2 tourists rescued, local missing as part of glacier caves inSonamarg
Srinagar: Two tourists were rescued while a local man went missing on Sunday at the Sonamarg tourist resort of Jammu and Kashmir after a part of a glacier caved in, officials said. A portion of Thajiwas glacier at Sonamarg in Ganderbal district broke off from the main ice mass in the afternoon following rush of […]
Murder accused arrested after 16 years in Kishtwar
Jammu: A man, wanted for killing a sarpanch in 2008, was arrested in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on Sunday, police said. Mir Hussain, a resident of Keshwan, was the most wanted fugitive in the district and was arrested by a special team following specific information from Kishtwar, a police spokesman said. Hussain had gone […]
BJP-led NDA will get more seats than predicted by exit polls: Union minister Athawale
Mumbai: Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Sunday said the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will get more number of Lok Sabha seats than predicted by the exit polls. Addressing a press conference here, Athawale expressed confidence that the BJP-led NDA will get more than 400 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha. On Saturday, exit polls […]
Oppn parties trash exit polls
New Delhi: The Congress and other INDIA bloc parties on Sunday trashed the exit polls that have predicted a third consecutive win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha elections, claiming that these surveys were a work of “fantasy” and asserting that the opposition alliance will form the next government. Questioning the credibility of […]
2 dead, 16 injured as bus overturns in Jammu
Jammu: Two passengers were killed and 16 sustained injuries when a bus overturned in the Akhnoor sub-division here on Sunday, police said. A police official said the accident occurred near Kaleeth village in the evening after the driver lost control of the vehicle. Kewal Kumar and V Bhagat died on the spot, he said. The […]
Fire damages 5 parked water tankers in Kathua
Jammu: Five empty water tankers were damaged in a fire on the Jal Shakti Departments compound in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. The fire erupted suddenly this afternoon at the PHE water filling station, quickly spreading to the parked tankers, they said. Fire and Emergency Services (F&ES) personnel responded […]
Kharge, Rahul hold key meet with party’s LS polls candidates, ask them to stay alert on counting day
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former AICC chief Rahul Gandhi held a meeting on Sunday with the party’s Lok Sabha candidates, legislative party leaders and state unit chiefs via video conferencing, and urged them to be alert and put in place measures to check any attempts of rigging on poll counting day, sources […]
Cong, INDIA bloc trying to undermine electoral process, alleges BJP; urges EC to take action
New Delhi: The Congress and its INDIA bloc allies are trying to undermine the integrity of India’s electoral process, the BJP alleged on Sunday and urged the Election Commission to prevent any attempts of “violence and unrest” during the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls on June 4. A BJP delegation comprising Union […]
Arvind Kejriwal surrenders
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday surrendered at the Tihar jail here after his interim bail granted by the Supreme Court in the excise policy-linked money laundering case ended on June 1. He was granted the relief for campaigning in the Lok Sabha elections. Before surrendering, Kejriwal paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi […]
Reduction in heat wave intensity in next three days: Weather office
New Delhi: A reduction in the intensity of heatwave conditions is likely in the country over the next three days, the weather office said on Sunday. Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh was the hottest in the country with a maximum temperature of 46.2 degrees Celsius. Sirsa in Haryana and Ganganagar in Rajasthan sizzled at 45.4 degrees […]
