Modi targets Rahul over association with UK firm
Sagar, May 5 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday targeted Rahul Gandhi for his alleged association with UK firm Backops, saying the Congress president’s “scams” were being “unearthed from land, air and water”. Referring to Gandhi, Modi while speaking at rally in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar said the “naamdar” gets exposed every time he tries to malign […]
Major Gogoi suffers ignominy of seniority reduction and exit from Kashmir Valley
Srinagar, May 5 (PTI) Major Leetul Gogoi, who was at the centre of the 2017 ‘human shield controversy’, will suffer the ignominy of reduction in seniority and exit from Kashmir Valley with the Army headquarters confirming the punishment for “fraternising” with a local woman last year, officials said here on Sunday. A court martial had held […]
Polling in south Kashmir: Election staff for 24 polling stations airlifted
Srinagar: Authorities on Sunday afternoon airlifted election staff from DPL Shopian to their respective polling stations in sub-division Zainapora area even as clashes were reported from many parts of the southern district amid heightened security arrangements. Official sources said that election staff along with EVMs for 24 polling stations were airlifted in helicopters from District […]
JKYF holds orientation cum sensitization session
SRINAGAR: The Orientation Cum Sensitization Session of J&K Yateem Foundation held here called for comprehensive, inclusive and visionary approach and roadmap to reach out to the orphans, widows, destitute and other weaker sections of the people irrespective of their religion, caste, colour, region and ethnicity in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. JKYF held its […]
Conduct enquiry in killings of political people, Guv tells CS
SRINAGAR, MAY 05: Raj Bhavan Spokes-person has stated that Governor, Satya Pal Malik is very much pained about the killing of Gul Muhammad Mir, a veteran Political leader. Governor has directed Sh. BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary to get an enquiry conducted into the killings of political people belonging to various political parties in the state […]
Case registered against four persons for raping woman
Muzaffarnagar, May 5 (PTI) Acting on the orders of a court, police have registered a case against four persons for allegedly raping a woman in her house in Shamli in February. According to the complaint lodged by the woman, the four raped her at her home when her husband was in jail. The woman had approached […]
Tourist killed as boulder falls on vehicle
Banihal (JK), May 5 (PTI) A 43-year-old tourist from Maharashtra was killed Sunday and three others injured when a boulder hit their vehicle along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, police said. The vehicle, carrying a group of 12 tourists, was on way to Jammu from Kashmir Valley and the incident occurred near police station Ramsoo in Ramban […]
Extremist forces in Kashmir cannot demoralise BJP workers with violence: Shah
New Delhi, May 5 (PTI) BJP President Amit Shah Sunday condoled the killing of party leader Ghulam Mohammed Mir and said extremist forces in Kashmir cannot demoralise its workers with violence. Militants shot dead BJP’s district vice-president Gul Mohammed Mir in his house in Anantnag district on Saturday night. In a tweet, Shah said, “I am […]
Pak appoints ex-IMF official as new SBP governor
Islamabad, May 5 (PTI) A Pakistani economist working for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been appointed as the governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), as the cash-strapped country seeks to finalise a multi-billion dollar bailout package from the global lender. Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government Saturday removed chiefs of the SBP and the […]
Erdogan condemns Israeli Gaza bombing of Turkish news agency offices
Istanbul, May 5 (AFP) President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday fiercely denounced Israel for the bombing of a building housing Turkey’s state news agency Anadolu in Gaza. “We strongly condemn Israel’s attack against Anadolu Agency’s office in Gaza,” Erdogan said on Twitter. “Turkey and Anadolu Agency will continue to tell the world about Israeli terrorism and […]