Cancellation of nomination: SC dismisses plea of sacked BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav
New Delhi, (PTI) The Supreme Court Thursday rejected sacked BSF jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav’s plea challenging the Election Commission’s decision to reject his nomination papers from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat to contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said, “We do not find any grounds to entertain the plea of […]
Nearly 1200 IPS officers under scanner for non-performance: GoI
New Delhi PTI: Nearly 1,200 officers of Indian Police Service (IPS) have come under the scanner of the Home Ministry for non-performance, an official said Thursday. The ministry has reviewed service records of a total of 1,181 IPS officers in the past three years to check deadwood from the government, he said, adding the numbers […]
Pak intruder arrested along IB in Samba
Jammu, May 9 (PTI) The Border Security Force (BSF) Thursday arrested a Pakistan intruder along the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said. Troops of BSF observed some movement along the IB near a forward area and nabbed a person, they said. During preliminary investigation, he was identified as Mohmmad Afzal of Shakergarh […]
Three absconders arrested in Jammu, Poonch
Jammu(PTI): Three absconders wanted in separate cases were arrested in Jammu and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said Thursday. A police team raided a place in Poonch on Wednesday and arrested Mohd Azam, who had been evading arrest for the past 10 years, they said. He was wanted in a case of house-trespass, rioting, […]
Licences of four chemists suspended in Sopore
By Bilal Ahmad Sopore: Drug Department on Thursday suspended licenses of four chemist shops outside Sub District Hospital Sopore for allegedly compelling patients to purchase medicines from their shops. Officials said that they had received complaints regarding touting and compelling of patients to purchase Medicine from their respective shops outside Sub District Hospital Sopore. Drug […]
Gauri Lankesh killing: SIT denies reports linking Sadhvi Pragya
Bengaluru, (PTI) The special investigation team probing the journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh murder case Thursday denied a media report about BJP MP candidate from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur’s involvement in the crime. An English daily Thursday reported that there was a possibility of the Sadhvi’s link with the murder. The SIT issued an official statement, […]
18-year-old US national pleads guilty to providing support to LeT
Washington (PTI) An 18-year-old US national Wednesday pleaded guilty to the charges supporting and recruiting fighters for Pakistan-based terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which carried out the deadly 2008 Mumbai terror attack. Michael Kyle Sewell, from Fort Worth, Texas, was arrested in February, has admitted to encouraging an individual, identified in court documents only as coconspirator 1, […]
Locals to be exempted from paying highway tax: Governor J&K
Following resentment from cross sections of society over imposition of toll tax on Highway, Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has assured that locals will be exempted from the taxation. On Thursday Malik while inaugurating the grid lock separator in Srinagar told media that the issue has already been taken up with the central […]
‘Suspected militant’ body recovered in Sopore buried in Baramulla, DNA samples taken
Srinagar: Body of an unidentified person recovered yesterday from a nallah in Sopore was buried at Gantmullah area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. As a part of a normal procedure, DNA samples have been taken and sent to FSL, sources said. The body was recovered with magazine pouch from a nallah at Mal Ganipora area […]
SC dismisses plea seeking direction to debar Rahul Gandhi from contesting LS polls
New Delhi, May 9 (PTI) The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Centre and the Election Commission to debar Congress President Rahul Gandhi from contesting Lok Sabha elections till the issue of his citizenship is decided. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi rejected the contention of the petitioners, who said […]