Leh bribery case: BJP to set up panel to probe claims of scribes
Jammu: The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit will set up a committee to probe the allegation that some party leaders tried to bribe journalists to influence parliamentary polls, party’s state unit chief Ravinder Raina said Wednesday, even as a legislator named in the matter claimed the envelopes given to scribes had invitations and not money. […]
Omar seeks action in journalist’s bribery case
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Wednesday said action must be taken in the alleged bribery of journalists by BJP leaders in Leh. “In light of the CCTV footage purported to show BJP leaders attempting to bribe journalists in Leh, I’m retweeting my original tweet with the letter of complaint by the Press Club Leh. […]
Suicide attack outside Sufi shrine in Pakistan’s Lahore left 10 dead
LAHORE: A teenage Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up outside one of Pakistan’s oldest and most revered Sufi shrines in Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, including five police commandos, and injuring 25 others as the country marks the Muslim holy month of Ramazan. The powerful blast took place around 8:45 am (local […]
Dates of religious festivals will be decided scientifically: Pak
Islamabad: Pakistan has set up a committee to determine lunar dates of religious festivals through a scientific method and end confusion in dates related to moon-sighting by clerics. “The five-member committee will finalize the calendar to indicate the exact dates of Ramadan, Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Azha and Moharram for the next five years with 100 per cent […]
PM Modi has lost people’s trust, says Rahul
Morena: Stepping up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said he won’t become the PM again as people have lost faith in him. Addressing a poll rally ahead of the third phase of Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh on May 12, Gandhi said Modi can’t face the truth […]
Cop including five killed in road mishaps, 15 injured
Banihal/Jammu: Five people, including a policeman, were killed and 15 others injured when three private passenger vehicles skidded off mountainous roads and rolled down hills in separate incidents in Ramban and Poonch districts, police said Tuesday. Two people, identified as policeman Bittu Ram and a youth named Neik Ram, were killed and six others injured […]
Setback: SC rejects plea for random matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected the VVPAT review plea of 21 opposition leaders led by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who came unexpectedly to the hearing but returned dejected as it was dismissed in about a minute. Naidu, along with National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah and CPI MP D Raja, was present […]
