SC asks EC to file reply on increasing VVPAT sample survey per assembly segment
New Delhi, Mar 25 (PTI) The Supreme Court Monday directed the Election Commission (EC) to reply by March 28 if it can increase the number of VVPAT sample survey from one in each assembly segment at present for the upcoming general and assembly elections. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Deepak Gupta […]
BJP leader demands FIR against Akbar Lone
Baramulla: Bharatiya Janata Party leader M. M War on Monday said that an FIR should be registered against National Conference senior leader Akbar Lone for his recent statements . War who filed nomination papers for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections told reporters that Lone was enacting a drama for votes by issuing misleading statements against […]
Clashes erupt during CASO in Arwani Bijbehara
Bijbehara: Clashes erupted between protesters and government forces, who had launched cordon and search operation in Arwani Bijbehara . Reports reaching KNO that as the searches were intensified in the area, youth took to streets and pelted stones on government forces. “They retaliated by firing tear smoke shells to disperse protesters,” locals claimed. Earlier […]
Militant hideout busted in Shopian, incriminating material recovered
Pulwama: Government forces on Monday claimed to have busted a militant hideout in orchards Shirmal village in zainapora area of Shopian district. Officials said that it was a joint operation by the police and the Army’s 44 Rashtriya Rifles. “Hideout has been blasted so that militants can’t use it in future,” he said. FIR has […]
Former Dawood aide dies in Mumbai hospital of heart ailment
Mumbai,(PTI): A former aide of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim and an accused in the 1993 JJ shootout case Monday died in Jaslok Hospital in south Mumbai, medical authorities said. Shakeel Ahmed Sheikh, also known as Lambu Shakeel, was suffering from a heart ailment, a hospital official said. Details of his ailment and death would be […]
LS polls: Farooq Abdullah files nomination papers, to contest from Srinagar-Budgam constituency
Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Monday filed nomination papers for Lok Sabha elections at Deputy commissioners office in Srinagar. The three time parliamentarian and former Union minister will contest the polls from Srinagar-Budgam parliamentary constituency. Abdullah was accompanied by his son Omar Abdullah and other party leaders. He was CM for J&K from […]
Drug peddler arrested in Sopore, contraband substance recovered
Bilal Ahmad Sopore: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested a suspected drug peddler in north Kashmir’s Sopore area of Baramullah district. Police said that during a naka at Krankshivan Colony Sopore a suspect, Aamir Akbar Mir S/O Mohammad Akbar Mir R/0 Mumkak Sopore , was arrested. “During search police recovered 50 bottles of contraband […]
Five arrested for betting on IPL match
Muzaffarnagar (UP), Mar 25 (PTI) Five people were arrested here allegedly for betting on an Indian Premier League match, police said Monday. Six mobiles and Rs 50,000 in cash were also recovered from the shop near Vahelna Chowk that was raided Sunday evening, Civil Lines SHO Navratan Gautam said. The arrested accused are being […]
Man booked for beating up brother to death
Muzaffarnagar (UP), Mar 25 (PTI) A man was booked for allegedly thrashing his brother who succumbed to injuries three days later in Lilon village in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, police said Monday. The brother, Amit, died in a hospital Sunday evening, they said. According to Circle Officer Ashok Kumar, Amit was […]
Sensex falls over 325 pts on weak global cues
Mumbai, (PTI): The benchmark BSE Sensex plunged over 325 points and slipped below the 38,000-mark in early trade Monday, in tandem with weak global cues and depreciating rupee. The 30-share index, which had lost 222.14 points on Friday, was trading lower by 325.49 points, or 0.85 per cent, at 37,845.24. Reflecting the bearish […]