Five die after drinking spurious liquor in Barabanki
Barabanki (UP) (PTI) At least five people died and several others were taken ill after consuming spurious liquor in Ramnagar area of Barabanki district, police said Tuesday.The locals belonging to Raniganj and adjoining villages were taken ill after consuming liquor on Monday night and rushed to Ramnagar Community Health Centre (CHC), police said. While five of […]
Man held for killing his wife
Palghar, (PTI) A 48-year-old man was Tuesday arrested from Palghar district of Maharashtra for allegedly killing his wife Monday, police said. According to police, the accused, Divat Dusar, was disturbed since his wife, Suman (45), refused to live with him for some reasons, as a result of which the couple used to fight often, a police […]
Sensex rises over 100 pts; Nifty above 11,900
Mumbai, May 28 (PTI) The benchmark BSE Sensex advanced over 100 points in early trade Tuesday amid positive domestic and global cues and unabated foreign fund inflow.The 30-share index was trading 98.04 points, or 0.25 per cent, higher at 39,781.33. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty rose 24.75 points, or 0.21 per cent, to 11,949.50. In the […]
Rupee slips 22 paise to 69.73 vs USD in early trade
Mumbai, May 28 (PTI) The rupee opened on a weak note and declined by 22 paise to 69.73 against the US dollar in early trade Tuesday, owing to increased demand for the greenback from importers and banks. Forex traders said the strengthening of the greenback vis-a-vis other currencies overseas and weak opening in domestic equities added […]
Northern Army Commander, 16 Corps Commander had left minutes before PAF bombed Brigade Headquarters in Jammu on Feb 27
New Delhi: Two top Indian Army commanders, Northern Army Commander Lt Gen. Ranbir Singh and 16 Corps Commander Lt Gen. Paramjit Singh, had stepped out of the Brigade Headquarters “minutes before” the Pakistan Air Force fighter jets dropped a bomb near an Indian defence installation in Jammu and Kashmir on 27 February post Balakote strikes. According […]
Man with knife attacks schoolgirls in Japan; 3 believed dead
Kawasaki,(AP) A man carrying a knife in each hand and screaming “I will kill you” attacked schoolgirls waiting at a bus stop just outside Tokyo on Tuesday, wounding 16 people and leaving three dead, including the attacker, Japanese authorities and media said. Most of the victims were schoolgirls who were lined up at a bus stop […]
Trains chug on tracks across Kashmir
Srinagar: Trains services across Kashmir have been resumed on Tuesday following suspension of operation due to militant killing in south Kashmir’s Tral area recently. An official said that trains have begun to chug on tracks normally. The service remained suspended on Monday as a ‘security measure’ after killing of Ansar Gazwatul chief Hind Zakir Musa […]
US, Italy-trained snipers of Indian Army with new rifles deployed along LoC: Report
New Delhi: Indian Army has deployed its elite units equipped with new sniper rifles along the Line of Control with Pakistan after special training from American and Italian experts. “Specials units, along with some regular soldiers from the LoC battalions, have been trained by experts from abroad on the use of these weapons and the […]
Asiya, Neelofer ‘rape and murder case’: Syed Ali Geelani calls for shutdown on May 30 in Shopian, adjacent areas
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani on Monday called for a complete shutdown in Shopian district and its peripheral areas to commemorate the alleged ‘rape and murder of Aasiya and Neelofer’ in May 2009. Geelani said that Jammu and Kashmir being a ‘heavily deployed military occupied zone in the world, has become most […]
Dovish Trump says not looking for regime change in Iran
Tokyo(AFP) President Donald Trump said Monday the United States was not seeking “regime change” in Iran despite mounting tensions, in dovish comments also praising North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un as a “very smart guy.” Speaking after summit talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Trump seemed at pains to dial down tensions in the world’s […]