Forces launch search operation in Pulwama village
Pulwama: Government forces on Monday morning launched cordon and search operation in Tumluhal village of South kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources said that the operation was launched over soecispe inputs about the presence of militants in the area. A join team of forces including 55 RR, CRPF and SOG are conducting the operation. […]
Woman journalist shot at in east Delhi
New Delhi: A woman journalist was shot at allegedly by two masked men in east Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar area in a suspected case of family dispute. The 38-year-old woman — Mitali Chandola — received bullet injury in the arm and is out of danger, they said. The incident took place in the intervening night […]
Erdogan’s party loses controversial replay of Istanbul election
Istanbul, Jun 24 (AFP) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suffered a major blow on Sunday as the opposition candidate in Istanbul’s controversial mayoral election re-run romped to victory. Ekrem Imamoglu won the first vote in March by a tiny margin of just 13,000 votes in the city of 15 million. But after being stripped of that […]
Ethiopia says military chief killed, regional coup failed
Addis Ababa, Jun 24 (AP) Ethiopia’s military chief was shot to death by his bodyguard amid a failed coup attempt against a regional government north of the capital, Addis Ababa, the prime minister said Sunday. The abortive coup Saturday in the Amhara region was led by a high-ranking military officer and others in the armed forces, […]
Sheikh Abdullah illegally detained Syama Prasad Mookerjee for 44 days: Jitendra Singh
New Delhi, Jun 23 (PTI) Union minister Jitendra Singh Sunday alleged that former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Sheikh Abdullah had illegally detained Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee for 44 days in a jail in his state in 1953. Delivering a talk here to commemorate the death anniversary of Mookerjee, the BJP MP narrated […]
Lecturer among five killed, five injured as vehicle rolls down
Rajouri, June 23: Five persons died while as five others were injured after a vehicle in which they were traveling in met with an accident at Kewal Budhal in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. Reports said that a temo traveller (JK02AU-8910) skidded off the road near Kewal Budhal resulting in injuries to […]
India rubbishes US report on religious freedom
New Delhi, Jun 23 (PTI) India Sunday rejected a US religious freedom report, saying it sees no locus standi for a foreign government to pronounce on the state of its citizens’ constitutionally protected rights. In its annual 2018 International Religious Freedom Report, the State Department alleged Friday that mob attacks by violent extremist Hindu groups against […]
Youth drowns after boat capsizes in river Jehlum
Srinagar, June 23: A 21-year-old youth drowned after a boat capsized in river Jehlum near Hajin area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Sunday. Reports said that the youth identified as Lateef Ahmad Dar (21) son of Reyaz Ahmad Dar of Banyari Hajin also boarded his bike in the boat which capsized in the middle […]
People travel to J-K without permit due to Mookerjee’s sacrifice: Shah
New Delhi, Jun 23 (PTI) Paying tributes to Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee on his death anniversary, BJP president Amit Shah said Sunday that it is due to his sacrifice that people from other states can travel to Jammu and Kashmir without permit and that West Bengal became a part of India. Shah, who is […]
Air India suspends its regional director for allegedly shoplifting at Sydney airport
New Delhi, Jun 23 (PTI) Air India has suspended its Regional Director for East, Rohit Bhasin, for allegedly shoplifting a wallet from a duty free shop at Sydney airport, officials said Sunday. Bhasin, who has also been barred from entering Air India premises without permission, was rostered as one of the commanders (pilots) of AI301 flight, […]
