Tractor Loaded With Illicit Timber Logs Seized In Poonch
Poonch: Police has seized a tractor along with illegal timber logs of pine tree at Chajalla area of Mendhar in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. “During the intervening night of April 7/8, a police party during Nakka checking at Chajalla signalled a Tractor trolly without registeration number to stop,” SDPO Mendhar Neeraj Padyar said. […]
Forces conduct night raids on Ratnipora Pulwama to arrest alleged stone pelters
Pulwama: Five youth were arrested during nocturnal raids by government forces in Ratnipora belt of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Sources said that nocturnal raids on the area were conducted by a joint team of forces. The raids were conducted on Ratnipora and it’s adjacent villages in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. Locals sources […]
Mirwaiz Umar appears before NIA in terror funding case
New Delhi,(PTI): Moderate separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Monday appeared before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with a case related to terror funding, officials said. Mirwaiz was provided security upon his arrival at Delhi airport as was assured by the NIA after he raised the issue for appearing at the agency’s headquarter in […]
Eleven officials suspended for ‘violating ECI’ guidelines in Kupwara district
Srinagar: Eleven employees, nine of them from education department have been suspended for violating Election Commission of India guidelines and hampering election process in frontier district of Kupwara district in north Kashmir. According to an order issued by the district election officer Kupwara said that the poll day for Lok sabha elections 2019 in District […]
Undertrial inmate of UP jail dies, judicial probe recommended
Muzaffarnagar,(PTI) An undertrial prisoner has died at the district jail here due to illness following which a judicial probe has been recommended into the incident, officials said Monday. Gulfam, a tuberculosis patient, was arrested in 2012 and was facing murder charges, Jail Superintendent AK Saxena said. After his health conditions deteriorated on Sunday, he was rushed […]
Shutdown in Ganderbal for second consecutive day
Ganderbal: A complete shutdown is being observed on second consecutive day in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district against the killing of a local militant in Shopian. Eye witnesses said that all shops, business establishments, colleges and schools are closed and traffic is off the roads. They said that forces have been deployed in large number on […]
BJP to release manifesto for Lok Sabha polls today
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP will release its manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls scheduled to start from April 11 on Monday, with issues of development and national security set to be its key highlights. Top party leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and its chief Amit Shah, will be present at the launch of […]
Rupee slips 37 paise to 69.60 vs USD in early trade
Mumbai(PTI): The rupee depreciated by 37 paise to 69.60 against the US dollar in early trade Monday owing to increased demand for the greenback from importers and banks. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange, the rupee opened on a weak note at 69.40 then fell further to 69.60 against the US dollar, showing a decline of […]
Army soldier on leave shot dead in Sopore
Srinagar: Suspected militants on Saturday shot dead an army man in Warpora Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports reaching GNS said that the gunmen fired upon Mohd Rafeeq Yatoo at his home at Warpora at around 5:25 pm. Yatoo taken to near by hospital, however, he died on the way, […]
India to be third largest economy by 2030: Jaitley
New Delhi (PTI) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said India is expected to become the third largest economy in the world by 2030 with GDP touching USD 10 trillion, helped by consumption and investment growth. Currently, the size of the Indian economy is about USD 2.9 trillion, he said while addressing students of the Shri […]