Pak PM Imran Khan sweats when Modi starts speaking in poll meetings: Yogi Adityanath
Hazaribagh (Jharkhand), May 3 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Friday said that Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan sweats when Narendra Modi starts speaking in election meetings across the country. Addressing a public meeting through video conferencing from Lucknow, as he could not reach Hazaribagh following cyclonic Fani hitting Odisha coast, Adityanath said that Modi’s […]
Officers from Jammu division felicitate Chairman J&K Bank
Jammu: A felicitation function was organized by the JK Bank Officers in Jammu region who were recently elevated in the career progression of the Bank to their next levels, in which the Chairman and CEO Parvez Ahmed was felicitated. Speaking on the occasion Parvez Ahmed said, “The bank has after redirecting its strategic business direction […]
Pak violates ceasefire in Poonch
Jammu, May 3 (PTI) The Pakistani army violated the ceasefire for the second consecutive day Friday by resorting to small arms fire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, an official spokesperson said. “At about 1600 hours, Pakistani army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation with firing of small arms along the LoC […]
Three killed as Cyclone Fani batters Odisha
Bhubaneswar, May 3 (PTI) Three people were killed in separate incidents as cyclone Fani battered the Odisha coast Friday, officials said A teenager was killed when a tree came crashing down on him at a place within Sakhigopal police station area limits in Puri district Flying debris from a concrete structure hit a woman in Nayagarh […]
Pakistan issues order to freeze assets of Jem chief Azhar, impose travel ban
Islamabad, May 3 (PTI) Pakistan has issued an official order to freeze the assets of and impose a travel ban on JeM chief Masood Azhar after the UN declared him a “global terrorist”. Pakistan-based Azhar is also banned from selling or purchasing arms and ammunition. The UN sanctions committee on the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda on […]
Cyclone Fani reaches 80 km from Puri
New Delhi, May 3 (PTI) Cyclone Fani, which is expected to make a landfall at the Odisha coast by Friday forenoon, was nearly 65 kilometres from Gopalpur and 80 kilometres from Puri at 5.30 am, the IMD said. The Cyclone Warning Division of the India Meteorological Department said the wind speed of the Extremely Severe Cyclone […]
Shopian Encounter: One militant killed, operation on
Srinagar, May 03: One militant has been killed in ongoing encounter after firing resumed between militants and government forces in Adkhara area of Imam Sahib in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday morning. As per the official sources one militant has been killed after contact was again established with hiding militants. Earlier a senior police […]
Militants,forces exchange gunfire in Imam sahib Shopian,cordon intensified
Srinagar, May 03: A brief exchange of fire took place between militants and government forces in Adkhara area of Imam Sahib in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday morning. Reports said that a joint team of Army’s 34RR and SOG Shopian launched a cordon and search operation in Imam Sahib after having credible inputs about […]
Is highway blockade serving any purpose?
The government of Jammu and Kashmir faced lot of humiliation and embarrassment for the decision to block the traffic movement on the Jammu-Srinagar National highway for two days a week. The resentment to this decision was so intense that after few days the government curtailed the restrictions to just one day. However, under immense pressure […]
Seeking dowry is a collective shame for the nation
Giving away presents and gifts in marriage by the parents of the bride has been a common practice in different castes and communities of the Indian society
Vinod Chandrashekhar Dixit Recently a retired judge, who served at the Hyderabad and Madras High Courts, was booked by the police in Hyderabad for allegedly harassing his daughter-in-law for dowry and assaulting her. It reminded me a statement of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who said “You can tell the condition of the nation by looking at […]