Sensex rises over 100 pts on fresh fund inflow, strong rupee
Mumbai, Nov 15 (PTI) The BSE benchmark Sensex rose over 100 points to 35,257.88 and the NSE Nifty regained 10,600-mark Thursday backed by gains in auto, pharma, energy and financial stocks amid fresh foreign fund inflows and easing global crude prices. The appreciating rupee and mixed leads from other Asian markets too influenced sentiment. The 30-share […]
Pak certainly needs to do more in its fight against terrorism : US
Washington, Nov 15 (PTI) Pakistan certainly needs to do more in its fight against terrorism and the Trump administration expects Islamabad to act against terror groups like the Haqqani network and Lashkar-e-Taiba in same way as it did against al-Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks, a top American official has said. State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism Nathan […]
2 militants from Pulwama arrested in Surankote
Hunt on to arrest 5 more
Poonch: Police and army on Wednesday arrested two “militants” from Pulwama in Sarknkote area in Poonch district of Jammu region. “Based on a specific information one Tavera (JK01R-5936) which was coming from Mendhar and going to Sarknkote was intercepted by SOG Poonch headed by DSP and 25RR of the army near Jaranwali Gali Surankote,” a police […]
3 missing Punjab residents found dead under landslide debris
Banihal: Three Punjab residents, including a father-son duo, who had gone missing last week following a landslide on Jammu-Srinagar national highway, were found dead under the debris Wednesday, police said. Search teams recovered the bodies from the landslide site at Battery Cheshma along Banihal-Ramban stretch after a hectic 10-day search, a police official said. He identified […]
India-Pakistan trade fire along LoC
Srinagar: The armies of India and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged gunfire at two locations along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. Reports said that the armies of both the countries exchanged fire with small and heavy arms in Kalal and Deeing forward locations in Nowshera tehsil near the LoC […]
Social media users express ire against Basanth Rath’s transfer
Srinagar: Social media users in Kashmir expressed their anger against the transfer of IGP Traffic Basant Kumar Rath and blamed Mayor of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Junaid Mattu for government’s decision to remove the highly popular IPS officer. Rath, who is credited with streamlining the traffic system in Jammu and Kashmir in less than one […]
No plans to grant MFN status to India: Pak
Lahore: Pakistan has “no immediate plans” to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India, a senior aide to Prime Minister Imran Khan has said, amid the chill in bilateral ties. Asked whether the government was considering granting MFN status to India and that Prime Minister Khan was keen to hold peace talks with the […]
BJP leader joins Congress ahead of panchayat polls
Jammu, (PTI): Ahead of panchayat election in Jammu and Kashmir, a senior BJP leader joined the Congress on Wednesday, a party spokesman said. The vice president of the BJP’s minority cell, Avtar Singh Challa, was welcomed into the Congress fold by its state president G A Mir and other senior leaders at the party office […]
NIA files chargesheet against Asiya Andrabi, Fehmeeda Sofi, Naheeda Nasreen, remain lodged at Tihar Jail
Srinagar: National Investigation Agency on Wednesday filed charge sheet against Aasiya Andrabi, Sofi Fehmeeda & Naheeda Nasreen of Dukhtaran-E-Millat in the Court of Special Judge, NIA, Patiala House, New Delhi. The trio were arrested by NIA on 06.07.2018 are since lodged in Tihar Jail, Delhi. The NIA in its press statement said that DeM has […]
Sensible of Madhav to clear air about J&K govt formation: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Wednesday said it was sensible of BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav to clear the air about government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, which is under governor’s rule since June. The former chief minister was reacting to Madhav’s statement that the BJP had decided the governor’s rule should continue in […]
