BJP accords highest priority to agreement between parties for building Ram temple: Keshav Maurya
Ayodhya (PTI): Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya Thursday said the BJP accorded the highest priority to an agreement between parties for building the Ram temple in Ayodhya. He also hit out at ally Shiv Sena for the remarks of his chief,saying no one can confine Ram Lalla in jail, he said in a […]
At UP wedding, bag containing jewellery worth Rs 8 lakh stolen
Muzaffarnagar, (PTI) A bag containing jewellery worth Rs 8 lakh was stolen during a wedding in UP’s Muzaffarnagar, police said Wednesday. The incident happened at a marriage hall in Civil Lines area here last evening. According to police, the bag belonged to the mother of the groom. It was kept on a chair when the incident […]
Residential house, shed damaged in Uri Border shelling
By Bilal Ahmad Baramulla : A residential house and a shed was damaged due to overnight cross-border shelling in Uri sector of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Official sources said that Pakistan army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation in the Kamalkote area of Uri sector and targeted Indian posts with heavy firing and shelling since Wednesday […]
Fitch projects rupee to weaken to 75 against dollar by 2019 end
New Delhi,(PTI) Fitch Ratings Thursday projected rupee to fall to 75 to a dollar by end of 2019, on widening of current account deficit and tighter global financing. The Indian rupee is currently trading at a two week low level, hovering around 71 to a US dollar. In its Global Economic Outlook, Fitch said it expects […]
China to ‘immediately’ implement US trade truce measures
Beijing,(AFP): China said Thursday it would “immediately” implement measures agreed under a trade war truce with the United States. “China will immediately implement the consensus both sides already reached on agricultural products, energy, autos and other specific items,” commerce ministry spokesman Gao Feng told reporters.( AFP)
LoC flare up: India Pakistan trade gunfire in Machil sector
Kupwara: India Pakistan armies traded heavy gunfire at Machil sector along Line of Control in Kupwara district of northern Kashmir. Officials said the Pakistani troopers targeted the Indian Army posts along Line of control in Machil which was retaliated heavily by Indian Army. Local sources said that, two armies exchanged gunfire at Ringpayeen area including […]
India, Pak trade much below than potential: Report
Islamabad (PTI): The current trade between India and Pakistan is at a little over USD 2 billion, much below than the potential, and can go up to USD 37 billion if the two countries tear down artificial barriers like lack of connectivity, trust deficit and complicated and non-transparent non-tariff measures, according to a World Bank report. […]
Three missing girls traced by cops under Operation ‘Muskan’
Maharashtra (PTI): Three girls who had gone missing from Navi Mumbai were traced and reunited with their families by police’s anti-human trafficking cell (AHTC) under ‘Operation Muskan’, police said Thursday. A six-year-old girl was reported missing by her father on October 15, 2016. During the investigation, police got to know the man and his wife had […]
Over 3,300 TN fishermen chased away by Lankan Navy personnel
Rameswaram(TN) (PTI): Over 3,300 Tamil Nadu fishermen were allegedly chased away by Sri Lankan Navy while they were fishing near Katchatheevu, a fishermen association leader said here Thursday. The fishermen, who put out to sea in over 540 mechanised boats on Wednesday night, were poaching fish near Katchatheevu when the navy personnel came in five boats […]
Zakir Musa spotted in Punjab in Turban, Firozabad and Bathinda put on high alert: Reports
Srinagar: Firozabad and Bathinda regions were put on high alert on Thursday morning after AGH chief Zakir Musa was spotted in Punjab, nearly three weeks after the Amritsar grenade attack, News 18 reported. The militant was spotted wearing a Sikh turban. The grenade attack took place in November while the state was on high alert following […]
