3 arrested for murdering man on eve of daughter’s wedding
Jammu, (PTI): Three persons were arrested for murdering a 59-year-old man here, a day before the marriage of his daughter, police said Friday. Dilip Langar was stabbed to death by Shamsher Lal alias Raaku (24), Ashish Saini alias Sethi (25) and Jodh Singh alias Gillu at K K Resorts in Udhaywala area of Jammu city on […]
Govt not seeking Rs 3.6 lakh cr from RBI: DEA Secretary
New Delhi, (PTI): The government Friday said it is not seeking Rs 3.6 lakh crore capital from the Reserve Bank but is only in discussion for fixing appropriate economic capital framework of the central bank. “Lot of misinformed speculation is going around in media. Government’s fiscal math is completely on track. There is no proposal to […]
Gunfight rages in Tral
Srinagar: An encounter started between militants and government forces started in Dar-Ganiegund Mohalla of Tral township in southern Kashmir’s Pulwama on Friday. Reports said that gunfight ensued after govt forces cordoned off the village — 15 kms from Tral township after specific inputs about the presence of militants in the area and started a search operation. They said […]
Forces lay seige over Dar-Ganiegund village Tral
Tral : Government forces on Friday morning launched cordon and search operation in Dar-Ganiegund village of Aripal in south Kashmir’s Tral sub district of Pulwama district. The operation is being jointly conducted by 42 RR, SOG Tral and 180 BN CRPF, in the area. According to reports the CASO was launched after receiving specific inputs […]
Rupee rises 35 paise to 72.65 against US dollar in early trade
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee appreciated 35 paise to 72.65 against the dollar in early trade Friday, following US mid-tem election results and easing crude oil prices. Forex traders said the rise was also supported by dollar-selling by exporters and banks and the US unit’s weakness against some currencies overseas. They said the US mid-tem election results […]
US Vice President Pence to meet PM Modi next week: White House
Washington,(PTI): US Vice President Mike Pence would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his four-nation trip next week, during which he will also attend the US-ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit in Singapore, the White House has said. Generally the summit is attended by US President. However, this time Pence would be representing the country […]
US ‘war on terror’ has killed 500,000 people: study
Washington(AFP): About half a million people have died violently in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan due to the US “war on terror” that was launched following the September 11 attacks in 2001, according to a study released Thursday. The report by Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs put the death toll at between 480,000 […]
Seminar on ‘Values of Karbala’ held at KU
Srinagar: A one day seminar on ‘Values of Karbala’ was held here at University of Kashmir on Thursday. The seminar was held at KU’s Science block auditorium and was organized by the Department of Students Welfare, KU which was attended by students, scholars and faculty members from various departments of the varsity Justice (Retd.) Bashir Kirmani […]
Mirwaiz chosen among top 500 Muslims across globe
Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Mohammad Umar Farooq has for the fifth consecutive year been chosen among the 500 most influential Muslim personalities across the globe by Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (RISISC) Jordan and one among the five top most influential persons in the sub-continent. According to the RISISC-Jordan’s annual report for year […]
Modi lookalike switches over to Congress, says ‘achche din’ won’t come
New Delhi: He looks like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dresses and speaks like him and begins his speech with ‘Mitron’, but their similarities end there — He is Abhinandan Pathak, a Congress campaigner in the Naxal-affected Bastar region of Chhattisgarh who says “achche din nahin ayenge”. A new entrant to the grand old party, Pathak […]
