2 lakh Haj pilgrims will be allowed this year from India: Govt
Mumbai, Jun 9 (PTI) Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Sunday said a record number of two lakh Indian Muslims will go to Haj this year, that too without any subsidy, on more than 500 flights from 21 embarkation points across the country. Addressing a meeting of representatives of private tour operators (PTOs) at […]
n BJP, tea seller is PM, newspaper hawker party chief and simple man a minister: Sarangi
Bhubaneswar, Jun 9 (PTI) The BJP is a party where a tea seller can become the prime minister, a newspaper hawker is made the president and a man living in a hut can get an opportunity to serve the people as their representative, Union minister Pratap Sarangi has said. “This is the speciality about BJP,” Sarangi […]
Soldier slips into Kishenganga in Gurez, rescue ops started
Srinagar, June 9: An army soldier along with his service weapon and other gear drowned in river Kishenganga after he slipped into it during routine patrolling along Line of Control (LoC) in Gurez sector of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. Official sources told that sepoy Sabrinath (belt no. 15800560A) of 51 RR slipped into fast flowing river […]
Minor girl raped, killed in Bhopal
Bhopal, Jun 9 (PTI) The body of an eight-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped, was found near a drain here in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, a police official said. Preliminary investigation revealed that she died of strangulation after being raped, he said. The girl had ventured out of her house in Kamla Nagar area of the […]
Police seeks help to trace missing girl
(Bilal Ahmad) Sopore, June o9: Police seeks help of general public to trace out a missing girl identified as Sabreena Amin D/O Mohammad Amin Bhat R/O Darpora Bomai Sopore Sopore age about (19 years). According to police one Mohammad Amin Bhat S/O Abdul Khaliq Bhat R/O Darpora Bomai Sopore reported Police Station Bomai that his […]
Man murdered in Jammu’s Arnia Kathar village
Jammu, June 09: In a sensational incident, a man running a shop was allegedly murdered by an unidentified man on Saturday evening spreading anger and fear among locals who are demanding immediate arrest of the accused. As per reports Moti Lal (30) @Toni son of Bodh Raj Sharma resident of Kathar village of Arnia in […]
Para commando killed by accidental fire in Mansbal
Srinagar, June 9: A paratrooper was killed in an accidental fire after his service rifle went off accidentally while he was cleaning his service rifle at Mansbal area of Safapora in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, officials said on Sunday. A police officer said that an army soldier identified as Taran Kumar of 31 Para was […]
TV channel head, editor arrested for airing defamatory content against UP CM: Police
Noida (UP), Jun 9 (PTI) The head of a private television news channel and its editor were arrested here Saturday for allegedly broadcasting defamatory content against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, police said. During a debate on the channel on June 6, a woman had allegedly made defamatory statements against Adityanath, the police said. Workers […]
India to help in conservation of Maldives’ Friday Mosque: PM Modi
Male, Jun 9 (PTI) India will contribute to the conservation of Maldives’ Friday Mosque, a unique place of worship made of coral stones, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced. Modi made the announcement while addressing the Muslim-majority country’s Parliament, The People’s Majlis, on Saturday and noted that the relations between India and the Maldives were older […]
5 killed in bus-trailer collision in Pakistan
Lahore, Jun 9 (PTI) At least five persons were killed and 20 others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a trailer in Pakistan’s Punjab province, according to a media report. The accident occurred on Friday night when an over-speeding trailer collided with the bus coming from the opposite direction in Bhakkar, a […]