IED recovered from auto-rickshaw in MP village
Alirajpur, Mar 20 (PTI) An improvised explosive device (IED) was recovered from an auto-rickshaw at a village in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh, where an annual tribal festival was on, police said on Wednesday. The IED was kept inside an unclaimed bag in the auto-rickshaw and its driver found it on Tuesday evening, Alirajpur Superintendent of […]
Brief exchange of fire between militants, forces in Kalantara Baramulla, area cordoned off
Baramulla: Government forces and militants exchanged gunfire in Kalantara area of Kandi in Baramulla district on Wednesday. “The militants and forces exchanged gunfire for a brief time and there was a lull afterwards,” sources in Police said. . According to officials forces have sealed the area are conducting searches in the area to trace […]
ED to sell 173 paintings, 11 vehicles of Nirav Modi
New Delhi (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate will sell 173 paintings and 11 vehicles “beneficially owned” by Nirav Modi after it obtained permission from a special court in Mumbai on Wednesday, officials said. The same court, they said, also issued a non-bailable warrant against his wife Ami after the ED recently filed a supplementary charge sheet […]
Aseemanand, 3 others acquitted in Samjhauta blast case
Panchkula (Har), Mar 20 (PTI) A special court here Wednesday acquitted Swami Aseemanand and three others in the Samjhauta train blast case that left 68 people, mostly Pakistanis, dead in 2007. The verdict came after NIA special judge Jagdeep Singh dismissed the plea filed by a Pakistani woman for examining eyewitnesses from her country, saying it […]
Panthers Party to contest all six LS seats in JK
Jammu, Mar 20 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) will contest all the six Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, a party leader said on Wednesday. “JKNPP will contest all the six seats in J&K. It shall declare its candidates on March 23, 24, 25 and 26 for all the six seats in […]
Robbers kill elderly woman
Mumbai, Mar 20 (PTI) A 79-year-old woman was allegedly killed by robbers at her residence at Matunga in Central Mumbai, police said Wednesday. The incident came to light Tuesday night when somebody spotted Vasanta Lakshminarayan lying motionless in her ground floor residence in the BMC building, a police official said. It seems Lakshminarayan tried to fend […]
EU fines Google 1.49 bn euros for anti-trust breach
Brussels, Mar 20 (AFP) The EU’s powerful anti-trust regulator has slapped tech giant Google with a new fine over unfair competition, in Europe’s latest salvo against Silicon Valley. “Today the commission has fined Google 1.49 billion euros (USD 1.69 billion) for illegal misuse of its dominant position in the market for the brokering of online search […]
Mehbooba hits out at Omar, says J&K is not NC’s personal estate
Jammu, (PTI) In a blistering attack at former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for dubbing emergence of new parties in Kashmir as a New Delhi ploy to divide Kashmiri mandate, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Wednesday said J&K is not a personal property of the National Conference. Mehbooba’s attack followed Peoples Conference chief Sajjad Gani Lone’s diatribe against […]
Don’t reintroduce citizenship bill, Mizoram assembly to GoI
Aizawl, (PTI) The Mizoram assembly Wednesday unanimously adopted a resolution asking the Centre not to reintroduce the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in any form in future. The civil societies, churches, political parties and the people of the state are against the bill, Home Minister Lalchamliana said after moving the resolution. The people of the northeastern region are […]
Air Commodore Pathania takes over chief of IAF station Jammu
Jammu (PTI) Air Commodore Ajay Singh Pathania, known for his instrumental role in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief helicopter operations, Wednesday took over as the chief of the air force station here. He took over the command of the station as air officer commanding from Air Commodore S K Mishra at a ceremonial parade by the […]
