Agitated Doda residents threaten to boycott LS polls
Bhaderwah: Irked over the inordinate delay to connect their villages with a motorable road, residents of seven villages in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday staged a protest and threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha polls. The villagers of Dhara, Dhaloa, Hanga, Bharwa, Chak-Katoch, Dharaan and Noori falling in three panchayats on the western […]
20 Pakistani gangsters get death sentence for killing 6 policemen
Lahore, Mar 13 (PTI) An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan awarded death sentence to 20 gangsters for killing six policemen in the country’s Punjab province. The court also imposed a fine of PKR 6.2 million on each of the convicts on Tuesday. The Multan court awarded the death sentence to the notorious Chotu gang members of Rajanpur […]
Pak regrets India’s move to not issue visas to journalists for Kartarpur meeting
Islamabad, Mar 13 (PTI) Pakistan on Wednesday expressed disappointment over India’s decision to not issue visas to Pakistani journalists to cover the first meeting between the two countries on the Kartarpur Corridor. The meeting will take place on the Indian side of the Attari-Wagah border on Thursday. “Regrettable that India has not given visas to Pakistani […]
Juvenile Board rejects medical reports suggesting grenade thrower as ‘adult’
Jammu, Mar 13 (PTI) Juvenile Board of Jammu and Kashmir has rejected medical reports suggesting that the teenager allegedly involved in a grenade attack in Jammu last week was in fact an “adult”, officials said on Wednesday. The board has sought for all school records of the accused which it suspects to be a minor. The […]
US envoy says ‘real strides’ made in longest Taliban talks
Doha: US and Taliban negotiators wrapped up their latest round of marathon peace talks on Tuesday with “real strides” made but no agreement on a timetable for troop withdrawal, the US special envoy said. “Just finished a marathon round of talks with the Taliban in #Doha. The conditions for #peace have improved. It’s clear all […]
Environment damage behind 1 in 4 global deaths, disease: UN
Nairobi: A quarter of all premature deaths and diseases worldwide are due to manmade pollution and environmental damage, the United Nations said Wednesday in a landmark report on the planet’s parlous state. Deadly smog-inducing emissions, chemicals polluting drinking water, and the accelerating destruction of ecosystems crucial to the livelihoods of billions of people are driving […]
BJP woman MP’s son among three held for possessing smack
Mandla (MP), Mar 13 (PTI) BJP MP Sampatiya Uike’s 21-year-old son and two others have been arrested here for allegedly possessing smack, police said on Wednesday. Raja Uike, son of the Rajya Sabha member, was arrested along with Abhishek Lakda (22) and Shahrukh Khan (26) on Tuesday night at Devdara locality in the city, he […]
Rafale case: Documents filed by review petitioners sensitive to national security, govt tells SC
New Delhi, (PTI) The Centre Wednesday told the Supreme Court that documents filed by the petitioners seeking review of its Rafale deal verdict are “sensitive to national security” and relate to war capacity of the combat aircraft. In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the government said the review plea filed by former Union […]
Woman Maoist killed in encounter with forces
Phulbani,(PTI) A woman Maoist was killed in an encounter with security forces in a forest in Odisha’s Kandhamal district on Wednesday, police said. The gun battle took place after Special Operations Group (SOG) and District Voluntary Force (DVF) personnel launched a joint operation in Sirla forest following a tip-off, Kandhamal, Superintendent of Police, Prateek Singh told […]
Three arrested for duping over 1,000 people across India
New Delhi, March 13 (PTI) Three men were arrested for allegedly duping more than 1,000 people across India to the tune of over Rs 1.5 crore on the pretext of installing mobile phone towers of a reputed mobile company, police said on Wednesday. The accused have been identified as Sanjay Kumar (28), Santosh Kumar (29) and […]