Highway: 4000 trucks cross Jawahar tunnel, one way traffic through
Srinagar: One way traffic is plying on the strategic Srinagar-Jammu highway on Friday. Authorities said that almost 4000 trucks have crossed the Jawahar tunnel to reach winter capital. An official at the Traffic police department said that there are no stranded vehicles on the highway. “Around 4,000 trucks crossed the Jawahar Tunnel on Thursday night […]
India, Pakistan should turn the page, convert crisis into opportunity: Chinese Foreign Minister
Beijing (PTI) India and Pakistan should quickly turn the page after the Pulwama terror attack, meet each other halfway and convert the present tensions into an opportunity for long term and fundamental improvement in their relations, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday. Wang also said post-Wuhan summit between President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister […]
Jammu blast: Police appeals to shopkeepers to install CCTV cameras
Jammu (PTI) A day after a grenade attack at the crowded general bus stand here left two persons dead and 31 others injured, the Jammu and Kashmir Police Friday appealed to shopkeepers to install CCTV cameras to help the force to keep the city safe. Inspector General of Police, Jammu, M K Sinha made the appeal […]
Nirav Modi’s seaside bungalow demolished using explosives
Mumbai, Mar 8 (PTI) The sprawling seaside mansion of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, accused in the USD 2 billion PNB fraud case, was demolished Friday using explosives, Raigad District Collector Vijay Suryawanshi said. The district collector told PTI that it was controlled blasting. The senior IAS official had issued the demolition orders after the Enforcement Directorate […]
SC refers Ayodhya land dispute for mediation
New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI) The Supreme Court Friday referred the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case for mediation and appointed former apex court judge Justice (retd) F M I Kallifulla as chairperson of the panel of mediators. A five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the other members of the […]
Restrictions in Srinagar as valley shuts against slapping of PSA on Yasin Malik, banning Jamat e Islami
Srinagar,(PTI) The authorities Friday imposed restrictions in parts of the city here as a precautionary measure in view of a strike called by separatists against slapping of the Public Safety Act (PSA) on JKLF chairman Yasin Malik and ban on Jaamat-e-Islami (JeI). Restrictions have been imposed in six police station areas of Srinagar the summer capital […]
District Treasury Office, portion of JK Bank branch gutted in mysterious night blaze
Rajouri: Official record at office of the District Treasury Rajouri and a portion of JK Bank branch in Jammu and Kashmir gutted completely in a mysterious fire blaze on Thursday night, official sources said today. They said that during intervening night of 7/8 March, fire broke inside the second storey of the building and engulfed […]
Trump ex-campaign chief Manafort sentenced to 47 months in prison
Alexandria,(AFP) US President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief Paul Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison on Thursday for tax crimes and bank fraud in the highest profile case yet stemming from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. It was the stiffest prison sentence given so far to an associate of the president in Mueller’s […]
Forces launch search operation in Pattan village
Pattan : Goverment forces on Friday morning lauched cordon and search operation in Pattan area of North Kashmir. Following credible inputs about the presence of militants in the area Government forces sealed the area. Local sources told KNO that large number of troops are deployed in the area while as door […]
British NSA Sedwill speaks to Ajit Doval, offers all assistance to deal with terrorism
New Delhi (PTI): National Security Adviser of the United Kingdom Mark Sedwill Thursday spoke to his Indian counterpart Ajit Doval and offered all assistance, including intelligence-sharing, in dealing with any form of terrorism, official sources said. Sedwill also expressed solidarity with India in the aftermath of the Pulwama terrorist attack, they said, adding the call […]