Man arrested for running pro-Pak WhatsApp group in Bihar
Bettiah, Jul 31 (PTI) A man was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly running a pro-Pakistan WhatsApp group in Bettiah town of West Champaran district, police said. Superintendent of Police Jayant Kant said that one Saddam Quraishi, 22, who is the admin of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ group, was arrested from Nazni Chowk. The police also seized the […]
Woman killed amid LoC flare up in Gurez sector
Bandipora, July 31 : A woman was killed in alleged shelling by Pakistan along the line of control in Bagtore sector of Gurez area in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. An Senior official said that a woman identified as Rahmie Bano wife of Abdul Ahad Bhat,(35) of Dassi Bagtore was hit by a splinter resulting into […]
IIM Jammu to get new website and logo; off-campus centre in Kashmir soon
Jammu, Jul 30 (PTI) Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal will unveil the new logo and website of Indian Institute of Management, Jammu (IIM-J), on Wednesday, officials said. The IIM will soon have an off-campus centre in summer capital Srinagar, they said. “The new logo and the official website will be inaugurated by Ramesh […]
Ceasefire violation along LoC in Uri
Srinagar, July 30: India and Pakistan armies on Tuesday evening engaged in gunfire and shelling along LoC in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. An army officer said that Pakistani army resorted to unprovoked firing on the forward Indian positions in Uri sector near Mohra this evening. “Pakistani troops targeted our positions along the […]
LS passes Wage Code Bill to ensure minimum wage for workers
New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI) Lok Sabha on Tuesday passed the Wages Code Bill that will enable introduction of minimum wage for workers besides addressing issues like delay in payment to employees. The Code on Wages Bill, 2019, which seeks to amend and consolidate the laws relating to wages and bonus and matters connected therewith, […]
Two infiltrators killed near LoC in Gurez
Srinagar, July 30: Two militants were killed in an encounter at Baktur area of Gurez near Line of Control (LoC) in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday. Official sources said that a fierce gunfight broke out between militants and soldiers of 36 RR along the LoC at Nowshera Nar area of Baktur in Gurez sector today […]
Recent deployment of soldiers in J&K ‘routine’, no link to 35A: Senior govt source
New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI) A senior government functionary on Tuesday rejected suggestions of immediate scrapping of Article 35A, which provides special rights to Jammu and Kashmir, and termed as “routine” the deployment of soldiers, saying it was done to relieve troops posted there. The remarks by the functionary came amidst heightened concerns in Kashmir […]
Triple talaq bill passed by Parliament
New Delhi, Jul 30 (PTI) Parliament on Tuesday approved the bill that makes instant triple talaq a criminal offence, after the contentious legislation was passed by Rajya Sabha following non-aligned BJD extending support and NDA constituents JD-U and AIADMK walking out. Lok Sabha had passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill last […]
15 killed as Pakistani army plane crashes into residential area
Rawalpindi, Jul 30 (AFP) Fifteen people were killed when a small army plane crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi near the capital Islamabad, a rescue official told AFP early Tuesday. “A small plane crashed into a residential area. So far we have retrieved 15 dead bodies, including 10 civilians and […]
Police arrests wanted drug dealer in Sopore
(Bilal Ahmad) Sopore, July 30 : Police claimed to have arrested the most wanted drug dealer in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday. Reports said that a police team headed by Dysp Sopore Majid Bhat and SHO Azim Iqbal arrested the most wanted drug dealer in Sopore town and recovered huge quantity […]