Rupee falls 10 paise to 70.89 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai, (PTI) The rupee depreciated by 10 paise to 70.89 against the US dollar in early trade Wednesday 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 the rupee […]
Pakistan striving for peace in ‘belligerent’ neighbourhood: Alvi
Pakistan PTI: Pakistan is striving for peace in a “belligerent” neighbourhood and the country’s weapons are for “peaceful intent”, President Arif Alvi said on Tuesday. Alvi was addressing the opening ceremony of the 10th International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) 2018 here. “We want peace, we have been striving for peace in a belligerent neighbourhood […]
Now all weather road-connectivity to Ladakh in J&K
Srinagar,(PTI): Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir will now be accessible in all weather conditions, giving strategic advantage to the country, Border Roads Organisation (BRO) said Tuesday. “The cold desert region will now be accessible by a double-lane motorable road from Manali in Himachal Pradesh via Zanskar in Kargil district,” a spokesman of the BRO said. The […]
SHRC sends notices to DC, SSP Shopian over pellet injury to 20 month old Hiba
Srinagar: State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) chief Justice (Rtd) Bilal Nazki today issued notice to the superintendent of police and the deputy commissioner Shopian to file a detailed compliance report as to how the right eye of 20-month-old Hiba Nisar got ruptured due to pellets. The SHRC notice to the SSP and DC Shopian came […]
Doctors unsure if Kashmir’s youngest pellet victim will regain complete sight
Srinagar, Nov 27 (PTI) Eighteen-month-old Hiba Nisar, the youngest pellet victim in Kashmir, has been discharged from hospital after surgery on her right eye but doctors are not sure if her eyesight will be restored completely. Hiba was playing inside her house in Shopian when clashes broke out between protesters and security forces in the wake […]
BSF seizes abandoned Pakistani boat off Gujarat coast
Bhuj (Guj), (PTI): An abandoned Pakistani boat was seized by the Border Security Force (BSF) near Sir Creek area off the Gujarat coast in the Arabian sea, an official said Tuesday. The fishing boat was found abandoned in the Sir Creek estuary along the Indo-Pakistan border near Kutch off the Gujarat coast Monday night by a […]
Two Army JCOs injured in Poonch land mine blast
Poonch: Two Junior Commissioned officers (JCOs) of army were injured in a land mine blast along the Line of Control (LoC) in Mankote sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. Reports said that the JCOs Dhareej Kumar and Rajendhar Singh of 5 Mahar Regiment were injured when they accidentally stepped over a […]
Thousands attend slain AGH militant’s funeral in Tral
Pulwama: Thousands of villagers from several villages of Tral and Rathsuna assembled for the funeral prayers of the slain. Shakir Ahmad Dar, was killed in a gunfight in Tral’s Reshipora village. Meanwhile, reports said that government forces resorted to aerial firing and tear gas shelling to break up protests during a cordon-and-search-operation (CASO) in Pinglish […]
UP: Inmates allege death threats from jail staff, STF
Lucknow, (PTI): Some inmates of Raebareli jail in Uttar Pradesh Tuesday alleged getting death threats from senior jail officials and the Special Task Force (STF) officers. The revelation comes a day after six jail officials, including a senior jail superintendent were suspended for failing to check the clandestine entry of liquor and firearms inside the prison. […]
Former SSP Riyaz Bedar joins NC
Srinagar : Former SSP Riyaz Bedar on Tuesday joined National Conference (NC) in presence of party vice president Omar Abdullah and other top NC leaders at party headquarters Nawai-Subuh Srinagar. Reports said Riyaz Bedar was accorded a warm welcome by party’s vice president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in presence […]
