, according to a top State Department official. The State Department statement came as Pakistan, under global pressure after the Pulwama terror attack and India’s air strikes against a JeM militant camp in Balakot […]
Grenade blast in Jammu leaves one dead, 32 injured
Police says attacker nabbed, area tense
Jammu: A teenager was killed and 32 others were injured Thursday in a grenade attack by suspected militants in the crowded general bus stand area in the heart of the city, officials said. This is the third grenade attack by the militants in Jammu bus stand since May last year, viewed by security agencies as […]
Attacker nabbed, says police
Jammu: Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested the person who lobbed the grenade at Jammu bus stand. A police spokesman said that after the blast the scene of the blast was cordoned off and investigation was immediately set in motion. All check points were put on alert and checking was immediately started. “Based on […]
