Thousand attend funeral of slain militants in Sopore
Bilal Ahmad Sopore:- Thousands of people on Thursday attended the funeral prayers of slain militants Owais Ahmad bhat and Tahir Ramzan Dar, killed in a overnight gunfight in brath kalan area of north Kashmir’s sopore Thousands of people from Zaingeer belt of sopore including brath kalan, Saidpora, Dangarpora, and other adjoining localities assembled at the […]
Kerala Assembly session ends, minor scuffle between members
Thiruvananthapuram, (PTI) The 14-day session of the Kerala Assembly ended Thursday on a tumultuous note with ruling LDF members protesting the “communal wall” remark made by an Opposition MLA against the proposed “Wall of Women” initiative, resulting in a minor scuffle between members. The scuffle, which ended after intervention of senior MLAs, broke out while Opposition […]
US to oppose IMF bailout to Pakistan to repay Chinese debt: top official
Washington,(PTI) The US is making all efforts to ensure that any IMF bailout to Pakistan is not used to repay its Chinese debts, a senior Trump administration official has told lawmakers. Cash-strapped Pakistan is seeking USD 8 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to bail itself out from a severe balance-of-payments crisis that threatens to […]
No takeoff or landing of flights at 27 airports: Aviation ministry
New Delhi, Dec 13 (PTI) The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has spent more than Rs 2.5 crore in the last fiscal on the maintenance of its 27 airports where no takeoff or landing of flights take place, the Lok Sabha was told Thursday. Minister of state for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha said in a written […]
APSCC blames ‘wrong policies of Mehbooba for disintegration of PDP’
Srinagar, Dec 13 : Blaming the ‘wrong policies’ of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti for ‘disintegration’ of her party, All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee (APSCC) accused her of sabotaging extension of minority status to Sikh community by filing a counter affidavit in the Supreme Court (SC). “Ms Mehbooba failed not only as the […]
Floods affected over 1 billion people during 2015-17, caused damages worth Rs 85k crore
New Delhi (PTI) Floods affected over a billion people in the country and caused damages amounting to Rs 85,673 crore during 2015-17, the government said on Thursday. In a written response to a question in the Lok Sabha, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, said 4,902 people and […]
Jammu: Vaishnodevi devotee dies of cardiac arrest
Jammu: A female devotee at Vaishno Devi in Jammu died of cardiac arrest on Thursday. The devotee has been identified as Bala Rani w/o Ram Krishan r/o Rohtk Haryana. Rani died at Vaishno Devi Bhawan due to heart attack, reports said.
India to develop 4 km stretch of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor from Dera Baba Nanak
New Delhi (PTI) India will develop 4 km stretch of Kartarpur Sahib Corridor from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur district of Punjab to International Border with Pakistan, Parliament was informed Thursday. The much-awaited corridor will connect Darbar Sahib in Pakistan’s Kartarpur – the final resting place of first Sikh guru Guru Nanak Dev – with Dera […]
Amid rains, KU law students protest, demand examination in March
Srinagar: Despite rains and intense cold, hundreds of students from law school of Kashmir University on Thursday staged fresh protest outside the secretariat of the varsity’s vice chancellor, demanding final examinations be held in March. Reports said students from 6th semester LLB including from supplementary shift assembled outside the VC’s secretariat and staged the […]
Turkey train crash leaves 7 dead, dozens injured
Ankara, Dec 13 (AP) A high-speed train hit a railway engine and crashed into a pedestrian overpass at a station in the Turkish capital Ankara on Thursday, killing seven people and injuring 46 others, officials said. The 6:30 am (0330 GMT) train from Ankara to the central Turkish city of Konya collided with the engine, which […]
