Baramulla resident dies in highway mishap
Jammu: One person was killed and two others were injured after the vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident on Sunday. According to reports a Travera vehicle coming from Jammu towards Srinagar bearing registration number JK11-6419 met with an accident at Mand NHW sector Tikri. One person identified as Fazel Rashid age 36 […]
India to post Customs intelligence officers in China to check financial frauds
New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) India has decided to post Customs intelligence officers in China in its effort to check black money, trade-based money laundering and other financial frauds, officials said Sunday. Two posts of the Customs Overseas Intelligence Network (COIN) have been created in the Indian Embassy in Beijing and in the Consulate General […]
Forces launch search operation in Pulwama village
Pulwama: Government forces on Sunday morning launched Cordon and Search Operation in Chewa khurd area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources said that on specific inputs about the presence of militants joint team of forces including RR launched search operation in the area. Local sources said that huge contingents of forces have been deployed […]
At least 42 dead in floods in Indonesia’s Papua: official
Jakarta, Mar 17 (AFP) At least 42 people have been killed by flash floods in Indonesia’s eastern Papua province, an official said Sunday. The floods in Sentani, near the provincial capital of Jayapura, were triggered by torrential rain on Saturday, and also left 21 people injured. (AFP)
BJP likely to replace Shatrughan Sinha with Ravi Shankar Prasad for Patna Sahib
New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) The BJP is set to drop sitting MP from Patna Sahib Shatrughan Sinha and he is likely to be replaced by Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, sources said. Prasad’s name was discussed in the BJP’s central election committee here which was attended by party chief Amit Shah and Prime Minister […]
5 Indians confirmed dead in New Zealand terror attack
Christchurch, Mar 17 (PTI) Five Indians were among the 50 people killed by a white supremacist, who opened fire on worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch, in the worst attack on Muslims in New Zealand, the Indian High Commission said Sunday. The attacker, identified by authorities as Australia-born Brenton Tarrant, 28, reportedly targeted immigrants during Friday […]
Death toll rises to 50 as New Zealand mourns victims
Christchurch, Mar 17 (AFP) New Zealanders flocked to memorial sites to lay flowers and mourn the victims of the twin mosque massacres Sunday, as testimony emerged of epic heroism and harrowing suffering in the gun attack that has claimed 50 lives. Police Commissioner Mike Bush said officers had finally been able to share a list of […]
Azhar listing: Permanent UNSC members working on compromise with China
Washington: The US and two other permanent Security Council members, France and Britain, are believed to be in intense “good faith” discussions with China to arrive at a “compromise” on the UN designation of Jaish chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. And if that effort does not end up in the formal designation of […]
Killer roads: 11 killed as SUV falls into gorge in Ramban
Banihal/Jammu: Eleven people, including four women and five children, were killed and four others injured when an SUV skidded off a road and fell into a deep gorge in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. The SUV, carrying 15 passengers from Chaderkote to Rajgarh, rolled down into the over 500-feet-deep gorge […]
Shah Faesal begins his political innings, will launch his outfit today
Srinagar: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal will launch his political outfit ‘Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement’ at a function in Rajbagh area of the city on Sunday. He said the function will be held at ‘Gindun Ground’ in Rajbagh. The 2010 batch UPSC topper resigned from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in January this year […]
