Complaint against Mehbooba over ‘seditious’ statement forwarded to Jammu SSP
Jammu, Jul 3 (PTI) A complaint against former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti over her “seditious” statement earlier this year has been forwarded by the Jammu district magistrate to a senior police officer for examination and necessary action as warranted by the law, a social activist said Wednesday. “The complaint seeking action against the PDP president for […]
Centre has no plans to scrap sedition law
New Delhi, Jul 3 (PTI) The Union government has no plans to repeal sedition law as it is needed to effectively combat anti-national, secessionist and terrorist elements, Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai told Rajya Sabha Wednesday. The minister made the statement in reply to a written question by TRS MP Banda Prakash who […]
J&K Bank commissions ATMs at Seer-Jagir and Baaltal
Srinagar: J&K Bank on Monday commissioned Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) at Seer-Jagir in Sopore and installed a permanent ATM at Baaltal for Amarnath Yatris. The Bank’s Zonal Head Kashmir (North), Karanjit Singh inaugurated the ATM in presence of Cluster Head, Parvez Ahmad, Head Business Unit Agro Hi-Tech, Mohammad Amin Pukhta, amid a gathering of valuable […]
Two youth found dead in Anantnag
Srinagar: Two youth were found dead in mysterious condition in Sherbag near Jamia Alhidees Majid in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday. Reports reaching GNS said that two bodies of youth were laying in a graveyard at Sherbagh. As senior police officers told GNS that two youth were found dead in Sherbagh and preliminary […]
Of 587 forces personnel killed in militant attacks across India, 323 died in J&K
Srinagar: The Government of India has revealed that 587 of its security forces personnel were killed in militant attacks across India since 2016 till June 15 this year and 323 of them were slain in Jammu and Kashmir. Replying to a question in Lok Sabha by Sunil Kumar Singh, minister of state Home, G Kishan […]
Six drug peddlers arrested in Baramulla, two were on way to sell contraband substance to school children
Srinagar: Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested six drug peddlers and recovered contraband substances from their posession in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday. The arrested have been identified as Mohd. Rafiq Sofi s/o Mohd. Subhan Sofi r/o Jalal Sahab Baramulla and Naveed Manzoor Najar @ Bob Nakvor s/o Manzoor Ahmad Najar r/o Iqbal Colony […]
Libyan official says airstrike kills 40 migrants in Tripoli
Benghazi, Jul 3 (AP) An airstrike hit a detention center for migrants early Wednesday in the Libyan capital, killing at least 40 people, a health official in the country’s UN-supported government said. The airstrike targeting the detention center in Tripoli’s Tajoura neighborhood also wounded 80 migrants, said Malek Merset, a spokesman for the health ministry. Merset […]
Four Indian-Americans arrested in US for H1B visa fraud
Washington, Jul 3 (PTI) Four Indian-American executives from two IT staffing companies have been arrested on charges of fraudulently using the H-1B visa programme to gain an unfair advantage over their competitors, the US Justice Department has said. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations […]
18-Year old girl found dead in Qazigund orchards
Qazigund: Body of an 18-year old girl was recovered under mysterious conditions from an orchard at Baapora area of Qazigund in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday. Locals of the area spotted the body of the girl hanging in the nearby orchard and immediately informed concerned police station about it. The deceased has been identified […]
Mumbai wall collapse toll rises to 22
Mumbai: The death toll in the wall collapse incident in suburban Malad here rose to 22 Tuesday evening, a senior civic official said. One more injured person succumbed late evening, the official said. The incident happened around 2 am when a compound wall in Pimpripada in Malad east area collapsed and people living in shanties […]