Seven including two minors dead as car falls into gorge in Reasi Jammu
Srinagar: Seven persons including two minors were killed in a road accident in Reasi district of Jammu late Thursdasy night, officials said on Friday. “An overloaded car, bearing registration number JK02H 1515 skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge at Damasgali Bhomag last night, leaving seven persons dead and three others injured,” […]
French police kill Strasbourg Christmas market gunman
Strasbourg (Fra), Dec 14 (AFP) The gunman who killed three people at a Christmas market in Strasbourg was shot dead by French police on Thursday as the Islamic State jihadist group claimed him as one of its “soldiers”. More than 700 French security forces had been hunting for 29-year-old Cherif Chekatt since the bloodshed on Tuesday […]
Several dozen killed in attack near Mali’s border with Niger: local officials
Bamako,(AP): Suspected jihadists on motorcycles have killed at least 42 people during a series of attacks on Tuareg nomadic camps in Mali, local leaders said Thursday. Moussa Ag Acharatoumane, a Tuareg self-defense official, said the attacks took place Tuesday and Wednesday in the sprawling West African nation’s eastern Menaka region. The victims, who included children […]
Pak court tells Govt to send Indian national Hamid Nihal Ansari home within one month
Islamabad/Peshawar, Dec 14 (PTI) A top court in Pakistan has given one month deadline to the federal government to complete formalities to deport Indian prisoner Hamid Nihal Ansari, whose three-year jail term will end on Saturday. Ansari, a 33-year-old Mumbai resident, is currently lodged in the Peshawar Central Jail after being sentenced by a military court […]
Thousand attend funeral of slain militants in Sopore
Bilal Ahmad Sopore:- Thousands of people on Thursday attended the funeral prayers of slain militants Owais Ahmad bhat and Tahir Ramzan Dar, killed in a overnight gunfight in brath kalan area of north Kashmir’s sopore Thousands of people from Zaingeer belt of sopore including brath kalan, Saidpora, Dangarpora, and other adjoining localities assembled at the […]
Kerala Assembly session ends, minor scuffle between members
Thiruvananthapuram, (PTI) The 14-day session of the Kerala Assembly ended Thursday on a tumultuous note with ruling LDF members protesting the “communal wall” remark made by an Opposition MLA against the proposed “Wall of Women” initiative, resulting in a minor scuffle between members. The scuffle, which ended after intervention of senior MLAs, broke out while Opposition […]
US to oppose IMF bailout to Pakistan to repay Chinese debt: top official
Washington,(PTI) The US is making all efforts to ensure that any IMF bailout to Pakistan is not used to repay its Chinese debts, a senior Trump administration official has told lawmakers. Cash-strapped Pakistan is seeking USD 8 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to bail itself out from a severe balance-of-payments crisis that threatens to […]
No takeoff or landing of flights at 27 airports: Aviation ministry
New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI) The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has spent more than Rs 2.5 crore in the last fiscal on the maintenance of its 27 airports where no takeoff or landing of flights take place, the Lok Sabha was told Thursday. Minister of state for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said in a written […]
APSCC blames ‘wrong policies of Mehbooba for disintegration of PDP’
Srinagar, Dec 13 : Blaming the ‘wrong policies’ of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti for ‘disintegration’ of her party, All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) accused her of sabotaging extension of minority status to Sikh community by filing a counter affidavit in the Supreme Court (SC). “Ms Mehbooba failed not only as the […]
Floods affected over 1 billion people during 2015-17, caused damages worth Rs 85k crore
New Delhi (PTI) Floods affected over a billion people in the country and caused damages amounting to Rs 85,673 crore during 2015-17, the government said on Thursday. In a written response to a question in the Lok Sabha, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, said 4,902 people and […]