JNU sedition: Delhi govt seeks month”s time to grant sanction to prosecute Kanhaiya
New Delhi,(PTI) The Delhi government on Wednesday sought before a court here a month’s time to decide whether to grant sanction to prosecute former JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in the 2016 JNU sedition case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat directed the AAP government to file a “proper reply”, citing a definite time-frame. […]
LS Polls 2019: Mehbooba Mufti files nomination papers in Anantnag
Anantnag: Former chief minister Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti has filed her nomination papers with the DC office Anantnag on Wednesday. She will be contesting Lok Sabha Polls for the Anantnag seat for Peoples Democratic Party.
Gurgaon student held for faking his kidnapping to get Rs 3 cr to buy car
Gurgaon, (PTI) The Gurgaon police has arrested a 19-year-old man for allegedly faking his own kidnapping to get Rs three crore from his family members in order to buy a high-end car, it said on Tuesday. Sandeep Kumar (19), a student of Class 12 and a resident of Krishna Colony, had left his residence on March […]
US approves sale of 24 MH 60 Romeo Seahawk helicopters to India for USD 2.4 bn
Washington, Apr 3 (PTI) The US has approved the sale of 24 multi-role MH-60 ‘Romeo’ Seahawk helicopters to India at an estimated cost of USD2.4 billion, the State Department has said. India has been in need of these formidable anti-submarine hunter helicopters for more than a decade now. Designed for hunting submarines as well as knocking […]
India set to grow at 7.2 pc this fiscal on rising consumption: ADB
New Delhi, (PTI) India’s growth is set to pick up and is expected to grow at 7.2 per cent in the current fiscal on strengthening consumption, Asian Development Bank said in its flagship report released Wednesday. “Growth slowed from 7.2 per cent in fiscal 2017 to 7 per cent in 2018, with weaker agricultural output and […]
Police detains 3 youth in Shopian for questioning in Banihal Blast case
Shopain : Three persons have been arrested during nocturnal raids on Vehil village in Shopian district in connection with the Banihal blast case, police sources said. Sources told KNO that after identifying the three accused the raids were conducted in dead of the night in volatile area. He identified the trio as Asif Malik […]
Azad addresses poll rally telephonically amid Pak shelling
Jammu, Apr 3 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Tuesday addressed an election rally telephonically in a border village in Rajouri district as Pakistan shelling along the Line of Control played the spoilsport. Azad, who reached here on a three-day election campaign trail, was scheduled to address a rally at Laam area of Nowshera […]
Crime branch of Police to probe JKPCC scams
Jammu, April 2 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir administration Tuesday handed over the investigation of major scams in Jammu & Kashmir Projects Construction Corp (JKPCC) to crime branch of the state police, which will register an FIR soon, an official spokesman said. This is a major step towards eradication of corruption in the organisation, stopping and […]
Congress promises to review AFSPA in JK
Says nothing will be allowed to change state’s constitutional position
Says nothing will be allowed to change state’s constitutional position
LoC flare-up: Seven Pak posts destroyed during shelling, 3 Pak army men killed
Jammu: Seven Pakistani posts across the LoC were destroyed as the Indian Army retaliated to cross border shelling by Pakistani troops who targeted border areas in Rajouri and Poonch districts, officials said Tuesday. There have been several casualties to Pakistani troops too, they said. As a precautionary measure, all schools along the borderline in Poonch […]
