Protests in Old City, demand release of youth detained by NIA
Srinagar: Old city Srinagar residents protested Thursday against the arrest of nine youths by National Investigation Agency. Eye witnesses said that men, women and children joined the protests demanding immediate release of the detained youth. Protesters asembled at Rajouri Kadal and raised slogans in support of the detained youth claiming they are innocent and be […]
Journalist murder case: Sentencing of Dera Sacha Sauda chief, 3 others Thursday; security stepped up
Chandigarh, Jan 17 (PTI) Security has been reinforced in Haryana ahead of the pronouncement of quantum of sentence for Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and three others convicted in the murder of journalist Ramchander Chhatrapati. A special court in Panchkula will pronounce the quantum of sentence through video conference on Thursday. Elaborate security […]
Trump taps 3 Indian-American experts for key admin posts
ashington, Jan 17 (PTI) US President Donald Trump has nominated three influential Indian-Americans including a woman nuclear expert to powerful administration positions. Rita Baranwal was nominated for the post of Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy), Aditya Bamzai for member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board and Bimal Patel as the assistant secretary of […]
Owners of stray cattle to face Rs 5,000 penalty
Noida, (PTI) The Noida Authority on Wednesday doubled the penalty imposed on owners of animals and cattle found roaming at public places and roads in the city, officials said. So far, a penalty of Rs 2,500 is imposed on offenders, besides another Rs 1,000 which is remitted with the authority, the officials said. Now, they will […]
10 killed’ in attack near Mali-Niger border: govt official
Bamako (Mali),(AFP) At least 10 people were killed by “terrorists” in northeastern Mali, including members of an armed group and civilians, a government official said on Wednesday. The attack took place around 45 kilometres (27 miles) from Menaka in an area which has been badly hit by jihadist violence that claimed several hundred lives in 2018, […]
Shabaab claims Nairobi attack retaliation for Trump Jerusalem move: SITE
Nairobi (AFP) The Al-Shabaab jihadist group said Wednesday it carried out the deadly attack on a Nairobi hotel and office complex in retaliation for US President Donald Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the SITE monitoring group said. The group said in a statement picked up by SITE that its fighters stormed the DusitD2 complex […]
Body of one of 15 trapped Meghalaya miners found by naval divers
New Delhi, Jan 17 (PTI) The body of one of the 15 mine workers trapped inside a coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district was found by a team of Navy personnel on Thursday, Navy officials said The body was brought to the mouth of the rat-hole mine, they said adding the rescue operations were […]
US tells Taliban it must talk to Afghan government
Kabul, Jan 16 (AFP) The US envoy in Afghanistan said Wednesday that a peaceful end to the 17-year conflict requires the Taliban to engage in direct talks with the Afghan government, which they have consistently refused. Zalmay Khalilzad spoke to reporters in Kabul on his latest visit to the war-torn country, where he is at the […]
Naval chopper makes precautionary landing
Kochi (PTI): A Navy helicopter made a “precautionary landing” off a National Highway in Alappuzha district Wednesday, a defence spokesman said. “The crew consisting of two pilots are safe and the aircraft has not suffered any damage,” the spokesman said. “The chetak helicopter of Southern Naval Command –IN 429– which was carrying out routine flying, […]
Alleged arms smuggler manages to escape again from railway police in UP
Muzaffarnagar (UP) (PTI): A team of the Government Railway Police (GRP) from Haryana raided the house of an alleged arms smuggler in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district but he managed to evade arrest for the second time in less than a week, police said Wednesday. The accused Arif is a native of Titarwada village in Kairana and […]
