Indian team to soon visit Washington again for trade talks with US: Official
New Delhi, Jul 10 (PTI) An Indian commerce ministry team will soon visit Washington for another round of talks on the proposed trade agreement with the US to iron out differences in sectors, like agriculture and automobiles, a government official said on Thursday. “We are not differentiating between an interim or the first phase of […]
CM Omar Abdullah says tourism bouncing back in J&K post Pahalgam attack
Kolkata, Jul 10 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that there is an air of optimism about the revival of tourism in the Union Territory after the Pahalgam terror attack that left 26 people, mostly visitors, dead. Speaking at a travel and tourism event here, Abdullah said there is hope […]
SC says ECI’s roll revision drive mandated in Constitution, but questions timing
NEW DELHI, Jul 10 (PTI): The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the Election Commission of India on the timing of the Special Intensive Revision drive in poll-bound Bihar saying it went to the “root of democracy and power to vote” while rejecting the argument that the poll panel did not have any power to carry […]
Minor girl killed after hit by stone during landslide in Mendhar Poonch
Jammu, Jul 10: A minor girl was killed after being hit a stone during landslide in Chak Bonalla area of Mendhar in Poonch district on Thursday. Officials said that an 11-year-old girl was hit by a stone during landslide, resulting in her on spot death. She has been identified as Afiya Kousar daughter of Mukhtar […]
Man, sister arrested with heroin worth Rs 70 lakh in Jammu
JAMMU, Jul 10 (PTI): A brother-sister duo were arrested with 550 grams of heroin worth Rs 70 lakh on the outskirts of Jammu city on Thursday, police said. They said the accused have been identified as Gurjeet Singh and his sister Navneet Kour from Tanda village in R S Pura. During routine checking at the […]
Goods train derails amid heavy rains in Kathua
JAMMU, Jul 10 (PTI): Two bogies of a goods train derailed on Thursday due to flooding on the railway track in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, disrupting train traffic on the Jammu-Pathankot route, officials said. No loss of life was reported in the incident. The incident took place in Lakhanpur area of the district, when […]
Around 20 people injured in road mishap at Udhampur
Jammu, Jul 10 Atleast twenty persons were injured after the bus they were travelling in met with an accident at Ramnagar area of Udhampur district on Thursday. Officials said that a bus bearing registration number JK02AG-7822 suddenly skidded off the road and turned turtle near Highway school, Sunetar. Twenty people were injured in the mishap […]
Home Minister Amit Shah to chair Eastern Zonal Council meeting in Ranchi
Ranchi, Jul 10 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the Eastern Zonal Council meeting here today in which around 70 representatives from the four eastern states – Jharkhand, Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal – will participate, officials said. Shah arrived in Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi around 10 pm on Wednesday to chair the meeting […]
Man hailing from Kupwara found dead at Kadlabal Pampore in south Kashmir
Srinagar, Jul 10: A 54-year-old driver from north Kashmir’s Kupwara district died under mysterious circumstances in Kadlabal Pampore early Thursday morning. Official sources said that the deceased has been identified as Sajjad Ahmad Shah a resident of Panzgam, Kupwara, working as driver. He was reportedly found unconscious in the Kadlabal Pampore area and was immediately […]
Magnitude 4.4 earthquake hits Haryana, tremors felt in Delhi-NCR
NEW DELHI, Jul 10 (PTI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 struck near Jhajjar in Haryana on Thursday morning, sending tremors across the Delhi-NCR region. The epicentre was 3 km northeast of Jhajjar and 51 km west of Delhi. The earthquake struck at a depth of 10 km at 9.04 am, the National Centre for Seismology […]
