Woman raped by occultist: Police
Gurgaon, March 6 ( PTI) A 27-year-old woman was raped by an occultist whom the victim and her husband had invited to perform a religious ritual in their home to drive away their poverty, police said Tuesday. Guragon ACP (Crime) Shamsher Singh said the victim and her husband had come in the contact of one […]
SC issues notice to Centre on plea against Citizenship Bill
New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI) The Supreme Court Tuesday sought response from the Centre on a fresh plea challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan. A bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued notice on the plea filed by Assam […]
Pak team to visit India on March 14 to discuss Kartarpur draft agreement
Islamabad, Mar 5 (PTI) Pakistan on Tuesday informed India that its delegation will visit New Delhi on March 14 to discuss a draft agreement on the Kartarpur corridor, a positive development that could help ease tensions between the two neighbours. Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal, who is also the Director General South Asia & SAARC, […]
SC upholds death sentence to a man for killing 6 people
New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI) The Supreme Court Tuesday confirmed the death sentence awarded to a man for killing six members of a family, including two minors, in 2012 saying that he had committed the crime with “extremist brutality” which would shock the “collective conscious” of the society. A three-judge bench headed by Justice A K […]
BJP website hacked, taken offline
New Delhi, Mar 5 (PTI) Hackers broke into the website of the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday and defaced it before it was taken offline. No hacking group has claimed responsibility for the breach. The BJP has not issued any official statement. Screen shots of the site’s home page, which went viral on social media, showed […]
Conducting polls in JK challenging, final decision will be taken in Delhi: ECI
Srinagar : The Election Commission of India who were on two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday that conducting elections in the state is challenging. On concluding their visit to the state, the ECI team headed by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora said while addressing a presser in Jammu said the final decision on […]
LoC trade resumes after a week today
Srinagar: After remaining suspended for a week, the cross-Line of Control (LoC) trade from Uri resumed on Tuesday. In total, 70 trucks 35 from each side crossed the LoC for trade activities. Custodian Ghulam Ahmad confirmed that the trade has resumed after a week. Notably, the Cross LoC trade resumed amid escalating tension and war […]
Oppn needs to switch tracks to stop Modi ‘politicise’ Pulwama, Balakot, says Omar
Srinagar, Mar 5 (PTI) NC leader Omar Abdullah said Tuesday the opposition parties need to switch strategies by focussing on issues such as rural distress and unemployment in order to deny Prime Minister Narendra Modi the space to “politicise” the Pulwama terror attack and the Balakot air strike. The Indian air strike at a Jaish-e-Mohammad […]
Political parties in Jammu advocate simultaneous assembly, Lok Sabha polls
Jammu, Mar 5 (PTI): Representatives of different political parties here met the visiting team of Election Commission of India on Tuesday and advocated holding state assembly polls simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections. The team, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, reached Jammu on the second leg of the two-day tour and held discussions […]
Pak arrests 44 members of banned outfits, including Masood Azhar’s brother
Islamabad, Mar 5 (PTI) Pakistan on Tuesday arrested 44 members of banned outfits, including a brother of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar, amid mounting pressure from the global community to rein in the terror groups operating on its soil and curb their financing. Mufti Abdur Rauf, brother of Azhar, and Hammad Azhar are among those arrested […]