PM Modi to meet Prez in evening to stake claim to form new govt
New Delhi,(PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to meet President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday evening to stake a claim to form the new government, sources said. The prime minister is likely to call on the President at around 8 pm and before that, leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would meet Kovind at around […]
Kenyan national held with cocaine worth Rs 3 cr in Mumbai
Mumbai, (PTI) A Kenyan national who allegedly supplied “high quality cocaine” in several parts of the metropolis has been arrested and a huge quantity of the contraband worth Rs 3 crore has been seized, police said Saturday. The seizure was made by the Bandra unit of the Anti- Narcotic Cell on Friday night. “A patrolling ANC […]
Employee Of Social Forestry Department Found Dead Under Mysterious Conditions, Police Launches Probe
Poonch, : Police on Saturday recovered body of an employee of social forestry department in Surankote area of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir. Report reaching GNS said that some employees spotted the body of their colleague lying inside the permises of social forest department at Bachian Wali Top in Surankote under mysterious conditions and […]
Army man shoots self dead in north Kashmir’s Pattan
Pattan: An Army soldier allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle inside the camp in north Kashmir’s Pattan on Saturday. Reports reaching GNS said that an army man of 22 Engineering Regiment, posted at Hamrey Pattan, shot himself while on duty today at around 11:00 am. Soon after the incident, his colleagues […]
Guterres appoints Indian Army officer as commander of UN mission in South Sudan
United Nations, May 25 (PTI) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed a decorated Indian Army officer as the new Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. Lieutenant General Shailesh Tinaikar, 57, will succeed Lieutenant General Frank Kamanzi of Rwanda who completes his assignment on May 26. The announcement was made by the UN […]
Surat fire: Coaching centre owner held, builders on run
Surat,(PTI) Police have arrested the owner of the Surat coaching centre in which a massive fire had erupted Friday claiming lives of 20 persons, mostly teenage students. Two builders of the commercial Takshashila Complex in Sarthana area, the site of the inferno, are on the run, Surat Police Commissioner Satish Sharma told reporters Saturday. “Police registered […]
Father, son duo die in tempo-truck collision in Ballia
Ballia (UP): (PTI) Two members of a family were killed when their tempo was hit by a truck near Gadhiya Railway crossing here, police said. Pradip Rajbhar (30) and his son Roshan (5) were travelling in the tempo when it was hit by the truck under Rasra Kotwali police station area Friday night. While the son […]
At 46 pc BJP gets highest ever vote share in J-K, leads in 27 assembly segments
Jammu (PTI) The BJP, which bagged three Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir, has got its highest ever vote share of 46.4 per cent in the state, more than that of Congress, NC and PDP put together, as per EC data. The National Conference (NC), which swept the polls in the Kashmir region and bagged […]
At least 29 inmates killed in clashes at Venezuela jail
Caracas, (AFP) At least 29 prisoners were killed and 19 police wounded in clashes at a jail in western Venezuela Friday, authorities said. The incident at the police station jail in the town of Acarigua, in Portuguesa state, occurred when police special forces (FAES) tried to stop a “massive prison break” which resulted in the deaths […]
More than a dozen wounded in France bomb ‘attack’
Lyon, (AFP) President Emmanuel Macron called a package blast on a pedestrian street in the heart of France’s city of Lyon on Friday an “attack” after the device wounded more than a dozen people just two days ahead of the country’s hotly contested European Parliament elections. Police were hunting a man believed to be in his […]
