Police registers case against BJP leader who tried to bribe journalists in Ladakh
Leh, May 9 (PTI) An FIR was registered against BJP leader and MLC Vikram Randhawa for allegedly trying to bribe journalists in Leh, officials said Thursday. However, Randhawa termed the allegations as baseless and said the Congress was trying to malign the image of the BJP. District Election Officer (DEO) and Deputy Commissioner of Leh […]
Asia’s Medicinal Cannabis Market Could Be Worth Over $US5.8 Billion by 2024 – Prohibition Partners
LONDON: The Asian medical cannabis market will be worth an estimated US 5.8 billion by 2024, the world’s leading market intelligence and strategic consultancy firm Prohibition Partners has found in its latest report. According to analysis, if legislation is introduced in a number of the continent’s major markets, this estimate could quadruple by 2027. The […]
Highway shut following massive landslide in Ramban
Jammu: Srinagar Jammu highway has been closed for vehicular movement following landslides at Iron Stand Digdol area of Ramban district. The landslides occurred on Wednesday evening and since efforts are on to clear the blockade. Officials said that No vehicle will be allowed to ply towards Ramban from Udhampur and Banihal side. “More than 1500 […]
Chinese online travel agency removes products referring to Arunachal Pradesh after objections
Beijing, May 9 (PTI) China’s largest online travel agency Ctrip has removed from its platform products offering travel and accommodation services to Arunachal Pradesh following objections raised by Chinese netizens. China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of southern Tibet. India firmly maintains that the state is integral and inalienable part of the country. Ctrip.com International Limited, […]
Death toll rises to 11 in Lahore suicide attack outside Sufi shrine
Lahore, May 9 (PTI) The death toll rose to 11 on Thursday in the powerful suicide blast outside one of Pakistan’s oldest and most revered Sufi shrines in Lahore as another policeman succumbed to his injuries, officials said. The attack, which occurred during the Muslim holy month of Ramazan, was carried out by a teenage Taliban […]
Forces lay siege over Khisipur Pattan
Baramulla: Government forces have sealed Khisipur area of Pattan in Baramulla district following tip-off about militants presence in the area. Sources told KNO that a team of Army’s 29 RR, 176 Bn CRPF and SOG Kreeri launched a cordon and search operation. A police officer said that the operation was launched following inputs about presence […]
J-K panchayats’ body seeks NIA probe into BJP leader’s killing
Jammu, (PTI): Sarpanches from parts of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday demanded a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the killing of BJP’s Anantnag vice-president Gul Mohammed Mir. Led by their president Anil Sharma during a protest at the exhibition ground here, members of the All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference (AJKPC) demanded that […]
Rate of poultry, poultry products revised
SRINAGAR: Directorate of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Kashmir has revised and refixed the maximum retail sale rate of Poultry and Poultry products. According to the new rate list, the rate of Broiler (Live) is Rs 150 per kg, Layer (Live) Rs 90 per kg, Parent Rs 150 per kg and rate of eggs […]
Aasia Bibi leaves Pakistan after acquitted in blasphemy case, reunites with family in Canada: lawyer
Islamabad, May 8 (PTI) Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was freed from death row by the Supreme Court in a high-profile blasphemy case that polarised the society, has quietly left the country and reunited with her family in Canada, her lawyer said Wednesday. Bibi, a mother of four from Punjab province, was taken out […]
10 killed in suicide attack outside Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s Lahore
Lahore, May 8 (PTI) A teenage Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up outside one of Pakistan’s oldest and most revered Sufi shrines in Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, including five police commandos, and injuring 25 others as the country marks the Muslim holy month of Ramazan. The powerful blast took place around 8:45 […]