ACB registers case against Sheikh Imran, others for illegal appropriation of subsidy, inflated project cost of CA storage
Srinagar: Anti Corruption Bureau has registered case against Srinagar Municipality Corporation’s Deputy Mayor Sheikh Imran as Director M/S Kehwa Square Pvt. Ltd. BohriKadal Srinagar, officers of J&K Bank and other government officials for illegal appropriation of subsity with inflated project cost for establishment of CA storage at Lassipora, Pulwama . ACB, Anantnag Police station has […]
Will go into AN-32 aircraft crash, ensure it does not happen again: IAF chief
Hyderabad: The Indian Air Force will ascertain the cause of the recent crash of AN-32 aircraft in Arunachal Pradesh and ensure such accidents do not recur, IAF chief B S Dhanoa said Saturday. His comments come days after the wreckage of the IAF aircraft was found in a remote area in Arunachal Pradesh more than […]
Seven suffocated to death while cleaning hotel sewer in Gujarat’s Vadodara
Vadodara: Seven persons, including four sanitation workers, died due to asphyxiation on Saturday while cleaning sewer of a hotel in Gujarat’s Vadodara district, officials said. The incident happened at a hotel in Fartikui village in Dabhoi tehsil, about 30 km from Vadodara city. Three employees of the hotel were also among those killed. “When one […]
Minor Indian migrant girl died of heat stroke near US-Mexico border: Official
Houston, Jun 15 (PTI) Gurupreet Kaur, the six-year-old Indian girl whose body was found near a remote and deserted US-Mexico border died of heat stroke after her mother left her to go in search of water, US officials said Friday as they blamed people smugglers for the tragedy. Kaur, who was a month shy of turning […]
To check fund fraud of already restored works Govt orders photographic records with GPS coordinates
Srinagar: Government has ordered photographic record of all completed works with GPS coordinates to prevent embezzlement of funds against already restored works. It has also ordered ensuring engineering certificate of completion by concerned Executive Engineer or appropriate level while Planning, Development & Monitoring Department has been asked to develop a Map recording all works on […]
Srinagar-Banihal train service remains suspended for second day
Srinagar: Tain services on Srinagar-Banihal track remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Saturday following killing of two militants on Friday Two Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants were killed in a gunfight with governent forces in the district on Friday. Officials, however said, that all trains between Srinagar-Badgam and Baramulla in north Kashmir will run as […]
AIIMS, Safdarjung doctors threaten indefinite strike, issue 48-hour ultimatum to Mamata to meet demands of protesting colleagues
New Delhi: Resident doctors of AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospital, who boycotted work on Friday in protest against attacks on their colleagues in Kolkata, have now given a 48-hour ultimatum to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to meet the demands of the state’s agitating doctors, failing which they said they would go on indefinite strike. Members […]
‘Shuryan Hund Naji’ and ‘Ther Aangnich’ among winners of Sahitya Academy Award 2019
Srinagar: Two valley based poets Naji Munawwar and Sagar Nazir have been awarded Sahitya Academy award 2019 in two different categories. Convener Kashmiri Advisory Board of Sahitya Academy, Dr Aziz Hajini on Friday announced that the two have bagged the prestigious award for their poetry collections. Naji Munawwar, 85 from Kapran Shopian has been awarded […]
Countries sponsoring terrorism must be held accountable: PM Modi at SCO
Bishkek, Jun 14 (PTI) In a veiled attack on Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that countries sponsoring, aiding and funding terrorism must be held accountable as he called for a global conference to combat the menace Addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit here, Modi highlighted the spirit and ideals of the SCO […]
DRI seizes 834 tortoises meant for smuggling to Bangladesh
Kolkata,(PTI) The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized 834 Indian star tortoises meant for smuggling to Bangladesh, an official statement issued on Friday said. On the basis of inputs that a consignment of Indian star tortoises is being brought from Chennai onboard the Coromondel express train and would be handed over to a group […]
