Poppy cultivation over 465 kanals of land destroyed in Shopian
SHOPIAN: A joint team of Revenue officials, Excise Department and District Police Shopian in a special drive destroyed poppy cultivation over 465 kanals of land in the horticultural fields and common land at Malhoora, Wandina of Tehsil Zainapora during the last week. The team warned the cultivators against the cultivation of poppy. Patwaries were asked […]
DSEK direct Minto Circle School to charge fee as per old fee structure
SRINAGAR: A team of officers of Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) today inspected the Minto Circle School, Allochibagh, Srinagar after receiving a complaint from the parents of the students about arbitrary fee hike in the school without the approval of the Fee Fixation Committee, Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar. The officials discussed the matter […]
MLA, six others shot dead in Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh: Suspected NSCN (IM) militants Tuesday gunned down an assembly poll candidate of the NPP and six others, including two security personnel, in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh, a top official said. Tirong Aboh, a sitting MLA from Khonsa West constituency, was seeking a re-election from the seat. Aboh was […]
Oppn leaders meet EC officials, demand verification of VVPAT slips before counting of votes
New Delhi, May 21 (PTI) Leaders of as many as 22 opposition parties met the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday and demanded verification of VVPAT slips of randomly-selected polling stations before the counting of the votes polled in the just-concluded Lok Sabha election begins on May 23. They also demanded […]
India must have permanent seat in UN Security Council: German
New Delhi, May 21 (PTI) India must have a permanent seat in the UN Security Council as its absence hurts the credibility of the UN system, Germany’s new Ambassador to India Walter J Lindner said Tuesday. Lindner presented his credentials to President Ram Nath Kovind in Hindi on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters after presenting […]
IIT aspirant commits suicide in Kota
Rajasthan: An 18-year-old IIT aspirant allegedly committed suicide in her hostel room in Rajasthan’s Kota city, police said Tuesday. The girl, hailing from Uttar Pradesh, was taking coaching for IIT entrance exam here, they said. The girl allegedly hanged herself from a ceiling fan of her hostel room on Sunday, police said. The parents […]
Jammu and Kashmir Governor congratulates two police officers for scaling Mount Everest
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik Tuesday congratulated two police officers who were part of an 11-member team that scaled the Mount Everest. Constables Nazir Ahmed and Falail Singh were part of the All India Police Sports Control Board team that scaled the world’s highest mountain peak. Governor’s Advisor K Vijay Kumar, Chief […]
Encounter breaks out in Shopian’s Yarwan forests
Encounter broke out between militants and government forces in yarwan forest area of Keller area in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. Initial reports said that forces had earlier launched a search operation in the woods to flush out militants. “Contact with militants has been made and exchange of gunfire erupted,” reports said. Further details […]
Malegaon blast case: Pragya Thakur, two other accused exempted from court appearance
Mumbai: A special court here has granted exemption to the 2008 Malegaon blast case accused Pragya Singh Thakur, Lt Col Prasad Purohit and Sudhakar Chaturvedi from appearing before it this week. When the matter was taken up by the special NIA court on Monday, the three accused filed applications through their lawyers seeking exemption […]
Dubios exit polls, EVMs manipulated and switched is another Balakote in making: Mehbooba Mufti
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday questioned the Election Commission’s stance on ‘evidence that EVMs were switched’ during the poll process, and criticised the ‘dubious’ exit polls results which predict that the National Democratic Party (NDA) will form the government at the Centre again’. “Worrying that despite solid evidence about EVMs being […]
