Over 12,000 Maharashtra farmers committed suicide in 3 years: Govt
Mumbai, Jun 21 (PTI) More than 12,000 farmers have committed suicide in Maharashtra between 2015 and 2018, the Legislative Assembly was informed Friday. Out of the total 12,021 farmer suicides during the three-year period, 6,888 cases were found to be eligible for government aid after scrutiny by district-level committees, Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Subhash Deshmukh told […]
Lightening kills man in Rajouri
Rajouri: One person was killed and other received injuries after lightening struck Bari Darhal area in Rajouri district in Jammu division of the J&K state. The deceased has been identified as Abdul Razaq Chowdhary, a resident of Bari Darhal. Officials said that the incident happened during intervening night of Thursday and Friday. The deceased was inside […]
Body of missing elderly found in power canal in Uri
Uri: The body of missing 85-year old man was found inside the Power Canal Power Project Uri in north Kashmir Baramulla on Friday. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Azam Sudan, S/o Faqeer Mohd Sudan. The body was fished out in Bimayar area of Uri.
PSA slapped on four drug peddlers in Kupwara
Kupwara: Four drug peddlers have been slapped with Public Safety Act in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, official said on Friday. The four have been identified as Riyaz Ahmad Badan, Mudasir Ahmad Piswal, Tanveer Ahmad Raina and Zameer Ahmad Raina, all residents of Amrohie Karnah. A police officials said that a huge quantity of Brown Sugar […]
Aerial gunshots by CRPF at KP Road Anantnag creates panic
Anantnag: Panic gripped KP road of Anantnag district, where a fidayeen attack took place last week, on Friday after gunshots were heard in the area. According to sources CRPF personnel deployed in the area fired aerial gunshots following two borne persons were asked to stop but did not. The bike borne did […]
Walmart to pay over USD 282 mn to close US bribery probe into its business in India, China
Washington, Jun 21 (PTI) Global retail giant Walmart has agreed to pay over USD 282 million to settle charges of violating US anti-corruption regulations while conducting its business in India, China, Brazil and Mexico. According to the US Security and Exchange Commission (SEC), these violations were conducted by Walmart’s third-party intermediaries who made payments to foreign […]
Tip-off about attack in J&K skulduggery by Pakistan: Report
Srinagar: Indian intelligence officers and counterterrorism experts in Jammu and Kashmir police suspect that Abdul Rasheed Ghazi, an improvised explosive devices (IEDs) expert and former trainer at the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) camp in Pakistan’s Balakot, is behind the use of vehicle-borne IEDs in the Valley. Hindustan Times quoting counterterrorism experts said that Ghazi, an Afghan war veteran […]
US approves, then cancels, Iran strikes after drone shot down: report
Washington (AFP) Donald Trump approved but then scrapped strikes against Iranian targets on Thursday, The New York Times reported, after Iran shot down a US drone in what the president termed a “big mistake.” The US was planning to hit “a handful of Iranian targets, like radar and missile batteries” Thursday evening, the newspaper said, citing […]
Iran says has ‘indisputable’ evidence US drone violated airspace
Tehran (AFP): Iran said Friday that it had “indisputable” evidence that a US drone it shot down this week had violated its airspace. Deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told Swiss ambassador, Markus Leitner, whose country represents US interests in Iran, of the evidence on Thursday night, the foreign ministry said in a statement. “Even some […]
Tourist dies of cardiac arrest in Ganderbal
Ganderbal: A tourist from Rajasthan died of cardiac arrest in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district while returning from Leh. The deceased has been identified as Kishan Lal Bujran son of Sham Lal Bujran. He was resident of Rajasthan. Officials said that he fell unconscious in a vehicle near Sonamarg and was rushed to primary health center […]
