NC Prez Dr Farooq being questioned by ED
Srinagar, Oct 19: National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and is being questioned, officials said. Official sources said that ED asked Dr Farooq to reach its Srinagar office at 11:30 am today. “He is possibly being questioned regarding cricket scam,” a source said—(KNO)
Israel, Bahrain sign deal establishing formal ties
Jerusalem, Oct 19 (AP) Israel and Bahrain on Sunday agreed to establish formal diplomatic relations, making the small Gulf country the fourth Arab state to normalize ties with Israel. The US-brokered agreement capped a one-day visit by a high-level delegation of American and Israeli officials to Bahrain. Bahrain joined the United Arab Emirates at a […]
BJP leader, four others held in Ballia murder case
Ballia/Lucknow, Oct 19 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested a BJP leader and four others in the Ballia murder case, officials said. Local BJP leader Dhirendra Pratap Singh allegedly shot dead Jai Prakash Pal Gama (46) on Thursday following a quarrel over the allotment of ration shops at Durjanpur village in Ballia’s Reoti area. […]
UN arms embargoes on Iran expire despite US objections
Tehran, Oct 18 (AP) A decade-long U.N. arms embargo on Iran that barred it from purchasing foreign weapons like tanks and fighter jets expired Sunday as planned under its nuclear deal with world powers, despite objections from the United States. While insisting it planned no buying spree,” Iran in theory can purchase weapons to upgrade […]
30,000 candidates participated in written exam for recruitment in BSF, CISF in J-K and Ladakh
Jammu, Oct 18 (PTI) Around 30,000 candidates on Sunday participated in the written examination for recruitment in the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, a BSF spokesperson said. The written test of the candidates, hailing from 20 districts of Jammu […]
Living coronavirus found on frozen food packaging in China
Beijing, Oct 18 (PTI) China’s health authority has confirmed the detection and isolation of living novel coronavirus on the outer packaging of imported frozen marine fish in the port city of Qingdao. It is for the first time in the world that living novel coronavirus has been isolated from the outer packaging of cold-chain food, […]
16 people killed after landslide hits passenger bus in Gilgit-Baltistan
Islamabad, Oct 18 (PTI) At least 16 people were killed on Sunday when a bus they were travelling in fell into a deep ditch after being struck by a landslide in Gilgit-Baltistan region, according to a Pakistani media report. The bus was going from Rawalpindi to Skardu when it was hit by the landslide which […]
COVID-19: 07 patients die, 578 test positive in JK
Srinagar, Oct 18: Jammu and Kashmir today recorded seven Covid-19 related deaths taking the death toll to 1379 in the Union Territory while as 578 positive cases were reported pushing the J&K tally to 87,942. Of the total 87,942 cases, 52,696 are from Kashmir and 35,246 from Jammu division. Officials said that among 578 new […]
Car bombing in western Afghanistan kills 13, wounds 120
Kabul (Afghanistan), Oct 18 (AP) A suicide car bombing on Sunday killed at least 13 people and wounded around 120 others in Afghanistan’s western Ghor province, officials said. The head of a hospital in Ghor, Mohammad Omer Lalzad, said emergency staff were treating dozens of people with both serious and light injuries from the bombing. […]
In absence of legislators, Centre to form directly elected district-level councils
New Delhi, Oct 18 (PTI) In the absence of legislative assembly representatives, the Centre has amended the Panchayati Raj Act in Jammu and Kashmir to strengthen local bodies under which a new power structure will be created in every district which will be directly elected by the voters to carry out various development works. The […]