Odisha Dalit teen sold and married to Haryana man; 2 arrested
Chandigarh, Jan 4 (PTI) A Dalit teenager jumped from the first floor of a house in Haryana to escape from a man twice her age, who married the girl after allegedly buying her for Rs 2 lakh from her uncle and kept her in illegal confinement, police said Friday. The girl, who is from Odisha […]
Dr Sheikh Abdul Ahad is no more, DAK condoles demise
Srinagar: Dr Sheikh Abdul Ahad (74) is no more. Dr Ahad was former head of the department of otolaryngology (ENT) at Government Medical College, Srinagar. Dr Ahad breathed his last yesterday at SKIMS after he was operated one week back for a duodenal perforation. Earlier he was operated for prostatic malignancy and was on chemoradiotherapy. […]
Leopard kills over 20 head of cattle in Ramban
Banihal/Jammu: A leopard killed over 20 head of cattle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, officials said Friday. The leopard entered into an animal shed belonging to Gulam Nabi Wani in Chakka area in Ramsoo tehsil of the district and killed over 20 sheep overnight, they said. The people alleged that over 100 domestic animals […]
It’s snowing heavily in Valley
Srinagar: Most parts of Kashmir Valley including Capital city Srinagar is witnessing snowfall sine one hour or so, reports said. They said that it was snowing in many upper reaches since morning however, in Srinagar and many other townships it started snowing after mid noon. Notably, the MeT office here had predicted snowfall across the […]
AIR to shut down national channel, regional training academies in 5 cities to cut costs
New Delhi, Jan 4 (PTI) Public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has decided to close down All India Radio’s national channel and its regional training academies in five cities as part of “cost-cutting measures” and to “rationalise” services. The programme, technical, ministerial and other staff posted at National Channel in Todapur and Nagpur etc, apart from those […]
Tral Update: Injured man succumbs at Srinagar Hospital
Srinagar: The man who was fired upon by unknown gunmen at Kasipora area of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district succumbed at SMHS hospital. Earlier gunmen fired upon the person identified as Sarmanjeet Singh son of Nanak Singh of Village Khasipora. He was rushed to the nearby hospital in critical condition where from he was […]
NIA produces man arrested for providing weapons to ISIS-inspired group
New Delhi, Jan 4 (PTI) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) produced Naeem, arrested for allegedly providing weapons to members of a suspected ISIS-inspired terror group who were arrested recently, before a Delhi court on Friday. The 21-year old was produced before District Judge Poonam Bamba. The NIA arrested him from from Meerut on Thursday night.
Govt working with RBI to look into frauds cases of below Rs 1L: Prasad
New Delhi, Jan 4 (PTI) The government is working with the Reserve Bank (RBI) to look into cases of financial frauds involving amounts which are below Rs 1 lakh, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said in the Rajya Sabha on Friday. A Financial Data Protection bill has been drafted that aims to address issues related […]
Rafale deal: Rahul seeks probe against PM for corruption, weakening national security
New Delhi, Jan 4 (PTI) Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi be investigated for corruption and for weakening national security by giving the Rafale contract to “his friend”. Gandhi cited a media report on Swedish Telecom major Ericsson filing a contempt plea in the Supreme Court against Reliance Communications […]
Lokpal search committee: SC directs Centre to file affidavit on steps taken since Sept 2018
New Delhi, Jan 4 (PTI) The Supreme Court Friday directed the Centre to place on affidavit steps taken since September last year to set up a search committee for the Lokpal. The apex court asked Attorney General K K Venugopal to file the affidavit on the matter by January 17. “You have to ensure on […]