Hundreds participate in last rites of slain Constable
Sopore: Hundreds of people participated in the funeral prayers of slain police constable Ghulam Nabi at his native village Rohama Rafiabad where he was laid to rest at their local graveyard. Ghulam Nabi was among the fourpolicemen killed in a powerful mine blast at Sopore on Saturday morning. Constable Ghulam Nabi, father of a 2-year-old […]
BJP govt failed to protect defence personnel: Congress
New Delhi: On a day an IED blast claimed the lives of four policemen in Jammu and Kashmir, the Congress questioned the recent covert meeting of the NSAs of India and Pakistan and alleged that the BJP-led Centre has “singularly failed” to protect the country’s defence personnel. Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said not a day […]
Lalu Prasad sentenced to 3.5 years in jail, Rs 5 lakh penalty in fodder scam
New Delhi: RJD chief and former Chief Minister of Bihar Lalu Prasad Yadav was sentenced to 3.5 years in jail along with a fine of Rs 5 lakh in one of the cases related to the 1996 fodder scam by special CBI court judge Shiv Pal Singh on Saturday. Lalu appeared before the court of […]
Sopore blast: ‘It was a powerful IED, Says IGP
Sopore: Inspector General of Police Munir Khan while expressing grief over the killing of four cops in Sopore town of North Kahsmir’s Baramulla district said the situation is though serious but they will tackle it effectively. He was talking to reporters at 22 Rashtriya Rifles camp of Indian Army in Sopore town. IGP visited Sopore […]
Six killed, 15 injured after mini-bus plunges into gorge in JK
Udhampur: At least six persons were today killed and 15 others injured when a mini-bus skidded off the road and fell into a 100-feet deep gorge in this hilly district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. The accident took place near Karowa, about 30 km from here, around 1.30 pm, a police spokesperson said. He […]
Kupwara avalanches: One more body recovered, death toll reaches 9
Srinagar: One more body has been recovered under snow on Saturday taking the death toll to nine after three vehicles came under multiple snow avalanches at Khoni Nallah near Sadhna Top in Tangdar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district Friday evening. Deputy Commissioner Khalid Jehangir said that one more body has recovered from the avalanche […]
Kupwara avalanches: Four more bodies recovered, death toll reaches 8
Srinagar: With the recovery of four more bodies trapped under snow on Saturday, the death toll mounted to eight after three vehicles came under multiple snow avalanches at Khoni Nallah near Sadhna Top in Tangdar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district Friday evening. Deputy Commissioner Kupwara, Khalid Jehangir said that soon after the unfortunate incident, […]
Six Himachal residents injured in road accident in J-K
Jammu: Six residents of Himachal Pradesh were today injured when their vehicle hit a roadside tree in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, police said. A car, travelling from Himachal Pradesh to Udhampur, rammed into a tree at Paldai Majalta, injuring six persons, a police spokesperson said. He said the injured — Suresh Kumar (48), Rakesh […]
Sikh group plans to ban Indian officials from entering Gurudwaras
London: A prominent Sikh group in the UK wants to ban Indian officials from entering Gurudwaras, alleging that they are “interfering” in the internal matters of the Sikh community. “Sikhs in the diaspora are fed up with Indian Government officials and their agents increasingly interfere in our institutions and Sikh affairs, undermining of Sikh campaigns […]
All options on the table to deal with Pakistan: White House
Washington: The US is keeping “all options” on the table apart from suspending about USD 2 billion in security aid to Pakistan to put pressure on it to take decisive action against the Taliban and the Haqqani network and eliminate their safe havens, the White House warned today. The US yesterday suspended about USD 2 billion […]