Jammu municipal body to collect used puja materials from temples for disposal
Jammu, Mar 6 (PTI) Jammu Municipal Corporation on Wednesday launched a waste-collection vehicle to pick up used ‘puja materials’ from temples for proper disposal. The move is aimed at arresting the trend of throwing such materials in water bodies, including the Tawi river, and other places in the winter capital, JMC mayor Chander Mohan Gupta told […]
Bank guard says rifle ‘missing’, investigation launched
Srinagar, March 6 (GNS): A security guard has reported a 12-bore rifle missing from a bank in Kumdalan area of Shopian, officials said today. A police officer told GNS that the weapon has gone missing from the JK Bank branch Kumdalan last night. “The police are investigating the matter after the guard reported the rifle […]
If slap can create terrorist, Kejriwal would have become bin Laden: Kapil Mishra on Pulwama attacker
New Delhi, Mar 6 (PTI) Rebel Aam Aadmi Party MLA Kapil Mishra has said Pulwama attacker Adil Ahmad Dar is believed to have become a terrorist after he was hit by police, and if a slap can turn a person into a terrorist, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would have become Osama bin Laden. Addressing a […]
Rafale case: Govt tells SC documents related to deal stolen from Defence Ministry
New Delhi, (PTI) The government Wednesday told the Supreme Court that documents related to Rafale aircraft deal have been stolen from the Defence Ministry and the petitioners seeking a review of its verdict dismissing all pleas against the purchase of the jets relied upon those documents. A three-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi […]
Ayodhya land dispute: SC reserves order, asks parties to give names of possible mediators
New Delhi, Mar 6 (PTI) The Supreme Court Wednesday said it intends to pass the order soon on whether to refer the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute case for mediation and asked all the parties concerned for the names of possible mediators for reaching an amicable settlement.A five judge Constitution Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan […]
Militants hideout busted in Shopian village
Shopain : A militant hideout was busted in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir and incriminating materials were recovered from there. Reports reaching KNO that on Wednesday on a credible input on police busted a hideout of militants in Kungnoo village in Shopian district. Incriminating materials were recovered from the hideout and were seized, […]
Indian-origin man pharmacist guilty in $4 mn US tax fraud
New York, Mar 6 (PTI) An Indian-origin pharmacist has pleaded guilty to cashing millions of dollars’ worth of his pharmacy’s cheques to evade the payment of income taxes totalling about USD four million and now faces a maximum sentence of five years in jail, according to a federal prosecutor. Ajay Barthwal, 43, of New Jersey pleaded […]
Should I count how many mosquitoes I killed: V K Singh on Balakot casualty debate
New Delhi, Mar 6 (PTI) Union minister V K Singh on Wednesday used a mosquito metaphor to address the debate on casualty figures in the Balakot air strikes, asking if he was expected to sit and count how many he killed at night or “sleep in comfort”. The tweet from the minister of state for external […]
Exchange of gunfire continues along LOC
Jammu, Mar 6 (PTI) The Pakistan army Wednesday targeted dozens of forward posts and villages with artillery guns along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri and Poonch districts, officials said. The intense shelling and firing from across the border continued throughout the night in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri district, while it started […]