Muzaffarnagar riots case: Court acquits 12 people
Muzaffarnagar (UP) (PTI) A local court here has acquitted 12 people due to lack of evidence in connection with the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case. Additional District Sessions Judge Sanjive Kumar Tiwari acquitted them under sections 395 (dacoity) and 436 (arson) of the IPC on Tuesday in the riots case. According to prosecution, an SIT had filed […]
Do not want to be a minister due to health reasons, Jaitley writes to PM
New Delhi (PTI): Ending all speculations, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying he does not want to be a minister in the new BJP government due to health reasons. In the four-paragraph letter, Jaitley said he had orally informed Modi about his desire not to be a part of […]
Kashmiri youth believed to have joined ISIS in 2013 captured in Syria: Report
Srinagar:A Kashmiri youth believed to have joined ISIS, is reportedly in the custody of US-led forces in Syria after hundreds of fighters surrendered in March this year The youth identified as Adil Ahmad Wada is believed to have informed his family — based in the Jawahar Nagar locality of Srinagar — about the development through […]
DGP sanctions welfare relief, loan over Rs.1.74 crore for 187 police personnel
SRINAGAR: Continuing with an aim to provide more and more welfare measures for police personnel and to give financial assistance to meet the urgent needs, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh IPS sanctioned welfare loan in favour of 187 personnel of J&K Police. Welfare relief has also been granted in favour of twelve needy […]
Eight booked for attempting to rape differently-abled woman, killing her son in R’than
Jaipur, (PTI) Eight persons have been booked for allegedly attempting to rape a 28-year-old differently-abled woman and killing her son in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district, police said Wednesday. The woman, who worked in a brick kiln owned by four of the accused, lodged an FIR on Monday at the Nadbai police station, they said. She alleged that […]
Iran rejects ‘laughable’ Bolton ship attack accusation
Tehran (AFP) Iran strongly rejected an accusation by US National Security Advisor John Bolton Wednesday that it was “almost certainly” behind May 12 attacks on four ships off the United Arab Emirates. “Making such laughable claims… is not strange” coming from the US, foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said in a statement on its official website. […]
Attempt to intimidate press: Editors Guild on FIR against journalist
New Delhi (PTI) The Editors Guild on Wednesday demanded the withdrawal of an FIR against the editor of a Kannada daily and its editorial staff for publishing a report about trouble within former prime minister and JDS chief H D Deve Gowda’s family. In a statement, the guild condemned the filing of the first information report […]
Dr Kaiser appointed dean of medicine Kashmir University
Srinagar: The University of Kashmir Wednesday appointed professor (Dr) Kaiser Ahmad, Principal Government Medical College, Srinagar as Dean, School of Medicine for a period of three years or till he attains superannuation whichever is earlier.
Forces resort to aerial firing amid CASO in Shopian village
Srinagar: Government forces on Wednesday afternoon resorted to aerial firing during cordon and search operation in Pinjoora village of South Kashmir’s district Shopian. A joint team of forces including army, SOG and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in the village. “Scores of youth hit the streets and resorted to stone pelting on forces […]
Kulgam Encounter Ends, Militants Flee, 60 Persons Injured During Clashes
Srinagar, May 29 (GNS): At least 60 persons were injured, seven of them seriously in government forces action during clashes following a gunfight in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Wednesday. The government forces also called off the operation as militants have reportedly managed to escape. The encounter ensued after a joint […]
