CRPF man injured, weapons damaged as fire erupts in Kupwara Army camp
Kupwara: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) man was injured while several weapons including guns got damaged after the fire broke out from a single-story building within the Army’s 41 Rasthriya Rifles camp at Khumriyal Kalaroose in north Kashmir’s kupwara district on Tuesday evening. According to wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), an official said that […]
HC quashes PSA detention of three in JK
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday quashed the detention of three people including the spokesman of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami under the Public Safety Act (PSA). Besides Zahid Ali, the Jamaat spokesman, the detention of district president of Bandipora Jamaat-e-Islami Sikander Malik and Samir Wani, an overground worker of a militant organisation based […]
WHO says world in uncharted territory as US virus toll rises
Beijing: The world has entered uncharted territory in its battle against the deadly coronavirus, the UN health agency warned, as new infections dropped dramatically in China on Tuesday but surged abroad with the US death toll rising to six. Globally, the virus has killed more than 3,100 people and infected over 90,000 even as a […]
You’ll have to pay more for petrol, diesel from April 1; here’s why
New Delhi: IOC has spent over Rs 17,000 crore to upgrade its refineries to produce the low-sulphur diesel and petrol National oil marketer Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Friday said it is ready to supply low emission BS-VI fuels from April 1 and that there will be a marginal increase in retail prices. The largest […]
LS adjourned for the day as oppn demands discussion on Delhi violence
New Delhi: Lok Sabha proceedings were disrupted for the second day on Tuesday as BJP and opposition members tried to shove each other amid unrelenting demands for an immediate discussion on the Delhi violence. After Speaker Om Birla said the discussion would take place on March 11 after Holi festival, opposition members stormed into the […]
7 people arrested for bovine smuggling in Udhampur
Jammu: A major bid to smuggle cattle into the Valley was foiled with the arrest of seven smugglers in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district and seizure of as many vehicles carrying bovines, police said on Tuesday. Based on information regarding illegal transportation of bovines, police parties deployed along the highway at Chenani intercepted seven vehicles […]
Charge sheet filed against policeman for fraudulently obtaining driving license
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday filed a charge sheet against a policeman and his associate for fraudulently obtaining a driving license to score additional points during his recruitment. Nand Kumar of Mari Pouni village of Reasi, who is presently serving as constable in IRP third battalion, along with his associate Amarjeet Singh […]
Two Noida schools shut after coronavirus scare
Noida (UP), Mar 2 (PTI) Two private schools in Noida cancelled classes on Tuesday for the next few days as a precautionary measure over the father of a student testing positive for coronavirus, officials said. The two schools announced their closure in messages sent to the parents. One of the schools, where a student’s father tested […]
UN rights chief files intervention application in SC on CAA
New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has filed an intervention in the Supreme Court on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and informed India’s Permanent Mission in Geneva about it, the Ministry of External Affairs said Tuesday. The MEA asserted that the CAA is an internal matter […]
