Odisha shelter home sealed over sexual abuse allegations
Bhubaneswar,(PTI) An NGO-run shelter home has been sealed in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district and two people, including its managing director, arrested following allegations that the minor inmates there were sexually abused, police said. The action was taken two days after District Child Protection Officer (DCPO) Anuradha Goswami and members of the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) raided the […]
Mirwaiz placed under house arrest ahead of ‘human rights week’ protests
Government Monday placed Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest to prevent him from participating in candle light vigil against “human rights violations”. A spokesperson of the amalgam said that a posse of police reached Mirwaiz’s Nigeen residence and detained him inside. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) of which Mirwaiz is a […]
Guj riots: SC to hear in January Zakia’s plea against clean chit to Modi
New Delhi, (PTI) The Supreme Court Monday deferred till the third week of January the hearing on a plea filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit given by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 Godhra riots. Zakia, the wife of Ehsan Jafri, an ex-MP […]
Shopian gunfight: Forces withdraw from area, clashes erupt
Shopian: Government forces withdrew from gunfight site as militants have likely escaped after brief exchange of fire in Sangdan village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district early Monday morning. Reports said that clashes erupted in the area as forces exchanged fire with militants. “There was a lull in the gunfire for more than an hour […]
China agrees to ‘reduce and remove’ tariffs on US cars: Trump
Washington,(AFP): China has agreed to scale back tariffs on imported US cars, President Donald Trump said Sunday, one day after agreeing with Xi Jinping to a ceasefire in the trade war between the world’s top two economies. Asia stocks had rallied on the news that Washington and Beijing would not impose any new tariffs during a […]
Kashmiri Pandits took out rally for Sharda Peeth corridor to Pakistan administrated Kashmir
Anantnag, (PTI): More than 200 Kashmiri Pandits took out a protest march in Anantnag demanding that a passage on the lines of the Kartarpur Corridor for Sikhs be opened to facilitate devotees to visit the Sharda Devi temple in Pakistan administered Kashmir. The Kashmiri Pandits held placards and raised slogans in support of reopening the passage […]
Rupee falls 50 paise to 70.08 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai, Dec 3 (PTI) The rupee depreciated by 50 paise to 70.08 against the US dollar in early trade Monday at the interbank foreign exchange amid strengthening of the US dollar against some currencies overseas. Forex traders said besides increased demand of the US currency from importers, the dollar’s strength against some currencies overseas weighed on […]
Duped twenty days ago, Deputy Commissioner Kathua gets back his money as Police solves Vishing case
KATHUA, DECEMBER 01: Deputy Commissioner Kathua, Rohit Khajuria, today got his Rs 50000 credited back in his bank account which was fraudulently syphoned off twenty days ago through Vishing. The DC appreciated the efforts put forth by the District Police under the supervision of SSP Shridhar Patil who constituted a special team to investigate the […]
Geelani condemns arrest of militant’s mother, sisters in Kishtwar
Srinagar: Octogenarian Hurriyat Conference (G) chairperson Syed Ali Geelani Saturday strongly condemned the arrest of mother and two sisters of a militant in Kishtwar on the suspicion of being involved in the killing of BJP worker and his brother about a month back. In a statement issued here this afternoon, Geelani said: “Our stated policy is that we neither support […]