Policeman held with nearly 1 Kg of heroin in Kupwara

Srinagar: While intensifying its drive against drug menace, police have arrested a cop along with nearly one kilogram of heroin in Kupwara district of north Kashmir on Monday. SSP Kupwara Ambarkar Shriram Dinkar told GNS that based on a specific input, a naka party of police yesterday evening stopped a vehicle (Alto 800 JK09A-5927) […]
Kathua rape and murder case: 3 awarded life imprisonment, others five years in jail

Sriangar: Three among the six convicted have been given life imprisonment while three others have been awarded five years jail term. According to officials three of the convicts, Sanjhi Ram, Deepak khajuria, Pravesh Kumar, have been awarded 25 years for the crime. Three others have been awarded 5 years in prison for destruction of evidence. […]
Harshest punishment should be given to convicts in Kathua case: NCW

New Delhi, (PTI) The National Commission for Women has welcomed a Pathankot court decision convicting six persons in the horrific gangrape-and-murder case of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua, and sought harshest punishment for them. NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma said, “I welcome the decision of the court and request them to give harshest punishment […]
Kathua rape and murder case: Punishment to be announced at 4pm now

Srinagar: The quantum of punishment for the six convicted persons in Kathua rape and murder case of minor will now be pronounced at 4pm in the Pathankot court. Earlier the announcement was expected at 1400 hours. Three of the accused, Sanj Ram (main accused), Deepak Khujuria and Parvesh Kumar alias Mannu have been convicted for […]
Islamic State expands reach in Afghanistan, threatening West

Jalalabad, Jun 10 (AP) The Islamic State group has lost its caliphate in Syria and Iraq but is expanding its footprint in the forbidding mountains of northeastern Afghanistan. There, the group is recruiting new fighters and plotting attacks in the United States and other Western countries. Nearly two decades after the US-led invasion, the extremist […]
Imran Khan asks Pakistanis to declare their assets by Jun 30

Islamabad, Jun 10 (PTI) Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday asked Pakistanis to take advantage of the tax amnesty scheme and declare their undisclosed assets by June 30 to contribute in the development of the country which is grappling with a severe financial crunch. Addressing the nation ahead of the federal budget for fiscal year 2019-20 […]
Omar, Mehbooba Mufti welcome verdict in Kathua case

Srinagar, Jun 10 (PTI) Former Jammu and Kashmir chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti Monday welcomed a court order convicting six accused in the Kathua rape-and-murder case. “Amen to that. The guilty deserve the most severe punishment possible under law. And to those politicians who defended the accused, vilified the victim & threatened the legal […]
Kathua rape and murder case: 6 found guilty, 1 acquitted, punishment to be pronounced at 2pm

Srinagar: Six of the seven accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua have been convicted by a court in Pathankot. While main accused Sanji Ram has been held guilty, his son Vishal has been acquitted. The accused held guilty also include three policemen. A lawyer who was present inside the court […]
Kathua rape and murder case: Five convicted including Sanjhi Ram

Srinagar: Most of the accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua have been convicted by a court in Pathankot. So far, sources said that five out of the seven accused have been convicted. Elaborate security arrangements have been made in and around the court and in Kathua in view of […]
Indian national stabbed to death in Israel

Tel Aviv, Jun 10 (PTI) A fifty-year-old Indian national was stabbed to death and another injured when a quarrel broke out among tenants living in an apartment in Israel’s Tel Aviv city, according to police. Jerome Arthar Philip from Kerala was stabbed on Saturday night in his apartment in the Neve Sha’anan Street. He succumbed to […]