Death toll in Amritsar train mishap touches 61
Amritsar: Over 61 people were killed and 72 injured after two trains speeding in opposite directions mowed down people standing on the tracks near a railway crossing watching a Ravan effigy being burnt at a Dussehra celebration near Amritsar on Friday. There were at least 300 spectators at the Dhobi Ghat ground, barely 2 km […]
Fuel prices fall for third consecutive day, petrol in Delhi settles at Rs 81.99, diesel at Rs 79
New Delhi: Fuel prices fall for third consecutive day; petrol in Delhi settles at Rs 81.99, diesel at Rs 79 in Mumbai The price for diesel in Kolkata was Rs 77.21 per litre and in Chennai, it was Rs 79.69. On Friday the prices of both petrol and diesel across the country decreased. The petrol […]
Counting of votes for civic body polls today
Srinagar: The stage is set for the final leg of urban local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir as the counting of votes for the 52 civic bodies, polling for which was held in four phases earlier this month, will be done on Saturday. “All the arrangements for counting of votes have been put in […]
Pregnant woman killed in cross fire, says police
Srinagar: Police on Friday said that a woman was killed in cross fire at Shadimarg area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. SP Pulwama Chandan Kholi said that militants fired a UBGL grenade towards an army camp in Shadimarg. Soon after the blast, there was an exchange of fire for some time, he said, adding that […]
Following an IED blast at Pulwama, army men go berserk
Beat villagers, damage private property
Beat villagers, damage private property
Frequent internet snapping: Hakeem Yaseen castigates government
Srinagar: Chairman, PDF and MLA Khansahib Hakeem Yaseen has castigated government for frequently snapping internet services in Kashmir valley adding that it was a cause of serious concern for business fraternity as well as student’s whose examination schedule has already begun. In a statement issued here, Hakeem Yaseen has said that frequent snapping of internet […]
PDP office bearers for Bandipora appointed
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Friday accorded approval for the appointment of party’s District President and Vice President in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Party’s chief spokesman Rafi Ahmad Mir in a statement issued here said that Ghulam Nabi Tantary has been appointed as the PDP District President for Bandipora while as […]
Amritsar Train Accident: Punjab CM announces Rs 5 lakh aid to deceased
Officials say toll may go high
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced compensation of Rs five lakh each to the kin of the deceased in the Amritsar train accident Friday and said he was rushing to the spot to personally supervise rescue and relief operations. At least 50 people were killed when a crowd of Dussehra revellers that had spilled onto […]
