Sensex, Nifty end lower; tepid earnings, auto sector woes hurt
Mumbai, Jul 30 (PTI) Equity benchmark Sensex pared gains to settle over 289 points lower on heavy sell-offs mainly in bank, auto and energy stocks as liquidity constraints, tepid corporate earnings and woes in automobile sector spooked investors. Likewise, the NSE Nifty fell nearly 104 points to close at 11,085 — a near five-month low level […]
Teen set ablaze for ‘not chanting’ Jai Shri Ram dies: Police
Chandauli (UP), Jul 30 (PTI) A 17-year-old boy, who was allegedly set on fire in Uttar Pradesh’s Chandauli district two days ago for not chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday, police said. Mohammad Khalid, a resident of Saiyad Raja town, around 350 km southeast of Lucknow, had alleged that he was kidnapped […]
Bijbehara encounter: Militant killed, operation on
Anantanag: A militant has been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in Kathoo Wopzan area of Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday afternoon. A senior police official confirmed to KNO that a militant has been killed in exchange of fire and operation is underway in the area. Body of the […]
Army man killed in cross LOC firing in Sunderbani Rajouri
Srinagar: An Army man has been killed in the cross LOC exchange of fire in Sunderbani sector in Rajouri on Tuesday. According to news gathering agency ANI the soldier died of fatal wounds he received from Pakistani fire. Officials have said that amid continuing India-Pakistan exchange of fire in Tangdhar and Keran sectors two Pakistani […]
Gunfight breaks out in Anantnag village
Srinagar: Gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Kutto area of Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Anatnag District on Tuesday. Reports reaching GNS said that a joint team of Army, SOG and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Kutto area. A senior Police officer told GNS said that while the cordon […]
One person injured in cross LOC firing in Tangdhar Kupwara
Kupwara: One person has been injured in the cross LOC exchange of fire in Tangdhar area of Kupwara district on Tuesday. Reports said that the person had received splinter injuries in his head and was quickly evacuated to medical facility where he is under treatment. India and Pakistan armies traded gunfire along LOC and used […]
Baramulla: Father kills daughter over disagreement on fixing marriage, arrested
Baramullah: Police on Tuesday said that it has arrested a father for killing her daughter over an altercation on fixing her marriage in district Baramulla The accused, identified as Javid Ahmad Khan son of Rehmatullah Khan of Laridora area, killed his daughter inside the forest area of Kawharbala and dumped the body their Police […]
Journalist with two bullet injuries dodges death in Bihar
Madhubani/Darbhanga, Jul 30 (PTI) A part-time journalist of a national Hindi daily, shot and injured in Bihar’s Madhubani district, is now out of danger, police and doctors said on Tuesday. Police had earlier said Pradeep Mandal, who was fired upon by two motorcycle-borne assailants at Sarsopahi Bazaar on Monday, had died. A senior police officer clarified […]
LOC heats up in Tangdhar, mortar shelling rattles area
Kupwara: Heavy cross LOC mortal shelling has erupted in Tangdhar area in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Tuesday. Official sources said that India and Pakistan armies are exchanging fire including using mortar against each other. He said that the area along Line Of Control has been rattled by the gunfire. The exchange of fire was […]
Must be probed by CBI, find origin: Omar Abdullah following Guv Malik’s remarks ‘orders circulating are fake’
Srinagar: Following Governor Satya Pal Malik’s comments that the government orders circulating on social media platforms are fake, former chief minster Omar Abdullah has demanded Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into such circulations and to dig out their origins. Abdullah took to twitter and said: “This is a very serious matter raised by the Governor. […]