Man bites off wife’s nose after fight over loan repayment in Karnataka

Davanagere (Karnataka), Jul 12 (PTI) A man allegedly bit off a portion of his wife’s nose following a heated argument over loan repayment in this district, police said. The incident occurred on July 8 at Mantaraghatta village in Davanagere district. Vidhya is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Shivamogga district and is stated to […]
Fresh batch of 6,639 pilgrims sets out for Amarnath shrine from Jammu base camp

Jammu, Jul 12 (PTI) The 11th batch of 6,639 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu on Saturday to pay obeisance at the holy Amarnath cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The pilgrims, including 1,462 women, 41 children and 181 sadhus and sadhvis, left for the twin base camps of Nunwan-Pahalgam […]
Five dead, 1 injured as SUV falls into gorge in Ramban

Ramban/Jammu, Jul 12 (PTI) Five people were killed and another was critically injured when a private passenger vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a 600-feet gorge in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The SUV met with the accident near Senabathi in Ukhral Pogal Paristan area late Friday, they […]
Ahmadabad Place Crash: Fuel switches cut off before AI plane crash; no recommended action for 787-8 operators for now: AAIB

NEW DELHI, Jul 12 (PTI): Both switches feeding fuel to the two engines of Air India flight 171 were cut off followed by pilot confusion before the plane crashed in Ahmedabad, seconds after taking off, the first investigation report into the crash has revealed. It said that one pilot asked why he had shut off […]
Tremors felt in Delhi-NCR

New Delhi, Jul 11 (PTI) An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 shook parts of Delhi-NCR on Friday evening, according to initial reports. The tremors were felt around 7:49 pm and the epicentre of the earthquake was at Jhajjar in Haryana. This was the second earthquake that hit the National Capital Region (NCR) in two days. An […]
Rahul Gandhi pleads not guilty in Pune court in defamation case over comments on Savarkar

PUNE, Jul 11 (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday pleaded not guilty in a defamation case pertaining to his comments on Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar in a Pune court. Judicial Magistrate (First Class) and Special Judge (MP/MLA court) Amol Sriram Shinde read out the charge, levelled by Satyaki Savarkar, a grandnephew of V […]
ACB arrests PDD lineman at Pattan for accepting bribe

Srinagar, July 11: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday said that it arrested a Lineman of PDD Sub Division Pattan, Baramulla for demanding and accepting a bribe, a anti- graft body spokesman said. “Jammu and Kashmir Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) received a written complaint alleging that Manzoor Ahmad Bhat, Lineman-II (designated as Meter Reader Panzinara) in […]
Committee on Govt Assurances holds introductory meeting in Srinagar

SRINAGAR, JUL 11: The Committee on Government Assurances of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly today convened an introductory meeting at the Assembly Complex, Srinagar. The meeting was chaired by the Committee Chairman, Sajad Gani Lone and attended by members Ch. Mohammad Akram, Javaid Ahmad Mirchal, Hilal Akbar Lone, Iftikar Ahmad, Mian Mehar Ali, Mohan […]
We hit 9 terror targets in Pak with precision in Operation Sindoor, missed none: NSA Ajit Doval

Chennai, Jul 11 (PTI) India hit nine terror targets crisscrossing Pakistan with precision and missed none of them during Operation Sindoor, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said on Friday, taking pride in India’s capability and technological abilities in neutralising the threats from across the border. The precision was to the point where India knew who […]
SIA raids 3 locations in J&K in terror funding case

Srinagar, Jul 11: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir conducted search operations at three suspected locations in Jammu, Doda, and Handwara in a case linked to terror financing. According to a statement issued here these searches aimed to secure critical evidence to unravel a complex conspiracy involving cross-border funding through cryptocurrency, designed to fuel terrorism […]