Cong stopped Rafale deal as it ‘didn’t get the money’: Nirmala

New Delhi, Jan 4 (PTI) Hitting back at the Congress on the Rafale fighter jet deal, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday alleged that the party had stopped the deal when it was in power as it “didn’t get the money” and ignored national security. Replying to a debate on the Rafale issue in Lok Sabha, […]
Srinagar-Jammu national highway closed after fresh snowfall

Srinagar: The Srinagar-Jammu national highway was closed Friday as a precautionary measure as the road was rendered slippery due to fresh snowfall, a Traffic Department official said. Moderate to heavy snowfall began across Kashmir this afternoon, bringing relief to the residents from dry weather. “It has been snowing across Kashmir since afternoon. The men and machinery […]
Cong demands implementation of 2014 package for people displaced from PaK

Jammu, Jan 4 (PTI) The Congress on Friday reached out to the people displaced from Pakistan administered Kashmir (PaK), who were on a indefinite chain dharna here since December 27 demanding implementation of ‘2014 package’, and urged the Centre to hold talks with them. The displaced people from PaK have been on a chain hunger […]
Odisha Dalit teen sold and married to Haryana man; 2 arrested

Chandigarh, Jan 4 (PTI) A Dalit teenager jumped from the first floor of a house in Haryana to escape from a man twice her age, who married the girl after allegedly buying her for Rs 2 lakh from her uncle and kept her in illegal confinement, police said Friday. The girl, who is from Odisha […]
Dr Sheikh Abdul Ahad is no more, DAK condoles demise

Srinagar: Dr Sheikh Abdul Ahad (74) is no more. Dr Ahad was former head of the department of otolaryngology (ENT) at Government Medical College, Srinagar. Dr Ahad breathed his last yesterday at SKIMS after he was operated one week back for a duodenal perforation. Earlier he was operated for prostatic malignancy and was on chemoradiotherapy. […]
Leopard kills over 20 head of cattle in Ramban

Banihal/Jammu: A leopard killed over 20 head of cattle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, officials said Friday. The leopard entered into an animal shed belonging to Gulam Nabi Wani in Chakka area in Ramsoo tehsil of the district and killed over 20 sheep overnight, they said. The people alleged that over 100 domestic animals […]
It’s snowing heavily in Valley

Srinagar: Most parts of Kashmir Valley including Capital city Srinagar is witnessing snowfall sine one hour or so, reports said. They said that it was snowing in many upper reaches since morning however, in Srinagar and many other townships it started snowing after mid noon. Notably, the MeT office here had predicted snowfall across the […]
AIR to shut down national channel, regional training academies in 5 cities to cut costs

New Delhi, Jan 4 (PTI) Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has decided to close down All India Radio’s national channel and its regional training academies in five cities as part of “cost-cutting measures” and to “rationalise” services. The programme, technical, ministerial and other staff posted at National Channel in Todapur and Nagpur etc, apart from those […]
Tral Update: Injured man succumbs at Srinagar Hospital

Srinagar: The man who was fired upon by unknown gunmen at Kasipora area of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district succumbed at SMHS hospital. Earlier gunmen fired upon the person identified as Sarmanjeet Singh son of Nanak Singh of Village Khasipora. He was rushed to the nearby hospital in critical condition where from he was […]
NIA produces man arrested for providing weapons to ISIS-inspired group

New Delhi, Jan 4 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) produced Naeem, arrested for allegedly providing weapons to members of a suspected ISIS-inspired terror group who were arrested recently, before a Delhi court on Friday. The 21-year old was produced before District Judge Poonam Bamba. The NIA arrested him from from Meerut on Thursday night.