NIA produces Kashmiri students in court
Srinagar: National Investigation Agency (NIA) produced three persons, alleged to be members of a Kashmir-based militant outfit, Ansar Gajwat-Ul-Hind, in a special court on Tuesday under tight security, a media report said. One of the accused, Yousuf Rafiq Bhat, is a cousin of Zakir Musa who is wanted by the forces in the state, Indian […]
Mallya offers to return 100% of public money, says UK extradition to take own legal course
New Delhi, Dec 5 (PTI) Fugitive liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya Wednesday said his extradition from the UK to India will take its own legal course, while offering to pay back 100 per cent of “public money”. Mallya, who has been fighting a legal battle against his extradition to India, claimed that he has been falsely dubbed […]
India’s heaviest satellite GSAT-11 successfully launched from French Guiana
Bengaluru, Dec 5 (PTI) India’s heaviest satellite GSAT-11, that would boost broadband services, was successfully launched by an Arianespace rocket from the French Guiana in the early hours of Wednesday. Blasting off from the Ariane Launch Complex in Kourou, a French territory located along the northeastern coast of South America at 02:07 am (IST), the Ariane-5 […]
US national killed in Andaman on planned adventure: NCST chief
PortBlair, (PTI) The American national killed by Sentinelese tribesmen in the Andamans last month was pursuing a “planned adventure”, the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes has said. There are many primitive tribes like the Sentinelese in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, contact with whom is prohibited for outsiders, the commission’s chairperson Nand Kumar Sai told reporters […]
Indian-origin man sentenced to 12 months in prison for pocketing nearly $300,000 in kickbacks
New York, Dec 5 (PTI) An Indian-origin former manager for a suburban bus agency has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for pocketing nearly USD 300,000 in gratuities and kickbacks from contractors. Rajinder Sachdeva, 54 of Schaumburg, Chicago used his position as a department manager at the agency from 2010 to […]
Cold wave continues: Srinagar freezes at -3, Leh at -11
Srinagar: An unabated cold wave is sweeping through the valley and Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir with temperatures settling below freezing point. The minimum temperatures dropped several notches below freezing point, the Met said, adding “The night temperatures are likely to drop further in the coming three to four days as the weather […]
Rupee falls 26 paise to 70.75 per US dollar in early trade
Mumbai: The rupee depreciated by 26 paise to 70.75 against the US dollar in early trade Wednesday at the interbank foreign exchange, amid strengthening of the US dollar and foreign fund outflows. Forex dealers said fresh demand for the American currency from importers weighed on the domestic unit. Besides, investors were treading the cautious path ahead […]
Palestinian killed during West Bank clash with Israeli forces: medic
Palestine PTI: A Palestinian was killed during a clash with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank early Tuesday, Palestinian official media and a medical source said. Mohammad Habali, 22, was shot after Israeli forces carried out an overnight raid in the city of Tulkarm in the northern West Bank, official Palestinian news agency Wafa […]
China welcomes Trump seeking Pakistan’s help to end war in Afghanistan
Beijing PTI: China on Tuesday welcomed US President Donald Trump’s move to seek Pakistan’s support for his efforts to bring the Taliban to the negotiating table to end the 17-year brutal war in Afghanistan. Trump has written to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, seeking Islamabad’s “assistance and facilitation in achieving a negotiated settlement of the […]
