65 per cent of country’s mobile phones are manufactured in Noida: UP Dy CM
Lucknow, Feb 4 (PTI) Sixty-five per cent of country’s mobile phones are manufactured now in Noida alone, said Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma Monday, claiming that UP has a strong potential to surpass the growth of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. UP emergence as a hub of mobile phone production has also stopped its […]
Mainstream parties, JRL should take stand on 850 MW Ratle Power Project being gifted to NHPC: Er Rasheed
Srinagar: AIP President Er Rasheed on Monday appealed mainstream and pro-resistance parties to take a stand on allowing NHPC to become 51% owner in 850 MW Ratle Power Project in Kashmir valley. “The agreement is unfortunate and exchanging silently the MOU between officials of state power Development department and NHPC in presence of Prime Minister […]
‘Yee Kari Tee Kari Faisal kari Lo Lo’ slogans raised in Shah Faisal’s maiden public meet in Kupwara
Kupwara: Supporters of Shah Faisal on Monday welcomed him with Shiekh Abdullah times slogans during his maiden public meeting in Kupwara. The slogans that reverberated during Faisals public meet were a copy of slogans used during Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah’s tenure like ‘Yee Karri Tee Karri Bab Karri Lo Lo’ . Massive gathering was witnessed in […]
Man sets afire house over brother getting govt job, 4 killed
Malda, (PTI) Angry over his younger brother securing a government job on compassionate grounds, a 30-year-old man allegedly set two rooms of their house on fire, killing four members of the family and injuring four others in West Bengal’s Malda district, police said Monday. The incident occurred at Madantola village under Manikchak police station, they said. […]
Both Houses of Parliament adjourned over CBI row
New Delhi,(PTI) The CBI-Kolkata Police row Monday washed out proceedings in both houses of Parliament, even as Home Minister Rajnath Singh termed the developments in West Bengal as “unprecedented” and warned that the Centre has powers to take action. After repeated adjournments, both the houses were adjourned for the day. In the Lok Sabha, Trinamool Congress […]
J&K: 72-year-old woman killed in wall collapse
Jammu (PTI) A 72-year-old woman was killed after a wall of her house collapsed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district in the early hours of Monday, police said. The deceased, Seetu Devi (72), was fast asleep when the debris fell on her, they said. There has been heavy snowfall for the last one week here. The […]
Police solves Sopore youth’s murder case, three arrested, two involved militants already killed
Handwara: Police on Monday claimed to have cracked the abduction and murder case of Sopore youth and arrested three persons in the case. Two militants involved in the case have already been killed, police said. According to police spokesman on October 3 last year Tawseef Ahmad Ganai alias Tan puj ,a resident of Harvan Tujjar […]
Teacher arrested on rape charge
Jajpur (Odisha), Feb 4 (PTI) A teacher of a state-run high school in Jajpur district has been arrested on charge of raping a colleague after promising to marry her, police said. Binod Bihari Sethy (35), who was acting as the headmaster in-charge of the high school at Sundaria, was arrested on Sunday on the basis of […]
Taliban to take part in ‘intra-Afghan’ talks in Moscow
Islamabad, (AP) The Taliban said Monday they will participate in what they call “intra-Afghan” talks in Moscow designed to bring together prominent Afghan figures, including former President Hamid Karzai, opposition figures and tribal elders but no Kabul government officials. The two-day meeting in the Russian capital, which starts Tuesday, is seen as another step in a […]
33 injured after bus falls into gorge in Himachal’s Kangra
Shimla,(PTI) Thirty-three people were injured after a private bus fell into a gorge at Gopalpur in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district on Monday, a district official said. The condition of eleven of them is critical. Ten of them have been referred to the Tanda Medical College and one to a hospital in the district’s Palampur sub-division, he […]
