Delhi govt sets up 9 shelters for riot-hit people: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the Delhi government has set up nine shelters for the riot-affected people and will start distributing Rs 25,000 in cash as immediate relief from Saturday to those whose houses have been burnt in the violence. Addressing a press conference, Kejriwal said that people with serious injuries […]
Chinese bomber flies over Taiwan Strait as tensions rise
Taipei: A Chinese bomber flew over the strategically sensitive sea separating Taiwan from the mainland Friday, the self-ruled island’s defence department said. The move comes after Taiwan earlier this month scrambled F-16 fighter planes when a Chinese jet crossed into its air space. “The H-6 bomber passed through our southwestern territorial waters and to the Bashi […]
Sonia forms 5-member team to visit riot-affected areas in Delhi and submit detailed report
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday deputed a five-member team to visit the riot-affected areas in northeast Delhi and submit a report to her after which the delegation met with some of the victims of violence at city hospitals. The delegation comprises All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Mukul Wasnik, AICC in-charge […]
Lethpora attack: NIA claims major breakthrough, arrests Jaish OGW who provided shelter to suicide bomber Adil Dar
‘Shakir Bashir of Pulwama met Dar in mid-2018 and was full-time OGW of JeM’
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday claimed to have achieved a major breakthrough in the Lethpora, Pulwama suicide attack by arrested one Shakir Bashir Magrey an Over Ground Worker (OGW), who according to the agency provided logistical assistance to the suicide bomber Adil Dar of Jaish-e-Muhammad According to wire service—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), […]
SC declines urgent hearing on plea seeking implementation of 2006 verdict on police reforms
New Delhi: The role of cops in northeast Delhi riots came up in the Supreme Court on Friday in a plea seeking urgent hearing for implementing the 2006 verdict on police reforms which recommended steps like separation of police functions related to investigation and maintaining law and order. A bench headed by Chief Justice S […]
Charge sheet filed against six JK govt officials in corruption case
Srinagar: A charge sheet has been filed against six Jammu and Kashmir government officials in a corruption case, the anti-corruption bureau said on Friday. It was filed before the special judge, anti-corruption, Baramulla, the bureau said in a statement. The then Kupwara district development commissioner, Itrat Hussain Rafiqi, is among the six government officials named […]
4 more deaths recorded at GTB Hospital, Delhi violence toll 42 now
New Delhi: The death toll in Delhi’s communal violence has gone up to 42 now with four more fatalities being recorded at the city’s GTB Hospital on Friday, officials said. The number stood at 38 till Thursday. The Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital has recorded 38 deaths, the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital three, and […]
Kashmiri Pandit activist detained in Srinagar amid reports that he was planning a rally
Srinagar: A Kashmiri Pandit activist was detained by police on Friday, amid reports that he was planning to take out a march in the city, official sources said. Satish Mahaldar was detained as soon as he arrived at the Srinagar airport and taken to the Kothibagh police station, they said, adding that he was later […]
