Cop kills auto dealer over car repair; held
Raipur, Mar 26 (PTI) An automobile dealer was Tuesday shot dead in his shop here in Chhattisgarh allegedly by a police constable following a dispute over a car deal, police said. The incident occurred this afternoon in Pachpedi Naka area when Sanjay Agrawal was in his shop, Purani Basti area City Superintendent of Police (CSP) […]
Man gets 10-year RI for raping girl
Kolkata, Mar 26 (PTI) A city court Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping a girl after forcibly marrying her at a temple. Abhijit Paik was found guilty of kidnapping the girl from her home in Narkeldanga area in the eastern part of the city and raping her. Additional Sessions […]
Gurgaon Muslim family assailants felt they were immune to law: Yogendra Yadav
Gurgaon, Mar 26 (PTI) Expressing shock at “brutal attack” on a Muslim family in Gurgaon, Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav Tuesday said the assailants were confident that they will not by punished for their misdeed. Yadav visited the victim family Monday at Bhoop Singh Nagar here and demanded from the Gurgaon administration and Haryana government […]
Old Congress loyalist’s son to take on Rahul in Amethi
Amethi (UP), Mar 26 (PTI) Severing generations-old links with the Congress, the son of a veteran party loyalist has decided to take on Rahul Gandhi in Amethi in the Lok Sabha polls. Haroon Rashid, whose father Haji Sultan had been the “proposer” in the poll nomination papers of the present Congress president’s father Rajiv Gandhi and […]
Shift vendors from Parimpora bus stand: Div Com to officers
SRINAGAR: In order to decongest Parimpora Bus Stand, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir directed SDA, SMC, Traffic Police and RTO to start intense drive immediately and shift all registered road side vendors to the new vending zones. The Divisional Commissioner passed this direction while reviewing various issues of transporters and commuters at Parimpora Bus Stand. […]
LS polls 2019: ECI provides postal ballot facility to Kashmiri migrants
UDHAMPUR: In order to facilitate Kashmiri migrants in the General Election 2019, the Election Commission of India has accorded the facility of postal ballot to them in their respective constituencies. In this regard, Assistant Returning Officer (Migrant) Dr. Anirudh Rai informed that migrant voters who wish to cast their vote in person or through postal […]
Pak Supreme Court grants bail to Nawaz Sharif for treatment
Islamabad, Mar 26 (PTI) In a relief to ailing Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Supreme Court Tuesday granted bail to the jailed former prime minister for six weeks for seeking medical treatment within the country. Sharif, 69, is lodged in the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore since December last year, serving a 7-year imprisonment in the Al Azizia […]
F-16s escort Mumbai-Singapore flight after bomb threat
Singapore/New Delhi (PTI) A Singapore Airlines flight from Mumbai to Singapore with 263 passengers on board Tuesday received a bomb threat, prompting Singapore Air Force to send two F-16s to escort the aircraft. The flight landed safely at Singapore’s Changi International Airport on Tuesday around 8 am (local time), the airline added. “Singapore Airlines confirms there […]
Police arrest 4 drug peddlers with heroin in Jammu
Srinagar: Police arrested four drug peddlers with contraband of heroin in Ranbir Singh Pura area here on city outskirts. “During routine checking, the police on Sunday night intercepted the four persons at Magowali area,” police here said on Tuesday. They said that during frisking, 11 grams of heroin was recovered from their possession and […]
Forces launch CASO in Pulwama village
Pulwama: Government forces on Tuesday afternoon launched Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) in Rohmoo village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources said that on specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area, a joint team of forces including 55 RR, 183 BN CRPF and SOG of J&K Police launched search operation. […]
