Pregnant lady among six injured in accident in Poonch
Poonch : At least six person including a pregnant woman were injured after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident in Surankote tehsil of Poonch district in Jammu on Thursday. An official said that a Tata Sumo (JK02J 4755), moving from Behram Gala to Surankote when it met with a mishap […]
National Security Council Secretariat seeks data on immovable properties of Migrants who left valley due to militancy
Srinagar: The divisional commissioner, Kashmir’s office has sought data of immovable properties of Kashmiri migrants from the deputy commissioners of Srinagar, Budgam, Ganderbal, Baramulla, Kupwara, Bandipora, Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian. The order, issued by the Div Com’s office on January 25, comes after National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) seeking the data from Jammu and […]
Naxals set ablaze six vehicles in Maharashtra
Gadchiroli (Maha), Jan 31 (PTI) Naxals allegedly torched six vehicles, including tractors brought for construction work, in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district on Thursday, a police official said. The incident took place in the morning in Korchi tehsil near Dongargaon police outpost, he said. A group of around 12 Maoists set on fire four tractors and two JCB […]
Hindu temple vandalised in US in hate crime
Washington, Jan 31 (PTI) In a hate crime, a Hindu temple has been vandalised in the US state of Kentucky by miscreants who sprayed black paint on the deity and wrote repugnant messages on the walls. The incident happened between Sunday night and Tuesday morning at the Swaminarayan Temple in the Louisville city, authorities said. There […]
Several foreigners face deportation as pay to stay visa racket busted in US
Washington, (PTI) Several foreigners, including from India, face deportation from the US after authorities busted a “pay to stay” visa racket by arresting eight persons on charges of fraudulently facilitating hundreds of immigrants to illegally remain in the country. In late-night and pre-dawn raids, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested eight foreigners — all of […]
Pak rejects India’s objections to Qureshi-Mirwaiz telephonic conversation
Islamabad (PTI) The Pakistani and Kashmiri leadership has always been communicating and there is nothing new in Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi’s telephonic conversation with separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar, the Foreign Office has said as it rejected India’s objections. India’s Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale Wednesday summoned Pakistan’s envoy Sohail Mahmood and categorically told him that Qureshi’s […]
Grenade attack on police post in Anantnag, six injured
Srinagar: A paramilitary trooper and five civilians including a woman were injured after suspected militants lobbed a grenade on CRPF party outside police post Sheerbagh in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. A police officer told GNS that some militants hurled a grenade on the forces party resulting in injuries to a CRPF man and five […]
Stray cattle menace: Villagers lock cows in UP school
Muzaffarnagar, Jan 31 (PTI) A case has been registered against 24 people for allegedly evicting students and teachers of a government primary school in Uttar Pradesh to keep stray cows, officials said Thursday. It has been alleged that villagers in Kudana brought the cows inside the school on Wednesday and closed it, […]
SC dismisses PIL against appointment of former CBI spl dir Asthana as DG civil aviation security
New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a PIL challenging the appointment of former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana as director general of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi refused to entertain the plea filed by lawyer M L Sharma challenging Asthana’s […]
Woman’s body recovered from Jhelum in Chattabal
Srinagar: Body of an elderly lady of approximately above 60 years of age was recovered from river Jhelum in Chattabal area of Srinagar on Thursday. Police and locals from the Malik Sahib area fished out the body at Veer Chattabal. While the identity of the deceased is not known yet, the age of the […]
