Air traffic as per schedule today
Srinagar: Airport authorities on Wednesday said that all the scheduled flights for today will be air borne on time. “All operations are normal today. All flights are on time,” Airport authorities at Srinagar said. They said that a GoAir 213 flight is already airborn from Delhi. “No delay or cancellations today upto this time,” they […]
Shah Faesal hints at launching his own party, seeks public donation
Srinagar : Former bureaucrat Shah Faisal Wednesday hinted at floating his own independent party by seeking public donations and called it a ‘people’s movement’. The IAS topper who recently resigned from country’s elite services in this morning sought public donation. He said that it is a people’s movement for a change and asked people to […]
US lawmakers reintroduce legislation enforcing fair trade with China
Washington,(PTI): Two US lawmakers — one each from the Republican and the Democratic party — on Wednesday reintroduced a legislation in the House of Representatives to safeguard American assets from Chinese influence and possession, as well as protect American businesses from China’s tools of economic aggression. Reintroduced by Congressman Tim Ryan and Mike Conaway, […]
Woman, five others held for killing husband in Jharkhand
Jharkand (PTI) Six persons, including a woman, were arrested for allegedly killing her husband in Jharkhand’s Palamau district, police said on Wednesday. The woman’s husband, Amresh Oraon, a resident of Maknapur village under the jurisdiction of Manatu police station, had been missing from January 14. Oraon’s body was recovered by the police from the banks of […]
Highway remains shut as snow avalanche at Jawahar Tunnel yet to be cleared
Srinagar: Authorities have decided to keep the Srinagar-Jammu highway closed post snow avalanche that hit the Jawahar Tunnel yesterday and ‘keeping in view security of commuters’ Officials said that a huge avalanche hit the tunnel on the Qazigund side on Tuesday which is yet to be cleared. They claimed, the avalanche could have caused a […]
Rupee spurts 29 paise against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai, (PTI) The rupee rose 29 paise to 71.15 against the US dollar in early session Wednesday on increased selling of the American currency by exporters and banks amid a positive opening of the domestic equity markets. At the Interbank forex market, the rupee opened higher at 71.19 and advanced further to quote 29 […]
Forces lay siege over Binner Baramulla, launch search operation
Baramulla: Government forces on Wednesday morning laid siege over Binner area of Baramulla district in North Kashmir and launched search operations. The Cordon and Search Operation was launched, according to police sources, after inputs of militant movement in the area. The CASO is being conducted by a joint team of SOG Baramulla,46 RR and 53 […]
Tampering of EVM: ECI asks Delhi police to probe cyber experts claim
Srinagar: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday urged Delhi Police to lodge an FIR and investigate the claims made by cyber expert Syed Shuja that he had proof of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) being hacked in various elections in India. Syed Shuja, in London, had claimed that he would demonstrate that EVMs used […]
Reporters Sans Frontières condemns forces action on journalists, demand probe
Srinagar: Reporters Without Borders or Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF), an international body for journalists, on Tuesday called upon the Indian authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into the pellet firing at journalists in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. In a statement on Twitter, RSF said the government forces’ violence’ against Kashmiri photojournalists is ‘unacceptable.’ “Unacceptable violence […]
As highway remains shut, passengers stranded over stretch
Srinagar : Hundreds of passengers are stranded in Jammu bus stand from past four days after the slippery conditions of the roads triggered by the fresh snowfall compelled authorities to the close the vehicular movement on the only road connecting Valley with rest of the States. Scores of passengers are stranded at […]
